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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 27/01/2026

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I interviewed over half a dozen ICE and Border Patrol agents who describe an agency that sounds like Reno 911! “I thought federal agents were supposed to be clean cut but some of them pass around a flask as we are watching a suspect,” one told me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads

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ICE Unloads

Immigration officers speak out: “Fuck this.”

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)

From Senator Chris McDaniel: “Lately, some folks have taken to calling ICE “the Gestapo.” It sounds fierce. It feels righteous. But it isn’t true, and it isn’t harmless.

The Gestapo was a secret police force. No warrants. No courts. No lawyers. And no appeals. People vanished in the night, not because they broke the law, but because the law no longer meant anything. The knock on the door was the sentence.

ICE isn’t that. Not even close.

ICE is a public agency enforcing laws passed by elected officials. Its agents file reports. They seek warrants. They lose cases. Judges stop them. Lawyers challenge them. Some detainees go home. That’s not tyranny. That’s bureaucracy, for better and worse.

You can hate immigration policy. You can argue enforcement is too harsh, too sloppy, or too broad. You can work to have the law changed if you wish. That’s a republic doing what it’s supposed to do.

But when you call ordinary law enforcement “the Gestapo,” you cheapen real evil. You turn history into a slogan and suffering into a metaphor. And once every badge is tyranny, no tyranny is left to recognize.

In Mississippi, I was raised to believe words should earn their weight. This one hasn't yet. It throws around the language of dictatorship while living under a system where courts still rule, lawyers still argue, and the government still loses.

That difference matters.

Because the day enforcement becomes secret, unchecked, and answerable to no one, we won’t need to borrow names from history. We’ll know exactly what we’re dealing with.

And we’ll wish we’d kept our words honest.”

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

every member of congress over age 80 should have to testify under oath whether they've given anyone power of attorney

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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onion person @junlper.beer · 02/04/2025

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Angry Blue Man @angryblueman.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

The million dollar "awards" are fixed. YOU can't win. What Elon is doing is buying your information so he can steal your vote. How? It is technical but giving up your street address is key. spoonamore.substack.com/p/duty-to-wa...

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Duty to Warn Letter - to VP Harris - Re: Election 2024

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born miserable @bornmiserable.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law an executive order is not a law

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

People are taking things into their own hands

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

"The report found that more civilians were killed in the first week of the Trump administration’s bombing campaign than were killed in the 12 months of US- UK strikes on Yemen that were conducted under the Biden administration from Jan 2024 to Jan 2025." The Signal chat was bad. This is worse:

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US Killed 25 Civilians in First Week of Renewed Bombing Campaign in Yemen - News From Antiwar.com

US airstrikes on Yemen killed at least 25 civilians and wounded 28 others in just the first week of the Trump administration's renewed bombing campaign against the Houthis, according to the Yemen Data...

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

"ICE Chasers are volunteers, who maintain vigilance about ICE sightings in the areas they live in and report it to the wider ICE Chasers network. According to Aguilar, ICE Chasers form a “rapid response team” that keeps the community informed in real-time." atlpresscollective.com/2025/03/11/m...

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Meet the ICE Chasers: the rapid response team keeping communities informed on ICE sightings – Atlanta Community Press Collective

ICE Chasers in Georgia are organizing a grassroots response to fear, deportations, and attacks on migrants.

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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

From “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler #skybrary #skybrarians #booksky

A screenshot of a poem. The poem reads:
Choose your leaders
with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward
is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool
is to be led
by the opportunists who control the fool.
To be led by a thief
is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen.
To be led by a liar
is to ask to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant
is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 07/03/2025

news in america: you will have to drink shit in water. we are going to end education. we will deport you for having the wrong opinion news in any other country:

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Chris Kennett @chriskennett.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

remember how Wile E. Coyote used to hold up a little sign saying ‘help’ or ‘oh no’ or some such just before the huge boulder crushed him

Democrats at the SOU holding up little signs like they’re at an auction

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Imagine that. 💰

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new leadership is dropping cases. Today they dismissed at least four enforcement lawsuits, including cases against Capital One, Berkshire Hathaway-owned Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance, and a predatory student loan company. www.cnbc.com/2025/02/27/c...

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau drops lawsuits against Capital One and Berkshire, Rocket Cos. units

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Wise man…

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Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

American Gothic: Herr Plugs Edition

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

The DOGE guys didn’t just make one $8B mistake in their savings list — “they are getting it wrong with alarming consistency” They don’t seem to understand how these things are calculated. 🧵: x.com/electricfutu...

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 18/02/2025

BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

The billionaires have been working on their merger with the evangelicals and “conservatives” for decades…abortion was the wedge issue to get Christians to vote against their own good. It was never about babies. It was to bring about a coup…it is an oligarchy taking over the US inch by inch.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

What’s coming up for #USProtests #3E

February 17 national day of protest 12 noon at the White House and state capitals. February 28 global economic blackout. March 15 total shut down no work no shopping no travel.

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General Strike US @generalstrikeus.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

We’re building the networks, the resources, the connections, alongside over 12,000 coalition members. We need your insights & help to get the word out about this movement. When we’ve met our first goal (Phase 1), we craft specific demands. When we hit 11 million, we strike. #uspolitics #strike

A flyer on the general strike, describing phase 1 (get 6 million strike cards), and the need to organize now to strike for more equitable systems, rather than those that led to the rise of fascism.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Spotted in New York. #3E

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Sheryl Crow: “My parents always said you are who you hang out with. There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with. So long Tesla. Money donated to NPR, which is under threat by President Musk, in hopes the truth will…find its way to those willing to know [it].”

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

NEWS Before she resigned, the Acting US Attorney for SDNY wrote an eight page letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi about the Eric Adams case. In that letter, she said that Eric Adams’ attorneys said the Mayor would help the DOJ with enforcement if his case was dismissed. Must Read Letter!

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DANIELLE R. SASSOON LETTER TO PAM BONDI

Acting US Attorney for the Southern District of New York letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi on the Eric Adams case.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

We’re done here. Right?

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Germany is saying no to autogenocide, no to oligarchy, and no to impunity. Thousands are taking a stand against fascism ahead of the election. No matter the results they won't bend the knee to oligarchy. #3E

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National Ground Game 👟 @nationalgroundgame.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

HUGE progress from our grassroots donors in just 4 days!! We're now up to $81k raised to TAKE BACK THE HOUSE in the special elections just 50 days away -- we need to register 10k voters by the March 1st deadline for a fighting chance, please share and join! www.nationalgroundgame.com

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

President Trump says he's signing an executive order to make AG Pam Bondi the head of a task force "to eradicate anti-Christian bias." Expect to see lots of litigation on this!

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Mass protests in Indiana as hundreds stepped up to stand against tyranny. The demonstrations were sparked after Trump collaborator Gov. Braun signing an executive order, directing law enforcement to aid ICE ethnic cleansing operations. #3E #USprotests #ICE "Who's the criminal? Donald Trump!"

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Thomas Long @rayosunlong.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

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Rita L. Portela @westernspinster.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

ICE is trying to deport Native American people to Mexico. This one from the Mescalero Apache Tribe. That's right. People indigenous to the United States, tribal members. ICE is trying to remove them from the US. This is the second verified incident I've heard about. We were here 1st. #ICE

On Mescalero Apache Tribe letterhead: MESCALERO Apache Tribe P.O. Box 227 108 Central Avenue Mescalero, New Mexico 88340 TRIBE Office: (575) 464-4494 Fax: (575) 464-9220 STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT THORA WALSH-PADILLA ON IMMIGRATION INCIDENT INVOLVING A TRIBAL MEMBER As of 3:45 PM this afternoon, the Tribe verified only a single incident where an ICE January 23, 2025 Mescalero, NM Last night and throughout the day today, I received multiple calls from concerned Mescalero Apache Tribal Members in relation to rumors of incidents involving Tribal Members and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. agent questioned a Tribal Member in a public place in Ruidoso. This incident occurred yesterday. ICE agents began questioning a family standing in line in front of the Tribal member. The family was escorted outside. Then, an ICE agent still inside the public place approached the Tribal Member in Spanish. The Tribal Member responded by stating the Tribal Member spoke English. The ICE agent asked the Tribal Member for a passport. The Tribal Member presented a picture of a New Mexico Driver's License and a Tribal identification card. The ICE agent did not continue questions at this point and exited. While this is the only incident we have been able to verify. Tribal leadership is actively working with the New Mexico Congressional Delegation to ensure that the rights of Tribal Members are protected. To be safe, be aware of your surroundings, let family members/friends know where you are, and keep identification with you at all times. If possible, then carry multiple forms of identification (driver's license, state-issued identification card, Tribal identification card, Certificate of Indian Blood, etc.). Thora Walsh-Padilla President

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Jenny @jenjams.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Let me say this as plainly as I can The United States is closer than many people realize to this type of authoritarian rule Fuck any man or woman who dismisses this and votes for it

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