@stiffelman.bsky.social
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‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
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25. This Cibola jail was horrible. It was cramped. I was chained up again.
The officers mocked
me and called me their enemy. They laughed at me. I was kept at the jail for what felt like around three hours. I wasn't given an explanation for why I was there.
26. Security
guards then put me on a bus. I think it was around January 27.
No one said
anything about where I was going. I was handcuffed. It felt like the middle of the night. It was freezing cold in the bus because the driver had the AC on. We had no jackets. The bus eventually took me back to El Paso in the carly morning of Tuesday, January 27th.
27. I was put in a cold cell where I had to sleep on the bare cement floor. Around 10 in the morning my cellmate asked to speak to an ICE officer. Three officers came into the cell so I had a chance to speak to them too. One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." She told me that if I fought my case, I would spend two to three more months here in El Paso. She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota. If I hadn't managed to talk to my attorney who told me a while back that I was ordered released. I might have given up at this point and signed the self-deportation forms because the conditions were so unbearable.
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30. When I was taken back to the detention center from the airport, after missing the flight, I overheard an ICE officer saying in English, "the judge in Minnesota wants this one back." I was put in a cold jail cell again until early next morning (January 28). But again no one had told me directly that a judge had ordered my release
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32. When I arrived in Minneapolis, I was handed off to ICE
… I had to sign lots of papers saying that I wasn't going to be a part of any "groups." I didn't know what they meant by "groups." They never told me why I was detained](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5cn3kbi4g5blrtahon34xbu4/bafkreiccqxmfncofjqinoveiqscwale2ox5xpiqt46veqjdh3jmimkrxhq@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
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Next time Kaitlyn Collins gets to question Trump, she should ask, "How many children have you raped?" and then smile.
February 5, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Next time Kaitlyn Collins gets to question Trump, she should ask, "How many children have you raped?" and then smile.
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WOOT
Accountability!
Brad Karp, head of Paul Weiss, steps down after Epstein revelations.
More please!
Brad Karp, head of Paul Weiss, steps down after Epstein revelations.
More please!
February 5, 2026 at 2:27 AM
WOOT
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a nerdy kid who loved maps and state capitals and dates and fun facts, this was one of the first things I would go online for. just to learn. this is fucking bullshit.
They closed the CIA World Factbook and deleted it entirely.
February 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
a nerdy kid who loved maps and state capitals and dates and fun facts, this was one of the first things I would go online for. just to learn. this is fucking bullshit.
@sammyroth.bsky.social reporting that the Post cuts include 14 climate journalists:
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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*Benson and Stabler exchange concerned looks*
a Republican witness in the GOP's "Somali Scammers" hearing details how he drives by childcare centers and looks at how many footprints in the snow there are to determine how many kids are there. Psycho stuff.
February 4, 2026 at 10:15 PM
*Benson and Stabler exchange concerned looks*
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They invited this guy and not Nick Shirley because Shirley’s recent interviews showed he’s very likely illiterate
During a hearing titled "Somali scammers," Ted Cruz asks a GOP witness "how many kids did you see?" in childcare centers he wasn't welcome in. Sick stuff.
February 4, 2026 at 9:24 PM
They invited this guy and not Nick Shirley because Shirley’s recent interviews showed he’s very likely illiterate
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if you see this man outside of your kid’s daycare, call the police!
a Republican witness in the GOP's "Somali Scammers" hearing details how he drives by childcare centers and looks at how many footprints in the snow there are to determine how many kids are there. Psycho stuff.
February 4, 2026 at 9:30 PM
if you see this man outside of your kid’s daycare, call the police!
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In less than a week the Kennedy Center has effectively closed and our local DC paper has been gutted, both by billionaires.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
February 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM
In less than a week the Kennedy Center has effectively closed and our local DC paper has been gutted, both by billionaires.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
Westboro, man. They used to picket funerals a few blocks from me. Seems like they’re barely phoning it in now. I blame AI.
Westboro Baptist Church tried to make an Anti-Luigi Mangione poster but it just looks like Luigi is threatening billionaires and goes unironically hard af
February 4, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Westboro, man. They used to picket funerals a few blocks from me. Seems like they’re barely phoning it in now. I blame AI.
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I've reread this like 3 times. Freed herself from slavery by running away, *went back a week later bc the slaver was talking shit, set his house on fire, and then escaped again is absolutely incredible queen shit
As an aside, Rachel is a legend. (From Fischer’s “African Founders”)
February 4, 2026 at 1:51 PM
I've reread this like 3 times. Freed herself from slavery by running away, *went back a week later bc the slaver was talking shit, set his house on fire, and then escaped again is absolutely incredible queen shit
We can use some cheering up. These photographs are just the tonic www.theguardian.com/sport/galler...
The Pup Cup: thousands of dogs compete in the Westminster Dog Show – in pictures
Penny, a doberman pinscher, won best in show at the 150th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:43 PM
We can use some cheering up. These photographs are just the tonic www.theguardian.com/sport/galler...
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If Jeff Bezos had any strength of character he would pay someone to take the newspaper he's destroyed off his hands and contribute money to a trust to restore it.
February 4, 2026 at 8:15 PM
If Jeff Bezos had any strength of character he would pay someone to take the newspaper he's destroyed off his hands and contribute money to a trust to restore it.
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A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
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Incredible. They destroyed a great newspaper because they hated the people who actually paid for it and read it so much that they'd rather scrap the paper if they couldn't get Tucker Carlson's audience bsky.app/profile/maxt...
Speaking to WaPo employees, editor Matt Murray says cuts are about “positioning ourselves to become more essential to people's lives, and what is becoming a more crowded, competitive and complicated media landscape, and after some years when, candidly, the Post has had struggles to do that."
February 4, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Incredible. They destroyed a great newspaper because they hated the people who actually paid for it and read it so much that they'd rather scrap the paper if they couldn't get Tucker Carlson's audience bsky.app/profile/maxt...
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We are NOT moving on from the Epstein files.
February 4, 2026 at 6:08 PM
We are NOT moving on from the Epstein files.
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RFK, jr. is the worst person you ever met at a party in california, patel is the worst guy you ever encountered at the gym, bondi is the worst person you ever met at church, bessent is the worst person you have ever met at a conference, all these people are the worst versions of every stereotype
they made the entire administration out of the worst person you have ever known in every situation, vance is the worst person you ever met in college
February 4, 2026 at 6:11 PM
RFK, jr. is the worst person you ever met at a party in california, patel is the worst guy you ever encountered at the gym, bondi is the worst person you ever met at church, bessent is the worst person you have ever met at a conference, all these people are the worst versions of every stereotype
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You may not have heard, but it’s important. Dems are holding shadow hearings on ICE crimes. Witnesses provided harrowing and explosive accounts yesterday. I provide some highlights from the day, and I urge everyone to watch and amplify them. Link in the replies.
February 4, 2026 at 6:11 PM
You may not have heard, but it’s important. Dems are holding shadow hearings on ICE crimes. Witnesses provided harrowing and explosive accounts yesterday. I provide some highlights from the day, and I urge everyone to watch and amplify them. Link in the replies.
This is very, very fine. With a shoutout to The Church Committee, as well.
open.substack.com/pub/theameri...
open.substack.com/pub/theameri...
How to Think About Conspiracies
Staying Sane in the Age of Epstein
open.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:51 PM
This is very, very fine. With a shoutout to The Church Committee, as well.
open.substack.com/pub/theameri...
open.substack.com/pub/theameri...
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The best part of Steve Bannon
outing ICE as Trump's personal Gestapo
is that millions of young people
now know who Steve Bannon is
bc of his many appearances
in the Epstein Files.
outing ICE as Trump's personal Gestapo
is that millions of young people
now know who Steve Bannon is
bc of his many appearances
in the Epstein Files.
Steve Bannon,
"We're gonna have ICE surround the polls...We'll never again allow an election to be stolen."
"We're gonna have ICE surround the polls...We'll never again allow an election to be stolen."
February 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
The best part of Steve Bannon
outing ICE as Trump's personal Gestapo
is that millions of young people
now know who Steve Bannon is
bc of his many appearances
in the Epstein Files.
outing ICE as Trump's personal Gestapo
is that millions of young people
now know who Steve Bannon is
bc of his many appearances
in the Epstein Files.
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Bernie is right: we shouldn’t have billionaires
New analysis shows that Jeff Bezos could absorb the Washington Post's annual losses for 5 years with the amount he makes in a single week.
His net worth has increased by $224 billion since buying the paper.
His net worth has increased by $224 billion since buying the paper.
February 4, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Bernie is right: we shouldn’t have billionaires
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February 4, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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Alex Pretti wasn't killed by rhetoric, he was killed by two masked CBP agents shooting him 10 times in the back after they had disarmed and pepper sprayed him.
Rhetoric didn't kill Renee Good either, a thug from ICE did that with a gun as she tried to avoid hurting him.
Rhetoric didn't kill Renee Good either, a thug from ICE did that with a gun as she tried to avoid hurting him.
Homan: "I said back in March of this year [sic] that if the hateful rhetoric didn't stop I was afraid there would be bloodshed. And there has been."
February 4, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Alex Pretti wasn't killed by rhetoric, he was killed by two masked CBP agents shooting him 10 times in the back after they had disarmed and pepper sprayed him.
Rhetoric didn't kill Renee Good either, a thug from ICE did that with a gun as she tried to avoid hurting him.
Rhetoric didn't kill Renee Good either, a thug from ICE did that with a gun as she tried to avoid hurting him.
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In the 1850s, hardline supporters of slavery started developing affirmative theological defenses of enslaving other human beings. This was seen as outrageous and, in turn, supercharged theological opposition to slavery.
Speaking on behalf of a religion that actively sought to spread itself to every country in the world whether invited or not, Speaker Johnson would like to share with you the Biblical case for strong borders.
February 4, 2026 at 2:16 PM
In the 1850s, hardline supporters of slavery started developing affirmative theological defenses of enslaving other human beings. This was seen as outrageous and, in turn, supercharged theological opposition to slavery.