Cait
@caitesq.bsky.social
Public defender. Professional troublemaker. Burrito and word game enthusiast.
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Cait
@caitesq.bsky.social
· Aug 23
Apologies to my followers who are not here for the beansposting
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Trump is nothing if not ready to sacrifice anyone and anything in order to save his own ass and the single most important thing that could happen right now is someone convincing him that the biggest driver of his unpopularity is not just Bovino and Noem but Stephen Miller personally
Feels like Trump is pretty much unconditionally surrendering as support collapses
January 27, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Trump is nothing if not ready to sacrifice anyone and anything in order to save his own ass and the single most important thing that could happen right now is someone convincing him that the biggest driver of his unpopularity is not just Bovino and Noem but Stephen Miller personally
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Social media videos show ICE agents clashing with people recording them | CNN
Jake Tapper reports.
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
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looking forward to using “he got sent to El Centro” as a euphemism for getting fired
January 27, 2026 at 12:34 AM
looking forward to using “he got sent to El Centro” as a euphemism for getting fired
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I once asked my late uncle what he thought ended the legal Jim Crow era. He immediately responded that the murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner in 1964 were the moment Jim Crow died. When I asked him why he said: “When White folks fight White folks, it changes everything. Enough was enough.”
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
I once asked my late uncle what he thought ended the legal Jim Crow era. He immediately responded that the murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner in 1964 were the moment Jim Crow died. When I asked him why he said: “When White folks fight White folks, it changes everything. Enough was enough.”
This just doesn’t get old
The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
January 27, 2026 at 12:35 AM
This just doesn’t get old
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Just a little scrabbledy sketch to keep spirits up.
I also learned today that a group of chickadees is called a ‘banditry’ and how cute is that?
I also learned today that a group of chickadees is called a ‘banditry’ and how cute is that?
January 26, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Just a little scrabbledy sketch to keep spirits up.
I also learned today that a group of chickadees is called a ‘banditry’ and how cute is that?
I also learned today that a group of chickadees is called a ‘banditry’ and how cute is that?
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sends a fantastic message to CBP rank and file about the wages of loyalty to the administration, though, they have had few more dedicated soldiers than bovino
underbusing bovino is literally the least possible thing they can do, let’s see what else they do
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 26, 2026 at 11:54 PM
sends a fantastic message to CBP rank and file about the wages of loyalty to the administration, though, they have had few more dedicated soldiers than bovino
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Feds 0
Minnesota 1
Minnesota 1
January 27, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Feds 0
Minnesota 1
Minnesota 1
Right, don’t do this. We’ve got momentum now. We keep going.
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 27, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Right, don’t do this. We’ve got momentum now. We keep going.
I need video of Will Stancil with the voiceover from the beginning of The Big Lebowski: “Sometimes there's a man... I won't say a hero, 'cause, what's a hero? But sometimes, there's a man. And I'm talkin' about the Dude here. Sometimes, there's a man, well, he's the man for his time and place.”
January 27, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I need video of Will Stancil with the voiceover from the beginning of The Big Lebowski: “Sometimes there's a man... I won't say a hero, 'cause, what's a hero? But sometimes, there's a man. And I'm talkin' about the Dude here. Sometimes, there's a man, well, he's the man for his time and place.”
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minneapolis was their gettysburg
BREAKING: The Border Patrol's Greg Bovino has been ousted from his role of "Commander at Large"—and Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski could be next to lose their jobs, sources tell @nickmiroff.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 26, 2026 at 11:51 PM
minneapolis was their gettysburg
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this isn't The Big Win but it is a big win and people should feel great about it.
January 26, 2026 at 11:48 PM
this isn't The Big Win but it is a big win and people should feel great about it.
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Several state citizens have created Rebel Alliance logos using their state bird. Here are a few. Share yours if I missed any. Here is New York, Maine, and Arizona
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Several state citizens have created Rebel Alliance logos using their state bird. Here are a few. Share yours if I missed any. Here is New York, Maine, and Arizona
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I can hear cheering from the other apartment and I don’t think it’s related to Bovino getting shit-canned but I’m choosing to believe this is a preview of When It Happens. It feels good.
January 26, 2026 at 11:53 PM
I can hear cheering from the other apartment and I don’t think it’s related to Bovino getting shit-canned but I’m choosing to believe this is a preview of When It Happens. It feels good.
This is a win. He’s a menace and having him out is good. Keep fighting!
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:53 PM
This is a win. He’s a menace and having him out is good. Keep fighting!
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Last day to submit comments!
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Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?
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A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, & freezing rain from the Southern Rockies & Plains beginning Friday (Jan. 23), spreading eastward toward New England this weekend.
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January 26, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Last day to submit comments!
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As seen on r/nursing
Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him
Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him
January 26, 2026 at 10:01 PM
As seen on r/nursing
Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him
Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him
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I had to add a revision:
January 26, 2026 at 10:29 PM
I had to add a revision:
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Paul Bunyan sez FUCK ICE.
January 26, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Paul Bunyan sez FUCK ICE.
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The terror that ICE and CBP have inflicted on the children of the Twin Cities is, by itself, a crime of scandalous proportions that will forever stain this country's moral fabric, and all those responsible should never know another day of peace. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 26, 2026 at 9:43 PM
The terror that ICE and CBP have inflicted on the children of the Twin Cities is, by itself, a crime of scandalous proportions that will forever stain this country's moral fabric, and all those responsible should never know another day of peace. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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I have been waiting for this signal from Senator Rand Paul.
Senator Paul, Chairman of Senate Homeland Security Committee follows House committee. Sends letters to heads of ICE, CBP, USCIS to testify in public hearing.
Senator Paul, Chairman of Senate Homeland Security Committee follows House committee. Sends letters to heads of ICE, CBP, USCIS to testify in public hearing.
January 26, 2026 at 8:25 PM
I have been waiting for this signal from Senator Rand Paul.
Senator Paul, Chairman of Senate Homeland Security Committee follows House committee. Sends letters to heads of ICE, CBP, USCIS to testify in public hearing.
Senator Paul, Chairman of Senate Homeland Security Committee follows House committee. Sends letters to heads of ICE, CBP, USCIS to testify in public hearing.
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I was watching a livestream of events on the ground in south minneapolis just a few minutes after renee good was murdered and heard a minnesota man scream "YOU CAN'T KILL US ALL!" at the feds and in that moment I knew we were going to win
The MAGA regime also really obviously doesn't know what to do with the fact that each time ICE murders somebody, the people they're trying to scare merely get more angry and more motivated to fight back.
January 26, 2026 at 9:01 PM
I was watching a livestream of events on the ground in south minneapolis just a few minutes after renee good was murdered and heard a minnesota man scream "YOU CAN'T KILL US ALL!" at the feds and in that moment I knew we were going to win