Mike Check
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Mike Check
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· Dec 27
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, with more than 770,000 people counted as homeless.
Another reason Grants Pass should be reversed.
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At about the 35-second mark the officer says "IF YOU FUCKING MOVE I'LL FUCKING TASE YOU," followed immediately by "GET OUT OF THE FUCKING CAR RIGHT NOW."
Which contradictory order are you supposed to follow, knowing that either could get you tased? Or worse?
bsky.app/profile/petr...
Which contradictory order are you supposed to follow, knowing that either could get you tased? Or worse?
bsky.app/profile/petr...
'"YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK"', has a WHOLE new meaning under #Trumpism. 🗽
January 19, 2026 at 9:08 PM
At about the 35-second mark the officer says "IF YOU FUCKING MOVE I'LL FUCKING TASE YOU," followed immediately by "GET OUT OF THE FUCKING CAR RIGHT NOW."
Which contradictory order are you supposed to follow, knowing that either could get you tased? Or worse?
bsky.app/profile/petr...
Which contradictory order are you supposed to follow, knowing that either could get you tased? Or worse?
bsky.app/profile/petr...
G’devening bluesky. I get the sense you could use a little cheering up. Here’s an idea that popped in my head last night on a long drive:
Covers of Fiona Apple songs…
…in the style of Elvis
Covers of Fiona Apple songs…
…in the style of Elvis
January 20, 2026 at 12:07 AM
G’devening bluesky. I get the sense you could use a little cheering up. Here’s an idea that popped in my head last night on a long drive:
Covers of Fiona Apple songs…
…in the style of Elvis
Covers of Fiona Apple songs…
…in the style of Elvis
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Catastrophe: Florida's Department of Health is stopping coverage for antivirals to 10,000 low-income people with HIV infection, blaming impending federal cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. 12.5% of Americans with HIV live in Florida.
Thousands to lose access to HIV drugs with new cuts
An estimated 10,000 people are about to lose access to their HIV medication as the Florida Department of Health makes cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP).
www.fox13news.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Catastrophe: Florida's Department of Health is stopping coverage for antivirals to 10,000 low-income people with HIV infection, blaming impending federal cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. 12.5% of Americans with HIV live in Florida.
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"Can a man become a woman?" is not a question anyone asks in good faith as it's a complete misunderstanding of what being trans is. Absolutely a GOP op.
January 19, 2026 at 3:42 PM
"Can a man become a woman?" is not a question anyone asks in good faith as it's a complete misunderstanding of what being trans is. Absolutely a GOP op.
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Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Photo via Reuters)
(Photo via Reuters)
January 19, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Photo via Reuters)
(Photo via Reuters)
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oh it's going to be a Recession recession
January 18, 2026 at 10:56 PM
oh it's going to be a Recession recession
Speaking as a person who has to wear a radio and a motorola knuckle for their job, there is no good goddamn reason for Bovino to wear his during TV hits. It's a prop, he thinks it makes him look more important.
January 18, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Speaking as a person who has to wear a radio and a motorola knuckle for their job, there is no good goddamn reason for Bovino to wear his during TV hits. It's a prop, he thinks it makes him look more important.
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One small thing I hope comes out of this nightmare is at least renaming the Department of Homeland Security. “Homeland” is not a word Americans use. It sounds like a translation from Heimatsicherheitsabteilung.
January 18, 2026 at 8:58 PM
One small thing I hope comes out of this nightmare is at least renaming the Department of Homeland Security. “Homeland” is not a word Americans use. It sounds like a translation from Heimatsicherheitsabteilung.
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So they collected a bunch of evidence and are preventing state and local police from seeing it, but they aren’t conducting an investigation.
BREAM: Is the FBI investigating the ICE agent who shot Renee Good?
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
January 18, 2026 at 4:52 PM
So they collected a bunch of evidence and are preventing state and local police from seeing it, but they aren’t conducting an investigation.
Does Ben Affleck have chinplants?
January 18, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Does Ben Affleck have chinplants?
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Forced face scanning of a U.S. citizen with zero cause, just bald racial profiling. This is tech fascism.
Mubashir and his family came to the United States as refugees from Ethiopia when he was a child, and they all became naturalized citizens in 2019.
Despite being a U.S. citizen, Mubashir was targeted by ICE, assaulted, and detained. Listen to his story:
Despite being a U.S. citizen, Mubashir was targeted by ICE, assaulted, and detained. Listen to his story:
January 18, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Forced face scanning of a U.S. citizen with zero cause, just bald racial profiling. This is tech fascism.
The Lori Lightfoot principle.
This idea is absolutely brain-dead and absolutely everywhere.
January 17, 2026 at 11:08 PM
The Lori Lightfoot principle.
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a hot take: there is real overlap between spanberger’s first set of executive orders and mamdani’s www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
Money, Education, Immigration: Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger just signed 10 executive orders
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed 10 executive orders on her first day, targeting cost of living, healthcare, housing and education issues.
www.wtvr.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:10 PM
a hot take: there is real overlap between spanberger’s first set of executive orders and mamdani’s www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
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sigh.
DHS getting basic 4th Amendment law wrong on its official Twitter account.
Seems like this post is bound to show up as an exhibit in one of the cases challenging ICE/Border Control enforcement actions.
Seems like this post is bound to show up as an exhibit in one of the cases challenging ICE/Border Control enforcement actions.
January 17, 2026 at 8:17 PM
sigh.
Absolutely wild to see the phrase “sousveillance” break into the mainstream. When I was a punk kid noise musician living in a garage and protesting at Occupy we would talk about Steve Mann’s coinage and its implications but I always thought we were crank weirdoes, now it’s everyone’s problem.
January 17, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Absolutely wild to see the phrase “sousveillance” break into the mainstream. When I was a punk kid noise musician living in a garage and protesting at Occupy we would talk about Steve Mann’s coinage and its implications but I always thought we were crank weirdoes, now it’s everyone’s problem.
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My grandpa, who escaped Hitler, who watched his family get shoved into cattle cars (and whose sister was literally separated from her mother by Mengele), had a refrain: "hope, hope, hope."
Try to carry this fwd. It's hard, yes, but do it bc what choice do we have?
joshsternberg.com/2010/06/12/c...
Try to carry this fwd. It's hard, yes, but do it bc what choice do we have?
joshsternberg.com/2010/06/12/c...
January 17, 2026 at 6:57 PM
My grandpa, who escaped Hitler, who watched his family get shoved into cattle cars (and whose sister was literally separated from her mother by Mengele), had a refrain: "hope, hope, hope."
Try to carry this fwd. It's hard, yes, but do it bc what choice do we have?
joshsternberg.com/2010/06/12/c...
Try to carry this fwd. It's hard, yes, but do it bc what choice do we have?
joshsternberg.com/2010/06/12/c...
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With this ruling, ICE agents are barred from:
January 17, 2026 at 3:33 AM
With this ruling, ICE agents are barred from:
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👀 Virginia senate president pro tempore calls for turning the 6D-5R House delegation into 10D-1R in redistricting. With some colorful language regarding the commonwealth’s two Democratic senators.
January 17, 2026 at 3:03 AM
👀 Virginia senate president pro tempore calls for turning the 6D-5R House delegation into 10D-1R in redistricting. With some colorful language regarding the commonwealth’s two Democratic senators.
They took away your health insurance to pay for this
More unaccountable thuggery, via the AP Twitter account. After being screamed at not to knee him in the face, the agent...knees him in the face again. See for yourself
January 16, 2026 at 11:23 PM
They took away your health insurance to pay for this
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The mother church of Chicago’s massive Polish community will have no school 🇵🇱 blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/16/s...
St. Stanislaus Kostka Academy To Close In Wicker Park After More Than 150 Years
The Catholic elementary school has been open since 1874. The parish's pastor cited plummeting enrollment and a loss of government scholarship funds as factors in its closure.
blockclubchicago.org
January 16, 2026 at 8:50 PM
The mother church of Chicago’s massive Polish community will have no school 🇵🇱 blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/16/s...
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Another data point indicating that Polymarket is not a “prediction market” but a public persuasion operation—here it spreads disinformation about Minnesota and DHS signals boosts the disinformation:
January 16, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Another data point indicating that Polymarket is not a “prediction market” but a public persuasion operation—here it spreads disinformation about Minnesota and DHS signals boosts the disinformation:
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AG Keith Ellison: "ICE is provoking them, or trying to. And I do think they would love a justification to invoke the Insurrection Act because I think that would give them an advantage in the election. Namely, to maybe suspend them."
January 16, 2026 at 10:38 PM
AG Keith Ellison: "ICE is provoking them, or trying to. And I do think they would love a justification to invoke the Insurrection Act because I think that would give them an advantage in the election. Namely, to maybe suspend them."
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y'all this guy is clearly engagement trolling
ffs stop being marks
ffs stop being marks
January 16, 2026 at 8:26 PM
y'all this guy is clearly engagement trolling
ffs stop being marks
ffs stop being marks
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ice permanently blinded a second guy by shooting him in the face in santa ana on the same day
Second man shares horrific story of being blinded by officers at anti-ICE rally in Santa Ana
A second man says he was blinded by ICE agents shooting a projectile at a protest in Santa Ana. Britain Rodriguez, 31, a resident of Orange County, said he was standing at the bottom of some steps whe...
www.latimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:28 PM
ice permanently blinded a second guy by shooting him in the face in santa ana on the same day
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There have been 5 deaths in ICE custody in the first 15 days of 2026. As
@austinkocher.com
points out, that is a death every three days.
At least one of those deaths may be a homicide, with a witness reporting guards choked a man, according to the
@washingtonpost.com
(links below)
@austinkocher.com
points out, that is a death every three days.
At least one of those deaths may be a homicide, with a witness reporting guards choked a man, according to the
@washingtonpost.com
(links below)
January 16, 2026 at 6:56 PM
There have been 5 deaths in ICE custody in the first 15 days of 2026. As
@austinkocher.com
points out, that is a death every three days.
At least one of those deaths may be a homicide, with a witness reporting guards choked a man, according to the
@washingtonpost.com
(links below)
@austinkocher.com
points out, that is a death every three days.
At least one of those deaths may be a homicide, with a witness reporting guards choked a man, according to the
@washingtonpost.com
(links below)