Jim Witkins
@jimwitkins.bsky.social
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
December 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
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Remind me: Did Brett Kavanaugh include having your wedding band cut in pieces among the minor inconveniences of being arrested by ICE as a US citizen?
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Remind me: Did Brett Kavanaugh include having your wedding band cut in pieces among the minor inconveniences of being arrested by ICE as a US citizen?
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🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
December 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
I guess the US government is now bringing back piracy. 🏴☠️
December 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I guess the US government is now bringing back piracy. 🏴☠️
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Beefing with celebrities online. Reposting AI-generated memes of Franklin the Turtle. Sharing videos of people being detained to copyrighted music.
All of these prove exactly what @annamerlan.bsky.social wrote about months ago: The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird.
All of these prove exactly what @annamerlan.bsky.social wrote about months ago: The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird.
The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?
Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
www.motherjones.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Beefing with celebrities online. Reposting AI-generated memes of Franklin the Turtle. Sharing videos of people being detained to copyrighted music.
All of these prove exactly what @annamerlan.bsky.social wrote about months ago: The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird.
All of these prove exactly what @annamerlan.bsky.social wrote about months ago: The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird.
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This woman was an observer when ice was arresting her Somali neighbors who are legal citizens. She was arrested and her legs kept in shackles for 5 hours and they CUT OFF her wedding ring when they were processing her. It is so appalling. In Minneapolis my hometown.
December 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This woman was an observer when ice was arresting her Somali neighbors who are legal citizens. She was arrested and her legs kept in shackles for 5 hours and they CUT OFF her wedding ring when they were processing her. It is so appalling. In Minneapolis my hometown.
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The fact that we have super wealthy and extremely stupid people trying to set themselves up as new nobles has made historical nobility, which I only know from books, far more real to me. These people were not smart, they did not rule well, and rigid hierarchies of domination are very bad.
December 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The fact that we have super wealthy and extremely stupid people trying to set themselves up as new nobles has made historical nobility, which I only know from books, far more real to me. These people were not smart, they did not rule well, and rigid hierarchies of domination are very bad.
At this point the Swedish chef would make more sense. Schmor de bor…
December 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
At this point the Swedish chef would make more sense. Schmor de bor…
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Powell: "Inflation for goods has picked up, reflecting the effects of tariffs."
December 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Powell: "Inflation for goods has picked up, reflecting the effects of tariffs."
Not even AI could dream up this bullshit! Fuck this lunatic. #Republicans #MAGA #2026
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Not even AI could dream up this bullshit! Fuck this lunatic. #Republicans #MAGA #2026
trump’s ramped up racism is directly proportional to his failing on the affordability issue facing most Americans.
December 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
trump’s ramped up racism is directly proportional to his failing on the affordability issue facing most Americans.
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His racism is on full display! He's tried to deny it in the past. Now he's uttering loud & clear for all to hear.
December 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
His racism is on full display! He's tried to deny it in the past. Now he's uttering loud & clear for all to hear.
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Republicans --> www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Thwarting the will (and the health) of the American people
Semafor :
Obamacare more popular with Americans than ever, poll finds
As Congress grapples with how to handle expiring enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, Americans’ approval of Barack Obama�
www.dailykos.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Republicans --> www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Republicans version of the "Alarm" is gerrymander more states and making voting harder. REPUBLICANS WILL NOT HELP YOU AFFORD THE COST OF LIVING! #Affordability #2026 #BlueTsunami www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
'We need to sound the alarm': GOP panics as election losses pile up
Republicans are ringing alarm bells after Democrats won a string of upsets in Tuesday’s elections, flipping seats and offices long held by the GOP.
Among the upsets:
In Florida, Eileen ...
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December 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Republicans version of the "Alarm" is gerrymander more states and making voting harder. REPUBLICANS WILL NOT HELP YOU AFFORD THE COST OF LIVING! #Affordability #2026 #BlueTsunami www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Sorry to go sorkin mode but as an American I find this not only treasonous but sacreligious
Immigrants ‘plucked out of line’ at citizenship oath ceremony at Faneuil Hall, group says - The Boston Globe
More than 20 clients of one immigrant services group have had their oath ceremonies canceled, officials said.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Sorry to go sorkin mode but as an American I find this not only treasonous but sacreligious
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Donald Trump diverted these brave men and women from their vital public safety operations and deployed them against the very communities they took an oath to serve.
Today’s ruling is unmistakably clear: the federalization of the California National Guard must end.
Today’s ruling is unmistakably clear: the federalization of the California National Guard must end.
Breaking News: A judge ruled that the Trump administration had kept National Guard troops in Los Angeles illegally and ordered an end to the deployment.
Judge Says Trump Must End Guard Deployment in Los Angeles
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration had illegally kept troops in Los Angeles after emergency conditions had ended. The administration is expected to appeal.
nyti.ms
December 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Donald Trump diverted these brave men and women from their vital public safety operations and deployed them against the very communities they took an oath to serve.
Today’s ruling is unmistakably clear: the federalization of the California National Guard must end.
Today’s ruling is unmistakably clear: the federalization of the California National Guard must end.
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The people of the US mostly still oppose torture; the Trump Administration and its Stasi/gestapo do not.
Would have been unthinkable before it happened-just one of a thousand bits of evidence that the architecture of what America has long thought of itself is rapidly imploding.
www.justsecurity.org/126649/does-...
www.justsecurity.org/126649/does-...
Does the United States Still Oppose Torture?
The U.S. voted against the UNGA's torture resolution, breaking decades of consensus and raising questions about its human rights stance.
www.justsecurity.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The people of the US mostly still oppose torture; the Trump Administration and its Stasi/gestapo do not.
Fucking ridiculous use of taxpayer money. Inhumane. Immoral. Fascist. You name it. MAGA are soulless ghouls.
Boeing is out there signing contracts to create “deportation fleet” for Trump, Miller and Noem’s DHS.
Consequences of Trump’s dirty, ugly bloated bill. ↘️
Consequences of Trump’s dirty, ugly bloated bill. ↘️
DHS inks contract to create its own fleet of Boeing 737s for deportations
The agency will spend nearly $140 million to buy the planes, funding that comes from a massive budget increase for immigration enforcement approved by Congress.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Fucking ridiculous use of taxpayer money. Inhumane. Immoral. Fascist. You name it. MAGA are soulless ghouls.
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It's vile to kill people with no actual legal justification and also vile to joke about killing those people.
Trump: "The problem is nobody wants to go fishing anymore. They don't want to get in boats. They don't want anything to do with boats. I think we've destroyed the boat market. Other than that it's been very effective."
December 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
It's vile to kill people with no actual legal justification and also vile to joke about killing those people.
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I’m clear on the fact that these reporters know they would be immediately fired by their networks if they were to respond to this diapered demon by saying: “Mr president, there’s no need to be an asshole. Just answer my question.” What I don’t get is why they don’t push back in united solidarity.
Trump to ABC's Rachel Scott: "You are the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place. Let me just tell you -- you are an obnoxious-- a terrible reporter. And it's always the same thing with you. I told you."
December 10, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I’m clear on the fact that these reporters know they would be immediately fired by their networks if they were to respond to this diapered demon by saying: “Mr president, there’s no need to be an asshole. Just answer my question.” What I don’t get is why they don’t push back in united solidarity.
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Gotta admit "the font is DEI" is a stage of absurdity I could not have predicted
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Gotta admit "the font is DEI" is a stage of absurdity I could not have predicted
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folks we are into “breaking gerrymanders” territory here
we are going to win
we are going to win
This Georgia flip is in a district that the GOP drew to drown Democratic voters in Athens into a neighboring red county, Oconee.
But tonight, Dems in Athens were out in FULL FORCE to swamp that gerrymander.
But tonight, Dems in Athens were out in FULL FORCE to swamp that gerrymander.
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
folks we are into “breaking gerrymanders” territory here
we are going to win
we are going to win
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Trump's AI Death Panels
Medicare historically had more covered procedures, with fewer hoops to jump through, than for-profit insurance.
Trump regime is forcing AI Prior Authorization obstacles on Medicare, starting in Arizona, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas.
open.substack.com/pub/howwefig...
Medicare historically had more covered procedures, with fewer hoops to jump through, than for-profit insurance.
Trump regime is forcing AI Prior Authorization obstacles on Medicare, starting in Arizona, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas.
open.substack.com/pub/howwefig...
Trump’s AI-Powered Attack on Medicare
Donald Trump and Dr. Oz are rolling out a pilot program to fundamentally change Medicare
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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