Laura Bridgewater
@knit1write2.bsky.social
Biblioholic, fiber enthusiast, and gardening novice. Hoarder of books, yarns, and (apparently) Bluesky accounts. 🤦🏻♀️ Working on Act III. She/her
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A reminder that we can’t only abolish ICE; it’s the entire fucking Department of Homeland Security that has to go.
DHS is almost half as old as I am. It is a vestige of post-9/11 bullshit. It can and should be abolished in its entirety.
(And yes, I still refuse to admit that I am old.)
DHS is almost half as old as I am. It is a vestige of post-9/11 bullshit. It can and should be abolished in its entirety.
(And yes, I still refuse to admit that I am old.)
January 9, 2026 at 12:06 AM
A reminder that we can’t only abolish ICE; it’s the entire fucking Department of Homeland Security that has to go.
DHS is almost half as old as I am. It is a vestige of post-9/11 bullshit. It can and should be abolished in its entirety.
(And yes, I still refuse to admit that I am old.)
DHS is almost half as old as I am. It is a vestige of post-9/11 bullshit. It can and should be abolished in its entirety.
(And yes, I still refuse to admit that I am old.)
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While working on Is This America, I've read & transcribed a lot of Confederate letters and diaries. In one letter, Tom Rowland, a Virginian who was leaving West Point to become a traitor, stated the departing cadets’ position clearly. Secession was happening and he wondered what was taking so long.
January 9, 2026 at 3:05 AM
While working on Is This America, I've read & transcribed a lot of Confederate letters and diaries. In one letter, Tom Rowland, a Virginian who was leaving West Point to become a traitor, stated the departing cadets’ position clearly. Secession was happening and he wondered what was taking so long.
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A photo essay from @chrisgeidner.bsky.social on Washington, D.C.’s 14th Street protest on Thursday evening.
“The people, united, will never be defeated.“
www.lawdork.com/p/dc-ice-pro...
“The people, united, will never be defeated.“
www.lawdork.com/p/dc-ice-pro...
January 9, 2026 at 3:07 AM
A photo essay from @chrisgeidner.bsky.social on Washington, D.C.’s 14th Street protest on Thursday evening.
“The people, united, will never be defeated.“
www.lawdork.com/p/dc-ice-pro...
“The people, united, will never be defeated.“
www.lawdork.com/p/dc-ice-pro...
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Philadelphia in candlelight.
A city paused.
Love showed up for Renee Nicole Good.
A city paused.
Love showed up for Renee Nicole Good.
January 9, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Philadelphia in candlelight.
A city paused.
Love showed up for Renee Nicole Good.
A city paused.
Love showed up for Renee Nicole Good.
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Heading toward the White House
January 9, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Heading toward the White House
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people are staring out the restaurant windows with mouths open
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 PM
people are staring out the restaurant windows with mouths open
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Whole width of the street
January 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Whole width of the street
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Protesters in DC have shut down U Street
January 8, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Protesters in DC have shut down U Street
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According to my sources, the FBI was initially open to a concurrent investigation with the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (the state agency that would do this investigation).
Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
According to my sources, the FBI was initially open to a concurrent investigation with the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (the state agency that would do this investigation).
Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
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This is bullshit. They absolutely have jurisdiction.
Noem on Minnesota officials: "They have not been cut out. They don't have any jurisdiction in this investigation."
January 8, 2026 at 5:39 PM
This is bullshit. They absolutely have jurisdiction.
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Yes, Jan. 6, especially Ashli Babbitt, is the best possible example that none of the people reacting to Renee Good's murder by saying officers can kill you if you don't do whatever they say actually mean it.
Unlike Good, Babbitt was in the midst of a crime, posed a direct threat, and didn't comply.
Unlike Good, Babbitt was in the midst of a crime, posed a direct threat, and didn't comply.
Nothing highlights this better than them celebrating Ashli Babbitt as a martyr on January 6th while condemning Renee Good to death on January 7th, while shouting she should have just obeyed federal agents.
January 8, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Yes, Jan. 6, especially Ashli Babbitt, is the best possible example that none of the people reacting to Renee Good's murder by saying officers can kill you if you don't do whatever they say actually mean it.
Unlike Good, Babbitt was in the midst of a crime, posed a direct threat, and didn't comply.
Unlike Good, Babbitt was in the midst of a crime, posed a direct threat, and didn't comply.
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No one who treated "wear a mask when you enter this store" as horrific tyranny actually believe in deference to state authority.
It's Schmittian friend-enemy politics all the way down. "We" should be able to do whatever we feel like without consequence. "They" should be harassed, repressed, killed.
It's Schmittian friend-enemy politics all the way down. "We" should be able to do whatever we feel like without consequence. "They" should be harassed, repressed, killed.
January 8, 2026 at 2:56 PM
No one who treated "wear a mask when you enter this store" as horrific tyranny actually believe in deference to state authority.
It's Schmittian friend-enemy politics all the way down. "We" should be able to do whatever we feel like without consequence. "They" should be harassed, repressed, killed.
It's Schmittian friend-enemy politics all the way down. "We" should be able to do whatever we feel like without consequence. "They" should be harassed, repressed, killed.
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Yes, we’re looking at you, cowards. No one will ever remember your names anyway 50 years from now. Why not live forever as Profiles In Courage? Harvard will give you cushy fellowships. Publishers will make you rich. And it all has the advantage of fulfilling the damn oaths you swore to do your jobs.
And you, Brian Fitzpatrick, Don Bacon, Mike Lawler, and David Valadao, you absolute oath-violating cowards.
January 8, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Yes, we’re looking at you, cowards. No one will ever remember your names anyway 50 years from now. Why not live forever as Profiles In Courage? Harvard will give you cushy fellowships. Publishers will make you rich. And it all has the advantage of fulfilling the damn oaths you swore to do your jobs.
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Your regular reminder that ~90% of the lawless authoritarianism could end today, simply by these Senators & about 7 other people in Congress caucusing with the Democrats & giving them governing majorities in both chambers until the crimes & fascism stop.
Todd Young has voted YES on the Venezuela war powers resolution; Murkowski, Collins and Paul are a YES. This will have the simple-majority vote needed to pass unless one or more Democrats vote NO.
January 8, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Your regular reminder that ~90% of the lawless authoritarianism could end today, simply by these Senators & about 7 other people in Congress caucusing with the Democrats & giving them governing majorities in both chambers until the crimes & fascism stop.
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man why did we get the 1984 dystopia with the forever wars and disinformation and fanatics, that's like the suckiest one
coulda gone for Brave New World and at least had sex and drugs
or one of those teenager ones where the main threat is what if your job was assigned based on a personality test
coulda gone for Brave New World and at least had sex and drugs
or one of those teenager ones where the main threat is what if your job was assigned based on a personality test
January 8, 2026 at 4:08 PM
man why did we get the 1984 dystopia with the forever wars and disinformation and fanatics, that's like the suckiest one
coulda gone for Brave New World and at least had sex and drugs
or one of those teenager ones where the main threat is what if your job was assigned based on a personality test
coulda gone for Brave New World and at least had sex and drugs
or one of those teenager ones where the main threat is what if your job was assigned based on a personality test
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Someone in my chat yesterday complained a game was 'pandering to noobs' with a change they'd made and I'm like
And? They made a thing more accessible to players that was fairly irrelevant at that point anyway.
Get over yourself. You're not the only one that plays games.
Let people play games.
And? They made a thing more accessible to players that was fairly irrelevant at that point anyway.
Get over yourself. You're not the only one that plays games.
Let people play games.
January 7, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Someone in my chat yesterday complained a game was 'pandering to noobs' with a change they'd made and I'm like
And? They made a thing more accessible to players that was fairly irrelevant at that point anyway.
Get over yourself. You're not the only one that plays games.
Let people play games.
And? They made a thing more accessible to players that was fairly irrelevant at that point anyway.
Get over yourself. You're not the only one that plays games.
Let people play games.
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masked, unidentified goons who assault and murder with impunity. a literal gestapo.
This is the ICE agent who murdered a woman by shooting her multiple times in the face.
January 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM
masked, unidentified goons who assault and murder with impunity. a literal gestapo.
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“I see patients every day that come to me with cancer and are asymptomatic…” said Adrian Diaz, a surgical oncologist… “In a positive way, we catch it early. It’s potentially treatable, curable. Seeing that number, over a million patients, who will not have that opportunity — I was taken aback.”
Medicaid restrictions may lead to a million missed cancer screenings over two years: study
New Medicaid eligibility rules may cause more than a million missed cancer screenings, and more than 100 preventable deaths, new study says.
www.statnews.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:02 PM
“I see patients every day that come to me with cancer and are asymptomatic…” said Adrian Diaz, a surgical oncologist… “In a positive way, we catch it early. It’s potentially treatable, curable. Seeing that number, over a million patients, who will not have that opportunity — I was taken aback.”
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this is where all the words Walz & Frey brought yesterday need to meet actual action, because people have pretty much hit the breaking point of leaders thinking saying mean things to the bad guy is sufficient
"The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has just revealed that federal officials have 'reversed course,' and the investigation into the killing of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE agent will be conducted by the FBI without assistance from the BCA."
Live: FBI pushes Minnesota investigators aside in ICE shooting probe
Demonstrators gathered near the Whipple Federal Building after thousands attended vigils to remember Renee Nicole Good, who was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Minneapolis public school classes...
www.startribune.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:37 PM
this is where all the words Walz & Frey brought yesterday need to meet actual action, because people have pretty much hit the breaking point of leaders thinking saying mean things to the bad guy is sufficient
Clearly an attempt by the Trump Administration to protect ICE from consequences of blatantly illegal actions
"The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has just revealed that federal officials have 'reversed course,' and the investigation into the killing of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE agent will be conducted by the FBI without assistance from the BCA."
Live: FBI pushes Minnesota investigators aside in ICE shooting probe
Demonstrators gathered near the Whipple Federal Building after thousands attended vigils to remember Renee Nicole Good, who was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Minneapolis public school classes...
www.startribune.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Clearly an attempt by the Trump Administration to protect ICE from consequences of blatantly illegal actions
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Not acceptable. The state authorities should subpoena these records and witnesses to conduct their own investigation.
January 8, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Not acceptable. The state authorities should subpoena these records and witnesses to conduct their own investigation.
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Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
January 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
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That's wild. It's a 40-year-old term. The guy who originated it and scholars who popularized it are still with us. I've often shared resources about this with older white scientists, but there's also a deep connection to journalism.
His notes on the term here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjami...
His notes on the term here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjami...
January 7, 2026 at 3:15 PM
That's wild. It's a 40-year-old term. The guy who originated it and scholars who popularized it are still with us. I've often shared resources about this with older white scientists, but there's also a deep connection to journalism.
His notes on the term here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjami...
His notes on the term here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjami...
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keep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense
After a white county in South Carolina rejected a data center, developers have sets their sights on a Black community for a proposed data center complex the size of 1,200 football fields
After a White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area
Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are “overwhelmingly” non-white.
capitalbnews.org
January 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
keep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense