JFA
@jabbott28.bsky.social
Educator, believer in democracy and sports enthusiast
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Truly insane
January 29, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Truly insane
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The Washington state Senate voted Wednesday to ban law enforcement from covering their faces in response to growing concerns over masked federal immigration agents. washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/01/28/w...
WA Senate passes ban on police face coverings • Washington State Standard
The Washington state Senate voted Wednesday to ban law enforcement from covering their faces amid concerns over masked immigration agents.
washingtonstatestandard.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:11 AM
The Washington state Senate voted Wednesday to ban law enforcement from covering their faces in response to growing concerns over masked federal immigration agents. washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/01/28/w...
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DUCKWORTH: If it's true that we are not at war with Venezuela, will you advise the president to rescind his invocation of the wartime Alien Enemies Act?
RUBIO: That was a mechanism to remove people from our country that present great danger
D: It's a wartime act. Are we currently at war?
R: No
RUBIO: That was a mechanism to remove people from our country that present great danger
D: It's a wartime act. Are we currently at war?
R: No
January 28, 2026 at 5:08 PM
DUCKWORTH: If it's true that we are not at war with Venezuela, will you advise the president to rescind his invocation of the wartime Alien Enemies Act?
RUBIO: That was a mechanism to remove people from our country that present great danger
D: It's a wartime act. Are we currently at war?
R: No
RUBIO: That was a mechanism to remove people from our country that present great danger
D: It's a wartime act. Are we currently at war?
R: No
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Families are struggling to afford healthcare, food, rent, & childcare.
Instead of investing in people, Felon Trump supercharged funding for ICE. Violence from this administration isn’t a threat, it’s happening now.
Join #NoKings as we take action now & come together on March 28!
Instead of investing in people, Felon Trump supercharged funding for ICE. Violence from this administration isn’t a threat, it’s happening now.
Join #NoKings as we take action now & come together on March 28!
January 28, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Families are struggling to afford healthcare, food, rent, & childcare.
Instead of investing in people, Felon Trump supercharged funding for ICE. Violence from this administration isn’t a threat, it’s happening now.
Join #NoKings as we take action now & come together on March 28!
Instead of investing in people, Felon Trump supercharged funding for ICE. Violence from this administration isn’t a threat, it’s happening now.
Join #NoKings as we take action now & come together on March 28!
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“Grow a spine. Show some backbone.” Sen. Warren torches GOP silence as federal agents terrorize communities. Being disturbed isn’t enough. The Senate votes tomorrow.
📞 Call Congress NOW and demand NO more ICE funding: 202-224-3121
#NoMoneyForMurderers #NoWarrantNoICE
📞 Call Congress NOW and demand NO more ICE funding: 202-224-3121
#NoMoneyForMurderers #NoWarrantNoICE
January 28, 2026 at 10:43 PM
“Grow a spine. Show some backbone.” Sen. Warren torches GOP silence as federal agents terrorize communities. Being disturbed isn’t enough. The Senate votes tomorrow.
📞 Call Congress NOW and demand NO more ICE funding: 202-224-3121
#NoMoneyForMurderers #NoWarrantNoICE
📞 Call Congress NOW and demand NO more ICE funding: 202-224-3121
#NoMoneyForMurderers #NoWarrantNoICE
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Today is your reminder that
Todd Lyons has not BEEN CONFIRMED by the Senate.
Todd Lyons has not BEEN CONFIRMED by the Senate.
January 28, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Today is your reminder that
Todd Lyons has not BEEN CONFIRMED by the Senate.
Todd Lyons has not BEEN CONFIRMED by the Senate.
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We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 PM
We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
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Are we gonna just gloss over the fact two Democrat members of Congress were attacked by Nazi nutjobs in the past week and how that’s not a common thing that happens twice in one week, or…
January 28, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Are we gonna just gloss over the fact two Democrat members of Congress were attacked by Nazi nutjobs in the past week and how that’s not a common thing that happens twice in one week, or…
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Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.
January 28, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.
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GOP Senator Thom Tillis explains EXACTLY how incompetent he believes Kristi Noem is:
January 28, 2026 at 9:31 PM
GOP Senator Thom Tillis explains EXACTLY how incompetent he believes Kristi Noem is:
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ICE are alllll over Harlem right now, 116 & Frederick Douglass, checking IDs and targeting the area’s African community. Multiple people have been detained.
Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk
Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk
January 28, 2026 at 5:48 PM
ICE are alllll over Harlem right now, 116 & Frederick Douglass, checking IDs and targeting the area’s African community. Multiple people have been detained.
Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk
Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk
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URGENT!!
ICE is murdering innocent Americans
We can stop them, but not if Schumer and Democrats give ICE more money tomorrow
Call @SenSchumer NOW and tell him: Be courageous like Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
#NoMoneyforMurderers
📞 202-224-3121
ICE is murdering innocent Americans
We can stop them, but not if Schumer and Democrats give ICE more money tomorrow
Call @SenSchumer NOW and tell him: Be courageous like Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
#NoMoneyforMurderers
📞 202-224-3121
January 28, 2026 at 8:08 PM
URGENT!!
ICE is murdering innocent Americans
We can stop them, but not if Schumer and Democrats give ICE more money tomorrow
Call @SenSchumer NOW and tell him: Be courageous like Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
#NoMoneyforMurderers
📞 202-224-3121
ICE is murdering innocent Americans
We can stop them, but not if Schumer and Democrats give ICE more money tomorrow
Call @SenSchumer NOW and tell him: Be courageous like Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
#NoMoneyforMurderers
📞 202-224-3121
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Nicki Minaj is an immigrant who has betrayed her people as well as her own generation.
January 28, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Nicki Minaj is an immigrant who has betrayed her people as well as her own generation.
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Maher Tarabishi was detained in October during a scheduled check-in at an ICE facility.
He was the primary caretaker of his son, who died last week.
The family is seeking Maher's release so he can attend his son's funeral.
ICE reportedly denied the request.
Unimaginable cruelty.
He was the primary caretaker of his son, who died last week.
The family is seeking Maher's release so he can attend his son's funeral.
ICE reportedly denied the request.
Unimaginable cruelty.
ICE Denies Detainee's Request to Attend His Son's Funeral, Attorney Says
Maher Tarabishi was the primary caretaker of his son, Wael Tarabishi, 30, who died on Friday, Jan. 23, from complication
people.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Maher Tarabishi was detained in October during a scheduled check-in at an ICE facility.
He was the primary caretaker of his son, who died last week.
The family is seeking Maher's release so he can attend his son's funeral.
ICE reportedly denied the request.
Unimaginable cruelty.
He was the primary caretaker of his son, who died last week.
The family is seeking Maher's release so he can attend his son's funeral.
ICE reportedly denied the request.
Unimaginable cruelty.
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FIFA ex-President Blatter backs call to boycott World Cup.
"For the fans, there's only one piece of advice: Stay away from the USA!" Pieth told Swiss paper Der Bund.
#StopAmericanFascism
#Wrldpoli🌐
#WorldCupBoycott🚫
www.dw.com/en/fifa-ex-p...
"For the fans, there's only one piece of advice: Stay away from the USA!" Pieth told Swiss paper Der Bund.
#StopAmericanFascism
#Wrldpoli🌐
#WorldCupBoycott🚫
www.dw.com/en/fifa-ex-p...
FIFA ex-President Blatter backs call to boycott World Cup
With the US due to co-host the football World Cup this summer, former FIFA President Sepp Blatter said a former colleague was "right" to advise supporters to "stay home" and watch on TV amid an immigr...
www.dw.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:19 AM
FIFA ex-President Blatter backs call to boycott World Cup.
"For the fans, there's only one piece of advice: Stay away from the USA!" Pieth told Swiss paper Der Bund.
#StopAmericanFascism
#Wrldpoli🌐
#WorldCupBoycott🚫
www.dw.com/en/fifa-ex-p...
"For the fans, there's only one piece of advice: Stay away from the USA!" Pieth told Swiss paper Der Bund.
#StopAmericanFascism
#Wrldpoli🌐
#WorldCupBoycott🚫
www.dw.com/en/fifa-ex-p...
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They should have had this in the FIRST place:
Schumer's demands for the DHS funding bill:
- End roving immigration patrols
- No masks for agents
- Body cameras
- ID for all agents
- Tighter rules on warrants
- Uniform code of conduct
Schumer's demands for the DHS funding bill:
- End roving immigration patrols
- No masks for agents
- Body cameras
- ID for all agents
- Tighter rules on warrants
- Uniform code of conduct
January 28, 2026 at 8:14 PM
They should have had this in the FIRST place:
Schumer's demands for the DHS funding bill:
- End roving immigration patrols
- No masks for agents
- Body cameras
- ID for all agents
- Tighter rules on warrants
- Uniform code of conduct
Schumer's demands for the DHS funding bill:
- End roving immigration patrols
- No masks for agents
- Body cameras
- ID for all agents
- Tighter rules on warrants
- Uniform code of conduct
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They won’t investigate the murders of Good or Pretti, but they’ll investigate fake 2020 election fraud. www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
FBI executing search warrant at Georgia election office related to 2020 vote, law enforcement official says
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is executing a search warrant at a Fulton County election office in Georgia related to the 2020 election, a law enforcement official familiar with the matter said o...
www.reuters.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:57 PM
They won’t investigate the murders of Good or Pretti, but they’ll investigate fake 2020 election fraud. www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
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NEW from @justinrohrlich.bsky.social:
“I’m not surprised this happened,” Ilhan Omar attacker Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother said. “Not at all. Unfortunately, he and my mother are both right-wing extremists.”
"In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t," he added.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
“I’m not surprised this happened,” Ilhan Omar attacker Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother said. “Not at all. Unfortunately, he and my mother are both right-wing extremists.”
"In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t," he added.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Brother calls Ilhan Omar suspect ‘right-wing extremist,’ has hated Somalis for years
Exclusive: ‘In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t,’ Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother told The Independent
www.independent.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 6:43 PM
NEW from @justinrohrlich.bsky.social:
“I’m not surprised this happened,” Ilhan Omar attacker Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother said. “Not at all. Unfortunately, he and my mother are both right-wing extremists.”
"In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t," he added.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
“I’m not surprised this happened,” Ilhan Omar attacker Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother said. “Not at all. Unfortunately, he and my mother are both right-wing extremists.”
"In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t," he added.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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"I was only following orders" wasn't an acceptable excuse at the Nuremberg trials & won't work now.
#AccountabilityIsComing
#AccountabilityIsComing
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
January 28, 2026 at 7:31 PM
"I was only following orders" wasn't an acceptable excuse at the Nuremberg trials & won't work now.
#AccountabilityIsComing
#AccountabilityIsComing
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A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 PM
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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trump saying "she probably had herself sprayed, knowing her" is genuine confirmation his assassination attempt was faked
January 28, 2026 at 12:37 PM
trump saying "she probably had herself sprayed, knowing her" is genuine confirmation his assassination attempt was faked
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Analyst debunks claims of Trump pivot — and explains what’s really motivating him
www.alternet.org/trump-267505...
www.alternet.org/trump-267505...
Analyst debunks claims of Trump pivot — and explains what’s really motivating him
President Donald Trump is growing increasingly scared, according to The New Republic's Greg Sargent. Writing in his Wednesday column, Sargent said he doesn't buy the media narrative that Trump is "piv...
www.alternet.org
January 28, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Analyst debunks claims of Trump pivot — and explains what’s really motivating him
www.alternet.org/trump-267505...
www.alternet.org/trump-267505...
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He's never deescalated any situation. Unless you count the Epstein files 😏
January 28, 2026 at 3:09 PM
He's never deescalated any situation. Unless you count the Epstein files 😏