Clay Wallace
@claywallace.bsky.social
Early bird! Morning host for @wuky.org in Lexington, KY. Podcast guy for the Capitol City Museum in Frankfort, KY. Plays Appalachian dulcimer and mandolin with @newsroom.band.
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Clay Wallace
@claywallace.bsky.social
· Aug 12
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In the aftermath of the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, a Kentucky pastor joined a contingent of more than 1,200 clergy members who traveled to the city to bear witness to the ICE crackdown.
Kentucky pastor in Minneapolis: 'We need sustained resistance'
In the aftermath of the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, a Kentucky pastor joined a contingent of more than 1,200 clergy members who traveled to t...
www.wuky.org
February 5, 2026 at 6:56 PM
In the aftermath of the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, a Kentucky pastor joined a contingent of more than 1,200 clergy members who traveled to the city to bear witness to the ICE crackdown.
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Big fan of this bill-progress checkbox my pals @kentuckylantern.com have been attaching to their stories on moving legislation.
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Big fan of this bill-progress checkbox my pals @kentuckylantern.com have been attaching to their stories on moving legislation.
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This Beef Fat Cosmetics bill passed out of committee with no discussion. Look for coverage to come on Kentucky's pore health. #kyga26
Finally, Kentucky is getting a bill in committee tomorrow to exempt homemade tallow-based cosmetics from packaging and labeling regulations. I know many of you here have been asking.
February 3, 2026 at 3:35 PM
This Beef Fat Cosmetics bill passed out of committee with no discussion. Look for coverage to come on Kentucky's pore health. #kyga26
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22 Kentucky law enforcement agencies currently participate in programs that pay bonuses for locating ICE targets. House Bill 47 and Senate Bill 86 would require participation statewide. #KYGA26
From @claywallace.bsky.social
From @claywallace.bsky.social
Two state bills would mandate local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement
Twenty-two Kentucky law enforcement agencies currently participate in programs that pay bonuses for locating ICE targets. House Bill 47 and Senate Bill 86 would require participation statewide.
www.wuky.org
February 3, 2026 at 6:31 PM
22 Kentucky law enforcement agencies currently participate in programs that pay bonuses for locating ICE targets. House Bill 47 and Senate Bill 86 would require participation statewide. #KYGA26
From @claywallace.bsky.social
From @claywallace.bsky.social
i know that complaining about memes is a poison that turns you into The Oldest And Grumpiest Man Alive
and i know that making moral judgments based on disgust is reactionary.
but.
the current facebook trend is feeding chatgpt the prompt: "create a caricature of me based on what you know about me"
and i know that making moral judgments based on disgust is reactionary.
but.
the current facebook trend is feeding chatgpt the prompt: "create a caricature of me based on what you know about me"
February 3, 2026 at 3:35 AM
i know that complaining about memes is a poison that turns you into The Oldest And Grumpiest Man Alive
and i know that making moral judgments based on disgust is reactionary.
but.
the current facebook trend is feeding chatgpt the prompt: "create a caricature of me based on what you know about me"
and i know that making moral judgments based on disgust is reactionary.
but.
the current facebook trend is feeding chatgpt the prompt: "create a caricature of me based on what you know about me"
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I read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy.
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
February 2, 2026 at 11:39 PM
I read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy.
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
I was not paying attention when I left @anabelrose.bsky.social's house after band practice yesterday...
February 2, 2026 at 11:33 PM
I was not paying attention when I left @anabelrose.bsky.social's house after band practice yesterday...
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liam and his dad are home!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
February 1, 2026 at 4:36 PM
liam and his dad are home!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
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Now, with the best opportunity to upset the GOP supermajority they may ever have, Kentucky Democrats have taken a different approach: www.lpm.org/news/2026-01...
February 1, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Now, with the best opportunity to upset the GOP supermajority they may ever have, Kentucky Democrats have taken a different approach: www.lpm.org/news/2026-01...
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Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
![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.
_________________________________________________
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
[photo of Liam]
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
John 11:35](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:73t3muu2pudsajp7a2fj3aly/bafkreigfz6fzbu65haq7nfqgaoe7m42gsaonpinpmaaptuzd5atkqvya4i@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
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Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome
January 31, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome
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This, other race science screeds released in prior batches, and the 4chan revelation shows it wasn’t just about the pedophilia, it was a specific, continuous plan to spread race science and white supremacy across elite culture and then to wider society from the bottom up
January 31, 2026 at 5:49 AM
This, other race science screeds released in prior batches, and the 4chan revelation shows it wasn’t just about the pedophilia, it was a specific, continuous plan to spread race science and white supremacy across elite culture and then to wider society from the bottom up
so... billionaires and wanna-be billionaires orchestrated the implosion of Everything because they wanted to continue their individual and institutional exploitation of children, the poor, and the global south, without consequence... and they used /pol/ to do it.
January 31, 2026 at 3:35 PM
so... billionaires and wanna-be billionaires orchestrated the implosion of Everything because they wanted to continue their individual and institutional exploitation of children, the poor, and the global south, without consequence... and they used /pol/ to do it.
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Israel bombed tents in Gaza today, killed at least 30 people including children, and the death toll is likely to rise
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Children and police officers among at least 30 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza
Deadly attacks launched day before border crossing due to open as part of ceasefire deal
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Israel bombed tents in Gaza today, killed at least 30 people including children, and the death toll is likely to rise
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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In an interview with MPR News, Liam's mother gave an update on her son and her own safety. She said Liam asks again and again, “Mommy, why don’t you pick us up?” Or “Mommy, we don’t want to be here anymore. This place is ugly.”
‘Mommy, why don’t you pick us up?’: Mother of Liam Conejo Ramos shares her story from hiding
Liam and his father are currently being held by federal authorities in the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, an hour plus drive southwest of San Antonio.
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 12:07 AM
In an interview with MPR News, Liam's mother gave an update on her son and her own safety. She said Liam asks again and again, “Mommy, why don’t you pick us up?” Or “Mommy, we don’t want to be here anymore. This place is ugly.”
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Don Lemon speaks outside of the courtroom after release: "I have spent my entire life covering the news. I will not stop now ... I will not be silenced."
January 30, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Don Lemon speaks outside of the courtroom after release: "I have spent my entire life covering the news. I will not stop now ... I will not be silenced."
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Children being held at an ICE detention center in Dilley, Texas, are "despondent and depressed," Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, said after a visit there this week. https://to.pbs.org/3Z9u14w
WATCH: Rep. Castro recounts visit with Liam Ramos, 5-year-old detained by ICE
“These kids are very traumatized … and the parents themselves traumatized, grappling with how to help their kids, and they can't,” Castro said of his visit to the ICE detention facility in Dilley, Tex...
www.pbs.org
January 31, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Children being held at an ICE detention center in Dilley, Texas, are "despondent and depressed," Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, said after a visit there this week. https://to.pbs.org/3Z9u14w
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“You cannot be neutral about the dismantling of our democracy and still expect to be protected by it,” Georgia Fort told CJR days before her arrest. “If the Constitution fails to protect US citizens, it will fail to protect the media, the free press.” www.cjr.org/news/astonis...
The astonishing arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort.
In an interview, Fort described a challenge in her work documenting news in the Twin Cities: “Every independent journalist is kind of every person for themselves.” Two days later, officers came to her...
www.cjr.org
January 30, 2026 at 10:35 PM
“You cannot be neutral about the dismantling of our democracy and still expect to be protected by it,” Georgia Fort told CJR days before her arrest. “If the Constitution fails to protect US citizens, it will fail to protect the media, the free press.” www.cjr.org/news/astonis...
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The Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:
January 30, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:
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Mayor Craig Greenberg is standing by a 2025 policy change that orders Louisville's jail to hold inmates wanted by ICE for up to 48 hours beyond their scheduled release.
The mayor doubled down on the decision, which he says has helped prevent an ICE surge from occurring in Louisville.
The mayor doubled down on the decision, which he says has helped prevent an ICE surge from occurring in Louisville.
Greenberg defends 48‑hour ICE holds amid outcry over Minnesota shootings
Mayor Craig Greenberg said a 2025 policy change for Louisville's jail to hold inmates wanted by ICE for up to 48 hours extra was the 'right call.'
www.courier-journal.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Mayor Craig Greenberg is standing by a 2025 policy change that orders Louisville's jail to hold inmates wanted by ICE for up to 48 hours beyond their scheduled release.
The mayor doubled down on the decision, which he says has helped prevent an ICE surge from occurring in Louisville.
The mayor doubled down on the decision, which he says has helped prevent an ICE surge from occurring in Louisville.
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Journalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video @fox9mn.bsky.social)
January 30, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Journalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video @fox9mn.bsky.social)
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A list, in no particular order, of just some of the moves that the Trump administration has made in its ongoing campaign to suppress and deter journalism essential to democracy: Arrest Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for covering an anti-ICE protest. Raid the home of a Washington Post reporter, ...
January 30, 2026 at 6:54 PM
A list, in no particular order, of just some of the moves that the Trump administration has made in its ongoing campaign to suppress and deter journalism essential to democracy: Arrest Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for covering an anti-ICE protest. Raid the home of a Washington Post reporter, ...
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Nearly 2,000 people in Kentucky were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement between January and October of last year, and the number is expected to increase, according to new data.
New data show ICE arrests in Kentucky are on the rise
Nearly 2,000 people in Kentucky were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement between January and October of last year, and the number is expected to increase, according to new data.
www.wuky.org
January 30, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Nearly 2,000 people in Kentucky were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement between January and October of last year, and the number is expected to increase, according to new data.
Open ask - if you're in Lexington or central Kentucky, participating in the general strike tomorrow, and are willing to give a quick interview, please either DM me here or shoot me a message on Signal! Thanks!
January 29, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Open ask - if you're in Lexington or central Kentucky, participating in the general strike tomorrow, and are willing to give a quick interview, please either DM me here or shoot me a message on Signal! Thanks!
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As the CDC removes vaccines from its childhood schedule, vaccination rates decline and measles spreads, parents are trying to figure out how to keep their children safe — including, in some cases, by limiting their activities or seeking vaccinations early. I talked to a number of them. Gift link:
Parents Navigate a Fracturing Vaccine Landscape
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:04 PM
As the CDC removes vaccines from its childhood schedule, vaccination rates decline and measles spreads, parents are trying to figure out how to keep their children safe — including, in some cases, by limiting their activities or seeking vaccinations early. I talked to a number of them. Gift link: