Daisy Gardner
@daisygardner.bsky.social
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Daisy Gardner
@daisygardner.bsky.social
· Oct 11
Today, I talked to a closeted young evangelical whose day job is to make life miserable for LGBTQIA+ folks.
I hope that she discovers the Jesus who hung out with lepers & prostitutes - the Jesus who commanded his followers to accept those of a different gender / sexual orientation (eunuchs).
I hope that she discovers the Jesus who hung out with lepers & prostitutes - the Jesus who commanded his followers to accept those of a different gender / sexual orientation (eunuchs).
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Yesterday folks asked me who is keeping track of the invasion prosecutions. Here, @brittnymejia.bsky.social profiles the Federal Public Defenders who keep kicking Bill Essayli's fanny in LA.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
L.A. public defenders are on a win streak as Trump's Justice Department charges activists
The federal public defender's office in L.A. was 5 and 0 against prosecutors in trials related to immigration raids and protests. Trial No. 6 was last month.
www.latimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Yesterday folks asked me who is keeping track of the invasion prosecutions. Here, @brittnymejia.bsky.social profiles the Federal Public Defenders who keep kicking Bill Essayli's fanny in LA.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Just unspeakably cruel
Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
EXCLUSIVE: Terez Metry was 13 when her family fled to Tennessee from Egypt in 2011. Then, they left her behind. She only recently discovered she had an order of removal from 2011. But she was following the legal path to citizenship. On Monday, at a routine DHS meeting, Metry was detained.
February 6, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Just unspeakably cruel
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A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
Transplant recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester needs medicine, state representative says
State Rep. Kim Hicks told MPR News she drove to the Whipple Federal Building near Ft. Snelling Thursday night to give the man his medication but authorities wouldn't take it without a doctor's note. S...
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
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FBI's refusal to identify agents who illegally invaded Fulton County is VERY helpful if the goals are to ratf**k ballot chain-of-custody and avoid accountability
(yes and yes ✅)
🎩 @whodat35.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/jose...
(yes and yes ✅)
🎩 @whodat35.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/jose...
At one point, the FBI supervisory agent tells Fulton Clerk of Courts Che Alexander that he won't be filling out any paperwork for her — and she won't know who FBI agents are who seized her records.
February 6, 2026 at 10:51 PM
FBI's refusal to identify agents who illegally invaded Fulton County is VERY helpful if the goals are to ratf**k ballot chain-of-custody and avoid accountability
(yes and yes ✅)
🎩 @whodat35.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/jose...
(yes and yes ✅)
🎩 @whodat35.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/jose...
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I read the “SAVE Act” (the GOP’s new voter suppression bill) so you don’t have to. This is my one page summary. Jesus it’s bad. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I read the “SAVE Act” (the GOP’s new voter suppression bill) so you don’t have to. This is my one page summary. Jesus it’s bad. 1/
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We are NOT NEARLY concerned enough!
Seriously, put this on blast - people need to understand what's going to be unleashed in November.
Seriously, put this on blast - people need to understand what's going to be unleashed in November.
Here's @rickhasen.bsky.social detailing the scenario in which Trump uses search warrant to seize ballot boxes in a contested 2026 locale. This is more worrisome than ICE at the polls. Hasen also suggests ways to act against this now.
It's harrowing stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
It's harrowing stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
February 6, 2026 at 3:30 PM
We are NOT NEARLY concerned enough!
Seriously, put this on blast - people need to understand what's going to be unleashed in November.
Seriously, put this on blast - people need to understand what's going to be unleashed in November.
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"The British Olympic Association... is understood to be relaxed that Kenworthy has given a personal opinion on a subject that sits outside the Games." www.thetimes.com/sport/winter...
GB skier avoids censure for writing ‘F*** ice’ in snow ‘with urine’
Gus Kenworthy, whose Instagram account boasts 1.2million followers, will not face disciplinary action for message about US immigration officials
www.thetimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:54 PM
"The British Olympic Association... is understood to be relaxed that Kenworthy has given a personal opinion on a subject that sits outside the Games." www.thetimes.com/sport/winter...
Not re-posting Trump’s racist meme of the Obamas, two brilliant people who outshine him in every way.
But it did make me think of Anne Nelson’s quote about living under fascism - you can’t easily change the channel.
Stuck with this garbage until we all collectively push back.
But it did make me think of Anne Nelson’s quote about living under fascism - you can’t easily change the channel.
Stuck with this garbage until we all collectively push back.
February 6, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Not re-posting Trump’s racist meme of the Obamas, two brilliant people who outshine him in every way.
But it did make me think of Anne Nelson’s quote about living under fascism - you can’t easily change the channel.
Stuck with this garbage until we all collectively push back.
But it did make me think of Anne Nelson’s quote about living under fascism - you can’t easily change the channel.
Stuck with this garbage until we all collectively push back.
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Only MAGA allowed
A few years ago, the IRS got additional funding. What happened? More audits of wealthy tax cheats and better customer service for everyone else.
Fast forward to now and the IRS is so understaffed and underfunded that it’s using HR employees to process tax returns.
Trump delivers for the oligarchs.
Fast forward to now and the IRS is so understaffed and underfunded that it’s using HR employees to process tax returns.
Trump delivers for the oligarchs.
February 6, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Only MAGA allowed
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Congress failed to pass the SAVE Act last year for good reason: it’s an anti-voter bill. But now lawmakers have revived it despite overwhelming public opposition. Tell Congress to reject the SAVE Act: bit.ly/4tmVIor
February 5, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Congress failed to pass the SAVE Act last year for good reason: it’s an anti-voter bill. But now lawmakers have revived it despite overwhelming public opposition. Tell Congress to reject the SAVE Act: bit.ly/4tmVIor
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And now Brooks is over at The Atlantic, but I'm not sure why he'd suddenly jump over there...
February 5, 2026 at 9:50 PM
And now Brooks is over at The Atlantic, but I'm not sure why he'd suddenly jump over there...
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The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
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“Great friend”:
“Stanford alumnus and billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel ’89 J.D. ’92 frequently met with financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who lent financial support and taxation advice to Thiel…”
stanforddaily.com/2026/02/05/e...
“Stanford alumnus and billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel ’89 J.D. ’92 frequently met with financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who lent financial support and taxation advice to Thiel…”
stanforddaily.com/2026/02/05/e...
Epstein called Peter Thiel J.D. ’92 a 'great friend'
Documents from 2014-2019 suggest a close relationship between the two men, who frequently coordinated meetings with Silicon Valley figures and global leaders.
stanforddaily.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:13 AM
“Great friend”:
“Stanford alumnus and billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel ’89 J.D. ’92 frequently met with financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who lent financial support and taxation advice to Thiel…”
stanforddaily.com/2026/02/05/e...
“Stanford alumnus and billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel ’89 J.D. ’92 frequently met with financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who lent financial support and taxation advice to Thiel…”
stanforddaily.com/2026/02/05/e...
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There are so many people, leaders, community members, organizations, you name it, on the ground in Minnesota coming together to protect their neighbors. Here are some of them that you can support. Get the list and more information at StandWithMinnesota.com.
February 6, 2026 at 12:09 AM
There are so many people, leaders, community members, organizations, you name it, on the ground in Minnesota coming together to protect their neighbors. Here are some of them that you can support. Get the list and more information at StandWithMinnesota.com.
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“I do not think that 50 year old men should be having sex with 16 year old girls. But “
This level of apologia (from Megan McArdle in a podcast with Josh Barro and Ross Douthat) is fucking appalling. Idk what else there is to say.
February 5, 2026 at 11:31 PM
“I do not think that 50 year old men should be having sex with 16 year old girls. But “
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I really need people to understand that the National Prayer Breakfast is not harmless. It is a front for an elitist, authoritarian project, and always has been. @jeffsharlet.bsky.social literally wrote the book about it („The Family“). Read it - or watch the Netflix documentary about it.
Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast: "I don't know how a person of faith can vote for a Democrat. I really don't. *crowd groans* I know we have some here today. I don't know why they're here, because they certainly don't give us their vote ... they cheat."
February 5, 2026 at 11:46 PM
I really need people to understand that the National Prayer Breakfast is not harmless. It is a front for an elitist, authoritarian project, and always has been. @jeffsharlet.bsky.social literally wrote the book about it („The Family“). Read it - or watch the Netflix documentary about it.
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There... aren't any trans characters on any current Netflix shows. The number is already zero.
This week, during a hearing on the proposed merger between Netflix and Warner Bros., Josh Hawley used his time to attack Netflix for "trans ideology."
Its the latest in a pressure campaign to get the platform to remove all trans characters.
The latest from our writer, S. Baum.
Its the latest in a pressure campaign to get the platform to remove all trans characters.
The latest from our writer, S. Baum.
Republican Senator Attacks Netflix Over “Trans Ideology” In Hearing
…but children’s programming that actively promotes the cisgender, heterosexual nuclear family is apparently not “indoctrination.”
www.erininthemorning.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:54 PM
There... aren't any trans characters on any current Netflix shows. The number is already zero.
All the usual goons are here: designated hate groups (Family Research Council & state affiliates, Focus on the Family) along with the lawfare & media groups who will push for some “just asking questions” media coverage to end gay marriage.
A coalition of 47 anti-LGBTQ+ groups has launched Greater Than, a coordinated campaign to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges. Backed by Project 2025, it reframes same-sex families as a threat to children, repackaging discredited claims into a legal strategy linked to Christian nationalist networks.
Greater Than Equal: Children Are the Shield. Gay Marriage Is the Target.
A coalition of 47 anti-LGBTQ+ organizations has launched Greater Than, a campaign to dismantle Obergefell v. Hodges by casting same-sex families as a threat to children. The effort repackages discredi...
globalextremism.org
February 5, 2026 at 10:49 PM
All the usual goons are here: designated hate groups (Family Research Council & state affiliates, Focus on the Family) along with the lawfare & media groups who will push for some “just asking questions” media coverage to end gay marriage.
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Hey, found a violent criminal!
February 5, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Hey, found a violent criminal!
This thread on the end of the US / European relationship is quite a read. 🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵
Nothing has prepared most European policymakers for what they’re now facing: threats from Russia; the end of the US as friend and protector; US alignment with Russia; uncertain political futures in Moscow and Washington; external interference threatening their own democracies.
February 5, 2026 at 10:46 PM
This thread on the end of the US / European relationship is quite a read. 🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵
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18 U.S. Code § 592 makes it a crime punishable by 5 years in prison to deploy federal troops to polling places
Steve Bannon calls for Trump to deploy ICE and military troops to polling sites
The Trump ally was one of few GOP voices to support the president’s push to nationalize voting.
www.politico.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:37 PM
18 U.S. Code § 592 makes it a crime punishable by 5 years in prison to deploy federal troops to polling places
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"Antifa" is a designated terrorist group btw
Chuck Schumer says ICE should be allowed to wear masks in "unusual circumstances—you know, some guy's picture was put up by a terrorist group or something."
February 5, 2026 at 10:21 PM
"Antifa" is a designated terrorist group btw
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