Peter Sterne
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State Editor at cityandstateny.bsky.social. Previously @nysfocus.bsky.social, @freedom.press and @politico.com. He/him.
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Here are the NYC seats DSA is eyeing in 2026
Nepo babies, Eric Adams allies, representatives of lefty districts, beware.
www.cityandstateny.com
Here's a list of all the congressional and state legislative seats that NYC-DSA is targeting next year: www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
NYC-DSA’s Bronx/Upper Manhattan branch has voted, 79%-14%, in favor of endorsing Darializa Avila Chevalier, who is challenging Rep. Adriano Espaillat in NY-13.
Now the full chapter will vote on the endorsement. More on Darializa here: www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
Now the full chapter will vote on the endorsement. More on Darializa here: www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
January 11, 2026 at 12:54 AM
NYC-DSA’s Bronx/Upper Manhattan branch has voted, 79%-14%, in favor of endorsing Darializa Avila Chevalier, who is challenging Rep. Adriano Espaillat in NY-13.
Now the full chapter will vote on the endorsement. More on Darializa here: www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
Now the full chapter will vote on the endorsement. More on Darializa here: www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
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This is the second time in three months a DHS agent called a US citizen a "bitch" as he shot her. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
January 10, 2026 at 7:32 PM
This is the second time in three months a DHS agent called a US citizen a "bitch" as he shot her. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
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Three Members of Congress showed up to inspect the actions of federal officers in their state and the federal officers drew their weapons?
JUST NOW: Huge mass of agents in a standoff, weapons drawn as Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison attempt to conduct congressional oversight at the Whipple Building, which has been HQ for thousands of ICE agents.
@zeteo.com
@zeteo.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Three Members of Congress showed up to inspect the actions of federal officers in their state and the federal officers drew their weapons?
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NEW: After a tense standoff with armed agents, Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison were blocked from entering the ICE HQ in Minnesota.
This is explicitly against a court ruling that officials must follow the law and let lawmakers conduct such oversight visits.
This is explicitly against a court ruling that officials must follow the law and let lawmakers conduct such oversight visits.
BREAKING: Ilhan Omar Denounces ICE After Agents Block Her Tour of Detention Facility
After a tense standoff with armed, masked agents, Omar and two other Democrats were blocked from carrying out their oversight duties.
zeteo.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:27 PM
NEW: After a tense standoff with armed agents, Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison were blocked from entering the ICE HQ in Minnesota.
This is explicitly against a court ruling that officials must follow the law and let lawmakers conduct such oversight visits.
This is explicitly against a court ruling that officials must follow the law and let lawmakers conduct such oversight visits.
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As hard as Schumer got burned by capitulating on the shutdown his first time around, I think it's going to be 100x worse if Senate Dems don't take a stand on defunding ICE in the upcoming budget fight.
January 10, 2026 at 7:12 PM
As hard as Schumer got burned by capitulating on the shutdown his first time around, I think it's going to be 100x worse if Senate Dems don't take a stand on defunding ICE in the upcoming budget fight.
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I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 10, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.
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If you're not willing to arrest the killer, don't arrest the demonstrators.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says 29 people were arrested in downtown last night during a noise demonstration at a hotel reportedly housing ICE agents: "For those that are taking the bait and causing property damage or otherwise, there are consequences. We're holding the line here all the way."
January 10, 2026 at 6:52 PM
If you're not willing to arrest the killer, don't arrest the demonstrators.
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if you want to know what it is like in minneapolis, I don’t even have to scroll on facebook to find a horror story. it’s basically my whole feed.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
January 10, 2026 at 2:12 PM
if you want to know what it is like in minneapolis, I don’t even have to scroll on facebook to find a horror story. it’s basically my whole feed.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
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Fun fact #7 most States receive federal funding to run Joint Task Forces and "intelligence fusion centers" with state & federal & local law enforcement together, but state and local agencies are under no obligation to continue these arrangements
January 10, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Fun fact #7 most States receive federal funding to run Joint Task Forces and "intelligence fusion centers" with state & federal & local law enforcement together, but state and local agencies are under no obligation to continue these arrangements
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Bottom line is there's all KINDS of things your state and local officials and city attorneys could do to protect your community from ICE's ethnic cleansing campaign, *if* they really wanted to get creative.
You should be hounding your local pols about this constantly.
You should be hounding your local pols about this constantly.
January 10, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Bottom line is there's all KINDS of things your state and local officials and city attorneys could do to protect your community from ICE's ethnic cleansing campaign, *if* they really wanted to get creative.
You should be hounding your local pols about this constantly.
You should be hounding your local pols about this constantly.
“Claire and I have something in common: a toxic ex, a real estate empire that does education on the side.” - Mahmoud Khalil (former Columbia student arrested by ICE), introducing congressional candidate Claire Valdez (a former Columbia employee)
January 10, 2026 at 1:03 AM
“Claire and I have something in common: a toxic ex, a real estate empire that does education on the side.” - Mahmoud Khalil (former Columbia student arrested by ICE), introducing congressional candidate Claire Valdez (a former Columbia employee)
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Via WCCO reporter Esme Murphy on X:
"Unprecedented - @ag.state.mn.us
& Hennepin Co Attorney announce separate investigation into Renee Good’s killing after Feds kick Mn out of their investigation"
x.com/esmemurphy/s...
"Unprecedented - @ag.state.mn.us
& Hennepin Co Attorney announce separate investigation into Renee Good’s killing after Feds kick Mn out of their investigation"
x.com/esmemurphy/s...
January 9, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Via WCCO reporter Esme Murphy on X:
"Unprecedented - @ag.state.mn.us
& Hennepin Co Attorney announce separate investigation into Renee Good’s killing after Feds kick Mn out of their investigation"
x.com/esmemurphy/s...
"Unprecedented - @ag.state.mn.us
& Hennepin Co Attorney announce separate investigation into Renee Good’s killing after Feds kick Mn out of their investigation"
x.com/esmemurphy/s...
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AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”
January 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”
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I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
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fellow Grand Rapids antiwar organizer Emerson Wolfe says Jessica Plichta's misdemeanor charges are part of a tendency from local police to tie organizers up in legal charges and keep them from protesting. Wolfe was arrested last April at a protest after speaking at a March 2025 protest
US protester arrested after TV interview says she was targeted due to Venezuela trip
Plichta faces misdemeanor charges, which locals say is a tactic of Grand Rapids police to suppress protests
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:48 PM
fellow Grand Rapids antiwar organizer Emerson Wolfe says Jessica Plichta's misdemeanor charges are part of a tendency from local police to tie organizers up in legal charges and keep them from protesting. Wolfe was arrested last April at a protest after speaking at a March 2025 protest
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new @us.theguardian.com
A 22 y/o organizer + teacher was arrested on camera during an interview after speaking at a Mich. protest over Maduro's abduction
Jessica Plichta says her arrest seems tied to her recent trip to Venezuela as part of an internationalist peace delegation amid Trump's blockade
A 22 y/o organizer + teacher was arrested on camera during an interview after speaking at a Mich. protest over Maduro's abduction
Jessica Plichta says her arrest seems tied to her recent trip to Venezuela as part of an internationalist peace delegation amid Trump's blockade
US protester arrested after TV interview says she was targeted due to Venezuela trip
Plichta faces misdemeanor charges, which locals say is a tactic of Grand Rapids police to suppress protests
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:42 PM
new @us.theguardian.com
A 22 y/o organizer + teacher was arrested on camera during an interview after speaking at a Mich. protest over Maduro's abduction
Jessica Plichta says her arrest seems tied to her recent trip to Venezuela as part of an internationalist peace delegation amid Trump's blockade
A 22 y/o organizer + teacher was arrested on camera during an interview after speaking at a Mich. protest over Maduro's abduction
Jessica Plichta says her arrest seems tied to her recent trip to Venezuela as part of an internationalist peace delegation amid Trump's blockade
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For 248 years the streets of America didn’t feature a roving masked federal kidnapping squad that might send you a Central American death camp or just murder you themselves, but getting rid of it now is some impossible lefty fantasy that professional Democrats lamentably must struggle against.
Classic Democratic no-win. All of them voted against the OBAA, which supercharged ICE funding and hiring. But they won't say they'd "abolish ICE" so they'll get yelled at (mostly by people who'll vote for them in the midterms after threatening not to).
Top Democrats decline to say if they would rein in ICE after Minnesota shooting
January 9, 2026 at 2:50 AM
For 248 years the streets of America didn’t feature a roving masked federal kidnapping squad that might send you a Central American death camp or just murder you themselves, but getting rid of it now is some impossible lefty fantasy that professional Democrats lamentably must struggle against.
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BREAKING NEWS: We are opening a formal investigation into the shooting involving federal agents in Portland today.
Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews
Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews
January 9, 2026 at 4:06 AM
BREAKING NEWS: We are opening a formal investigation into the shooting involving federal agents in Portland today.
Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews
Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews
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I don’t want to spread misleading information, so I’ll delete the tweet. I may be reading too much into an article from an unreliable source.
January 9, 2026 at 2:41 AM
I don’t want to spread misleading information, so I’ll delete the tweet. I may be reading too much into an article from an unreliable source.
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Portland Mayor Keith Wilson: "There was a time that we could take [the federal government] at their word. That time has long passed. That is why we are calling on ICE to halt all operations in Portland until a full and independent investigation can take place."
January 9, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson: "There was a time that we could take [the federal government] at their word. That time has long passed. That is why we are calling on ICE to halt all operations in Portland until a full and independent investigation can take place."
I don’t see how this is no-win for the Dems. In this case, the morally correct position is also politically advantageous, given how anti-ICE the party’s base is.
Classic Democratic no-win. All of them voted against the OBAA, which supercharged ICE funding and hiring. But they won't say they'd "abolish ICE" so they'll get yelled at (mostly by people who'll vote for them in the midterms after threatening not to).
Top Democrats decline to say if they would rein in ICE after Minnesota shooting
January 9, 2026 at 2:32 AM
I don’t see how this is no-win for the Dems. In this case, the morally correct position is also politically advantageous, given how anti-ICE the party’s base is.
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Top Democrats decline to say if they would rein in ICE after Minnesota shooting
Top Democrats decline to say if they would rein in ICE after Minnesota shooting
Top Democrats decline to say if they would rein in ICE after Minnesota shooting
www.independent.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Top Democrats decline to say if they would rein in ICE after Minnesota shooting
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Scoop: Inside "60 Minutes," it's not just the CECOT story that Bari Weiss has sent back with notes. I'm told an Anderson Cooper piece on South African refugees, in the works for months, has also been subjected to extensive editorial feedback. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
The Shadow Over ‘60’
As Sharyn Alfonsi's “60 Minutes” report remains shelved, Status has learned that an Anderson Cooper piece is also caught in a prolonged editorial review process, frustrating the veteran producer attac...
www.status.news
January 9, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Scoop: Inside "60 Minutes," it's not just the CECOT story that Bari Weiss has sent back with notes. I'm told an Anderson Cooper piece on South African refugees, in the works for months, has also been subjected to extensive editorial feedback. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
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As ICE kills one and shoots two others in two days, Schumer and Jeffries are afraid of not agreeing to increase ICE funding
Scoop: Senate Negotiators Eye Another ICE Funding Increase migrantinsider.com/p/scoop-sena...
SCOOP: Senate Negotiators Eye Another ICE Funding Increase
GOP pushes for even more "operational capacity" while Schumer and Jeffries balk at drawing red lines, fearing "Defund" optics.
migrantinsider.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:55 AM
As ICE kills one and shoots two others in two days, Schumer and Jeffries are afraid of not agreeing to increase ICE funding