Chuck Tee
@chutry.bsky.social
High school ESL teacher and political activist based in Quincy, MA. In my previous life as a media studies professor I wrote three books, including On-Demand Culture and Reinventing Cinema. Chihuahua wrangler.
They can also be spun. Police have been spinning video recordings of state violence since at least the assault on Rodney King.
Exactly this. As someone who has held a camera and filmed ICE during terrifying moments: agent body cams are not a replacement. They can get turned off/never get turned on (like cops do all the time), footage might not get released or might be withheld until the incident is cold in the public memory
January 27, 2026 at 3:29 PM
They can also be spun. Police have been spinning video recordings of state violence since at least the assault on Rodney King.
There is one car in front of my house that is completely buried. The only way you can tell it’s a car is that their sad windshield wipers were left standing up. They’re not getting out until March.
Everywhere I look in my neighborhood, every car is still covered with snow because nobody has even tried to go anywhere in the last two days.
January 27, 2026 at 2:49 PM
There is one car in front of my house that is completely buried. The only way you can tell it’s a car is that their sad windshield wipers were left standing up. They’re not getting out until March.
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This five year old is still in jail
January 27, 2026 at 1:38 PM
This five year old is still in jail
I don’t see “abolish” anywhere in that list of demands.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:02 PM
I don’t see “abolish” anywhere in that list of demands.
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Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
Exactly this. Miller is the architect of a lot of this, and he's already a liability. Time to demand that he resign (or get fired).
if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
January 27, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Exactly this. Miller is the architect of a lot of this, and he's already a liability. Time to demand that he resign (or get fired).
Shoutout to one of my favorite baseball players. It’s an interesting analogy, but the main point is sound.
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Spencer Strider invoked 'Boston Massacre' in reaction to ICE shootings
The Braves star pitcher took a stand against the deadly shootings in Minneapolis.
ftw.usatoday.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Shoutout to one of my favorite baseball players. It’s an interesting analogy, but the main point is sound.
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
The dude is going to be on every sports podcast in America for the next two weeks.
America, get ready to watch Malcolm Butler’s interception for two weeks straight.
January 26, 2026 at 3:11 AM
The dude is going to be on every sports podcast in America for the next two weeks.
Still snowing like crazy in Quincy.
January 25, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Still snowing like crazy in Quincy.
Here’s another chance to join the effort to fight back against ICE and the Trump regime.
We have a constitutional right to document and record ICE and other federal agents in the act and it's more crucial than ever as the Trump regime lies about victims of its cruelty.
Please consider joining this @indivisible.org call Monday night to learn more:
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Please consider joining this @indivisible.org call Monday night to learn more:
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
January 25, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Here’s another chance to join the effort to fight back against ICE and the Trump regime.
I’m a public school teacher and anecdotally, I’m seeing this a lot in my community.
The kids are paying a lot of attention to what’s going on in Minneapolis. Most, I suspect will be outraged. It will push them to side with the protestors; others (fewer, I’d imagine) will side with the administration. Either way, this sets them on the partisan path they’ll hew to for decades.
January 25, 2026 at 6:49 PM
I’m a public school teacher and anecdotally, I’m seeing this a lot in my community.
Great question. Call your members of Congress.
So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?
January 25, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Great question. Call your members of Congress.
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Heyo, Chicago pals: Quick note that the executive vice president of the Bob Loquercio Auto Group is vociferously defending the murder of Alex Pretti.
The auto group has 16 locations in and around Chicago, listed below. Please take your business elsewhere.
www.blautogroup.com/locations/in...
The auto group has 16 locations in and around Chicago, listed below. Please take your business elsewhere.
www.blautogroup.com/locations/in...
January 25, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Heyo, Chicago pals: Quick note that the executive vice president of the Bob Loquercio Auto Group is vociferously defending the murder of Alex Pretti.
The auto group has 16 locations in and around Chicago, listed below. Please take your business elsewhere.
www.blautogroup.com/locations/in...
The auto group has 16 locations in and around Chicago, listed below. Please take your business elsewhere.
www.blautogroup.com/locations/in...
Attention Massachusetts friends!!
January 25, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Attention Massachusetts friends!!
This is how we should be talking about ICE and CBP. Democratic leaders should take notes.
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
January 25, 2026 at 4:38 PM
This is how we should be talking about ICE and CBP. Democratic leaders should take notes.
KFAN needs to fire this dipshit immediately. A person was murdered on the street and he’s cracking jokes about it.
As a long time fan of KFAN I won’t ever listen again until Paul Allen is fired. Making jokes about Minneapolis residents putting their lives on the line and sometimes losing them in order to defend our neighbors is immoral and wrong
January 25, 2026 at 4:34 PM
KFAN needs to fire this dipshit immediately. A person was murdered on the street and he’s cracking jokes about it.
Snowmageddon has begun in Quincy, MA. Stay safe, y’all.
January 25, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Snowmageddon has begun in Quincy, MA. Stay safe, y’all.
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We must stop funding DHS.
January 24, 2026 at 6:21 PM
We must stop funding DHS.
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Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
When the New York Times stops using the passive voice, you know it's bad.
years and years of avoiding plain language and the active voice do make the choice to use it more impactful, I suppose
January 24, 2026 at 8:39 PM
When the New York Times stops using the passive voice, you know it's bad.
Emergency protest at the Boston Common this afternoon, January 24,. at 5 PM
January 24, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Emergency protest at the Boston Common this afternoon, January 24,. at 5 PM
This is a helpful frame analysis of the video of the most recent ICE murder.
Footage taken moments before a struggle shows that the man was filming, holding a phone in his right hand, backing up. His left hand is up, visible, palm facing out, as he backs away from the area. An agent uses his right hand, on the torso of the victim, pushing him back, while the man complies.
January 24, 2026 at 7:38 PM
This is a helpful frame analysis of the video of the most recent ICE murder.
I’ve been thinking about this point a lot. Yes, it’s “too obvious.” But that doesn’t make it wrong. If ICE and CBP left, the unrest would stop.
Too obvious a point even to make, perhaps. But there was no “unrest” in Minneapolis before ICE and CBP showed up. ICE and CBP are the cause of the chaos…and the killings.
Get them out of there.
Get them out of there.
January 24, 2026 at 7:33 PM
I’ve been thinking about this point a lot. Yes, it’s “too obvious.” But that doesn’t make it wrong. If ICE and CBP left, the unrest would stop.
I’m definitely wrestling with this right now.
One thing that the past year has done to me is I’ve been forced to drop my principled opposition to capital punishment in all cases
January 24, 2026 at 4:36 PM
I’m definitely wrestling with this right now.
I have a LOT of students from Haiti and at least one friend who is directly affected by this. Sending these neighbors, students, and friends to Haiti will not just hurt them. It will hurt OUR communities as well.
BREAKING: I just introduced a discharge petition to force a vote on extending TPS for Haiti.
Our Haitian neighbors deserve to continue their essential work & contributions to our communities.
And if Donald Trump won’t act to protect Haitian lives, then Congress must.
Our Haitian neighbors deserve to continue their essential work & contributions to our communities.
And if Donald Trump won’t act to protect Haitian lives, then Congress must.
January 24, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I have a LOT of students from Haiti and at least one friend who is directly affected by this. Sending these neighbors, students, and friends to Haiti will not just hurt them. It will hurt OUR communities as well.