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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis. snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...

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Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio?

Nazi Lies in Vance's America

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Coyle "Barricade Material" Boron @fack.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:

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Hundreds of immigrant mothers and children detained at a South Texas facility on Saturday protested the killing of a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis, chanting "Let me out" and "Libertad," or "Liberty," according to an immigration lawyer who witnessed the demonstration.

Eric Lee, the lawyer, said he had been waiting for his client in the visitation area of the family detention center in Dilley, Tex., when detention officials abruptly asked him to leave. Once outside, he peered through a chain-link fence and saw hundreds of women and children walking out of the facility and chanting in protest.

Lee said his client later told him on the phone that he and other detainees were outraged over the latest killing in Minneapolis and the detention of Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old boy from Ecuador detained with his father in Minneapolis and sent to Texas.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

🚨BREAKING: Hours after federal immigration officers shot and killed a man in Minneapolis, Pam Bondi seized upon the incident to demand access to voter rolls, directly tying the Trump administration’s quest for voters’ unredacted personal data to its aggressive immigration raids across the state.

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AG Bondi demands access to Minnesota voter rolls after fatal Border Patrol shooting

Her demand came as Minneapolis was reeling from a second fatal shooting by a federal agent this month.

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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Today is the tipping point. youtube.com/shorts/LDETj...

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He was EXECUTED

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

The Gravamen of the Disclosure

4. The gravamen of the disclosure is as follows:
a. By memorandum dated May 12, 2025 (“the May 12 Memo”), Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons authorizes ICE agents to forcibly enter into certain people’s homes without a judicial warrant, consent, or an emergency.

b. Specifically, in the May 12 Memo, the Acting ICE Director authorized ICE Agents to rely on Form I-205 (which is not a judicial warrant) to enter the residence of an alien subject to a final order of deportation, without consent, including by “a necessary and reasonable amount of force.”2c. While addressed to “All ICE Personnel,” in practice the May 12 Memo has not been formally distributed to all personnel. Instead, the May 12 Memo has been provided to select DHS officials who are then directed to verbally brief the new policy for action. Those supervisors then show the Memo to some employees, like our clients, and direct them to read the Memo and return it to the supervisor.

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Ashley Miller @amreports.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

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

Several agents hold a person down and sprays them with pepper spray.

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Kelly Brainard @jellybrain.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

I love all libraries but Oakland’s is especially great!

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Kelly Brainard @jellybrain.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

This fellow has published books on the subject of nerve gas. bsky.app/profile/dank...

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

A few months ago, ICE hired me I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!" My latest for Slate

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You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.

What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.

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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

BREAKING: WELL, WELL, WELL! Newly unearthed footage shows Pete Hegseth saying EXACTLY what the six Democrats said in their video that prompted Trump and Hegseth to hysterically smear them as traitors! You must refuse illegal orders.

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Kelly Brainard @jellybrain.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Neil from The Young Ones and lentils are forever linked in my mind.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.

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Kelly Brainard @jellybrain.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Per CBS News forensic analysis: The video (which is their main proof that it had to be suicide) proves nothing as those doors are not to Epstein’s cell, his is across the open area and the video only captures a sliver of the stairs that lead to it. youtu.be/edDSqqd9GRM?...

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Forensics expert analysis of Jeffrey Epstein jail video contradicts government's claims

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Kelly Brainard @jellybrain.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Per this CBS News forensic analysis the videotape proves nothing. youtu.be/edDSqqd9GRM?...

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

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At-Will @at-will-employee.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Most people don't understand how much a billion dollars is. It's difficult to comprehend. Comparing a million and a billion using time helps: A million seconds is almost twelve days. A billion seconds is nearly thirty-two years. And yet we have multi-billionaires. Nobody needs that much $

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Kelly Brainard @jellybrain.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Please don’t cave! I have two close family members who are federal employees, they don’t want you to cave!

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Kelly Brainard @jellybrain.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

As a close relative of two federal employees, PLEASE DON’T CAVE!

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Kelly Brainard @jellybrain.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Don’t you dare cave! I have two close family members who are federal employees, this is hard but they know this is on the Republicans and the healthcare subsidies are worth it!

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/11/2025

The Trump administration told states in a late-night Saturday memo that they must “immediately undo” any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, adding to the chaos surrounding the anti-hunger program. Here’s a timeline of the SNAP developments that led up to this point.

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A Timeline of the Legal Saga Surrounding SNAP Payments

Weeks of uncertainty during the longest government shutdown in American history have left some states struggling to issue payments to food stamp recipients.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 06/11/2025

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands

The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

For years, but especially for the past year, Democrats have been in thrall to the idea that they need to chase an imagined median voter, and adopt that voter’s positions. Mamdani’s victory shows another way: hold principles, and persuade people to share them.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/10/2025

Reagan was opposed to trade wars.

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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Trump hit his lowest approval rating on the economy *ever* this week. And not only ever in his history, but ever in *any* president’s history. Trump is wildly unpopular, and the economy is his single worst issue. Don’t forget it and don’t treat him like he’s inevitable. He’s not.

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

asked about their nazi propaganda video, a dhs spokesperson told the reporter to “touch grass” man, i’m inching closer and closer to permanent dissociation

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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Kayak ICE protest Coast Guard Island in Alameda/Oakland 25.10.25 in the AM via ig/movementphotographer

protest kayakers at coast guard island in alameda/oakland sf bay area

photo by brook anderson movementphotographer

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 25/10/2025

The local activists and organizers who were the beating heart of No Kings Day are continuing to lead the fight on the ground in your community. Check out our map to see what groups are near you and get in touch with your local organizers: indivisible.org/groups

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Kelly Brainard @jellybrain.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

“The academic requirement includes an exam in which officers are allowed to consult their textbooks and notes at the end of a legal course on the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Fourth Amendment, which outlines when officers can and can’t conduct searches and seizures.”

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Kelly Brainard @jellybrain.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

“Nearly half of new recruits who’ve arrived for training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center over the past three months were later sent home because they couldn’t pass the written exam, according to the data.”

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Kelly Brainard @jellybrain.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

They’re also failing tests on the legal side of things that they are getting trained on and they are allowed to consult their textbooks and notes during the tests.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

The company brought Junior in right after the election as part owner. They just won the largest drone motor contract awarded by the Pentagon.

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Not just bigots; we’re also fucking stupid. That’s the ICE Promise™️

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Kelly Brainard @jellybrain.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

This would be disturbing behavior from a toddler!

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Kelly Brainard @jellybrain.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Go Jenner! So glad to see it. I grew up on the River and one of my first jobs as a teen was at (then Murphy’s) Jenner by the Sea!

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Kelly Brainard @jellybrain.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Yay! My knees are crap so I couldn’t march but my sis and I dressed up the car with signs and flags and parked along the lake trail near the amphitheater and handed out water and snacks to some tired and thirsty demonstrators! So great to see everyone!

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

I laughed way too hard at this 🤣🤣🤣

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Hilariously, they've arrested fewer people with criminal records than if they'd just picked up random folks off the street. Oh wait, they ARE picking up random folks off the street. Wow, they're terrible at this.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

This just happened: "Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco" www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

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Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Discovered near the ICE facility in Portland this morning.

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Budd @n7eoj.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion. As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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