Walker Bragman
@walkerbragman.bsky.social
He/Him. Dad. Journo tracking dark money and attacks on public health. JD, ADHD, occasional cartoonist.
Co-founder of Accountability Journalism Institute. Accountabilityjournalism.org
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Reporting: https://www.importantcontext.news
Co-founder of Accountability Journalism Institute. Accountabilityjournalism.org
Signal: walkerbragman.44
Reporting: https://www.importantcontext.news
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Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans
Genocide scholars say policies targeting transgender Americans match early warning signs of mass atrocity.
www.importantcontext.news
NEW from Important Context:
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
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The Trump admin is scrambling because the secret police it sends out for kidnappings and rioting has been killing people on video then brazenly lying about it, but Schumer's instinct is to whip his caucus into taking a position *more conservative* than that held by the median voter.
He's got to go.
He's got to go.
Majority of the country now wants to abolish and/or dismantle ICE and yet Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. told the caucus the message had to be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Two sources who were on a Democratic caucus strategy call Sunday said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the group the message must be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:48 AM
The Trump admin is scrambling because the secret police it sends out for kidnappings and rioting has been killing people on video then brazenly lying about it, but Schumer's instinct is to whip his caucus into taking a position *more conservative* than that held by the median voter.
He's got to go.
He's got to go.
Fascism in America will never hold.
We will win.
Minnesota just showed us how.
We will win.
Minnesota just showed us how.
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 27, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Fascism in America will never hold.
We will win.
Minnesota just showed us how.
We will win.
Minnesota just showed us how.
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National Nurses United, largest nurses' union in US, are holding actions over the coming week in honor of Alex Pretti and all others killed by ICE
www.nationalnursesunited.org/week-of-acti...
www.nationalnursesunited.org/week-of-acti...
Week of action in honor of Alex Pretti, RN and all others killed by ice
Join National Nurses United RN members in a week-long series of actions to honor Pretti and all who have been murdered by ICE, as well as demand that Congress vote to immediately abolish this violent,...
www.nationalnursesunited.org
January 26, 2026 at 9:31 PM
National Nurses United, largest nurses' union in US, are holding actions over the coming week in honor of Alex Pretti and all others killed by ICE
www.nationalnursesunited.org/week-of-acti...
www.nationalnursesunited.org/week-of-acti...
Minneapolis is the model. If you have ICE in your area. They’ve got the solution.
Nonviolent resistance works.
Fascism will lose in America.
Nonviolent resistance works.
Fascism will lose in America.
![01/26/2026 15:27:26[TWT]
Priscilla Alvarez
@priscialva
BREAKING: Top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino and some of his
agents are expected to leave Minneapolis and return to their respective
sectors, sources tell me, @KristenhCNN + @kaitlancollins.
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January 26, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Minneapolis is the model. If you have ICE in your area. They’ve got the solution.
Nonviolent resistance works.
Fascism will lose in America.
Nonviolent resistance works.
Fascism will lose in America.
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America's national political institutions are deeply broken, & lots of our societal institutions/leaders have failed to meet the moment. The platform must be institutional reform 👇
And yet, when you look at Minneapolis, you know we're going to win, & it's going to be 🇺🇸 civil society that does it.
And yet, when you look at Minneapolis, you know we're going to win, & it's going to be 🇺🇸 civil society that does it.
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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 26, 2026 at 7:29 PM
America's national political institutions are deeply broken, & lots of our societal institutions/leaders have failed to meet the moment. The platform must be institutional reform 👇
And yet, when you look at Minneapolis, you know we're going to win, & it's going to be 🇺🇸 civil society that does it.
And yet, when you look at Minneapolis, you know we're going to win, & it's going to be 🇺🇸 civil society that does it.
They were not, in fact, greeted as liberators.
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
www.independent.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 6:33 PM
They were not, in fact, greeted as liberators.
I was watching coverage of the winter storm in NYC and the reporter told a kid live on air that in-person learning had been canceled for the next day—he would be remote.
His face lit up as he cheered, “YES!”
Thought about all the parents who insisted COVID school closures were just hated by kids.
His face lit up as he cheered, “YES!”
Thought about all the parents who insisted COVID school closures were just hated by kids.
January 26, 2026 at 6:25 PM
I was watching coverage of the winter storm in NYC and the reporter told a kid live on air that in-person learning had been canceled for the next day—he would be remote.
His face lit up as he cheered, “YES!”
Thought about all the parents who insisted COVID school closures were just hated by kids.
His face lit up as he cheered, “YES!”
Thought about all the parents who insisted COVID school closures were just hated by kids.
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Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan.
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
January 26, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan.
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
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This is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:29 AM
This is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0
The feds are rattled.
Minneapolis is united against them. It’s like this scene…
Minneapolis is united against them. It’s like this scene…
January 26, 2026 at 5:23 AM
The feds are rattled.
Minneapolis is united against them. It’s like this scene…
Minneapolis is united against them. It’s like this scene…
I’d like to skip to this part.
January 26, 2026 at 3:06 AM
I’d like to skip to this part.
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Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
January 25, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
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"Authoritarianism is the conversion of rule of law into rule by the lawless.” This quote from @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social is ringing true today in the US as it did in years past.
January 26, 2026 at 2:48 AM
"Authoritarianism is the conversion of rule of law into rule by the lawless.” This quote from @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social is ringing true today in the US as it did in years past.
Oh my god.
Something jarring about seeing Hillary Clinton and Tucker Carlson on the same speech program.
This is for a Saudi Real Estate conference starting tomorrow.
This is for a Saudi Real Estate conference starting tomorrow.
January 26, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Oh my god.
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Just say the government is lying. The goal of journalism should be to inform, not gaslight.
A battle over the truth erupts after deadly Minneapolis shooting
A battle over the truth erupts after deadly Minneapolis shooting
Federal and local leaders are sharply divided over what happened and who is to blame.
dlvr.it
January 26, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Just say the government is lying. The goal of journalism should be to inform, not gaslight.
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hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
And what is happening inside ICE detention centers? 404 Media also learned that the federal government claimed that the day after it was sued for allegedly abusing detainees at an ICE detention center, a “system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility.
ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued
The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."
www.404media.co
January 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
This is fantastic reporting. Award-worthy.
Everyone should read this and understand that the problem is not limited to Australia. This think tank, dark money problem is American too.
Read this and understand how the world got fucked up.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Everyone should read this and understand that the problem is not limited to Australia. This think tank, dark money problem is American too.
Read this and understand how the world got fucked up.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
A discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's how
A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.
www.abc.net.au
January 26, 2026 at 12:03 AM
This is fantastic reporting. Award-worthy.
Everyone should read this and understand that the problem is not limited to Australia. This think tank, dark money problem is American too.
Read this and understand how the world got fucked up.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Everyone should read this and understand that the problem is not limited to Australia. This think tank, dark money problem is American too.
Read this and understand how the world got fucked up.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
American Gestapo resents the comparison to the original.
Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
January 25, 2026 at 9:47 PM
American Gestapo resents the comparison to the original.
If the feds can kill an ICU nurse, who was administering aid to someone and didn’t attack or threaten anyone; if they can do so in full view of the public, in broad daylight, and caught on camera—and then, if they can lie about it and get away with it…
Nobody is safe.
Nobody.
Nobody is safe.
Nobody.
January 25, 2026 at 8:45 PM
If the feds can kill an ICU nurse, who was administering aid to someone and didn’t attack or threaten anyone; if they can do so in full view of the public, in broad daylight, and caught on camera—and then, if they can lie about it and get away with it…
Nobody is safe.
Nobody.
Nobody is safe.
Nobody.
“You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple.” — FBI Dir. Kash Patel
January 25, 2026 at 4:54 PM
“You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple.” — FBI Dir. Kash Patel
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NEW: The American Academy of Pediatrics has been suing Robert Kennedy Jr. and his HHS over vaccine schedule changes. It’s also seeking to invalidate the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel Kennedy stacked with his allies.
Now, Children’s Health Defense is suing the AAP with a dead-end racketeering suit.
Now, Children’s Health Defense is suing the AAP with a dead-end racketeering suit.
RFK Jr.‘s Former Anti-Vax Org Launches RICO Suit Against Leading Pediatrics Group
The lawsuit by Children’s Health Defense comes as the American Academy of Pediatrics wages its own legal battle against Kennedy’s HHS.
www.importantcontext.news
January 24, 2026 at 3:27 PM
NEW: The American Academy of Pediatrics has been suing Robert Kennedy Jr. and his HHS over vaccine schedule changes. It’s also seeking to invalidate the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel Kennedy stacked with his allies.
Now, Children’s Health Defense is suing the AAP with a dead-end racketeering suit.
Now, Children’s Health Defense is suing the AAP with a dead-end racketeering suit.
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
ICE executed an ICU nurse in broad daylight in full view of the public.
This has nothing to do with immigration. It’s about sending a message.
The fascists want violence. They want to justify more brutality.
This has nothing to do with immigration. It’s about sending a message.
The fascists want violence. They want to justify more brutality.
“As of Saturday evening, the family said they had still not heard from anyone at a federal law enforcement agency about their son’s death.”
The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says
Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset ...
apnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:57 AM
ICE executed an ICU nurse in broad daylight in full view of the public.
This has nothing to do with immigration. It’s about sending a message.
The fascists want violence. They want to justify more brutality.
This has nothing to do with immigration. It’s about sending a message.
The fascists want violence. They want to justify more brutality.
A-B-O-L-I-S-H
Abolish ICE.
Abolish ICE.
Federal agents cannot murder people in broad daylight and face zero consequences.
I will NOT support the DHS bill as it stands.
The DHS bill needs to be split off from the larger funding package before the Senate—Republicans must work with us to do that.
I’ll keep fighting to rein in DHS and ICE.
I will NOT support the DHS bill as it stands.
The DHS bill needs to be split off from the larger funding package before the Senate—Republicans must work with us to do that.
I’ll keep fighting to rein in DHS and ICE.
January 25, 2026 at 2:40 AM
A-B-O-L-I-S-H
Abolish ICE.
Abolish ICE.
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A VA nurse who dedicated his life to helping others, murdered by a man who has dedicated his life to hurting others.
January 24, 2026 at 9:49 PM
A VA nurse who dedicated his life to helping others, murdered by a man who has dedicated his life to hurting others.