Espy
@esp1371.bsky.social
Lawyer, political nerd, #UglyDogs, a blue she/her in a very red state.
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Today is also Fred Korematsu day, which means it's a great day to challenge the federal government with both your middle fingers up
January 30, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Today is also Fred Korematsu day, which means it's a great day to challenge the federal government with both your middle fingers up
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Calling up your Dem senators and thanking them for doing this is how you encourage them to hold the line, no matter how low your estimation of them is
👀 Every Senate Democrat + Collins and Murkowski just voted for the Bernie Sanders amendment to repeal the $75 billion in additional ICE funding under Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” The measure failed 49-51.
January 31, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Calling up your Dem senators and thanking them for doing this is how you encourage them to hold the line, no matter how low your estimation of them is
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I know it's late on a Friday night, but there's some important info in this story to check out before you go into full weekend mode.
In addition to furloughing staff by 19 hours during every two-week per pay period for the rest of this fiscal year, additional cuts would also force ISP to reduce positions for security at the Capitol and – if 2% cuts are implemented in FY 2027 – eliminate the ISP SWAT team, documents show. #idleg
Additional new budget cuts would force state to furlough Idaho prison guards, state police • Idaho Capital Sun
“Reduced staffing will compromise safety, disrupt essential services and increase legal and fiscal risks for the state," officials wrote.
idahocapitalsun.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:46 AM
I know it's late on a Friday night, but there's some important info in this story to check out before you go into full weekend mode.
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BOISE: Around 1,000 people attended the ICE OUT event in solidarity with Minnesota and those impacted by ICE at the Idaho State Capitol
A 🧵 of photos
A 🧵 of photos
January 31, 2026 at 12:52 AM
BOISE: Around 1,000 people attended the ICE OUT event in solidarity with Minnesota and those impacted by ICE at the Idaho State Capitol
A 🧵 of photos
A 🧵 of photos
City non-discrimination ordinances and flags. Good thing Idaho doesn't have a massive budget deficit, severe housing crunch, and public school funding crises to deal with, so these guys can spend their time on this crap.
An Idaho Republican lawmaker tweaked his bill that aims to punish the city of Boise for flying the LGBTQ+ pride flag. #idleg #idpol
Idaho House introduces tweaks bill to fine Boise for flying LGBTQ+ pride flag • Idaho Capital Sun
An Idaho Republican lawmaker tweaked his bill that aims to punish the city of Boise for flying the LGBTQ+ pride flag.
idahocapitalsun.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:28 PM
City non-discrimination ordinances and flags. Good thing Idaho doesn't have a massive budget deficit, severe housing crunch, and public school funding crises to deal with, so these guys can spend their time on this crap.
Another good dog has earned a silver harness and crossed the rainbow bridge to join the pack. May she run surrounded by love and joy, always. ❤️💔❤️
Chasing the Wolves Sweet N Spicy Papaya ‘Naya’
January 20th 2013 - January 30th 2026
I love you my sweet girl. Its never enough time. I wish we would have had you from the start. Give Zelda hell. And watch over Teeny for me.
January 20th 2013 - January 30th 2026
I love you my sweet girl. Its never enough time. I wish we would have had you from the start. Give Zelda hell. And watch over Teeny for me.
January 30, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Another good dog has earned a silver harness and crossed the rainbow bridge to join the pack. May she run surrounded by love and joy, always. ❤️💔❤️
Anti-ICE protest at Idaho Capitol Building right now.
January 30, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Anti-ICE protest at Idaho Capitol Building right now.
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NEW: Tens of thousands are once again bringing downtown Minneapolis to a standstill (Friday Jan 30, 2026).
A massive protest against ICE and in support of a national economic shutdown.
(🎥 Vince Monroy)
A massive protest against ICE and in support of a national economic shutdown.
(🎥 Vince Monroy)
January 30, 2026 at 9:06 PM
NEW: Tens of thousands are once again bringing downtown Minneapolis to a standstill (Friday Jan 30, 2026).
A massive protest against ICE and in support of a national economic shutdown.
(🎥 Vince Monroy)
A massive protest against ICE and in support of a national economic shutdown.
(🎥 Vince Monroy)
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Anyone can call into an fbi tip line and say things. I do not recommend playing this game where you believe and promote each thing just because it confirms your priors
What I am saying is they’re admittedly covering up something and it’s a coverup run by the world’s dumbest thieves and podcasters
What I am saying is they’re admittedly covering up something and it’s a coverup run by the world’s dumbest thieves and podcasters
What the
Nothing says "nothing to see here" like scrubbing the page to a Page Not Found
January 30, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Anyone can call into an fbi tip line and say things. I do not recommend playing this game where you believe and promote each thing just because it confirms your priors
What I am saying is they’re admittedly covering up something and it’s a coverup run by the world’s dumbest thieves and podcasters
What I am saying is they’re admittedly covering up something and it’s a coverup run by the world’s dumbest thieves and podcasters
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Our Honest Dog Books’ Charly Ray is running for WI state senate! (As per HDB’s email today) Go Charly!
Charly Ray for Wisconsin
Forester, Small Business Owner, Candidate for Wisconsin's 25th Senate District
www.rayforwi.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Our Honest Dog Books’ Charly Ray is running for WI state senate! (As per HDB’s email today) Go Charly!
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Quick turnaround this week and right back to the races. Was a bit of a stressful week, but we are on the road and Hammy’s issue seems under control after a couple vet visits. Hiawatha Heritage here we come 🐩
January 30, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Quick turnaround this week and right back to the races. Was a bit of a stressful week, but we are on the road and Hammy’s issue seems under control after a couple vet visits. Hiawatha Heritage here we come 🐩
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Worth it for the last few seconds alone
On her livestream tonight, #IL09 candidate Kat Abughazaleh teased what appears to be a new 60-second-long campaign ad
January 30, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Worth it for the last few seconds alone
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
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January 30, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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FYI below -- also can confirm that @jessicashortall.bsky.social is a real person I know from the ExTwitter days and not a scammer
Got some MN folks to help who are falling through mutual aid cracks. Their needs are significant.
My Venmo is @jessica-shortall, look for the llama. Will ask friends to comment or QT here since I’m a stranger. Also giving here is great too:
www.hopkinseducationfoundation.org/hopkins-strong
My Venmo is @jessica-shortall, look for the llama. Will ask friends to comment or QT here since I’m a stranger. Also giving here is great too:
www.hopkinseducationfoundation.org/hopkins-strong
Hopkins Strong Relief Fund — Hopkins Education Foundation
In response to urgent community needs, the Hopkins Education Foundation and Hopkins School District have partnered for the #HopkinsStrong Emergency Relief Fund to help students and families in this ti...
www.hopkinseducationfoundation.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:36 AM
FYI below -- also can confirm that @jessicashortall.bsky.social is a real person I know from the ExTwitter days and not a scammer
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‘The Pitt’ Season 2, Episode 4: Friends With Farm Benefits
Spotify video
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January 30, 2026 at 3:42 AM
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Also, CA11 refuses to hold that it was now clearly established, so the result will be exactly the same the next time.
Of course maybe there are other remedies than 1983. I don’t know. But the refusal to rule on violations is a big QI problem.
Of course maybe there are other remedies than 1983. I don’t know. But the refusal to rule on violations is a big QI problem.
11th Cir., 2-1, holds that it was not clearly established that it would violate a person's right to bodily integrity for sheriff's deputy to drive drunk at night without lights, hit the person's car, and then flee leaving person to die.
QI for deputy.
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QI for deputy.
media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
![Though these situations may be factually distinct, we cannot cast them aside in our “obvious clarity” analysis. Where precedent injects such uncertainty, it does not follow logically that the complained of offense “so obviously violates th[e] [C]onstitution.” Mercado v. City of Orlando, 407 F.3d 1152, 1159 (11th Cir. 2005). Indeed, when caselaw indicates that a certain type of conduct does not rise to the level of a constitutional violation, officials cannot possibly be on notice that the conduct is a constitutional violation—and certainly not with obvious clarity. See Hope, 536 U.S. at 741; al-Kidd, 563 U.S. at 741. The existence of this caselaw casting doubt on the “obvious clarity” of Moss’s claimed right—and, indeed, disclaiming such a right altogether—necessarily means that the right was not clearly established at the time of the violation. To be sure, similar out-of-circuit cases have reached the opposite conclusion. For example, as the district court noted in its order, in Browder v. City of Albuquerque, the Tenth Circuit concluded that a police officer’s misuse of a squad car resulting in a fatal collision could give rise to a claim under the Fourteenth Amendment. 787 F.3d 1076, 1083 (10th Cir. 2015).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:24vva42nxim6zbcmnozegoef/bafkreidebqwemly2zfgozo4wrt56vrpcdotmda42nxhtve6vdvv256uso4@jpeg)
January 29, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Also, CA11 refuses to hold that it was now clearly established, so the result will be exactly the same the next time.
Of course maybe there are other remedies than 1983. I don’t know. But the refusal to rule on violations is a big QI problem.
Of course maybe there are other remedies than 1983. I don’t know. But the refusal to rule on violations is a big QI problem.
Listen to Ben.
Hey #uglydogs circle up real quick.
All y'all with high efficiency gas (LP or natural gas) heat raise a paw.
For those who don't know go look at your furnace. If it has 2"-4" PVC pipe coming out of it and going outside it is 90%+ or high efficiency system.
Alright, let's go outside...
All y'all with high efficiency gas (LP or natural gas) heat raise a paw.
For those who don't know go look at your furnace. If it has 2"-4" PVC pipe coming out of it and going outside it is 90%+ or high efficiency system.
Alright, let's go outside...
January 29, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Listen to Ben.
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Here is a video taken just this morning of ICE pepper spraying my friend who was standing several feet away, and behind a fence, from agents attempting an abduction.
Nothing about their conduct has changed. We need to continue our observations but please do so as safely as possible.
Fuck ICE.
Nothing about their conduct has changed. We need to continue our observations but please do so as safely as possible.
Fuck ICE.
January 29, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Here is a video taken just this morning of ICE pepper spraying my friend who was standing several feet away, and behind a fence, from agents attempting an abduction.
Nothing about their conduct has changed. We need to continue our observations but please do so as safely as possible.
Fuck ICE.
Nothing about their conduct has changed. We need to continue our observations but please do so as safely as possible.
Fuck ICE.
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If the immigration “issue” was really about black & brown people “taking your jobs,” the powers that be wouldn’t be so damn eager to hand your jobs over to robots & artificial intelligence.
It’s just about giving you someone to hate & think yourself better than.
You’re not.
It’s just about giving you someone to hate & think yourself better than.
You’re not.
January 29, 2026 at 6:39 PM
If the immigration “issue” was really about black & brown people “taking your jobs,” the powers that be wouldn’t be so damn eager to hand your jobs over to robots & artificial intelligence.
It’s just about giving you someone to hate & think yourself better than.
You’re not.
It’s just about giving you someone to hate & think yourself better than.
You’re not.
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I keep seeing posts going "when ICE comes to MY city, we'll be out in the streets even harder" and man, I get that sentiment but I need everyone to understand that the work in Minneapolis is partly confrontational but MORE IMPORTANTLY aaallll the stuff organized in the background to help neighbors
January 29, 2026 at 4:16 PM
I keep seeing posts going "when ICE comes to MY city, we'll be out in the streets even harder" and man, I get that sentiment but I need everyone to understand that the work in Minneapolis is partly confrontational but MORE IMPORTANTLY aaallll the stuff organized in the background to help neighbors
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Check out the first paragraph in that screenshot. That's how you frame a story.
Border Czar Tom Homan: ‘I’m staying ‘til the problem is gone’
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January 29, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Check out the first paragraph in that screenshot. That's how you frame a story.
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Just to be absolutely clear, I have been managing this stuff for over ten years, yes, this is new, and yes, it is a new OBSTACLE for women who own small businesses, which is a HUGE percentage of the economy, fwiw
For reasons, decided to check in on my Small Business Administration Woman Owned Small Business certification --- and guess what? DOGE wants women to get their spouses to sign off on their certification, despite them not having anything to do with the business!
So that's retrograde.
So that's retrograde.
January 28, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Just to be absolutely clear, I have been managing this stuff for over ten years, yes, this is new, and yes, it is a new OBSTACLE for women who own small businesses, which is a HUGE percentage of the economy, fwiw
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There’s a theory that, in a world of pervasive conspiracy theorizing, suppressing the wildest theories just allows the most plausible (the “fittest”) to circulate and take root. Maybe letting everyone see just how preposterous his allegations actually are isn’t a bad idea.
Trump is on a posting bender right now and has is sharing deranged tinfoil hat stuff about the 2020 election
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
There’s a theory that, in a world of pervasive conspiracy theorizing, suppressing the wildest theories just allows the most plausible (the “fittest”) to circulate and take root. Maybe letting everyone see just how preposterous his allegations actually are isn’t a bad idea.