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John Watkins

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St. Paul, MN.

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 29/09/2026
5 of 7 council members afraid to say anything critical of their out of control mayor. This is the form of government the chamber of commerce thought they'd purchased for us in Minneapolis. kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
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St. Paul council members call for transparency in mayor lawsuit
At least two St. Paul City Council members are calling for more transparency in the lawsuit against Mayor Kaohly Her. The City Council has a closed-door meeting Wednesday to discuss the pending…
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We're witnessing the Rapist-to-President and/or Rapist-to-Supreme Court Justice pipeline with this Cornell scandal.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please don't give the DA reopening the Cornell case any cookies. District Attorney Matthew Van Houten all but called Jane Doe a liar today. He said that in Doe's initial statement, she described "her participation in drug use and sexual conduct as voluntary, conscious, and consensual.” CONSENSUAL
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Eight U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide during its extended deployment, according to a letter from acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao obtained by CNN. None died.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23/09/2026
Five cops in Indianapolis were just criminally charged with abusing Flock to spy on their ex-wives, their wives' ex-partners and women they met on duty. Audit was triggered by us at the @washingtonpost.com, the prosecutor said. From last month: wapo.st/4yfNHng
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Through the end of August 2026, the House was in session for roughly 383 hours total. That’s an average of about 48 hours per month. Their average monthly floor time is well below the 80-hour monthly threshold the same Congress imposed on Medicaid recipients.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
BASH: He's a US citizen MARKWAYNE MULLIN: He wasn't arrested BASH: He was arrested. He was later released, but he was arrested. Do Americans need to carry around proof of citizenship now? MULLIN: If you're a citizen, you have no reason to fear
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
alert the press: it is not normal for the president to be unable to stay conscious during televised events in the Oval Office
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
deeply bizarre to see the entire homepage of the Minnesota Star Tribune turned into a multi-pronged commercial for Kwik Trip, a gas station with gas station-quality food
screencap of the Strib homepage showing a feature story about Kwik Trip, another story headline "Kwik Trip dining hacks," then two more puff pieces about (you guessed it) Kwik Trip
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"Women are TOO EMOTIONAL to be president!!!!!"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
Trump lunges toward and growls at a reporter (a woman) who asked him about why he's offering money to voters if his economic policies are working (Andrew Harnik/Getty)
pic of an orange-faced Trump leaning forward with an angry look on his face as he snaps at a reporter
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S.E. Danesti @seedanesti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The President of the United States is a traitor and a rapist.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
If you owe a woman $5 million dollars for sexual assault, you also owe the country your resignation.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
in Springfield Ohio right now. I’m told by multiple activists and religious leaders here that ICE took a second Haitian pastor
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/08/2026
🚨 FOX MOCKS SAILORS: Fox News host Joey Jones lashed out at U.S. sailors speaking out about dire conditions aboard the USS Lincoln, calling them “weak” and warning America has “nothing left.”
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Fox Host Trashes U.S. Sailors as ‘Weak’ for Speaking Out About Dire Conditions
Fox News host Joey Jones mocked service members speaking out about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln
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it's Candy Love @candylovely.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
#BlackAmerica is under attack. Family demand answer After 29 year old Black woman found handing from a tree of an Abandoned Mississippi home. www.mississippifreepress.org/black-woman-...
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Black Woman Found Hanging in Tree Behind Vacant Home in Jackson, But Details Are Sparse
Jackson police are investigating the death of a Black woman who was found hanging in a tree behind a home in Mississippi's capital city.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Police brutally arrested an elderly man during a stop, repeatedly hitting him directly in the head. Video shows the officer beat man at least 5 times after he is already face down on the pavement. When backup arrives, they forget to put the police car in park.
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Sara Margarita Medina Ramos @sarammedinaramis.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A license to kill in Texas Nothing will come of it unless a white teenager with a water bottle is murdered by white cops
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Austin Police Shoot and Kill 17-Year-Old Who Had a Water Bottle, Not a Gun - BoomAround
Three Austin officers fatally shot an unarmed Black teenager on a playground after he called 911 himself — with a water bottle in his waistband, not a firearm.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/07/2026
Mike Collins abruptly wrapped up a press conference instead of answering questions about his close ties with a prominent neo-Nazi propagandist
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/07/2026
And the other 1/3 are lying because they already do
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Randy Fair @southerngayteacher.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
“This means the government is finally admitting what we knew from day one and what was obvious to anyone who saw the videos: the charge against me was baseless, meant to intimidate anyone who dares to speak out, organize, or demand justice.” - David Huerta www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US justice department dismisses charges against California union leader
David Huerta was arrested while protesting against an ICE operation during crackdown in Los Angeles
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 20/07/2026
NEW INFO HAS REVEALED that the 28-year-old Mexican man killed while running from ICE last week was just visiting on short tourist visa—and already had a plane ticket to go home. newrepublic.com/post/213277/...
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Man Who Died Running From ICE Was Tourist With a Ticket Home
The man has been identified as Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran, who was in the U.S. on a tourist visa and already had a plane ticket to go back to Mexico.
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SweetBitch 💕 @loriah2025.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
REMEMBER THIS... OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT IS A LYING, CHEATING, CORRUPT PIECE OF S***
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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Protester sues Los Angeles cops over shot to head with projectile. "James DeSimone Law represents Daisy Ureno, who the firm says was struck while sitting in a public seating area outside L.A. City Hall. The shot... rendered her unconscious & caused head trauma." davisvanguard.org/2026/07/lapd...
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LAPD Sued for Excessive Force after Protester Shot in Head at Anti-ICE Rally - Davis Vanguard
A lawsuit filed against the Los Angeles Police Department alleges officers utilized excessive force, striking a 'No Kings' protester in the head with a less-lethal round during a 2025 demonstration ta...
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eddie0028.bsky.social @eddie0028.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I don't see a problem here.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Beyond absurd. A budget is a moral document.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
On Tuesday, a New Jersey town pulled $91M out of Citizens Bank over its business with ICE prison contractors GEO Group and CoreCivic. Yesterday, Citizens announced it was ending its relationships with GEO and CoreCivic. Money managers should DIVEST from $GEO $CXW www.nj.com/essex/2026/0...
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This N.J. town just pulled $91M from Citizens Bank over ICE
Two N.J. municipalities have now pulled more than $330 million combined, according to the De-ICE Citizens Bank coalition.
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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
One of ICE's private prison guards shot a protester outside the ICE detention facility and drove off. He was apprehended and charged with attempted murder. One upside of private prisons is that it actually makes charging their employees easier than if they worked for ICE
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mkb @michellekb.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Gift link. The shooter's name is Brandon Booth www.denverpost.com/2026/07/16/s...
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Geo Group employee at Aurora immigration detention center shot woman after protest, police say
Aurora Police Department officers arrested Brandon Booth, 42, on suspicion of attempted murder, assault, attempted assault, felony menacing and a weapons charge.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17/07/2026
An ICE detention center employee shot a woman on Thursday night after a protest outside an ICE facility in Aurora, Colorado. A GEO Group employee, Brandon Booth, was arrested on suspicion of attempted second-degree murder and other charges.
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ICE contractor arrested for shooting protester
Colorado police booked a GEO Group detention center employee for attempted murder.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
NEW: Aurora Police say an ICE detention center employee shot a protester last night. She is expected to survive. 42-year-old Brandon Booth, who works for the ICE contractor GEO Group, is being held on suspicion of attempted second degree murder and other charges.
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BanmarNJ @banmarnj.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Second ex-wife seeks protection order against ICE agent who shot man in Biddeford The woman sought emergency sole custody of her daughter with David Brouillette.
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Second ex-wife seeks protection order against ICE agent who shot man in Biddeford
The woman sought emergency sole custody of her daughter with David Brouillette.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/07/2026
NEWS: Epstein survivors just gave Todd Blanche a failing grade after their meeting. "Condescending." "Gaslighting." No plan to go after anyone beyond Epstein and Maxwell. And Sen. Tillis's reaction? Somehow worse.
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Epstein Survivors Give Todd Blanche A Failing Grade After Meeting In New Statement
Lara Blume McGee says the AG nominee was "condescending" and tried to gaslight survivors instead of answering for the DOJ's failures. Sen. Thom Tillis praised him anyway.
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ICE Goons Tracker @icegoons.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
ICE Agent David Brouillette admitted to fatally shooting Johan Guerrero in Maine during a call to his ex where he also demanded that she lie to authorities about his history of domestic abuse against her and to vouch for his character, but she chose to expose his abusive past instead.
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ICE agent who killed man in Biddeford identified as former Maine law enforcement officer
An ex-wife told the Press Herald that David Brouillette called her and admitted he was the ICE agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Warner on CBS: I was embarrassed that the president went before our country and networks like yours carried this as news as opposed to a rehash of falsehoods. It is incumbent upon you and any responsible journalist to pushback on this.
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Marcy Gall @marcygall.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
And so it shall be forever henceforth.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Wow. The ICE shooter in Maine asked his ex-wife to "to lie for him and to cover for his character." She said he was abusive and had previously reported concerns about him to his military superiors. He was also a volunteer firefighter, but was removed after several spats with department leadership.
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ICE agent who killed man in Biddeford identified as former Maine law enforcement officer
An ex-wife told the Press Herald that David Brouillette called her and admitted he was the ICE agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
BREAKING A THIRD DEATH! 🚨 ICE & DHS terrorize our communities to the point where a 28-year-old flees in absolute panic and gets killed by a semi-truck in St. Augustine FL. This blood is on their hands. Weaponizing fear kills. When will we end this horrific, state-sanctioned violence?!
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15/07/2026
This is Susan Collins giving the most feckless response to ICE killings possible. She mastered the art of saying almost nothing while people are dying. The only proper response to the killing of Joan Sebastian Guerrero is outrage. VOTE HER OUT
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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Communities across Maine have taken to the streets to protest ICE’s killing of yet another person #AbolishICE
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
They just keep killing people and lying about it. Everybody involved in this criminal organization needs to be prosecuted.
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
“He was bleeding profusely from the head,” Boucher said later Monday morning. “He was talking. He said, ‘I tried to stop.'” www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/b...
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Biddeford witness saw gunshot victim bleeding from head
One resident who saw the shooting said he heard the man who died say 'I tried to stop.'
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𝙾𝙻𝙸𝚅𝙸𝙰 🤍 🇲🇽 𝟺𝚃𝙷 𝚃𝚁𝙰𝙽𝚂𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙼𝙴𝚁 @olivia4t.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
#NOW‼️ Hundreds have spontaneously taken to the streets in #Biddeford, #ME to demand justice for #ÏCE ’s latest victim, an unidentified 26 year old Colombian man authorized to work in the US. #ÏCE ’s relentless terror in our communities against citizens and noncitizens alike cannot continue‼️
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Ruben Garcia @gorubenruben.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
People of Maine take to streets Protesting the ICE killing in Biddeford! #Maine #Protest #biddeford #SomosHumans #SomosMéxico
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Nothing says corruption quite like fascist republicans gifting a Senate seat to immoral seditious parasite Lindsey Graham’s unqualified sister for no reason at all other than to keep the public office within his family. I’m sure they’d hate it if Democrats did that. Scumbags.
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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Stephen Miller’s murderers are at it again. 🇨🇦😔🇨🇦 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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ICE agents kill man in Maine as senator says victim not target of arrest
Killing of man – identified by rights groups as 26-year-old Colombian – comes days after man killed by ICE in Texas
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The residents of Biddeford, Maine are reacting to the killing of a 26-year-old Colombian man by ICE goons today. ICE claims the man tried to "weaponize his vehicle" so they shot and killed him. Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Gift link. It’s as bad as we can imagine. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/u...
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ICE Agent Kills Person in Vehicle in Biddeford, Maine, State Officials Say (Gift Article)
The shooting occurred in Biddeford, south of Portland. It was the second death in a week involving an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent firing into a vehicle.
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Another ICE public execution. These fuckers need to be "stopped cold". www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
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U.S. ICE agent shoots and kills motorist in Maine, senator says | CBC News
A person was fatally shot on Monday during an encounter with U.S. immigration agents in Maine, a top state lawmaker said, days after a man ‌was killed by a U.S. agent during a traffic stop in Texas.
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