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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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soph @notsophi3.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
#Caturday all cozied up!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
"Four Catholic faith leaders washed feet and offered Communion to 14 DHS detainees at the ICE facility in Broadview IL on Holy Thursday..." "Outside in rain and heavy winds, 50 Catholic faithful held a Holy Thursday liturgy, blessed the delegation and held their own Washing of the Feet ritual..."
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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Did you know 80% of billionaire political spending goes to one party? Billionaires fill Republicans' campaign coffers to this extent so they'll pass policies, like the Big Billionaire Bill, that give them tax breaks.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Vital reporting from @alannavagianos.bsky.social, who you can always trust to cover these stories with care www.huffpost.com/entry/miscar...
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States Are Using Policies From The 1600s To Punish Women For Miscarriages
Even some of the strongest anti-abortion lawmakers don't want to punish people for pregnancy loss. Police and prosecutors are finding ways to do it anyway.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Senator Mullin has made several purchases of this company's stock. Now, he's being tasked to oversee DHS and make decisions that could boost his stock portfolio.
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For-Profit School Opening in For-Profit ICE Family Prison - The American Prospect
Stride, Inc., is hiring multiple teachers to run a new school at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley. But the establishment of a school is really an effort to sanitize the extended…
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 06/03/2026
Everyone needs to be talking about this.
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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
We've said it before and we'll say it again: the more money billionaires pour into elections, the richer they'll get.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Excellent advice right here.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I wish some major media outlets would do broad reports on the impact of death threats on our politics, and on who's doing them (MAGA men mostly from what I can tell), and why law enforcement appears to be doing so little about them. They are such a big (submerged) part of our politics now.
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soph @notsophi3.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
AI should not be used for autonomous killing and domestic surveillance. We should not be able to make bets on how many humans are killed in a war. Have we always been this evil?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/03/2026
NEWS: In 2019, the Trump DOJ took over New Mexico’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch — telling the state to stand down and turn over its findings. According to officials and newly unsealed records, the probe soon fizzled after the federal takeover. Link to NYT reporting in reply.
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soph @notsophi3.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
The people in power genuinely disgust me.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 05/02/2026
At the emergency room, doctors administered a CT scan and found Virden’s jaw was in pieces. They did surgery immediately, installing three plates into his jaw to hold it together. They had to put the plates in from the outside, leaving a line of 15 stitches down his jawline. His mouth is filled with wires and bands to hold everything together.
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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Rising costs, corporate greed, and unchecked corruption have eroded the people’s trust in government. Building it back means we need to halt the flow of unchecked dark money in politics. We need to #EndCitizensUnited.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home. But did you look at the judge's order? It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept." Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
“Dear ICE agents - I hope you’re respectful to everyone and show kindness… we should treat all people the same, even if we don’t know them.” If this doesn’t shatter your heart you don’t have one. 💔 Our kids are watching. 🇺🇸 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
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Forbes @forbes.com · 30/01/2026
‘The White Lotus’ Season 4 Officially Casts Its Next Three Actors
forbes.com
‘The White Lotus’ Season 4 Officially Casts Its Next Three Actors
Helena Bonham Carter joins the cast of 'The White Lotus' Season 4, along with two new casting announcements.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” “My nation is under attack." #3E #GoodVsEvil #NationalStrike #ICEOut
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche admits that the DOJ excluded all images showing “death, physical abuse, or injury” from yesterday’s Epstein files release. WHAT ELSE ARE THEY HIDING???
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/01/2026
Why did DEA agents arrest independent journalist Georgia Fort?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/01/2026
NEWS: The Trump regime has arrested Don Lemon in its latest crackdown on journalism after he reported from inside a church protest in Minnesota—despite a magistrate judge previously rejecting the case against him as unsupported by evidence.
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Thomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 27/01/2026
Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
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maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
A lot more people should know about the bravery Marimar Martinez displayed in the midst of Chicago’s occupation and the murder of two observers in MSP. They tried to kill her, shooting her 5 times, and it’s a miracle she’s alive to push for transparency like this after being persecuted by the DOJ.
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brian nam-sonenstein @bson.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
This is another reason why it’s more apt to say ICE is a return to pre civil rights policing, not a departure from policing itself. Post 60s the cops learned that PR was perhaps the most important part of preserving impunity. Now ICE is fucking up the bag.
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brian nam-sonenstein @bson.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Read closely any of these anonymous critiques from DHS officials and you will notice it all boils down to frustration with the PR “strategy.” Matches with critiques of training and transparency. This is why you always need to ask, is the concern with the presentation or mission?
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
And, tonight, the network's flagship news program -- 60 Minutes -- ran a clip show of old celeb interviews to "celebrate the movies" rather than put together an episode focused on what's going on in Minnesota.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
One is a tragedy, two is a strategy. They lied about the murders they’ve committed in public, imagine what they are doing behind closed doors. There are people still missing that have not been heard from by their families. #3E #GoodvsEvil
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MEIDAS Suzanna #Resist @penelopedid.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Why Minneapolis? Because Kamala/Walz actually won the election. Why California? Because Kamala/Walz beat his orange ass. Why Chicago? Obama. Why Maine? The governor defied his unlawful orders. Any questions?
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
If this is what they do when they're out on the street with people pointing cameras at them, what do you think is happening inside the ICE prison camps that they keep denying Members of Congress access to?
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fredolives.bsky.social @fredolives.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Great Reddit post.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Adding Silverio Villegas González, who was an undocumented immigrant who was shot and killed at close range while allegedly trying to flee. He was dragged from his vehicle at a traffic stop after dropping his children off at school. The bullet went through the back of his neck.
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Killing of Silverio Villegas González - Wikipedia
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The scariest part is these are only the cases we know about. At least 1,200 people are missing from Alligator Alcatraz. Elected officials are regularly denied access into the camps. We have to assume we are only seeing the tip of the iceberg. Keep resisting. Keep documenting. Abolish ICE.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Now there’s Alex Pretti, another US citizen shot and killed in broad daylight. These are not just a few random incidents. It’s a systemic problem. People are being abused, assaulted and killed by ICE. This isn’t about immigration or crime, it’s about control & creating fear
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
There’s Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been in ICE custody for almost a year. He was only two days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when they grabbed him. He’s being denied his prosthetics, he’s been placed in solitary and his health is declining:
disabledginger.com
Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE
Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Bayron Rovidio Marin had his leg broken during an ICE raid in LA. He was then held in the hospital under a fake name so no one could find him. He was chained to a hospital bed for 37 days until a court ordered his release. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Federal agents held him in a hospital for 37 days, at times shackled to his bed, without charging him
Bayron Rovidio Marin broke his leg when federal agents raided the car wash where he worked. He was surveilled for more than a month in his hospital bed at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center before a federal j...
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Silvia Reyna Mendoza, a mother of 8 who had been in the US for 40 years, was sexually harassed by an ICE contractor. He reportedly would tell her if she was good to him, he would be good to her. When she reported the harassment she was immediately detained. abc7chicago.com/post/mother-...
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Mother of 8 detained after reporting sexual harassment by ICE contractor, family claims retaliation
A mother of eight, who has lived in the U.S. for nearly 40 years, is currently in ICE detention in Kern County, California, after her family claims she was retaliated against for reporting sexual hara...
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
David Courvelle worked as a detention officer in an ICE facility in Louisiana. He sexually assaulted a Nicaraguan detainee for three months, forcing other detainees to keep watch while he abused her. www.kptv.com/2025/12/29/d...
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Detention officer admits to sexually abusing detainee at ICE facility
The charge carries a sentence of up to 15 years in prison.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Randall Gamboa Esquivel was in perfect health when detained by ICE. He disappeared while in custody. By the time his family located him, he was in a persistent vegetative state. They deported him to Costa Rica and he died soon after. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Family seeks answers after ICE deported man to Costa Rica in vegetative state
Exclusive: Before Randall Gamboa Esquivel died, his health had deteriorated badly while he was in ICE custody
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Chaofeng Ge was found hanging in ICE custody. They ruled it a suicide despite his arms and legs being tied behind his back. ny1.com/nyc/manhatta...
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Family of man found dead in ICE facility sues government
It has been more than three months since 32-year-old Chaofeng Ge was found dead in a Pennsylvania detention facility run by ICE.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
There’s Geraldo Campos who was choked to death in an ICE camp in Texas. The medical examiner officially ruled his death a homicide, and DHS moved to deport the witnesses! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Death of Cuban migrant in Texas facility officially classified as homicide
Autopsy report concluded Geraldo Lunas Campos, 55, died from ‘asphyxia due to neck and torso compression’
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Renee Nicole Good was shot three times by an ICE agent who called her a “f*cking b*tch” after. ICE claims she was using her vehicle as a weapon despite multiple videos showing she was trying to drive away from the agent. 2 of the 3 shots were through driver side door.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Keith Porter was shot and killed by an off duty ICE officer on New Years Eve in LA. The officer alleges Porter pulled a weapon on him but the family and other witnesses deny that. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Family of man killed by off-duty ICE agent in LA demands charges: ‘The ache will never go away’
After Renee Good’s killing in Minneapolis, calls grow for accountability in the shooting of Keith Porter Jr on New Year’s Eve
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Marimar Martinez was the first US citizen shot by ICE. They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon. They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times. He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”. A 🧵 of ICE abuse
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Text messages and a moved SUV: How the government’s case against a Chicago woman shot by a Border Patrol agent fell apart | CNN
A wide grin was plastered on Marimar Martinez’s face Thursday as she thanked her attorneys outside an Illinois courtroom and told reporters, “I’m just blessed. I’m happy.”
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Matt McManus @mattpolprof.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
A lot of self described Christians seem to be banking on there not actually being a hell.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value.
3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE.
4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on.
5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle."
6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground.7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack.
8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video.
9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk.
10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun.
11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him.
12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes.13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times.
14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.
15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.
16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bearwitness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Abolish ICE, abolish DHS, redistribute the other agencies, prosecute actual criminals, such as people who commit execution-style murders of Americans in broad daylight.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Video shows moments before Trump regime thugs murdered a man in Minneapolis, Minnesota for filming them. #3E #GoodvsEvil
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