Sparky
@jesseroth.bsky.social
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If he does this, and isn't impeached and removed, it's a Rubicon moment where we are no longer a republic. Sorry, I don't care how much Republicans like his policies or fear his wrath, you can't just let a president cut checks to himself from the Treasury.
Trump on his multiple suits against the federal government: "I'm supposed to work out a settlement with myself ... We could make it a substantial amount, nobody would care, because it's gonna go to numerous, very good charities."
February 1, 2026 at 11:22 AM
If he does this, and isn't impeached and removed, it's a Rubicon moment where we are no longer a republic. Sorry, I don't care how much Republicans like his policies or fear his wrath, you can't just let a president cut checks to himself from the Treasury.
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This is exactly why we @senecaproject.us made this.
Good vs Evil last week.
Good vs Evil last week.
January 26, 2026 at 7:14 AM
This is exactly why we @senecaproject.us made this.
Good vs Evil last week.
Good vs Evil last week.
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What's happening in Minnesota is one reason the Reconstruction Amendments banned insurrectionists from holding office. Unfortunately, the originalists on the Supreme Court interpreted the plain language of the amendment to mean its opposite.
January 24, 2026 at 11:31 PM
What's happening in Minnesota is one reason the Reconstruction Amendments banned insurrectionists from holding office. Unfortunately, the originalists on the Supreme Court interpreted the plain language of the amendment to mean its opposite.
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Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
January 25, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
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Protesters chanting "We're not cold, we're not afraid, Minne[apolis/sota] taught us to be brave" in Boston tonight outside Government Center station.
January 25, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Protesters chanting "We're not cold, we're not afraid, Minne[apolis/sota] taught us to be brave" in Boston tonight outside Government Center station.
Tell your senators to rein in ICE NOW act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
Tell your senators to rein in ICE NOW
On Wednesday, January 7, Renee Good was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Then, on January 24, Border Patrol killed Alex Pretti. These deaths were a direct...
act.indivisible.org
January 24, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Tell your senators to rein in ICE NOW act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
Videos show he was holding a phone and, after they had him down and under control, they learned he had a gun and an agent came and shot him in the back www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Videos show he was holding a phone and, after they had him down and under control, they learned he had a gun and an agent came and shot him in the back www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
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"get rid of these baby-snatchimg freaks" is so simple and so universally appealing, and our ossified so-called representatives can't even bring themselves to say it
January 22, 2026 at 2:23 AM
"get rid of these baby-snatchimg freaks" is so simple and so universally appealing, and our ossified so-called representatives can't even bring themselves to say it
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I'm looking for witnesses/victims of DHS retaliating against people who were recording their agents (ICE, Border Patrol, FPS, etc.) in Southern California.
This is for LA Press Club v. Noem case, but victim does NOT need to be press/journalist. Everyone has right to record. We're fighting for all.
This is for LA Press Club v. Noem case, but victim does NOT need to be press/journalist. Everyone has right to record. We're fighting for all.
January 22, 2026 at 6:37 AM
I'm looking for witnesses/victims of DHS retaliating against people who were recording their agents (ICE, Border Patrol, FPS, etc.) in Southern California.
This is for LA Press Club v. Noem case, but victim does NOT need to be press/journalist. Everyone has right to record. We're fighting for all.
This is for LA Press Club v. Noem case, but victim does NOT need to be press/journalist. Everyone has right to record. We're fighting for all.
This why control of broadcast media has been a GOP goal since Vietnam.
I do not understand why Dems (or someone) are not broadcasting wall to wall montages of ICE thugs abusing our neighbors, abducting children, terrorizing US citizens, invading homes w no warrant, or murdering mothers. This should be a massive exercise in ISSUE SALIENCE driven by Dem elites.
January 22, 2026 at 7:16 AM
This why control of broadcast media has been a GOP goal since Vietnam.
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I've been here 24 hours, but already with what I've seen, well, I genuinely believe we're going to win. People here are well aware that what happens here impacts the entire country, that it sets the tone for resistance. ICE is angry, ICE is terrified, of how deeply unpopular it is.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I've been here 24 hours, but already with what I've seen, well, I genuinely believe we're going to win. People here are well aware that what happens here impacts the entire country, that it sets the tone for resistance. ICE is angry, ICE is terrified, of how deeply unpopular it is.
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Say what you want about Silicon Valley and its tech bros, but there's a revolution growing in this town!
Town and Country (Corner of El Camino and Embarcadero)
855 El Camino Real
Palo Alto
Fri Jan 23
3 – 5
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
#MeltICEForGood
#ChingaLaMigra
#ICEOutForGood
Town and Country (Corner of El Camino and Embarcadero)
855 El Camino Real
Palo Alto
Fri Jan 23
3 – 5
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
#MeltICEForGood
#ChingaLaMigra
#ICEOutForGood
ICE Out for Good, Palo Alto! - MN Solidarity Day of Action · Indivisible
Wednesday, January 7th, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity...
www.mobilize.us
January 22, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Say what you want about Silicon Valley and its tech bros, but there's a revolution growing in this town!
Town and Country (Corner of El Camino and Embarcadero)
855 El Camino Real
Palo Alto
Fri Jan 23
3 – 5
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
#MeltICEForGood
#ChingaLaMigra
#ICEOutForGood
Town and Country (Corner of El Camino and Embarcadero)
855 El Camino Real
Palo Alto
Fri Jan 23
3 – 5
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
#MeltICEForGood
#ChingaLaMigra
#ICEOutForGood
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Thou shalt take the Nuclear keys away from Grandpa.
January 21, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Thou shalt take the Nuclear keys away from Grandpa.
We're living in a Shakespearean tragedy
Trump Heads to Davos Amid Deep Worries About U.S.-European Alliance
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:55 AM
We're living in a Shakespearean tragedy
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pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
January 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
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Did not expect David to be writing about the dual state, but I agree with him.
I invoked it last month at workshop with respect to the boat strikes.
The administration has asserted a prerogative to kill outside the law abroad and now at home.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
I invoked it last month at workshop with respect to the boat strikes.
The administration has asserted a prerogative to kill outside the law abroad and now at home.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
Opinion | An Old Theory Helps Explain What Happened to Renee Good
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Did not expect David to be writing about the dual state, but I agree with him.
I invoked it last month at workshop with respect to the boat strikes.
The administration has asserted a prerogative to kill outside the law abroad and now at home.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
I invoked it last month at workshop with respect to the boat strikes.
The administration has asserted a prerogative to kill outside the law abroad and now at home.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
Remembering when I first read The Handmaid's Tale in 1985 and we all thought it was dystopian fiction
Hoo boy, First Amendment watch: The North Dakota Attorney General sent a cease-and-desist letter to an abortion fund for simply linking to @plancpills.bsky.social. AG claims the link constitutes promoting and facilitating access to medicine without a prescription under the state’s consumer fraud law
North Dakota AG orders abortion fund to remove links to medication companies from its website • North Dakota Monitor
The North Dakota Attorney General’s Office on Friday ordered a Fargo nonprofit to stop promoting certain abortion pill providers on its website.
northdakotamonitor.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Remembering when I first read The Handmaid's Tale in 1985 and we all thought it was dystopian fiction
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Today, Minneapolis had their annual Powderhorn Art Sled Rally. A community organized event that this time featured de-Icer sleds and bowling pins named for world leaders.
A very Minnesotan way to protest ICE. 😍🙌🏻
A very Minnesotan way to protest ICE. 😍🙌🏻
January 18, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Today, Minneapolis had their annual Powderhorn Art Sled Rally. A community organized event that this time featured de-Icer sleds and bowling pins named for world leaders.
A very Minnesotan way to protest ICE. 😍🙌🏻
A very Minnesotan way to protest ICE. 😍🙌🏻
THIS
I have a concrete suggestion in response to Trump and his gestapo’s “f**k you” to the rule of law: “Democratic senators and representatives should be flying to Minnesota now and standing together in a show of force and solidarity.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/donald-tru...
www.americaamerica.news/p/donald-tru...
Donald Trump Hates America
He shows it with his middle finger, literally, and by his daily attacks against American interests and our people. He must be defeated.
www.americaamerica.news
January 17, 2026 at 8:25 AM
THIS
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MN ICE watch is measurably de-escalating violence. Attraction to ICE for newbies is social approval & group power. Now, larger group meets them with social censure. They're using more agents (taken from elsewhere) to conduct relatively fewer arrests, lowering abductions there & beyond.
January 17, 2026 at 4:47 AM
MN ICE watch is measurably de-escalating violence. Attraction to ICE for newbies is social approval & group power. Now, larger group meets them with social censure. They're using more agents (taken from elsewhere) to conduct relatively fewer arrests, lowering abductions there & beyond.
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
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The NY Times concludes that the ICE agent who shot Renee Good was NOT hit by her car
“the visual evidence shows no indication that..Jonathan Ross, had been run over..It also establishes-millisecond by millisecond-how Mr. Ross put himself in a dangerous position near her vehicle in the first place”
“the visual evidence shows no indication that..Jonathan Ross, had been run over..It also establishes-millisecond by millisecond-how Mr. Ross put himself in a dangerous position near her vehicle in the first place”
January 16, 2026 at 5:57 AM
The NY Times concludes that the ICE agent who shot Renee Good was NOT hit by her car
“the visual evidence shows no indication that..Jonathan Ross, had been run over..It also establishes-millisecond by millisecond-how Mr. Ross put himself in a dangerous position near her vehicle in the first place”
“the visual evidence shows no indication that..Jonathan Ross, had been run over..It also establishes-millisecond by millisecond-how Mr. Ross put himself in a dangerous position near her vehicle in the first place”
"These cabinet secretaries have failed in their sworn duty to uphold the Constitution.” says Reagan-appointed judge. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
“I find it breathtaking that I have been compelled on the evidence to find the conduct of such high-level officers of our government — cabinet secretaries — conspired to infringe the First Amendment rights of people,” Young said.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
‘Unconstitutional conspiracy’: Judge slams Trump administration over targeted deportations
A Reagan appointee pointedly rebuked decisions by Trump, Rubio and Noem.
www.politico.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:10 AM
"These cabinet secretaries have failed in their sworn duty to uphold the Constitution.” says Reagan-appointed judge. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸