James Widman
@jameswidman.bsky.social
People are supposed to help each other. It's the only job worth doing, and we could probably do it a lot more efficiently.
he/him or they/them.
he/him or they/them.
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They don't have enough guys and they keep spreading them thinner, using all their juice for show arrests for things that aren't going to stick
Be brave. We're all holding hands .
Be brave. We're all holding hands .
Let me reiterate: THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO PERSECUTE LARGE NUMBERS OF DISSENTERS. What they are doing, instead, is using fear and paranoia as a force multiplier: they don’t have to persecute us if we keep ourselves home because someone told us we can’t walk in public without being terrified.
January 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM
They don't have enough guys and they keep spreading them thinner, using all their juice for show arrests for things that aren't going to stick
Be brave. We're all holding hands .
Be brave. We're all holding hands .
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The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
January 30, 2026 at 4:54 PM
The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
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Let me reiterate: THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO PERSECUTE LARGE NUMBERS OF DISSENTERS. What they are doing, instead, is using fear and paranoia as a force multiplier: they don’t have to persecute us if we keep ourselves home because someone told us we can’t walk in public without being terrified.
January 30, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Let me reiterate: THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO PERSECUTE LARGE NUMBERS OF DISSENTERS. What they are doing, instead, is using fear and paranoia as a force multiplier: they don’t have to persecute us if we keep ourselves home because someone told us we can’t walk in public without being terrified.
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The rapid-response ICE watch work in Minneapolis has gotten a lot of attention & rightly so. But the mutual aid & family support is equally powerful. Schools, churches, synagogues, neighborhood groups have raised millions to help immigrant families cover rent & bills while breadwinners can’t work.
January 30, 2026 at 4:06 PM
The rapid-response ICE watch work in Minneapolis has gotten a lot of attention & rightly so. But the mutual aid & family support is equally powerful. Schools, churches, synagogues, neighborhood groups have raised millions to help immigrant families cover rent & bills while breadwinners can’t work.
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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
January 30, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
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This happened to me yesterday. Two ICE officers abruptly blocked a freeway entrance, got out and illegally threatened me with arrest. All on video, thanks to a journalist in the backseat filming the entire thing. Press makes us safer.
Just thinking of how many ways a few commuters having journalists with them would help.
- The journalist can literally be there when ICE/CBP gets out of their SUVs and starts their action. There's no "OK, what happened before the person with the camera showed up?"
- The journalist can literally be there when ICE/CBP gets out of their SUVs and starts their action. There's no "OK, what happened before the person with the camera showed up?"
January 30, 2026 at 3:39 PM
This happened to me yesterday. Two ICE officers abruptly blocked a freeway entrance, got out and illegally threatened me with arrest. All on video, thanks to a journalist in the backseat filming the entire thing. Press makes us safer.
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Independent journalist Georgia Fort was also arrested by federal agents earlier for reporting on the church protest in Minneapolis. She was live streaming when agents arrived to take her into custody.
January 30, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Independent journalist Georgia Fort was also arrested by federal agents earlier for reporting on the church protest in Minneapolis. She was live streaming when agents arrived to take her into custody.
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These are all Black people. The regime is betting that you wont care Jamael & Trahern the way you care about Alex & Renée
feds have arrested jamael lundy alongside journalists georgia fort and don lemon for the protest at a st. paul church led by an ICE agent
lundy is currently running for state senate district 65 in minnesota. his wife is anika bowie, a st. paul city councilmember
www.jlundyforsd65.com
lundy is currently running for state senate district 65 in minnesota. his wife is anika bowie, a st. paul city councilmember
www.jlundyforsd65.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:08 PM
These are all Black people. The regime is betting that you wont care Jamael & Trahern the way you care about Alex & Renée
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Guys this is an INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING CLIPPING of something I said. The word “attack” here means “criticize,” and I used it to mirror the language of the person I was responding to.
My point was that you’re of course allowed to criticize antifa, but comparing them to Nazis is beyond the pale.
My point was that you’re of course allowed to criticize antifa, but comparing them to Nazis is beyond the pale.
January 30, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Guys this is an INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING CLIPPING of something I said. The word “attack” here means “criticize,” and I used it to mirror the language of the person I was responding to.
My point was that you’re of course allowed to criticize antifa, but comparing them to Nazis is beyond the pale.
My point was that you’re of course allowed to criticize antifa, but comparing them to Nazis is beyond the pale.
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Minneapolis should press its momentum and demand not only withdrawal but start talking about the need for immediate reparations, loudly, with the total certainty that only winners have. "You have wronged us terribly and must pay recompense" and let them argue the second part.
January 30, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Minneapolis should press its momentum and demand not only withdrawal but start talking about the need for immediate reparations, loudly, with the total certainty that only winners have. "You have wronged us terribly and must pay recompense" and let them argue the second part.
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ICE has been holding a disabled Black man for a year!
Rodney Taylor is a double amputee who was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE took him.
He’s been denied his prosthetics & placed in solitary.
His health is declining.
Public outrage might save his life.
Say his name:
Rodney Taylor is a double amputee who was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE took him.
He’s been denied his prosthetics & placed in solitary.
His health is declining.
Public outrage might save his life.
Say his name:
Sign the Petition
Demand the Release of Rodney Taylor from ICE Detention
www.change.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:22 AM
ICE has been holding a disabled Black man for a year!
Rodney Taylor is a double amputee who was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE took him.
He’s been denied his prosthetics & placed in solitary.
His health is declining.
Public outrage might save his life.
Say his name:
Rodney Taylor is a double amputee who was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE took him.
He’s been denied his prosthetics & placed in solitary.
His health is declining.
Public outrage might save his life.
Say his name:
Our strength, arguably our only strength, is strength in numbers.
So it seems like an important part of the work is publicity, so that more and more people can hear the call to action. They're sure as hell not going to get it from CBS!
So it seems like an important part of the work is publicity, so that more and more people can hear the call to action. They're sure as hell not going to get it from CBS!
I’m not totally sure how to address this but apparently I’m getting kicked out of ICE rapid response for the moment because I’m allowing press ridealongs, with an extremely strict condition that no other observer be identified. Lots of observers have allowed ridealongs and they benefit us.
January 30, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Our strength, arguably our only strength, is strength in numbers.
So it seems like an important part of the work is publicity, so that more and more people can hear the call to action. They're sure as hell not going to get it from CBS!
So it seems like an important part of the work is publicity, so that more and more people can hear the call to action. They're sure as hell not going to get it from CBS!
this seems emotionally understandable but counterproductive.
Okay so unfortunately I’ve been removed from rapid response networks, at least in my immediate area. I think even alerting you of this would be deemed a violation of principles but given how much I’ve talked about it I do feel the need to say what’s up.
January 30, 2026 at 12:16 AM
this seems emotionally understandable but counterproductive.
BREAKING: Senate Democrats reach agreement with a pathological liar.
BREAKING: Senate Democrats and Trump reach agreement in government shutdown fight.
Trump says he and Democrats are 'getting close' to a deal to resolve shutdown fight
Democrats have demanded changes to DHS and ICE, and they have leverage after a massive government funding package failed Thursday by a wide margin of 45-55 on the Senate floor.
nbcnews.to
January 30, 2026 at 12:12 AM
BREAKING: Senate Democrats reach agreement with a pathological liar.
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We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
January 29, 2026 at 8:28 PM
We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
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Okay so unfortunately I’ve been removed from rapid response networks, at least in my immediate area. I think even alerting you of this would be deemed a violation of principles but given how much I’ve talked about it I do feel the need to say what’s up.
January 30, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Okay so unfortunately I’ve been removed from rapid response networks, at least in my immediate area. I think even alerting you of this would be deemed a violation of principles but given how much I’ve talked about it I do feel the need to say what’s up.
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January 29, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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ICE are running around in the streets using facial recognition on random people and telling anyone filming them they're a domestic terrorist and Democrats solution is to equip every ICE agent with their very own body-worn surveillance camera
January 29, 2026 at 10:21 PM
ICE are running around in the streets using facial recognition on random people and telling anyone filming them they're a domestic terrorist and Democrats solution is to equip every ICE agent with their very own body-worn surveillance camera
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Flash Freeze, Long Thaw
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January 25, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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i would like to remind people that susan collins says LOTS of things
ICE ends enhanced enforcement activities in Maine, US senator says reut.rs/4qGHOLY
ICE ends enhanced enforcement activities in Maine, US senator says
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has ended its enhanced operations in Maine, its Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins said on Thursday, citing a conversation with the head of the Department of Homeland Security.
reut.rs
January 29, 2026 at 3:53 PM
i would like to remind people that susan collins says LOTS of things
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great piece packed with only-on-The-Verge lines
• "There isn’t a lot of reliable information out there about how to buy a gas mask, especially for the specific purpose of living under state repression."
• "3M does not provide product information on which filters are best for government repression"
• "There isn’t a lot of reliable information out there about how to buy a gas mask, especially for the specific purpose of living under state repression."
• "3M does not provide product information on which filters are best for government repression"
me, emotionally writing an essay on the use of force by federal agents: ok but what if i packaged this in the most insane way possible www.theverge.com/policy/86857...
Best gas masks
“How did these people go out and get gas masks?” AG Bondi asked.
www.theverge.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:22 PM
great piece packed with only-on-The-Verge lines
• "There isn’t a lot of reliable information out there about how to buy a gas mask, especially for the specific purpose of living under state repression."
• "3M does not provide product information on which filters are best for government repression"
• "There isn’t a lot of reliable information out there about how to buy a gas mask, especially for the specific purpose of living under state repression."
• "3M does not provide product information on which filters are best for government repression"
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71,000 dead and here in America our politicians and cops were siding with the murderous regime and expelling students from their universities. a stain that I hope future historians will contextualize for the evil it is.
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:45 PM
71,000 dead and here in America our politicians and cops were siding with the murderous regime and expelling students from their universities. a stain that I hope future historians will contextualize for the evil it is.
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I usually don't release discarded draft versions but this feels like it might be useful today
January 29, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I usually don't release discarded draft versions but this feels like it might be useful today
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"3M does not provide product information on which filters are best for government repression"
January 29, 2026 at 2:05 PM
"3M does not provide product information on which filters are best for government repression"