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Doug Bock Clark

@dougbockclark.bsky.social

1/ NEW: @propublica.org has obtained a search warrant that the FBI is executing for records related to the contested 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., which has not yet been widely shared. It’s an extraordinary document.

Link: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

1-28-26 Fulton Warrant

www.documentcloud.org

January 28, 2026 at 10:56 PM

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Billy Bragg

@billybragg.bsky.social

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...

BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES

YouTube video by Billy Bragg

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January 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM

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Bruce Springsteen

@brucespringsteen.net

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM

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Ilhan Omar

@ilhanmn.bsky.social

I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.

I don’t let bullies win.

Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.

January 28, 2026 at 2:26 AM

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Marisa Kabas

@marisakabas.bsky.social

you know you fucked up when tablet magazine is like uh hey guys…..

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22h

JD Vance's strategy for succeeding Trump as head of the MAGA movement is predicated on retaining and exciting the support of violent Nazis all around the US. That's what makes his Holocaust commemoration so unique.

January 28, 2026 at 1:55 AM

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Phil Lewis

@phillewis.bsky.social

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Man tackled to ground after spraying unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar at town hall in Minneapolis.

January 28, 2026 at 1:23 AM

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taylr

@taylordahlin.com

video of the moment a man tried spraying something at ilhan omar at her town hall in minneapolis tonight

January 28, 2026 at 1:07 AM

Kaerick

@kaerick.bsky.social

@czedwards.bsky.social
Saw this and made me think of you. Figured you might get a laugh out of it too

youtube.com/shorts/XSYNs...

my next character - D&D World Heritage Posts

YouTube video by ZacSpeaksGiant

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January 27, 2026 at 9:56 PM

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ashley fairbanks

@ziibiing.com

my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek

January 27, 2026 at 2:47 PM

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The Tennessee Holler

@thetnholler.bsky.social

Wow— “Cardinal Tobin told hundreds of faithful gathered online that now is the time to say no — no to violence, no to indifference, and no to funding the U.S. government’s own “machinery of death.”

www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope-leos-...

January 27, 2026 at 5:15 AM

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Max Kennerly

@maxkennerly.bsky.social

The Trump admin is scrambling because the secret police it sends out for kidnappings and rioting has been killing people on video then brazenly lying about it, but Schumer's instinct is to whip his caucus into taking a position *more conservative* than that held by the median voter.

He's got to go.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

Majority of the country now wants to abolish and/or dismantle ICE and yet Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. told the caucus the message had to be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”

Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.

So pathetic and weak.

Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week

Two sources who were on a Democratic caucus strategy call Sunday said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the group the message must be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”

www.nbcnews.com

January 27, 2026 at 2:48 AM

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Jason Helford

@writingguy.bsky.social

I can’t even count the number of hours I’ve spent reading your comic books. Thank you for every Massive Blow, Sal. RIP Sal ☹️
#SalBuscema #RIPSalBuscema #Marvel

January 27, 2026 at 1:49 AM

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Kevin M. Kruse

@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

There's been a lot of discussion about the echoes of the civil rights movement in the protests today, with people obviously drawing comparisons between the strategies, tactics and coalitions that were vital then and are still vital now.

But this post has me thinking about a different echo ...

Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 2d

I suspect right now Stephen Miller and the other nazis are meeting to discuss how a place not as “nice" or "peaceful” as Minnesota will provide better oxygen for their lies and goals of martial law.

January 27, 2026 at 12:31 AM

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elia ayoub

@ayoub.bsky.social

The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.

It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.

The Legislation
Upon winning a general election, a Reform government under Prime Minister Nigel Farage will:
1) Leave the ECHR
2.) Repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights.
3.) Pass The Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill:
This Bill will:
Create a legal duty to remove illegal migrants for the Home Secretary
The Bill opens with a blunt obligation for the Home Secretary: "The Secretary of State shall ensure the removal from the United Kingdom of each person who does not have extant leave to remain and is not an Irish citizen or otherwise protected by regulations made under this Act."
The following parts of the legislation are introduced on an emergency basis, with an in-built sunset clause after 5 years:
Disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture, the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention (ECAT)
Derogation is justified under the Vienna Convention doctrine of state of necessity: Britain faces a national emergency in which uncontrolled illegal migration undermines public order.
These treaties will otherwise be used by activist judges to frustrate deportations, even after the repeals of the HRA and ECHR.
Create Detention Power Without Hardial Singh Constraints
This means illegal migrants can be detained until they are deported. Activist lawyers routinely use Hardial Singh to secure their client's bail, after which the client absconds.
If you came to the UK illegally, you are ineligible for asylum. End of story
All asylum claims will become inadmissible if made by a person within the Act's scope. If you came to the country illegally, you are ineligible for asylum in the UK. This strips the Home Office, the immigration tribunals and the higher courts of jurisdiction to even consider claims. A claim that cannot be considered cannot suspend removal and therefore, cannot delay a flight.
Re-entering after deportation and destroying ID becomes a serious criminal offence
Re-entry after deportation will be…

The Operational Plan
We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command, including an Illegal Migrant Identification Centre - harnessing cutting edge data fusion
A Reform government will create a cutting edge enforcement data centre to relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK. Using powers granted by the new legislation, it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police. It will power bulk warrants, including mandatory biometric capture during any police encounter. Each power addresses a failure mode observed over the past decade - for example, banks and GP surgeries unaware of a customer's status, or overstayers slipping through because a warrant covered only a single property.
Secure Immigration Removal Centres (SIRC) will be built rapidly to detain up to 24,000
Detention capacity for up to 24,000 will be created within 18 months. The Home Office will build Secure Immigration Removal Centres. This will be modular accommodation built in remote parts of the country. Conditions are basic but not punitive: prefabricated two-person rooms, canteen catering, on-site medical suites. Robust perimeters and internal movement controls prevent escapes.
This enables detention-on-arrest: no more bail. This capacity would allow for up to 24,000 illegal migrants to be deported per month.
Initial Voluntary Return Window
A six-month Assisted Voluntary Return window precedes large-scale raids. Illegal migrants will be offered a financial incentive to self-deport. An app will be launched to facilitate this.
The Deportation Flights
The Home Office will scale up charters to 5 flights per day. To guard against last-minute aircraft unserviceability, the RAF will keep one Voyager aircraft on six-hour 'hot-spare' readiness. If a commercial charter breaks down, detainees can still be flown out that night, preserving operational integrity. The legal reset will mean activist lawyers will no longer be able preven…

January 26, 2026 at 1:22 PM

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Kevin M. Kruse

@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Border Patrol is pulling out of Minneapolis. Bovino is ending his punitive tour of blue cities. Calls for Noem's resignation are mounting, even in conservative media. Senate Democrats are dug in now on refusing to fund DHS and ICE. "Abolish ICE" is now a mainstream position.

They are losing.

January 26, 2026 at 11:54 PM

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Comic Book Club

@comicbookclub.bsky.social

Sal Buscema, a comic artist best known for legendary runs on Marvel's Incredible Hulk and Spectacular Spider-Man, reportedly passed away last Friday, just short of his 90th birthday.

Sal Buscema, Comic Book Legend, Reportedly Dead At 89

The legend would have turned 90 today.

comicbookclublive.com

January 26, 2026 at 10:43 PM

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Kevin M. Kruse

@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Giving them more training won't make them more peaceful.

It'll just make their brutalization more polished and effective.

Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 2d

The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.”

The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.

January 26, 2026 at 8:53 PM

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Maxwell Frost

@maxwellfrost.bsky.social

Our VA Secretary wants all of his employees who serve our nation’s veterans to understand that if masked federal agents execute you on the streets in cold blood, he will not give a damn about you and will use your death as an opportunity to spread propaganda for the President.

January 26, 2026 at 9:21 PM

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Chris Geidner

@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

Star Tribune: “Republican Chris Madel made a stunning exit from the Minnesota governor’s race on Jan. 26, saying he cannot support the national GOP’s ‘stated retribution on the citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so.’”

Chris Madel ends GOP bid for governor, says he can’t support federal ‘retribution’ against Minnesota

His exit comes as some other Republicans have started to distance themselves from the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the state.

www.startribune.com

January 26, 2026 at 2:59 PM

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Adam Klasfeld

@klasfeldreports.com

A hearing is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. CT (10 a.m. ET) on the state of Minnesota's request to halt the ICE surge in the Twin Cities.

I'm covering the proceedings remotely.

From the state's memo:

buff.ly/ub2bHso

The balance of the equities tips sharply in Plaintiffs’ favor. Plaintiffs seek to protect
their sovereignty as well as their residents’ health, welfare, and safety. Plaintiffs also seek
to retain control over local law enforcement, education, and public safety. At bottom,
Plaintiffs seek to protect fundamental principles of American federalism from Defendants’ unprecedented intrusion. The public is in no way benefited from such unlawful or unconstitutional activity and there is substantial public interest in “Americans trusting their own government to follow the rule of law.” ...
On the other hand, the federal government faces no harm from an injunction. The
federal government has enforced federal law in Minnesota for decades without the support
of thousands of federal agents roving the streets and making illegal stops. Defendants may continue to enforce such laws even with Plaintiffs’ requested injunction in place.

January 26, 2026 at 2:52 PM

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Jeff Lazarus

@jlazarus.bsky.social

We did predict it. And we were called alarmist.

Screenshot of a tweet from Paul Graham "If someone had predicted before the last election that if Trump won, federal officers would be shooting Americans in the streets, he'd have been dismissed as an alarmist."

January 26, 2026 at 2:57 PM

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Eileen Clancy 🧿

@clancyny.bsky.social

Here's a regular white guy (literally "Chad") not a protester. because, "It seemed pointless, or just a way for people to expiate their sense of guilt." Chad witnessed something shattering. And, that all changed in a moment.

Excellent article!

One of those latecomers was a 46-year-old documentary filmmaker named Chad Knutson. On the morning after Good was killed, he was at home with his two hound dogs, watching a live feed from the Whipple Building, where ICE is based, a five-minute drive from his house. A protester had laid a rose on a makeshift memorial to Good. As Knutson watched, an ICE agent took the rose, put it in his lapel, and then mockingly gave it to a female ICE agent. They both laughed.

Knutson told me he had never been a protester. It seemed pointless, or just a way for people to expiate their sense of guilt. But when he saw those ICE agents laughing, something broke inside him.

“I grab my keys, I grab a coat, and drive over,” Knutson told me. “I barely park my car and I’m running out screaming and crying, ‘You stole a fucking flower from a dead woman. Like, are any of you human anymore?

January 26, 2026 at 4:33 AM

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Seth Cotlar

@sethcotlar.bsky.social

Following the Kent State massacre in May 1970, a Gallup poll showed that 58% of Americans thought the shootings were justified. The night *before* the killings, Ohio's GOP governor described the student protesters this way: "They're the worst type of people that we harbor in America."

January 26, 2026 at 2:43 PM

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Nome

@nome.bsky.social

I agree that the occupation of MN is different in scale than the brutality we've seen before, but the biggest difference is just that they're treating white people, white neighborhoods, with the impunity they've always shown towards black and brown ones.

They're just saying "no lives matter."

January 25, 2026 at 3:05 PM