@pqvm.bsky.social
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"Federal troop deployments to U.S. cities cost a total of $496 million in 2025, CBO estimates. Continuing current deployments will cost $93 million a month; 1,000 Guard personnel deployed to a city will cost at least $18 million a month." www.cbo.gov/publication/...
January 28, 2026 at 9:54 PM
"Federal troop deployments to U.S. cities cost a total of $496 million in 2025, CBO estimates. Continuing current deployments will cost $93 million a month; 1,000 Guard personnel deployed to a city will cost at least $18 million a month." www.cbo.gov/publication/...
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The amount of money the US government spent on troops in DC in 2025 ($223m) would have been enough to give the city's ~5,100 homeless residents each $43,000. Instead, federal troops destroyed their meager encampments.
"Federal troop deployments to U.S. cities cost a total of $496 million in 2025, CBO estimates. Continuing current deployments will cost $93 million a month; 1,000 Guard personnel deployed to a city will cost at least $18 million a month." www.cbo.gov/publication/...
January 28, 2026 at 10:03 PM
The amount of money the US government spent on troops in DC in 2025 ($223m) would have been enough to give the city's ~5,100 homeless residents each $43,000. Instead, federal troops destroyed their meager encampments.
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Here's Stephen Miller, as a student at Duke University, complaining about "parking and transportation brutality" and equating getting a ticket with having his windshield broken.
Irony is dead.
www.dukechronicle.com/article/55b6...
Irony is dead.
www.dukechronicle.com/article/55b6...
January 28, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Here's Stephen Miller, as a student at Duke University, complaining about "parking and transportation brutality" and equating getting a ticket with having his windshield broken.
Irony is dead.
www.dukechronicle.com/article/55b6...
Irony is dead.
www.dukechronicle.com/article/55b6...
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YES
Activists are calling for a “nationwide day of no school, no work and no shopping” across the U.S. on Friday, Jan. 30, to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown following the fatal shootings of two people by federal agents in Minneapolis.
January 28, 2026 at 11:46 PM
YES
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Similar achievable demands (the only limit is character counts):
- End courthouse arrests for people following the rules
- Protect churches, schools, hospitals etc
- End restraints on ORR handoffs of unaccompanied kids
- Get FBI/HSI/DEA/ATF etc out of immigration enforcement
The list writes itself
- End courthouse arrests for people following the rules
- Protect churches, schools, hospitals etc
- End restraints on ORR handoffs of unaccompanied kids
- Get FBI/HSI/DEA/ATF etc out of immigration enforcement
The list writes itself
January 28, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Similar achievable demands (the only limit is character counts):
- End courthouse arrests for people following the rules
- Protect churches, schools, hospitals etc
- End restraints on ORR handoffs of unaccompanied kids
- Get FBI/HSI/DEA/ATF etc out of immigration enforcement
The list writes itself
- End courthouse arrests for people following the rules
- Protect churches, schools, hospitals etc
- End restraints on ORR handoffs of unaccompanied kids
- Get FBI/HSI/DEA/ATF etc out of immigration enforcement
The list writes itself
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F*ck Steve Miller
NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official
The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.
www.huffpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:33 PM
F*ck Steve Miller
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You wanna know why the Browns never win?
This is a post about Chuck Schumer and ICE “reform”
This is a post about Chuck Schumer and ICE “reform”
January 28, 2026 at 10:16 PM
You wanna know why the Browns never win?
This is a post about Chuck Schumer and ICE “reform”
This is a post about Chuck Schumer and ICE “reform”
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“Abolish” or “defund” aren't within grasp in 2026. But where are:
- End qualified immunity
- Rewrite use-of-force so this crap isn't ruled “within policy”
- Overturn July 8 mandatory detention memo
- Reinstate TPS
- Open up detention centers, enforce humane conditions
He doesn’t even *ask* for it.
- End qualified immunity
- Rewrite use-of-force so this crap isn't ruled “within policy”
- Overturn July 8 mandatory detention memo
- Reinstate TPS
- Open up detention centers, enforce humane conditions
He doesn’t even *ask* for it.
Chuck Schumer just announced demands on DHS to avoid shutdown:
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
January 28, 2026 at 10:09 PM
“Abolish” or “defund” aren't within grasp in 2026. But where are:
- End qualified immunity
- Rewrite use-of-force so this crap isn't ruled “within policy”
- Overturn July 8 mandatory detention memo
- Reinstate TPS
- Open up detention centers, enforce humane conditions
He doesn’t even *ask* for it.
- End qualified immunity
- Rewrite use-of-force so this crap isn't ruled “within policy”
- Overturn July 8 mandatory detention memo
- Reinstate TPS
- Open up detention centers, enforce humane conditions
He doesn’t even *ask* for it.
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Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
January 28, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
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We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 PM
We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
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I spoke to a woman at the protest in minneapolis and she explained she wanted to be there in part because "i was a kid when george floyd got killed" and i nearly dropped my recorder
January 28, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I spoke to a woman at the protest in minneapolis and she explained she wanted to be there in part because "i was a kid when george floyd got killed" and i nearly dropped my recorder
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The people of Minneapolis have shown us that radical love and community are more powerful than masked thugs and guns.
Stand in solidarity with Minneapolis on 1/31 by hitting the streets at an ICE Out of Everywhere protest near you. Link in bio.
Stand in solidarity with Minneapolis on 1/31 by hitting the streets at an ICE Out of Everywhere protest near you. Link in bio.
January 28, 2026 at 10:23 PM
The people of Minneapolis have shown us that radical love and community are more powerful than masked thugs and guns.
Stand in solidarity with Minneapolis on 1/31 by hitting the streets at an ICE Out of Everywhere protest near you. Link in bio.
Stand in solidarity with Minneapolis on 1/31 by hitting the streets at an ICE Out of Everywhere protest near you. Link in bio.
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First attempt n this key lime pie a was so good! A pure indulgence! 🍋🟩 🍋🟩 🍋🟩
July 25, 2025 at 3:35 AM
First attempt n this key lime pie a was so good! A pure indulgence! 🍋🟩 🍋🟩 🍋🟩
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“.. ‘Water is essential to life,’ Mr. Smith said.
Then came the artificial intelligence boom.”
@nytimes.com #$MSFT
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/t...
Then came the artificial intelligence boom.”
@nytimes.com #$MSFT
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/t...
January 28, 2026 at 12:24 AM
“.. ‘Water is essential to life,’ Mr. Smith said.
Then came the artificial intelligence boom.”
@nytimes.com #$MSFT
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/t...
Then came the artificial intelligence boom.”
@nytimes.com #$MSFT
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/t...
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I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it:
So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?
January 27, 2026 at 9:28 PM
I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it:
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"They told us what they were going to do. They published it. They put it on a website. And when it happened, the press was surprised."
Hoo boy, everyone should bookmark this @parkermolloy.com piece & make sure everyone involved in media reads it.
Hoo boy, everyone should bookmark this @parkermolloy.com piece & make sure everyone involved in media reads it.
This is Literally the Job
Political journalists need to stop pretending they don't know what Republicans are going to do.
www.readtpa.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:37 PM
"They told us what they were going to do. They published it. They put it on a website. And when it happened, the press was surprised."
Hoo boy, everyone should bookmark this @parkermolloy.com piece & make sure everyone involved in media reads it.
Hoo boy, everyone should bookmark this @parkermolloy.com piece & make sure everyone involved in media reads it.
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this is explicitly forbidden by the fourth amendment, there should not need to be "guidance" because it is IN THE CONSTITUTION & in fact the drafters used these exact examples in constructing the amendment
ICE has been authorizing officers to forcibly enter homes without judicial warrants—a reversal of longstanding guidance to protect people's constitutional rights.
Senior reporter @samanthamichaels.bsky.social spoke with a family in Memphis that experienced this.
Senior reporter @samanthamichaels.bsky.social spoke with a family in Memphis that experienced this.
January 27, 2026 at 9:49 PM
this is explicitly forbidden by the fourth amendment, there should not need to be "guidance" because it is IN THE CONSTITUTION & in fact the drafters used these exact examples in constructing the amendment
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More than a little late, but a great development that will hopefully find echoes in other local PDs
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...
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.
www.ms.now
January 27, 2026 at 9:49 PM
More than a little late, but a great development that will hopefully find echoes in other local PDs
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And all the same people were making excuses then, too
January 27, 2026 at 8:39 PM
And all the same people were making excuses then, too
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“Homeland” sounded fascist in 2001 and it turned out to be just that
January 27, 2026 at 8:38 PM
“Homeland” sounded fascist in 2001 and it turned out to be just that
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It’s nice to see somebody connecting these
I voted against the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security and I was pleased to speak with Ta-Nehisi Coates @VanityFair about the mood surrounding that debate.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti
In the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact: The culture war is an actual war.
www.vanityfair.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:35 PM
It’s nice to see somebody connecting these
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Proud of Sen. Feingold for his consistent stance for progressive values in Wisconsin, and I'll forever lament that we could neither keep him in the Senate in 2010 nor return him to that seat in 2016.
I voted against the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security and I was pleased to speak with Ta-Nehisi Coates @VanityFair about the mood surrounding that debate.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti
In the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact: The culture war is an actual war.
www.vanityfair.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Proud of Sen. Feingold for his consistent stance for progressive values in Wisconsin, and I'll forever lament that we could neither keep him in the Senate in 2010 nor return him to that seat in 2016.
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One of the nine (9) U.S. Senators at the time who had the courage and insight to oppose the whole, original monstrosity.
I voted against the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security and I was pleased to speak with Ta-Nehisi Coates @VanityFair about the mood surrounding that debate.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti
In the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact: The culture war is an actual war.
www.vanityfair.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:51 PM
One of the nine (9) U.S. Senators at the time who had the courage and insight to oppose the whole, original monstrosity.