Ted Fickes
@tedfickes.bsky.social
I run Bright+3 which provides content, community and fundraising strategy to nonprofit leaders. I also run the Future Community newsletter and jobs list. All that and more at https://brightplus3.com
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The people documenting what's happening in Minneapolis are heroes—literally risking their lives to combat propaganda from the administration. @cwarzel.bsky.social
Believe Your Eyes
People are risking their lives to document agents in Minneapolis.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:51 PM
The people documenting what's happening in Minneapolis are heroes—literally risking their lives to combat propaganda from the administration. @cwarzel.bsky.social
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NOW: Plane flying banner over Mile High stadium before @denver-broncos.bsky.social game:
“NO ICE AT SUPER BOWL Text MELT to 668366”
“NO ICE AT SUPER BOWL Text MELT to 668366”
Airplane Towing "No ICE at Super Bowl" Banner Circling Broncos Stadium for AFC Championship
A plane towing a banner that reads “NO ICE AT SUPER BOWL Text MELT to 668366” is currently circling Denver's Empower Field, where the Broncos are about to take on...
coloradotimesrecorder.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:40 PM
NOW: Plane flying banner over Mile High stadium before @denver-broncos.bsky.social game:
“NO ICE AT SUPER BOWL Text MELT to 668366”
“NO ICE AT SUPER BOWL Text MELT to 668366”
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I have yet to see any of the House Dems who voted against DHS funding condemn their 7 colleagues who voted for it, or call out leadership for failing to whip up a unified front of opposition.
January 24, 2026 at 9:21 PM
I have yet to see any of the House Dems who voted against DHS funding condemn their 7 colleagues who voted for it, or call out leadership for failing to whip up a unified front of opposition.
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The NBA has postponed today’s Warriors-Wolves game in Minneapolis.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The NBA has postponed today’s Warriors-Wolves game in Minneapolis.
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Current conditions in Minneapolis for those abroad that think Americans aren't pushing back.
January 23, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Current conditions in Minneapolis for those abroad that think Americans aren't pushing back.
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When my family and 120,000 other Japanese American were sent to prison camps in WWII, the government only allowed propaganda photos of things like schools and baseball games to be published. A school in a prison is evidence of evil, none of these people, especially children, should be imprisoned
ICE is sending these kids to the concentration camp in Dilley, Texas, where they're preparing to have so many children that they're opening a new school there. They're actively hiring teachers now. I reported on it last month. We have to get people out of there.
January 23, 2026 at 5:56 PM
When my family and 120,000 other Japanese American were sent to prison camps in WWII, the government only allowed propaganda photos of things like schools and baseball games to be published. A school in a prison is evidence of evil, none of these people, especially children, should be imprisoned
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"If I create enough noise, my friends can get away." These kids have more courage than our elected reps or any of the rest of us.
nine years old
January 23, 2026 at 5:17 PM
"If I create enough noise, my friends can get away." These kids have more courage than our elected reps or any of the rest of us.
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The institutions are broken & deeeply antidemocratic & not self-enforcing & the imperial presidency was a grave mistake & Article I, II, & III have all failed.
The platform, going forward, must be institutional reform. Ready to go immediately.
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The institutions are broken & deeeply antidemocratic & not self-enforcing & the imperial presidency was a grave mistake & Article I, II, & III have all failed.
The platform, going forward, must be institutional reform. Ready to go immediately.
January 23, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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The institutions are broken & deeeply antidemocratic & not self-enforcing & the imperial presidency was a grave mistake & Article I, II, & III have all failed.
The platform, going forward, must be institutional reform. Ready to go immediately.
🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
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The institutions are broken & deeeply antidemocratic & not self-enforcing & the imperial presidency was a grave mistake & Article I, II, & III have all failed.
The platform, going forward, must be institutional reform. Ready to go immediately.
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Spraying chemical weapons into the eyes of people already subdued is torture.
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 23, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Spraying chemical weapons into the eyes of people already subdued is torture.
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They are going to say you’re anti-cop anyway, the way they have spent decades saying you are a socialist who wants open borders.
Just do the things that need to be done without whining about future attack ads.
Just do the things that need to be done without whining about future attack ads.
January 23, 2026 at 2:38 AM
They are going to say you’re anti-cop anyway, the way they have spent decades saying you are a socialist who wants open borders.
Just do the things that need to be done without whining about future attack ads.
Just do the things that need to be done without whining about future attack ads.
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Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
January 22, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
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“When Bautista noticed an agent coming directly toward him, he believed they could talk. But right after he offered the words, ‘We come in peace,’ the agent shot him with a pepper round that hit directly in his lower face.” www.ucc.org/ucc-pastor-s...
January 22, 2026 at 5:27 PM
“When Bautista noticed an agent coming directly toward him, he believed they could talk. But right after he offered the words, ‘We come in peace,’ the agent shot him with a pepper round that hit directly in his lower face.” www.ucc.org/ucc-pastor-s...
How we handle, sort and archive the unfathomable amount of citizen documentation is going to have huge if underrated impact later.
Most video and reporting will be managed by the whims of tech companies and that’s a problem.
via @techpolicypress.bsky.social
techpolicy.press/why-document...
Most video and reporting will be managed by the whims of tech companies and that’s a problem.
via @techpolicypress.bsky.social
techpolicy.press/why-document...
Why Documenting ICE’s Violent Raids is Only Half the Accountability Battle
Trump's forceful immigration raids have sparked nationwide unrest, but efforts to catalogue these activities face major hurdles, Chris Mills Rodrigo reports.
techpolicy.press
January 22, 2026 at 2:47 AM
How we handle, sort and archive the unfathomable amount of citizen documentation is going to have huge if underrated impact later.
Most video and reporting will be managed by the whims of tech companies and that’s a problem.
via @techpolicypress.bsky.social
techpolicy.press/why-document...
Most video and reporting will be managed by the whims of tech companies and that’s a problem.
via @techpolicypress.bsky.social
techpolicy.press/why-document...
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Liam Conejo Ramos is 5 years old - a preschool student at Valley View Elementary in Columbia Heights - transported by Trump and Miller’s secret police to Texas with his father per @startribune.com
5 YEARS OLD.
How can any human with a heartbeat - a conscience- be ok with this?
5 YEARS OLD.
How can any human with a heartbeat - a conscience- be ok with this?
January 22, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Liam Conejo Ramos is 5 years old - a preschool student at Valley View Elementary in Columbia Heights - transported by Trump and Miller’s secret police to Texas with his father per @startribune.com
5 YEARS OLD.
How can any human with a heartbeat - a conscience- be ok with this?
5 YEARS OLD.
How can any human with a heartbeat - a conscience- be ok with this?
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“baseball star detained by customs officials, nancy pelosi’s office confirms” is a story destined to break through
Giants star Jung Hoo Lee detained by CBP
The South Korean was traveling to California on Wednesday to take part in a Giants FanFest tour stop in San Ramon.
sfstandard.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:24 AM
“baseball star detained by customs officials, nancy pelosi’s office confirms” is a story destined to break through
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Heartbreaking cruelty visited upon children in our name
January 21, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Heartbreaking cruelty visited upon children in our name
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Neighborhood watch is taking on a new form in Minneapolis and other cities under occupation by federal immigration agents: ICE Watch.
These folks, who're tailing federal agents as they make arrests, are passionate, determined, and just about everywhere—and ICE is getting frustrated.
These folks, who're tailing federal agents as they make arrests, are passionate, determined, and just about everywhere—and ICE is getting frustrated.
Meet the Minneapolis neighbors standing up to ICE by the thousands
Local resistance is "growing exponentially," says Defend the 612's Andrew Fahlstrom.
www.motherjones.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Neighborhood watch is taking on a new form in Minneapolis and other cities under occupation by federal immigration agents: ICE Watch.
These folks, who're tailing federal agents as they make arrests, are passionate, determined, and just about everywhere—and ICE is getting frustrated.
These folks, who're tailing federal agents as they make arrests, are passionate, determined, and just about everywhere—and ICE is getting frustrated.
Hi @democrats.org @housedemocrats.bsky.social etc… see, thats not so hard, is it?
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 21, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Hi @democrats.org @housedemocrats.bsky.social etc… see, thats not so hard, is it?
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Danish parliamentarian fresh on the scene doing better retail politics than any American Democrat
Danish parliamentarian Rasmus Jarlov speaking to MS NOW on Stephen Miller comments regarding Greenland: "I hope he’s kept away from young women, because that’s the mentality of a rapist. You can’t defend yourself, so I’m going to take you. That’s basically what he’s saying."
January 20, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Danish parliamentarian fresh on the scene doing better retail politics than any American Democrat
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The vast majority of what’s happening is communal self-defense. It’s not an about agitating or escalating. The whistles, the honking, the yelling — these are efforts by people to warn and protect their neighbors. 2/3
January 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
The vast majority of what’s happening is communal self-defense. It’s not an about agitating or escalating. The whistles, the honking, the yelling — these are efforts by people to warn and protect their neighbors. 2/3
The enshittification of a consumer tech product can be measured in the number of times one must click “Not now” to complete a task.
January 18, 2026 at 7:47 PM
The enshittification of a consumer tech product can be measured in the number of times one must click “Not now” to complete a task.
A century of colonial rule by oil and gas companies and corrupt leaders at county, state and national levels.
West Texas cities are scrambling for water. But decades of oil and gas drilling has impacted the region’s water quality.
A Small Oil Company Polluted Midland’s Water Reserve. The Cleanup Has Dragged on for Years. - Inside Climate News
Cleaning up oilfield pollution in arid West Texas is costly and complicated. The bankruptcy process allows companies to move on while the public pays the price.
insideclimatenews.org
January 18, 2026 at 5:51 PM
A century of colonial rule by oil and gas companies and corrupt leaders at county, state and national levels.
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“…pastors said they knew of groups organizing grocery store runs, where individuals who felt unsafe leaving their house could be connected w/ppl willing to pick up groceries…churches have volunteered members to stand guard at the door of predominantly Latino or immigrant populations during worship.”
“ … solidarity is not just expressed in direct protests, it’s also creative companionship in the day-to-day. Neighborliness is trying to meet a moment where many are no longer safe to participate in tasks such as grocery shopping, taking the bus to work, or picking kids up from school.”
What Your Church Can Do if ICE Comes to Your City
Learning from Chicago Christians’ creative companionship.
sojo.net
January 18, 2026 at 5:36 PM
“…pastors said they knew of groups organizing grocery store runs, where individuals who felt unsafe leaving their house could be connected w/ppl willing to pick up groceries…churches have volunteered members to stand guard at the door of predominantly Latino or immigrant populations during worship.”
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The EU can start delinking itself, especially in tech, from the dying American empire. Hurt the Tech Bros and Trump will suffer for it.
Ambassadors from the European Union's 27 countries will convene on Sunday for an emergency meeting (MET 5 p.m.) after Donald Trump vows tariffs linked to Greenland.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
EU calls emergency envoys meeting for Sunday after Trump vows tariffs linked to Greenland
Ambassadors from the European Union's 27 countries will convene on Sunday for an emergency meeting.
www.reuters.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:54 AM
The EU can start delinking itself, especially in tech, from the dying American empire. Hurt the Tech Bros and Trump will suffer for it.
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This is a Trump+8 county led by a Republican county executive.
"Regardless of where you stand on … immigration, we all know that what is happening in the Midwest is a disaster."
Orange County will formally oppose a proposal to build an ICE facility in NY's Hudson Valley
www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
Orange County will formally oppose a proposal to build an ICE facility in NY's Hudson Valley
www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
‘Catastrophic for the local community’: Orange County exec will oppose Hudson Valley ICE facility
Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus said he would oppose a proposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Chester that has drawn criticism.
www.timesunion.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:45 PM
This is a Trump+8 county led by a Republican county executive.