Brigid Howe
@bnhowe.bsky.social
Mom to a teen & 3🐈. Advocate for education, road safety, & housing. DC-born, MoCo-grown, Maryland AF. Oxford comma fan. she/her. I ❤️ music, sewing & books.
JFC.
that stage of society when school children share the bond of having endured the camps together
The two children who returned to MN today say they saw one of their Valley View schoolmates at a detention center in TX. This is a child whose family was last in contact with the school on January 9. No one has known where they were until now.
February 5, 2026 at 3:45 AM
JFC.
The phenomenal @nicoleasbury.bsky.social was laid off today by @washingtonpost.com. Nicole is a brilliant & impactful reporter and in my time as an education advocate, I’ve been thoroughly impressed by her professionalism & passion for her work. She deserved better, & so did MoCo parents.
February 4, 2026 at 6:04 PM
The phenomenal @nicoleasbury.bsky.social was laid off today by @washingtonpost.com. Nicole is a brilliant & impactful reporter and in my time as an education advocate, I’ve been thoroughly impressed by her professionalism & passion for her work. She deserved better, & so did MoCo parents.
This is sickening and the ICE/CBP staff who are torturing these detainees need to be prosecuted.
Here is a collection of sworn testimonies from detainees being held in ICE custody. Until reading these testimonies, I wasn't fully aware of what is happening. Please read them yourself. We need to know this. We need to understand the consequences of ICE/CBP arrests. assets.aclu.org/live/uploads...
assets.aclu.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:57 AM
This is sickening and the ICE/CBP staff who are torturing these detainees need to be prosecuted.
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maybe a different clerk than the one assigned to footnotes, who also served with distinction here
February 3, 2026 at 1:04 AM
maybe a different clerk than the one assigned to footnotes, who also served with distinction here
Gotta love how my phone lights up with texts after public testimony. I love that I have so many friends who care about our local politics & budgets. Also, I was glad to express my gratitude to our essential @seiu.org MCPS support staff for their snowstorm work & that seemed to resonate.
February 3, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Gotta love how my phone lights up with texts after public testimony. I love that I have so many friends who care about our local politics & budgets. Also, I was glad to express my gratitude to our essential @seiu.org MCPS support staff for their snowstorm work & that seemed to resonate.
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
I’m so tired.
Exclusive: President Trump wants to build a 250-foot-tall structure in D.C.
The planned Independence Arch is intended to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary.
It would also be taller than both the White House and the Lincoln Memorial.
The planned Independence Arch is intended to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary.
It would also be taller than both the White House and the Lincoln Memorial.
Trump wants to build a 250-foot-tall arch, dwarfing the Lincoln Memorial
The president is eying a plot of land near Memorial Bridge. The art critic who proposed the idea called for a smaller arch or for Trump to pick a new site.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I’m so tired.
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ICE protester says her Global Entry was revoked after agent scanned her face
ICE protester says her Global Entry was revoked after agent scanned her face
Global Entry and Precheck revoked three days after incident, court filing says.
arstechnica.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:37 AM
ICE protester says her Global Entry was revoked after agent scanned her face
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
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All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
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ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
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Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
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#GVerse In a stunning rebuke of #Shit4Brains, Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney just made clear Canada🇨🇦 would militarily fight against the US should #ShitFace invade Greenland.
Wow.
Wow.
January 18, 2026 at 6:07 PM
#GVerse In a stunning rebuke of #Shit4Brains, Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney just made clear Canada🇨🇦 would militarily fight against the US should #ShitFace invade Greenland.
Wow.
Wow.
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I wish there were fewer news reports saying cops were not charging a driver who killed or seriously injured a pedestrian, and more articles that independently analyzed what actually happened and whether cops have let a dangerous driver keep driving.
January 14, 2026 at 11:39 PM
I wish there were fewer news reports saying cops were not charging a driver who killed or seriously injured a pedestrian, and more articles that independently analyzed what actually happened and whether cops have let a dangerous driver keep driving.
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Instead of ending the constitution and murdering people, we could have high speed trains and universal health care.
January 14, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Instead of ending the constitution and murdering people, we could have high speed trains and universal health care.
Kavanaugh stop results in kidnapping and assault of US citizen baby.
It’s not enough to orphan kids, let’s injure them physically, too?
It’s not enough to orphan kids, let’s injure them physically, too?
"Federal agents allegedly drive off with baby in car after father detained in Cypress Park raid."
Federal agents allegedly drive off with baby in car after father detained in Cypress Park raid
The father, who is a U.S. citizen, was detained for allegedly throwing rocks at agents. He says agents then drove off in his car, with his 1-year-old daughter in the backseat.
abc7.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Kavanaugh stop results in kidnapping and assault of US citizen baby.
It’s not enough to orphan kids, let’s injure them physically, too?
It’s not enough to orphan kids, let’s injure them physically, too?
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An ICE agent saying "I don't care" and preventing an innocent woman who's been shot from receiving medical care are not the words or actions of officers lawfully protecting themselves and the community. These are the words of sociopaths happy with murder.
January 8, 2026 at 12:59 PM
An ICE agent saying "I don't care" and preventing an innocent woman who's been shot from receiving medical care are not the words or actions of officers lawfully protecting themselves and the community. These are the words of sociopaths happy with murder.
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
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If officials can’t bring themselves to arrest someone who is captured on camera from multiple angles killing someone in cold blood, they should just step aside so someone with a backbone can lead
Arrest the murderer and arrest Bovino. Not complicated.
January 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
If officials can’t bring themselves to arrest someone who is captured on camera from multiple angles killing someone in cold blood, they should just step aside so someone with a backbone can lead
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FOLKS IN MINNEAPOLIS:
SAVE all videos & photos from today. They will be valuable to prove the ICE agent --- who had time to move & re-position himself to the side of the victim's car to shoot into the driver's side window --- was not in reasonable fear of imminent serious physical injury or death.
SAVE all videos & photos from today. They will be valuable to prove the ICE agent --- who had time to move & re-position himself to the side of the victim's car to shoot into the driver's side window --- was not in reasonable fear of imminent serious physical injury or death.
January 7, 2026 at 7:41 PM
FOLKS IN MINNEAPOLIS:
SAVE all videos & photos from today. They will be valuable to prove the ICE agent --- who had time to move & re-position himself to the side of the victim's car to shoot into the driver's side window --- was not in reasonable fear of imminent serious physical injury or death.
SAVE all videos & photos from today. They will be valuable to prove the ICE agent --- who had time to move & re-position himself to the side of the victim's car to shoot into the driver's side window --- was not in reasonable fear of imminent serious physical injury or death.
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
Impeach him.
Per @garretthaake.bsky.social, the extremely tacky "presidential wall of fame" that lines the colonnade to the West Wing now has obviously-Trump-penned plaques insulting or praising the presidents.
December 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Impeach him.
I’ve been the calm parent on the other end of the phone for my son twice in his first semester of high school. Thankfully not active shooter scenarios but the last lockdown involved a student with a loaded ghost gun.
This substack has excellent advice.
This substack has excellent advice.
December 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I’ve been the calm parent on the other end of the phone for my son twice in his first semester of high school. Thankfully not active shooter scenarios but the last lockdown involved a student with a loaded ghost gun.
This substack has excellent advice.
This substack has excellent advice.