Virginia Sapiro
@vsapiro.bsky.social
Retired political scientist in NH & Boston who still scholars. Also making believe I'm a historian, farmer, cook, baker. I do love democracy, knowing stuff, looking at art, listening to music. Current research: history of higher education in the U.S.
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Wait, I thought drugs were such a threat to Americans that the administration had to summarily execute alleged drug smugglers at sea?
June 2024: "Arkansas Congressman Steve Womack‘s [(R)] son James Phillip Womack was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to distributing methamphetamine."
Jan. 2026: Trump pardons James Phillip Womack.
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www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
Jan. 2026: Trump pardons James Phillip Womack.
arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
January 17, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Wait, I thought drugs were such a threat to Americans that the administration had to summarily execute alleged drug smugglers at sea?
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“The United States will not let men steal trophies from women…”
- says guy who happily took the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a woman
- says guy who happily took the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a woman
January 17, 2026 at 8:58 AM
“The United States will not let men steal trophies from women…”
- says guy who happily took the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a woman
- says guy who happily took the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a woman
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January 16, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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You're paying for this.
Trump's Big Ugly Bill gave BILLIONS to ICE and giant corporations—using money meant to lower your health care costs.
Instead of helping your mom get cancer treatment, your tax dollars are being used to terrorize communities.
Trump's Big Ugly Bill gave BILLIONS to ICE and giant corporations—using money meant to lower your health care costs.
Instead of helping your mom get cancer treatment, your tax dollars are being used to terrorize communities.
CNN airs a compilation of escalating ICE aggression towards peaceful protesters.
January 16, 2026 at 9:52 PM
You're paying for this.
Trump's Big Ugly Bill gave BILLIONS to ICE and giant corporations—using money meant to lower your health care costs.
Instead of helping your mom get cancer treatment, your tax dollars are being used to terrorize communities.
Trump's Big Ugly Bill gave BILLIONS to ICE and giant corporations—using money meant to lower your health care costs.
Instead of helping your mom get cancer treatment, your tax dollars are being used to terrorize communities.
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The actual story is that a family of American citizens trying to evacuate from a neighborhood that ICE had made unsafe, and then ICE tossed munitions into the car, causing three kids to be hospitalized and a six month old to stop breathing. DHS called the family “radical agitators”
January 16, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The actual story is that a family of American citizens trying to evacuate from a neighborhood that ICE had made unsafe, and then ICE tossed munitions into the car, causing three kids to be hospitalized and a six month old to stop breathing. DHS called the family “radical agitators”
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A headline you’d hope never to see.
But that’s TrumpWorld.
But that’s TrumpWorld.
January 16, 2026 at 6:10 PM
A headline you’d hope never to see.
But that’s TrumpWorld.
But that’s TrumpWorld.
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They're going to start using the Kirk witch hunt strategy.
January 16, 2026 at 2:04 AM
They're going to start using the Kirk witch hunt strategy.
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Renee Good had a pulse when EMS arrived. I’m not sure it would have made a difference if ICE had let that civilian physician render aid before EMS arrived, but now we will never know. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 16, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Renee Good had a pulse when EMS arrived. I’m not sure it would have made a difference if ICE had let that civilian physician render aid before EMS arrived, but now we will never know. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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“Can I go check a pulse?” a bystander said after Good was shot, his hands in the air.
“No! Back up!” an ICE agent told him.
“I’m a physician!”
“I don’t care!” the agent replied, before another came up and said they had their own EMS on the way.
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“No! Back up!” an ICE agent told him.
“I’m a physician!”
“I don’t care!” the agent replied, before another came up and said they had their own EMS on the way.
trib.al/0QT1gBF
January 16, 2026 at 4:07 PM
“Can I go check a pulse?” a bystander said after Good was shot, his hands in the air.
“No! Back up!” an ICE agent told him.
“I’m a physician!”
“I don’t care!” the agent replied, before another came up and said they had their own EMS on the way.
trib.al/0QT1gBF
“No! Back up!” an ICE agent told him.
“I’m a physician!”
“I don’t care!” the agent replied, before another came up and said they had their own EMS on the way.
trib.al/0QT1gBF
I'm so excited. I realized that as I have my grandfather's law degree diploma (Michigan '08) and his certificate of acceptance by the Michigan bar I can go practice law in Michigan now. So cool. If you're there and need an atty, just give me a shout-out!
January 16, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I'm so excited. I realized that as I have my grandfather's law degree diploma (Michigan '08) and his certificate of acceptance by the Michigan bar I can go practice law in Michigan now. So cool. If you're there and need an atty, just give me a shout-out!
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ICE is literally murdering people with their bare hands.
🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
January 15, 2026 at 11:39 PM
ICE is literally murdering people with their bare hands.
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Also, as someone who lost vision in one eye...
it's far more debilitating than most people realize, even more so than I realized it would be.
It took *years*
Y E A R S
just with balance issues. I still injure myself frequently slamming into doorways and corners.
it's far more debilitating than most people realize, even more so than I realized it would be.
It took *years*
Y E A R S
just with balance issues. I still injure myself frequently slamming into doorways and corners.
“I will be blind for life. They pulled a piece of plastic the size of a nickel out of my eye. I had shards of metal, glass, plastic in my skull. They said it was a miracle I survived.”
Kaden Rummler was shot in the face by Trump’s ICE goons, then dragged
Kaden Rummler was shot in the face by Trump’s ICE goons, then dragged
January 15, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Also, as someone who lost vision in one eye...
it's far more debilitating than most people realize, even more so than I realized it would be.
It took *years*
Y E A R S
just with balance issues. I still injure myself frequently slamming into doorways and corners.
it's far more debilitating than most people realize, even more so than I realized it would be.
It took *years*
Y E A R S
just with balance issues. I still injure myself frequently slamming into doorways and corners.
Yes, the officer does have an accent. I heard it. Oh, I forgot. We all have accents.
January 15, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Yes, the officer does have an accent. I heard it. Oh, I forgot. We all have accents.
Will the New York Times food section now have a special series on beef tallow cooking?
January 15, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Will the New York Times food section now have a special series on beef tallow cooking?
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This has been the plan all along.
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
January 15, 2026 at 1:57 PM
This has been the plan all along.
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
how do I stop Outlook from giving me AI generated summaries of conversations. Please!
January 15, 2026 at 2:21 PM
how do I stop Outlook from giving me AI generated summaries of conversations. Please!
No. We're seeing a lot of government paid goons and criminals.
January 15, 2026 at 2:07 PM
No. We're seeing a lot of government paid goons and criminals.
The @telegraph.co.uk should be ashamed.
Using a photo of a disabled, autistic woman violently dragged from her car on the way to a doctor's appointment with this headline certainly is a choice.
This isn't satire. This is a real headline published in the UK.
January 15, 2026 at 2:06 PM
The @telegraph.co.uk should be ashamed.