Robert Orthman
@robertorthman.bsky.social
Boston 💜 Personal acct. Do you hear me, do you feel me, we gon be alright.
Emailed my state senator a week ago asking him to say something about ICE pulling a guy out of a vehicle in his district and what pending bills he supports related to what ICE is doing.
No response.
No response.
February 12, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Emailed my state senator a week ago asking him to say something about ICE pulling a guy out of a vehicle in his district and what pending bills he supports related to what ICE is doing.
No response.
No response.
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ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
Listening to the Sports Hub and first caller says Maye isn’t the future and they need to get rid of him. Lol never change, sports radio
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Listening to the Sports Hub and first caller says Maye isn’t the future and they need to get rid of him. Lol never change, sports radio
Happy for Sam Darnold
February 9, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Happy for Sam Darnold
Still a great, great season and future ahead
February 9, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Still a great, great season and future ahead
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dying at the kickoff rule catching strays
February 9, 2026 at 2:06 AM
dying at the kickoff rule catching strays
“Is that Bad Bunny?” - my father referring to AJ of the Backstreet Boys
February 9, 2026 at 12:28 AM
“Is that Bad Bunny?” - my father referring to AJ of the Backstreet Boys
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Partisan gerrymandering should be constitutionally barred.
SCOTUS says it isn't.
Until a constitutional amendment changes that we can't have unilateral disarmament.
Which means once Republicans kicked off mid-decade redistricting this was the only possible response
SCOTUS says it isn't.
Until a constitutional amendment changes that we can't have unilateral disarmament.
Which means once Republicans kicked off mid-decade redistricting this was the only possible response
February 8, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Partisan gerrymandering should be constitutionally barred.
SCOTUS says it isn't.
Until a constitutional amendment changes that we can't have unilateral disarmament.
Which means once Republicans kicked off mid-decade redistricting this was the only possible response
SCOTUS says it isn't.
Until a constitutional amendment changes that we can't have unilateral disarmament.
Which means once Republicans kicked off mid-decade redistricting this was the only possible response
Ossoff has juice
SEN. OSSOFF: “.. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate. If you’re Steve Bannon, how do you sell any of this?”
@acyn.bsky.social #GAsen
@acyn.bsky.social #GAsen
February 7, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Ossoff has juice
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This tweet could be a museum exhibit for intra-GOP political dynamics in the Trump era. Distances himself from the post, cautiously avoids assigning blame for it, calibrated to offer maximum praise for the president nevertheless.
February 7, 2026 at 3:52 PM
This tweet could be a museum exhibit for intra-GOP political dynamics in the Trump era. Distances himself from the post, cautiously avoids assigning blame for it, calibrated to offer maximum praise for the president nevertheless.
Seeing a not insignificant number of my neighbors in a local FB group calling for the deportation of a US citizen local elected official because they don’t like his politics really brings home how many would actually sell out any of us in a heartbeat if it would “own the libs.” Not great.
February 6, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Seeing a not insignificant number of my neighbors in a local FB group calling for the deportation of a US citizen local elected official because they don’t like his politics really brings home how many would actually sell out any of us in a heartbeat if it would “own the libs.” Not great.
It’s long past time to be content with elected officials who are nice people but don’t get much done. Meet the moment or move aside.
February 6, 2026 at 1:37 AM
It’s long past time to be content with elected officials who are nice people but don’t get much done. Meet the moment or move aside.
The cult won’t break
A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds a jump in disapproval of the agency among Democrats and independents, but Republicans are standing by ICE and the president. n.pr/3Zl5fOZ
Poll: Two-thirds of Americans say ICE has 'gone too far' in immigration enforcement
A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds a jump in disapproval of the agency among Democrats and independents, but Republicans are standing by ICE and the president.
n.pr
February 5, 2026 at 12:23 PM
The cult won’t break
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NEW: A government attorney who was detailed to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota is no longer on that detail after telling a judge “this job sucks” and asking to be held in contempt so she could get 24 hours of sleep: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Attorney for government tells judge in ICE case: 'This job sucks'
Julie Le made the remark while she was representing the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota, where federal officers are conducting a massive immigration crackdown.
www.nbcnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:30 PM
NEW: A government attorney who was detailed to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota is no longer on that detail after telling a judge “this job sucks” and asking to be held in contempt so she could get 24 hours of sleep: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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This part of our response essay is where I'm at. Boiling down all of politics to electoralism has been absolutely terrible for resisting rising authoritarianism.
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
February 3, 2026 at 11:28 PM
This part of our response essay is where I'm at. Boiling down all of politics to electoralism has been absolutely terrible for resisting rising authoritarianism.
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
That takes the Cavs out of contention to reach the NBA finals. Great news for the Celtics.
🚨BREAKING: LA Clippers have traded guard James Harden to Cleveland and acquired Darius Garland, who is 10 years Harden’s junior. Thus ends Harden’s two-and-a-half-year run in Los Angeles. Garland, however, does have ongoing foot issues that cause concern. 🔗 justinrusso.substack.com/p/breaking-c...
Breaking: Clippers trade James Harden, acquire Darius Garland
Trade season is here.
justinrusso.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:09 AM
That takes the Cavs out of contention to reach the NBA finals. Great news for the Celtics.
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An 11th hour order from Judge Reyes postpones the Trump administrations termination date for Haitians with TPS. Story soon in GBH. Read our recent story
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Thousands of Mass. Haitians face end of temporary protected status in February
Immigrants, business leaders, and elected officials fear possible deportation
www.wgbh.org
February 3, 2026 at 12:41 AM
An 11th hour order from Judge Reyes postpones the Trump administrations termination date for Haitians with TPS. Story soon in GBH. Read our recent story
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Definitely thoughts and prayers up for these goons
not like i am the only one who called this, but i definitely called that their administrative HR capacity wouldn’t be able to keep up with hiring and that it would start causing real problems in the rank and file
ICE employees on Reddit complain about late salaries and missing insurance, despite promises made upon hiring
ICE employees have reported delayed pay and missing health insurance on Reddit, while critics question how staff tolerate dangerous duties for little or no compensation.
www.ibtimes.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Definitely thoughts and prayers up for these goons
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The housing crisis is personal.
I grew up in public housing. When my father unexpectedly passed away, I was able to stay in our apartment because I knew my rights. Finally buying a home meant breaking cycles of poverty for my family.
I want every MA resident to have that opportunity.
I grew up in public housing. When my father unexpectedly passed away, I was able to stay in our apartment because I knew my rights. Finally buying a home meant breaking cycles of poverty for my family.
I want every MA resident to have that opportunity.
Mass. AG: Why I filed a lawsuit to enforce housing law — and why it’s personal for me - The Boston Globe
Enforcing the law is a necessary step to ensure every transit-served town does its part to allow more housing.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The housing crisis is personal.
I grew up in public housing. When my father unexpectedly passed away, I was able to stay in our apartment because I knew my rights. Finally buying a home meant breaking cycles of poverty for my family.
I want every MA resident to have that opportunity.
I grew up in public housing. When my father unexpectedly passed away, I was able to stay in our apartment because I knew my rights. Finally buying a home meant breaking cycles of poverty for my family.
I want every MA resident to have that opportunity.
Bout to see every Republican office holder call his remarks inappropriate and demand the NFL pull him from the show, all while saying nary a peep about their Dear Leader in the Epstein Files or ICE killing people in the streets
Bad Bunny condemns ICE during his #GRAMMYs speech for Best Música Urbana Album:
“Before I say thanks to god, I’m going to say, ICE out. We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we are humans and we are Americans.”
“Before I say thanks to god, I’m going to say, ICE out. We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we are humans and we are Americans.”
February 2, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Bout to see every Republican office holder call his remarks inappropriate and demand the NFL pull him from the show, all while saying nary a peep about their Dear Leader in the Epstein Files or ICE killing people in the streets
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The fact that both are quite experienced—8 years and 12 years with CBP—is yet more evidence that CBP should be abolished and all of its agents fired. There's no way to "reform" or "retrain" that, it's just a violent gang with badges.
February 1, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The fact that both are quite experienced—8 years and 12 years with CBP—is yet more evidence that CBP should be abolished and all of its agents fired. There's no way to "reform" or "retrain" that, it's just a violent gang with badges.
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the feds gassed kids and old people in portland today
February 1, 2026 at 2:18 AM
the feds gassed kids and old people in portland today
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They are running out of lawyers.
DM me? We used to get hundreds of highly qualified applicants for a single job posting. Good prosecutors are increasingly hesitant to work for this DOJ.
January 31, 2026 at 4:42 PM
They are running out of lawyers.
We are all shocked to learn this!
WATCH: Emails released by the DOJ show Elon Musk sought an invite to Jeffrey Epstein’s private island, asking to attend the “wildest party” despite Epstein’s sex-offender conviction.
Elon Musk emailed Epstein about 'wildest party' on private island: new docs
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:30 AM
We are all shocked to learn this!
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every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds