Joe Castrellón
@joecastrellon.bsky.social
Democratic Party member from Democratic Party parents. Ready to march for democracy.
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Former DHS Chief of Staff: This admin continues to say they have seen no instances of ICE agents operating against DHS policy. They are lying through their teeth. We have daily documentation of ICE officers not just violating DHS policy, but violating the law and the Constitution.
January 16, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Former DHS Chief of Staff: This admin continues to say they have seen no instances of ICE agents operating against DHS policy. They are lying through their teeth. We have daily documentation of ICE officers not just violating DHS policy, but violating the law and the Constitution.
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No more “When they go low, we go high” shit. The fucking high road is NOT WORKING. It’s time to vote in Low Road Dems that will do what needs to be done, hell hath no fury style.
No more Tolerant Left. Put tolerance in the back burner. We are up against Nazi’s.
No more Tolerant Left. Put tolerance in the back burner. We are up against Nazi’s.
January 15, 2026 at 6:36 AM
No more “When they go low, we go high” shit. The fucking high road is NOT WORKING. It’s time to vote in Low Road Dems that will do what needs to be done, hell hath no fury style.
No more Tolerant Left. Put tolerance in the back burner. We are up against Nazi’s.
No more Tolerant Left. Put tolerance in the back burner. We are up against Nazi’s.
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I give Republicans credit for flexing power when they have it - clearly for all horrible reasons but they do what they want and are bold (and reckless) and unapologetic.
Compare this to the Democratic Establishment and it's utter timidity, weakness, sloth and fecklessness.
What's their excuse?
Compare this to the Democratic Establishment and it's utter timidity, weakness, sloth and fecklessness.
What's their excuse?
January 15, 2026 at 5:58 AM
I give Republicans credit for flexing power when they have it - clearly for all horrible reasons but they do what they want and are bold (and reckless) and unapologetic.
Compare this to the Democratic Establishment and it's utter timidity, weakness, sloth and fecklessness.
What's their excuse?
Compare this to the Democratic Establishment and it's utter timidity, weakness, sloth and fecklessness.
What's their excuse?
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Is it a good idea to host a major event like the FIFA World Cup in a country whose secret state police hunt down innocent people, lock them in cages, or execute them in the street?
January 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Is it a good idea to host a major event like the FIFA World Cup in a country whose secret state police hunt down innocent people, lock them in cages, or execute them in the street?
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"We trust you to hear our bullshit:
January 15, 2026 at 6:45 AM
"We trust you to hear our bullshit:
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Democratic Governors need to activate the National Guard to protect their communities. Local cops now realize that they're overwhelmed by the same violent forces they initially supported.
Of course, Trump will respond with escalation, but this is no longer, nor has been, sustainable.
Of course, Trump will respond with escalation, but this is no longer, nor has been, sustainable.
January 15, 2026 at 6:47 AM
Democratic Governors need to activate the National Guard to protect their communities. Local cops now realize that they're overwhelmed by the same violent forces they initially supported.
Of course, Trump will respond with escalation, but this is no longer, nor has been, sustainable.
Of course, Trump will respond with escalation, but this is no longer, nor has been, sustainable.
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Republicans are complicit with fascism.
However, any Democrat willing to support and fund ICE must answer why they are fine with enabling a rogue agency that murders Americans and terrorizes communities.
Confront them and ask them to defend it.
Why will the fund DHS? Why won't they abolish ICE?
However, any Democrat willing to support and fund ICE must answer why they are fine with enabling a rogue agency that murders Americans and terrorizes communities.
Confront them and ask them to defend it.
Why will the fund DHS? Why won't they abolish ICE?
January 15, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Republicans are complicit with fascism.
However, any Democrat willing to support and fund ICE must answer why they are fine with enabling a rogue agency that murders Americans and terrorizes communities.
Confront them and ask them to defend it.
Why will the fund DHS? Why won't they abolish ICE?
However, any Democrat willing to support and fund ICE must answer why they are fine with enabling a rogue agency that murders Americans and terrorizes communities.
Confront them and ask them to defend it.
Why will the fund DHS? Why won't they abolish ICE?
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I wrote all of this up (including how we got to this point doctrinally) in a recent issue of my newsletter. Here's the non-paywalled version:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-182-...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-182-...
Bonus 182: Damages as a (Missing) Deterrent
It's worth reflecting on how different things might look right now if federal officers—or the federal government itself—faced a meaningful specter of monetary liability for constitutional violations.
www.stevevladeck.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I wrote all of this up (including how we got to this point doctrinally) in a recent issue of my newsletter. Here's the non-paywalled version:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-182-...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-182-...
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It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
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The friendship secret: why socialising could help you live longer www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
The friendship secret: why socialising could help you live longer
Neuroscientist Ben Rein is on a mission to show that being around others not only feels good, but can even improve recovery from strokes, cancer and heart attacks. So why are so many of us isolated an...
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January 13, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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A federal judge ruled Monday that work on a major offshore wind farm can resume, handing the industry at least a temporary victory as President Trump seeks to shut it down. n.pr/3Na2v4f
Offshore wind developer prevails in U.S. court as Trump calls wind farms 'losers'
A federal judge ruled Monday that work on a major offshore wind farm can resume, handing the industry at least a temporary victory as President Trump seeks to shut it down.
n.pr
January 13, 2026 at 12:20 AM
A federal judge ruled Monday that work on a major offshore wind farm can resume, handing the industry at least a temporary victory as President Trump seeks to shut it down. n.pr/3Na2v4f
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The FBI says an arson suspect in a fire that nearly destroyed a synagogue in Jackson confessed, citing the building's 'Jewish ties'. The Ku Klux Klan bombed the synagogue in 1967.
FBI: Mississippi arson suspect confessed to torching synagogue and targeting Jews
The FBI says an arson suspect in a fire that nearly destroyed a synagogue in Jackson confessed, citing the building's 'Jewish ties'. The Ku Klux Klan bombed the synagogue in 1967.
n.pr
January 13, 2026 at 12:20 AM
The FBI says an arson suspect in a fire that nearly destroyed a synagogue in Jackson confessed, citing the building's 'Jewish ties'. The Ku Klux Klan bombed the synagogue in 1967.
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A suspect is charged with arson in a fire that burned through a synagogue in Mississippi. Flames and smoke destroyed its library, housing Torahs. n.pr/4qiAnuk
Arson engulfs Mississippi synagogue, a congregation once bombed by Ku Klux Klan
A suspect is charged with arson in a fire that burned through a synagogue in Mississippi. Flames and smoke destroyed its library, housing Torahs.
n.pr
January 12, 2026 at 3:57 AM
A suspect is charged with arson in a fire that burned through a synagogue in Mississippi. Flames and smoke destroyed its library, housing Torahs. n.pr/4qiAnuk
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If there are any principled Republicans (is that still a thing? Asking for a friend) in Congress, they could end all this if only a couple of them would retire now. This will turn the House back to the Dems and we could start holding Trump in check.
January 12, 2026 at 4:15 AM
If there are any principled Republicans (is that still a thing? Asking for a friend) in Congress, they could end all this if only a couple of them would retire now. This will turn the House back to the Dems and we could start holding Trump in check.
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Trump is going to use DOJ/FBI to try to steal the 2026 election. My legal team and I will fight back in court but we all have a role to play.
Tomorrow, I will offer my thoughts on what Trump is up to and what we need to do now. Subscribe to Democracy Docket for free to find out. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
Tomorrow, I will offer my thoughts on what Trump is up to and what we need to do now. Subscribe to Democracy Docket for free to find out. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
January 12, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Trump is going to use DOJ/FBI to try to steal the 2026 election. My legal team and I will fight back in court but we all have a role to play.
Tomorrow, I will offer my thoughts on what Trump is up to and what we need to do now. Subscribe to Democracy Docket for free to find out. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
Tomorrow, I will offer my thoughts on what Trump is up to and what we need to do now. Subscribe to Democracy Docket for free to find out. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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Monday would be a good day to release the #TrumpEpsteinFiles
January 12, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Monday would be a good day to release the #TrumpEpsteinFiles
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Wanda Sykes: Ricky Gervais couldn't be here, but he would like to thank god and the trans community.
January 12, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Wanda Sykes: Ricky Gervais couldn't be here, but he would like to thank god and the trans community.
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He's so weak. You know he couldn't handle the joke. Fickle as F.
Wanda Sykes just ate Bill Maher for dinner and it was GLORIOUS.
January 12, 2026 at 5:02 AM
He's so weak. You know he couldn't handle the joke. Fickle as F.
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I also must say that it's a bit rich that Trump and his DOJ think it's a good idea to gin up a bullshit investigation about supposed illegalities in ... {checks notes} … renovating a federal building
January 12, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I also must say that it's a bit rich that Trump and his DOJ think it's a good idea to gin up a bullshit investigation about supposed illegalities in ... {checks notes} … renovating a federal building
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“If it affects NATO, it affects NATO. They need us more than we need them.”
Trump says Greenland should take a deal he admits he hasn’t offered, makes it clear he does not care if attacking Greenland ends NATO.
Again: ending NATO is a Putin goal. That is no coincidence.
Trump says Greenland should take a deal he admits he hasn’t offered, makes it clear he does not care if attacking Greenland ends NATO.
Again: ending NATO is a Putin goal. That is no coincidence.
January 12, 2026 at 5:11 AM
“If it affects NATO, it affects NATO. They need us more than we need them.”
Trump says Greenland should take a deal he admits he hasn’t offered, makes it clear he does not care if attacking Greenland ends NATO.
Again: ending NATO is a Putin goal. That is no coincidence.
Trump says Greenland should take a deal he admits he hasn’t offered, makes it clear he does not care if attacking Greenland ends NATO.
Again: ending NATO is a Putin goal. That is no coincidence.
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WATCH— @niallstanage.bsky.social : “It’s surely better for 🇺🇸 democracy that people protest a government agent shooting someone in the head than to be docile or acquiescent to those kinds of actions.”
January 12, 2026 at 5:13 AM
WATCH— @niallstanage.bsky.social : “It’s surely better for 🇺🇸 democracy that people protest a government agent shooting someone in the head than to be docile or acquiescent to those kinds of actions.”
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Tillis is spot on. The Senate can't confirm a Trump toady to succeed Powell at the Fed. The rest of the game is now out in the open, and it doesn't end well.
January 12, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Tillis is spot on. The Senate can't confirm a Trump toady to succeed Powell at the Fed. The rest of the game is now out in the open, and it doesn't end well.
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I can't wait until this criminal rapist traitor kicks the bucket and is dragged to hell.
He has taken so much from us.
So much of our time, our energy, our mental health.
One day he will go inshallah.
Until then we resist him and organize and fight back.
He has taken so much from us.
So much of our time, our energy, our mental health.
One day he will go inshallah.
Until then we resist him and organize and fight back.
January 12, 2026 at 5:20 AM
I can't wait until this criminal rapist traitor kicks the bucket and is dragged to hell.
He has taken so much from us.
So much of our time, our energy, our mental health.
One day he will go inshallah.
Until then we resist him and organize and fight back.
He has taken so much from us.
So much of our time, our energy, our mental health.
One day he will go inshallah.
Until then we resist him and organize and fight back.