Jon Steinman
@jonsteinman.bsky.social
dad, dog walker, Nebraskan
@ProtectDemocracy.org
*and because time is short, cofounder of workfour.org
Skeets my own
@ProtectDemocracy.org
*and because time is short, cofounder of workfour.org
Skeets my own
Not to protect the legal order, civil rights, or private property as previous presidents did in the 30 times it has been invoked, Trump would utilize the Insurrection Act to subvert the law, suppress rights, and smash property
Insurrectionist in Chief
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Insurrectionist in Chief
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Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, officials say
Troops with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division in Alaska are preparing after President Donald Trump’s Insurrection Act threat, according to defense officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Not to protect the legal order, civil rights, or private property as previous presidents did in the 30 times it has been invoked, Trump would utilize the Insurrection Act to subvert the law, suppress rights, and smash property
Insurrectionist in Chief
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Insurrectionist in Chief
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Congress could step in any time.
Would only take a handful of Rs to come to their senses.
But they are pathetic cowards who would rather impoverish our nation than muster the courage to speak up for their constituents.
Would only take a handful of Rs to come to their senses.
But they are pathetic cowards who would rather impoverish our nation than muster the courage to speak up for their constituents.
January 18, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Congress could step in any time.
Would only take a handful of Rs to come to their senses.
But they are pathetic cowards who would rather impoverish our nation than muster the courage to speak up for their constituents.
Would only take a handful of Rs to come to their senses.
But they are pathetic cowards who would rather impoverish our nation than muster the courage to speak up for their constituents.
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From “they’re eating the pets” and Alligator Alcatraz, to “waste, fraud, and abuse” and DOGE dismantling USAID, to the invasion of Minnesota to halt allegedly massive fraud: Participatory propaganda, facilitated by online platforms, driving policy in a right wing populist administration.
As President Trump approaches one year back in office, the policies his administration pursues — and how those policies are communicated — have been increasingly shaped by social media.
Minnesota shows what happens when governing and content creation merge
As President Trump approaches one year back in office, the policies his administration pursues — and how those policies are communicated — have been increasingly shaped by social media.
n.pr
January 17, 2026 at 2:14 PM
From “they’re eating the pets” and Alligator Alcatraz, to “waste, fraud, and abuse” and DOGE dismantling USAID, to the invasion of Minnesota to halt allegedly massive fraud: Participatory propaganda, facilitated by online platforms, driving policy in a right wing populist administration.
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
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It will become increasingly important for people to take video and protect and save that video so that when there is finally an accounting for what’s happening, there will be evidence.
January 16, 2026 at 12:29 AM
It will become increasingly important for people to take video and protect and save that video so that when there is finally an accounting for what’s happening, there will be evidence.
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21-year-old activist injured by ICE:
I will be blind for life. I have fractures in my skull that they can't fix. They pulled a piece of plastic the size of a nickel out of my eye. I had shards of metal, glass, and plastic behind my eye and in my skull. They said it was a miracle I survived.
I will be blind for life. I have fractures in my skull that they can't fix. They pulled a piece of plastic the size of a nickel out of my eye. I had shards of metal, glass, and plastic behind my eye and in my skull. They said it was a miracle I survived.
January 15, 2026 at 7:24 PM
21-year-old activist injured by ICE:
I will be blind for life. I have fractures in my skull that they can't fix. They pulled a piece of plastic the size of a nickel out of my eye. I had shards of metal, glass, and plastic behind my eye and in my skull. They said it was a miracle I survived.
I will be blind for life. I have fractures in my skull that they can't fix. They pulled a piece of plastic the size of a nickel out of my eye. I had shards of metal, glass, and plastic behind my eye and in my skull. They said it was a miracle I survived.
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What does the Insurrection Act do and *not* do? @amandacarpenter.bsky.social and @rlullo.bsky.social cover what you need to know:
What Trump can and can’t do with the Insurrection Act
Demystifying the most ominous law in America
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
January 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
What does the Insurrection Act do and *not* do? @amandacarpenter.bsky.social and @rlullo.bsky.social cover what you need to know:
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The one thing authoritarian leaders usually have going for them is the general apathy of the majority when they make a move solely against a marginal group in society.
But when they occupy an entire city with clumsy, brutal force, that just forces everyone out of that apathy.
But when they occupy an entire city with clumsy, brutal force, that just forces everyone out of that apathy.
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 PM
The one thing authoritarian leaders usually have going for them is the general apathy of the majority when they make a move solely against a marginal group in society.
But when they occupy an entire city with clumsy, brutal force, that just forces everyone out of that apathy.
But when they occupy an entire city with clumsy, brutal force, that just forces everyone out of that apathy.
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They flashbanged a car full of kids. A car full of fucking kids.
His 6 month old stopped breathing!
HIS SIX MONTH OLD STOPPED BREATHING!
A father was getting his kids out of the neighborhood because it was unsafe & ICE threw flash bangs & tear gas at his car with children & a baby inside!
His 6 month old stopped breathing & all the children were hospitalized!
HIS SIX MONTH OLD STOPPED BREATHING!
A father was getting his kids out of the neighborhood because it was unsafe & ICE threw flash bangs & tear gas at his car with children & a baby inside!
His 6 month old stopped breathing & all the children were hospitalized!
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
They flashbanged a car full of kids. A car full of fucking kids.
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Two former DOJ prosecutors @kristyparker.bsky.social and Sam Trepel on how our feds are abdicating holding officials accountable to the Constitution and how states instead need to do that work and how, including through our efforts to pass new state remedy laws: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Cities and states must hold ICE accountable for violence. The feds won’t | Kristy Parker and Samantha Trepel
As former federal prosecutors, we know an incident like the Minneapolis shooting must be followed by a credible inquiry
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Two former DOJ prosecutors @kristyparker.bsky.social and Sam Trepel on how our feds are abdicating holding officials accountable to the Constitution and how states instead need to do that work and how, including through our efforts to pass new state remedy laws: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
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SEOUL, Jan 13 (Reuters) - South Korea's special prosecutor on Tuesday requested the death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.
January 13, 2026 at 12:45 PM
SEOUL, Jan 13 (Reuters) - South Korea's special prosecutor on Tuesday requested the death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.
Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week, according to family of the victim.
www.latimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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In response to a quote tweet of DHS that says “you guys killed an American citizen,” Greg Bovino replies: “Triggered much?”
January 12, 2026 at 4:41 PM
In response to a quote tweet of DHS that says “you guys killed an American citizen,” Greg Bovino replies: “Triggered much?”
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Spotted in Minneapolis today
January 11, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Spotted in Minneapolis today
Everyone is entitled to sound legal advice before submitting to questionable orders, from the greenest enlistee to the most senior officer
January 11, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Everyone is entitled to sound legal advice before submitting to questionable orders, from the greenest enlistee to the most senior officer
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At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
January 11, 2026 at 12:48 AM
At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
It’s funny how far these dangerous dingdongs have to run to yell this code at the people they’re threatening
Kinda undermines the whole interference claim
Kinda undermines the whole interference claim
January 10, 2026 at 7:47 PM
It’s funny how far these dangerous dingdongs have to run to yell this code at the people they’re threatening
Kinda undermines the whole interference claim
Kinda undermines the whole interference claim
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Three Members of Congress showed up to inspect the actions of federal officers in their state and the federal officers drew their weapons?
JUST NOW: Huge mass of agents in a standoff, weapons drawn as Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison attempt to conduct congressional oversight at the Whipple Building, which has been HQ for thousands of ICE agents.
@zeteo.com
@zeteo.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Three Members of Congress showed up to inspect the actions of federal officers in their state and the federal officers drew their weapons?
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 4:40 PM
As a reminder, here are texts Charles Exum wrote bragging abt shooting Marimar Martinez in Chicago on 10/4.
Exum yelled "Do something bitch" as he shot, first through windshield, then side window. ALSO a Greg Bovino deployment. ALSO a weapons instructor.
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Exum yelled "Do something bitch" as he shot, first through windshield, then side window. ALSO a Greg Bovino deployment. ALSO a weapons instructor.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 10, 2026 at 3:32 PM
They’re using American cities as training grounds for wide scale repression, and have the budget to hire countless more dangerous dingdongs. And they know if they don’t subvert elections they’ll face accountability.
We must defend our communities, safeguard elections, & bring them all to justice.
We must defend our communities, safeguard elections, & bring them all to justice.
The decision has been made to break an American city. It is an experiment. We must do all we can (legally) to help Minneapolis hold on.
if you want to know what it is like in minneapolis, I don’t even have to scroll on facebook to find a horror story. it’s basically my whole feed.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
January 10, 2026 at 3:20 PM
They’re using American cities as training grounds for wide scale repression, and have the budget to hire countless more dangerous dingdongs. And they know if they don’t subvert elections they’ll face accountability.
We must defend our communities, safeguard elections, & bring them all to justice.
We must defend our communities, safeguard elections, & bring them all to justice.
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@ianbassin.bsky.social tells @nicollewallace.bsky.social how states can follow NY and CA’s lead to create constitutional accountability mechanisms against federal officials who violate the constitution. Learn more about the universal constitutional remedies statutes here: https://protdem.org/ucra
January 9, 2026 at 8:25 PM
@ianbassin.bsky.social tells @nicollewallace.bsky.social how states can follow NY and CA’s lead to create constitutional accountability mechanisms against federal officials who violate the constitution. Learn more about the universal constitutional remedies statutes here: https://protdem.org/ucra
‘Stay quiet and let the carnage happen’
The pathetic mantra of the Republican member of Congress
The pathetic mantra of the Republican member of Congress
Rep. Roger Williams: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
January 9, 2026 at 1:32 PM
‘Stay quiet and let the carnage happen’
The pathetic mantra of the Republican member of Congress
The pathetic mantra of the Republican member of Congress
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IR Mad Libs 🤦🏻♀️
January 9, 2026 at 1:23 PM
IR Mad Libs 🤦🏻♀️