allison
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Hell-based tanghulu sales.
Still watching the Mets for some reason
Still watching the Mets for some reason
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The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 11:06 AM
The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.
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There needs to be bigger punishment than this, but it’s a start
On tonight’s White House agenda:
Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.
Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.
Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
January 25, 2026 at 3:13 AM
There needs to be bigger punishment than this, but it’s a start
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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I keep thinking “my god the people they’ve killed seem like exceptionally good folks” and I think the lesson there is that they’re not exceptional, but that wonderful people abound and that a baseline distrust in humanity is a shitty conservative trope that privileges power over collective strength
you don't become a martyr because you were a saint, you become a saint because you were martyred
I agree that we can’t make Alex Pretti a Benedictine monk because that’s a trap, but we can talk about the good things we did because people will see and hear them and think “I do those things too”
January 25, 2026 at 12:27 AM
I keep thinking “my god the people they’ve killed seem like exceptionally good folks” and I think the lesson there is that they’re not exceptional, but that wonderful people abound and that a baseline distrust in humanity is a shitty conservative trope that privileges power over collective strength
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In about 20 seconds we see that Alex went from filming an ICE arrest, to helping a woman they shoved, then being maced, forced face down on the pavement with 6 agents on top him, shot dead, and called a domestic terrorist.
January 24, 2026 at 10:55 PM
In about 20 seconds we see that Alex went from filming an ICE arrest, to helping a woman they shoved, then being maced, forced face down on the pavement with 6 agents on top him, shot dead, and called a domestic terrorist.
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I have been thinking all day about the number of times unarmed Black people were killed by police on the pretext that their cell phone looked like a gun. And people would say “oh but you just don‘t know what the truth is.” Well here it is.
OMG. "DHS said the episode began after a man approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and they tried to disarm him. But footage from the scene shows the man was holding a phone in his hand, not a gun, when federal agents took him to the ground and shot him." www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Update from Devon Lum
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:30 PM
I have been thinking all day about the number of times unarmed Black people were killed by police on the pretext that their cell phone looked like a gun. And people would say “oh but you just don‘t know what the truth is.” Well here it is.
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In some countries the outbreak of bloodshed inspires the opposition party to call for the leader to resign
January 24, 2026 at 8:24 PM
In some countries the outbreak of bloodshed inspires the opposition party to call for the leader to resign
No greater love than to lay one’s life down for a friend
May we all be granted this strength. May we not need it.
May we all be granted this strength. May we not need it.
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
January 24, 2026 at 9:40 PM
No greater love than to lay one’s life down for a friend
May we all be granted this strength. May we not need it.
May we all be granted this strength. May we not need it.
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Folks look at you like you’re crazy when you say we’re in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & well, 👇🧐🤔
January 24, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Folks look at you like you’re crazy when you say we’re in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & well, 👇🧐🤔
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anyone who thinks better/more training would change this, or that ICE differs in any real way from law enforcement in general, is either a willing stooge or a moron and I’m not all that interested in distinguishing between the two
It's not, and that's proven by the fact these officers receive a tiny fraction of the training and are using deadly force in situations that every city cop has been trained to avoid. These ICE/CPB operations not held to the same standards and it's a huge problem that Congress could quickly fix.
January 24, 2026 at 4:48 PM
anyone who thinks better/more training would change this, or that ICE differs in any real way from law enforcement in general, is either a willing stooge or a moron and I’m not all that interested in distinguishing between the two
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What we are watching is a paramilitary force learning that they can kill with impunity, that the regime will smear the victim and defend them. Unless politicians and the legal system exerts accountability, it will not stop. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
January 24, 2026 at 4:32 PM
What we are watching is a paramilitary force learning that they can kill with impunity, that the regime will smear the victim and defend them. Unless politicians and the legal system exerts accountability, it will not stop. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
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After Elizabeth Warren said she was willing to give ICE more money in exchange for unspecified “restrictions," I said that kind of “messaging is going to get people killed.”
Less than a week later, ICE murdered another person in the streets.
Less than a week later, ICE murdered another person in the streets.
The latest alleged law enforcement misconduct in Mass, Jan. 4-17
The latest media reports of alleged law enforcement misconduct in Massachusetts
andrewqmr.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:38 PM
After Elizabeth Warren said she was willing to give ICE more money in exchange for unspecified “restrictions," I said that kind of “messaging is going to get people killed.”
Less than a week later, ICE murdered another person in the streets.
Less than a week later, ICE murdered another person in the streets.
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We are calling our senators right now and demanding that they vote no on the omnibus with DHS funding
We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
We are calling our senators right now and demanding that they vote no on the omnibus with DHS funding
We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
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I thought all of you people learned to make bread during the pandemic so why are you panic buying so much bread?
January 24, 2026 at 12:35 AM
I thought all of you people learned to make bread during the pandemic so why are you panic buying so much bread?
It would be very easy for someone to run on a “I Will Close All the Baby Jails on Day One” platform in 2028, just saying.
ICE has detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis, despite a judge ordering the baby’s release.
January 24, 2026 at 12:33 AM
It would be very easy for someone to run on a “I Will Close All the Baby Jails on Day One” platform in 2028, just saying.
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This is such an important point. This family tried to follow the rules.
The distinction is going to get more important when they start mass deporting the people whose TPS status Trump revoked. They’ll call them “illegal” too, even though they were here legally until Trump yanked the rug.
The distinction is going to get more important when they start mass deporting the people whose TPS status Trump revoked. They’ll call them “illegal” too, even though they were here legally until Trump yanked the rug.
People are missing a big thing about the saga of the detained 5-year-old. When Vance calls the father an "illegal alien" it seems to reflect a little-known Trump admin move that attempts to nullify asylum claims before they are even heard.
This policy is a horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
This policy is a horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
January 23, 2026 at 6:29 PM
This is such an important point. This family tried to follow the rules.
The distinction is going to get more important when they start mass deporting the people whose TPS status Trump revoked. They’ll call them “illegal” too, even though they were here legally until Trump yanked the rug.
The distinction is going to get more important when they start mass deporting the people whose TPS status Trump revoked. They’ll call them “illegal” too, even though they were here legally until Trump yanked the rug.
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We agree. And it's time to act.
Join us in asking the governor to partner with lawmakers to protect our communities.
❌DON'T assist ICE.
❌DON'T turn police into ICE agents.
mobilize.aclum.org/a/tell-heale...
Join us in asking the governor to partner with lawmakers to protect our communities.
❌DON'T assist ICE.
❌DON'T turn police into ICE agents.
mobilize.aclum.org/a/tell-heale...
January 23, 2026 at 6:30 PM
We agree. And it's time to act.
Join us in asking the governor to partner with lawmakers to protect our communities.
❌DON'T assist ICE.
❌DON'T turn police into ICE agents.
mobilize.aclum.org/a/tell-heale...
Join us in asking the governor to partner with lawmakers to protect our communities.
❌DON'T assist ICE.
❌DON'T turn police into ICE agents.
mobilize.aclum.org/a/tell-heale...
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I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
8 weeks under siege in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer
Frank has a hard time explaining to his 8-year-old daughter why they rarely leave their home in the Twin Cities. Why she can’t go to school, and why he can’t work. “The only thing we tell her is that ...
minnesotareformer.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
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I’m seeking info on immigration lawyers in Boston - a friend of a friend was abducted by ICE in the area.
January 23, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I’m seeking info on immigration lawyers in Boston - a friend of a friend was abducted by ICE in the area.
Re: being labeled a domestic terrorist, if it’s anything like being on the SSSS list, it’s not so bad. If you otherwise have the privilege to speak out, don’t let a little government harassment/surveillance keep you quiet.
January 23, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Re: being labeled a domestic terrorist, if it’s anything like being on the SSSS list, it’s not so bad. If you otherwise have the privilege to speak out, don’t let a little government harassment/surveillance keep you quiet.
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Hi @police.boston.gov @mayorwu.boston.gov can you clarify Boston's position on assisting/supporting ICE? I was just told by one of your officers that ICE is just doing their job making neighborhoods safe, and that we shouldn't be impeding them.
January 23, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Hi @police.boston.gov @mayorwu.boston.gov can you clarify Boston's position on assisting/supporting ICE? I was just told by one of your officers that ICE is just doing their job making neighborhoods safe, and that we shouldn't be impeding them.
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My hot take is that at minimum a domestic violence conviction should carry a lot more of the shame and restrictions of a sex offender; it should ban you nationally from gun ownership, jobs in law enforcement, schools, pretty much any public sector work. It’s our clearest red flag for future violence
Watching these videos of ICE attacking children, I can’t help but think about how many of these men first practiced their violence in their own homes.
Domestic violence teaches our oppressors to dehumanize the most vulnerable among us.
Domestic violence teaches our oppressors to dehumanize the most vulnerable among us.
January 23, 2026 at 9:02 PM
My hot take is that at minimum a domestic violence conviction should carry a lot more of the shame and restrictions of a sex offender; it should ban you nationally from gun ownership, jobs in law enforcement, schools, pretty much any public sector work. It’s our clearest red flag for future violence
What they said: “China could be *spying* on your phone”
What they meant: “*China* could be spying on your phone”
What they meant: “*China* could be spying on your phone”
Turns out all the fear mongering about China spying on your every move through TikTok was projection
January 23, 2026 at 10:38 PM
What they said: “China could be *spying* on your phone”
What they meant: “*China* could be spying on your phone”
What they meant: “*China* could be spying on your phone”
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@universalhub.com Boston and beyond, save the numbers for the organization near you #ICEisUnconstitutional #FightFascism #resist
January 23, 2026 at 10:04 PM
@universalhub.com Boston and beyond, save the numbers for the organization near you #ICEisUnconstitutional #FightFascism #resist