Holley Atkinson
@holleya.bsky.social
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HOLD UP. This headline from the @wsj.com is dead wrong - No one at the actual opening ceremonies thinks the US team was being booed. Come on! The CBC broadcasters & people in the stadium are all crystal clear that JD VANCE WAS BEING BOOED, not the team.
February 6, 2026 at 10:59 PM
HOLD UP. This headline from the @wsj.com is dead wrong - No one at the actual opening ceremonies thinks the US team was being booed. Come on! The CBC broadcasters & people in the stadium are all crystal clear that JD VANCE WAS BEING BOOED, not the team.
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Among the 300 layoffs was reporter Caroline O’Donovan, who covers tech companies and corporate accountability with a focus on Amazon.
The once prestigious newspaper is now fully at the mercy of billionaire owner (and Amazon founder) Jeff Bezos. trib.al/rlWOHyn
The once prestigious newspaper is now fully at the mercy of billionaire owner (and Amazon founder) Jeff Bezos. trib.al/rlWOHyn
February 4, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Among the 300 layoffs was reporter Caroline O’Donovan, who covers tech companies and corporate accountability with a focus on Amazon.
The once prestigious newspaper is now fully at the mercy of billionaire owner (and Amazon founder) Jeff Bezos. trib.al/rlWOHyn
The once prestigious newspaper is now fully at the mercy of billionaire owner (and Amazon founder) Jeff Bezos. trib.al/rlWOHyn
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I don’t know maybe it’s me, maybe I’m old-fashioned, but doesn’t it seem like a bad idea for the president, a bunch of his cabinet members, the guy he let decimate our federal workforce and his future Fed Chair, to be implicated in the criminal files of a notorious child sex trafficker?
January 31, 2026 at 9:23 PM
I don’t know maybe it’s me, maybe I’m old-fashioned, but doesn’t it seem like a bad idea for the president, a bunch of his cabinet members, the guy he let decimate our federal workforce and his future Fed Chair, to be implicated in the criminal files of a notorious child sex trafficker?
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Something has shifted. We went to our usual Visibility protest today, displaying anti-ICE signs on a freeway overpass, and drivers were honking like crazy. Maybe 4x the typical number. And instead of 6-12 people on the bridge, there were almost 40. ✊
February 1, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Something has shifted. We went to our usual Visibility protest today, displaying anti-ICE signs on a freeway overpass, and drivers were honking like crazy. Maybe 4x the typical number. And instead of 6-12 people on the bridge, there were almost 40. ✊
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Illegal arrest of my friend @donlemonofficial.bsky.social is gross violation of the Constitution & laws
Magistrate rejected a criminal complaint & Judge Schiltz (conservative former Scalia clerk) said "no evidence of any criminal behavior"
@democracydefendersfund.org will help fight back!:
Magistrate rejected a criminal complaint & Judge Schiltz (conservative former Scalia clerk) said "no evidence of any criminal behavior"
@democracydefendersfund.org will help fight back!:
Statement | January 27, 2026
Democracy Defenders Fund issues the following statement in response to recent actions by the Department of Homeland Security and its immigration enforcement agencies.
www.democracydefendersfund.org
January 30, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Illegal arrest of my friend @donlemonofficial.bsky.social is gross violation of the Constitution & laws
Magistrate rejected a criminal complaint & Judge Schiltz (conservative former Scalia clerk) said "no evidence of any criminal behavior"
@democracydefendersfund.org will help fight back!:
Magistrate rejected a criminal complaint & Judge Schiltz (conservative former Scalia clerk) said "no evidence of any criminal behavior"
@democracydefendersfund.org will help fight back!:
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The real power center of the Republican Party isn't in their party anymore: it's the right-wing media ecosystem, which is primarily based in Silicon Valley. If you want to destabilize fascism, reigning in runaway tech corporations matters more than elections.
January 29, 2026 at 1:20 AM
The real power center of the Republican Party isn't in their party anymore: it's the right-wing media ecosystem, which is primarily based in Silicon Valley. If you want to destabilize fascism, reigning in runaway tech corporations matters more than elections.
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The new Melania movie was literally directed by a serial rapist who is in the Epstein files, all of this is public record, I feel like I'm losing my mind.
January 29, 2026 at 12:40 AM
The new Melania movie was literally directed by a serial rapist who is in the Epstein files, all of this is public record, I feel like I'm losing my mind.
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Yes. And many Americans do not even seem to realise this. With every day the Epstein files are not released, the government breaks the law, and having a lawless government becomes just the new normal.
imo they're just normalizing lawlessness & zero accountability, just like with ice
January 29, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Yes. And many Americans do not even seem to realise this. With every day the Epstein files are not released, the government breaks the law, and having a lawless government becomes just the new normal.
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“The move toward more commentators telling you what to think about an America spiraling into chaos & fewer boots-on-the-ground journalists digging up what’s needed to fix that crisis—objective truth—couldn’t happen at a worse time…unfortunately this is not unique to CBS News.” @willbunch.bsky.social
I hate newsroom layoffs, but they did this to themselves
CBS News and Washington Post choose worst possible moment to lay off reporters, stress punditry - right as the streets of Minneapolis are showing how journalism can beat back government lies
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/cbs-...
CBS News and Washington Post choose worst possible moment to lay off reporters, stress punditry - right as the streets of Minneapolis are showing how journalism can beat back government lies
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/cbs-...
CBS, Post blind themselves when America needs eyes on the ground |Will Bunch
Two iconic U.S. newsrooms slash reporting and stress opinion writing even as Minnesota proves the need for factual journalism.
www.inquirer.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:37 PM
“The move toward more commentators telling you what to think about an America spiraling into chaos & fewer boots-on-the-ground journalists digging up what’s needed to fix that crisis—objective truth—couldn’t happen at a worse time…unfortunately this is not unique to CBS News.” @willbunch.bsky.social
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BREAKING: As Trump transformed an immigration database into a tool to scrutinize voter rolls, newly unearthed comments show a prominent election denial activist was already claiming inside access to the effort — and touting a potential partnership with the Department of Homeland Security.
Leading election denier claimed DHS ‘wants to partner with us’ on voter roll checks. Now he’s a top official there
Comments from Phillips at the time suggest True the Vote, which has repeatedly pushed for access to federal data, also was working with DHS officials.
www.democracydocket.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:20 PM
BREAKING: As Trump transformed an immigration database into a tool to scrutinize voter rolls, newly unearthed comments show a prominent election denial activist was already claiming inside access to the effort — and touting a potential partnership with the Department of Homeland Security.
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Ask yourself why Director of National Intelligence (FNI), famous Russian asset Tulsi Gabbard, is in Fulton County, Georgia right now.
They are stealing information like addresses and social security numbers. Period.
They are stealing information like addresses and social security numbers. Period.
January 29, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Ask yourself why Director of National Intelligence (FNI), famous Russian asset Tulsi Gabbard, is in Fulton County, Georgia right now.
They are stealing information like addresses and social security numbers. Period.
They are stealing information like addresses and social security numbers. Period.
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The only reason Homan replaced Bovino as the face of the occupation is because his lies are more polished and he doesn’t dress like a member of the Third Reich in public. But the policies and the state instigated violence remain unchanged.
CNN: How did we get to a place where we had Bovino having Border Patrol agents stopping citizens in interior of the country, asking them ID, creating fear? Who made the decisions to allow this kind of operation to proceed?
HOMAN: The reason for the massive deployment is bc of the threats & violence
HOMAN: The reason for the massive deployment is bc of the threats & violence
January 29, 2026 at 4:20 PM
The only reason Homan replaced Bovino as the face of the occupation is because his lies are more polished and he doesn’t dress like a member of the Third Reich in public. But the policies and the state instigated violence remain unchanged.
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There's no Trump "pivot" until we see real investigations into the government's killings and real accountability for them. As Rep Jamie Raskin notes here, someone in the White House is ordering DOJ to cover up these killings. Someone in DHS is directing this. Who? 4/
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
January 28, 2026 at 1:03 PM
There's no Trump "pivot" until we see real investigations into the government's killings and real accountability for them. As Rep Jamie Raskin notes here, someone in the White House is ordering DOJ to cover up these killings. Someone in DHS is directing this. Who? 4/
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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Insights from Minnesota @taylorcarik.bsky.social
on reality, media narratives and as an example of value of locally-sourced information.
“…a fully digitally mediated world of fake narratives and political spin, intentional one-to-one connections are incredibly subversive. And they’re enriching”
on reality, media narratives and as an example of value of locally-sourced information.
“…a fully digitally mediated world of fake narratives and political spin, intentional one-to-one connections are incredibly subversive. And they’re enriching”
I wrote about the difference between the surreal disinformation in the news media spectacle and what’s actually informing resistors on the ground in Minneapolis for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/we-are-doing...
www.liberalcurrents.com/we-are-doing...
January 28, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Insights from Minnesota @taylorcarik.bsky.social
on reality, media narratives and as an example of value of locally-sourced information.
“…a fully digitally mediated world of fake narratives and political spin, intentional one-to-one connections are incredibly subversive. And they’re enriching”
on reality, media narratives and as an example of value of locally-sourced information.
“…a fully digitally mediated world of fake narratives and political spin, intentional one-to-one connections are incredibly subversive. And they’re enriching”
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Again, your reminder that we/you again live in a country where concentration camps exist, & that the reason all of the awful & illegal things keep happening in 🇺🇸 politics is bc there are never any actual legal or personal consequences for all of the awful & illegal things happening in 🇺🇸 politics.
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 28, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Again, your reminder that we/you again live in a country where concentration camps exist, & that the reason all of the awful & illegal things keep happening in 🇺🇸 politics is bc there are never any actual legal or personal consequences for all of the awful & illegal things happening in 🇺🇸 politics.
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"We only have each other. I'm here to represent the truth"
This 19-minute interview with Stella Carlson, the brave Minnesotan woman who recorded the murder of Alex Pretti up close. An incredible act of journalism by a bystander who kept filming to document a crime
www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
This 19-minute interview with Stella Carlson, the brave Minnesotan woman who recorded the murder of Alex Pretti up close. An incredible act of journalism by a bystander who kept filming to document a crime
www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
Exclusive: ‘Pink coat lady’ who recorded fatal encounter between federal officers and Alex Pretti speaks to Anderson Cooper | CNN
Anderson speaks with Stella Carlson, the witness who captured crucial video showing exactly what happened when Alex Pretti was shot and killed by DHS officers.
www.cnn.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
"We only have each other. I'm here to represent the truth"
This 19-minute interview with Stella Carlson, the brave Minnesotan woman who recorded the murder of Alex Pretti up close. An incredible act of journalism by a bystander who kept filming to document a crime
www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
This 19-minute interview with Stella Carlson, the brave Minnesotan woman who recorded the murder of Alex Pretti up close. An incredible act of journalism by a bystander who kept filming to document a crime
www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
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CNN reporting that a week before Alex Pretti was killed, 5 agents tackled him and he suffered a broken rib. CNN says he stopped his car after he saw ICE agents interacting with a family on foot and began to blow his whistle. Source tells CNN Pretti believed “That day he thought he was going to die”
January 27, 2026 at 5:19 PM
CNN reporting that a week before Alex Pretti was killed, 5 agents tackled him and he suffered a broken rib. CNN says he stopped his car after he saw ICE agents interacting with a family on foot and began to blow his whistle. Source tells CNN Pretti believed “That day he thought he was going to die”
Senator Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social take heed from @brynntannehill.bsky.social #RuleOfLaw #AbolishICE bsky.app/profile/bryn...
Also from this interview:
"In the past, Republicans have waited us out because they thought we would break. This would be a dangerous moment for us to do that because of the specific moral question being put to the nation: Does the president of the United States get to murder American citizens?"
"In the past, Republicans have waited us out because they thought we would break. This would be a dangerous moment for us to do that because of the specific moral question being put to the nation: Does the president of the United States get to murder American citizens?"
Chris Murphy to @gregsargent.bsky.social: "If people don’t see us fighting on something as existential as whether we condone the federal govt murdering our own citizens, there will be a mass withdrawal from politics altogether. This is a critical moment."
Full ep: newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Full ep: newrepublic.com/article/2057...
January 27, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Senator Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social take heed from @brynntannehill.bsky.social #RuleOfLaw #AbolishICE bsky.app/profile/bryn...
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Also from this interview:
"In the past, Republicans have waited us out because they thought we would break. This would be a dangerous moment for us to do that because of the specific moral question being put to the nation: Does the president of the United States get to murder American citizens?"
"In the past, Republicans have waited us out because they thought we would break. This would be a dangerous moment for us to do that because of the specific moral question being put to the nation: Does the president of the United States get to murder American citizens?"
Chris Murphy to @gregsargent.bsky.social: "If people don’t see us fighting on something as existential as whether we condone the federal govt murdering our own citizens, there will be a mass withdrawal from politics altogether. This is a critical moment."
Full ep: newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Full ep: newrepublic.com/article/2057...
January 27, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Also from this interview:
"In the past, Republicans have waited us out because they thought we would break. This would be a dangerous moment for us to do that because of the specific moral question being put to the nation: Does the president of the United States get to murder American citizens?"
"In the past, Republicans have waited us out because they thought we would break. This would be a dangerous moment for us to do that because of the specific moral question being put to the nation: Does the president of the United States get to murder American citizens?"
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This is finally starting to feel like the revolution we need. It’s NOT OVER until we are all free & have shrunk the power of corporate overlords to pocket-size.
Fossil fuel, tech, banking, health etc industries must not write the rules for themselves & BANKROLL fascism.
Until we are all free! ✊🏼
Fossil fuel, tech, banking, health etc industries must not write the rules for themselves & BANKROLL fascism.
Until we are all free! ✊🏼
January 27, 2026 at 9:51 AM
This is finally starting to feel like the revolution we need. It’s NOT OVER until we are all free & have shrunk the power of corporate overlords to pocket-size.
Fossil fuel, tech, banking, health etc industries must not write the rules for themselves & BANKROLL fascism.
Until we are all free! ✊🏼
Fossil fuel, tech, banking, health etc industries must not write the rules for themselves & BANKROLL fascism.
Until we are all free! ✊🏼
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People who engage in murder or conspire to commit murder, regardless of whether they are federal agents or private indiv., need to be arrested + prosecuted. Same goes for people who commit other state crimes. This needs to be happening across the country. whyy.org/articles/phi... @fsfp.bsky.social
Philly district attorney, sheriff double down on warnings to arrest ICE agents
Krasner also defended Sheriff Rochelle Bilal, who got national attention last week when she said she would "bring the smoke" against ICE.
whyy.org
January 24, 2026 at 9:43 PM
People who engage in murder or conspire to commit murder, regardless of whether they are federal agents or private indiv., need to be arrested + prosecuted. Same goes for people who commit other state crimes. This needs to be happening across the country. whyy.org/articles/phi... @fsfp.bsky.social
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We need to get it broadly understood that Stephen Miller's ethnic cleansing will result in a permanent metastasized immigrant carceral state and paramilitary warfare on US streets that goes on *for years.*
The internal logic of his agenda dictates this of necessity.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
The internal logic of his agenda dictates this of necessity.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
January 26, 2026 at 1:07 PM
We need to get it broadly understood that Stephen Miller's ethnic cleansing will result in a permanent metastasized immigrant carceral state and paramilitary warfare on US streets that goes on *for years.*
The internal logic of his agenda dictates this of necessity.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
The internal logic of his agenda dictates this of necessity.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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ICE shot a mother in the face.
ICE kidnapped a 5 year-old boy.
ICE executed a man on the street.
It’s time to tear down this secret police force.
ICE kidnapped a 5 year-old boy.
ICE executed a man on the street.
It’s time to tear down this secret police force.
January 26, 2026 at 4:11 AM
ICE shot a mother in the face.
ICE kidnapped a 5 year-old boy.
ICE executed a man on the street.
It’s time to tear down this secret police force.
ICE kidnapped a 5 year-old boy.
ICE executed a man on the street.
It’s time to tear down this secret police force.
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No better way to show our 💙for MN than a blizzard rally outside @schumer.senate.gov (7th day in a row!) We are so thankful that ni Dems are voting for DHS$, but we also know that this is just a 1st step in stopping ICE terror! Hold the Line, Chuck!
@indivisible.org @siactioncoalition.bsky.social
@indivisible.org @siactioncoalition.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 5:27 PM
No better way to show our 💙for MN than a blizzard rally outside @schumer.senate.gov (7th day in a row!) We are so thankful that ni Dems are voting for DHS$, but we also know that this is just a 1st step in stopping ICE terror! Hold the Line, Chuck!
@indivisible.org @siactioncoalition.bsky.social
@indivisible.org @siactioncoalition.bsky.social
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Trump slaughtering protesters gives Iran, Russia and others the cover they need to kill their protesters. Trump is part of the new Axis of Evil.
January 25, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Trump slaughtering protesters gives Iran, Russia and others the cover they need to kill their protesters. Trump is part of the new Axis of Evil.