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Bpm7977

@bpm7977.bsky.social

Some really, really interesting analysis here, well worth the listen. I keep rewinding parts of this to make sure I'm understanding it all.

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America Is Entering a Dangerous Moment — with Timothy Snyder

YouTube video by The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway

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February 1, 2026 at 1:28 AM

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Steve Morgan

@steveve.bsky.social

January 30, 2026 at 5:53 PM

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Jon Cooper

@joncooper-us.bsky.social

Yes, we need ALL the Epstein files.

January 31, 2026 at 5:34 PM

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onion person

@junlper.beer

we absolutely need to know who he sent this to. how is this something the public is being kept in the dark on???

January 31, 2026 at 10:29 PM

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Christopher Webb

@cwebbonline.com

DHS should be embarrassed that their ICE agent hires are so soft they can’t handle being videotaped, even while masked, so they resort to pepper spraying women at close range.

And we should be proud of the Santa Barbara women who stood their ground anyway.

January 31, 2026 at 5:08 PM

Bpm7977

@bpm7977.bsky.social

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Medicaid users will be replacing immigrant farm field work - NewsBreak

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January 31, 2026 at 11:22 PM

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Mike Sacks

@mikesacks.bsky.social

“Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned.”

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
SAN ANTONIO DIVISION
BY:
FILED
January 31, 2026
Jaemie Herndon
DEPUTY
ADRIAN CONEJO ARIAS, and
L.C.R., a Minor Child by and through His Parent and Guardian Adrian Conejo Arias,
Petitioners,
VS.
KRISTI NOEM, in Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security; PAMELA BONDI, in Her Official Capacity as Attorney General of the United States; TODD LYONS, in His Official Capacity as Acting Director, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement;
DAREN MARGOLIN, in His Official Capacity as Acting Director of the Executive Office of Immigration Review; and JOHN DOE, in His Official Capacity as the Warden of the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Dilley, Texas, §
Respondents.
cos con
CIVIL CASE NO. SA-26-CV-415-FB
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT
Before the Court is the petition of asylum seeker Adrian Conejo Arias and his five-year-old son
for protection of the Great Writ' of habeas corpus. They seek nothing more than some modicum of due process and the rule of law. The government has responded.
The case has its genesis in the ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit
of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children. This Court and others
regularly send undocumented people to prison and orders them deported but do so by proper legal
procedures.
'Ex parte Bollman, 8 U.S. (4 Cranch) 75(1807); Sir William W. Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769); see also Magna Carta, Article 39.

Apparent also is the government's ignorance of an American historical document called the
Declaration of Independence. Thirty-three-year-old Thomas Jefferson enumerated grievances against
a would-be authoritarian king over our nascent nation. Among others were:
"He has sent hither Swarms of Officers to harass our People."
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"He has excited domestic Insurrection among us."
"For quartering large Bodies of Armed Troops among us."
"He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies without the consent of our Legislatures."
"We the people" are hearing echos of that history.
And then there is that pesky inconvenience called the Fourth Amendment:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and persons or things to be seized.
U.S. CoNsT. amend. IV.
Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to
itself do not pass probable cause muster. That is called the fox guarding the henhouse. The
Constitution requires an independent judicial officer.
Accordingly, the Court finds that the Constitution of these United States trumps this
administration's detention of petitioner Adrian Conejo Arias and his minor son, L.C.R. The Great Writ and release from detention are GRANTED pursuant to the attached Judgment.
Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled
power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And

Ultimately, Petitioners may, because of the arcane United States immigration system, return to
their home country, involuntarily or by self-deportation. But that result should occur through a more
orderly and humane policy than currently in place.
Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?' "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026.
que Fig
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14

January 31, 2026 at 10:56 PM

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Max Berger

@maxberger.bsky.social

If all these oligarchs named in the Epstein Files are totally innocent, surely they’d be in favor of an independent investigation into Epstein’s crimes.

Right?

January 31, 2026 at 6:02 PM

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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Buttigieg on Fox News: "When you see an American woman opening the door to her home and on her doorstep finds half a dozen federal agents in tactical gear that is more tricked out than what I would take outside the wire in Afghanistan -- I think most people get that that is wrong."

January 31, 2026 at 3:42 PM

Bpm7977

@bpm7977.bsky.social

Mexico is only going to be able to lay low for so long. Trump will come for them next.

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‘What the hell do we do with this issue’: Mexico confronts Trump’s Cuba pressure (Politico)

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum and President Donald Trump chat during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Official Draw at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ...

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January 31, 2026 at 10:57 PM

Bpm7977

@bpm7977.bsky.social

No kidding there is.

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'There’s something bigger going on': State election chiefs rebuff Trump bid to seize voter rolls (Politico)

Updated: 01/31/2026 02:36 PM ESTDemocratic state elect...

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January 31, 2026 at 10:53 PM

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RobsMuir 🐀 [insert √ here]

@robsmuir.bsky.social

HCR: …the point was [made] more clear: “the president of the United States should not be allowed to personally loot the treasury to the sum of ten billion dollars, and that this is not resulting in immediate, unanimous impeachment is a dramatic indictment of what has become of our political system.”

January 30, 2026 at 11:21 PM

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Estel Cooper

@estel62.bsky.social

January 31, 2026 at 10:50 PM

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Ashley Zacharias

@ashleyzacharias.bsky.social

Alex Pretti: Licensed to carry a firearm
ICE: Licensed to kill
Don't give me any NRA bullshit about "good guys with guns"

January 31, 2026 at 1:24 PM

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mistermoose82.bsky.social

@mistermoose82.bsky.social

Here is the file they don’t want you to read.

sethmoulton.com/wp-content/u...

This is link to the document DOJ took down immediately.

sethmoulton.com

January 31, 2026 at 12:54 PM

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Cathleen

@cjmmusic1.bsky.social

January 31, 2026 at 3:52 PM

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@indyrefugee.bsky.social

Would be a simple lesson for the right to learn if they were to self reflect on their attempts to instill fear on various communities in this country, and notice how it compares to our nation’s image worldwide.

People don’t like a bully. And after so much of it, there’s a breaking point.

January 31, 2026 at 2:10 AM

Bpm7977

@bpm7977.bsky.social

I hate to say it, but I think Philadelphia could end up as the next surge spot. Pessimistic like that, much as I love his stance, and wish they all spoke like this.

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