Bobby
@bobbyvj.bsky.social
Chicago Dem, bleeding-gums liberal.
Worried about what's happening/ what may happen.
Trying to occasionally be funny about it. If it weren't for parasocial, I'd have no social at all. Hoping for more interaction here, bc Those Other Platform owners are 🚮
Worried about what's happening/ what may happen.
Trying to occasionally be funny about it. If it weren't for parasocial, I'd have no social at all. Hoping for more interaction here, bc Those Other Platform owners are 🚮
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I love my city so much
"Abolish ICE" was submitted 9,200 times for Chicago's snowplow naming contest, records show. blockclubchi.co/3ZAnDTZ
January 28, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I love my city so much
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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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Right now, Democrats have the power to defund and abolish ICE. We should do it. This is about right and wrong—and the murder we are seeing on the streets is just plain wrong. Anyone who supports funding DHS and ICE is supporting the murder of Americans. We can stop this.
January 28, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Right now, Democrats have the power to defund and abolish ICE. We should do it. This is about right and wrong—and the murder we are seeing on the streets is just plain wrong. Anyone who supports funding DHS and ICE is supporting the murder of Americans. We can stop this.
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Standing with Minnesotans tonight and paying my respects to Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
January 29, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Standing with Minnesotans tonight and paying my respects to Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
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Since we published this, Pam Bondi's X account has started posting mugshots of Minnesotans arrested for impeding ICE/CBP. Sharing a defendant's photo publicly in this way is forbidden under DOJ rules
ICE and CBP are at the head of Trump's campaign to terrorize Minnesotans. But the Justice Department is not far behind.
ICE’s No. 1 Ally
The Department of Justice has rushed to shield federal agents from accountability and launched needless criminal investigations into Minnesota officials and residents.
www.theatlantic.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Since we published this, Pam Bondi's X account has started posting mugshots of Minnesotans arrested for impeding ICE/CBP. Sharing a defendant's photo publicly in this way is forbidden under DOJ rules
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Normally Congress would give a shit about the president creating a slush fund that circumvents the power of the purse, but you know, Mike Johnson
January 29, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Normally Congress would give a shit about the president creating a slush fund that circumvents the power of the purse, but you know, Mike Johnson
IS this actually the "sad state of ICE's evidence retention systems?" Or is this the latest story they hope we'll believe?
It was erased. No?
There was a system crash. No?
I've got it! It was never recorded. Nothing to see here.
Move along.
It was erased. No?
There was a system crash. No?
I've got it! It was never recorded. Nothing to see here.
Move along.
New: DHS now says that two weeks of missing surveillance footage from ICE's Broadview Detention center isn't "missing," it was never recorded in the first place and thus can't be produced in an abuse lawsuit. An utter shitshow:
www.404media.co/dhs-says-cri...
www.404media.co/dhs-says-cri...
DHS Says Critical ICE Surveillance Footage From Abuse Case Was Actually Never Recorded, Doesn't Matter
Court records reveal the incredibly sad state of ICE's evidence retention systems.
www.404media.co
January 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM
IS this actually the "sad state of ICE's evidence retention systems?" Or is this the latest story they hope we'll believe?
It was erased. No?
There was a system crash. No?
I've got it! It was never recorded. Nothing to see here.
Move along.
It was erased. No?
There was a system crash. No?
I've got it! It was never recorded. Nothing to see here.
Move along.
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rough day for trad cath adult converts who just wanted real life Dark Souls lore rather than any responsibility to do good in the world
One of Pope Leo XIV’s top U.S. allies, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, is calling for the defunding of ICE.
Echoing the pope’s moral warnings, Tobin says the “lawless organization” is perpetuating a “machinery of death.”
www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope-leos-...
Echoing the pope’s moral warnings, Tobin says the “lawless organization” is perpetuating a “machinery of death.”
www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope-leos-...
Pope Leo’s Top U.S. Ally Says ‘No’ to Funding ICE
Cardinal Joseph Tobin calls ICE a “lawless organization” perpetuating a “machinery of death” and urges Congress to defund Trump’s deportation force.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:39 AM
rough day for trad cath adult converts who just wanted real life Dark Souls lore rather than any responsibility to do good in the world
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On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”
January 23, 2026 at 10:29 PM
On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”
This is not from some sensationalizing podcast babe. This is historian Heather Cox Richardson.
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 23, 2026 at 3:44 AM
This is not from some sensationalizing podcast babe. This is historian Heather Cox Richardson.
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“Abolish ICE in Minnesota” tees are going out! Thanks to everyone for their patience and a big thanks to our printing partner Exploding House for doing a great job on a huge order! Together we’ve raised $8k for the Immigrant Law Center of MN
Eff ICE? You betcha! #abolishice
Eff ICE? You betcha! #abolishice
January 22, 2026 at 4:40 PM
“Abolish ICE in Minnesota” tees are going out! Thanks to everyone for their patience and a big thanks to our printing partner Exploding House for doing a great job on a huge order! Together we’ve raised $8k for the Immigrant Law Center of MN
Eff ICE? You betcha! #abolishice
Eff ICE? You betcha! #abolishice
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I think a good strategy for your non-leftist social media presence (ie everywhere but here) is to give this photo - the remains of Danish soldiers returning in coffins after being killed in America's war in Afghanistan - as wide an audience as possible. Remind people who we're betraying
January 19, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I think a good strategy for your non-leftist social media presence (ie everywhere but here) is to give this photo - the remains of Danish soldiers returning in coffins after being killed in America's war in Afghanistan - as wide an audience as possible. Remind people who we're betraying
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MLK Jr. said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."
Remember this.
Remember this.
January 19, 2026 at 10:01 PM
MLK Jr. said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."
Remember this.
Remember this.
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Minnesota Cartoonists Mobilize to Share ICE Abuses in Their Communities #iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
Minnesota Cartoonists Mobilize to Share ICE Abuses in Their Communities
Alarmed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement impact in their communities, Minnesota cartoonists have launched an effort to spread the word about ICE’s abuses and to call on other artists to share wh...
www.dailycartoonist.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Minnesota Cartoonists Mobilize to Share ICE Abuses in Their Communities #iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
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You lost me at “orthogonal”, you insufferable prick.
January 17, 2026 at 4:59 AM
You lost me at “orthogonal”, you insufferable prick.
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tired of everything being so terrible, and also of everything being so stupid
January 15, 2026 at 9:43 PM
tired of everything being so terrible, and also of everything being so stupid
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Plus, cancelling the midterms when there are a lot of local and state elections, too, is impossible.
Cancelling the elections would result in what? Locking in the current Congress? Nah. Not gonna happen.
So if anyone says he should cancel any elections: laugh at them. Laugh hard. Then walk away.
Cancelling the elections would result in what? Locking in the current Congress? Nah. Not gonna happen.
So if anyone says he should cancel any elections: laugh at them. Laugh hard. Then walk away.
Let me just say it again: he can’t cancel the midterms. Elections are administered by states.
He can’t do it. Stop telling people he can do it.
Telling people their votes don’t matter based on absolutely false fantasizing by the demented sociopath is doing the work of voter suppression for him.
He can’t do it. Stop telling people he can do it.
Telling people their votes don’t matter based on absolutely false fantasizing by the demented sociopath is doing the work of voter suppression for him.
January 16, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Plus, cancelling the midterms when there are a lot of local and state elections, too, is impossible.
Cancelling the elections would result in what? Locking in the current Congress? Nah. Not gonna happen.
So if anyone says he should cancel any elections: laugh at them. Laugh hard. Then walk away.
Cancelling the elections would result in what? Locking in the current Congress? Nah. Not gonna happen.
So if anyone says he should cancel any elections: laugh at them. Laugh hard. Then walk away.
If you need a palate-cleanse before getting back to the fight, I recommend the Zoosky! feed. I have it pinned along with Museums, and Dogs of Bluesky, when it all gets too much
January 15, 2026 at 9:35 PM
If you need a palate-cleanse before getting back to the fight, I recommend the Zoosky! feed. I have it pinned along with Museums, and Dogs of Bluesky, when it all gets too much
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Solidarity forever…
January 14, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Solidarity forever…
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I don't know what's next for our country. I don't know what's next for my career as an editorial cartoonist. open.substack.com/pub/kevinnec...
January 15, 2026 at 8:55 PM
I don't know what's next for our country. I don't know what's next for my career as an editorial cartoonist. open.substack.com/pub/kevinnec...
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And I’m begging the shooter to claim self defense. Begging.
January 7, 2026 at 11:54 PM
And I’m begging the shooter to claim self defense. Begging.
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...again.
January 7, 2026 at 11:42 PM
...again.
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All Loud on the Western Front
January 6, 2026 at 3:51 AM
All Loud on the Western Front