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freelance arts writer & editor. LA. avi by Rachid Bouhamidi he/him linktr.ee/mattstromberg

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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 6h
my @hyperallergic.com story on the recent turmoil at the Tom of Finland Foundation - hyperallergic.com/queer-artist...
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Queer Artists Say Tom of Finland Foundation Has Lost Its Way
Former artist residents of the LA nonprofit fear leadership has strayed from the radical, queer energy that Tom and his house embody.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
my @hyperallergic.com picks for 15 shows to see this Fall in Los Angeles hyperallergic.com/15-art-shows...
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15 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Fall
Carmen Lomas Garza’s tender scenes of Chicanx community, Huguette Caland’s life in lines, Indigenous artists on fire and stewardship, photography of trans mutual aid, and more.
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I went to the new #LucasMuseum of Narrative Art, a museum surprisingly short on narrative, and long on, well, pictures of stuff. My report for @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/las-lucas-mu...
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LA’s Lucas Museum Displays “Narrative Art” for the Few, Not the People
Friction, dissonance, and multiplicity are overall avoided in favor of superficial unity and a flattening of difference at George Lucas and Mellody Hobson's new institution.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
as a jew who cares a lot about these issues, the fact that the worlds richest and perhaps most powerful man routinely spouts nazi propaganda is very bad and the main story here. But I'd note there's a bit of a gender story in this "poll" as well.
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I'm thrilled to share "Series: One Thing After Another," the online exhibition I juried for Site: Brooklyn Gallery. I selected 35 artists who use seriality, repetition, and sequence in their work to explore formal, narrative, and conceptual themes. www.sitebrooklyn.com/series-one-t...
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Series — Site:Brooklyn Gallery
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
A succinct verdict on the persecution of the poor young academic who just died by suicide. Plagiarism is common. Persecution of the kind he endured is uncommon, aka selectively applied. The reason why he was targeted seems as clear as it is ugly.
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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Everyone remembers the "Degenerate Art" show staged by the Nazis, but few remember that there was another show of Nazi-approved art held around that same time, because it was so eminently forgettable. Just saying, for no reason whatsoever. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/a...
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After Claiming ‘Bias’ at Smithsonian, Trump Officials Stage Patriotic Exhibition
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
my @hyperallergic.com picks for ten LA shows to see this month hyperallergic.com/10-art-shows...
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10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This August
Betye Saar’s wearable art, Alfredo Ramos Martínez’s mountain ranges, the world’s largest pop-up book, three South Asian artists redefine monumentality, and more.
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Simone Forti, a pioneering figure in post-modern dance, whose influence went far beyond the bounds of performance, died yesterday at 91. My obituary for @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/simone-forti...
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Simone Forti, Artist of Movement and Chance, Dies at 91
The Italian-born choreographer and performance artist mixed boundless curiosity with a formal rigor across a broad creative spectrum that spanned New York, Los Angeles, and Rome.
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I was saddened of course to hear of the death of Betye Saar, who passed away on Sunday 4 days shy of her 100th birthday, but it's hard to imagine a life more richly lived. I was fortunate enough to speak with her in 2019 for this C Mag feature. Rest in Power Ms. Saar. magazinec.com/culture/la-i...
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Inside L.A. Icon Betye Saar's Laurel Canyon Studio | C Magazine®
The assemblage artist has played a pivotal role in the foremost cultural movements of the last century. And at 93, she shows no signs of slowing down
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I wrote about The Stolen Dove, a project by Jon Rubin in conjunction with Grand Central Art Center, that honors the life and legacy of slain Palestinian activist Alex Odeh. It lands at 839 Gallery Saturday. via @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/a-living-mem...
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A Living Memorial to Palestinian Activist Alex Odeh Takes Flight
"The Stolen Dove" is a participatory project that turns a decades-old monument into an artwork to keep the scholar and civil rights leader’s memory alive.
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Truth
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
My picks for what to see this month in LA for @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/10-art-shows...
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10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This July
Marc Kreisel’s secret art practice, Gwyneth Bulawsky’s queer and trans landscapes, Barbara Carrasco’s lifelong muralism, and more.
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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 27/06/2026
Remember when the Times tried to rehabilitate this rancid piece of shit
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
"The Extreme Sentences Handed to Anti-ICE Protesters Should Terrify Us All" 30-100 years! Perhaps the most important and scary story you'll read all week:
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The Extreme Sentences Handed to Anti-ICE Protesters Should Terrify Us All
The sentences, ranging from 30-100 years, are part of an increasingly disturbing pattern of the Trump administration criminalizing speech and assembly.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
But it behooves Jeffries to remember that Mamdani does represent more people than any congressperson and most US senators, so there's that. (All the states in green have fewer people than NYC.)
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I spoke with Lari Pittman about the complexity of queerness, analog space & time, and "polite, well-behaved rebellion" as part of @hyperallergic.com's Pride Month interview series hyperallergic.com/dont-ask-lar...
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Don’t Ask Lari Pittman What His Work Is “About”
The Colombian-American painter discusses his new body of work, the complexity of queerness, and the reprieve of the analog.
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Hello World, I'm jurying an online show, One Thing After Another, for Site:Brooklyn. It's all about seriality, multiples, variations on a theme. Submissions close July 27, and the show will run from Aug 21 - Sept 21. Looking forward to seeing what you've got! artist.callforentry.org/festivals_un...
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CaFE Event Information - Series: One Thing After Another
Read more about Series: One Thing After Another on CaFE
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I visited Dataland, LA's new AI museum, which opens to the public on June 20. It was exhilarating. It was mesmerizing. it was hypnotizing. and it made me feel like I was gonna puke. via @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/my-queasy-fo...
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My Queasy, Forest-Scented Stroll Through LA’s New AI Art Museum
Refik Anadol’s Dataland is a whirling, glaring, hyper-stimulating audio-visual-olfactory voyage that has more in common with Disneyland.
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Kalshi now allows you to bet on art auction results, but who really benefits? via @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/is-betting-o...
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Is Betting on the Art Market a Terrible Idea?
The prediction platform Kalshi is launching a dedicated art category amid heightened scrutiny over insider trading in wagers across industries.
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
my @hyperallergic.com picks for 15 LA shows to see this summer hyperallergic.com/15-art-shows...
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15 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Summer
A romp through early punk culture, Odilon Redon’s dreamy portraiture, Willie Birch’s papier-mâché odes to New Orleans, Samella Lewis’s visions in woodcut, and more.
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
There hasn't been an Iraqi Pavilion at the Venice Biennale since 2019. So Ali Eyal made his own. At a gas station. In Venice. Los Angeles. via @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/unofficial-i...
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Unofficial Iraqi Pavilion Pops Up in Venice, but Not That One
Ali Eyal and David Horvitz satirize America’s oil war in an installation at a Chevron gas station on Venice Boulevard.
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Couldn’t help noticing the similarities between this Pratt poster and the cover of the Mother’s Day 1939 issue of The Frauen Warte, the NSDAP’s biweekly illustrated magazine for women. Probably just a coincidence!
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
CalArts President Booed During Commencement Speech via @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/calarts-pres...
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CalArts President Booed During Commencement Speech
Students held signs protesting staff layoffs at the esteemed Southern California art school as Ravi S. Rajan took the stage.
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
this Saturday, 4-6pm, i'll be in conversation with curators Constance Mallinson and Lawrence Gipe, and some of the artists they've included in "DegreeZero: Utopia/Dystopia in Contemporary Art" at Wonzimer in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles. come through! www.wonzimer.com/events/2026/...
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DEGREE ZERO : Discussion and artists walkthrough — Wonzimer
Join Wonzimer Gallery on Saturday May 16th from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. for an in depth discussion and artists walkthrough held in conjunction with the exhibition DegreeZero: Utopia / Dystopia in Contempora...
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
My dispatch from this weekend's LA Art Book Fair, for @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/getting-mess...
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Getting Messy in the Archive at LA’s Art Book Fair
This year’s edition of the annual Printed Matter show unearths and remixes historical media, collapsing time and giving the past new relevance.
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
my picks for ten shows to see this month in LA, via @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/10-art-shows...
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10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This May
Remembering Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Yoko Ono’s first museum show in LA, Richard Mayhew’s “mindscapes,” Gordon Parks’s musical output, and more.
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Celebrated risk-taking LA gallery The Box announced its decision to close after 19 years, via @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/the-box-la-b...
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The Box LA, Beloved Risk-Taking Art Space, Closes After 19 Years
The gallery was known for its fearless, playful programming and support of unconventional work and exhibitions.
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
George Herms, foundational figure of West Coast Assemblage, dies at 90 - via @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/george-herms...
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George Herms, Titan of West Coast Assemblage, Dies at 90
He transformed found materials and cast-off debris into poetic representations of impermanence, suffused with pathos and humor.
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The new LACMA finally opens this weekend (well, for members), a single concrete structure designed by Peter Zumthor. I wrote about the highlights, the misses, and its novel curatorial approach that is both disruptive and liberating, for @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/lacmas-new-b...
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LACMA’s New Building Invites You to Chart Your Own Path
Some visitors may feel unmoored by the museum’s open plan and free-floating associations, but others will welcome the unconventional approach.
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
i'll be in conversation with new/old media art duo Blinn and Lambert this Saturday at 5:30pm at Izzy Lee Gallery (formerly North Loop West) in LA Chinatown, come through! www.northloop.art/blinn-and-la...
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Blinn and Lambert: Only out an hour — IZZY LEE
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
my @hyperallergic.com picks for 10 LA shows to see this month, with Hannah Tishkoff at Ochi, Bob and Bob at Craig Krull, David Alekhuogie at commonwealth and council, Dave Muller at Art Center, and more! hyperallergic.com/10-art-shows...
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10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This April
David Alekhuogie’s defiant collage, Hannah Tishkoff’s visual poetry, an iconic Angeleno printmaking studio, portraits of Palestinian journalists, and more.
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
For @hyperallergic.com, I wrote about the wondrous, funny, and moving #RobertTherrien show at the @thebroadmuseum.bsky.social, which runs through next weekend. hyperallergic.com/taking-a-sea...
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Taking a Seat at Robert Therrien’s Table
The Broad invites us into the late artist’s obsessively iterative practice, where oversized tables and chairs give way to more elusive, personal forms.
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Artists Grapple With Cesar Chávez’s Legacy After Abuse Allegations, via @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/artists-grap...
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Artists Grapple With Cesar Chávez’s Legacy After Abuse Allegations
The farmworker movement led by Chávez and Dolores Huerta, one of his accusers, has been a central influence for generations of Latine and Chicano artists.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Well then welcome to the Streisand effect
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
10 LA shows to see this month, via @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/10-art-shows...
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10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This March
The artists of Nature Morte gallery, Hayv Kahraman’s painted libations, Jesse Wiedel’s screwball American dream, the late Nona Olabisi’s homegrown muralism, and more.
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I tried to make sense of Frieze LA 2026 and the role that art fairs play (not sure I succeeded) for @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/frieze-la-me...
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Frieze LA Meets the Real World
Intentionally or not, this year’s edition brought issues of class, labor, and immigration into the fair tent.
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
My concise @hyperallergic.com guide for the LA art fairs this week, plus a few non-fair events! #friezeLA #Felix #PostFair hyperallergic.com/your-guide-t...
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Your Guide to Fairs and Shows This LA Frieze Week
In true Angeleno fashion, a slew of local exhibitions and art events act as a counterbalance to this year’s eight fairs — or more, depending on how you define them.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
I can't get over this number: in 2007, there were 360,000 newspaper jobs. Now, there are 80,000. "My local paper sucked!" Sure. What sucks even more? The void. "I get all my news from the Guardian!" No, the Guardian doesn't report on your town council, your school board, local cops.
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
New show exploring Hayao Miyazaki's visionary animated film "Ponyo" opens at the Academy Museum tomorrow, via @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/step-into-th...
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Step Into the World of Studio Ghibli's “Ponyo”
A new exhibition at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles conveys the film’s whimsy and wonder through interactive elements.
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
You may not know Jerry McMillan's name, but you've certainly seen his photos. The preeminent chronicler of the freewheeling LA art scene of the 1960s and 70s passed away on Monday at the age of 89. My obit for @hyperallergic.com #jerrymcmillan hyperallergic.com/jerry-mcmill...
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Jerry McMillan, Whimsical Chronicler of LA’s Art Scene, Dies at 89
His experimental photo-sculptures and inventive portraits of artists like Judy Chicago and Ed Ruscha pushed the boundaries of photography.
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
my @hyperallergic.com picks for 15 LA shows to see this spring! hyperallergic.com/15-art-shows...
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15 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Spring
Arshile Gorky’s road trip with Isamu Noguchi, Steve Arnold’s queer baroque aesthetics, Chicano photography, photography in the Black Arts Movement, and more.
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Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
I read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy. www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
There are raids going all over Los Angeles. I just saw video of ICE chasing some guy through the parking lot of my local supermarket.
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Ricci @riccisergienko.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
It’s really difficult & disorienting but the feds hit LA extremely hard today. There were kidnappings all over & reported cluster raids in Chinatown, East LA, Ktown. This list shows to 1130 AM but they haven’t stopped all day Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have
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ICE TRACKER
01/28/2026 11:30 am
NATIONAL CITY:
ICE / WALMART / 1200 HIGHLAND AVE /
UNSURE OF TIME / ATTEMPTED
KIDNAPPING /
ENCINITAS:
ICE/ MANCHESTER, UNDER HWY 5 W
BRIDGE /
9:30AM / 1 KIDNAPPING/
COSTA MESA:
ICE / HARBOR & WILSON /
6:20AM / 1 KIDNAPPING /
SANTA BARBARA:
ICE / HUTASH & VOLUNTARIO /
6:45AM / SIGHTING /
PISMO BEACH:
ICE / CAFE / 1053 PRICE ST / 8:00AM / UNSURE IF ANYONE WAS TAKEN /
JURUPA VALLEY:
ICE/ MARLATT & 60TH /
8:00AM / UNSURE IF ANYONE WAS TAKEN /
JURUPA VALLEY:
ICE/DODD &54™*/
8:20AM / SIGHTING /
LOS ANGELES:
ICE / COURT & WELCOME /
7:25AM / ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING/ SAN BERNARDINO:
ICE / COURT / ARROW & 3RD /
9:10AM / SCOUTING /
LOS ANGELES:
СВР / OLYMPIC & VANCOUVER /
9:08AM / SIGHTING /
LOS ANGELES:
CBP / CHINATOWN / MAIN & LEROY /
9:30AM / 1 KIDNAPPING/ LOS ANGELES:
CBP / BOYLE HEIGHTS/ MOTT & 2ND /
9:45AM / 1 KIDNAPPING/
LOS ANGELES:
CBP / OLYMPIC & AMALIA / 9:48AM / 1 KIDNAPPING/
LOS ANGELES:
CBP / 1001 N MISSION DR / 10:05AM / 1 KIDNAPPING /
LOS ANGELES:
CBP / RAMONA GARDENS /
2830 LANCASTER AVE /
10:20AM / AT LEAST 1 KIDNAPPING /
LOS ANGELES:
CBP / 8T & ALVARADO /
10:40AM / 1 KIDNAPPING/ EL MONTE:
ICE / COURTHOUSE / 11234 E VALLEY
BLVD /
10:50AM / AT LEAST 1 KIDNAPPING /
LOS ANGELES:
CBP / FIGUEROA & PASADENA /
11:18AM / SIGHTING /
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local blogger @fergoe.blacksky.app · 24/01/2026
I remain absolutely furious that all this shit in Minneapolis started because a barely-literate homeschooled mormon made a video trying to run up in daycare centers trying to find people of Somalian descent doing fraud despite the ringleader (a white woman) being in jail since March. Demonic.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
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Matt Stromberg @mattstromberg.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Just cause someone gives you their trophy, doesn’t mean you actually received the award.
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two men are talking to each other and one of them says that 's not how it works
ALT: two men are talking to each other and one of them says that 's not how it works
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