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ICE point weapon directly at woman peacefully protesting, just inches in front of her face.
Goon is pointing a B&T GL06 grenade launcher and shooting someone at point-blank range with this so-called
"less than lethal" ammo could be fatal.
Goon is pointing a B&T GL06 grenade launcher and shooting someone at point-blank range with this so-called
"less than lethal" ammo could be fatal.
February 15, 2026 at 2:07 AM
ICE point weapon directly at woman peacefully protesting, just inches in front of her face.
Goon is pointing a B&T GL06 grenade launcher and shooting someone at point-blank range with this so-called
"less than lethal" ammo could be fatal.
Goon is pointing a B&T GL06 grenade launcher and shooting someone at point-blank range with this so-called
"less than lethal" ammo could be fatal.
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📽️NEW: Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith exposes how Trump is using her state as a testing ground for authoritarian overreach by deploying ICE violence and demanding voter files.
Smith unpacks civil rights abuses, community resistance and the strategy behind attacks on immigrant communities👇
Smith unpacks civil rights abuses, community resistance and the strategy behind attacks on immigrant communities👇
Trump’s ICE Crackdown Is a 2026 Election Test Run | Sen. Tina Smith
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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January 31, 2026 at 2:00 AM
📽️NEW: Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith exposes how Trump is using her state as a testing ground for authoritarian overreach by deploying ICE violence and demanding voter files.
Smith unpacks civil rights abuses, community resistance and the strategy behind attacks on immigrant communities👇
Smith unpacks civil rights abuses, community resistance and the strategy behind attacks on immigrant communities👇
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Trump’s America 2026. Masked armed men in body armor arresting journalists in the night.
We’re truly going back to the 1930s.
My almost 90 y/o mom was right when she moved back to Austria this year: “I grew up under fascism, I don’t need to die under it” 😳
We’re truly going back to the 1930s.
My almost 90 y/o mom was right when she moved back to Austria this year: “I grew up under fascism, I don’t need to die under it” 😳
Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
This is from Georgia Fort’s video.
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
January 31, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Trump’s America 2026. Masked armed men in body armor arresting journalists in the night.
We’re truly going back to the 1930s.
My almost 90 y/o mom was right when she moved back to Austria this year: “I grew up under fascism, I don’t need to die under it” 😳
We’re truly going back to the 1930s.
My almost 90 y/o mom was right when she moved back to Austria this year: “I grew up under fascism, I don’t need to die under it” 😳
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Lawyer for Epstein Survivors: It's consistent with what we've been seeing from the Department of Justice for quite some time now. It's an incompetent coverup. They're trying to cover up documents, to withhold documents, to keep things from the public, but worse, they're not good at it.
January 30, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Lawyer for Epstein Survivors: It's consistent with what we've been seeing from the Department of Justice for quite some time now. It's an incompetent coverup. They're trying to cover up documents, to withhold documents, to keep things from the public, but worse, they're not good at it.
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When the president was calling all Somali immigrants "garbage" who "come from hell" and "contribute nothing" to America and therefore needed to go "back where they came from" did you ask him to "stop the rhetoric," Tom?
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 2:07 PM
When the president was calling all Somali immigrants "garbage" who "come from hell" and "contribute nothing" to America and therefore needed to go "back where they came from" did you ask him to "stop the rhetoric," Tom?
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"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
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Finally got around to a bit of research I'd been meaning to explore, and: There is no documented instance of an ICE officer being identified and assaulted while off duty because he wasn't masked. www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...
ICE’s excuse for wearing masks has never actually manifested
There have been incidents of harassment and threats. But there are no apparent incidents in which identified ICE officers have been assaulted off-duty.
www.pbump.net
January 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Finally got around to a bit of research I'd been meaning to explore, and: There is no documented instance of an ICE officer being identified and assaulted while off duty because he wasn't masked. www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...
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"Curtailing the funding and operations of ICE and the Border Patrol is not just a civil liberties issue. They pose a threat not just to civil but to political liberties. Dealing with the threat to free and fair elections is THE fight—for 2026, and 2027 and 2028."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Defang ICE → Save the Midterms
The fight over ICE isn’t just about civil rights. It’s about free and fair elections, too.
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:51 PM
"Curtailing the funding and operations of ICE and the Border Patrol is not just a civil liberties issue. They pose a threat not just to civil but to political liberties. Dealing with the threat to free and fair elections is THE fight—for 2026, and 2027 and 2028."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 AM
MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
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Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles Thursday over a church protest against immigration enforcement in Minnesota.
Don Lemon Arrested Over Church Protest
The former CNN journalist said he was covering a demonstration against immigration enforcement as a member of the media, not a participant.
on.wsj.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles Thursday over a church protest against immigration enforcement in Minnesota.
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Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.
January 26, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.
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Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
January 26, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
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These people are clearly in front of the vehicle. I am told this justifies shooting the driver in self defense and it doesn’t matter if they placed themselves there. Do you understand yet how absurd that is?
January 26, 2026 at 11:06 PM
These people are clearly in front of the vehicle. I am told this justifies shooting the driver in self defense and it doesn’t matter if they placed themselves there. Do you understand yet how absurd that is?
Entrepreneurship & innovation ecosystems get sick for a lot of reasons our programs don’t address.
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#everybodyinnovateshere #entrepreneurship #innovation #startup
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#everybodyinnovateshere #entrepreneurship #innovation #startup
Why your ecosystem is sick: Three diagnoses
SIgnals
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August 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Entrepreneurship & innovation ecosystems get sick for a lot of reasons our programs don’t address.
Check this article for a link to Everybody Innovates Here AND discount on a full subscription to Future Here Now!
bit.ly/4le9nIT
#everybodyinnovateshere #entrepreneurship #innovation #startup
Check this article for a link to Everybody Innovates Here AND discount on a full subscription to Future Here Now!
bit.ly/4le9nIT
#everybodyinnovateshere #entrepreneurship #innovation #startup
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DOGE has gained access to our Social Security system, and now Musk is spreading lies about massive fraud all so we greenlight his taking an ax to everything. I call out his B.S. in today’s piece: https://buff.ly/3X5uNPt
February 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
DOGE has gained access to our Social Security system, and now Musk is spreading lies about massive fraud all so we greenlight his taking an ax to everything. I call out his B.S. in today’s piece: https://buff.ly/3X5uNPt
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“On Friday evening, as some employees sought to appeal their firings online, the federal web portal for such filings went down for ‘routine maintenance.’
”Thank you for your patience," the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board site stated.”
Odd timing to “maintain” MSPV e-appeal website.
www.mspb.gov
”Thank you for your patience," the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board site stated.”
Odd timing to “maintain” MSPV e-appeal website.
www.mspb.gov
February 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
“On Friday evening, as some employees sought to appeal their firings online, the federal web portal for such filings went down for ‘routine maintenance.’
”Thank you for your patience," the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board site stated.”
Odd timing to “maintain” MSPV e-appeal website.
www.mspb.gov
”Thank you for your patience," the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board site stated.”
Odd timing to “maintain” MSPV e-appeal website.
www.mspb.gov
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“I’m just an underrepresented person in academia trying to do this work. This just hurts research broadly across the board.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The dire consequences of science without DEI
"We are very much at risk of losing an entire generation of researchers."
www.motherjones.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“I’m just an underrepresented person in academia trying to do this work. This just hurts research broadly across the board.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“On the day of the vote, several senior aides to Mr. Trump and people close to Mr. Hegseth said they thought Mr. Tillis was too weak to hold out.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...
As Trump Threatened a Primary, a G.O.P. Holdout on Hegseth Flipped
Before Senator Thom Tillis voted to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, he worked with accusers to make the case against him in a bid to get G.O.P. leaders to scrap the vote altogether.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“On the day of the vote, several senior aides to Mr. Trump and people close to Mr. Hegseth said they thought Mr. Tillis was too weak to hold out.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...
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Eliminating the ACA Medicaid Expansion Match Could:
--Reduce Total Medicaid Spending by Up To $1.9 Trillion Over 10 Years
-- End Coverage for 20 Million People
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
--Reduce Total Medicaid Spending by Up To $1.9 Trillion Over 10 Years
-- End Coverage for 20 Million People
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
Eliminating the ACA Medicaid Expansion Match Could Reduce Total Medicaid Spending by Up To $1.9 Trillion Over 10 Years and End Coverage for 20 Million People | KFF
A new KFF analysis finds that a congressional proposal to significantly cut federal spending on the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion could reduce total Medicaid spending by up to nearly one-fi...
www.kff.org
February 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Eliminating the ACA Medicaid Expansion Match Could:
--Reduce Total Medicaid Spending by Up To $1.9 Trillion Over 10 Years
-- End Coverage for 20 Million People
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
--Reduce Total Medicaid Spending by Up To $1.9 Trillion Over 10 Years
-- End Coverage for 20 Million People
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
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The veneration of white men to the exclusion of every other American has an historical parallel, I’m sure. I just can’t think of what it is…
I got a tip that the Defense Intelligence Agency removed several non-white history pieces from its museum, and put an exhibit honoring women at the agency into storage.
A DIA spokesperson confirms they yanked 3 "DEI" items from their museum. www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
A DIA spokesperson confirms they yanked 3 "DEI" items from their museum. www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
Intel Agency Confirms It Removed So-Called DEI Items From Its Secured Museum
www.huffpost.com
February 15, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The veneration of white men to the exclusion of every other American has an historical parallel, I’m sure. I just can’t think of what it is…
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Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
February 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
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Do people not understand what’s happening with the Eric Adams thing? The memo instructing the prosecution to be dropped explicitly said it was because he was carrying out the president’s agenda. It was “you’re working for me, so we’re letting you go.” It was an explicitly corrupt bargain
February 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Do people not understand what’s happening with the Eric Adams thing? The memo instructing the prosecution to be dropped explicitly said it was because he was carrying out the president’s agenda. It was “you’re working for me, so we’re letting you go.” It was an explicitly corrupt bargain
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READ Danielle Sassoon's letter to AG Pam Bondi, via @nytimes.com:
"Rather than be rewarded, Adams's advocacy should be called out for what it is: an improper offer of immigration enforcement assistance in exchange for a dismissal of his case." static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
"Rather than be rewarded, Adams's advocacy should be called out for what it is: an improper offer of immigration enforcement assistance in exchange for a dismissal of his case." static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
February 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
READ Danielle Sassoon's letter to AG Pam Bondi, via @nytimes.com:
"Rather than be rewarded, Adams's advocacy should be called out for what it is: an improper offer of immigration enforcement assistance in exchange for a dismissal of his case." static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
"Rather than be rewarded, Adams's advocacy should be called out for what it is: an improper offer of immigration enforcement assistance in exchange for a dismissal of his case." static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...