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Thanks to all who replied. This is a good piece. bsky.app/profile/left...
January 31, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Thanks to all who replied. This is a good piece. bsky.app/profile/left...
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Warsh being announced as Fed chair nominee and being featured in the latest Epstein Files release is next-level synergy.
Trumps Fed Chair nominee, Kevin Warsh, is in the #EpsteinFiles
January 30, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Warsh being announced as Fed chair nominee and being featured in the latest Epstein Files release is next-level synergy.
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The destruction of the civil service can destroy democracy, too
the next episode of the AUTOCRACY IN AMERICA podcast has dropped:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
the next episode of the AUTOCRACY IN AMERICA podcast has dropped:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Purge the Public Servants
The destruction of the civil service can destroy democracy, too.
www.theatlantic.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:26 PM
The destruction of the civil service can destroy democracy, too
the next episode of the AUTOCRACY IN AMERICA podcast has dropped:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
the next episode of the AUTOCRACY IN AMERICA podcast has dropped:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
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BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Language from the PROVE IT Act was included in a funding package that is now law!
"It's like so many legislative accomplishments. It starts years before it's accomplished," Sen. Cramer told @eenews.bsky.social.
CCL is part of the story of those years... 🧵 subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
"It's like so many legislative accomplishments. It starts years before it's accomplished," Sen. Cramer told @eenews.bsky.social.
CCL is part of the story of those years... 🧵 subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
E&E News: How Congress came to approve a long-shot carbon trade bill
Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer kept a “cone of silence” around his "PROVE IT Act" as it was tucked into a spending package.
subscriber.politicopro.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Language from the PROVE IT Act was included in a funding package that is now law!
"It's like so many legislative accomplishments. It starts years before it's accomplished," Sen. Cramer told @eenews.bsky.social.
CCL is part of the story of those years... 🧵 subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
"It's like so many legislative accomplishments. It starts years before it's accomplished," Sen. Cramer told @eenews.bsky.social.
CCL is part of the story of those years... 🧵 subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
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Even though this has been reposted more than 6,000 times, it’s never enough because it gets more relevant by the day, especially for everyone working to repel the hell that has been visited upon Minnesota.
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
January 30, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Even though this has been reposted more than 6,000 times, it’s never enough because it gets more relevant by the day, especially for everyone working to repel the hell that has been visited upon Minnesota.
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Between seizing ballots in Georgia, trying to leverage Minnesota to turn over its sensitive voter data, and political prosecutions, the DOJ is laying the groundwork to subvert the 2026 elections. I created Democracy Docket for times like this. Help it grow by supporting it now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
January 30, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Between seizing ballots in Georgia, trying to leverage Minnesota to turn over its sensitive voter data, and political prosecutions, the DOJ is laying the groundwork to subvert the 2026 elections. I created Democracy Docket for times like this. Help it grow by supporting it now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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ICE is getting beat to death in Oklahoma. I kind of expected this project to go forward since it's OKC. In the rural areas of the state there were planned offices next to tribal HQ buildings. Those communities are trying to shut down those plans as well.
When you've lost Oklahomans... you've lost!
When you've lost Oklahomans... you've lost!
January 29, 2026 at 7:04 PM
ICE is getting beat to death in Oklahoma. I kind of expected this project to go forward since it's OKC. In the rural areas of the state there were planned offices next to tribal HQ buildings. Those communities are trying to shut down those plans as well.
When you've lost Oklahomans... you've lost!
When you've lost Oklahomans... you've lost!
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The colonial era is gone but not forgotten
How its long-lost empires still shape Europe
The colonial era is gone but not forgotten
econ.st
January 29, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The colonial era is gone but not forgotten
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If anyone has a benign explanation for her presence, I’d love to hear it.
“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:11 AM
If anyone has a benign explanation for her presence, I’d love to hear it.
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They’re gonna stuff ballot boxes from the past as a rationale to take control of ballot boxes in the future.
So my connect the dots here is that there will be some allegation that there was foreign interference in the voting — Hugo Chavez, Italian satellites, etc. — (hence why DNI is involved), making it a nat sec issue that they will use to justify doing something crazy/illegal in Nov
“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:46 AM
They’re gonna stuff ballot boxes from the past as a rationale to take control of ballot boxes in the future.
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If DeWine supports Haitians in Ohio, it’s time for him to consult his god, understand he will never be president but he can be defender of free people and America in a way most presidents will never be, and do everything in his power to keep the ravenous monsters who run his party out of his state
DeWine has been a big supporter of the Haitian immigrants in Springfield. He has provided funds for support services and housing improvements all along. He is a traditional Catholic along the lines of the current Pope and emphasizes charity. He is also from a neighboring town to Springfield.
January 29, 2026 at 3:59 AM
If DeWine supports Haitians in Ohio, it’s time for him to consult his god, understand he will never be president but he can be defender of free people and America in a way most presidents will never be, and do everything in his power to keep the ravenous monsters who run his party out of his state
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An entire community of thousands, here legally, having been demonized with deranged lies about eating pets, is about to be arbitrarily DECLARED illegal so they can be forcibly ethnically cleansed. I don’t want to hear one more fucking word about comparisons to Nazi Germany being overwrought.
January 29, 2026 at 3:20 AM
An entire community of thousands, here legally, having been demonized with deranged lies about eating pets, is about to be arbitrarily DECLARED illegal so they can be forcibly ethnically cleansed. I don’t want to hear one more fucking word about comparisons to Nazi Germany being overwrought.
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Need to get my hands on an “ICE? No, Grazie!” sign
This is the democratic opposition party in Italy protesting against ICE involvement in the Winter Olympics in Milan
January 28, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Need to get my hands on an “ICE? No, Grazie!” sign
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They won’t investigate the murders of Good or Pretti, but they’ll investigate fake 2020 election fraud. www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
FBI executing search warrant at Georgia election office related to 2020 vote, law enforcement official says
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is executing a search warrant at a Fulton County election office in Georgia related to the 2020 election, a law enforcement official familiar with the matter said o...
www.reuters.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:57 PM
They won’t investigate the murders of Good or Pretti, but they’ll investigate fake 2020 election fraud. www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
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JUST NOW… rep. Omar attacked and sprayed with a liquid…
January 28, 2026 at 1:17 AM
JUST NOW… rep. Omar attacked and sprayed with a liquid…
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I would like to know how my prior colleagues, who have chosen to pursue leadership positions under this charlatan, justify ordering agents to break their oaths of office and open investigations on people simply for exercising their legal rights.
Good luck gazing in the mirror when this is all over.
Good luck gazing in the mirror when this is all over.
FBI investigating Minnesota Signal groups tracking ICE, Patel says
The statement from FBI Director Kash Patel comes after right-wing media figures said they joined the chats and claimed participants were obstructing law enforcement.
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:54 AM
I would like to know how my prior colleagues, who have chosen to pursue leadership positions under this charlatan, justify ordering agents to break their oaths of office and open investigations on people simply for exercising their legal rights.
Good luck gazing in the mirror when this is all over.
Good luck gazing in the mirror when this is all over.
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If Democrats haven't announced their proposal for the Donald Trump No Guns in Public bill by the end of the day, they're missing an easy shot
Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."
January 27, 2026 at 6:06 PM
If Democrats haven't announced their proposal for the Donald Trump No Guns in Public bill by the end of the day, they're missing an easy shot
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An Interview with Katie Yee. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-... @simonandschuster.bsky.social @emergencychampagne.bsky.social #booksky
January 27, 2026 at 6:00 PM
An Interview with Katie Yee. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-... @simonandschuster.bsky.social @emergencychampagne.bsky.social #booksky
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Measles Monday with Mark Hyman
Turns out that Bari Weiss's all hands at CBS today is to announce she's bringing on some anti-vax guys and Niall Ferguson. www.axios.com/2026/01/27/b...
January 27, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Measles Monday with Mark Hyman
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The famous London street was named for a rather infamous character. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/c... #booksky
Cromwell’s Spy: From the American Colonies to the English Civil War: The Life of George Downing | Washington Independent Review of Books
The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.
www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:16 PM
The famous London street was named for a rather infamous character. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/c... #booksky
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BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:40 PM
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Theaters selling out worldwide for the hottest ticket in town.
January 26, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Theaters selling out worldwide for the hottest ticket in town.