Normal Citizen Vermont
@normalcitizenvt.bsky.social
Just a normal citizen here in Vermont
Project manager by day, political junkie the rest of the time
Project manager by day, political junkie the rest of the time
Vermont snow day
January 26, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Vermont snow day
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“Do you regret rushing to judgment?”
“Does Trump agree he was a domestic terrorist?”
“Will Stephen Miller apologize to Alex Pretti’s family?”
Predictably, Karolie blamed Dems and took no accountability
“Does Trump agree he was a domestic terrorist?”
“Will Stephen Miller apologize to Alex Pretti’s family?”
Predictably, Karolie blamed Dems and took no accountability
January 26, 2026 at 8:14 PM
“Do you regret rushing to judgment?”
“Does Trump agree he was a domestic terrorist?”
“Will Stephen Miller apologize to Alex Pretti’s family?”
Predictably, Karolie blamed Dems and took no accountability
“Does Trump agree he was a domestic terrorist?”
“Will Stephen Miller apologize to Alex Pretti’s family?”
Predictably, Karolie blamed Dems and took no accountability
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DHS said ICE is targeting “the worst of the worst,” including people convicted of aggravated assault, false imprisonment & endangering child welfare. Maine’s governor said many of them appeared to involve people with jobs, kids in local schools & no criminal records.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
Portland, Maine, Feels Like a Small Town — And ICE Isn’t Welcome
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:12 PM
DHS said ICE is targeting “the worst of the worst,” including people convicted of aggravated assault, false imprisonment & endangering child welfare. Maine’s governor said many of them appeared to involve people with jobs, kids in local schools & no criminal records.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
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Close the ICE death camps!
January 26, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Close the ICE death camps!
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Senate Dems Finally Realized They Shouldn’t Fund ICE. It Only Took a Second Murder
Trump’s agents murdered Alex Pretti on Saturday. Now, Republicans have lost the votes they need to expand ICE’s budget, @andrewperez.bsky.social and @premthakker.bsky.social report.
Read:
zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...
Trump’s agents murdered Alex Pretti on Saturday. Now, Republicans have lost the votes they need to expand ICE’s budget, @andrewperez.bsky.social and @premthakker.bsky.social report.
Read:
zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...
Senate Dems Finally Realized They Shouldn’t Fund ICE. It Only Took a Second Murder
Trump’s agents murdered Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday. Now, Republicans have lost the votes they need to expand ICE’s budget.
zeteo.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Senate Dems Finally Realized They Shouldn’t Fund ICE. It Only Took a Second Murder
Trump’s agents murdered Alex Pretti on Saturday. Now, Republicans have lost the votes they need to expand ICE’s budget, @andrewperez.bsky.social and @premthakker.bsky.social report.
Read:
zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...
Trump’s agents murdered Alex Pretti on Saturday. Now, Republicans have lost the votes they need to expand ICE’s budget, @andrewperez.bsky.social and @premthakker.bsky.social report.
Read:
zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...
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Primary him. Unforgivable www.politico.com/live-updates...
Suozzi: ‘I failed’ when voting to pass DHS funding bill
The moderate Democrat crossed party lines to back a bill providing $10 billion in funding for ICE.
www.politico.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Primary him. Unforgivable www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Evidence again of @jonathanbchait.bsky.social's point that the phone is the weapon Trump fears most
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 26, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Evidence again of @jonathanbchait.bsky.social's point that the phone is the weapon Trump fears most
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Trump is being moved *right now* by outrage, even if he hates it and wishes he could crush it.
I think they might, yes. An idea worth considering since Trump and his regime aren't moved by outrage. I would guess Trump actually enjoys the chaos and hearing people wail. He does seem to care about the economy & business.
January 26, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Trump is being moved *right now* by outrage, even if he hates it and wishes he could crush it.
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“But we have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. It is a political logic, one known from attempts to replace the rule of law with personal tyranny.
It is the logic of lies and of lawlessness.”
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
It is the logic of lies and of lawlessness.”
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Lies and Lawlessness
The Camps, the Executions, and the Future
open.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:55 PM
“But we have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. It is a political logic, one known from attempts to replace the rule of law with personal tyranny.
It is the logic of lies and of lawlessness.”
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
It is the logic of lies and of lawlessness.”
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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“I live in Minnesota. I voted for Trump. I’m a conservative… he had a 2A Right to have a gun — They’re shooting white people, Black people, everyone… wake the fuck up. Stop defending these motherfuckers. Martial law is right on our doorstep.”
January 26, 2026 at 6:27 PM
“I live in Minnesota. I voted for Trump. I’m a conservative… he had a 2A Right to have a gun — They’re shooting white people, Black people, everyone… wake the fuck up. Stop defending these motherfuckers. Martial law is right on our doorstep.”
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Great. Everything is so fucked that somehow I agree with Greenwald.
He nails it here, though.
He nails it here, though.
January 26, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Great. Everything is so fucked that somehow I agree with Greenwald.
He nails it here, though.
He nails it here, though.
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“LET US OUT!”
women & children scream for help inside a detention camp in TEXAS, where private prisons like core civic make billions of taxpayer dollars holding them while abusing, neglecting them, refusing them health care, feeding them dirty food & water, etc.
In our name🇺🇸
women & children scream for help inside a detention camp in TEXAS, where private prisons like core civic make billions of taxpayer dollars holding them while abusing, neglecting them, refusing them health care, feeding them dirty food & water, etc.
In our name🇺🇸
January 26, 2026 at 4:45 PM
“LET US OUT!”
women & children scream for help inside a detention camp in TEXAS, where private prisons like core civic make billions of taxpayer dollars holding them while abusing, neglecting them, refusing them health care, feeding them dirty food & water, etc.
In our name🇺🇸
women & children scream for help inside a detention camp in TEXAS, where private prisons like core civic make billions of taxpayer dollars holding them while abusing, neglecting them, refusing them health care, feeding them dirty food & water, etc.
In our name🇺🇸
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Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), one of the moderates who's joined Republicans in the past to pass bills when most Democrats don't, just put out a statement saying she's voting against the DHS funding bill without "additional reforms."
January 26, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), one of the moderates who's joined Republicans in the past to pass bills when most Democrats don't, just put out a statement saying she's voting against the DHS funding bill without "additional reforms."
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Ellison: "The Bondi letter reveals what this is all about. This is not about fraud and it's not even about immigration, and it's certainly not about law enforcement. It's about handing over documents of the state of Minnesota, private information, including voting information, to the federal govt."
January 26, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Ellison: "The Bondi letter reveals what this is all about. This is not about fraud and it's not even about immigration, and it's certainly not about law enforcement. It's about handing over documents of the state of Minnesota, private information, including voting information, to the federal govt."
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This was an uphill battle for the state of Minnesota — but Pam Bondi's letter may have turned it into a viable one, if not today, down the line.
Time will tell. 🔽
Time will tell. 🔽
JUDGE: “It concerns me that Attorney General Bondi’s letter cites three things that are the subject of pending litigation before this court,” referring to the District of Minnesota.
"Is the executive trying to achieve a goal through force that it can't achieve through the Courts?"
"Is the executive trying to achieve a goal through force that it can't achieve through the Courts?"
January 26, 2026 at 5:07 PM
This was an uphill battle for the state of Minnesota — but Pam Bondi's letter may have turned it into a viable one, if not today, down the line.
Time will tell. 🔽
Time will tell. 🔽
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Had Republicans had just stuck to hammering Democrats on fraud they would've had a potent political weapon. Instead they turned it into a hate campaign against Somalis and an orgy of violence against Minnesotans and now we're getting statements like this 👇
pretty wild statement re: Republican Chris Madel drop from race for MN governor:
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
January 26, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Had Republicans had just stuck to hammering Democrats on fraud they would've had a potent political weapon. Instead they turned it into a hate campaign against Somalis and an orgy of violence against Minnesotans and now we're getting statements like this 👇
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The only state capacities that Trump is expanding rather than retracting involve guns and prisons
January 26, 2026 at 2:58 PM
The only state capacities that Trump is expanding rather than retracting involve guns and prisons
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A hearing is starting soon on Minnesota's request for a court order temporarily halting the surge of federal officers. State/local officials renewed their request for immediate action after a Border Patrol agent shot and killed Alex Pretti over the weekend: buff.ly/wtN77Ax
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Prev: buff.ly/LgbhBWs
January 26, 2026 at 3:02 PM
A hearing is starting soon on Minnesota's request for a court order temporarily halting the surge of federal officers. State/local officials renewed their request for immediate action after a Border Patrol agent shot and killed Alex Pretti over the weekend: buff.ly/wtN77Ax
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Prev: buff.ly/LgbhBWs
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Star Tribune: “Republican Chris Madel made a stunning exit from the Minnesota governor’s race on Jan. 26, saying he cannot support the national GOP’s ‘stated retribution on the citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so.’”
Chris Madel ends GOP bid for governor, says he can’t support federal ‘retribution’ against Minnesota
His exit comes as some other Republicans have started to distance themselves from the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the state.
www.startribune.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Star Tribune: “Republican Chris Madel made a stunning exit from the Minnesota governor’s race on Jan. 26, saying he cannot support the national GOP’s ‘stated retribution on the citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so.’”
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🔥 GOV. @abigailspanberger.com on VA’s redistricting amendment: “This is a response to what we’re seeing in other states, where extreme measures undermine democratic norms… and for those who may oppose, I call on you to make your opposition to what is happening in other states clear.”
January 26, 2026 at 2:31 PM
🔥 GOV. @abigailspanberger.com on VA’s redistricting amendment: “This is a response to what we’re seeing in other states, where extreme measures undermine democratic norms… and for those who may oppose, I call on you to make your opposition to what is happening in other states clear.”
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If I ever teach social movements again (lol/cry), we'll read this: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:27 PM
If I ever teach social movements again (lol/cry), we'll read this: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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January 26, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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“It has become clear that Donald Trump’s mass-deportation regime cannot be sustained without a repressive state machinery that endangers the lives and tramples the rights of legal residents and citizens of the United States, just as critics had been warning.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-omele...
www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-omele...
MAGA’s ‘Omelet’ Excuse for DHS Thuggishness
They admit that mass deportation is impossible without egregious abuses—but want it to go ahead anyway.
www.thebulwark.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:52 PM
“It has become clear that Donald Trump’s mass-deportation regime cannot be sustained without a repressive state machinery that endangers the lives and tramples the rights of legal residents and citizens of the United States, just as critics had been warning.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-omele...
www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-omele...
