Clio2
@clio2.bsky.social
Observer of #polycrisis; excursions into history, nature, oddments. Degrees: philosophy, history of science. Former teacher, writer,
editor, spokesperson, contract researcher, journalist. Occasional fictioneer. NB. No LLMs/other AI need apply. :-)
editor, spokesperson, contract researcher, journalist. Occasional fictioneer. NB. No LLMs/other AI need apply. :-)
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January 24, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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On news that Todd Blanche shut down civil rights investigation into killing of Renee Good--remember that Greg Bovino gets orders directly from White House. The rules of engagement that led to her killing came from someone in Stephen Miller's immediate vicinity.
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/07/t...
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/07/t...
Time to Ask if Stephen Miller Has Authorized Assault and Murder of Peaceful ICE Observers - emptywheel
Given how consistently Greg Bovino is at the scene of unjustified violence against ICE observers, including today's shooting, and given Bovino's refusal to answer whether Stephen Miller has given him ...
www.emptywheel.net
January 24, 2026 at 1:10 AM
On news that Todd Blanche shut down civil rights investigation into killing of Renee Good--remember that Greg Bovino gets orders directly from White House. The rules of engagement that led to her killing came from someone in Stephen Miller's immediate vicinity.
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/07/t...
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/07/t...
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January 24, 2026 at 2:35 AM
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Also, as you think about this humiliation, remember that Bezos has never condemned Trump's seizure of a WaPo journalists' devices (including her Garmin watch).
January 24, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Also, as you think about this humiliation, remember that Bezos has never condemned Trump's seizure of a WaPo journalists' devices (including her Garmin watch).
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Lmao I hope all that nothing you get for the $35 million bribe is worth it, Bezos
www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-...
www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-...
January 24, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Lmao I hope all that nothing you get for the $35 million bribe is worth it, Bezos
www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-...
www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-...
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Be great if the sadistic masked stormtroopers didn't shoot people, while we're on the subject
I think the president should stop sending sadists into our cities to violate people's rights and kidnap children. I think things would be better if he did not do that
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Be great if the sadistic masked stormtroopers didn't shoot people, while we're on the subject
NEW: I was one of 3 reporters granted access to the convening of 600+ clergy in Minneapolis this week.
It was a striking show of solidarity with MN clergy resisting ICE, but heralded something else: the emergence of a vast, faith-based network trained to resist ICE. religionnews.com/2026/01/23/i...
It was a striking show of solidarity with MN clergy resisting ICE, but heralded something else: the emergence of a vast, faith-based network trained to resist ICE. religionnews.com/2026/01/23/i...
Inside the effort to organize clergy nationwide to resist ICE
(RNS)— Hundreds of clergy from around the country gathered in Minneapolis to learn from Minnesota faith leaders how to protest against ICE enforcement. Then they took to the streets and helped block t...
religionnews.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:55 AM
"The...Namibian genocide was the extermination of the Herero and the Nama people in German South West Africa (now Namibia) by the German Empire between 1904 and 1908. Around 40,000 to 80,000 Hereros (80 percent of their prewar population) and 10,000 Nama (half of their prewar population) died."
I don't know who needs to hear this but the Holocaust was not Germany's first rodeo with genocide and ethnic discrimination
See any discussion about German antizyganism and also anything about the Herero and Nama genocide:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herero_...
See any discussion about German antizyganism and also anything about the Herero and Nama genocide:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herero_...
Herero and Nama genocide - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 24, 2026 at 5:54 AM
"The...Namibian genocide was the extermination of the Herero and the Nama people in German South West Africa (now Namibia) by the German Empire between 1904 and 1908. Around 40,000 to 80,000 Hereros (80 percent of their prewar population) and 10,000 Nama (half of their prewar population) died."
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It's currently -10° in Minneapolis and they still got thousands of people to march and protest outside.
They picked the wrong city.
They picked the wrong city.
They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
January 23, 2026 at 9:15 PM
It's currently -10° in Minneapolis and they still got thousands of people to march and protest outside.
They picked the wrong city.
They picked the wrong city.
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this photo. minneapolis. 💜
📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune
📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune
January 23, 2026 at 10:04 PM
this photo. minneapolis. 💜
📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune
📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune
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This is amazing.
January 23, 2026 at 11:12 PM
This is amazing.
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I do actually think that the insistence that it’s *not* anything to do with the Nazis involves some antisemitism and Holocaust denial. then people saying oh the Nazis were just copying the US, which essentially denies another genocide (of Africans). It makes my Black Jewish head hurt.
January 23, 2026 at 11:37 PM
I do actually think that the insistence that it’s *not* anything to do with the Nazis involves some antisemitism and Holocaust denial. then people saying oh the Nazis were just copying the US, which essentially denies another genocide (of Africans). It makes my Black Jewish head hurt.
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It's dark now. Still subzero temps -- it's negative 10 -- and yet, hundreds of people are back out in the street with anti-ICE signs, whistles, chanting together, celebrating their community.
There is so much joy in this community, even in this profoundly dark moment. ❤️
There is so much joy in this community, even in this profoundly dark moment. ❤️
January 24, 2026 at 12:44 AM
It's dark now. Still subzero temps -- it's negative 10 -- and yet, hundreds of people are back out in the street with anti-ICE signs, whistles, chanting together, celebrating their community.
There is so much joy in this community, even in this profoundly dark moment. ❤️
There is so much joy in this community, even in this profoundly dark moment. ❤️
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"We are facing a full federal occupation by the federal government," says an Indigenous woman speaking. "The true power is with the people."
CHEERS
CHEERS
January 23, 2026 at 11:09 PM
"We are facing a full federal occupation by the federal government," says an Indigenous woman speaking. "The true power is with the people."
CHEERS
CHEERS
Amazing thread
Good morning from Minneapolis.
The streets are quiet, there's old snow piled up along the sides of slushy roads and lots of businesses are closed in solidarity with today's ICE Out of MN strike. This guy is out tho.
The streets are quiet, there's old snow piled up along the sides of slushy roads and lots of businesses are closed in solidarity with today's ICE Out of MN strike. This guy is out tho.
January 24, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Amazing thread
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$18 million/week to terrorize people
Study shows Operation Metro Surge costs taxpayers $18 million a week
North Star Policy Action, a progressive research institute, released the study Thursday.
www.kare11.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:13 AM
$18 million/week to terrorize people
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How did we end up with such a chicken shit elite class in the US?
January 24, 2026 at 1:26 AM
How did we end up with such a chicken shit elite class in the US?
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These are the people who will change the course of history; or at least history will record that they were the ones on the right side.
January 24, 2026 at 2:47 AM
These are the people who will change the course of history; or at least history will record that they were the ones on the right side.
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Call every gop congressman.. let them know we are sick of everything about trump.. ice.. greenland.. nato.. god damn peace board with nazis.. ballrooms.. traffics.. disrespectful to everyone and thing.. sick and tired of all of it.. we will stop it with or without their help.. and we will remember..
January 23, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Call every gop congressman.. let them know we are sick of everything about trump.. ice.. greenland.. nato.. god damn peace board with nazis.. ballrooms.. traffics.. disrespectful to everyone and thing.. sick and tired of all of it.. we will stop it with or without their help.. and we will remember..
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That’s the name for it too. The Revolt of the Normals.
January 23, 2026 at 10:55 PM
That’s the name for it too. The Revolt of the Normals.
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Heyooo LFG
Cold AF but warm in spirit.
Did not take crowd pics to preserve my fingers; plus specs fogged whole time.
Wife is droid w/ braids.
Did not take crowd pics to preserve my fingers; plus specs fogged whole time.
Wife is droid w/ braids.
January 24, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Heyooo LFG
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can you imagine how long David Brooks would last after getting pepper spray and/or milkshake on his brand new reporter parka?
January 23, 2026 at 11:15 PM
can you imagine how long David Brooks would last after getting pepper spray and/or milkshake on his brand new reporter parka?
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I said the same whe me any my 50yo+ friends went to No Kings while Vance was about 40 miles away shooting off rockets. We got "coal rolled" the last time some maga showed up with a gun and dropped it and spineless cowards in DC are worried about losing their JOBS??? GTFOH
January 24, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I said the same whe me any my 50yo+ friends went to No Kings while Vance was about 40 miles away shooting off rockets. We got "coal rolled" the last time some maga showed up with a gun and dropped it and spineless cowards in DC are worried about losing their JOBS??? GTFOH
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All of them believed Minnesota would be the first, successful test case for the American Gestapo. When we got the foundational playbook for resistance thanks to the efforts of Minnesotans across the state instead, they've all but refused to amplify it because the gov't might be mean to them.
January 24, 2026 at 12:45 AM
All of them believed Minnesota would be the first, successful test case for the American Gestapo. When we got the foundational playbook for resistance thanks to the efforts of Minnesotans across the state instead, they've all but refused to amplify it because the gov't might be mean to them.