Secular Jen 🫘
@secularjen.bsky.social
Stay secular, friends. Keep religion for the religious.
Cherish public education. It's how we find our true geniuses and give kids a window to the world.
We belong among the wildflowers.
Stay safe.
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Cherish public education. It's how we find our true geniuses and give kids a window to the world.
We belong among the wildflowers.
Stay safe.
#Leguminati 🫘
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Secular Jen 🫘
@secularjen.bsky.social
· Jun 24
Three years since the Dobbs decision.
(Based on Sting's "Russians".)
(Based on Sting's "Russians".)
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The FBI got access to the Washington Post's newsroom Slack and CMS.
That is an incredible amount of access to the newspaper's inner workings.
That is an incredible amount of access to the newspaper's inner workings.
This declaration from WaPo journalist Hannah Natanson describing what the FBI took is utterly devastating.
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January 21, 2026 at 8:10 PM
The FBI got access to the Washington Post's newsroom Slack and CMS.
That is an incredible amount of access to the newspaper's inner workings.
That is an incredible amount of access to the newspaper's inner workings.
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ICE should be dismantled immediately.
I will not support funding for the Department of Homeland Security when ICE and Border Patrol agents are assaulting protestors, detaining and arresting people with impunity, inciting violence, and shooting and killing American citizens.
Read my statement:
I will not support funding for the Department of Homeland Security when ICE and Border Patrol agents are assaulting protestors, detaining and arresting people with impunity, inciting violence, and shooting and killing American citizens.
Read my statement:
January 21, 2026 at 10:36 PM
ICE should be dismantled immediately.
I will not support funding for the Department of Homeland Security when ICE and Border Patrol agents are assaulting protestors, detaining and arresting people with impunity, inciting violence, and shooting and killing American citizens.
Read my statement:
I will not support funding for the Department of Homeland Security when ICE and Border Patrol agents are assaulting protestors, detaining and arresting people with impunity, inciting violence, and shooting and killing American citizens.
Read my statement:
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Heads up: The Trump admin has started arresting immigrants in Maine as part of a new federal operation targeting the state.
The operation is intended to target immigrants from Somalia. People from countries including Sudan, Guatemala and Ethiopia were swept up on the first day of the operations.
The operation is intended to target immigrants from Somalia. People from countries including Sudan, Guatemala and Ethiopia were swept up on the first day of the operations.
Trump Administration Starts Immigration Operation in Maine
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Heads up: The Trump admin has started arresting immigrants in Maine as part of a new federal operation targeting the state.
The operation is intended to target immigrants from Somalia. People from countries including Sudan, Guatemala and Ethiopia were swept up on the first day of the operations.
The operation is intended to target immigrants from Somalia. People from countries including Sudan, Guatemala and Ethiopia were swept up on the first day of the operations.
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ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
![May 12, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR: All ICE Personnel
FROM: Todd Lyons Acting Director
SUBJECT: Utilizing Form I-205, Warrant of Removal
On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to "ensur[e] the successful enforcement of final orders of removal." 90 Fed. Reg. 8443, 8444 (Jan. 20, 2025) (E.O. 14159). Essential to the removal of aliens subject to final orders of removal is the ability to locate and arrest them. To this end, certain supervisory immigration officers within both Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are authorized to issue an administrative warrant, Form I-205, Warrant of Removal (Form 1-205), for the arrest of an alien with a final order of removal. 8 C.F.R. § 241.2(a)(1). All U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and deportation officers are authorized to execute Forms 1-205. 8 C.F.R. § 287.5(e)(3)(iii) - (y)
Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose. Accordingly, in light of this legal determination, ICE immigration officers may arrest and detain aliens subject to a final under of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), or a U.S.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifrzrvaszfhj4bzhgtyvx3fm6ht4kc2zrwtvozijyxl3zxgp7vx6a@jpeg)
January 21, 2026 at 10:09 PM
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
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NEW: Following the whistleblower memo on secret ICE policy directing agents to enter U.S. homes, Sen. Blumenthal demanded info from Acting Director Lyons & Secretary Noem and called for hearings in the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committees
January 21, 2026 at 10:15 PM
NEW: Following the whistleblower memo on secret ICE policy directing agents to enter U.S. homes, Sen. Blumenthal demanded info from Acting Director Lyons & Secretary Noem and called for hearings in the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committees
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
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JUST IN: US judge temporarily blocks review of material seized from Washington Post reporter reut.rs/4jUthK4
January 21, 2026 at 8:19 PM
JUST IN: US judge temporarily blocks review of material seized from Washington Post reporter reut.rs/4jUthK4
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My debrief after oral arguments in the Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook v. Trump case before SCOTUS this morning:
www.youtube.com/live/vBgYlgS...
www.youtube.com/live/vBgYlgS...
LIVE: MAJOR Supreme Court ORAL ARGUMENT on Federal Reserve
YouTube video by Katie Phang
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:52 PM
My debrief after oral arguments in the Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook v. Trump case before SCOTUS this morning:
www.youtube.com/live/vBgYlgS...
www.youtube.com/live/vBgYlgS...
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The justices keep returning to the hypo of a Fed governor posting pro-Nazi videos to ask whether that would meet the bar for for-cause removal. The idea that this kind of content would obviously cross the line seems a bit farcical given some of the material that DHS regularly posts on social media
January 21, 2026 at 4:29 PM
The justices keep returning to the hypo of a Fed governor posting pro-Nazi videos to ask whether that would meet the bar for for-cause removal. The idea that this kind of content would obviously cross the line seems a bit farcical given some of the material that DHS regularly posts on social media
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić (referring to Trump, Greenland, tariffs..): “I’ve been attending Davos for a long time, and I’ve never seen people so worried. No one is smiling. Because no one knows what tomorrow will bring.”
January 21, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić (referring to Trump, Greenland, tariffs..): “I’ve been attending Davos for a long time, and I’ve never seen people so worried. No one is smiling. Because no one knows what tomorrow will bring.”
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Listen to this speech from Mark Carney. Forget making Canada the 51st state; I’m ready for the US to be the 11th province.
Read the full transcript of Carney’s speech to World Economic Forum - National | Globalnews.ca
Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a forceful speech in Davos, Switzerland, on the 'new world order' and how middle powers like Canada can benefit by working together.
globalnews.ca
January 21, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Listen to this speech from Mark Carney. Forget making Canada the 51st state; I’m ready for the US to be the 11th province.
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POLICE CHIEF: “If it’s happening to our officers, it pains me to think how many of our community members are falling victim to this every day.”
ICE is even racially profiling off-duty Black & Brown cops— including pulling guns on one and knocking her phone out of her hand.
ICE is even racially profiling off-duty Black & Brown cops— including pulling guns on one and knocking her phone out of her hand.
January 21, 2026 at 4:11 AM
POLICE CHIEF: “If it’s happening to our officers, it pains me to think how many of our community members are falling victim to this every day.”
ICE is even racially profiling off-duty Black & Brown cops— including pulling guns on one and knocking her phone out of her hand.
ICE is even racially profiling off-duty Black & Brown cops— including pulling guns on one and knocking her phone out of her hand.
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Secretary Marco Rubio claimed no one died as a result of cuts to USAID. That’s not what we found.
On Thurs., Jan. 22 at 4 p.m. ET, we’ll be on Reddit taking your questions about the continued fallout of slashing aid for some of the world’s most vulnerable communities.
📌 Save the date:
On Thurs., Jan. 22 at 4 p.m. ET, we’ll be on Reddit taking your questions about the continued fallout of slashing aid for some of the world’s most vulnerable communities.
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January 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Secretary Marco Rubio claimed no one died as a result of cuts to USAID. That’s not what we found.
On Thurs., Jan. 22 at 4 p.m. ET, we’ll be on Reddit taking your questions about the continued fallout of slashing aid for some of the world’s most vulnerable communities.
📌 Save the date:
On Thurs., Jan. 22 at 4 p.m. ET, we’ll be on Reddit taking your questions about the continued fallout of slashing aid for some of the world’s most vulnerable communities.
📌 Save the date:
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We great again yet?
A Danish Member of the European Parliament told Trump to "F*ck off."
The Canadian PM said at Davos that the rules-based order is dead & warned of a world breakdown due to Trump
The French President accused Trump of actions that “openly aim to weaken and subordinate Europe.”
Our allies hate us
The Canadian PM said at Davos that the rules-based order is dead & warned of a world breakdown due to Trump
The French President accused Trump of actions that “openly aim to weaken and subordinate Europe.”
Our allies hate us
January 21, 2026 at 4:16 AM
We great again yet?
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Please enjoy this local news: “Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel said he is evicting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit from a county-owned building where it has occupied an office for about three years but never paid rent…
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
Lehigh County exec says he’s evicting ICE agents from Allentown office, citing 3 years of unpaid rent
Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel’s announcement to evict the ICE agents came shortly after the county’s financial watchdog revealed the agency owes more than $115,000 in rent.
www.mcall.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Please enjoy this local news: “Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel said he is evicting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit from a county-owned building where it has occupied an office for about three years but never paid rent…
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
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NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 20, 2026 at 6:53 PM
NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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British member of Parliament Ed Davey completely tears Trump apart, calling him the "most corrupt president America has ever seen" and "an international gangster." #cdnpoli
January 20, 2026 at 9:19 AM
British member of Parliament Ed Davey completely tears Trump apart, calling him the "most corrupt president America has ever seen" and "an international gangster." #cdnpoli
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Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data
Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data
Some DOGE personnel had more access to data than previously acknowledged, according to a court filing.
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January 20, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data
Trump’s name and face are everywhere
YouTube video by Washington Post
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January 20, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 AM
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
🎁 GIFT 🎁
Very thorough listing and status of power grab attempts.
"What makes Mr. Trump’s claims to expanded executive authority unprecedented is not just his aggressiveness, but the sheer volume of the ways he is consolidating power."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Very thorough listing and status of power grab attempts.
"What makes Mr. Trump’s claims to expanded executive authority unprecedented is not just his aggressiveness, but the sheer volume of the ways he is consolidating power."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump Tests Presidential Power: Venezuela Operation, Iran Bombing and More (Gift Article)
A breakdown of the presidential powers President Trump has sought for himself, including what he did to obtain power and what’s next.
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:53 PM
🎁 GIFT 🎁
Very thorough listing and status of power grab attempts.
"What makes Mr. Trump’s claims to expanded executive authority unprecedented is not just his aggressiveness, but the sheer volume of the ways he is consolidating power."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Very thorough listing and status of power grab attempts.
"What makes Mr. Trump’s claims to expanded executive authority unprecedented is not just his aggressiveness, but the sheer volume of the ways he is consolidating power."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Shut it Down! The "Free America" Walkouts on January 20th to Fight Trump's Fascist Regime
Activists are planning the first "Free America" walkout on Tues, Jan 20th, encouraging people in all 50 states to shut down the economy and protest Trump's fascist regime.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Activists are planning the first "Free America" walkout on Tues, Jan 20th, encouraging people in all 50 states to shut down the economy and protest Trump's fascist regime.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
January 19, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Shut it Down! The "Free America" Walkouts on January 20th to Fight Trump's Fascist Regime
Activists are planning the first "Free America" walkout on Tues, Jan 20th, encouraging people in all 50 states to shut down the economy and protest Trump's fascist regime.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Activists are planning the first "Free America" walkout on Tues, Jan 20th, encouraging people in all 50 states to shut down the economy and protest Trump's fascist regime.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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Programming note: MeidasTouch Network will no longer be producing or carrying the shows Political Beatdown or Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen.
January 17, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Programming note: MeidasTouch Network will no longer be producing or carrying the shows Political Beatdown or Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen.