A 30-pt swing in South Carolina in November makes me a Senator and retires Lindsey Graham. 🇺🇸

What ICE Should Have Learned from the Fugitive Slave Act - The New Yorker

Why a Minnesota child’s family doesn’t want ICE to deport her murderer - The Washington Post

Chris Pratt Movie Feels Alarmingly Relevant In Trump’s Overpoliced America - HuffPost

Opinion | Trump is pressuring Minnesota to make a deal with the devil. They should stand firm - The Guardian

📹 NEW from KSDK News: hundreds of people in St. Louis marched to Enterprise Center on Wednesday and dropped a banner to demand Enterprise end *every* contract it has with ICE!

Commentary: Trump says he wants to get rid of 'the worst of the worst.' Start with Stephen Miller - Los Angeles Times

Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.

Addington Hills Silver Birch #trees #woodland #treeclub

Homan said ICE is going to stay until "the problem's gone," which means they're never leaving because they are the problem. Just more propaganda trying to make the criminal regime appear "legit" and make it look like they're not the problem.

Judge orders government to stop refugee deportations. ‘Refugees have a legal right to be in the U.S., a right to work, a right to live peacefully—and importantly, a right not to be subjected to the terror of being arrested and detained without warrants or cause...'" www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

"They had the professional demeanor of criminals". This should be said every time ICE is mentioned.

A stunning display of the aurora at the A.M. Foster Covered Bridge in Cabot, Vermont ✨ 📸: @aliceyphotos

The Republicans agree to Dems demands just to get their vote. Then they do the exact opposite. Wake up Dems. Just look at the Epstein files. Never really released. 🤬

Blooming Plains Prickly Pear in The Badlands National Park, 2024 #ColorADay #YellowThu #Photography #Flowers #SouthDakota 📷

No arrests of the ICE thugs who murdered Alex Pretti, Renee Good, or Keith Porter. No arrests of anyone in the Epstein Files. But they arrested Don Lemon because of his journalism.

He’s a sad, pathetic, petty, cowardly, little man. These four years of his were ALWAYS going to be about revenge & retribution. That was always going to be the case.

American Dissidence - The Atlantic

MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!” So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it (H/T longtimehistory)

Frey: "In Mpls, we heard them say they'll end this siege when we hand over voter rolls. The DOJ is being used as a weapon. They're investigating me and several other local elected officials not because we've done something wrong because we speak on behalf of our constituents.

Family of man killed by off-duty ICE agent in LA demands charges: ‘The ache will never go away’ - The Guardian

I am deeply concerned about Liam and every child at the Dilley Detention Center. No parent should have to worry about whether their child is eating, getting medical care, or deteriorating in detention. What I saw was alarming — and unacceptable. Liam must be released immediately.

Homeland Security sent a memo to Congress to explain the moments leading to Alex Pretti's death. In it they state people were told to get off the road. When they didn't they were sprayed with chemicals. How does ICE have the authority to control the public right-of-way? They are not the police.

If Kamala had been elected Minneapolis would not have been turned into a war zone where people are gunned down in the streets.

Winter woods #trees #woodland #treeclub

Opinion | Opinion: This November, say no to Proposal 1 - The Detroit News

Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."

No work, no school, no shopping: A general strike to protest ICE is attempting to go national - Business Insider

A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot. "They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets." "They had the professional demeanor of criminals." ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social

The Danger of Turning Americans into Enemies - TIME

I hope you find some moments of peace. Ektar + Hasselblad 500c/m #TreeTuesday #BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography

Jelly ear fungus in Shelf Woods, Halifax. #ThePhotoHour #nature #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #fungifriends @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social

“Be strong enough to be gentle.” ― Larry Cullen #Photography #CassicMono #BirdOfTheDay #Winter

Walking in the rain on purpose #ClassicMono #StreetPhotography #Rain #WhatsNextPhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin

Last week on the trail, I found one of my favorite quiet miracles. These are Pipevine flowers — easy to miss, blooming before the leaves arrive, long before most things wake up. They’re part of a remarkable relationship that eventually gives rise to the Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly.

RAND PAUL: If a country bombed our air defense missiles, captured & removed our president, & blockaded our country, would that be considered an act of war? RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!

Doubt it. Dubya is one of the moral black holes who comprise the quieter half of the Republican Party. Think Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski: They know right from wrong but hate to offend the noisy, amoral half by taking a stand. So they flutter their hands, make concerned noises and sneak away.

#IncaDove #Patagonia, #AZ #birds #photography #birdphotography #BirdWatching #birdsofbluesky #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

BREAKING: The two ICE Agents who killed Alex Pretti have finally been placed on paid administrative leave along with the other agents who were involved.

Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"

Umm, there are rules, Rand. They're not following them because there is no accountability.

Rand Paul: "When people watch that video and the government tells them, 'Well, he was assaulting the police officers,' nobody with any objectivity believes that. No American believes he was assaulting the officers. In fact, the opposite appears to be true. So we have to get some rules of the game."

Needed this...

Into the wood #trees #woodland #treeclub 🌳

Good morning 🌅 A calmer moment. The wind has dropped. The tide has written its lines and erased them again. Only these fragments remain: bladderwrack and kelp, a dark calligraphy on damp sand…

No American has to wonder what fascism looks like up close anymore. Alex Pretti, Renee Good, Keith Porter, Parady La, Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, Geraldo Lunas Campos.

MILAN MAYOR SALA: “.. This is a militia that kills. .. It's a militia that enters people's homes by signing permits for themselves. … It's clear that they're not welcome in Milan, there's no doubt about that." @cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-mil...