Thia Fin
@thiafin.bsky.social
On a new path in the mountains; immersed in art, friends, garden, nature, laughter; owned by a border collie, now battling snowy winters, gophers, moles, voles, and Republican'ts at 73. With freedom comes great responsibility. Terrified for America.
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This is a terrific piece of rhetorical construction that also happens to be a very good point. A lot of us have been heartened by the courage and integrity so many Minnesotans have shown over this past week, in the face of intimidation and spiteful violence.
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 AM
This is a terrific piece of rhetorical construction that also happens to be a very good point. A lot of us have been heartened by the courage and integrity so many Minnesotans have shown over this past week, in the face of intimidation and spiteful violence.
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UPDATE — @CAgovernor @gavinnewsom.bsky.social looking into TikTok suppressing anti-Trump content, including blocking mentions of Epstein
( 👋🏽 We can attest we are currently being fully suppressed on TikTok under the new ownership)
( 👋🏽 We can attest we are currently being fully suppressed on TikTok under the new ownership)
January 27, 2026 at 5:23 AM
UPDATE — @CAgovernor @gavinnewsom.bsky.social looking into TikTok suppressing anti-Trump content, including blocking mentions of Epstein
( 👋🏽 We can attest we are currently being fully suppressed on TikTok under the new ownership)
( 👋🏽 We can attest we are currently being fully suppressed on TikTok under the new ownership)
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In the Netherlands, the director of the Hannah Arendt Institute Christophe Busch says there is rapid "democratic decay" in the US after extrajudicial executions carried out by secret police forces loyal to Trump. "Mechanisms used in Germany from 1933 are clearly recognizable."
Directeur Hannah Arendt Instituut waarschuwt voor "democratisch verval" in VS na dodelijke schietincidenten: "Mechanismen uit 1933 herkenbaar" | VRT NWS: nieuws
De dodelijke schietincidenten door federale agenten in de Verenigde Staten vertonen duidelijke kenmerken van democratisch verval en politisering van de politie. Dat zegt Christophe Busch, historicus e...
vrtnws.be
January 27, 2026 at 5:17 AM
In the Netherlands, the director of the Hannah Arendt Institute Christophe Busch says there is rapid "democratic decay" in the US after extrajudicial executions carried out by secret police forces loyal to Trump. "Mechanisms used in Germany from 1933 are clearly recognizable."
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#FundHealthcareStopICE
Americans are fed up
Americans want good affordable Healthcare
Not ICE AGENTS ATTACKING INNOCENT PEOPLE
PLEASE
CALL YOUR SENATORS 202 224-3121
BLOCK ICE FUNDING NOW
Americans are fed up
Americans want good affordable Healthcare
Not ICE AGENTS ATTACKING INNOCENT PEOPLE
PLEASE
CALL YOUR SENATORS 202 224-3121
BLOCK ICE FUNDING NOW
January 26, 2026 at 9:35 PM
#FundHealthcareStopICE
Americans are fed up
Americans want good affordable Healthcare
Not ICE AGENTS ATTACKING INNOCENT PEOPLE
PLEASE
CALL YOUR SENATORS 202 224-3121
BLOCK ICE FUNDING NOW
Americans are fed up
Americans want good affordable Healthcare
Not ICE AGENTS ATTACKING INNOCENT PEOPLE
PLEASE
CALL YOUR SENATORS 202 224-3121
BLOCK ICE FUNDING NOW
THERE IS NO WAY TO EASE TENSIONS UNTIL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN BE ASSURED ICE NO LONGER EXISTS.
"Homan can’t erase the mistakes of the last month, but he has an opportunity to ease tensions," the Editorial Board writes. https://wapo.st/3Z0xCBW
Opinion | Tom Homan’s Minneapolis to-do list
Targeting criminals, stopping collateral arrests and more transparency will deescalate tensions.
wapo.st
January 27, 2026 at 4:38 AM
THERE IS NO WAY TO EASE TENSIONS UNTIL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN BE ASSURED ICE NO LONGER EXISTS.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social and @democrats.senate.gov please go to this link and read what is written by Stacey Patton. And then dig deep into your sense of what humanity is all about and do the one thing that needs doing -- ABOLISH ICE. www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...
January 27, 2026 at 2:47 AM
@housedemocrats.bsky.social and @democrats.senate.gov please go to this link and read what is written by Stacey Patton. And then dig deep into your sense of what humanity is all about and do the one thing that needs doing -- ABOLISH ICE. www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...
Minnesota is not giving up the fight...and neither are we! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqw0...
Tracy Chapman, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Youssou N'Dour - Get Up, Stand Up (Live)
YouTube video by BruceSpringsteenVEVO
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Minnesota is not giving up the fight...and neither are we! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqw0...
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Why is the msm outside of Maine not covering this? It seems like a huge and very troubling story to me. ICE coming to observers houses or calling them on the phone warning them to back off??!! www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Why is the msm outside of Maine not covering this? It seems like a huge and very troubling story to me. ICE coming to observers houses or calling them on the phone warning them to back off??!! www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
Hell I'm not surprised sales are nonexistent.
Paraphrasing Melania herself, moviegoing audiences throughout the world ask, "Who gives FOOK about Melania?"
(Although it should be noted that the film was never about selling tickets, it was always about Jeff Bezos bribing/flattering Donald Trump.)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
(Although it should be noted that the film was never about selling tickets, it was always about Jeff Bezos bribing/flattering Donald Trump.)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Melania documentary struggles in UK cinemas as Vue admits sales are ‘soft’
Only one ticket sold for premiere of film about US first lady at Vue’s flagship London branch as insiders question launch strategy
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Hell I'm not surprised sales are nonexistent.
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Can’t help but walk around my house singing re Bovino m.youtube.com/watch?v=IfJm...
DJ SUEDE & IMARKKEYZ - LOSE YO JOB
YouTube video by Remix God Suede
m.youtube.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Can’t help but walk around my house singing re Bovino m.youtube.com/watch?v=IfJm...
Well one church gets it...
January 27, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Well one church gets it...
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Contact all the members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee. Insist they pull all funding for DHS and ICE. Insist that those who committed murder and all other crimes be held accountable.
You can find them in this link. Call, email, protest at their offices.
www.govtrack.us/congress/com...
You can find them in this link. Call, email, protest at their offices.
www.govtrack.us/congress/com...
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - GovTrack.us
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
www.govtrack.us
January 26, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Contact all the members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee. Insist they pull all funding for DHS and ICE. Insist that those who committed murder and all other crimes be held accountable.
You can find them in this link. Call, email, protest at their offices.
www.govtrack.us/congress/com...
You can find them in this link. Call, email, protest at their offices.
www.govtrack.us/congress/com...
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Tucson Friends
Message from our Mayor
Regina Romero
Please listen & share
Our City, I'm sorry to say has ICE RAIDS RAPIDLY GROWING
Please Stay SAFE & VIGILANT
PLEASE PROTEST PEACEFULLY and HAVE ID with you
Try not to engage with ICE IF POSSIBLE
DON'T DAMAGE PROPERTY
WE STAND TOGETHER 🌵🕊
Message from our Mayor
Regina Romero
Please listen & share
Our City, I'm sorry to say has ICE RAIDS RAPIDLY GROWING
Please Stay SAFE & VIGILANT
PLEASE PROTEST PEACEFULLY and HAVE ID with you
Try not to engage with ICE IF POSSIBLE
DON'T DAMAGE PROPERTY
WE STAND TOGETHER 🌵🕊
January 26, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Tucson Friends
Message from our Mayor
Regina Romero
Please listen & share
Our City, I'm sorry to say has ICE RAIDS RAPIDLY GROWING
Please Stay SAFE & VIGILANT
PLEASE PROTEST PEACEFULLY and HAVE ID with you
Try not to engage with ICE IF POSSIBLE
DON'T DAMAGE PROPERTY
WE STAND TOGETHER 🌵🕊
Message from our Mayor
Regina Romero
Please listen & share
Our City, I'm sorry to say has ICE RAIDS RAPIDLY GROWING
Please Stay SAFE & VIGILANT
PLEASE PROTEST PEACEFULLY and HAVE ID with you
Try not to engage with ICE IF POSSIBLE
DON'T DAMAGE PROPERTY
WE STAND TOGETHER 🌵🕊
It feels as if we\re all bearing witness to what's happening in Minnesota, what happened in Los Angeles, what happened in Oregon, what's happening to immigrants everywhere in America. It's heartbreaking. devastating for this country. Now Johnson closes the House. open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
Bearing Witness
The civic action of a handful of Minnesotans is holding Trump accountable
open.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:48 PM
It feels as if we\re all bearing witness to what's happening in Minnesota, what happened in Los Angeles, what happened in Oregon, what's happening to immigrants everywhere in America. It's heartbreaking. devastating for this country. Now Johnson closes the House. open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
Seriously @tomsuozzi.bsky.social how can you be so STUPID!!! How can any member of Congress be so STUPID. Of course it was. But a women getting murdered, over 30 people dying from ICE violence or in ICE custody is not enough for you? You'll get no sympathy from me.
January 26, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Seriously @tomsuozzi.bsky.social how can you be so STUPID!!! How can any member of Congress be so STUPID. Of course it was. But a women getting murdered, over 30 people dying from ICE violence or in ICE custody is not enough for you? You'll get no sympathy from me.
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ICE-holes brutalized the press and launched tear gas at protesters outside a hotel in Minneapolis that’s housing ICE-holes.
(1/25/26)
#FuckICE #ProudBlue #Pinks #Minnesota #Resist
(1/25/26)
#FuckICE #ProudBlue #Pinks #Minnesota #Resist
January 26, 2026 at 6:50 PM
ICE-holes brutalized the press and launched tear gas at protesters outside a hotel in Minneapolis that’s housing ICE-holes.
(1/25/26)
#FuckICE #ProudBlue #Pinks #Minnesota #Resist
(1/25/26)
#FuckICE #ProudBlue #Pinks #Minnesota #Resist
Since Congress and the Supreme Court Justices are not doing their jobs of check and balances this is the truth.
January 26, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Since Congress and the Supreme Court Justices are not doing their jobs of check and balances this is the truth.
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Reporting the names of law enforcement officers acting in their official capacity in public is legal and protected by the First Amendment, as it constitutes public information.
If they are executing people, we have a moral imperative to expose them and hold them accountable.
If they are executing people, we have a moral imperative to expose them and hold them accountable.
January 26, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Reporting the names of law enforcement officers acting in their official capacity in public is legal and protected by the First Amendment, as it constitutes public information.
If they are executing people, we have a moral imperative to expose them and hold them accountable.
If they are executing people, we have a moral imperative to expose them and hold them accountable.
Well better late than never I guess...but over 30 people have been killed by or died in ICE custody, so it's way past time.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
Clinton and Obama urge Americans to 'speak out' and take action after Minneapolis shootings
The statements from the Democratic former presidents said the shooting of Alex Pretti is "a wake-up call" and a moment that could shape "our history for years to come."
www.nbcnews.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Well better late than never I guess...but over 30 people have been killed by or died in ICE custody, so it's way past time.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
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Trump is wading into the cesspool that has led to atrocities in fascist countries: using state power to enforce the leader’s bigotry.
Trump Sounds a Lot Like You-Know-Who
He’s no Hitler. But his speech in Davos about Greenland eerily echoes 1938.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Trump is wading into the cesspool that has led to atrocities in fascist countries: using state power to enforce the leader’s bigotry.
Borrowed...driveway chalking, excerpt from Amanda Gorman’s new poem for Alex Pretti
January 26, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Borrowed...driveway chalking, excerpt from Amanda Gorman’s new poem for Alex Pretti
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“Federal officials say they have a right to enforce immigration law and have accused Walz of trying to obstruct their work.”
Just stop. All of America sees the lies and horror of the convicted felon, rapist, racist, pedophile’s presidency.
#DestroyICE
#DV1
#Voices4Victory
#Pinks
#SheShed
Just stop. All of America sees the lies and horror of the convicted felon, rapist, racist, pedophile’s presidency.
#DestroyICE
#DV1
#Voices4Victory
#Pinks
#SheShed
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 26, 2026
January 26, 2026 at 1:09 AM
“Federal officials say they have a right to enforce immigration law and have accused Walz of trying to obstruct their work.”
Just stop. All of America sees the lies and horror of the convicted felon, rapist, racist, pedophile’s presidency.
#DestroyICE
#DV1
#Voices4Victory
#Pinks
#SheShed
Just stop. All of America sees the lies and horror of the convicted felon, rapist, racist, pedophile’s presidency.
#DestroyICE
#DV1
#Voices4Victory
#Pinks
#SheShed
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Trump’s goons are murdering US citizens. The GOP is allowing this by not standing up to him and using the power of Congress to put a stop to it.
Doing nothing tells us all they are okay with their murders. They are aiding and abetting ICE.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news/AhHkGZIShQvi...
Doing nothing tells us all they are okay with their murders. They are aiding and abetting ICE.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news/AhHkGZIShQvi...
Republican calls are growing for a deeper investigation into the fatal Minneapolis shooting — The Associated Press
A growing number of Republicans are pressing for a deeper investigation into federal immigration tactics after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis. And those calls are a sign ...
apple.news
January 26, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Trump’s goons are murdering US citizens. The GOP is allowing this by not standing up to him and using the power of Congress to put a stop to it.
Doing nothing tells us all they are okay with their murders. They are aiding and abetting ICE.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news/AhHkGZIShQvi...
Doing nothing tells us all they are okay with their murders. They are aiding and abetting ICE.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news/AhHkGZIShQvi...
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People at taken to Whipple are released into the cold in whatever they were wearing without their phones and IDs. Volunteers meet them at release (or find them left in parks and the woods) get them a burner, warm clothes, food, a ride home, etc
(GFM in next post)
www.instagram.com/reel/DTzJde9...
(GFM in next post)
www.instagram.com/reel/DTzJde9...
January 26, 2026 at 1:39 AM
People at taken to Whipple are released into the cold in whatever they were wearing without their phones and IDs. Volunteers meet them at release (or find them left in parks and the woods) get them a burner, warm clothes, food, a ride home, etc
(GFM in next post)
www.instagram.com/reel/DTzJde9...
(GFM in next post)
www.instagram.com/reel/DTzJde9...