Rob Levine
@roblevine82.bsky.social
Photographer, drone pilot, writer, editor, web developer, media critic (not necessarily in that order). Proprietor at edhivemn.com, roblevinephotography.com, intheairphotography.com, threatenedwaters.com. Minneapolis
It's not fashionable to beat up on press now, but in a decade of Trump & Republicans' extreme lying neither @startribune.com nor @mprnews.org have ever called out either for their extreme, strategic and systematic lying. There can be no discourse if one side is free to lie without consequence
Sullivan is great and right. But it's been five years since the Post documented that this guy lied 30,000 times in one term, and it's had zero effect on how Trump's claims are treated, and the only plausible solution left is, overwhelmingly, that they would prefer to tell lies and help him tell lies
“The idea that Trump is ordering ICE to soften up — whether at protests or in yanking people out of their homes or by rearranging the hierarchy — is hard to believe, and in fact, should not be believed.”
Spot on by @sulliview.bsky.social
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Spot on by @sulliview.bsky.social
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February 3, 2026 at 1:03 PM
It's not fashionable to beat up on press now, but in a decade of Trump & Republicans' extreme lying neither @startribune.com nor @mprnews.org have ever called out either for their extreme, strategic and systematic lying. There can be no discourse if one side is free to lie without consequence
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Klobuchar can talk a big game on the Sunday shows but she is not on our side. All she's done is normalize Trump.
February 3, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Klobuchar can talk a big game on the Sunday shows but she is not on our side. All she's done is normalize Trump.
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One of the strongest Republican candidates dropped out of the race last week because he knows no Republicans can win in Minnesota given everything happening with ICE. A turkey sandwich could win as long as it has DFL by its name.
C'mon man. Which other Democrat is a shoo in as Minnesota's next Governor?
February 3, 2026 at 4:38 AM
One of the strongest Republican candidates dropped out of the race last week because he knows no Republicans can win in Minnesota given everything happening with ICE. A turkey sandwich could win as long as it has DFL by its name.
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Klobuchar was the only Dem to speak at Trump's second inauguration. She spoke of the peaceful transfer of power, even after Trump attempted a self-coup to stop exactly that.
She pivots to talking about grocery prices during Trump's ongoing attempts at turning this country fascist. She's not good.
She pivots to talking about grocery prices during Trump's ongoing attempts at turning this country fascist. She's not good.
How did she normalize Trump?
February 3, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Klobuchar was the only Dem to speak at Trump's second inauguration. She spoke of the peaceful transfer of power, even after Trump attempted a self-coup to stop exactly that.
She pivots to talking about grocery prices during Trump's ongoing attempts at turning this country fascist. She's not good.
She pivots to talking about grocery prices during Trump's ongoing attempts at turning this country fascist. She's not good.
I'm a techie so I don't expect people to emulate me, but I have a separate router / firewall that is basically a PC that runs pfsense - open source firewall software, then I just use access points for wifi
February 3, 2026 at 12:45 PM
I'm a techie so I don't expect people to emulate me, but I have a separate router / firewall that is basically a PC that runs pfsense - open source firewall software, then I just use access points for wifi
I had extensive dealings with CL over the years - and they literally tried to cheat me at every chance, including when I sent the modem/router back they claimed I hadn't sent it! Of course I was on to them and saved the shipping receipt.
February 3, 2026 at 12:38 PM
I had extensive dealings with CL over the years - and they literally tried to cheat me at every chance, including when I sent the modem/router back they claimed I hadn't sent it! Of course I was on to them and saved the shipping receipt.
Sale to AT&T completed yesterday (maybe you already mentioned that?) It wasn't so much the *service* of CL - although a lot of people had trouble with that - it was the criminal billing practices and ripping off of customers like claiming to have never received modems sent back.
February 3, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Sale to AT&T completed yesterday (maybe you already mentioned that?) It wasn't so much the *service* of CL - although a lot of people had trouble with that - it was the criminal billing practices and ripping off of customers like claiming to have never received modems sent back.
Quantum is the rebranded CenturyLink - the world's worst company. Wouldn't go anywhere near them
February 3, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Quantum is the rebranded CenturyLink - the world's worst company. Wouldn't go anywhere near them
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Paris prosecutors raid X's France offices. I hope they charge Elon, all the senior execs, and seek extradition.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Musk's X office in France raided by Paris prosecutor
The Paris prosecutor says its cyber-crime unit is conducting a search of X's offices.
www.bbc.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Paris prosecutors raid X's France offices. I hope they charge Elon, all the senior execs, and seek extradition.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
My neighborhood today: REPUBLICAN TERRORISTS!
February 3, 2026 at 4:15 AM
My neighborhood today: REPUBLICAN TERRORISTS!
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Forgive me, Jesus, because I genuinely deeply enjoy how perpetually unhappy and desolate these losers are.
February 3, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Forgive me, Jesus, because I genuinely deeply enjoy how perpetually unhappy and desolate these losers are.
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"Every Homeland Security officer in Minneapolis is now being issued a body-worn camera, Noem says" — and good luck ever seeing any of that video if it might incriminate a federal agent.
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Every Homeland Security officer in Minneapolis is now being issued a body-worn camera, Noem says
The secretary of Homeland Security is requiring that all officers on the ground in Minneapolis wear body cameras.
apnews.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:02 AM
"Every Homeland Security officer in Minneapolis is now being issued a body-worn camera, Noem says" — and good luck ever seeing any of that video if it might incriminate a federal agent.
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
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Thwarted raid attempt in South Minneapolis. Agent asks woman if she’s a man. Full video to come on @statuscoupnews.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Thwarted raid attempt in South Minneapolis. Agent asks woman if she’s a man. Full video to come on @statuscoupnews.bsky.social
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"By a vote of 49-40, the #Senate invoked cloture on David Fowlkes to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas."
Why is any Dem voting Yes on anything the GOP wants w/ GOP in majority?
Why is any Dem voting Yes on anything the GOP wants w/ GOP in majority?
Dems voting YEA: Durbin, Hassan, Kaine, Shaheen, and Whitehouse
Not voting: Blackburn, Cramer, Fetterman, Graham, Hagerty, Lujan, McConnell, Paul, Risch, Scott (SC), and Tillis.
Not voting: Blackburn, Cramer, Fetterman, Graham, Hagerty, Lujan, McConnell, Paul, Risch, Scott (SC), and Tillis.
February 2, 2026 at 11:37 PM
"By a vote of 49-40, the #Senate invoked cloture on David Fowlkes to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas."
Why is any Dem voting Yes on anything the GOP wants w/ GOP in majority?
Why is any Dem voting Yes on anything the GOP wants w/ GOP in majority?
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tomorrow beginning at 6:30pm, Minnesotans have the ability to send a message.
do u want to be represented by electeds who continually vote to fund a genocide, DHS, concentration camps, & racial profiling, or are u going to caucus for Peggy Flanagan for US Senate and Uncommitted for governor??
do u want to be represented by electeds who continually vote to fund a genocide, DHS, concentration camps, & racial profiling, or are u going to caucus for Peggy Flanagan for US Senate and Uncommitted for governor??
February 2, 2026 at 11:45 PM
tomorrow beginning at 6:30pm, Minnesotans have the ability to send a message.
do u want to be represented by electeds who continually vote to fund a genocide, DHS, concentration camps, & racial profiling, or are u going to caucus for Peggy Flanagan for US Senate and Uncommitted for governor??
do u want to be represented by electeds who continually vote to fund a genocide, DHS, concentration camps, & racial profiling, or are u going to caucus for Peggy Flanagan for US Senate and Uncommitted for governor??
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everyone who participated in and facilitated ice’s campaign of terror should be charged with terrorism and aiding and abetting terrorist activity.
February 2, 2026 at 11:28 PM
everyone who participated in and facilitated ice’s campaign of terror should be charged with terrorism and aiding and abetting terrorist activity.
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Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
February 2, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
How clearer could it be that the Republican Party is making war on us?
(PS) Be clear on what he said.
He said "we"—i.e., Republicans—need to "take over" the elections in "at least 15 [blue] places"... permanently.
No one can possibly doubt that not only would this be illegal and unconstitutional, but that he knows it.
And that it would mean war.
He said "we"—i.e., Republicans—need to "take over" the elections in "at least 15 [blue] places"... permanently.
No one can possibly doubt that not only would this be illegal and unconstitutional, but that he knows it.
And that it would mean war.
February 2, 2026 at 11:14 PM
How clearer could it be that the Republican Party is making war on us?
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Time for Dems to pass funding to train ICE to release bodycam footage
The ProPublica story on the Pretti killers says DHS has bodycam footage from the incident but they refuse to release it
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 2, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Time for Dems to pass funding to train ICE to release bodycam footage
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This needs to be at the top of every story about the ICE body-cam thing. They already have body cameras.
The ProPublica story on the Pretti killers says DHS has bodycam footage from the incident but they refuse to release it
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 2, 2026 at 10:31 PM
This needs to be at the top of every story about the ICE body-cam thing. They already have body cameras.
You want to talk about dystopia? How about how people in town for treatment after being tortured are being disappeared to Republican gulags? Can't make up this type of brutality
www.startribune.com/rash-they-fl...
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Rash: They fled torture in their home countries. Now they’ve been held by ICE.
Six clients of the Center for Victims of Torture, all legally living in Minnesota, were detained as part of Operation Metro Surge, writes columnist John Rash.
www.startribune.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:25 PM
You want to talk about dystopia? How about how people in town for treatment after being tortured are being disappeared to Republican gulags? Can't make up this type of brutality
www.startribune.com/rash-they-fl...
www.startribune.com/rash-they-fl...
Great reporting from @mikemosedale1.bsky.social for @minnesotareformer.com
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Court: State lacks authority to prosecute Indian Country pot case • Minnesota Reformer
Thompson, who owns the Asema Pipe & Tobacco Shop, faced up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted.
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February 2, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Great reporting from @mikemosedale1.bsky.social for @minnesotareformer.com
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