chip goines
@chip.bsky.social
Turned out the vote for Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley's historic 2018 campaign. Progressive movement builder. Cat lady. Bylines: Washington Post, Newsweek, Reuters, gbhnews.
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Many have expressed concern over the president's threat to invoke the Insurrection Act.
Donald Trump’s Insurrection Act Threat Sparks Dire Warnings from Critics
www.newsweek.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Many have expressed concern over the president's threat to invoke the Insurrection Act.
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Minneapolis is headed towards something resembling a general strike, if you were wondering how the campaign to cow working people into quiescence is going
Last night, The Minneapolis Federation of Educators Local 59 signed on to the call for a Jan 23 shutdown. That brings total labor support to: the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1005, SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, CWA Local 7250, St. Paul Federation of Educators Local 28, and the MFE 59
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
January 15, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Minneapolis is headed towards something resembling a general strike, if you were wondering how the campaign to cow working people into quiescence is going
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Specifically, David Shor is explicitly saying that AOC's message that "Republicans are cutting healthcare to fund ICE, and therefore Democrats should cut ICE funding" is the most popular message among voters
January 15, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Specifically, David Shor is explicitly saying that AOC's message that "Republicans are cutting healthcare to fund ICE, and therefore Democrats should cut ICE funding" is the most popular message among voters
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He really is doing all of it.
January 15, 2026 at 4:36 AM
He really is doing all of it.
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I dunno who whipped together this list of grievances, but every American should declare independence from any tyrant who would do all this stuff. ✒️
January 15, 2026 at 5:43 AM
I dunno who whipped together this list of grievances, but every American should declare independence from any tyrant who would do all this stuff. ✒️
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How do you rent cars and hotel rooms to these people and still have an existing business tomorrow?
January 15, 2026 at 4:42 AM
How do you rent cars and hotel rooms to these people and still have an existing business tomorrow?
I regret to inform you that Dan Koh, the former Chief of Staff to Boston Mayor Marty Walsh & one of the dim bulbs behind the Boston 2024 Olympic bid, is cooking.
Koh: Trump has now spent $30 billion from the last bill for 10,000 more I.C.E. Agents that are going to be on the streets. That $30 billion would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year. It would eliminate all co-pays for prescription drugs for people from a year, and eliminate all medical debt.
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 AM
I regret to inform you that Dan Koh, the former Chief of Staff to Boston Mayor Marty Walsh & one of the dim bulbs behind the Boston 2024 Olympic bid, is cooking.
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Then why tf do we have a second amendment one has to wonder
Republican on CNN: You peacefully protest with a letter to the editor. You peacefully protest by starting a Substack or a podcast.
January 15, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Then why tf do we have a second amendment one has to wonder
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Dems have to shut the government down until ICE and CBP are totally defunded.
This is the basement of what we need right now. An easy lift, supported by the vast majority of Americans.
Shut it down. Defund, abolish, and take DHS with it.
This is the basement of what we need right now. An easy lift, supported by the vast majority of Americans.
Shut it down. Defund, abolish, and take DHS with it.
January 15, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Dems have to shut the government down until ICE and CBP are totally defunded.
This is the basement of what we need right now. An easy lift, supported by the vast majority of Americans.
Shut it down. Defund, abolish, and take DHS with it.
This is the basement of what we need right now. An easy lift, supported by the vast majority of Americans.
Shut it down. Defund, abolish, and take DHS with it.
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🚨BREAKING: "I'm only 14! I'm only 14!"
ICE agents arrest 2 teenagers in Minneapolis hours after an ICE officer shot a man in the leg. ICE attacks against protesters continue to escalate. LIVE NOW ⬇️
ICE agents arrest 2 teenagers in Minneapolis hours after an ICE officer shot a man in the leg. ICE attacks against protesters continue to escalate. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 4:25 AM
🚨BREAKING: "I'm only 14! I'm only 14!"
ICE agents arrest 2 teenagers in Minneapolis hours after an ICE officer shot a man in the leg. ICE attacks against protesters continue to escalate. LIVE NOW ⬇️
ICE agents arrest 2 teenagers in Minneapolis hours after an ICE officer shot a man in the leg. ICE attacks against protesters continue to escalate. LIVE NOW ⬇️
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This administration excels at finding different ways to harm our children.
Assaulting and kidnapping them joins a long list -- bringing back deadly diseases like measles, slashing education funding, supporting Twitter's CSAM, and, of course, protecting the president's pedophile sex trafficker pals.
Assaulting and kidnapping them joins a long list -- bringing back deadly diseases like measles, slashing education funding, supporting Twitter's CSAM, and, of course, protecting the president's pedophile sex trafficker pals.
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 14, 2026 at 1:31 AM
This administration excels at finding different ways to harm our children.
Assaulting and kidnapping them joins a long list -- bringing back deadly diseases like measles, slashing education funding, supporting Twitter's CSAM, and, of course, protecting the president's pedophile sex trafficker pals.
Assaulting and kidnapping them joins a long list -- bringing back deadly diseases like measles, slashing education funding, supporting Twitter's CSAM, and, of course, protecting the president's pedophile sex trafficker pals.
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Trump, who campaigned to end global conflicts, has ordered over 650 military strikes in the past year.
Trump Carried Out More Military Strikes in a Year Than Biden in Full Term
www.newsweek.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Trump, who campaigned to end global conflicts, has ordered over 650 military strikes in the past year.
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HAPPENING NOW: We’re at CBP headquarters in DC for a rally and vigil with Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social and Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social to demand ICE Out For Good.
Watch: www.youtube.com/live/O25GeAh... #ICEOutForGood
Watch: www.youtube.com/live/O25GeAh... #ICEOutForGood
January 13, 2026 at 10:12 PM
HAPPENING NOW: We’re at CBP headquarters in DC for a rally and vigil with Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social and Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social to demand ICE Out For Good.
Watch: www.youtube.com/live/O25GeAh... #ICEOutForGood
Watch: www.youtube.com/live/O25GeAh... #ICEOutForGood
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Apparently, it is now acceptable to attain a new status in life, simply by proclamation.
I hereby declare I am a 6' 2", 27 yr-old EGOT winner who is currently dating Taylor Swift.
Thank you for your attention to our delusions.
I hereby declare I am a 6' 2", 27 yr-old EGOT winner who is currently dating Taylor Swift.
Thank you for your attention to our delusions.
January 13, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Apparently, it is now acceptable to attain a new status in life, simply by proclamation.
I hereby declare I am a 6' 2", 27 yr-old EGOT winner who is currently dating Taylor Swift.
Thank you for your attention to our delusions.
I hereby declare I am a 6' 2", 27 yr-old EGOT winner who is currently dating Taylor Swift.
Thank you for your attention to our delusions.
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NEW: Mass resignations at the DoJ Civil Rights Division - including the Chief of the Criminal Section - over the administration’s refusal to investigate the murder of Renee Good. www.cbsnews.com/news/minneap...
Mass resignations hit Justice Department's Civil Rights Division amid lack of action in Minneapolis, sources say
At least six prosecutors, most of whom are supervisors in the Civil Rights Division's criminal section, will be leaving their jobs.
www.cbsnews.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:42 PM
NEW: Mass resignations at the DoJ Civil Rights Division - including the Chief of the Criminal Section - over the administration’s refusal to investigate the murder of Renee Good. www.cbsnews.com/news/minneap...
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So much of the reactionary tech elite and rationalist movements' views, epitomized in Elon Musk, are indistinguishable from Calhounism. Here is Calhoun's famous 1948 speech arguing that Jefferson's assertion that "all men are created equal" was wrong. teachingamericanhistory.org/document/spe...
January 13, 2026 at 5:24 PM
So much of the reactionary tech elite and rationalist movements' views, epitomized in Elon Musk, are indistinguishable from Calhounism. Here is Calhoun's famous 1948 speech arguing that Jefferson's assertion that "all men are created equal" was wrong. teachingamericanhistory.org/document/spe...
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
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The lawsuit describes ICE agents as acting like occupiers because that's exactly what they are doing. www.axios.com/2026/01/12/i...
Illinois and Minnesota sue to block Trump's "occupation"
The lawsuits are the latest attempts by blue states to curtail the immigration operations that have largely focused on Democratic-run cities.
www.axios.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:40 AM
The lawsuit describes ICE agents as acting like occupiers because that's exactly what they are doing. www.axios.com/2026/01/12/i...
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"ICE agents suck and should be prosecuted, and ICE should have its funding cut" is now the majority sensible moderate centrist popularist abundance third way blah blah blah position.
Anyone who says otherwise—as many 'data-driven' 'liberal' pundits still do—is really just MAGA without the hat.
Anyone who says otherwise—as many 'data-driven' 'liberal' pundits still do—is really just MAGA without the hat.
This YouGov poll on ICE is really eye-opening. Public opinion has really swung against DHS/ICE and their terror regime.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:38 AM
"ICE agents suck and should be prosecuted, and ICE should have its funding cut" is now the majority sensible moderate centrist popularist abundance third way blah blah blah position.
Anyone who says otherwise—as many 'data-driven' 'liberal' pundits still do—is really just MAGA without the hat.
Anyone who says otherwise—as many 'data-driven' 'liberal' pundits still do—is really just MAGA without the hat.
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Cuts from our healthcare, USAID, SNAP, et al., went to fund ICE & it still wasn't enough; they want more.
January 13, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Cuts from our healthcare, USAID, SNAP, et al., went to fund ICE & it still wasn't enough; they want more.
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Today, I joined with @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social & Mayor Her to announce a joint lawsuit to end the unlawful and unprecedented surge of ICE agents in Minnesota.
People are being racially profiled, harassed, terrorized, and assaulted.
It has to stop.
People are being racially profiled, harassed, terrorized, and assaulted.
It has to stop.
January 13, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Today, I joined with @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social & Mayor Her to announce a joint lawsuit to end the unlawful and unprecedented surge of ICE agents in Minnesota.
People are being racially profiled, harassed, terrorized, and assaulted.
It has to stop.
People are being racially profiled, harassed, terrorized, and assaulted.
It has to stop.
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The DOJ has smoke for Jerome Powell, but none for the people in the Epstein files? 👀
Also, investigating possible criminal activity everywhere except the White House? Bold move, Pamela.
Also, investigating possible criminal activity everywhere except the White House? Bold move, Pamela.
January 12, 2026 at 10:58 PM
The DOJ has smoke for Jerome Powell, but none for the people in the Epstein files? 👀
Also, investigating possible criminal activity everywhere except the White House? Bold move, Pamela.
Also, investigating possible criminal activity everywhere except the White House? Bold move, Pamela.
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gawrsh, almost like this lady has no experience in television news production whatsoever
January 13, 2026 at 3:09 PM
gawrsh, almost like this lady has no experience in television news production whatsoever
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I wrote book reviews for a while for the WSJ well over a decade ago, and Bari Weis was my editor. One of her special tricks was to try to insert a sharp rightward slant into my essays *after* it had been copy edited, as a way of slipping her viewpoint in at the last minute.
January 13, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I wrote book reviews for a while for the WSJ well over a decade ago, and Bari Weis was my editor. One of her special tricks was to try to insert a sharp rightward slant into my essays *after* it had been copy edited, as a way of slipping her viewpoint in at the last minute.