David Fedman
@dfeds.bsky.social
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Okay I think I've mapped out ICE politics as of Monday night
January 27, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Okay I think I've mapped out ICE politics as of Monday night
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Keith Porter is a Black Father who was killed by an ICE Agent on New Years Eve.
Do not say Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s names without also saying his.
The violence of this administration touches us all, and we cannot stop calling for justice.
Do not say Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s names without also saying his.
The violence of this administration touches us all, and we cannot stop calling for justice.
January 27, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Keith Porter is a Black Father who was killed by an ICE Agent on New Years Eve.
Do not say Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s names without also saying his.
The violence of this administration touches us all, and we cannot stop calling for justice.
Do not say Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s names without also saying his.
The violence of this administration touches us all, and we cannot stop calling for justice.
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This is the Trump administration equivalent of sending someone to the gulag.
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
DHS suspends Bovino's access to his social media accounts, source says
Tom Homan is headed to Minnesota after the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in an encounter Saturday with federal agents deepened outrage over the Trump administration’s surge, part of its nati...
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:29 AM
This is the Trump administration equivalent of sending someone to the gulag.
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
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“And we didn’t even kill him!”
January 27, 2026 at 12:00 AM
“And we didn’t even kill him!”
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Lots of scrambling today by the terrible regime.
I want to argue that our goal should be to get Miller removed, that has to be the focus. Noem, Bovino, etc are all just middle managers. The architect of the terror regime is Miller.
A thread:
bsky.app/profile/simo...
I want to argue that our goal should be to get Miller removed, that has to be the focus. Noem, Bovino, etc are all just middle managers. The architect of the terror regime is Miller.
A thread:
bsky.app/profile/simo...
In my a new post I talk about how JD Vance and Stephen Miller have been responsible for the two biggest political disasters of Trump's second term so far - Greenland and Minnesota. Their "rules no longer apply to us" project is taking a huge, deserved hit.
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-senate...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-senate...
"The Senate and the White House are suddenly in the middle of the most serious political crisis of.....Trump’s second term"
Everyone needs to be calling Congress today - they need to hear from us. Loud and proud!
www.hopiumchronicles.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Lots of scrambling today by the terrible regime.
I want to argue that our goal should be to get Miller removed, that has to be the focus. Noem, Bovino, etc are all just middle managers. The architect of the terror regime is Miller.
A thread:
bsky.app/profile/simo...
I want to argue that our goal should be to get Miller removed, that has to be the focus. Noem, Bovino, etc are all just middle managers. The architect of the terror regime is Miller.
A thread:
bsky.app/profile/simo...
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Trump is nothing if not ready to sacrifice anyone and anything in order to save his own ass and the single most important thing that could happen right now is someone convincing him that the biggest driver of his unpopularity is not just Bovino and Noem but Stephen Miller personally
Feels like Trump is pretty much unconditionally surrendering as support collapses
January 27, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Trump is nothing if not ready to sacrifice anyone and anything in order to save his own ass and the single most important thing that could happen right now is someone convincing him that the biggest driver of his unpopularity is not just Bovino and Noem but Stephen Miller personally
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The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced the Democrats have to push their hand immediately. The parallels with the delays and subsequent failures after January 6th are blaring warning signs about what will happen if they don’t go after the issues with ICE and CBP at the root RIGHT NOW.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced the Democrats have to push their hand immediately. The parallels with the delays and subsequent failures after January 6th are blaring warning signs about what will happen if they don’t go after the issues with ICE and CBP at the root RIGHT NOW.
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As seen on r/nursing
Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him
Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him
January 26, 2026 at 10:01 PM
As seen on r/nursing
Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him
Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him
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Ta-Nehisi Coates: With the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, "Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact—the culture war is an actual war"
“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti
In the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact: the culture war is an actual war.
www.vanityfair.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates: With the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, "Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact—the culture war is an actual war"
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"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport
January 26, 2026 at 6:28 PM
"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport
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“Air Force veteran, who was Alex Pretti's patient 2 weeks ago, recalls how the nurse ‘comforted' and ‘helped' him.
"'I'm saddened to the deepest part of my heart,’ veteran Sonny Fouts, 71, tells @people.com of Pretti's death.”
people.com/alex-pretti-...
"'I'm saddened to the deepest part of my heart,’ veteran Sonny Fouts, 71, tells @people.com of Pretti's death.”
people.com/alex-pretti-...
Air Force Veteran, Who Was Alex Pretti's Patient 2 Weeks Ago, Recalls How the Nurse 'Comforted' and 'Helped' Him (Exclusive)
Sonny Fouts, an Air Force veteran who was cared for by Alex Pretti after a recent surgery, tells PEOPLE how the late ICU nurse 'comforted' and 'helped' him. Pretti was fatally shot by federal officers...
people.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:35 PM
“Air Force veteran, who was Alex Pretti's patient 2 weeks ago, recalls how the nurse ‘comforted' and ‘helped' him.
"'I'm saddened to the deepest part of my heart,’ veteran Sonny Fouts, 71, tells @people.com of Pretti's death.”
people.com/alex-pretti-...
"'I'm saddened to the deepest part of my heart,’ veteran Sonny Fouts, 71, tells @people.com of Pretti's death.”
people.com/alex-pretti-...
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Remember, five crises ago, when the US violated the sovereignty of another country and kidnapped its president? Wonder how that's going...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Venezuela’s acting leader says she has ‘had enough’ of US orders in shot at Trump
The US president said that Rodriguez would be carrying out Washington’s demands after the capture of Nicolas Maduro
www.independent.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Remember, five crises ago, when the US violated the sovereignty of another country and kidnapped its president? Wonder how that's going...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Holy cow they’ve lost Mumm-Ra
Sepp Blatter suggests fans should not travel to US for World Cup
Sepp Blatter suggests fans should not travel to US for World Cup
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Ex-Fifa boss shows support for boycott calls
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Security concerns over tournament have risen
Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter on Monday suggested he supports fans boycotting World Cup matches in the United States this year due to security concerns.
Blatter gave his support to comments from Swiss anti-corruption lawyer Mark Pieth, who worked with Fifa on potential reforms when Blatter was president, saying fans should stay away from the US for the tournament. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Holy cow they’ve lost Mumm-Ra
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Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune
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I am still thinking about how Alex Pretti was out there directing traffic, waving cars through. A instinctive, quintessentially Dad Response to any kind of commotion happening on the block—to go out and help a little, in a small way. To make sure no one gets unnecessarily hurt.
signs left at alex pretti’s memorial in minneapolis: “i love you so much / i’ll miss you forever” photo with a friend, “i would have done the same. RIP alex,” a stethoscope and “we’ll take it from here, alex” and a tshirt for the minnesota nurses association
January 26, 2026 at 4:43 PM
I am still thinking about how Alex Pretti was out there directing traffic, waving cars through. A instinctive, quintessentially Dad Response to any kind of commotion happening on the block—to go out and help a little, in a small way. To make sure no one gets unnecessarily hurt.
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Silicon valley is the epicenter of American fascism
The largest Trump superPAC donor so far this cycle is the president of OpenAI
January 26, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Silicon valley is the epicenter of American fascism
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This is one of the biggest stories in America, comparable in scale to what’s happening in Minnesota. The largest social media platform is transferred to Trump’s allies and immediately forbids you from saying anything bad about him. Absolutely totalitarian in nature. No different than China.
#TikTok has begun censoring anti-Trump and anti-Ice content
January 26, 2026 at 6:54 AM
This is one of the biggest stories in America, comparable in scale to what’s happening in Minnesota. The largest social media platform is transferred to Trump’s allies and immediately forbids you from saying anything bad about him. Absolutely totalitarian in nature. No different than China.
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Translation: “We send our condolences to the Pretti family for our untrained thugs executing your son. It was super ‘unfortunate.’ But it’s not the thugs’ fault. It’s the fault of Minnesota for not tearing apart immigrant families & becoming an arm of ICE.”
January 26, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Translation: “We send our condolences to the Pretti family for our untrained thugs executing your son. It was super ‘unfortunate.’ But it’s not the thugs’ fault. It’s the fault of Minnesota for not tearing apart immigrant families & becoming an arm of ICE.”
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In one of his campaign videos, the winner of the Fukui gubernatorial race implored voters to help preserve the monoethnic nation
January 26, 2026 at 7:28 AM
In one of his campaign videos, the winner of the Fukui gubernatorial race implored voters to help preserve the monoethnic nation
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Totally understand the Puka hate but I'll never understand the Stafford hate. He's a wizard, one of the best to ever play the position, and he's on our side! Born in Texas and played football at Georgia and somehow still didn't get MAGAed
Finding out Stafford is really woke was a pleasant surprise.
January 26, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Totally understand the Puka hate but I'll never understand the Stafford hate. He's a wizard, one of the best to ever play the position, and he's on our side! Born in Texas and played football at Georgia and somehow still didn't get MAGAed