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An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Jesus Christ www.statnews.com/2026/01/20/c...

I represent one of the reddest seats held by a Democrat in Iowa. I’ve won tough races by showing up, listening, and working harder than anyone else. That’s exactly how I’ll serve you in the U.S. Senate.

Note: it’s an open question whether or not @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social will whip votes against ICE funding - as Dem Leader, if he merely personally opposes ICE funding but refuses to rally his caucus against it, he’s still complicit. Still better than @schumer.senate.gov, though

Belarus has arrested several HAM radio hobbyists and is threatening them with the death penalty, extremely wild situation: www.404media.co/ham-radio-op...

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When Trump dies we get Vance. Thiel’s pet. They'll blame a lot of stuff on Trump AND try to fast-track an even uglier white supremacist techno-Christofascism. We must prept for this now & organize accordingly. Grassroots activism, coalitions. Dissent. Sand in gears. Strikes. Every angle.

"To date, 757,314 people – the majority children – have died from the funding cuts, according to ImpactCounter, which tracks the effect of USAID cuts via sophisticated modelling tools. That is 88 deaths every hour."

Would be amazing if European leaders would also start throwing out truth bombs like this. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Mamdani: I am in support of abolishing ICE… I'm tired of waking up every day and seeing a new image of someone being dragged out of a car, dragged out of their home, dragged out of their life.

Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."

NEWS: No one filed to challenge two conservative/Republican justices on the Nevada supreme court who are up for reelection this year. The deadline was a few days ago. They will run for new terms unopposed.

@sarahkendzior.bsky.social summarized it best,YEARS AGO: “The Trump administration is, in fact, very competent in achieving its main goal: stripping America down for parts and selling those parts to the highest bidders.”-Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America

Jesus famously did not disrupt proceedings at a place of worship and call out religious hypocrisy

And I fucking hate the caveats especially "NO CRIMINAL RECORD." People who have criminal records ALSO deserve dignity. OK.

MLK was only 39 when he was killed. Growing up, I thought that was old. But I’m 43 now and I’m stunned by the burden he shouldered at such a young age. I’m also a lot more aware of how hard it is, at any age, to carry the hopes and dreams of an oppressed people on your shoulders, as so many do.

“A California-based company [General Matter] with ties to …Peter Thiel announced plans Friday to build America’s first U.S.-owned, privately developed facility to enrich uranium in far western Kentucky.“ Thiel sits on the board and invests via Founders Fund. 7/25/25 … 1/

Conservatives and their reactionary cousins believe that their views are true because they believe them. They don't need hard proof or to be able to argue for them. They're "common sense." This viewpoint is the fundamental unifier of everyone on the right, from atheist ancaps to Christofascists.

Holy “parallel establishment”. “Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is sounding the alarm about the Trump administration’s approval of a new bank backed by two GOP megadonors, tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Palmer Luckey” … 1/ www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Everyday is a good day to consider 👇 open.substack.com/pub/jennbudd...

Ex-Mississippi welfare chief John Davis confessed to WWE wrestlers Ted DiBiase Jr. and Brett DiBiase that he "tried to buy your love" as he sent millions in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to The Million Dollar Man's sons. While denying 99% of poor families who applied.

We are now 30 days beyond the statutory deadline for the full release of the Epstein files

Todd Blanche is helping cover up a murder. Our federal government is run by monsters.

They all casually use the language of abusers.

Listen: because I am hearing this a lot from folks who are in caregiving roles with disabled, sick, dying folks, elders, or children in their care: You are not unable to do anything or unable to take action. Care work IS justice work

What does "People want immigration enforcement that goes after criminals" possibly mean? If they are criminals, don't we already have multiple dedicated police forces? What does their immigration status have to do with it? We don't need dedicated immigration enforcement.

WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.

Reposting with alt text! This is from the photojournalist who was violently tackled and detained by ICE earlier today.

Heads up to gov employees: Anonymity on Reddit is compromised. With nothing more than a mere please & thank you from DHS, Reddit turned over user data on a yet unknown number of accounts. That data is being used punitively at this time. Please be aware & make your necessary choices.

New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration. readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...

Every few weeks we get a story like this and it always fizzle out. Stephen Miller is in control. Let's not pretend otherwise. Even when Brooke Rollins convinced Trump to *publicly* say he'd back off of some raids, it took Miller just 48 hours to browbeat Trump into changing his mind.

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SUDDENLY PUNTS PLANS TO GARNISH WAGES: US Education Department delays plan to garnish wages of student borrowers in default by Shauneen Miranda for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-e...

NEW: Trump’s DHS forces have shot 11 people since September. NBC News examined every case, revealing a pattern that policing experts called alarming: officers firing into cars, injuring and killing drivers.

While my opponent Lisa McClain is investing in her wallet, she's also leaving our district behind. She's not here to serve the district, she's here to serve herself. #InsiderTrading #Congress #politics #Michigan

I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

You aren't actually overreacting other people are sleepwalking.

Try contacting these folks (they are investigating denials by health insurers - and they’re getting results): www.nbcnews.com/cost-of-denial

First of three new reporter positions we’re announcing in next few days. This one replaces our Jackson daily reporting beat with wider and deeper systemic coverage for the Capital Bureau.

This was the point of DOGE all along.

Your favorite politicians can't say "Abolish ICE," even though they know that the USA protected its borders just fine before ICE was formed just 20 years ago.🤷🏿‍♂️ They can't say it even though they know that ICE's mission is violent, unnecessary, anti-democratic, and explicitly white nationalist.🤷🏿‍♂️

DHS and Patriot Front post the same white supremacist lyrics.

Yes, voting against ICE funding is the morally right thing to do. But you can be the most heartless political consultant bastard out there - cutting ICE is still the smart play. That Schumer/Jeffries are silent right now is political malpractice (and morally reprehensible, if you care about that).

One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.

Digital platform and federal agencies are coordinating to suppress content related to paramilitary action in Minnesota. Reach out through my website (www. walterdgreason .com) to stay in touch.

I’ve started using the term “ethnic cleansing campaign” to describe the ICE occupation here in Minnesota. This is deliberate because the reality on the ground is that, at a given moment, any non-white person can be kidnapped by masked federal paramilitaries regardless of their constitutional rights.

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There shouldn’t be a Department of Homeland Security. It’s a grab bag of various agencies under a dangerously murky heading which can and now has been co-opted for a fascist transition. Abolish ICE and redistribute the other agencies.

This. Not to mention: The Nazis learned so, so many lessons and tips and tricks from American white supremacists.