Reposted by cwswritesAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 28/04/2026Hasn’t whined about needing a ballroom to feel safe 611291387791
Reposted by cwswritesCynicallyOptimistic @cautiousoptimistic.bsky.social · 25/03/2026The Iran war is being fought for Israel, not the United States. But I don't see any Israeli soldiers being sent to Iran as ground troops. Instead it's only Americans who will die for Israel. Something fckd up about that, isn't there? 65677209
Reposted by cwswritesTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes. 762251118002
Reposted by cwswritesAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 06/03/2026Israel kills more than 100 Lebanese as it commands Beirut residents to flee aje.news/bauwid 11155145
Reposted by cwswritesSkye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Four Democrats joined Republicans to block the Khanna–Massie Iran War Powers Resolution — AIPAC contributions the four Jared Golden: $3,449,465 Henry Cuellar: $3,239,485 Greg Landsman: $1,733,305 Juan Vargas: $949,493 2001507944
Reposted by cwswritesRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/03/2026ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there. They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.nashvillebanner.comICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville BannerReporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case. 294123507395
Reposted by cwswritesRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Reuters Exclusive "U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school." "The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the Middle East."reuters.comExclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources sayMilitary investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu... 61199575223
Reposted by cwswritesSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 03/03/2026The glibness. The indifference. The carelessness. The utter lack of planning for a war against a country of 90M. The sickness of a man who acts on whim that will kill thousands not hundreds. The horror of a regime that enables this sickness. The broken body politic that votes in such malignancy. 27890942419
Reposted by cwswritesShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 28/02/2026"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school 140233525880
Reposted by cwswritesKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 28/02/2026The morally bankrupt Trump administration has partnered with another morally bankrupt authoritarian to declare an unprovoked war on Iran, already killing scores of civilians. We need an immediate vote from Congress on a War Powers Resolution. Then articles of impeachment. 702231956033
Reposted by cwswritesJoe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 12/02/2026More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...apple.newsIdaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC NewsAbout 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit. 23475483920
Reposted by cwswritesChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 12/02/2026This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*. 515156997675
Reposted by cwswritesAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10/02/2026AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike. 7833820013638
Reposted by cwswritesChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/02/2026Heads are going to explode 💥 Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third. All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit. 1/3 699204569846
Reposted by cwswritesdaviss @daviss.org · 04/02/2026A large CAVA bag stuffed with what it says is $50,000 for White House Border Czar Tom Homan. It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash. “ICE GTFO OF MN” Minneapolis February 4, 2026 9986252311
Reposted by cwswritesSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Hearing him loud and clear. 221792356
Reposted by cwswritesDrew Abides @drewabides.bsky.social · 04/02/2026At this point, some leaked videos might help. 488101653349
Reposted by cwswritesgbme505.bsky.social @gbme505.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Really proud of New Mexico! www.koat.com/article/immi...koat.comImmigrant Safety Act: Bill to ban immigrant detention in New Mexico heads to governor's desk"If the bill becomes law — it'll make it a crime for these counties, any county, any local government to contract with ICE to house ICE detainees," KOAT legal expert John Day said. 244142443672
Reposted by cwswritesThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/02/2026Educators in Minnesota on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to stop federal agents from conducting immigration enforcement near schools and bus stops.nyti.msEducators Sue to Keep Immigration Agents From Schools and Bus StopsThe lawsuit is challenging a Trump administration policy allowing federal agents near locations such as schools, churches and hospitals. 927059
Reposted by cwswritesMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Yesterday we learned that a racist Trump supporter assaulted a nonwhite Democratic congressman. And it’s not even a big story. Meanwhile, Republicans drone on about ‘left-wing political violence’. 482408655
Reposted by cwswritesThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/01/202610 shots after the gun was gone. 10. 611313540
Reposted by cwswritesAndrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 24/01/2026“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.” Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945 126128984738
Reposted by cwswritesBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/01/2026By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying. 694298366968
Reposted by cwswritesLegalEagle @legaleagle.tv · 24/01/2026Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face. 126168135450
Reposted by cwswritesCharles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 25/01/2026This is a reflexive, defamatory lie—the pathological need of the regime to project its own violence onto its victims. Alex Pretti was an American citizen exercising his rights—because he gave a damn. He was murdered for caring. 1227
Reposted by cwswritesMike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 24/01/2026The first Minnesota murder, they refused to let a medical professional help the woman they shot. The second Minnesota murder, they simply shot the medical professional. 7899012494
Reposted by cwswritesPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 25/01/2026“As of Saturday evening, the family said they had still not heard from anyone at a federal law enforcement agency about their son’s death.”apnews.comThe man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family saysFamily members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset ... 562771818
Reposted by cwswritesICE Goons Tracker @icegoons.bsky.social · 24/01/2026ICE is trying to defend their latest shooting with a claim that the victim had a gun. Notice the nuance of the use of "had" vs "threatened." It is legal to have a gun in Minneapolis with permit. They arrested witnesses and tried to block local PD from investigating. The corrupt coverup has begun.startribune.comLive: Federal agents shot and killed Minneapolis man, Homeland Security officials say he was armedA bystander video shows several agents wrestled with man on a city sidewalk moments before the shooting. Police chief Brian O’Hara issued a plea for calm, as protesters gathered at the scene: “Please ... 47616262
Reposted by cwswritesJoshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 24/01/2026If the government executing us in the streets isn’t your red line, then you’ve already decided to endorse it. There’s no gray area left. No ambiguity. 11165431529
Reposted by cwswritesThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/01/2026Videos verified by The New York Times show the man federal agents shot and killed in Minneapolis on Saturday was holding a phone, not a gun, before the agents took him to the ground and shot him. At least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 1071292611
Reposted by cwswritesCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/01/2026“.. He cared about people deeply ..,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong ..” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national/202... 12370532402
Reposted by cwswritesMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/01/2026All regime mouthpieces who have lied about the murder of VA nurse Alex Pretti must resign immediately. All DHS officials and agents involved must be prosecuted. 657227546546
Reposted by cwswritesmolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 24/01/2026they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence. 241273919832
Reposted by cwswritesMolly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 24/01/2026If they are doing this to white people in broad daylight imagine what they are doing to non-white people in detention facilities. 6267261919
Reposted by cwswritesFree DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 25/01/2026HAPPENING NOW: A massive crowd is gathered in freezing temperatures outside ICE headquarters in DC to demand ICE OUT OF ALL COMMUNITIES NOW. 5370671907
Reposted by cwswritesCNN @cnn.com · 25/01/2026Democrats will block a government spending bill following the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis man by a Border Patrol agent, the Senate minority leader said Saturday – dramatically increasing the chances of a partial government shutdown next week. cnn.it/4pZKL9l 94528112
Reposted by cwswritesAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles. 475220144431
Reposted by cwswritesAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here." 5483971512590
Reposted by cwswritesMatthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 25/01/2026I've been studying the history of US, and indeed, global policing my whole career and I can't make it more clear to law makers that this isn't a bastardization of policing, it is its purest form and logical conclusion. The impunity, militarization, deference, legitimacy, racial targeting, etc. 152616809
Reposted by cwswritesCharles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 25/01/2026www.meidasplus.com/p/a-citizen-...meidasplus.comA Citizen Murdered for CaringAlex Pretti, ICE, and the Urgency of Accountability 04021
Reposted by cwswritesBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/01/2026I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal 79210354236
Reposted by cwswritesWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 18/01/2026They are going to do it. It's all to set up martial law. War against Americans. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...washingtonpost.comPentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, officials saySoldiers with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been placed at the ready following Trump’s Insurrection Act threat, according to defense officials. 1521332597
Reposted by cwswritesThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Seems like they’re just not that into us 🤷🏼 479134683454
Reposted by cwswritesrosebanditquinn @rosebanditquinn.bsky.social · 18/01/2026The problem is not that we can’t impeach the president. Although we can and should. The real problem is that we can’t impeach Stephen Miller because we never elected or confirmed him. 1297197743848
Reposted by cwswritesProgressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 17/01/2026911 call after Minneapolis ICE shooting differs from DHS’s account of incident. "The video captures tense moments inside the home as a woman speaks with a 911 dispatcher. ....She claims... [when her husband] ran inside, agents shot through the door, hitting him in the leg." kstp.com/kstp-news/to...kstp.comNeighbors, DHS share conflicting stories on federal agent shooting in north MinneapolisA Facebook Live video shared by Minnesota State Sen. Erin Maye Quade is now offering new insight into what may have happened moments before the shooting. 21642082132
Reposted by cwswritesRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder. " Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..." www.al.com/news/2026/01...al.comAlabama uses Japanese American Internment era law to charge immigrants who don’t self-registerAlabama is finding new ways to criminally charge undocumented immigrants 780171748951
Reposted by cwswritesRyan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 17/01/2026U.S. judge orders federal agents to stop pepper spraying, retaliating against peaceful Minnesota protesters www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...nbcnews.comU.S. judge orders federal agents to stop pepper spraying, retaliating against peaceful Minnesota protestersThe ruling in a case from December applies to federal agents participating in immigration enforcement under Operation Metro Surge. 1222258
Reposted by cwswritesC.M. Lewis 🦬⚔️ @thehousered.bsky.social · 16/01/2026every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s 4583042511240
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![Families displaced by Israeli strikes from southern Lebanon seek refuge at a school transformed into a shelter in Sidon. [Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2/bafkreibozac77pb5gsdxidyis7m7nwr5yxfu32t7vem5klbxzqr6rfyige)
![An ambulance is parked near a sweeping blaze following Israeli bombardment on a solar farm and electricity generation facility in Lebanon's southern coastal city of Tyre. [Kawnat Haju/AFP]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2/bafkreiducypzamfj3o5nlsqcbm3nhkvbkvf6lnst2mn6wbeulaswjs6jou)
![A man passes by a destroyed car and shop on a commercial street that was hit by Israeli air strikes in Nabatiyeh town, south Lebanon. [Mohammed Zaatari/AP Photo]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2/bafkreiflkdx4hhgnke6xn5fliwmttcw5wrqwu65lazatajefulbbomoqbu)
