Mer
@valkmer2.bsky.social
Progressive, depressive, occasionally excessive
Pro BLM, Pro BIPOC, Pro LGBTQIA+, Anti Bigotry
She/her
Pro BLM, Pro BIPOC, Pro LGBTQIA+, Anti Bigotry
She/her
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Imagine if even a fraction of what this administration plans to spend on cages went toward housing people.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Imagine if even a fraction of what this administration plans to spend on cages went toward housing people.
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Wow! This is some top-notch investigative journalism. The report claims the 3 million Epstein files released are only 2% of the total.
The massive scale of what’s still missing is hard to comprehend.
The massive scale of what’s still missing is hard to comprehend.
February 15, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Wow! This is some top-notch investigative journalism. The report claims the 3 million Epstein files released are only 2% of the total.
The massive scale of what’s still missing is hard to comprehend.
The massive scale of what’s still missing is hard to comprehend.
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
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Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico
The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.
www.latitudemedia.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
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Bad Bunny “together we are America”
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Bad Bunny “together we are America”
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ohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational
February 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
ohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational
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Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
February 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
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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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🔥 “This started as a pretext about immigration and fraud… it’s WELL beyond that now. It’s into your 2nd/4th/6th Amendments… We’re performing CPR on what may already be a corpse called the Constitution… Wake up. This isn’t just Minneapolis. It’s ALL of us.”
(H/T @allenanalysis.bsky.social )
(H/T @allenanalysis.bsky.social )
January 25, 2026 at 3:51 AM
🔥 “This started as a pretext about immigration and fraud… it’s WELL beyond that now. It’s into your 2nd/4th/6th Amendments… We’re performing CPR on what may already be a corpse called the Constitution… Wake up. This isn’t just Minneapolis. It’s ALL of us.”
(H/T @allenanalysis.bsky.social )
(H/T @allenanalysis.bsky.social )
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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Renee Good's autopsy blows the lid off lies from Trump's DHS: ex-prosecutor
www.rawstory.com/renee-good-2...
www.rawstory.com/renee-good-2...
Renee Good's autopsy blows the lid off lies from Trump's DHS: ex-prosecutor
The Trump administration has lied about the death of Renee Nicole Good at the hands of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis, former prosecutor Kristy Greenberg stated on the lat...
www.rawstory.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Renee Good's autopsy blows the lid off lies from Trump's DHS: ex-prosecutor
www.rawstory.com/renee-good-2...
www.rawstory.com/renee-good-2...
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Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
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Who wants to tell Pete Alex Pretti did all 3 and they killed him anyway?
January 25, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Who wants to tell Pete Alex Pretti did all 3 and they killed him anyway?
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Compare what Noem said to the video.
January 25, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Compare what Noem said to the video.
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This is footage taken by some folks on their way to work this morning before the shooting. www.instagram.com/reel/DT5lGwI...
January 24, 2026 at 5:46 PM
This is footage taken by some folks on their way to work this morning before the shooting. www.instagram.com/reel/DT5lGwI...
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January 19, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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I’ve been writing Popular Information for 8 years, and this is one of the most important stories I’ve ever published. This is a humanitarian crisis that has gone unreported.
ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 1:47 PM
I’ve been writing Popular Information for 8 years, and this is one of the most important stories I’ve ever published. This is a humanitarian crisis that has gone unreported.
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
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That ICE agent got run over the same way that Trump got shot in the ear.
January 10, 2026 at 12:18 AM
That ICE agent got run over the same way that Trump got shot in the ear.
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at some point we're gonna have to have a real conversation about why we're still paying federal taxes to a regime that isn't using them to help anyone, but instead is using them to brutalize us
January 9, 2026 at 11:22 PM
at some point we're gonna have to have a real conversation about why we're still paying federal taxes to a regime that isn't using them to help anyone, but instead is using them to brutalize us
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We are asking community to please submit any photo or videos so we may collect and preserve as much evidence as possible.
www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/20...
www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/20...
January 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
We are asking community to please submit any photo or videos so we may collect and preserve as much evidence as possible.
www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/20...
www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/20...
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All republicans voted down a subpoena of all records and footage related to the murder of Renee Good by ICE agent
January 8, 2026 at 6:19 AM
All republicans voted down a subpoena of all records and footage related to the murder of Renee Good by ICE agent
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NYT: “.. the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.”
@nytimes.com @petersagal.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
@nytimes.com @petersagal.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
January 8, 2026 at 12:45 PM
NYT: “.. the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.”
@nytimes.com @petersagal.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
@nytimes.com @petersagal.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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The New York Times states it plainly in display type:
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 PM
The New York Times states it plainly in display type:
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis