Icarus_Rising_23
@icarusrising23.bsky.social
From the bad place. Guess we'll see how this all turns out.
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I've finally figured this place out. Dems are feckless do-nothings who rely on interviews, letters, and performative DOA bills so they don't have to fight. Progressives are trailblazers who use interviews and social media to talk to the masses, and file messaging bills so ppl know they're fighting.
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Wait, does this mean...that Democrats...should talk about affordability?
January 28, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Wait, does this mean...that Democrats...should talk about affordability?
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Indivisible's theory of Democratic influence is that you punish Democrats when they do things you don't like, but—and this is crucial!—you ALSO punish Democrats when they do things you like. The key is that you must always, no matter what, hate Democrats. That's how to change the party.
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!
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@indivisible.org @siactioncoalition.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Indivisible's theory of Democratic influence is that you punish Democrats when they do things you don't like, but—and this is crucial!—you ALSO punish Democrats when they do things you like. The key is that you must always, no matter what, hate Democrats. That's how to change the party.
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Correct. Effective protest isn't spontaneous. It's planned and organized.
But I get it - your point is broader: free speech is illegitimate unless it's supportive of Trump.
But I get it - your point is broader: free speech is illegitimate unless it's supportive of Trump.
January 28, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Correct. Effective protest isn't spontaneous. It's planned and organized.
But I get it - your point is broader: free speech is illegitimate unless it's supportive of Trump.
But I get it - your point is broader: free speech is illegitimate unless it's supportive of Trump.
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IDK why right-wingers keep bringing up Obama's record deportations, it just shows that if you wanted to have a conservative immigration policy without partisan militias occupying cities and gunning people down in the streets you could do it and a lot of americans would be fine with it
January 28, 2026 at 12:43 PM
IDK why right-wingers keep bringing up Obama's record deportations, it just shows that if you wanted to have a conservative immigration policy without partisan militias occupying cities and gunning people down in the streets you could do it and a lot of americans would be fine with it
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Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
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If you have information about the ICE agent in the photo, contact ANYONE except Brian Krassenstein.
Call journalists at Minnesota Public Radio or the Sahan Journal. Not the guy who makes million dollar Bitcoin offers on Elon Musk's CSAM website.
Call journalists at Minnesota Public Radio or the Sahan Journal. Not the guy who makes million dollar Bitcoin offers on Elon Musk's CSAM website.
January 28, 2026 at 1:43 PM
If you have information about the ICE agent in the photo, contact ANYONE except Brian Krassenstein.
Call journalists at Minnesota Public Radio or the Sahan Journal. Not the guy who makes million dollar Bitcoin offers on Elon Musk's CSAM website.
Call journalists at Minnesota Public Radio or the Sahan Journal. Not the guy who makes million dollar Bitcoin offers on Elon Musk's CSAM website.
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I missed this one in the chaos this weekend, but AltNPS appears to have taken this image directly from Brian Krassenstein on X. It's the same picture, just cropped.
Krassenstein, who also sucks, posted this pic at 8:55 AM on Jan. 25, six and half hours before AltNPS.
Krassenstein, who also sucks, posted this pic at 8:55 AM on Jan. 25, six and half hours before AltNPS.
![Alt National Park Service: Tick tock... accountability is coming.
[They share a cropped photo of one of the ICE agents who killed Alex Pretti, with a green circle around a Texas flag patch on the agent's back]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7f5fdeb4ci3lefmt4zr3m3wg/bafkreihzulww5gq4w5yjowy7t6z2cc6gsgbivgmvb5ofpatlhkyllnaz4y@jpeg)
January 28, 2026 at 1:39 PM
I missed this one in the chaos this weekend, but AltNPS appears to have taken this image directly from Brian Krassenstein on X. It's the same picture, just cropped.
Krassenstein, who also sucks, posted this pic at 8:55 AM on Jan. 25, six and half hours before AltNPS.
Krassenstein, who also sucks, posted this pic at 8:55 AM on Jan. 25, six and half hours before AltNPS.
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"When people ask 'What are the Democrats in the House doing?' I kind of sit there and think, that's like asking what the passengers on the F Train are doing about how fast the train is going."
-- Lawrence O'Donnell
(a man who understands how much power the minority party in the House wields)
-- Lawrence O'Donnell
(a man who understands how much power the minority party in the House wields)
January 28, 2026 at 1:59 AM
"When people ask 'What are the Democrats in the House doing?' I kind of sit there and think, that's like asking what the passengers on the F Train are doing about how fast the train is going."
-- Lawrence O'Donnell
(a man who understands how much power the minority party in the House wields)
-- Lawrence O'Donnell
(a man who understands how much power the minority party in the House wields)
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it's *incredibly* disturbing to hear of both this incident and what happened to Maxwell Frost the other day, but these are hardly isolated and people really need to be aware of it www.uscp.gov/media-center...
USCP Threat Assessment Cases for 2025
The number of United States Capitol Police (USCP) threat assessment cases has climbed for the third year in a row. In 2025, the USCP’s Threat Assessment Section (TAS) investigated 14,938 concerning st...
www.uscp.gov
January 28, 2026 at 2:45 AM
it's *incredibly* disturbing to hear of both this incident and what happened to Maxwell Frost the other day, but these are hardly isolated and people really need to be aware of it www.uscp.gov/media-center...
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Republicans in Disarray.
BREAKING: Two Republican senators, Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski, call for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to resign.
Two Republican senators call for Kristi Noem to resign as DHS secretary
Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Thom Tillis are the first GOP members of Congress to call for Noem to step down as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
www.nbcnews.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Republicans in Disarray.
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I say this dead seriously: people like internet hippo here genuinely get scared when Trump and his people fuck up too bad, because they know people might realize "holy fuck this is awful, the Democrats were right!!", so they double down on Dem bashing to keep people from having those epiphanies.
What is the level beyond needing to say that the Walmart needs to be firebombed that still generates clout?
January 28, 2026 at 12:30 AM
I say this dead seriously: people like internet hippo here genuinely get scared when Trump and his people fuck up too bad, because they know people might realize "holy fuck this is awful, the Democrats were right!!", so they double down on Dem bashing to keep people from having those epiphanies.
Fucking morons.
1/27/2026 - Minneapolis
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
January 28, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Fucking morons.
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So to recap: Trump & Republicans are in full retreat, congressional Republicans are making tons of concessions to Democrats, & all of the sudden a bunch of accounts, both big & small, are working overtime to dampen enthusiasm for anyone left-of-center on here.
January 28, 2026 at 12:16 AM
So to recap: Trump & Republicans are in full retreat, congressional Republicans are making tons of concessions to Democrats, & all of the sudden a bunch of accounts, both big & small, are working overtime to dampen enthusiasm for anyone left-of-center on here.
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oh okay I thought I was joking a minute ago but turns out someone earnestly did "WHY DON'T THE DEMS CONTROL THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH THIS IS HAKEEM JEFFRIES'S FAULT"
January 27, 2026 at 10:50 PM
oh okay I thought I was joking a minute ago but turns out someone earnestly did "WHY DON'T THE DEMS CONTROL THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH THIS IS HAKEEM JEFFRIES'S FAULT"
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when appropriations are eventually restored without the Department of Homeland Security being abolished this place is going to have a generational level crashout
January 27, 2026 at 7:42 PM
when appropriations are eventually restored without the Department of Homeland Security being abolished this place is going to have a generational level crashout
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the amount of people in the replies and QTs here who do not understand who controls the House of Representatives is.......just about on brand for this place
NEW: House Democratic Leaders Jeffries, Clark and Aguilar say in a joint statement, "Kristi Noem should be fired immediately, or we will commence impeachment proceedings in the House of Representatives."
"We can do this the easy way or the hard way."
"We can do this the easy way or the hard way."
January 27, 2026 at 7:38 PM
the amount of people in the replies and QTs here who do not understand who controls the House of Representatives is.......just about on brand for this place
More evidence that he doesn't know what his administration is doing and doesnt care to know.
He just wants to stand in front of people and be adored, so from cabinet meetings to carefully vetted interviews to rallies/speeches, that's what they let him do.
He just wants to stand in front of people and be adored, so from cabinet meetings to carefully vetted interviews to rallies/speeches, that's what they let him do.
Q: The president of Venezuela says she has stopped taking orders from you. What do you say?
TRUMP: Well I don't know exactly what's going on there, but I haven't heard that at all. We have a very good relationship.
TRUMP: Well I don't know exactly what's going on there, but I haven't heard that at all. We have a very good relationship.
January 27, 2026 at 10:06 PM
More evidence that he doesn't know what his administration is doing and doesnt care to know.
He just wants to stand in front of people and be adored, so from cabinet meetings to carefully vetted interviews to rallies/speeches, that's what they let him do.
He just wants to stand in front of people and be adored, so from cabinet meetings to carefully vetted interviews to rallies/speeches, that's what they let him do.
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There's a coterie of reporters who get off on getting yelled at, and I for one would ignore them.
January 27, 2026 at 10:02 PM
There's a coterie of reporters who get off on getting yelled at, and I for one would ignore them.
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YOU are the messenger. Look at the message you’re choosing?
WE THE PEOPLE are the messenger. Please think on that.
WE THE PEOPLE are the messenger. Please think on that.
January 27, 2026 at 7:22 PM
YOU are the messenger. Look at the message you’re choosing?
WE THE PEOPLE are the messenger. Please think on that.
WE THE PEOPLE are the messenger. Please think on that.
Getting Bovino and his CBP thugs out of MSP is great, but ICE is still doing this stuff and will continue to do this stuff, until one of two things happens - public pressure keeps up and Trump TACOs even further, or Democrats get decisive majorities in congress in November.
Here's what ICE is up to in Northeast Minneapolis today. Absolutely heartbreaking.
Warning: video is hard to watch
Warning: video is hard to watch
January 27, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Getting Bovino and his CBP thugs out of MSP is great, but ICE is still doing this stuff and will continue to do this stuff, until one of two things happens - public pressure keeps up and Trump TACOs even further, or Democrats get decisive majorities in congress in November.
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Every person you know who still identifies as a Republican is an inhumane, deplorable person.
Here's what ICE is up to in Northeast Minneapolis today. Absolutely heartbreaking.
Warning: video is hard to watch
Warning: video is hard to watch
January 27, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Every person you know who still identifies as a Republican is an inhumane, deplorable person.
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democrats did not use ice as a secret police to terrorize their political opponents and this is a deflection of magas responsibility
Democrats may think they are softening the message when they say things like "Abolish Trump's ICE" but this is a mistake.
The qualifier of "Trump's" shows a deflection of Dem responsibility for perpetuating this agency and funding it.
The qualifier of "Trump's" shows a deflection of Dem responsibility for perpetuating this agency and funding it.
January 27, 2026 at 7:59 PM
democrats did not use ice as a secret police to terrorize their political opponents and this is a deflection of magas responsibility
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I would like Democrats to win, not to perform self-flagellation to appease a tiny number of people online who will always lie about them anyway.
Democrats may think they are softening the message when they say things like "Abolish Trump's ICE" but this is a mistake.
The qualifier of "Trump's" shows a deflection of Dem responsibility for perpetuating this agency and funding it.
The qualifier of "Trump's" shows a deflection of Dem responsibility for perpetuating this agency and funding it.
January 27, 2026 at 6:17 PM
I would like Democrats to win, not to perform self-flagellation to appease a tiny number of people online who will always lie about them anyway.
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yes correct voting is the one and only way citizens in a democracy directly wield political power
unless you are firebombing a walmart anything else you are doing in the political sphere has an effectiveness that ultimately functions via voting
unless you are firebombing a walmart anything else you are doing in the political sphere has an effectiveness that ultimately functions via voting
It was beaten into my head growing up that voting is the MOST IMPORTANT THING you can do, that it's what political action IS. And yes, ive had several liberal friends/family tell me that if I want better things I need to vote for them. Thats that. They literally can't imagine anything more.
January 27, 2026 at 6:50 PM
yes correct voting is the one and only way citizens in a democracy directly wield political power
unless you are firebombing a walmart anything else you are doing in the political sphere has an effectiveness that ultimately functions via voting
unless you are firebombing a walmart anything else you are doing in the political sphere has an effectiveness that ultimately functions via voting