Rob from Maryland
@peromyscus.bsky.social
Birder, music lover. Inside the Beltway. He/him
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‼️Rs are trying to pass their “SAVE Act” creating a bureaucratic nightmare for new voters (incl. students), married women, & voters trying to re-register (after being wrongly purged) or trying to fix their registration (after GOP operatives switch it w/o their consent, as has happened). 1/
February 3, 2026 at 6:38 PM
‼️Rs are trying to pass their “SAVE Act” creating a bureaucratic nightmare for new voters (incl. students), married women, & voters trying to re-register (after being wrongly purged) or trying to fix their registration (after GOP operatives switch it w/o their consent, as has happened). 1/
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ACLU Jennifer Granick: “There’s no oversight ahead of time, & there’s no ramifications for having abused it after the fact... [I]n a world where unmasking critics is important to the administration, this type of legal process is ripe for that kind of abuse.”
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:56 PM
ACLU Jennifer Granick: “There’s no oversight ahead of time, & there’s no ramifications for having abused it after the fact... [I]n a world where unmasking critics is important to the administration, this type of legal process is ripe for that kind of abuse.”
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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DHS said that the woman CBP shot in the chest in Portland was “involved” in a gang shooting.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
After Border Patrol shot two people in Portland, DHS claimed they were "vicious gang members" tied to a past shooting.
But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’
Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:02 AM
DHS said that the woman CBP shot in the chest in Portland was “involved” in a gang shooting.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
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New — I spoke to eight people who were present at the ICE protest on Saturday in Portland, Oregon when federal agents deployed tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of families, children, elderly and disabled people, and their pets.
These are their stories:
These are their stories:
What it's like to see ICE tear gas kids
Attendees at a Portland, OR protest describe a vicious, unprovoked and sudden attack
www.thehandbasket.co
February 3, 2026 at 1:25 AM
New — I spoke to eight people who were present at the ICE protest on Saturday in Portland, Oregon when federal agents deployed tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of families, children, elderly and disabled people, and their pets.
These are their stories:
These are their stories:
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ICE was stealing equipment from the Islip Long Island fire department and a Islip Forward member documented it. ICE tried to arrest the community member but the firemen said “I don’t think so” www.islipforward.org
February 2, 2026 at 5:32 PM
ICE was stealing equipment from the Islip Long Island fire department and a Islip Forward member documented it. ICE tried to arrest the community member but the firemen said “I don’t think so” www.islipforward.org
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Just stumbled upon this, for the true Groundhog Day fanatics out there. groundhog-day.com
GROUNDHOG-DAY.com
GROUNDHOG-DAY.com is the leading Groundhog Day data source: cataloging North America’s prognosticating animals and their yearly weather predictions.
groundhog-day.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Just stumbled upon this, for the true Groundhog Day fanatics out there. groundhog-day.com
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A white man in Dillard, Oregon was arrested for stopping people on the freeway to demand at gunpoint that they tell him if they were citizens. He shot and missed one + attempted to get another in his truck to bring to police. Before his spree, he called local PD to complain about "foreign" people.
Defendant contacted police before freeway shooting
Charles Glen Simmons, 53, of Dillard, is in the Douglas County Jail on $1 million bail after Thursday morning’s alleged crime spree. According to a press release from the Oregon
www.nrtoday.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
A white man in Dillard, Oregon was arrested for stopping people on the freeway to demand at gunpoint that they tell him if they were citizens. He shot and missed one + attempted to get another in his truck to bring to police. Before his spree, he called local PD to complain about "foreign" people.
Summer is here! It's June-uary!
Up to 35 now. Get out the t-shirts and pretend there's no wind.
REJOICE! It is above freezing in DC. 💃🕺
Just barely, but it counts.
233 hours at or below freezing, now concluded with a 2p of 33. This ends a 9-day streak at or below freezing. It is tied for 5th longest on record since 1872! Only second time this long since 1936.
Just barely, but it counts.
233 hours at or below freezing, now concluded with a 2p of 33. This ends a 9-day streak at or below freezing. It is tied for 5th longest on record since 1872! Only second time this long since 1936.
February 2, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Summer is here! It's June-uary!
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👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻They were cruising around my neighborhood this AM, “escorted“ by a cyclist and several honking cars. I did a donation drop-off at one of the centers this afternoon and believe me, no one there who needed food and diapers thinks there’s a ”draw down“ or positive change of any kind. 😡
Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.
February 2, 2026 at 11:25 PM
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻They were cruising around my neighborhood this AM, “escorted“ by a cyclist and several honking cars. I did a donation drop-off at one of the centers this afternoon and believe me, no one there who needed food and diapers thinks there’s a ”draw down“ or positive change of any kind. 😡
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Today at school dismissal, I followed a suspicious pickup around for a bit, keeping an eye on them, trying to figure out if they were ICE. Then I realized they were keeping an eye on me also. Then I realized they were, in fact, other parents. Life in Minnesota, January 2026.
February 2, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Today at school dismissal, I followed a suspicious pickup around for a bit, keeping an eye on them, trying to figure out if they were ICE. Then I realized they were keeping an eye on me also. Then I realized they were, in fact, other parents. Life in Minnesota, January 2026.
February 2, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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Resplendent Quetzal.
Large, spectacular trogon of humid evergreen and pine-evergreen forest in the mountains of southern Mexico and Central America. It is the national bird (and lends its name to the currency) of Guatemala.
📸: @osa_photography
Large, spectacular trogon of humid evergreen and pine-evergreen forest in the mountains of southern Mexico and Central America. It is the national bird (and lends its name to the currency) of Guatemala.
📸: @osa_photography
February 2, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Resplendent Quetzal.
Large, spectacular trogon of humid evergreen and pine-evergreen forest in the mountains of southern Mexico and Central America. It is the national bird (and lends its name to the currency) of Guatemala.
📸: @osa_photography
Large, spectacular trogon of humid evergreen and pine-evergreen forest in the mountains of southern Mexico and Central America. It is the national bird (and lends its name to the currency) of Guatemala.
📸: @osa_photography
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A worker was "dragged across the ice by ICE, kicked & pummeled... only to be released twelve hours later with no charges, as ICE here routinely does, secret police/criminal gang style. No warrant, no charges, just capricious face-breaking violence" @deardara.bsky.social deardara.com/so/adPmSCLoz...
Dara's Guide to Handling Reality
Minneapolis, inside the economic blockade zone where we are pioneering nonviolence, whistle edition
deardara.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:02 PM
A worker was "dragged across the ice by ICE, kicked & pummeled... only to be released twelve hours later with no charges, as ICE here routinely does, secret police/criminal gang style. No warrant, no charges, just capricious face-breaking violence" @deardara.bsky.social deardara.com/so/adPmSCLoz...
@iconjohn.bsky.social Hey, in case you didn't know ... the northern bay is frozen! bsky.app/profile/capi...
** Chesapeake Bay is Freezing Up! **
📷 Look at these drone pics of the icy Chesapeake Bay.
🧊 Also pictured -- the latest ice map from the U.S. National Ice Center; some Bay waters are more than 90% ice covered.
Many thanks to Lane Purvis for the photos, taken yesterday from above Kent Island.
📷 Look at these drone pics of the icy Chesapeake Bay.
🧊 Also pictured -- the latest ice map from the U.S. National Ice Center; some Bay waters are more than 90% ice covered.
Many thanks to Lane Purvis for the photos, taken yesterday from above Kent Island.
February 2, 2026 at 2:26 AM
@iconjohn.bsky.social Hey, in case you didn't know ... the northern bay is frozen! bsky.app/profile/capi...
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they’re going to close rock creek parkway to do demolish the kennedy center and you’re going to see white hot fury from dc residents over the road closure
February 2, 2026 at 12:01 AM
they’re going to close rock creek parkway to do demolish the kennedy center and you’re going to see white hot fury from dc residents over the road closure
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liam and his dad are home!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
February 1, 2026 at 4:36 PM
liam and his dad are home!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
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Federal paramilitaries running up on the rooftops to fire irritants and flash bangs down into a peaceable assembly full of little kids
I was there. They were indiscriminately firing multiple canisters into a huge peaceful crowd. Fucking cowards
February 1, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Federal paramilitaries running up on the rooftops to fire irritants and flash bangs down into a peaceable assembly full of little kids
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It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
February 1, 2026 at 3:10 AM
It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
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“Children were in the crowd screaming.”
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:15 AM
“Children were in the crowd screaming.”
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Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
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This was the view after I moved away for some reprise. You can see after the flash bang grenade goes off a bird flying. Was a heartbreaking reminder it’s not just people impacted by this but animals and nature too.
February 1, 2026 at 3:09 AM
This was the view after I moved away for some reprise. You can see after the flash bang grenade goes off a bird flying. Was a heartbreaking reminder it’s not just people impacted by this but animals and nature too.
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Insane amounts of gas used tonight. I don’t think the mask I wore had a proper seal so had to walk away. A few medics who helped me and other people were saying it was getting thru their full face masks as well.
February 1, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Insane amounts of gas used tonight. I don’t think the mask I wore had a proper seal so had to walk away. A few medics who helped me and other people were saying it was getting thru their full face masks as well.
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Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
February 1, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
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A little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.
February 1, 2026 at 2:14 AM
A little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.