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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

A street medic said “I’ve been working in this field for over 8 years now and I’ve seen a lot of shit, but that was truly one of the most terrible things I’ve witnessed and I never thought that I’d have to see actual children getting gassed like that, but here we are I suppose”

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Portland Labor Against ICE March Faces Brutal Fed Response

A peaceful rally turned violent when federal agents unleashed tear gas, rubber bullets, and other munitions on Portlanders, including young children, highlighting the deepening militarization of law e...

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

The administration's lawless killing spree at sea continues with another maritime strike in the eastern Pacific. Real killing in a make believe armed conflict against unidentified enemies.

On Feb. 5, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Two narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed.
@SecWar

@DeptofWar
#OpSouthernSpear

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology

She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

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Henry Coppola @hcoppola.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Think what we could do with that money...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/02/2026

I think it should probably be a bigger story that the president of the United States is a raving lunatic

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Steve Saidemonster 🧌🧛🦇⚰️👻👹 @smsaideman.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

For these next few years, the game of was he lying or just demented is just going get pretty tedious.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/02/2026

We found that Jeff Bezos paid *zero* taxes in 2007 and 2011. In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children. This is how he did it (published 2021):

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The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax

ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

NEW: 150 days of Kavanaugh stops, and it just keeps getting worse. Kavanaugh stops would always be bad. As a tool in the Trump administration's authoritarianism arsenal, they are worse. The consequences are everywhere. This evening, at Law Dork:

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150 days of Kavanaugh stops, and it just keeps getting worse

Kavanaugh stops would always be bad. As a tool in the Trump administration's authoritarianism arsenal, they are worse. The consequences are everywhere.

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 06/02/2026

Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left. It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 06/02/2026

It is an 85% decrease.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/02/2026

We believe there are few investigations that deserve more sunlight and public scrutiny than this one, in which two masked agents fired 10 shots at Alex Pretti as he lay on the ground after being pepper-sprayed. Read our full story: propub.li/4qUNfXH

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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 04/02/2026

Alex Pretti wasn't killed by rhetoric, he was killed by two masked CBP agents shooting him 10 times in the back after they had disarmed and pepper sprayed him. Rhetoric didn't kill Renee Good either, a thug from ICE did that with a gun as she tried to avoid hurting him.

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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 05/02/2026

Huh. What a coincidence that the elites that folded in the face of rising authoritarianism also were part of the child trafficking cabal

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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

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Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved

After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.

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The 51st @51st.news · 04/02/2026

6/ The Post has lost over 375,000 subscribers in just over a year. If 10% of those readers subscribed to The 51st instead, we could hire 10 reporters and five editors, dramatically scaling our coverage of the city at this critical time. 51st.news/signup

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Join The 51st

The 51st is a worker-led nonprofit news source for D.C. Our reporting is rooted in our conviction that local journalism is meant to make people’s lives better — no paywalls, ever. But that's only…

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The 51st @51st.news · 04/02/2026

🧵 1/ We’re devastated about the layoffs at The Washington Post, which are gutting D.C. reporting. These journalists are an incalculable loss for our city. The 51st’s mission has always felt urgent, but now we know it needs to kick into high gear.

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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Suburban observers say ICE has only been more aggressive since Homan: “I think they’re getting angry that we’re winning and the country is rallying around us. We’re so organized and we act with such integrity. They don’t want to admit they feel threatened by us.” share.google/ei9giIFLsuEJ...

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Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved

After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.

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David Nir @davidnir.com · 04/02/2026

The headline should be, "DHS to keep 2,000 immigration officers in Minnesota." Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota." This presser worked like a charm.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Well, my fellow Maine voters. Here is Susan Collins today paying tribute to her boss while holding her MAGA hat.

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

This is preying on my mind a bit. Jeffrey Epstein was not primarily a British scandal! So far we've removed a Prince from the Royal family, fired our US ambassador who was one of the most important political figures of the last few decades and banned the CEO of Barclays from the financial industry..

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2026

Casar holds a 3 minute and 26 second moment of silence to represent the time in which DHS officers let Renee Good bleed out after she was shot

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Henry Coppola @hcoppola.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

This one sent me (he's definitely not wrong though)

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel? Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again. And they almost shot some kids in the process.

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J. I. Swiderski, MURP @swiderski.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

DDOT this morning announced 2 public meetings—one online, one in-person at Shaw Library—for the 11th St NW bike lane project later this month. If you saw that, hopefully you also saw this afternoon's correction: the online meeting is TUESDAY, Feb 17. In-person remains Wednesday, 2/18. Both at 6pm.

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CORRECTION: DDOT to Host 11th Street NW Bike Project Meetings on Feb. 17 and Feb. 18

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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

This isn’t some anonymous tip. This is sworn testimony, under penalty of perjury, from someone who said Trump threatened to kill her if she exposed Epstein’s sexual abuse.

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WIRED @wired.com · 03/02/2026

“BORTAC in particular is used to operating in the desert. They are not trained for urban policing,” says Gil Kerlikowske, a former CBP commissioner. “They’re absolutely the wrong tool for the job. It’s like using a chain saw to mow your lawn”

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The Paramilitary ICE and CBP Units at the Center of Minnesota's Killings

Two agents involved in the shooting deaths of US citizens in Minneapolis are reportedly part of highly militarized DHS units whose extreme tactics are generally reserved for war zones.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I have confirmed the gist of this report out of federal court in Minnesota today from a source familiar. If you have more information about the District of Minnesota—either the court or the U.S. Attorney's Office—and how they are handling all of this, please reach out. I am at crg.32 on Signal.

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SHOCKING FEDERAL COURT MOMENT: DOJ attorney Julie Le, "The system sucks, this job sucks" to Judge Jerry Blackwell who pressed her on why so many court orders are being ignored by ICE/Trump admin. She asked to be held in contempt just so she could get 24 hours of sleep. @FOX9
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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Is it just me or does it feel like the 'ushers' are on a hair trigger of late, lunging in front of the cameras to rescue Trump whenever he starts doing a dementia.

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Henry Coppola @hcoppola.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Pedophile protector in action...

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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

dozens of women have accused him of sexual misconduct including rape and assaulting children and when you see him speak this way you know he doesn't even care to deny it, because he doesn't think he did anything wrong

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 03/02/2026

my god this thread, on what is being done in our name

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2026

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

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Katelyn Oldham *Abolish ICE. Defund DHS.* @katelynstarrpdx.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Abolish Ice. Impeach and remove Noem. Charge and prosecute them all.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/02/2026

Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control. “It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.

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Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On

In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Incrementalists take it on the chin again. This is why they hate Mamdani. He's giving up the game that people in power HAVE POWER and don't solely exist to beg you for $5 every day. He's ruining the Democratic Party by showing voters that they have the power to do stuff instead of crouching in fear

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Vanessa Enriquez-Rios @pt007.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

"The population of CBP agents and officers who have been arrested would make it roughly the nation’s fourth largest police department — equal to the size of the entire Philadelphia police."

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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

After Border Patrol shot two people in Portland, DHS claimed they were "vicious gang members" tied to a past shooting. But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:

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DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’

Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

This is my favorite line by a gov't that kidnapped a sitting president from his bedroom: "Further, the conduct of a habeas proceeding overseas by the United States—even at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate—would be an infringement on the sovereignty of a foreign state absent that state’s consent."

Remote hearings also present severe practical difficulties, as described in Defendants’ last
submission. ECF 229 at 3. In addition to current sensitivities in Venezuela given the “fluid”
situation described by Secretary Rubio, ECF 229-1 at ¶ 3, the United States cannot enforce perjury
or other procedural rules in Venezuela, or even verify the identity of witnesses. Moreover, these
habeas proceedings by their nature are likely to implicate sensitive or classified information;
developing procedures to protect that information when the proceedings are occurring over
potentially unsecure lines in foreign settings is a non-starter. Further, the conduct of a habeas
proceeding overseas by the United States—even at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate—would be an
infringement on the sovereignty of a foreign state absent that state’s consent. This Court has made
clear that any habeas hearings must “satisfy the requirements of due process,” but there would be
no way to do so if the hearings occur remotely with Petitioners in Venezuela or neighboring foreign
countries

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I'm not saying CBS News is now a pedophile protection racket, just that it wouldn't be doing much differently if it weren't

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

"It's not a crime to party with a convicted sex offender and the victims of his sex trafficking pedophilia ring, and ... hang on, let me start again."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Judge Reyes starts with a comparison: George Washington versus Kristi Noem.

[start quotation] MEMORANDUM OPINION
On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: “America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of
all Nations & Religions.”1
More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President
Washington’s vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8
U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United
States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS
holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take."[end quotation]

Underneath is a screenshot of a tweet, which reads: " Secretary Kristi Noem
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I just met with the President.
I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies.
Our forefathers built this nation on blood, sweat, and the unyielding love of freedom-not for foreign invaders to slaughter our heroes, suck dry our hard-earned tax dollars, or snatch the benefits owed to AMERICANS.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

New — I spoke to eight people who were present at the ICE protest on Saturday in Portland, Oregon when federal agents deployed tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of families, children, elderly and disabled people, and their pets. These are their stories:

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What it's like to see ICE tear gas kids

Attendees at a Portland, OR protest describe a vicious, unprovoked and sudden attack

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app · 02/02/2026

Just wait until they find out the Feds will sacrifice them & that qualified immunity by calling them contractors not employees

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Minnesota resident Nicole Cleland had her Global Entry and TSA PreCheck privileges revoked three days after an incident in which she observed activity by immigration agents, the woman said in a court declaration.

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ICE observer says her Global Entry was revoked after agent scanned her face

Global Entry and PreCheck revoked three days after incident, court filing says.

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