Marcus
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Marcus
@thulcandra64.bsky.social
· Sep 27
Every now and then, I look at the news, at the open crimes and corruption of the current administration, at the ways they are actively and intentionally making the country worse, making people's lives worse, and think, "we could just not do this."
The longer the list of names, the less useful it is.
ICE reportedly has a tool where they circle a geography and get the names of all the cell phone users within it. The key to defeating this technology is not "smashing your cell phone with a hammer" but "recognizing that having a list of 30 people who are recording you in public is not very useful"
Everyone following ICE caravans can assume their identities are known to ICE. ICE routinely leads them to their own houses to make this point. They take pictures of them in the streets and put them in their db. They're recording with cell phones that can be easily tracked.
January 30, 2026 at 1:09 PM
The longer the list of names, the less useful it is.
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What the observers are doing is a form of civil disobedience, except they're not breaking any laws -- maybe it's "civil obedience." The harassment they're facing is illegal and makes it increasingly clear to millions of people that the regime is wrong.
ICE reportedly has a tool where they circle a geography and get the names of all the cell phone users within it. The key to defeating this technology is not "smashing your cell phone with a hammer" but "recognizing that having a list of 30 people who are recording you in public is not very useful"
Everyone following ICE caravans can assume their identities are known to ICE. ICE routinely leads them to their own houses to make this point. They take pictures of them in the streets and put them in their db. They're recording with cell phones that can be easily tracked.
January 30, 2026 at 12:47 PM
What the observers are doing is a form of civil disobedience, except they're not breaking any laws -- maybe it's "civil obedience." The harassment they're facing is illegal and makes it increasingly clear to millions of people that the regime is wrong.
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For reference, Minneapolis's "Metro Surge" was 25x larger than Chicago's Midway Blitz - ten times as many agents in a city almost a third the size.
The Springfield metro is only 136,000 people. A 1000-agent surge will be the equivalent of TWO HUNDRED MIDWAY BLITZES at once. Utter insanity.
The Springfield metro is only 136,000 people. A 1000-agent surge will be the equivalent of TWO HUNDRED MIDWAY BLITZES at once. Utter insanity.
January 28, 2026 at 11:40 PM
For reference, Minneapolis's "Metro Surge" was 25x larger than Chicago's Midway Blitz - ten times as many agents in a city almost a third the size.
The Springfield metro is only 136,000 people. A 1000-agent surge will be the equivalent of TWO HUNDRED MIDWAY BLITZES at once. Utter insanity.
The Springfield metro is only 136,000 people. A 1000-agent surge will be the equivalent of TWO HUNDRED MIDWAY BLITZES at once. Utter insanity.
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I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
January 28, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
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this is a straightforward impeachable offense for trump, vance, rubio and every other person down the line who enabled it and the framers would have thought impeachment for it did not go nearly far enough
Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.'"
January 29, 2026 at 12:44 AM
this is a straightforward impeachable offense for trump, vance, rubio and every other person down the line who enabled it and the framers would have thought impeachment for it did not go nearly far enough
A *54* point swing for independents is *insane*.
Net-Favorability Of ICE:
(March 2025 /// January 2026)
All: 🟢+17% /// 🔴 -15%
Independents: 🟢 +9% /// 🔴 - 45%
White: 🟢 +30% /// 🔴 -7%
Hispanic:🔴 -1% ///🔴 -18%
18-34 Year Olds: 🟢 +6% /// 🔴 -18%
Clarity Campaign / Jan 22, 2026
(March 2025 /// January 2026)
All: 🟢+17% /// 🔴 -15%
Independents: 🟢 +9% /// 🔴 - 45%
White: 🟢 +30% /// 🔴 -7%
Hispanic:🔴 -1% ///🔴 -18%
18-34 Year Olds: 🟢 +6% /// 🔴 -18%
Clarity Campaign / Jan 22, 2026
January 29, 2026 at 12:39 AM
A *54* point swing for independents is *insane*.
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If nothing else today, I got USA Today to print my analogy of the significance of ICE administrative warrants.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
January 29, 2026 at 12:22 AM
If nothing else today, I got USA Today to print my analogy of the significance of ICE administrative warrants.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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If Bilbo had Chat GPT
January 27, 2026 at 4:24 PM
If Bilbo had Chat GPT
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Look, if you had a party scheduled at your house, and the pipes broke and the floor was covered in raw sewage, you’d tell your friends not to come over.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
January 27, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Look, if you had a party scheduled at your house, and the pipes broke and the floor was covered in raw sewage, you’d tell your friends not to come over.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
Marco Rubio?
You mean the new face of the Republican party who drove around in his pickup truck to stop the nomination of Donald Trump and who retired after one term in the Senate, just like he promised?
THAT Marco Rubio?
Haven't seen him in years. Heard he was dead.
You mean the new face of the Republican party who drove around in his pickup truck to stop the nomination of Donald Trump and who retired after one term in the Senate, just like he promised?
THAT Marco Rubio?
Haven't seen him in years. Heard he was dead.
January 28, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Marco Rubio?
You mean the new face of the Republican party who drove around in his pickup truck to stop the nomination of Donald Trump and who retired after one term in the Senate, just like he promised?
THAT Marco Rubio?
Haven't seen him in years. Heard he was dead.
You mean the new face of the Republican party who drove around in his pickup truck to stop the nomination of Donald Trump and who retired after one term in the Senate, just like he promised?
THAT Marco Rubio?
Haven't seen him in years. Heard he was dead.
LMAO
RAND PAUL: If a country bombed our air defense missiles, captured & removed our president, & blockaded our country, would that be considered an act of war?
RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition
PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!
RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition
PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!
January 28, 2026 at 7:26 PM
LMAO
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Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.
January 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.
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really says a lot about the lack of conviction at the heart of the GOP that the party of God and Guns was completely subsumed by a guy who cares about neither
January 27, 2026 at 11:34 PM
really says a lot about the lack of conviction at the heart of the GOP that the party of God and Guns was completely subsumed by a guy who cares about neither
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This isn't about "training issues." The murderer who executed Renee Good has been with ICE for 10 years, and according to DHS, the murderer who executed Alex Pretti has been there for 8 years.
These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.
These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.
January 26, 2026 at 11:04 PM
This isn't about "training issues." The murderer who executed Renee Good has been with ICE for 10 years, and according to DHS, the murderer who executed Alex Pretti has been there for 8 years.
These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.
These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.
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If your starting point is “they’re never going to obey the law anyway so why try?” you’re never actually going to be happy with any of the solutions that a opposition party in the legislature is going to be able to offer
January 27, 2026 at 1:15 PM
If your starting point is “they’re never going to obey the law anyway so why try?” you’re never actually going to be happy with any of the solutions that a opposition party in the legislature is going to be able to offer
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This is one of my favorite charts because the obvious implication is ... obvious, but you absolutely are not allowed to say it out loud in US public discourse.
January 27, 2026 at 6:41 AM
This is one of my favorite charts because the obvious implication is ... obvious, but you absolutely are not allowed to say it out loud in US public discourse.
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I want to say this too: this victory was won because we had observers EVERYWHERE. ICE and CBP couldn't set foot in our city without cameras rolling. Much of the nation seemed determined to ignore our plight for weeks, but the avalanche of documentation we produced dragged the nation to us.
January 27, 2026 at 1:03 AM
I want to say this too: this victory was won because we had observers EVERYWHERE. ICE and CBP couldn't set foot in our city without cameras rolling. Much of the nation seemed determined to ignore our plight for weeks, but the avalanche of documentation we produced dragged the nation to us.
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THEY BREAK UPON MINNEAPOLIS
wait they removed Bovino? maximum respect to the people of Minneapolis: you did this. power to the people forever
January 27, 2026 at 12:49 AM
THEY BREAK UPON MINNEAPOLIS
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To be clear, this is a victory, which was won by ordinary people putting their lives on the line in the streets of Minneapolis while almost all their elected leaders kept quiet or made only muted criticism.
January 27, 2026 at 12:45 AM
To be clear, this is a victory, which was won by ordinary people putting their lives on the line in the streets of Minneapolis while almost all their elected leaders kept quiet or made only muted criticism.
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The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
January 26, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
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A number of responders were quite opposed to the idea of giving ridealongs to The Atlantic (I understand their frustration with the outlet).
But I drove these guys around for two hours and they witnessed abductions, confrontations with the public, tear-gassings.
The lesson: let the world see.
But I drove these guys around for two hours and they witnessed abductions, confrontations with the public, tear-gassings.
The lesson: let the world see.
The Atlantic Magazine just dropped a tremendous story on the Minnesota Resistance. The author is a war correspondent & sees the echoes of leaderless community empowerment around the globe: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... (supposed to be a gift link, might not work, it’s in Apple News, too.)
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:21 AM
A number of responders were quite opposed to the idea of giving ridealongs to The Atlantic (I understand their frustration with the outlet).
But I drove these guys around for two hours and they witnessed abductions, confrontations with the public, tear-gassings.
The lesson: let the world see.
But I drove these guys around for two hours and they witnessed abductions, confrontations with the public, tear-gassings.
The lesson: let the world see.
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"let them drive around with you while you do stuff" generally gets reporters to write stories from your point of view. this is because they are literally in your point of view
A number of responders were quite opposed to the idea of giving ridealongs to The Atlantic (I understand their frustration with the outlet).
But I drove these guys around for two hours and they witnessed abductions, confrontations with the public, tear-gassings.
The lesson: let the world see.
But I drove these guys around for two hours and they witnessed abductions, confrontations with the public, tear-gassings.
The lesson: let the world see.
The Atlantic Magazine just dropped a tremendous story on the Minnesota Resistance. The author is a war correspondent & sees the echoes of leaderless community empowerment around the globe: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... (supposed to be a gift link, might not work, it’s in Apple News, too.)
January 26, 2026 at 7:54 AM
"let them drive around with you while you do stuff" generally gets reporters to write stories from your point of view. this is because they are literally in your point of view
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Big bipartisan majority in Congress bans TikTok, Biden signs it into law, the US doesn't enforce it, Trump becomes president, and now TikTok's US operations have been transferred to Trump-allied oligarchs, including those who have changed CBS from news into pseudo state media, do I have that right?
January 26, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Big bipartisan majority in Congress bans TikTok, Biden signs it into law, the US doesn't enforce it, Trump becomes president, and now TikTok's US operations have been transferred to Trump-allied oligarchs, including those who have changed CBS from news into pseudo state media, do I have that right?
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."