Mike Bob Helen
@mstanger.bsky.social
I’d rather be on Beaver Island (with my wife, of course). Cubs fan since 1968. Peace, social justice, and genealogy.
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Mike Bob Helen
@mstanger.bsky.social
· May 21
Screwworm. Sounds like a descendant of Screwtape and Wormwood. Texas could be in for a devil of a time. So sad.
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The people who don’t understand the English lyrics of Born in the USA are very mad that they don’t understand the lyrics of songs in Spanish.
February 9, 2026 at 3:37 AM
The people who don’t understand the English lyrics of Born in the USA are very mad that they don’t understand the lyrics of songs in Spanish.
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This woman is in charge of the US Agency for Global Media, which is supposed to serve and represent the best American values
February 9, 2026 at 3:10 AM
This woman is in charge of the US Agency for Global Media, which is supposed to serve and represent the best American values
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I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
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Update. Racism is the Republican platform. Almost no Republican elected has denounced. The exception proves the rule. Around three republican electives in Congress have expressed objections to this. Two of them are giving the White House the benefit of the doubt saying it might have been a mistake
February 6, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Update. Racism is the Republican platform. Almost no Republican elected has denounced. The exception proves the rule. Around three republican electives in Congress have expressed objections to this. Two of them are giving the White House the benefit of the doubt saying it might have been a mistake
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Repulsive.
This President is a disgrace and every Republican should have to answer for Trump's disgusting behavior.
This President is a disgrace and every Republican should have to answer for Trump's disgusting behavior.
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Repulsive.
This President is a disgrace and every Republican should have to answer for Trump's disgusting behavior.
This President is a disgrace and every Republican should have to answer for Trump's disgusting behavior.
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ICE agent wearing skull mask that is usually associated with the neo Nazi atomwaffen group
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February 4, 2026 at 1:14 AM
ICE agent wearing skull mask that is usually associated with the neo Nazi atomwaffen group
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"pointing a gun at an unarmed suspect who poses no danger constitutes excessive force"
#Ice #AbolishIce
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#Ice #AbolishIce
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BAIRD v. RENBARGER (2009) | FindLaw
Case opinion for US 7th Circuit BAIRD v. RENBARGER. Read the Court's full decision on FindLaw.
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February 3, 2026 at 4:51 PM
"pointing a gun at an unarmed suspect who poses no danger constitutes excessive force"
#Ice #AbolishIce
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#Ice #AbolishIce
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
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Teens takeover Walmart to protest ICE.
That’s a double punch. 🙏
That’s a double punch. 🙏
January 31, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Teens takeover Walmart to protest ICE.
That’s a double punch. 🙏
That’s a double punch. 🙏
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@jimacosta.bsky.social liked hearing your thought on @velshimsnow.bsky.social about covering 47 less. He feeds on being in the news. A one week blackout seems in order. Hope others will pick up on that idea and you organize a critical mass to make it so.
January 31, 2026 at 5:15 PM
@jimacosta.bsky.social liked hearing your thought on @velshimsnow.bsky.social about covering 47 less. He feeds on being in the news. A one week blackout seems in order. Hope others will pick up on that idea and you organize a critical mass to make it so.
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It’s entirely legal to record LE officers from your car. So they’re brazenly, illegally terrorizing this woman for exercising her constitutional rights.
Yet we know that none of these officers be held accountable. We know this administration encourages this behavior.
This is police state stuff.
Yet we know that none of these officers be held accountable. We know this administration encourages this behavior.
This is police state stuff.
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 6:43 PM
It’s entirely legal to record LE officers from your car. So they’re brazenly, illegally terrorizing this woman for exercising her constitutional rights.
Yet we know that none of these officers be held accountable. We know this administration encourages this behavior.
This is police state stuff.
Yet we know that none of these officers be held accountable. We know this administration encourages this behavior.
This is police state stuff.
Federal agents arrest man in front of 2-year-old son in Shoreline
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Federal agents arrest man in front of 2-year-old son in Shoreline
The two-year-old son sat alone in the back seat for about 40 minutes, eyewitnesses said.
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January 30, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Federal agents arrest man in front of 2-year-old son in Shoreline
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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In case you don't really have a dog in this fight and haven't decided who to root for yet.
January 28, 2026 at 3:31 PM
In case you don't really have a dog in this fight and haven't decided who to root for yet.
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Cardinal Joseph Tobin, one of the country's highest-ranking Catholic leaders, called for the defunding of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement due to "concern for the common good."
January 29, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Cardinal Joseph Tobin, one of the country's highest-ranking Catholic leaders, called for the defunding of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement due to "concern for the common good."
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Senator Patty Murray and Rep. Adam Smith both take corporate PAC money from Palantir, the company that builds tech for ICE.
Of course they won’t support abolishing the agency
Of course they won’t support abolishing the agency
January 30, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Senator Patty Murray and Rep. Adam Smith both take corporate PAC money from Palantir, the company that builds tech for ICE.
Of course they won’t support abolishing the agency
Of course they won’t support abolishing the agency
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MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 AM
MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
@ronjohnsonwi.bsky.social tells @pbsnews.org that American citizens’ deaths at the hands of the government isn’t as bad as illegal immigration and anyway it’s protestors’ own fault.
January 30, 2026 at 3:32 AM
@ronjohnsonwi.bsky.social tells @pbsnews.org that American citizens’ deaths at the hands of the government isn’t as bad as illegal immigration and anyway it’s protestors’ own fault.
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This is the CDC map for homicide rates by state for the most recent year on their website.
Gov. Landry, who leads one of the states in the nation with the highest murder rate, is on television chiding Minnesota, one of the states with the lowest murder rates.
Gov. Landry, who leads one of the states in the nation with the highest murder rate, is on television chiding Minnesota, one of the states with the lowest murder rates.
January 29, 2026 at 5:41 PM
This is the CDC map for homicide rates by state for the most recent year on their website.
Gov. Landry, who leads one of the states in the nation with the highest murder rate, is on television chiding Minnesota, one of the states with the lowest murder rates.
Gov. Landry, who leads one of the states in the nation with the highest murder rate, is on television chiding Minnesota, one of the states with the lowest murder rates.
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need a lot more of this.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
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Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
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January 27, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need a lot more of this.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
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Exactly right, and therefore important not to give credit for an investigation of an obvious atrocity. Appropriate responses are apologies, resignations, firings, impeachments. The individuals who killed people should be tried before a judge and jury.
Okay, so this is an authoritarian playbook trick, once the evidence is overwhelming say everyone needs to wait for the official investigation then either fix it or attack it when its completed. Same shit Russian pulled with MH17 and chemical attacks in Syria, very predictable.
Reporter: Will Stephen Miller be apologizing to the family of Alex Pretti for calling him an assassin?
Leavitt: This incident remains under investigation.
Leavitt: This incident remains under investigation.
January 27, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Exactly right, and therefore important not to give credit for an investigation of an obvious atrocity. Appropriate responses are apologies, resignations, firings, impeachments. The individuals who killed people should be tried before a judge and jury.
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TRUMP ADMINSTRATION: "You can't protest by getting loud, agitated, and in our faces!"
PROTESTORS: "OK, we'll just protest by silently kneeling during the national anthem."
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: "YOU CAN'T DO THAT EITHER!!!!!"
PROTESTORS: "OK, we'll just protest by silently kneeling during the national anthem."
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: "YOU CAN'T DO THAT EITHER!!!!!"
January 27, 2026 at 7:39 PM
TRUMP ADMINSTRATION: "You can't protest by getting loud, agitated, and in our faces!"
PROTESTORS: "OK, we'll just protest by silently kneeling during the national anthem."
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: "YOU CAN'T DO THAT EITHER!!!!!"
PROTESTORS: "OK, we'll just protest by silently kneeling during the national anthem."
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: "YOU CAN'T DO THAT EITHER!!!!!"
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At a Jan. 24 outdoor vigil service honoring Alex Pretti and at Sunday Masses in Catholic parishes in the Twin Cities, Catholics spoke urgently of the need to stand up against injustice in the current immigration crackdown.
Catholic Minnesotans stand against intimidation, killings in immigration crackdown
At a Jan. 24 outdoor vigil service honoring Alex Pretti and at Sunday Masses in Catholic parishes in the Twin Cities, Catholics spoke urgently of the need to stand up against injustice in the current ...
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January 27, 2026 at 7:19 PM
At a Jan. 24 outdoor vigil service honoring Alex Pretti and at Sunday Masses in Catholic parishes in the Twin Cities, Catholics spoke urgently of the need to stand up against injustice in the current immigration crackdown.
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
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Thank you, Congresswoman. Now, please invoke Rule IX and force a vote on impeachment for any and all of these people.
I know so many of you are angry, heartbroken, and scared. While we are grieving the killing of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good and all the families torn apart by this Administration—we must continue to organize and act. In Congress. In the courts. And, in our communities! ✊
Rep. Stansbury: Pushing back in Congress, the courts, & our communities
YouTube video by Rep. Melanie Stansbury
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January 26, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Thank you, Congresswoman. Now, please invoke Rule IX and force a vote on impeachment for any and all of these people.