Maggie
@maggieoconnell.bsky.social
Visual Information Specialist
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ICE & CBP never left Los Angeles. In fact, today the feds set a daily record for number of kidnappings.
Do not fall for the trap of “X says they’re leaving the city.” LA may have disappeared from the headlines but it’s still going on. We must continue to organize & fight back. Solidarity 🖤
Do not fall for the trap of “X says they’re leaving the city.” LA may have disappeared from the headlines but it’s still going on. We must continue to organize & fight back. Solidarity 🖤
DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol and ICE Raid Almost 20 L.A. Communities, Almost 30 Total in SoCal in Record Numbers
@eltragon.bsky.social
@eltragon.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 5:23 AM
ICE & CBP never left Los Angeles. In fact, today the feds set a daily record for number of kidnappings.
Do not fall for the trap of “X says they’re leaving the city.” LA may have disappeared from the headlines but it’s still going on. We must continue to organize & fight back. Solidarity 🖤
Do not fall for the trap of “X says they’re leaving the city.” LA may have disappeared from the headlines but it’s still going on. We must continue to organize & fight back. Solidarity 🖤
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We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 PM
We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
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NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official
The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.
www.huffpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:59 PM
NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
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A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 PM
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
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NEW: A ton of additional details about Mobile Fortify, including the company behind the app, which is being used by ICE agents to scan the faces of countless people in the US.
The app sends that data to CBP, which uses AI to match the info with existing records.
The app sends that data to CBP, which uses AI to match the info with existing records.
Here's the Company That Sold DHS ICE's Notorious Face Recognition App
Immigration agents have used Mobile Fortify to scan the faces of countless people in the US—including many citizens.
www.wired.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:39 PM
NEW: A ton of additional details about Mobile Fortify, including the company behind the app, which is being used by ICE agents to scan the faces of countless people in the US.
The app sends that data to CBP, which uses AI to match the info with existing records.
The app sends that data to CBP, which uses AI to match the info with existing records.
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Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.
January 28, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.
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Gun sales to the general public have been falling for years. In 2025, firearms companies found a lucrative new opportunity: arming the Trump administration’s deportation operation.
Gun Sellers Have Made Millions From Trump’s Deployment of Immigration Agents
Last year, the Department of Homeland Security spent a record sum on guns and ammunition, a Trace analysis found.
www.thetrace.org
January 28, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Gun sales to the general public have been falling for years. In 2025, firearms companies found a lucrative new opportunity: arming the Trump administration’s deportation operation.
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“Just do night abductions of families so it doesn’t hurt our business community” is the most Dem take ever.
"I'm gonna give Homan the benefit of the doubt"
"They should coordinate with local law enforcement, pick these people up in the middle of the night when they're not suspecting it"
Walz is capitulating to fascists and encouraging night raids. Genuinely disgusting. Why would anyone settle for this?
"They should coordinate with local law enforcement, pick these people up in the middle of the night when they're not suspecting it"
Walz is capitulating to fascists and encouraging night raids. Genuinely disgusting. Why would anyone settle for this?
January 28, 2026 at 1:46 AM
“Just do night abductions of families so it doesn’t hurt our business community” is the most Dem take ever.
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This is exactly the problem with 99% of bike infrastructure implementation in the US.
It is done opportunistically or paired with repaving on a piece-by-piece basis, rather than implemented *as a network first*.
This is how you get a bike network in Los Angeles like this.
It is done opportunistically or paired with repaving on a piece-by-piece basis, rather than implemented *as a network first*.
This is how you get a bike network in Los Angeles like this.
January 27, 2026 at 9:59 PM
This is exactly the problem with 99% of bike infrastructure implementation in the US.
It is done opportunistically or paired with repaving on a piece-by-piece basis, rather than implemented *as a network first*.
This is how you get a bike network in Los Angeles like this.
It is done opportunistically or paired with repaving on a piece-by-piece basis, rather than implemented *as a network first*.
This is how you get a bike network in Los Angeles like this.
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New CBS News contributors: Aaron Rodgers, Roseanne Barr, Anton Chigurh, Stephen Miller, Stephen Miller (the other one), Stephen Miller (found a third one), a smokin' hot babe with huge bazongas, Walter White, Tom (not Jerry), big bucket of gravy, Budd Dwyer (deceased), Thomas Chatterton Williams.
January 27, 2026 at 11:27 PM
New CBS News contributors: Aaron Rodgers, Roseanne Barr, Anton Chigurh, Stephen Miller, Stephen Miller (the other one), Stephen Miller (found a third one), a smokin' hot babe with huge bazongas, Walter White, Tom (not Jerry), big bucket of gravy, Budd Dwyer (deceased), Thomas Chatterton Williams.
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This world class research is critical in this era of climate change. It is a global treasure. What Americans Lose If Their National Center for Atmospheric Research Is Dismantled eos.org/opinions/wha... @geolsoc.bsky.social @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social @agu.org @jeremybroberts.bsky.social
What Americans Lose If Their National Center for Atmospheric Research Is Dismantled - Eos
Five ways dismantling NCAR will cost the American people, and two ways to save it.
eos.org
January 27, 2026 at 3:23 PM
This world class research is critical in this era of climate change. It is a global treasure. What Americans Lose If Their National Center for Atmospheric Research Is Dismantled eos.org/opinions/wha... @geolsoc.bsky.social @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social @agu.org @jeremybroberts.bsky.social
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This mid-afternoon Alex Pretti vigil at the Portland VA was not heavily promoted. But the crowd probably stretches a quarter mile or more. Americans are galvanized and grieving.
January 27, 2026 at 11:47 PM
This mid-afternoon Alex Pretti vigil at the Portland VA was not heavily promoted. But the crowd probably stretches a quarter mile or more. Americans are galvanized and grieving.
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🚨 NEW 🚨 ICE And CBP have spent a record $140 Million on Amazon and Microsoft tech during Trump's second term.
Many of their staff aren't happy about it.
www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi...
Many of their staff aren't happy about it.
www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi...
ICE And CBP Have Spent $140 Million On Amazon And Microsoft Clouds Under Trump
The world’s biggest technology companies are among those profiting from the Trump administration’s aggressive funding of immigration agencies like ICE.
the power off.
www.forbes.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:11 PM
🚨 NEW 🚨 ICE And CBP have spent a record $140 Million on Amazon and Microsoft tech during Trump's second term.
Many of their staff aren't happy about it.
www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi...
Many of their staff aren't happy about it.
www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi...
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Lauren Sanchez is getting roasted online for her look at the Dior fashion show. Some of the reviews include: “She looks like a mob wife,” “She’s wearing Amazon Essentials,” “Money can’t buy taste or style,” and “She bought that on Temu.”
January 27, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Lauren Sanchez is getting roasted online for her look at the Dior fashion show. Some of the reviews include: “She looks like a mob wife,” “She’s wearing Amazon Essentials,” “Money can’t buy taste or style,” and “She bought that on Temu.”
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Again, their actual position is “if you disagree with us we get to kill you”
January 27, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Again, their actual position is “if you disagree with us we get to kill you”
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Fascism's public support is based almost entirely on submission fantasies.
Tim Pool would feel much better seeing dominatrix a few times a month rather than cucking himself on the internet.
Tim Pool would feel much better seeing dominatrix a few times a month rather than cucking himself on the internet.
Tim Pool: “I’m not licking the boot. It’s my boot. I voted for it. I’m the one stomping…”
This mindset is genuinely pathetic.
It’s an alpha fantasy: watching state violence and imagining you’re exercising power rather than the one submitting to it.
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This mindset is genuinely pathetic.
It’s an alpha fantasy: watching state violence and imagining you’re exercising power rather than the one submitting to it.
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January 27, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Fascism's public support is based almost entirely on submission fantasies.
Tim Pool would feel much better seeing dominatrix a few times a month rather than cucking himself on the internet.
Tim Pool would feel much better seeing dominatrix a few times a month rather than cucking himself on the internet.
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This meme never misses.
January 27, 2026 at 7:54 PM
This meme never misses.
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One thing I found deeply moving about resistance in the Twin Cities was the universalism of loving your neighbor, the philosophy driving the opposition to the ICE/BP invasion. I couldn't help but notice the contrast with the blood and soil-ism of Miller and Vance. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 2:38 PM
One thing I found deeply moving about resistance in the Twin Cities was the universalism of loving your neighbor, the philosophy driving the opposition to the ICE/BP invasion. I couldn't help but notice the contrast with the blood and soil-ism of Miller and Vance. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Very much looking forward to this - Silicon Empires by @nsrnicek.bsky.social is the best book I've read on the political economy of AI
The Dig you’ve been waiting for to understand the political economy of AI as it becomes fulcrum of global contests and conflicts over economic and military dominance. My interview w/ @nsrnicek.bsky.social on his book Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI www.thedigradio.com/podcast/sili...
Silicon Empires w/ Nick Srnicek
Nick Srnicek on Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI. A deep exploration of the political economy of AI: the fulcrum of the authoritarian tech oligarchy—and of global contests for economic ...
www.thedigradio.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Very much looking forward to this - Silicon Empires by @nsrnicek.bsky.social is the best book I've read on the political economy of AI
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El Centro is about 60 miles from the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park where the climactic car chase scene in OBAA was filmed.
January 27, 2026 at 12:23 AM
El Centro is about 60 miles from the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park where the climactic car chase scene in OBAA was filmed.
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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Gift link.
How the Bernie Goetz Shootings Explain the Trump Era
A notorious event in 1984 divided New Yorkers in ways that feel extremely familiar four decades later.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Gift link.
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"There is a logic, and this logic has a name. It’s called state terror." --M. Gessen
Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:56 PM
"There is a logic, and this logic has a name. It’s called state terror." --M. Gessen
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A major newspaper publishing guide to help people identify the munitions their government is using against them is a real "Late Republic America" timepeice that future historians will comment on.
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:54 PM
A major newspaper publishing guide to help people identify the munitions their government is using against them is a real "Late Republic America" timepeice that future historians will comment on.