Beth
@bethinsac.bsky.social
Just a country lawyer. "We must love one another or die."
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I just woke up to the news that independent journalist Georgia Fort was arrested by Federal agents for filming the protest at the church in Minneapolis. She went live #FreeGeorgia
January 30, 2026 at 12:42 PM
I just woke up to the news that independent journalist Georgia Fort was arrested by Federal agents for filming the protest at the church in Minneapolis. She went live #FreeGeorgia
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Journalist Don Lemon is arrested after protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church.
January 30, 2026 at 1:19 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Journalist Don Lemon is arrested after protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church.
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ICE currently has a code of professional conduct. Among other things, it requires agents to be "professional, police, respectful, considerate, helpful and patient in all official activities ... even in the face of considerable provocation."
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the party agreed on three main goals:
° Require warrants in some cases and ICE coordination with state and local law enforcement
° Create a code of conduct and enforce it
° Require agents to wear body cams and not masks
° Require warrants in some cases and ICE coordination with state and local law enforcement
° Create a code of conduct and enforce it
° Require agents to wear body cams and not masks
Democrats demand new ICE restrictions as government shutdown looms
After federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Senate Democrats say they’ll block a massive government funding package without policy changes.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
ICE currently has a code of professional conduct. Among other things, it requires agents to be "professional, police, respectful, considerate, helpful and patient in all official activities ... even in the face of considerable provocation."
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Lawmaker will demand opposition follow the already existing law as a precondition of funding their gestapo and concentration camps
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation fun…
www.kget.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Lawmaker will demand opposition follow the already existing law as a precondition of funding their gestapo and concentration camps
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to be honest it sounds a little war crime-y
January 30, 2026 at 2:06 AM
to be honest it sounds a little war crime-y
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what are we imagining happens to the small children being ripped from their parents in this scenario
If @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is willing to ensure natural born citizen children aren’t deported along with their non-citizen parents, then this is a good and sensible policy. He should make that plain.
Otherwise, this is worthless.
Otherwise, this is worthless.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
January 30, 2026 at 2:04 AM
what are we imagining happens to the small children being ripped from their parents in this scenario
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Backing up The Argument in NYT/Siena, Gen X still has an astonishing 49% approval for Trump (!), while Boomers have dipped to 42%.
Gen X is currently tracking at 12 pts to the right of the electorate on the generic ballot. Now 9 pts to the right of Boomers, which has to be the largest gap ever.
Gen X is currently tracking at 12 pts to the right of the electorate on the generic ballot. Now 9 pts to the right of Boomers, which has to be the largest gap ever.
January 29, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Backing up The Argument in NYT/Siena, Gen X still has an astonishing 49% approval for Trump (!), while Boomers have dipped to 42%.
Gen X is currently tracking at 12 pts to the right of the electorate on the generic ballot. Now 9 pts to the right of Boomers, which has to be the largest gap ever.
Gen X is currently tracking at 12 pts to the right of the electorate on the generic ballot. Now 9 pts to the right of Boomers, which has to be the largest gap ever.
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If you are a person who works in social media, and your job requires you to manage an account on Twitter/X, please ask your boss, in writing, to verify that you are required as a responsibility of your position to be on a platform that knowingly creates and monetizes child sexual abuse material …
January 29, 2026 at 6:46 PM
If you are a person who works in social media, and your job requires you to manage an account on Twitter/X, please ask your boss, in writing, to verify that you are required as a responsibility of your position to be on a platform that knowingly creates and monetizes child sexual abuse material …
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This video is a good demonstration BTW that the people saying the anti-trans stuff was intended as preparation for this were dead on. The heart of the video is the exact same talking point: adopted children deserve to be protected and the adoption agencies are not screening carefully enough.
January 29, 2026 at 5:26 PM
This video is a good demonstration BTW that the people saying the anti-trans stuff was intended as preparation for this were dead on. The heart of the video is the exact same talking point: adopted children deserve to be protected and the adoption agencies are not screening carefully enough.
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ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
January 29, 2026 at 4:45 PM
ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
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Immigration enforcement is not what they're doing. If they were doing immigration enforcement they would be surging in states that had significant numbers of undocumented immigrants rather than MN and ME. Stop repeating their lies.
January 29, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Immigration enforcement is not what they're doing. If they were doing immigration enforcement they would be surging in states that had significant numbers of undocumented immigrants rather than MN and ME. Stop repeating their lies.
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"If we have to hunt you down, the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you. We will achieve justice. And we will do so under the Constitution and laws of the United States."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
Philly DA vows to prosecute ‘wannabe Nazi' ICE agents who violate the law
YouTube video by NBC10 Philadelphia
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:50 AM
"If we have to hunt you down, the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you. We will achieve justice. And we will do so under the Constitution and laws of the United States."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
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More than 1,000 students could march Friday to show that, as one student organizer said, “students in California’s capital do not stand with ICE.”
Seven Sacramento high schools planning coordinated anti-ICE walkout to Capitol
More than 1,000 students could march Friday to show that, as one student organizer said, “students in California’s capital do not stand with ICE.”
bit.ly
January 29, 2026 at 5:30 AM
More than 1,000 students could march Friday to show that, as one student organizer said, “students in California’s capital do not stand with ICE.”
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The just-announced full cast for the Broadway revival of Rocky Horror is insane and I mean that in a very good way www.timeout.com/newyork/thea...
The Rocky Horror Show | Studio 54 | Theater in New York
Richard O'Brien's delirious and oddly touch-a-touch-a-touch-a-touching spoof of science-fiction and horror B flicks—a mix of satire, rock & roll and anything-
www.timeout.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:14 AM
The just-announced full cast for the Broadway revival of Rocky Horror is insane and I mean that in a very good way www.timeout.com/newyork/thea...
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As far as I know, Tom Suozzi here still does not have a primary challenger in his district (NY-3 on Long Island).
The filing deadline is April 6 for the primary on June 23, and if there's a remotely progressive town council member or PTA president in that district, this is the time to make a move.
The filing deadline is April 6 for the primary on June 23, and if there's a remotely progressive town council member or PTA president in that district, this is the time to make a move.
Confronted Congressman Tom Suozzi, one of seven Democrats casting the decisive votes to increase ICE funding by $10,000,000,000.
January 29, 2026 at 1:45 AM
As far as I know, Tom Suozzi here still does not have a primary challenger in his district (NY-3 on Long Island).
The filing deadline is April 6 for the primary on June 23, and if there's a remotely progressive town council member or PTA president in that district, this is the time to make a move.
The filing deadline is April 6 for the primary on June 23, and if there's a remotely progressive town council member or PTA president in that district, this is the time to make a move.
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ICE agents just seem to consider pepper spraying people in the face to be an appropriate casual greeting. www.noozhawk.com/federal-ice-...
Federal ICE Agent Pepper Sprays Person in Face in Santa Barbara Eastside Incident
A masked federal agent wearing a vest labeled “police” pepper sprayed a person in the face at close range Wednesday morning on Santa Barbara’s Eastside.
www.noozhawk.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:11 PM
ICE agents just seem to consider pepper spraying people in the face to be an appropriate casual greeting. www.noozhawk.com/federal-ice-...
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Two people have been abducted from Scotland in the middle of the night by the US military. Despite an order from our highest court that they be kept here.
The Scottish Government must show that actions have consequences by evicting American troops from their base at publicly-owned Prestwick Airport
The Scottish Government must show that actions have consequences by evicting American troops from their base at publicly-owned Prestwick Airport
January 28, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Two people have been abducted from Scotland in the middle of the night by the US military. Despite an order from our highest court that they be kept here.
The Scottish Government must show that actions have consequences by evicting American troops from their base at publicly-owned Prestwick Airport
The Scottish Government must show that actions have consequences by evicting American troops from their base at publicly-owned Prestwick Airport
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Incredible. Millions are newly-mobilized, questioning how their taxes are being used to hurt their neighbors.
Republicans are in a terrible position.
Democrats have huge leverage.
And they may just go ahead and give DHS more money — as long as they slap on a few rules DHS is already not following.
Republicans are in a terrible position.
Democrats have huge leverage.
And they may just go ahead and give DHS more money — as long as they slap on a few rules DHS is already not following.
Chuck Schumer just announced demands on DHS to avoid shutdown:
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
January 28, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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I fucking hate Schumer so much man, what a worm
Chuck Schumer just announced demands on DHS to avoid shutdown:
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
January 28, 2026 at 8:37 PM
I fucking hate Schumer so much man, what a worm
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What is redemption, really? This is a great thread.
Your father is choking your brother. What do you do?
Well, if your father is choking your brother, it is necessary to stop your father. You'd probably stop trusting somebody who said it wasn't necessary; anyway, I'd hope so.
There are a lot of ways to stop your father.
Well, if your father is choking your brother, it is necessary to stop your father. You'd probably stop trusting somebody who said it wasn't necessary; anyway, I'd hope so.
There are a lot of ways to stop your father.
January 28, 2026 at 1:27 PM
What is redemption, really? This is a great thread.
San Francisco has ads on their buses for gig workers you can hire to edit your AI-generated code. I love the city with all my heart but it is becoming deeply weird in a bad way (as opposed to weird in a good way like it used to be).
A sentence from hell:
“people in SF are putting multi-agent claudeswarms in charge of their lives, consulting chatbots before every decision, wireheading to a degree only sci-fi writers dared to imagine.”
“people in SF are putting multi-agent claudeswarms in charge of their lives, consulting chatbots before every decision, wireheading to a degree only sci-fi writers dared to imagine.”
January 28, 2026 at 6:53 PM
San Francisco has ads on their buses for gig workers you can hire to edit your AI-generated code. I love the city with all my heart but it is becoming deeply weird in a bad way (as opposed to weird in a good way like it used to be).
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There's apparently body cam footage of Alex's murder. Do people know this?
This lets you know that a demand for body cams is USELESS and in fact just a way to give more money to the killers.
This lets you know that a demand for body cams is USELESS and in fact just a way to give more money to the killers.
January 27, 2026 at 12:37 PM
There's apparently body cam footage of Alex's murder. Do people know this?
This lets you know that a demand for body cams is USELESS and in fact just a way to give more money to the killers.
This lets you know that a demand for body cams is USELESS and in fact just a way to give more money to the killers.
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Last week during a cluster raid in Santa Ana and Fullerton 5 schools were put on lockdown.
January 28, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Last week during a cluster raid in Santa Ana and Fullerton 5 schools were put on lockdown.
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Anyway if I sound cranky that's because our work in LA continues but people are super focused on the idea that cities are "driving them out." We were the first city they staged their theater in and we did not, actually, drive them out.
January 28, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Anyway if I sound cranky that's because our work in LA continues but people are super focused on the idea that cities are "driving them out." We were the first city they staged their theater in and we did not, actually, drive them out.
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In the LA area they've been kidnapping in general well over 100 people a week, sometimes in "cluster raids" that hit an entire community with multiple trucks full of masked thugs. People are still living in terror.
January 28, 2026 at 4:06 PM
In the LA area they've been kidnapping in general well over 100 people a week, sometimes in "cluster raids" that hit an entire community with multiple trucks full of masked thugs. People are still living in terror.