@jeffdc77.bsky.social
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“Two hundred and fifty years ago, Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense – that America’s fight for freedom was not radical rebellion, but simply common sense. He was what we would call today a social influencer.“
Gov. Lamont
Gov. Lamont
Governor Lamont's 2026 State of the State Address
portal.ct.gov
February 4, 2026 at 10:13 PM
“Two hundred and fifty years ago, Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense – that America’s fight for freedom was not radical rebellion, but simply common sense. He was what we would call today a social influencer.“
Gov. Lamont
Gov. Lamont
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Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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I heavily pushed @vermontgmg.bsky.social's testimony on CBP's long-term criminality. Here, he lists 6 ways to fix DHS:
1) Basic Uniform and Identification Standards
2) Use of Force
3) Enforcement Standards and Restrictions
4) Restore DHS’s “Sensitive Locations” Restrictions
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1) Basic Uniform and Identification Standards
2) Use of Force
3) Enforcement Standards and Restrictions
4) Restore DHS’s “Sensitive Locations” Restrictions
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Six Ways to Reform ICE and CBP
And why congressional "reform" isn't actually the real problem....
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 4, 2026 at 10:30 PM
I heavily pushed @vermontgmg.bsky.social's testimony on CBP's long-term criminality. Here, he lists 6 ways to fix DHS:
1) Basic Uniform and Identification Standards
2) Use of Force
3) Enforcement Standards and Restrictions
4) Restore DHS’s “Sensitive Locations” Restrictions
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1) Basic Uniform and Identification Standards
2) Use of Force
3) Enforcement Standards and Restrictions
4) Restore DHS’s “Sensitive Locations” Restrictions
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This should be front page news. There should be hearings about it.
"For much of the 2010s and likely before and since, it appears the crime rate of CBP agents and offices was higher PER CAPITA than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants in the United States."
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
Accountability for ICE and CBP
However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 4, 2026 at 8:29 PM
This should be front page news. There should be hearings about it.
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Congress has a real chance right now to influence and change the trajectory of immigration enforcement in the US and arrest the use of ICE and CBP as a fascist secret presidential interior police.
Here's my research on what would make a difference: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-ways-t...
Here's my research on what would make a difference: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-ways-t...
Six Ways to Reform ICE and CBP
And why congressional "reform" isn't actually the real problem....
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 4, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Congress has a real chance right now to influence and change the trajectory of immigration enforcement in the US and arrest the use of ICE and CBP as a fascist secret presidential interior police.
Here's my research on what would make a difference: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-ways-t...
Here's my research on what would make a difference: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-ways-t...
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Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
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Great work by Greg Sargent. We are, right now, deciding whether we want to be a land of giant concentration camps and ethnic cleanings.
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Trump’s New “Prison Camp” Threat Unleashes Fury Even in MAGA Country
The next phase of ICE’s big ramp-up: a nationwide network of vast detention facilities. But guess what? Even parts of Red America are saying no.
newrepublic.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Great work by Greg Sargent. We are, right now, deciding whether we want to be a land of giant concentration camps and ethnic cleanings.
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
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Striking from new Quinnipiac poll:
*Voters prefer path to legalization over deportations for most undocs by 59-34. Among independents it's 61-33
*Majority says Trump on immigration is making America less safe
Again, there's broad rejection of the whole project, not just ICE tactics (see below)
*Voters prefer path to legalization over deportations for most undocs by 59-34. Among independents it's 61-33
*Majority says Trump on immigration is making America less safe
Again, there's broad rejection of the whole project, not just ICE tactics (see below)
February 4, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Striking from new Quinnipiac poll:
*Voters prefer path to legalization over deportations for most undocs by 59-34. Among independents it's 61-33
*Majority says Trump on immigration is making America less safe
Again, there's broad rejection of the whole project, not just ICE tactics (see below)
*Voters prefer path to legalization over deportations for most undocs by 59-34. Among independents it's 61-33
*Majority says Trump on immigration is making America less safe
Again, there's broad rejection of the whole project, not just ICE tactics (see below)
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If we knew at the time what we know now, many more people would have seen Trump's 2024 campaign for what it was: A campaign of deception to CONCEAL the Epstein files, that gained support by promising to RELEASE them. www.offmessage.net/p/trump-2024...
Rethinking Trump 2024 As An Epstein Coverup Campaign
They knew they were in there. It wasn't projection. It was misdirection.
www.offmessage.net
February 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM
If we knew at the time what we know now, many more people would have seen Trump's 2024 campaign for what it was: A campaign of deception to CONCEAL the Epstein files, that gained support by promising to RELEASE them. www.offmessage.net/p/trump-2024...
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Federal Judges have a very real and well-established reason to fear doxing and violence and yet I doubt anyone thinks it would be acceptable for them to preside from the bench in a hood.
February 4, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Federal Judges have a very real and well-established reason to fear doxing and violence and yet I doubt anyone thinks it would be acceptable for them to preside from the bench in a hood.
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"We cannot and should not blindly fund a department that is enabling state-sponsored violence against its own citizens and eroding public trust in law enforcement."
Statement from Congressman Moulton on voting No on today's government funding package:
Statement from Congressman Moulton on voting No on today's government funding package:
February 3, 2026 at 7:06 PM
"We cannot and should not blindly fund a department that is enabling state-sponsored violence against its own citizens and eroding public trust in law enforcement."
Statement from Congressman Moulton on voting No on today's government funding package:
Statement from Congressman Moulton on voting No on today's government funding package:
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“To protect his reputation” tells you a lot.
This did go well for a Border Patrol agent charged with running down a migrant with his truck. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
This did go well for a Border Patrol agent charged with running down a migrant with his truck. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
February 3, 2026 at 5:11 PM
“To protect his reputation” tells you a lot.
This did go well for a Border Patrol agent charged with running down a migrant with his truck. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
This did go well for a Border Patrol agent charged with running down a migrant with his truck. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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As I said last week, “CBP is an agency that is uniquely callous about human lives—both of US citizens & migrants.” The only reason their violence is now front-page news is they’re doing it to white people in major cities, as opposed to migrants in the desert. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
February 3, 2026 at 2:02 AM
As I said last week, “CBP is an agency that is uniquely callous about human lives—both of US citizens & migrants.” The only reason their violence is now front-page news is they’re doing it to white people in major cities, as opposed to migrants in the desert. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
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This is now without question the biggest politico-financial scandal in United States history. Teapot Dome was trivial in comparison.
I was a little late to catch up with this WSJ kleptocracy story. We already knew Sheikh Tahnoon dropped $2b on World Liberty Financial to get Trump to let UAE import advanced chips. Now we learn Tahnoon also purchased 49 percent of World Liberty Financial.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company
$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
www.wsj.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:21 PM
This is now without question the biggest politico-financial scandal in United States history. Teapot Dome was trivial in comparison.
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This is important to pay attention to. Trump's saying the quiet part of the plan out loud. With the midterms increasingly looking like a bloodbath for the GOP, he's calling on the Republicans to take over the election. This is what an attempt to end democracy looks like. Read @ariberman.bsky.social
Trump goes public with plan to "take over" elections
After the FBI seized 700 boxes of ballots in Georgia, the president calls on Republicans to assert control over voting "in at least 15 places.”
www.motherjones.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:04 PM
This is important to pay attention to. Trump's saying the quiet part of the plan out loud. With the midterms increasingly looking like a bloodbath for the GOP, he's calling on the Republicans to take over the election. This is what an attempt to end democracy looks like. Read @ariberman.bsky.social
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It was probably difficult to foresee that Trump would put the Kennedy Center out of business.
February 1, 2026 at 11:59 PM
It was probably difficult to foresee that Trump would put the Kennedy Center out of business.
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Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
February 1, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
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I testified Friday on the history of CBP and ICE's corruption and training problems. It's so much worse than you think.
The population of CBP officers/agents arrested THEMSELVES since 2005 would be America's 4th largest police dept—larger than the Philly PD. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
The population of CBP officers/agents arrested THEMSELVES since 2005 would be America's 4th largest police dept—larger than the Philly PD. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
Accountability for ICE and CBP
However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 1, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I testified Friday on the history of CBP and ICE's corruption and training problems. It's so much worse than you think.
The population of CBP officers/agents arrested THEMSELVES since 2005 would be America's 4th largest police dept—larger than the Philly PD. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
The population of CBP officers/agents arrested THEMSELVES since 2005 would be America's 4th largest police dept—larger than the Philly PD. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
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“…Most white people in this country are like most people who eat meat in this country: they want to enjoy a good steak, but they don’t want to go to a slaughterhouse and put a bolt gun in a cow. White people enjoy their privilege, but they don’t exactly want to see how their privilege gets made.”
Here’s my @thenation.com post on the arrest of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, the violation of the First Amendment, and Trump’s ongoing attempts to change the face of his victims and spark a race war.
The Trump Administration Arrested Don Lemon Like He Was a Fugitive Slave
Lemon’s arrest is not only a clear violation of the First Amendment but a blatant throwback to the Constitution’s long-discarded Fugitive Slave Clause.
www.thenation.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:09 PM
“…Most white people in this country are like most people who eat meat in this country: they want to enjoy a good steak, but they don’t want to go to a slaughterhouse and put a bolt gun in a cow. White people enjoy their privilege, but they don’t exactly want to see how their privilege gets made.”
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Six days ago federal officers murdered a man in the streets of Minneapolis and we still don't know their identities. Is there any modern precedent for this?
January 30, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Six days ago federal officers murdered a man in the streets of Minneapolis and we still don't know their identities. Is there any modern precedent for this?
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Over the last year, the Trump 2.0 has bombed:
Yemen
Syria
Iraq
Iran
Somalia
Nigeria
Venezuela
Boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific
Yemen
Syria
Iraq
Iran
Somalia
Nigeria
Venezuela
Boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific
Trump: "So this has been I think -- and a lot of people say it -- the most successful year of any administration in American history. We extinguished eights wars."
January 29, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Over the last year, the Trump 2.0 has bombed:
Yemen
Syria
Iraq
Iran
Somalia
Nigeria
Venezuela
Boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific
Yemen
Syria
Iraq
Iran
Somalia
Nigeria
Venezuela
Boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific
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Legal asylum seeker, no criminal record, working two jobs, dragged out of smashed car and kidnapped by ICE as his US citizen newborn cries in a car seat in the freezing cold in Maine and his wife who barely speaks English pleads for help. WTAF
Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
www.pressherald.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Legal asylum seeker, no criminal record, working two jobs, dragged out of smashed car and kidnapped by ICE as his US citizen newborn cries in a car seat in the freezing cold in Maine and his wife who barely speaks English pleads for help. WTAF
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Pay attention to this. The more popular opinion turns against Trump, the more desperate they are going to get. And the more they are going to try to screw with the elections.
Trump’s efforts to interfere in midterms becoming clearer & more dangerous every day:
-using ICE to terrorize blue states & cities
-seizing ballots in heavily Dem counties
-prosecuting 2020 enemies
-extorting states for sensitive voter data
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-using ICE to terrorize blue states & cities
-seizing ballots in heavily Dem counties
-prosecuting 2020 enemies
-extorting states for sensitive voter data
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
From Minnesota to Georgia, Trump’s plans to interfere in the midterms are becoming more dangerous
The seizure of ballots in Fulton County, Georgia follows the DOJ’s demands for voter data in Minnesota.
www.motherjones.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Pay attention to this. The more popular opinion turns against Trump, the more desperate they are going to get. And the more they are going to try to screw with the elections.
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Avoid the temptation to max out on demands. A better approach: settle on achievable objectives—leave Minneapolis; no more Minneapolises; no DHS election subversion—and work backward. www.offmessage.net/p/after-minn...
After Minnesota
The objectives must be: Free Minneapolis, no more invasions, and insurance against election sabotage.
www.offmessage.net
January 28, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Avoid the temptation to max out on demands. A better approach: settle on achievable objectives—leave Minneapolis; no more Minneapolises; no DHS election subversion—and work backward. www.offmessage.net/p/after-minn...