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Ray Pride
@raypride.bsky.social
· Dec 15
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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Minneapolis local independent journalist Georgia Fort was also reportedly arrested by the Feds:
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Independent Twin Cities journalist
Georgia Fort says federal agents came to her door at 6:30am and arrested her for filming the protest at that St. Paul church. Via her Facebook:
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Georgia Fort was live.
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January 30, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Minneapolis local independent journalist Georgia Fort was also reportedly arrested by the Feds:
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Kids got off at the bus drop-off in Ypsilanti and their parents weren't there to pick them up because ICE kidnaped them
Federal officials confirm taking 4 people into ICE custody in Ypsilanti - CBS Detroit
Federal authorities have confirmed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement took four people into custody earlier this week in Ypsilanti.
www.cbsnews.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Kids got off at the bus drop-off in Ypsilanti and their parents weren't there to pick them up because ICE kidnaped them
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A tale of two screenshots.
January 30, 2026 at 1:43 PM
A tale of two screenshots.
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Minnesota based Independent Journalist GEORGIA FORT has been arrested for filming a protest of the church pastor that works as an ICE manager. SPREAD THE WORD! Georgia has been doing outstanding reporting from ground zero!
January 30, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Minnesota based Independent Journalist GEORGIA FORT has been arrested for filming a protest of the church pastor that works as an ICE manager. SPREAD THE WORD! Georgia has been doing outstanding reporting from ground zero!
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Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
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Tom Tillis was doxed as lying about getting a degree from the University of Maryland when it was an online school that gave him lots of credits for "real life experience."
January 30, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Tom Tillis was doxed as lying about getting a degree from the University of Maryland when it was an online school that gave him lots of credits for "real life experience."
Can anyone talk the Baileys into being rational with Schumer
Don Lemon being arrested, along with the arrests of people in Minneapolis who’ve been trained as observers, amid a negotiation on a DHS bill where you able to just pocket a CR as a reprieve is a good demonstration of why a hardline against funding here is not only morally necessary but smart as well
January 30, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Can anyone talk the Baileys into being rational with Schumer
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You mean “kicked off”.
Brooke Rollins: "The American dream is not being on a food stamp program. The American dream is not being on all these programs. That should be a hand up, not a handout. As of yesterday, we have moved 1.75 million people off of SNAP."
January 30, 2026 at 1:44 PM
You mean “kicked off”.
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Picking a journalist who’s lost his shield of corporate lawyering
Don Lemon is a journalist who was exercising his constitutional rights and this is a fascist, flagrantly unconstitutional action.
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Picking a journalist who’s lost his shield of corporate lawyering
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Really sad to see Joe Biden deteriorate mentally like this
TRUMP: "Where's Bobby?"
"Right there, sir"
TRUMP: "Bobby. Hello Bobby. Come here. Give me your hand. I love Bobby. Ssssssss"
"Right there, sir"
TRUMP: "Bobby. Hello Bobby. Come here. Give me your hand. I love Bobby. Ssssssss"
January 29, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Really sad to see Joe Biden deteriorate mentally like this
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One person recounted to me how ICE agents drove up to a school where he was patrolling and very ostentatiously scanned the faces of the parents standing on patrol.
January 30, 2026 at 1:13 PM
One person recounted to me how ICE agents drove up to a school where he was patrolling and very ostentatiously scanned the faces of the parents standing on patrol.
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There was, in MN, a palpable, constant sense of fear that could even feel like paranoia from people engaged in civil resistance. Here’s why:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:12 PM
There was, in MN, a palpable, constant sense of fear that could even feel like paranoia from people engaged in civil resistance. Here’s why:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
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remember that little twelve hour window a few days ago where the axios and politico brunchlord press once again helped project the idea that this guy was sensitive to criticism and had seen reason?
Just a fundamentally evil, malevolent person. Rotten to the very core.
January 30, 2026 at 1:10 PM
remember that little twelve hour window a few days ago where the axios and politico brunchlord press once again helped project the idea that this guy was sensitive to criticism and had seen reason?
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crooks and liars all the way down
January 30, 2026 at 1:04 PM
crooks and liars all the way down
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ALERT: Per CBS News
Feds have arrested Don Lemon
Feds have arrested Don Lemon
January 30, 2026 at 12:59 PM
ALERT: Per CBS News
Feds have arrested Don Lemon
Feds have arrested Don Lemon
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Nothing says “save the children” like tear-gassing a preschool.
January 30, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Nothing says “save the children” like tear-gassing a preschool.
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Trump's IRS "lawsuit" pleads it's in an individual capacity, so the obvious fraud and self dealing behind it should this fall outside Trump v US.
January 30, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Trump's IRS "lawsuit" pleads it's in an individual capacity, so the obvious fraud and self dealing behind it should this fall outside Trump v US.
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Just a fundamentally evil, malevolent person. Rotten to the very core.
January 30, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Just a fundamentally evil, malevolent person. Rotten to the very core.
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Fun fact about new Fed chair Kevin Warsh: he’s married to the daughter of billionaire makeup baron Ronald Lauder, the guy who also convinced Trump he desperately needed to seize Greenland, which helped his own business interests. It’s grifting all the way down
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory
US president’s friend Ronald Lauder – who first proposed Arctic expansion – is now making deals in the island
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Fun fact about new Fed chair Kevin Warsh: he’s married to the daughter of billionaire makeup baron Ronald Lauder, the guy who also convinced Trump he desperately needed to seize Greenland, which helped his own business interests. It’s grifting all the way down
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Also: Ronald Lauder is the "Cosmetics Billionaire Convinced Trump That the U.S. Should Buy Greenland" (NY Times, 2022)
www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/u...
January 30, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Also: Ronald Lauder is the "Cosmetics Billionaire Convinced Trump That the U.S. Should Buy Greenland" (NY Times, 2022)
www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/u...
It’s not like either of them need more millions, but they covet them dearly.
Tucker Carlson: "Saudi Arabia [...] is kind of a weirdly free place.”
Hillary Clinton: "The example that the kingdom is setting for the right kind of development [...] that is a very strong model for other parts of the world"
Quotes from a real estate conference in Riyadh
Hillary Clinton: "The example that the kingdom is setting for the right kind of development [...] that is a very strong model for other parts of the world"
Quotes from a real estate conference in Riyadh
Hillary Clinton and Tucker Carlson Walk Into a Saudi Real Estate Forum
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:49 AM
It’s not like either of them need more millions, but they covet them dearly.
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Shame on Donald Trump for single-handedly discrediting and dismantling the liberal rules-based international order all by himself without any assistance
Tucker Carlson: "Saudi Arabia [...] is kind of a weirdly free place.”
Hillary Clinton: "The example that the kingdom is setting for the right kind of development [...] that is a very strong model for other parts of the world"
Quotes from a real estate conference in Riyadh
Hillary Clinton: "The example that the kingdom is setting for the right kind of development [...] that is a very strong model for other parts of the world"
Quotes from a real estate conference in Riyadh
Hillary Clinton and Tucker Carlson Walk Into a Saudi Real Estate Forum
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Shame on Donald Trump for single-handedly discrediting and dismantling the liberal rules-based international order all by himself without any assistance
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It seems that Tom Homan’s shift to a more humane approach is just ICE agents targeting local schools. Reports of parents getting abducted outside of schools, agents entering schools, hanging out around children’s bus stops.
January 29, 2026 at 9:32 PM
It seems that Tom Homan’s shift to a more humane approach is just ICE agents targeting local schools. Reports of parents getting abducted outside of schools, agents entering schools, hanging out around children’s bus stops.