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Rachel Maddow

@maddow.bsky.social

I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home.

But did you look at the judge's order?

It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."

Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

February 2, 2026 at 7:11 PM

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George Takei

@georgetakei.bsky.social

Do you get it now?

January 31, 2026 at 7:30 PM

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MeidasTouch

@meidastouch.com

Here’s Epstein after being told he has “permission to kill” an unidentified man: “whoops”

Epstein after being told Mary Kennedy was found dead in her backyard: “whoops”

Follow along this short thread…

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January 31, 2026 at 10:32 PM

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🗽LOLGOP🗽

@thefarce.org

Just a reminder that the Trump regime tear gassed kids yesterday in Portland for the crime of walking past some ICE goons. Republicans held hearings for years because the government sent tea party groups questionnaires.

February 1, 2026 at 6:44 PM

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Marc Elias

@marcelias.bsky.social

I am worried but that doesn't paralyze me. It makes me more determined to fight for free and fair elections.⚖️🗳

Just a Guy from Maine @kpjordan.bsky.social · 3d

When Marc Elias is rattled, it’s time to pay attention

January 31, 2026 at 8:01 PM

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Jasmine Crockett

@jasmineforus.bsky.social

Congratulations to my friend and our newest State Senator from Tarrant County, Taylor Rehmet! I met Taylor years ago through labor organizing.

Don’t tell us what can’t be done in Texas. When we show up #TexasTough, we change the game. Today we proved what we’ve known all along: Texas is in play.

February 1, 2026 at 6:20 AM

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e.w. niedermeyer

@niedermeyer.online

It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.

February 1, 2026 at 3:10 AM

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Jenny Cohn

@jennycohn.bsky.social

“Melania ‘Doc’ Director [Brett Ratner] Found in Creepy Epstein Files Photos”
1/31/26 www.thedailybeast.com/melania-doc-...

February 1, 2026 at 3:31 AM

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@hhram.bsky.social

Can someone create a video clip of @barbmcquade.bsky.social from today on Morning Joe? That should get spread around!! Thank you!!

Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 6d

The harm this administration is doing to law enforcement agencies will take decades to repair. I’ll discuss on @Morning_Joe at 6 am ET.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/w...

Outcry in Italy as U.S. Says ICE Agents Will Join Olympics Delegation

www.nytimes.com

January 28, 2026 at 11:50 AM

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Acyn

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Walz: I think Kristi Noem probably should go back to South Dakota, not have any dogs, and just kind of ride things out

January 27, 2026 at 8:20 PM

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Governor JB Pritzker

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

Kristi Noem must resign.

And if she won’t, she must be held accountable and impeached by Congress.

January 27, 2026 at 7:42 PM

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MeidasTouch

@meidastouch.com

NEW: The Atlantic reports Greg Bovino has been REMOVED from his role as Border Patrol “Commander at Large” and will return to his former job in El Centro, California, where he is expected to retire soon.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and “adviser” Corey Lewandowski are at risk of losing their jobs.

January 27, 2026 at 12:01 AM

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Mia Farrow

@miafarrow.bsky.social

Minnesota youre winning!! You are!!!!!!

January 27, 2026 at 2:43 AM

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Jon Cooper

@joncooper-us.bsky.social

🚨🚨🚨🚨

January 27, 2026 at 3:27 AM

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Cancel your 🍎 TV

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8d

We see where Apple stands.

January 26, 2026 at 8:26 PM

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Dr. DaShanne Stokes

@dashannestokes.com

The only reason to withhold the Epstein files, especially after Trump was named in them as a rapist with Epstein, is to protect pedophiles.

January 25, 2026 at 6:19 PM

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8d

Naming someone is not doxxing. They aren’t undercover. They aren’t intelligence agents overseas. This is outrageous - we are supposed to be a free Republic and these people want an authoritarian police state. Lawsuits should be filed & ranking Dems in Congress should act.

January 26, 2026 at 8:08 PM

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Chris Murphy

@chrismurphyct.bsky.social

I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.

January 26, 2026 at 1:40 AM

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Melanie D’Arrigo

@darrigomelanie.bsky.social

ICE is a profit-driver for the major brands we use who donate to the politicians refusing to abolish it.

Profits drive donations, donations secure contracts — and the cycle continues.

Working with ICE needs to be toxic for these brands.

January 26, 2026 at 3:01 PM

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Barb McQuade

@barbmcquade.bsky.social

A court will consider Minnesota’s request to remove ICE from its streets today. I’ll discuss on @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social at 6:30 am ET.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...

Minnesota Claims the ICE Surge Is Illegal. A Judge Will Hear Arguments on Monday.

www.nytimes.com

January 26, 2026 at 11:25 AM

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Christopher Webb

@cwebbonline.com

“OUR HUMANITY” is under assault by our own government.

January 26, 2026 at 12:39 PM

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Mehdi Hasan

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social

The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.

January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value.
3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE.
4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on.
5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle."
6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground.

7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack.
8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video.
9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk.
10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun.
11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him.
12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes.

13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times.
14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.
15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.
16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear

witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.

January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM

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Marc Elias

@marcelias.bsky.social

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.”🚨