Mattison
@mattison.bsky.social
Speaking truth in the political wilderness.
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
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DOGE got our Social Security information and bank account data. Palantir has access to passport, Global Entry, TSA privileges. As in the Hamdmaid’s Tale, the Trump regime can now control every one of us by locking up our bank accounts and revoking access to travel. This is war. None of us are safe.
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Regular reminder that ICE is NOT law enforcement.
January 29, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Regular reminder that ICE is NOT law enforcement.
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Judge orders government to stop refugee deportations. ‘Refugees have a legal right to be in the U.S., a right to work, a right to live peacefully—and importantly, a right not to be subjected to the terror of being arrested and detained without warrants or cause...'" www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Federal judge bars Trump administration from detaining lawful refugees in Minnesota
On Wednesday, a federal judge filed a temporary restraining order preventing the Trump Administration from detaining lawfully resettled refugees in Minnesota.
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January 30, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Judge orders government to stop refugee deportations. ‘Refugees have a legal right to be in the U.S., a right to work, a right to live peacefully—and importantly, a right not to be subjected to the terror of being arrested and detained without warrants or cause...'" www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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reminder that a small handful of Republicans in the House and Senate could end this madness today
January 30, 2026 at 3:22 PM
reminder that a small handful of Republicans in the House and Senate could end this madness today
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And then they came for the journalists
And I still did not speak out....
And I still did not speak out....
January 30, 2026 at 5:27 PM
And then they came for the journalists
And I still did not speak out....
And I still did not speak out....
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Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
This is from Georgia Fort’s video.
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
January 30, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
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The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
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the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.
January 30, 2026 at 4:40 PM
the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.
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“There was a car seat in the back with one of those baby blankets you get at the hospital. There were broken glass shards all over it,” he said. “I carefully pulled back the blanket and there was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.” www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
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January 30, 2026 at 3:46 PM
“There was a car seat in the back with one of those baby blankets you get at the hospital. There were broken glass shards all over it,” he said. “I carefully pulled back the blanket and there was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.” www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
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The arrest of Don Lemon is yet another piece of evidence that America is being held hostage by a criminal and a regime that could not care less about the 1st Amendment & the Constitution. In this 250th year of our republic, we need every American who cares about keeping it to stand up & speak out.
January 30, 2026 at 2:52 PM
The arrest of Don Lemon is yet another piece of evidence that America is being held hostage by a criminal and a regime that could not care less about the 1st Amendment & the Constitution. In this 250th year of our republic, we need every American who cares about keeping it to stand up & speak out.
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So we've gotten to the 'arresting journalists' phase of our descent into fascism.
January 30, 2026 at 2:25 PM
So we've gotten to the 'arresting journalists' phase of our descent into fascism.
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Don Lemon on January 20 after the Justice Dept. first threatened him:
"We were there chronicling protests... Once the protest started in the church, we did an act of journalism, which was report on it and talk to the people who were involved... That's it... It's called journalism. First Amendment."
"We were there chronicling protests... Once the protest started in the church, we did an act of journalism, which was report on it and talk to the people who were involved... That's it... It's called journalism. First Amendment."
January 30, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Don Lemon on January 20 after the Justice Dept. first threatened him:
"We were there chronicling protests... Once the protest started in the church, we did an act of journalism, which was report on it and talk to the people who were involved... That's it... It's called journalism. First Amendment."
"We were there chronicling protests... Once the protest started in the church, we did an act of journalism, which was report on it and talk to the people who were involved... That's it... It's called journalism. First Amendment."
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“We remain in the early days of a fight that will not soon end or be cooled by these anti-American extremists who want nothing less than a white nationalist state, the destruction of the Constitution and the dissolution of democratic life in America.”
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De-Escalation Is a Lie
Don't believe the momentary softening rhetoric toward Minneapolis. It's only meant to quiet the opposition.
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January 30, 2026 at 1:34 PM
“We remain in the early days of a fight that will not soon end or be cooled by these anti-American extremists who want nothing less than a white nationalist state, the destruction of the Constitution and the dissolution of democratic life in America.”
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KRUGMAN: “.. It’s a humiliating day for the Federal Reserve. .. Donald Trump thinks he looks the part.
“.. Warsh’s colleagues will largely ignore him, albeit without expressing their contempt ..”
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“.. Warsh’s colleagues will largely ignore him, albeit without expressing their contempt ..”
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January 30, 2026 at 3:04 PM
KRUGMAN: “.. It’s a humiliating day for the Federal Reserve. .. Donald Trump thinks he looks the part.
“.. Warsh’s colleagues will largely ignore him, albeit without expressing their contempt ..”
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“.. Warsh’s colleagues will largely ignore him, albeit without expressing their contempt ..”
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For months and months I said Trump was going to arrest and imprison his enemies and I think people just thought I was being alarmist. He will absolutely put them all away to feed his disturbing, sick mind. He’s becoming more and more dangerous and mentally ill. #Projection
January 30, 2026 at 2:12 PM
For months and months I said Trump was going to arrest and imprison his enemies and I think people just thought I was being alarmist. He will absolutely put them all away to feed his disturbing, sick mind. He’s becoming more and more dangerous and mentally ill. #Projection
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This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.
This just in: "Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy awards," Lemon's attorney Abbe Lowell says.
January 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM
This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.
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No arrests of the ICE thugs who murdered Alex Pretti, Renee Good, or Keith Porter. No arrests of anyone in the Epstein Files. But they arrested Don Lemon because of his journalism.
January 30, 2026 at 1:44 PM
No arrests of the ICE thugs who murdered Alex Pretti, Renee Good, or Keith Porter. No arrests of anyone in the Epstein Files. But they arrested Don Lemon because of his journalism.
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We're in a time in American history where the president of the United States is sending FBI agents out to help rig the midterms. This is not an administration, it's a mafia doing their dirty work for all to see & I am FURIOUS at everyone who helped normalize this level of crime in our government.
January 29, 2026 at 10:30 PM
We're in a time in American history where the president of the United States is sending FBI agents out to help rig the midterms. This is not an administration, it's a mafia doing their dirty work for all to see & I am FURIOUS at everyone who helped normalize this level of crime in our government.
DOGE got our Social Security information and bank account data. Palantir has access to passport, Global Entry, TSA privileges. As in the Hamdmaid’s Tale, the Trump regime can now control every one of us by locking up our bank accounts and revoking access to travel. This is war. None of us are safe.
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:28 PM
DOGE got our Social Security information and bank account data. Palantir has access to passport, Global Entry, TSA privileges. As in the Hamdmaid’s Tale, the Trump regime can now control every one of us by locking up our bank accounts and revoking access to travel. This is war. None of us are safe.
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
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Just a fundamentally evil, malevolent person. Rotten to the very core.
January 30, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Just a fundamentally evil, malevolent person. Rotten to the very core.
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Sitting President attempts to steal $10 BILLION from taxpayers.
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Sitting President attempts to steal $10 BILLION from taxpayers.
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
They want us afraid. When we stand together, we cannot be defeated.
It takes a strong woman to speak up, regardless of the risk‼️ Kayla Schultz, who recorded the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis from her car‼️
January 30, 2026 at 3:00 AM
They want us afraid. When we stand together, we cannot be defeated.
They want us afraid. When we stand together, we cannot be defeated.
Anderson Cooper speaks with Kayla Schultz who recorded the shooting of Alex Pretti through a car windshield.
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Another brave person in Minneapolis standing up to Trump and his goon squads
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January 30, 2026 at 2:59 AM
They want us afraid. When we stand together, we cannot be defeated.
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You go, @ruthmarcus.bsky.social
"To ask about this, again and again, is not slander, it is an obligation... Because to let this episode slide...would be to accept that no accountability is ever imposed on anyone in Trump’s orbit. Where’s the fifty thousand?"
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"To ask about this, again and again, is not slander, it is an obligation... Because to let this episode slide...would be to accept that no accountability is ever imposed on anyone in Trump’s orbit. Where’s the fifty thousand?"
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand
Lawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability.
www.newyorker.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:29 PM
You go, @ruthmarcus.bsky.social
"To ask about this, again and again, is not slander, it is an obligation... Because to let this episode slide...would be to accept that no accountability is ever imposed on anyone in Trump’s orbit. Where’s the fifty thousand?"
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
"To ask about this, again and again, is not slander, it is an obligation... Because to let this episode slide...would be to accept that no accountability is ever imposed on anyone in Trump’s orbit. Where’s the fifty thousand?"
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...