Marlene
@mpersisting.bsky.social
Undaunted.
Member @massdems
All In for #NC
and #uglydogs
Member @massdems
All In for #NC
and #uglydogs
Please read this.
NEW: Of all the states that voted for Harris over Trump in 2024, there's only one where a Dem governor is overseeing an ICE's 287(g) program:
Massachusetts.
Other blue states have quit, or even outright banned it. My colleague on what's happening: boltsmag.org/massachusett...
Massachusetts.
Other blue states have quit, or even outright banned it. My colleague on what's happening: boltsmag.org/massachusett...
Inside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State - Bolts
As part of a 287(g) contract between state officials and ICE, Massachusetts continues to release prisoners into deportation—even as state lawmakers look to ban other forms of ICE collaboration.
boltsmag.org
February 9, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Please read this.
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Our enemies are cowards, and we're going to defeat them.
February 9, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Our enemies are cowards, and we're going to defeat them.
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This organization was started by two women who ran longshot races in 2018 and who are dedicated to helping folks figure out similar runs.
www.bluehorizontexas.org
www.bluehorizontexas.org
Nonprofit | Blue Horizon Texas
Blue Horizon Texas prepares Democratic and progressive candidates to run in red districts across Texas. We build coalitions and infrastructure to help diverse candidates run—everywhere.
www.bluehorizontexas.org
February 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
This organization was started by two women who ran longshot races in 2018 and who are dedicated to helping folks figure out similar runs.
www.bluehorizontexas.org
www.bluehorizontexas.org
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A few thoughts on last night's Tarrant County upset.
1. This is why we have to run in every race
2. This is what we tried to do in 2018, but folks weren't angry enough yet
3. A little money goes a long way in small campaigns. Republicans aren't actually spending in a lot of "safe" districts
1. This is why we have to run in every race
2. This is what we tried to do in 2018, but folks weren't angry enough yet
3. A little money goes a long way in small campaigns. Republicans aren't actually spending in a lot of "safe" districts
February 1, 2026 at 2:45 PM
A few thoughts on last night's Tarrant County upset.
1. This is why we have to run in every race
2. This is what we tried to do in 2018, but folks weren't angry enough yet
3. A little money goes a long way in small campaigns. Republicans aren't actually spending in a lot of "safe" districts
1. This is why we have to run in every race
2. This is what we tried to do in 2018, but folks weren't angry enough yet
3. A little money goes a long way in small campaigns. Republicans aren't actually spending in a lot of "safe" districts
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These times are filled with horrors and inspiration.
Devastating defeats and historic victories.
Altogether, it's exhausting.
That's why we must find joy.
I find joy in 10,000+ crows going to roost at dusk.
Tonight was one of the best nights yet.
Higher resolution: youtu.be/URWxDikio5Q 🪶
Devastating defeats and historic victories.
Altogether, it's exhausting.
That's why we must find joy.
I find joy in 10,000+ crows going to roost at dusk.
Tonight was one of the best nights yet.
Higher resolution: youtu.be/URWxDikio5Q 🪶
January 18, 2026 at 3:23 AM
These times are filled with horrors and inspiration.
Devastating defeats and historic victories.
Altogether, it's exhausting.
That's why we must find joy.
I find joy in 10,000+ crows going to roost at dusk.
Tonight was one of the best nights yet.
Higher resolution: youtu.be/URWxDikio5Q 🪶
Devastating defeats and historic victories.
Altogether, it's exhausting.
That's why we must find joy.
I find joy in 10,000+ crows going to roost at dusk.
Tonight was one of the best nights yet.
Higher resolution: youtu.be/URWxDikio5Q 🪶
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And this stat doesn’t even include the outside spending.
A noteworthy takeaway from tonight's Texas result is that the Republicans spent a metric truckload of money on this race. They spent millions more than the Democrats. The loss itself aside, this is a gigantic, flashing warning sign for the GOP's finances.
February 1, 2026 at 1:31 PM
And this stat doesn’t even include the outside spending.
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8. Weiss's project is creating an Operation Paperclip for Epstein's cronies. Taking a group of discredited men and rehabilitating them as necessary pillars of system. Dershowitz and Peter Attia are the Wernher von Brauns of reactionary centrism.
January 31, 2026 at 9:30 PM
8. Weiss's project is creating an Operation Paperclip for Epstein's cronies. Taking a group of discredited men and rehabilitating them as necessary pillars of system. Dershowitz and Peter Attia are the Wernher von Brauns of reactionary centrism.
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There is nothing shocking about class solidarity among the ruling class. They were, in fact, cynical and ruthless about protecting the power structure.
The thing that shocks me most is that all of this incriminating stuff was sitting at the DOJ for 4 years and Biden & Garland were not cynical or ruthless enough to use it against Trump & Musk in the run up to 2024.
If only they were the evil ‘weaponizers of government’ that MAGA claimed they were!
If only they were the evil ‘weaponizers of government’ that MAGA claimed they were!
January 31, 2026 at 1:40 PM
There is nothing shocking about class solidarity among the ruling class. They were, in fact, cynical and ruthless about protecting the power structure.
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🚨 WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! 🚨 One of our volunteers, Noah, a veteran who has been doing work as a medic in MN, was arrested and is being held without bail. Please call his reps using the call script!
January 31, 2026 at 1:42 AM
🚨 WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! 🚨 One of our volunteers, Noah, a veteran who has been doing work as a medic in MN, was arrested and is being held without bail. Please call his reps using the call script!
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This is the moderate position now. Or it should be.
Abolish DHS. If you can imagine a world before Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, you can imagine a world without the Department of Homeland Security. My latest at @startribune.com. (gift link)
Perry: Abolish ICE? How about DHS altogether.
"We have models for how to structure federal immigration oversight that doesn't rely on an unaccountable masked secret police force running rampant in our streets," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:38 PM
This is the moderate position now. Or it should be.
Hilarious, and beautifully written and true. Worth a read.
This is a wonderful article, it's funny and silly and incredibly clear about the subversiveness of absurdity. Please read it.
“The very first rubber dick to touch government-issued leather boots triggered a full-blown chemical weapons response.”
January 27, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Hilarious, and beautifully written and true. Worth a read.
Jasper and Rio totally know how to enjoy a snow day
They actually have never cuddled like this before!
Please note that the cat weighs 30lbs and the dog weighs 11lbs!
They actually have never cuddled like this before!
Please note that the cat weighs 30lbs and the dog weighs 11lbs!
January 26, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Jasper and Rio totally know how to enjoy a snow day
They actually have never cuddled like this before!
Please note that the cat weighs 30lbs and the dog weighs 11lbs!
They actually have never cuddled like this before!
Please note that the cat weighs 30lbs and the dog weighs 11lbs!
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If an auditorium full of middle aged white people in Hickory NC exploded into sustained applause because an author criticized ICE then the Dems need to get on board
January 22, 2026 at 2:37 AM
If an auditorium full of middle aged white people in Hickory NC exploded into sustained applause because an author criticized ICE then the Dems need to get on board
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ICE are abducting 5 year olds, using them as bait to get to their family, and shipping them to a Texas concentration camp all in a single day.
We need a Nuremberg for everyone involved. Abolish ICE isn't enough.
We need a Nuremberg for everyone involved. Abolish ICE isn't enough.
January 22, 2026 at 12:27 AM
ICE are abducting 5 year olds, using them as bait to get to their family, and shipping them to a Texas concentration camp all in a single day.
We need a Nuremberg for everyone involved. Abolish ICE isn't enough.
We need a Nuremberg for everyone involved. Abolish ICE isn't enough.
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Have seen many variations of this & broadly agree—but the part that struck me in the moment wasn’t “this is a microcosm for how America sucks” — it was “this is a microcosm for trying to behave democratically & respectfully of one another in a complex, evolving situation with things we can't know.”
i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
January 20, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Have seen many variations of this & broadly agree—but the part that struck me in the moment wasn’t “this is a microcosm for how America sucks” — it was “this is a microcosm for trying to behave democratically & respectfully of one another in a complex, evolving situation with things we can't know.”
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I think there is some information in there that isn't familiar to a lot of people. Including that the US is currently holding three times as many people in immigration detention as were detained in the entire Nazi concentration camp system in spring 1939—six years into the Third Reich.
January 20, 2026 at 3:43 AM
I think there is some information in there that isn't familiar to a lot of people. Including that the US is currently holding three times as many people in immigration detention as were detained in the entire Nazi concentration camp system in spring 1939—six years into the Third Reich.
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jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
![YOUR RING CAMERA IS AN ICE AGENT
[a drawing of a ring camera with an ice agent dragging a person away in its field of vision]
"In October of 2025, Amazon's Ring announced its partnership with FLOCK, an A.I. surveillance group that freely shares its footage with ICE, the secret service, and the navy. Flock customers can use A.I. tools to sift through footage to assist in all manner of operations (like raids and deportations) without a warrant. Unplug Ring! Melt ICE! Protect your neighbors!
See: https://blog.ring.com/about-ring/ring-expands-community-requests-to-additional-community-safety-partners/
https://www.404media.co/ice-secret-service-navy-all-had-access-to-flocks-nationwide-network-of-cameras/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ
https://www.aclum.org/campaigns-initiatives/get-the-flock-out-resource-guide/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p2aefnvhb3zmkrazk67dppxw/bafkreic7teyeocg7k5qcqxnc666k7clyiislh2zfi6iopcz6fs3e3lt6xy@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 8:15 PM
jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
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Periodic reminder that Ring has fed video to law enforcement agencies for ages even before this.
Don't buy them. Get rid of them if you have them.
Don't buy them. Get rid of them if you have them.
January 19, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Periodic reminder that Ring has fed video to law enforcement agencies for ages even before this.
Don't buy them. Get rid of them if you have them.
Don't buy them. Get rid of them if you have them.
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DOES EVERY ELECTED DEMOCRAT HAVE A FUCKING BRAIN PARASITE THAT FORCES THEM TO TALK SOLELY ABOUT AFFORDABILITY. FUCK.
NEW: In this interview, Chuck Schumer describes the "five buckets" Dems think are key to their possibly winning a Senate majority in 2026: housing, "the high price of food [and] food monopolies playing a major role there," electricity, "the high cost of childcare," and health care.
Zero Chucks Left to Give
Chuck Schumer now sees a path back to the majority. Can he manage his way through it?
www.thebulwark.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:12 AM
DOES EVERY ELECTED DEMOCRAT HAVE A FUCKING BRAIN PARASITE THAT FORCES THEM TO TALK SOLELY ABOUT AFFORDABILITY. FUCK.
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#UglyDogs If you are anywhere near the 11th Airborne Division in Alaska currently on standby for a deployment to Minnesota, please spread the word and protest to remind them of their oath to the Constitution.
I can’t fly up there, but can assist from MN, if we get organized.
#StandWithMN
I can’t fly up there, but can assist from MN, if we get organized.
#StandWithMN
Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, Washington Post reports reut.rs/49MjFfL
Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, Washington Post reports
The U.S. Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the Washington Post reported on Sunday, citing defense officials.
reut.rs
January 18, 2026 at 4:50 PM
#UglyDogs If you are anywhere near the 11th Airborne Division in Alaska currently on standby for a deployment to Minnesota, please spread the word and protest to remind them of their oath to the Constitution.
I can’t fly up there, but can assist from MN, if we get organized.
#StandWithMN
I can’t fly up there, but can assist from MN, if we get organized.
#StandWithMN
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Just dropped a palate cleansing conversation w/the inspiring @abreezeclayton.bsky.social about the North Carolina Democratic Party fielding candidates in all 170 state legislative seats and her optimism about the November elections.
Watch, enjoy, and share!
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/anderson-c...
Watch, enjoy, and share!
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/anderson-c...
Anderson Clayton Dropped By With Exciting News And A Preview of Battleground North Carolina In 2026
Always great to see our inspiring Democratic Party Chair of North Carolina
www.hopiumchronicles.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Just dropped a palate cleansing conversation w/the inspiring @abreezeclayton.bsky.social about the North Carolina Democratic Party fielding candidates in all 170 state legislative seats and her optimism about the November elections.
Watch, enjoy, and share!
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/anderson-c...
Watch, enjoy, and share!
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/anderson-c...
Honestly, the trauma of the week is just hitting me tonight.
Trying to find space to mourn, and connect with my community.
Trying to find space to mourn, and connect with my community.
January 9, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Honestly, the trauma of the week is just hitting me tonight.
Trying to find space to mourn, and connect with my community.
Trying to find space to mourn, and connect with my community.
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There are no short cuts. I'm sorry. There is only long term, consistent, and disciplined organizing.
January 8, 2026 at 5:59 PM
There are no short cuts. I'm sorry. There is only long term, consistent, and disciplined organizing.
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Sunday afternoon Visibility Brigade in Concord MA.
70 intrepid, angry, noble souls braved the cold and icy walk to send their message.
We usually only have a handful of folks.
You can do it too. It’s SO worth it. 🗽🇺🇸
Sunday afternoon Visibility Brigade in Concord MA.
70 intrepid, angry, noble souls braved the cold and icy walk to send their message.
We usually only have a handful of folks.
You can do it too. It’s SO worth it. 🗽🇺🇸
January 5, 2026 at 2:29 AM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Sunday afternoon Visibility Brigade in Concord MA.
70 intrepid, angry, noble souls braved the cold and icy walk to send their message.
We usually only have a handful of folks.
You can do it too. It’s SO worth it. 🗽🇺🇸
Sunday afternoon Visibility Brigade in Concord MA.
70 intrepid, angry, noble souls braved the cold and icy walk to send their message.
We usually only have a handful of folks.
You can do it too. It’s SO worth it. 🗽🇺🇸