afiza.bsky.social
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"In order to build tyranny, you have to open zones where the law doesn't apply... one zone like that is the border. The logic of what they've been doing with ICE is to take the border everywhere."
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Snyder: Trump administration using words like ‘terrorist’ and ‘extremist’ is what tyrants do
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January 29, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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“the Democrats’ list of demands appears to have shrunk after internal deliberations.” 🙃
Democrats Determined to Squander Advantage on DHS Funding - The American Prospect
Democrats are succeeding in getting a showdown on new rules for immigration enforcement. But will those rules amount to anything?
prospect.org
January 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Maryland's attorney general has cleared cops of wrongdoing in 95% of police-involved death cases his office is responsible for investigating
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has cleared cops of wrongdoing in 95% of police-involved death cases his office is responsible for investigating
In the 39 cases in which the Maryland Attorney General’s Office has completed an investigation of police-involved fatalities, the office’s Independent Investigations Division has brought charges in ju...
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January 29, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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The most inflammatory rhetoric by far in all of this on TV and social media has come from Tom Homan, Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller and Donald Trump. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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In theater. So they think they’re at war.
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?

HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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I'm watching Border Czar Tom Homan's press conference live on CNN. Homan complained about "agitators" and "hateful rhetoric" by protesters several times.

He didn't mentioned Renee Good or Alex Pretti. Not once.

But he mentioned Joe Biden THREE TIMES. So there is that.
January 29, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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Note the passive voice here. They kept saying their agents would be endangered. But no protestor has taken a shot at an agent. They also told those agents that they would be supported no matter what they did, had absolute immunity. The Trump admin is responsible for the bloodshed that followed.
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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The tone shift is to have Tom Homan recite that the extortionate and coercive demands in AG Bondis letter - turn over your voter rolls, abandon your state policies, and give us Medicaid data & we’ll end the occupation and terrorization of a state - are the terms
Homan: "The withdrawal of law enforcement resources here is dependent upon cooperation ... as we see that cooperation happen, then the redeployment will happen"
January 29, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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Melania is an expert on what everyday life is like for average Americans around the country. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Melania Trump: "He would like to have a country where all of the people can walk down the street and not be harassed or murdered or women raped"
January 29, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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Even under SCOTUS's dubious reasoning in Trump v. U.S., there is no scenario in which maneuvering billions of dollars to an offshore account to keep it out of reach from Congress and courts is an "official act." This is all criminal and impeachable.
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 2:16 AM
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7/ Sources say that the situation on the ground in Georgia remains fluid and confusing. A press conference is expected this evening.
January 28, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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6/ Trump filed over 60 legal cases across the nation seeking to overturn the election results — all of which failed, even those before Trump-appointed judges.

campaignlegal.org/results-laws...
Results of Lawsuits Regarding the 2020 Elections
The various claims of evidence alleging a stolen 2020 election have been exhaustively investigated and litigated. Judges heard claims of illegal voting and found they were without merit. (Learn more a...
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January 28, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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5/ President Donald Trump has long sought to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia, including in a call in which he pressured the secretary of state to “find” him enough votes to win.

www.cnn.com/2021/01/03/p...
Read the full transcript and listen to Trump’s audio call with Georgia secretary of state | CNN Politics
CNN has obtained the full January 2 audio call between President Donald Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Trump is joined on the call by White House chief of staff Mark Meadows ...
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January 28, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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4/ It cites stiff criminal penalties related to “the procurement, casting, or tabulation of ballots that are known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent,” among other violations.

www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
52 U.S. Code § 20511 - Criminal penalties
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January 28, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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3/ The FBI is seeking to seize numerous records from the 2020 election, including ballots, tabulator tapes, digital data and voter rolls.

The warrant alleges that these may constitute “evidence of the commission of a criminal offense.”

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
1-28-26 Fulton Warrant
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January 28, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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2/ Also striking, the FBI agents brought giant saws to a building where records are stored, according to video taken by a witness.
January 28, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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1/ NEW: @propublica.org has obtained a search warrant that the FBI is executing for records related to the contested 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., which has not yet been widely shared. It’s an extraordinary document.

Link: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
1-28-26 Fulton Warrant
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January 28, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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News Movement posted this video of Alex Pretti on Jan 13, showing him spitting at ICE agents and kicking their taillight.

Now conservatives are suggesting this changes things.

That would mean they are suggesting he deserved to be target of an extrajudicial execution.

The video changes nothing.
January 28, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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We’re just not a free country.

Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
January 29, 2026 at 5:49 AM
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NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official
The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.
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January 28, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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“[Liam] keeps asking about that hat and that backpack that are in the picture,” the congressman said. “I think they took that from him.”

www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
Rep. Joaquin Castro meets with the 5-year-old boy held with his father at a Texas detention facility | CNN
US Rep. Joaquin Castro met Wednesday with Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old Minnesota boy taken from his family’s suburban Minneapolis driveway last week after federal agents apprehended his father, t...
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January 29, 2026 at 5:52 AM
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Personally I think this is too much money for Donald trumps untrained heavily armed militia
January 29, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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Follow Blue Georgia. Trump Admin is trying to steal the midterms. We’ve heard nothing on social media from Sec of State Raffensperger and his deputy Gabriel Sterling. They certified the election after a long recount.
Commissioner, Mo Ivory: Fulton County is right now the target, the only county right now fighting over an election that already happened. But it is coming to a place near you. This is the beginning of the chaos of 2026 that is about to ensue.
January 29, 2026 at 7:16 AM
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The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck of murder. https://to.pbs.org/3ZA2HfU
Family of Alex Pretti retains lawyers who helped prosecute the George Floyd case
The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota’s attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck of murder.
www.pbs.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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For those asking, the BBC examined the video here. And remember, monstering a victim to excuse an extra judicial killing is something psychopaths and bootlickers do.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
How Alex Pretti shooting led Trump to shift course in Minneapolis
BBC analysis editor Ros Atkins looks at why tensions have been running so high in the city - and how we got here.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 7:36 AM