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John D ❌👑
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Mundus sine Caesaribus

Not everything that is faced can be changed,
but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
~ James Baldwin
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I like the idea of a #PurpleCaucus made up of senators and representatives declaring themselves:

Independents

Even a small number, working together, could shift votes and make both right and left come toward the center.

Their platform would be to promote what the majority of Americans want.
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McGovern: I believe ICE should be abolished. I don’t want one more penny for ICE.
January 20, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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Moulton: I have an idea for ICE funding: zero. That’s what ICE needs.
January 20, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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“We’re being squeezed from every side”: 72-year-old Trump voter says Washington isn’t looking out for farmers anymore

wtfdetective.blog/squeezed-fro...
“We’re being squeezed from every side”: 72-year-old Trump voter says Washington isn’t looking out for farmers anymore
On Friday’s episode of Erin Burnett OutFront, CNN correspondent Jeff Zeleny spoke with Franz Rowland, a Southern Georgia farmer who cast his ballot for
wtfdetective.blog
January 20, 2026 at 3:54 AM
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Sherrill: "We see a POTUS illegally usurping power. He's unconstitutionally enacted a tariff regime to make billions for himself while everyone else's costs go higher. Here we demand people in public service actually serve the public instead of extorting money to benefit themselves & their cronies."
January 20, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
January 20, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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The aesthetics of ICE—puff-chested and average bro—do more than shroud Trump’s immigration cops in secrecy.
The plainclothes goon squad
The aesthetics of ICE—puff-chested and average bro—do more than shroud Trump’s immigration cops in secrecy.
www.motherjones.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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We can't afford having Trump as President.

The costs are too high.
January 19, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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A reminder how ICE treats priests.
January 20, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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"Two members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with a group seeking to 'overturn election results in certain states,' and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data..."

www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data
Some DOGE personnel had more access to data than previously acknowledged, according to a court filing.
www.politico.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Mamdani: I am in support of abolishing ICE… I'm tired of waking up every day and seeing a new image of someone being dragged out of a car, dragged out of their home, dragged out of their life.
January 20, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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Did you catch that special coverage announcement at the end of the show?

On Thursday morning, former special counsel Jack Smith will be testifying to Congress. That evening Rachel and the gang will break down that testimony in extended special coverage from the long desk.

1/22 at 8pmET on MS NOW
January 20, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Total number of cases currently tracked: 585

Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions at www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A public resource tracking the legal challenges to Trump administration executive orders and actions.
www.justsecurity.org
January 20, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Got a feeling it’s going to be a busy day on Capitol Hill tomorrow !!
January 20, 2026 at 3:14 AM
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The irony of ICE detaining and disappearing the original Americans should stop everyone cold.

As a Lakota proverb says, when you discover you’re riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. This system isn’t broken. It’s dead.
January 20, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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The arc of the moral universe does not bend on its own. It bends because people organize, resist, and refuse to comply with injustice — again and again, even when the path is hard.
January 20, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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Phoenix and Mesa came out strong for MLK Day! Grateful for these friends and this community.
January 20, 2026 at 12:57 AM
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MN & other locations:

ICE believe they're above the law. A Fed judge just ordered that they cannot deploy chemical agents at peaceful protesters. Again.

Even if all you do is go to a hardware store & get a very good dust mask & goggles, it will help. Also, it'll make you unidentifiable. Like them
January 19, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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Noem denies ICE using chemicals on peaceful protesters. “…[Noem] denied in a televised interview on Sunday that her department had used pepper spray and similar tactics curtailed by a judicial order..., then backtracked... after being confronted with a video..." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
Noem Denies Use of Chemical Agents in Minnesota, Then Backtracks
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Good source of candidate reviews.

Daily update highlights a different candidate.

open.substack.com/pub/livefrom...
Live from the Resistance | Substack
We highlight candidates nationwide who refuse the old way of doing politics. Our daily blog shares stories of leaders fighting for fairness, dignity, and a more compassionate America, reminding us tha...
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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ST. PAUL MAYOR: “We’ve received reports of ICE officers going door to door asking where the Asian people live… I myself have received advice to carry my passport with me because they may target me based on what I look like.”
January 19, 2026 at 10:52 PM