Derek
@leftcoastderek.bsky.social
Educator, advocate, global citizen, and constantly curious 🏳️🌈
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Absolutely shameful to throw your employee under the bus when they’re murdered, but that’s what happens when you’re in the dumbest cult of personality in the history of the world
January 26, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Absolutely shameful to throw your employee under the bus when they’re murdered, but that’s what happens when you’re in the dumbest cult of personality in the history of the world
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The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
January 25, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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We are all traumatized.
We all have power.
Do more. 🇺🇸
We all have power.
Do more. 🇺🇸
January 25, 2026 at 2:39 AM
We are all traumatized.
We all have power.
Do more. 🇺🇸
We all have power.
Do more. 🇺🇸
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Less than one minute later.
January 24, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Less than one minute later.
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To put a finer point on it: Republicans have embraced the “insurrectionist theory” of the Second Amendment—the notion that you have a constitutional right to stage an armed rebellion against the government if it becomes tyrannical.
Now they’re lining up to say ICE can shoot any armed protester?
Now they’re lining up to say ICE can shoot any armed protester?
I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
January 24, 2026 at 7:12 PM
To put a finer point on it: Republicans have embraced the “insurrectionist theory” of the Second Amendment—the notion that you have a constitutional right to stage an armed rebellion against the government if it becomes tyrannical.
Now they’re lining up to say ICE can shoot any armed protester?
Now they’re lining up to say ICE can shoot any armed protester?
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Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
January 24, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
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AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.
January 22, 2026 at 11:29 PM
AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.
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Nuclear proliferation.
No one is talking about it but it's definitely an issue that Greenland highlights. Every middle power in the world from Germany to South Korea to Brazil now has an incentive to secretly develop nuclear weapon capability.
No one is talking about it but it's definitely an issue that Greenland highlights. Every middle power in the world from Germany to South Korea to Brazil now has an incentive to secretly develop nuclear weapon capability.
January 21, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Nuclear proliferation.
No one is talking about it but it's definitely an issue that Greenland highlights. Every middle power in the world from Germany to South Korea to Brazil now has an incentive to secretly develop nuclear weapon capability.
No one is talking about it but it's definitely an issue that Greenland highlights. Every middle power in the world from Germany to South Korea to Brazil now has an incentive to secretly develop nuclear weapon capability.
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1/ I recently wrote about Frances Perkins—FDR’s Labor Secretary and first woman cabinet member. She is best known as the architect of the New Deal but she had a lesser-known achievement:
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
January 14, 2026 at 3:43 AM
1/ I recently wrote about Frances Perkins—FDR’s Labor Secretary and first woman cabinet member. She is best known as the architect of the New Deal but she had a lesser-known achievement:
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
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What could Hakeem Jeffries and the Dem leadership including @whipkclark.bsky.social do?
This. They could do this. This is being done against the wishes of the Dem leadership.
This. They could do this. This is being done against the wishes of the Dem leadership.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus, which has nearly 100 members, announced its members will oppose any new funding for immigration enforcement until "meaningful" reforms are put in place. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
Progressive Caucus To Oppose Any New Funding For Immigration Enforcement
www.huffpost.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:39 PM
What could Hakeem Jeffries and the Dem leadership including @whipkclark.bsky.social do?
This. They could do this. This is being done against the wishes of the Dem leadership.
This. They could do this. This is being done against the wishes of the Dem leadership.
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The goal here is martial law. It’s martial law. Let’s be clear about that.
January 10, 2026 at 6:22 PM
The goal here is martial law. It’s martial law. Let’s be clear about that.
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The 'get their vehicle out of the snow' is such a blatant lie- I can't even. Just look at the videos. We midwesterners know there's barely any snow at all & the streets are plowed! Then look at the giant DHS SUVs. Yeah, sure one of those 4-wheel drive monsters was stuck in the snow. Good grief.
January 9, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The 'get their vehicle out of the snow' is such a blatant lie- I can't even. Just look at the videos. We midwesterners know there's barely any snow at all & the streets are plowed! Then look at the giant DHS SUVs. Yeah, sure one of those 4-wheel drive monsters was stuck in the snow. Good grief.
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Kristi Noem: "Renee Good was a domestic terrorist."
January 8, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Kristi Noem: "Renee Good was a domestic terrorist."
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For almost a year, Donald Trump's personal police force has rampaged across America.
His administration has driven extremism and cruelty while discarding basic safeguards and accountability.
Now, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen is dead.
His administration has driven extremism and cruelty while discarding basic safeguards and accountability.
Now, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen is dead.
January 7, 2026 at 11:46 PM
For almost a year, Donald Trump's personal police force has rampaged across America.
His administration has driven extremism and cruelty while discarding basic safeguards and accountability.
Now, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen is dead.
His administration has driven extremism and cruelty while discarding basic safeguards and accountability.
Now, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen is dead.
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There is currently an enormous protest in the streets of Minneapolis in response to the murder there today by the American Gestapo, ICE. I take some comfort in this.
January 8, 2026 at 12:26 AM
There is currently an enormous protest in the streets of Minneapolis in response to the murder there today by the American Gestapo, ICE. I take some comfort in this.
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X/Twitter algorithm promotes fascism and site creates kiddie porn, but serious Business & Media & Political Elites insist they have to stay there to engage "real Americans"
January 5, 2026 at 8:24 PM
X/Twitter algorithm promotes fascism and site creates kiddie porn, but serious Business & Media & Political Elites insist they have to stay there to engage "real Americans"
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Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
January 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
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Donald Trump is now reposting videos on Truth Social suggesting that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz had Melissa Hortman assassinated.
This is objectively evil, and calling it out should not be political.
This is objectively evil, and calling it out should not be political.
January 3, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Donald Trump is now reposting videos on Truth Social suggesting that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz had Melissa Hortman assassinated.
This is objectively evil, and calling it out should not be political.
This is objectively evil, and calling it out should not be political.
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The post office changed their postmark rules, potentially disqualifying votes in upcoming elections.
Postmarks indicate when the USPS processed mail now, not when you dropped it off.
To ensure a same-day postmark, you must visit a post office and ask for a manual stamp.
Postmarks indicate when the USPS processed mail now, not when you dropped it off.
To ensure a same-day postmark, you must visit a post office and ask for a manual stamp.
a spongebob squarepants scene with a mailbox and a flower
ALT: a spongebob squarepants scene with a mailbox and a flower
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December 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The post office changed their postmark rules, potentially disqualifying votes in upcoming elections.
Postmarks indicate when the USPS processed mail now, not when you dropped it off.
To ensure a same-day postmark, you must visit a post office and ask for a manual stamp.
Postmarks indicate when the USPS processed mail now, not when you dropped it off.
To ensure a same-day postmark, you must visit a post office and ask for a manual stamp.
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Forcing the AG to publicly defend every redaction, line-by-line, would be a fun exercise.
Schiff: "I think we ought to bring Pam Bondi before the Senate Judiciary Committee demand answers as to why the DOJ has violated the law."
December 20, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Forcing the AG to publicly defend every redaction, line-by-line, would be a fun exercise.
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Hey MAGA friends?
I hope y'all are ready to blindly support more special treatment for a convicted child rapist - bc Trump thinks he can get you there.
I hope y'all are ready to blindly support more special treatment for a convicted child rapist - bc Trump thinks he can get you there.
A day before the redacted Epstein Files are set to be partially released, Ghislaine Maxwell has asked a federal court to vacate or amend her conviction and 20-year prison sentence, a move seen as an attempt to delay or disrupt the release of the Epstein files. #OpDeathEaters
December 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Hey MAGA friends?
I hope y'all are ready to blindly support more special treatment for a convicted child rapist - bc Trump thinks he can get you there.
I hope y'all are ready to blindly support more special treatment for a convicted child rapist - bc Trump thinks he can get you there.
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There hasn’t been enough appreciation for how thoroughly BENNIE THOMPSON humiliated FBI official GLASHEEN after he tried to sell the lie that ANTIFA is the top domestic terror threat.
The claim collapsed because it’s a cover.
Check my latest…
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
The claim collapsed because it’s a cover.
Check my latest…
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
December 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
There hasn’t been enough appreciation for how thoroughly BENNIE THOMPSON humiliated FBI official GLASHEEN after he tried to sell the lie that ANTIFA is the top domestic terror threat.
The claim collapsed because it’s a cover.
Check my latest…
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
The claim collapsed because it’s a cover.
Check my latest…
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
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🤷🏼 ⏰ Trump’s Heath care plan is coming “very soon” y’all
(From Home of the Brave)
(From Home of the Brave)
December 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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