Lane Ranger
@laneranger.bsky.social
Supporter of Artists, Musicians, History and our Constitutional Rights for all! Retired public servant with a passion for pursuit of justice, truth and economic opportunity for all. We need to right the wrongs and failures of our nation's past !
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Lane Ranger
@laneranger.bsky.social
· Dec 14
Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Nuclear Studies
Purdue and its experts are uniquely qualified to study small modular and advanced reactor technology.
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Now that Governor Mike Braun is no longer on the Trump good friends list will Purdue University lose out on Department of Energy small nuke reactor moneys that the billionaire owned AI Data Center corporations are pushing down the throat of Indiana and other states?
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They devised a way to get me into the theater to watch the Melania movie
January 27, 2026 at 12:32 PM
They devised a way to get me into the theater to watch the Melania movie
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In a footnote, "[t]he Court expresses its appreciation to [AUSA] Ana Voss and her colleagues, who have struggled mightily to ensure that [DHS, ICE, Sec. Noem] comply with court orders despite the fact that [DHS, ICE, Sec. Noem] have failed to provide them with adequate resources."
👀 Judge Schlitz, the chief federal judge in Minnesota, has ordered the head of ICE, Todd Lyons, to appeal personally in court Friday and threatened him with contempt for the agency’s repeated violation of court orders.
“The court’s patience is at an end.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
“The court’s patience is at an end.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 27, 2026 at 12:00 PM
In a footnote, "[t]he Court expresses its appreciation to [AUSA] Ana Voss and her colleagues, who have struggled mightily to ensure that [DHS, ICE, Sec. Noem] comply with court orders despite the fact that [DHS, ICE, Sec. Noem] have failed to provide them with adequate resources."
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Trump impeachment whistleblower Alexander Vindman launches Democratic Senate campaign in Florida https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-impeachment-whistleblower-alexander-vindman-110000910.html
Trump impeachment whistleblower Alexander Vindman launches Democratic Senate campaign in Florida
Vindman, a retired lieutenant colonel now challenging Republican Ashley Moody, testified before Congress about Trump’s call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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January 27, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Trump impeachment whistleblower Alexander Vindman launches Democratic Senate campaign in Florida https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-impeachment-whistleblower-alexander-vindman-110000910.html
Oregon’s U.S. Rep. Bynum pitches patchwork ‘K-30’ plan to tackle generational affordability issues oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/01/26/o...
Oregon’s U.S. Rep. Bynum pitches patchwork ‘K-30’ plan to tackle generational affordability issues • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Bynum’s policy package is meant to address high housing costs, high student debt burdens and wage stagnation shouldered by young Oregonians.
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January 27, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Oregon’s U.S. Rep. Bynum pitches patchwork ‘K-30’ plan to tackle generational affordability issues oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/01/26/o...
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The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired
January 27, 2026 at 2:07 AM
The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired
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New: Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Schumer told Dems the caucus unified and message is “restrain, reform and restrict ICE,” per sources.
They want DHS bill stripped.
Inside the Dem call + what’s next: www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Schumer told Dems the caucus unified and message is “restrain, reform and restrict ICE,” per sources.
They want DHS bill stripped.
Inside the Dem call + what’s next: www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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 26, 2026 at 2:37 PM
New: Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Schumer told Dems the caucus unified and message is “restrain, reform and restrict ICE,” per sources.
They want DHS bill stripped.
Inside the Dem call + what’s next: www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Schumer told Dems the caucus unified and message is “restrain, reform and restrict ICE,” per sources.
They want DHS bill stripped.
Inside the Dem call + what’s next: www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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The decision, by US District Judge Katherine Menendez, prohibits federal immigration agents in Minnesota from arresting, detaining or retaliating against peaceful protesters or observers…
The decision, by US District Judge Katherine Menendez, prohibits federal immigration agents in Minnesota from arresting, detaining or retaliating against peaceful protesters or observers…
Federal judge rules on ICE protocols in Minnesota
With the uptick in ICE's presence in Minnesota, there’s a new federal ruling about Immigration officers’ protocols in the field.
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January 26, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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The decision, by US District Judge Katherine Menendez, prohibits federal immigration agents in Minnesota from arresting, detaining or retaliating against peaceful protesters or observers…
The decision, by US District Judge Katherine Menendez, prohibits federal immigration agents in Minnesota from arresting, detaining or retaliating against peaceful protesters or observers…
Our do nothing Congressman's response to my letter about ICE executing two Americans! A nothing burger response!
Jim "Big Daddy" Baird is part of the problem - he is a traitor to his Oath by not protecting the Constitutional Rights of Americans!
Jim "Big Daddy" Baird is part of the problem - he is a traitor to his Oath by not protecting the Constitutional Rights of Americans!
January 26, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Our do nothing Congressman's response to my letter about ICE executing two Americans! A nothing burger response!
Jim "Big Daddy" Baird is part of the problem - he is a traitor to his Oath by not protecting the Constitutional Rights of Americans!
Jim "Big Daddy" Baird is part of the problem - he is a traitor to his Oath by not protecting the Constitutional Rights of Americans!
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We're horrified & outraged: Immigration agents have once again committed cold-blooded murder of a public observer who posed no threat to them.
This time, they've executed a fellow nurse, Alex Pretti. We demand justice and accountability. Abolish ICE, now! https://bit.ly/4big77u
This time, they've executed a fellow nurse, Alex Pretti. We demand justice and accountability. Abolish ICE, now! https://bit.ly/4big77u
National Nurses United outraged by murder of VA registered nurse by immigration agents, demand abolition of ICE
NNU issued the following statement in response to the murder of Alex Pretti, RN: “The nation’s nurses, who make it their mission to care for and save human lives, are horrified and outraged that immig...
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January 25, 2026 at 5:06 AM
We're horrified & outraged: Immigration agents have once again committed cold-blooded murder of a public observer who posed no threat to them.
This time, they've executed a fellow nurse, Alex Pretti. We demand justice and accountability. Abolish ICE, now! https://bit.ly/4big77u
This time, they've executed a fellow nurse, Alex Pretti. We demand justice and accountability. Abolish ICE, now! https://bit.ly/4big77u
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Look how @nationalnurses.bsky.social (a labor union) is using its power 💪
NEWS: @nationalnurses.bsky.social “demands Congress abolish ICE entirely. We will be doing everything in our power to vote out any elected official who supports funding for this all-out assault on the health, safety, and civil rights of our people.”
National Nurses United (@nationalnurses.bsky.social)
The largest RN union in U.S. history, with more than 225,000 nurses nationwide.
nationalnurses.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Look how @nationalnurses.bsky.social (a labor union) is using its power 💪
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Abolish ICE and prosecute everyone who stays in it from this day forward as members of a criminal conspiracy to commit murder.
January 24, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Abolish ICE and prosecute everyone who stays in it from this day forward as members of a criminal conspiracy to commit murder.
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Bankrupting small farmers so that their farms can be bought up cheaply by Acre Trader is all part of J. D. Vance and Project 2025’s plan.
January 16, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Bankrupting small farmers so that their farms can be bought up cheaply by Acre Trader is all part of J. D. Vance and Project 2025’s plan.
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Kill Trump’s “ Freezing Rain/ICE” “Gestapo!
January 24, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Kill Trump’s “ Freezing Rain/ICE” “Gestapo!
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In other news, DHS officials have requested of NBC Sports that during its Winter Olympics coverage, it refer to the figure skating, speed skating, hockey and curling events as taking place not on "ice," but on "freezing rain."
CNN: DHS officials have come to FEMA staff and told them to limit the use of the word ice…they are worried that by posting something like, watch out for the ice, that it's going to become a meme….
January 24, 2026 at 3:28 AM
In other news, DHS officials have requested of NBC Sports that during its Winter Olympics coverage, it refer to the figure skating, speed skating, hockey and curling events as taking place not on "ice," but on "freezing rain."
Trump put his own fat ass fanny in the Fannie Mae commercials letting people drool over houses to buy that dont exist!
January 24, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Trump put his own fat ass fanny in the Fannie Mae commercials letting people drool over houses to buy that dont exist!
Looks like we are in for some real winter snow in Central and Southern Indiana!
January 24, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Looks like we are in for some real winter snow in Central and Southern Indiana!
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There is, obviously, no “Presidential Immunity Clause” in the Constitution. The conservative justices’ un-originalist efforts to imagine one into it cannot be supported by text or history. trib.al/s7gCvNt
John Roberts and the Cynical Cult of Federalist No. 70
Alexander Hamilton’s treatise on executive power is one of the conservative legal movement’s favorite texts to quote—and misquote.
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December 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
There is, obviously, no “Presidential Immunity Clause” in the Constitution. The conservative justices’ un-originalist efforts to imagine one into it cannot be supported by text or history. trib.al/s7gCvNt
Alex Tabet was great this am on MS Now saying these Minnesotan’s are literally descendants of “ Vikings” !
January 23, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Alex Tabet was great this am on MS Now saying these Minnesotan’s are literally descendants of “ Vikings” !
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Jack Smith knows a lot of things. Things Trump wouldn't like discussed.
It's strange for the President of the United States to be litigating in his personal capacity against the Justice Department he runs — but he's seeking an order barring "current, former and future" DOJ officials from releasing Jack Smith's second volume. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 21, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Jack Smith knows a lot of things. Things Trump wouldn't like discussed.
Just chance that the Trump farm tariffs fiasco bailout costs $12 billion - the same $12 billion Congress approved in 2022 to feed 34 million kids food in the SNAP SUN food program!
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January 21, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Just chance that the Trump farm tariffs fiasco bailout costs $12 billion - the same $12 billion Congress approved in 2022 to feed 34 million kids food in the SNAP SUN food program!
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncn...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncn...