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I live in a one hundred-year-old house with my sweetie and our cat. We garden in a tree-shaded yard. I have opinions, just like everyone else.
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🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Oregon said Attorney General Pam Bondi’s recent letter to Minnesota reinforced unease about how the Justice Department is wielding its authority in its nationwide push for state voter rolls, suggesting the administration’s campaign may be driven by improper motives.
Bondi’s ‘blackmail’ letter to Minnesota deepens concerns over DOJ’s voter roll motives, federal judge says
The judge reiterated the DOJ's case against Oregon will be dismissed entirely.
www.democracydocket.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:31 AM
🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Oregon said Attorney General Pam Bondi’s recent letter to Minnesota reinforced unease about how the Justice Department is wielding its authority in its nationwide push for state voter rolls, suggesting the administration’s campaign may be driven by improper motives.
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I've been reminding myself of this so much recently.
January 22, 2026 at 4:59 PM
I've been reminding myself of this so much recently.
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From "Napoleon's Maxims of War."
January 27, 2026 at 1:19 AM
From "Napoleon's Maxims of War."
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Cannot repeat the Obama-era dodge of saying "we tortured some folks" and not holding accountable the torturers and especially the chain of command. You want to stop state-sanctioned crimes? Trials not words are the only way.
Bovino’s retirement needs to be a cage. His command environment yielded Renee Good’s death, Alex Pretti’s death & Julio Sosa-Celis’ shooting. Failure to prosecute Bovino & everyone else materially responsible for these atrocities will be understood by ICE, CBP, etc as a green light for the next ones
January 27, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Cannot repeat the Obama-era dodge of saying "we tortured some folks" and not holding accountable the torturers and especially the chain of command. You want to stop state-sanctioned crimes? Trials not words are the only way.
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Liam himself is five goddamned years old and should be at home with an adult he trusts right now no matter who his parents are. It would not matter if they were literal criminal masterminds, Liam Ramos is a baby and babies do not belong in prison.
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Liam himself is five goddamned years old and should be at home with an adult he trusts right now no matter who his parents are. It would not matter if they were literal criminal masterminds, Liam Ramos is a baby and babies do not belong in prison.
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Hey, this Bovino thing is a pathetic attempt to make all these horrors the fault of one guy, and it would be a serious, serious crisis if people fell for it. ICE needs to be abolished, bc this - terror, murder - are what it exists for. Nothing else. This is just an attempt to mollify us. Stay angry
January 27, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Hey, this Bovino thing is a pathetic attempt to make all these horrors the fault of one guy, and it would be a serious, serious crisis if people fell for it. ICE needs to be abolished, bc this - terror, murder - are what it exists for. Nothing else. This is just an attempt to mollify us. Stay angry
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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Don't stop till he's got a unique view at an Esso station on Route 66
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 27, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Don't stop till he's got a unique view at an Esso station on Route 66
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Martinez took five bullets from a CBP agent, and DHS went into overdrive claiming she was an armed threat to the agents who were merely defending themselves. Sound familiar?
The woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force.
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidence
Marimar Martinez is blocked from releasing evidence in her case by what's known as a "protective order." Though standard, her attorney says it's “become an albatross” around her neck and “keeps the en...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Martinez took five bullets from a CBP agent, and DHS went into overdrive claiming she was an armed threat to the agents who were merely defending themselves. Sound familiar?
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These guys never organized a school trip in their lives.
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 8:41 PM
These guys never organized a school trip in their lives.
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Get that fucking toilet cake out of my state. But we ain’t gonna stop resisting.
![01/26/2026 15:27:26[TWT]
Priscilla Alvarez
@priscialva
BREAKING: Top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino and some of his
agents are expected to leave Minneapolis and return to their respective
sectors, sources tell me, @KristenhCNN + @kaitlancollins.
Sent via Twitter Web App. View original tweet.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pnx2fjuannbdpy3337ggthpp/bafkreiglia3lsgoularsdrttknes76e3otad6xpnyp2eia2nmg5ckrc7cq@jpeg)
January 26, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Get that fucking toilet cake out of my state. But we ain’t gonna stop resisting.
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Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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It is nearing noon in Minnesota on a Monday.
Did you have breakfast? Have you had lunch or are you about to have lunch? Just be sure you're eating something every so often.
Also drink plenty of water.
Take your meds if you have meds.
Do the things you've got to do to take care of you. ❤️
Did you have breakfast? Have you had lunch or are you about to have lunch? Just be sure you're eating something every so often.
Also drink plenty of water.
Take your meds if you have meds.
Do the things you've got to do to take care of you. ❤️
January 26, 2026 at 5:46 PM
It is nearing noon in Minnesota on a Monday.
Did you have breakfast? Have you had lunch or are you about to have lunch? Just be sure you're eating something every so often.
Also drink plenty of water.
Take your meds if you have meds.
Do the things you've got to do to take care of you. ❤️
Did you have breakfast? Have you had lunch or are you about to have lunch? Just be sure you're eating something every so often.
Also drink plenty of water.
Take your meds if you have meds.
Do the things you've got to do to take care of you. ❤️
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#MosaicMonday at the #BritishMuseum speaks for all of us with this C4 floor #mosaic from #Halicarnassus with the face of #Phobos, Fear, blossoming like an evil flower within a series of classical #frames. Fear radiates outward. The symbolism is clear: step on your fear and go on. #AncientBluesky 🏺
January 26, 2026 at 11:15 AM
#MosaicMonday at the #BritishMuseum speaks for all of us with this C4 floor #mosaic from #Halicarnassus with the face of #Phobos, Fear, blossoming like an evil flower within a series of classical #frames. Fear radiates outward. The symbolism is clear: step on your fear and go on. #AncientBluesky 🏺
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I think there’s a difference worth pointing out between a person you know changing their mind (welcome) & a pundit feeling the wind shift on their spit-slicked finger as they declare it’s now correct to call something fascist (fuck off into the sun).
One of them will never fight alongside you.
One of them will never fight alongside you.
January 26, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I think there’s a difference worth pointing out between a person you know changing their mind (welcome) & a pundit feeling the wind shift on their spit-slicked finger as they declare it’s now correct to call something fascist (fuck off into the sun).
One of them will never fight alongside you.
One of them will never fight alongside you.
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“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
January 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
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If you are faced with someone who still insists that ICE is detaining only violent criminals, here is a thread of receipts.
Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 4:42 AM
If you are faced with someone who still insists that ICE is detaining only violent criminals, here is a thread of receipts.
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Honestly, shame to anyone who ever supported him. There was never doubt about who he is. He started harassing the press and suggesting people at rallies "knock the crap out of" hecklers early in his 2016 campaign. Everyone saw the Access Hollywood video. There is no excuse for ever supporting him.
January 25, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Honestly, shame to anyone who ever supported him. There was never doubt about who he is. He started harassing the press and suggesting people at rallies "knock the crap out of" hecklers early in his 2016 campaign. Everyone saw the Access Hollywood video. There is no excuse for ever supporting him.
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🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
January 15, 2026 at 4:03 PM
🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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I have been warning for weeks the administration will do anything to get these records. They want to rig the midterms
🚨“The letter adds the state’s unwillingness to share voting data to a litany of grievances the Trump administration has leveled against Minnesota.”🚨
🚨“The letter adds the state’s unwillingness to share voting data to a litany of grievances the Trump administration has leveled against Minnesota.”🚨
AG Bondi demands access to Minnesota voter rolls after fatal Border Patrol shooting
Her demand came as Minneapolis was reeling from a second fatal shooting by a federal agent this month.
www.democracydocket.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I have been warning for weeks the administration will do anything to get these records. They want to rig the midterms
🚨“The letter adds the state’s unwillingness to share voting data to a litany of grievances the Trump administration has leveled against Minnesota.”🚨
🚨“The letter adds the state’s unwillingness to share voting data to a litany of grievances the Trump administration has leveled against Minnesota.”🚨
If she was on the uneven bars instead of having Human partners, this would be an Olympic level routine.
this is absolutely bonkers incredible and also it’s very easy to see why cheerleading is one of the most dangerous sports
Weber State with a "WTF did I just watch? (Complimentary)" to win the partner stunt competition at nats
www.instagram.com/reel/DTmAnJx...
www.instagram.com/reel/DTmAnJx...
January 20, 2026 at 6:20 AM
If she was on the uneven bars instead of having Human partners, this would be an Olympic level routine.
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From Jonathan Jarvis, former Director of the US National Park Service, about the importance of IUCN and why it's a very bad thing that the US is withdrawing after decades of valuable and contructive involvement.
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@iucnwcpa.bsky.social @adamiucnwcpa.bsky.social 🌎🌐
Withdrawing from International Union for the Conservation of Nature does not serve our interests
Conservation of nature is the pinnacle of soft diplomacy
open.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:02 PM
From Jonathan Jarvis, former Director of the US National Park Service, about the importance of IUCN and why it's a very bad thing that the US is withdrawing after decades of valuable and contructive involvement.
@iucnwcpa.bsky.social @adamiucnwcpa.bsky.social 🌎🌐
@iucnwcpa.bsky.social @adamiucnwcpa.bsky.social 🌎🌐
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Unarmed woman executed by state may have been on committee to fight against unarmed women being executed by the state
The woman killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis last week served on the board of her son’s school, which linked to documents encouraging parents to monitor ICE and directing them to training. https://cnn.it/49yoNEa
January 14, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Unarmed woman executed by state may have been on committee to fight against unarmed women being executed by the state