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@olovell.bsky.social
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Shit-posting and politics in a way that won't get me fired. Fluent in security / opsec.

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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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/01/2026
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Jesus. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 15, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Reid Forgrave
ICE agents eat at small-town Mexican restaurant — then arrest workers
Federal agents detained three workers from a family-owned Mexican restaurant in Willmar yesterday, hours after four agents ate lunch there.

It was not immediately clear what the immigration status of those detained was, or whether the people detained included the restaurant’s owners or only workers.

An eyewitness who declined to give a name for fear of retribution, told the Minnesota Star Tribune that four ICE agents sat in a booth for a meal at El Tapatio a little before 3 p.m. Staff at the restaurant were frightened, said the eyewitness, who shared pictures from the restaurant as well as video of the arrest.

The arrest happened around 8:30 p.m. near a Lutheran church and Willmar Middle School as agents followed the workers after they closed up for the night. A handful of bystanders blew whistles and shouted at agents as they detained the people. “Would your mama be proud of you right now?” one of the bystanders asked.
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Ossie @olovell.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
media.tenor.com
a man in a military uniform eats a piece of cake
ALT: a man in a military uniform eats a piece of cake
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Ossie @olovell.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
they are who we thought they were
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Ossie @olovell.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
they are who we thought they were
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Ossie @olovell.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Dickless response from someone negotiating government funding.
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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 14/01/2026
Yeah man all my friends in Minnesota are buying high viz vests and forming human chains at class dismissals because ICE is targeting and tear gassing schools. I wonder why parents would want information about that.
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Ossie @olovell.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Secret police murdering civilians was predictable and it was predicted. States need to arrest these gestapo fucks and we all need to push back on this terrorism of our communities. Their funding is being tripled and DHS is gearing up per NSPM-7 to go after any opposition.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/01/2026
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
#BREAKING: Justice Jackson has issued an "administrative" stay, temporarily pausing a district court order that would've required the USDA to continue using contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits. The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
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Ossie @olovell.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
I have to credit the Trump administration for their consistency. They've killed over 600,000 impoverished people abroad by cutting USAID and depriving them of food and medicine. Now they're doing their best to take food and medicine away from poor people in the US too.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
An embarrassingly obvious point, but... This. Is. Illegal. If anything like the rule of law were in force, Trump couldn't arbitrarily increase a tariff because he is annoyed. In important and increasing ways, the rule of law in the US no longer exists. www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...
cnn.com
Trump says he’s increasing tariffs on Canada by 10% after Ontario’s Reagan ad | CNN Business
President Donald Trump said Saturday he is increasing the tariff on Canada by 10% over current levels, further escalating trade tensions over what he called a “fake” ad that featured parts of an anti-...
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Speaker of the House holding a formal presser to announce that Jesus is the king of everyone in the USA should be getting more attention
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Any American medium that fails to cover the largest protests in American history is failing in the basic mission of informing the public about the facts. #NoKings
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
I hear from informed sources that these #NoKings rallies are more than twice as big as last time, making them easily the largest protests in US history. Thanks to everyone and especially organizers.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 18/10/2025
We showed out y'all. Source unknown but its an aerial shot of the Missoula No Kings rally.
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Ossie @olovell.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
#NoKings
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Ossie @olovell.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
My favorite protest sign today was "we're all the couch now".
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Ossie @olovell.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
My favorite protest sign today was "we're all the couch now".
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
World War 2 veterans, the original antifa, took part in the nationwide protests against the fascist Trump regime. #3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood
Veteran holds sign
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Chris Mirasola @chrismirasola.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I can’t overstate how entirely untethered to the constitution and past practice this unilateral move to repurpose funds to pay for military pay is. The commander-in-chief clause has precisely 0 bearing on the ability to expend funds. Here’s a list of authorities that do:
whitehouse.gov
National Security Presidential Memorandum/NSPM-8
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF WAR               THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET SUBJECT:       Use of
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Ossie @olovell.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
I fear I'm going to wear out the vomit emoji but 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
ICE just arrested a singing giraffe in Portland.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
This is not morally or legally different than lining up two dozen men and shooting them in the face.
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Ossie @olovell.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
media.tenor.com
a man in a tuxedo stands next to a woman in a black dress and says si er correcto
ALT: a man in a tuxedo stands next to a woman in a black dress and says si er correcto
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Ossie @olovell.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
I guess when I've been "jokingly" referring to these people as the new hitler youth I was more accurate than I thought.
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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
One of the craziest stories I've seen in a long time. If you think Trump and his administration are extreme and depraved, just wait until you learn about the young guns who are positioning themselves to take over the reigns in the next few decades www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
politico.com
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
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Ossie @olovell.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
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Ossie @olovell.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
ICE/Border Patrol held a weapon on a guy who was demanding they show him their face in Rogers Park today
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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
"[A]gents engulfed my car in tear gas, smashed my driver-side window, and pepper-sprayed my face.... I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. No explanation. No charges. No apology. One day, I was just told, 'you’re free to go.'" #KavanaughStop
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.
Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.
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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
What we might refer to as a "Kavanaugh Stop"
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
The Pope, Jane Goodall, and the Nobel Peace Prize committee all came out and said MAGA and Trump are trash.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Jane Goodall offers sage advice for the rest of us. #3E
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Ossie @olovell.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Hoping for the day he gets bullied by a guy in an orange prison jumpsuit.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A. ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why. A judge has ordered his immediate release. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 04/10/2025
apparently driving around tossing gas out of their cars is just their thing now.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 05/10/2025
This is a fierce ruling against Trump from a judge he appointed.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 05/10/2025
BREAKING: A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's deployment of 200 Oregon National Guard members to Portland over the governor's objections. This decision reinforces one of our country's core principles: The military has no place policing our communities.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/10/2025
Mario Guevara, an Emmy-award winning reporter, was deported to El Salvador — a nation he fled more than two decades ago. He was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.
washingtonpost.com
U.S. deports journalist Mario Guevara to El Salvador, family says
Mario Guevara, an independent journalist, was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.
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Ossie @olovell.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
"Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers, she said." WTAF #FuckICE
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Ossie @olovell.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
"Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties."
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Ossie @olovell.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/... ICE broke down almost every door in the building and didn't produce a warrant when asked. Are we at the warrant-less searches of our homes part of authoritarianism now?
chicago.suntimes.com
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 02/10/2025
Journalist @leighkunkel.bsky.social was left with a bloody nose after federal officers shot her in the face and the back of the head while she was reporting on protests at an ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview on Sept. 26. pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incident...
Quote card from journalist Leigh Kunkel that reads:

“It’s hard to describe how strange it was and how clearly eager they were to enact violence on everybody there.”
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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today
Pope Leo XIV
Today, more than ever, we must return to the heart, the center of feeling and emotion, the locus of freedom. Though it includes reason, the heart transcends and transforms it. Only by returning to the heart can we undergo a true ecological conversion that transforms our personal

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I reject this whole heartedly. What you fail to see Mr Pope, the Bible says
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Ossie @olovell.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
www.npr.org/2025/10/01/n... That's a substantial increase in the % of respondents agreeing that violence may be needed to put the country back on the right track. 🫥
npr.org
Poll: Agreement that political violence may be necessary to right the country grows
On hot button issues, a majority say children should be vaccinated; controlling gun violence is more important than gun rights; and Epstein files should be released, in a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.
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Ossie @olovell.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
He's such a whiny little bitch.
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Ossie @olovell.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
A well funded Gestapo with surveillance powers that Goring could only have dreamed of.
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