David
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The President of the United States is compromised. It is time for Congress to act. Now!
February 2, 2026 at 2:32 AM
The President of the United States is compromised. It is time for Congress to act. Now!
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Major media failed to cover arrests of journalists in Minnesota! For shame! If press doesn't stand up for journalists, who will? open.substack.com/pub/mediaand...
Dereliction of Duty: New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal editors continue to trivialize assaults on the First Amendment
The editorial leadership of the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal downplay and deprioritize coverage of worsening attacks on press freedom. This is a dereliction of duty.
open.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Major media failed to cover arrests of journalists in Minnesota! For shame! If press doesn't stand up for journalists, who will? open.substack.com/pub/mediaand...
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🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump urged Republicans to seize control of elections and place voting under national authority Monday — one of his most explicit signals yet that he plans to interfere with the workings of democracy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump: ‘We should take over the voting’
Trump, as usual, offered no evidence for any of his claims.
www.democracydocket.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump urged Republicans to seize control of elections and place voting under national authority Monday — one of his most explicit signals yet that he plans to interfere with the workings of democracy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE is running a “conveyor belt” of illegally detained Minnesota families.
Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota.
The cruelty is endless.
Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota.
The cruelty is endless.
‘ICE conveyor belt’ illegally detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respond
ICE is pulling Minnesota immigrant families with legal status out of their driveways, homes and school commutes and send
www.mprnews.org
February 3, 2026 at 1:01 AM
ICE is running a “conveyor belt” of illegally detained Minnesota families.
Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota.
The cruelty is endless.
Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota.
The cruelty is endless.
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Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
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This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 6:13 PM
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
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My reflections on the ongoing framing contents around Minnesota, the right wing propaganda to policy pipeline, and worries that we may see the echoes of "they're eating the pets" falsehoods mobilized against Haitians in Springfield Ohio this week. open.substack.com/pub/katestar...
Making Sense of Minnesota, Anticipating Springfield
Exposing the propaganda-to-policy pipeline (and other reflections on current events)
open.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:55 AM
My reflections on the ongoing framing contents around Minnesota, the right wing propaganda to policy pipeline, and worries that we may see the echoes of "they're eating the pets" falsehoods mobilized against Haitians in Springfield Ohio this week. open.substack.com/pub/katestar...
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Where we are:
1. With the action in GA, the FBI has been mobilized as part of the plan to steal the 2028 election. And the DNI being on the scene is beyond ominous.
2. After bring chaos and illegality and killings to MN, the ICE assault on that city and others will continue with minimal changes.
1. With the action in GA, the FBI has been mobilized as part of the plan to steal the 2028 election. And the DNI being on the scene is beyond ominous.
2. After bring chaos and illegality and killings to MN, the ICE assault on that city and others will continue with minimal changes.
January 29, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Where we are:
1. With the action in GA, the FBI has been mobilized as part of the plan to steal the 2028 election. And the DNI being on the scene is beyond ominous.
2. After bring chaos and illegality and killings to MN, the ICE assault on that city and others will continue with minimal changes.
1. With the action in GA, the FBI has been mobilized as part of the plan to steal the 2028 election. And the DNI being on the scene is beyond ominous.
2. After bring chaos and illegality and killings to MN, the ICE assault on that city and others will continue with minimal changes.
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Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
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🧵Kristi Noem is a rancid Nazi.
So is DHS spokesperson Trish McLaughlin.
The ICE recruitment video has been removed, but the message was loud and clear.
If you're a Nazi and up for some ethnic cleansing, ICE wants you.
So is DHS spokesperson Trish McLaughlin.
The ICE recruitment video has been removed, but the message was loud and clear.
If you're a Nazi and up for some ethnic cleansing, ICE wants you.
DHS Deletes Post After Spokesperson Is Confronted By Reporter About White Nationalist Content
The Department of Homeland Security deleted a post after its top spokesperson was confronted by a journalist over content that had links with white supremacy.
www.latintimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:29 AM
🧵Kristi Noem is a rancid Nazi.
So is DHS spokesperson Trish McLaughlin.
The ICE recruitment video has been removed, but the message was loud and clear.
If you're a Nazi and up for some ethnic cleansing, ICE wants you.
So is DHS spokesperson Trish McLaughlin.
The ICE recruitment video has been removed, but the message was loud and clear.
If you're a Nazi and up for some ethnic cleansing, ICE wants you.
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Students returned to Palisades Charter High School a year after the Palisades fire destroyed a third of the campus.
buff.ly/clfPriD
buff.ly/clfPriD
January 28, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Students returned to Palisades Charter High School a year after the Palisades fire destroyed a third of the campus.
buff.ly/clfPriD
buff.ly/clfPriD
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Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.
January 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.
I had forgotten until reading the comments that USHM had been taken over by trump - what a shame. IMO, Walz's comparison was apt and appropriate.
SCOTUS specifically ruled that ICE fascists can target based on race, and now ICE is specifically targeting based on race by going after brown and Black people.
Imagine being more offended at the idea that history is repeating itself, than at the actual fact that history is repeating itself. Smh.
Imagine being more offended at the idea that history is repeating itself, than at the actual fact that history is repeating itself. Smh.
January 27, 2026 at 1:51 AM
I had forgotten until reading the comments that USHM had been taken over by trump - what a shame. IMO, Walz's comparison was apt and appropriate.
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I continue to see an IG pattern of a private account with few followers posting comments like "he shouldn't have attacked the agents". Then all these people reply with facts but THAT ENGAGEMENT elevates the first post -- which is a troll bot built to frame narratives.
Block + move on, DON'T engage
Block + move on, DON'T engage
January 26, 2026 at 5:37 AM
I continue to see an IG pattern of a private account with few followers posting comments like "he shouldn't have attacked the agents". Then all these people reply with facts but THAT ENGAGEMENT elevates the first post -- which is a troll bot built to frame narratives.
Block + move on, DON'T engage
Block + move on, DON'T engage
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What lying fucks they all are.
January 24, 2026 at 10:00 PM
What lying fucks they all are.
It's excellent - especially loving any parts involving Anne Bancroft, or watching Mel watch clips of Anne
i’m watching the Mel Brooks doc on HBO and i highly recommend. i have LOL’ed multiple times.
January 25, 2026 at 6:10 AM
It's excellent - especially loving any parts involving Anne Bancroft, or watching Mel watch clips of Anne
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they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:06 AM
they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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Stop what you’re doing and read this whistleblower report. ICE has been training its agents that they don’t need a judicial warrant to break down your door - a blatant violation of the 4th Amendment. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
DHS ICE memo 1-21-26
www.documentcloud.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Stop what you’re doing and read this whistleblower report. ICE has been training its agents that they don’t need a judicial warrant to break down your door - a blatant violation of the 4th Amendment. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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ICE not allowing agents to have unsupervised copies of ICE policies or to take any notes is an admission by ICE that it knows the policies are illegal.
January 21, 2026 at 11:51 PM
ICE not allowing agents to have unsupervised copies of ICE policies or to take any notes is an admission by ICE that it knows the policies are illegal.
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This new whistleblower report is on par with the Zelensky call - not just because it’s violative of law - but because they also tried to keep people from seeing it. I’ve been doing this for a long time and this is absolutely explosive news. Impeachable and criminal. Swift accountability must follow.
January 22, 2026 at 12:33 AM
This new whistleblower report is on par with the Zelensky call - not just because it’s violative of law - but because they also tried to keep people from seeing it. I’ve been doing this for a long time and this is absolutely explosive news. Impeachable and criminal. Swift accountability must follow.
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🧵This is hugely important & touches on a thing lots of folks haven't been faced with:
You
can't
trust
everyone
who
says
they're
on
your
side
It's hard to vet people on the fly but skepticism goes a long way.
In a case like this: Ask for a name & phone number & say you'll pass it along. That's IT.
You
can't
trust
everyone
who
says
they're
on
your
side
It's hard to vet people on the fly but skepticism goes a long way.
In a case like this: Ask for a name & phone number & say you'll pass it along. That's IT.
January 21, 2026 at 11:50 PM
🧵This is hugely important & touches on a thing lots of folks haven't been faced with:
You
can't
trust
everyone
who
says
they're
on
your
side
It's hard to vet people on the fly but skepticism goes a long way.
In a case like this: Ask for a name & phone number & say you'll pass it along. That's IT.
You
can't
trust
everyone
who
says
they're
on
your
side
It's hard to vet people on the fly but skepticism goes a long way.
In a case like this: Ask for a name & phone number & say you'll pass it along. That's IT.
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Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.
January 22, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.
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🚨"I'm a nurse...my brown patients are choosing to stop chemo because they do not want to be abducted." -ICE protester tells JT Cestkowski about sick Minnesotans foregoing cancer treatment because of ICE terror. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 19, 2026 at 11:12 PM
🚨"I'm a nurse...my brown patients are choosing to stop chemo because they do not want to be abducted." -ICE protester tells JT Cestkowski about sick Minnesotans foregoing cancer treatment because of ICE terror. LIVE NOW ⬇️