Christopher Maynard
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HAPPENING NOW: Portland Police Commander Franz Schoening testifies that federal officers on Oct. 18 barraged protesters with crowd control munitions — not because of any violence but because another federal officer accidentally shot tear gas onto the roof of the ICE facility.
October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Portland Police Commander Franz Schoening testifies that federal officers on Oct. 18 barraged protesters with crowd control munitions — not because of any violence but because another federal officer accidentally shot tear gas onto the roof of the ICE facility.
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FYI :“Destruction of federal property is a federal crime. 18 U.S. Code § 1361 defines the crime as willfully injuring or committing any depredation against U.S. government property. If the damage exceeds $1k it is a felony with a fine, up to ten years in prison or both.”
Awaiting law enforcement.
Awaiting law enforcement.
October 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
FYI :“Destruction of federal property is a federal crime. 18 U.S. Code § 1361 defines the crime as willfully injuring or committing any depredation against U.S. government property. If the damage exceeds $1k it is a felony with a fine, up to ten years in prison or both.”
Awaiting law enforcement.
Awaiting law enforcement.
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Here is the official certificate of election for Adelita Grijalva D-AZ. She was elected on September 23 and still has not been sworn in by House Speaker Mike Johnson.
October 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Here is the official certificate of election for Adelita Grijalva D-AZ. She was elected on September 23 and still has not been sworn in by House Speaker Mike Johnson.
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Two parallels here: one is the cancelation of food aid for USAID which was provided by US farmers. The other is the broad attack on SNAP which already means more people will need food banks that Trump is also undermining. It is an assault on our he most vulnerable.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
October 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Two parallels here: one is the cancelation of food aid for USAID which was provided by US farmers. The other is the broad attack on SNAP which already means more people will need food banks that Trump is also undermining. It is an assault on our he most vulnerable.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
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Reposted by Christopher Maynard
Swalwell: There’s going to be a Democratic majority in just over a year. To the FCC chairperson and anyone in involved in these dirty deals: get a lawyer and save your records because you’re going to be in this room answering questions
September 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Swalwell: There’s going to be a Democratic majority in just over a year. To the FCC chairperson and anyone in involved in these dirty deals: get a lawyer and save your records because you’re going to be in this room answering questions
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How about if all the stellar journalists who have walked or been let go in the last year start a new news organization. I’ll subscribe.
September 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
How about if all the stellar journalists who have walked or been let go in the last year start a new news organization. I’ll subscribe.
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We wanted to draw attention to an issue affecting Menomonie, Wisconsin. A proposed $1.6 billion data center on 320 acres of farmland (located between 650th and 690th Avenue) has drawn strong opposition. The City Council quickly annexed and rezoned the land to “Restricted Industrial,”
September 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
We wanted to draw attention to an issue affecting Menomonie, Wisconsin. A proposed $1.6 billion data center on 320 acres of farmland (located between 650th and 690th Avenue) has drawn strong opposition. The City Council quickly annexed and rezoned the land to “Restricted Industrial,”
Reposted by Christopher Maynard
Reposted by Christopher Maynard
The First Amendment protects our right to record ICE officers and law enforcement in public, whether Secretary Noem likes it or not.
DHS Claims Videotaping ICE Raids Is ‘Violence’
The expanded definition has justified assaults on journalists who have documented detentions of immigrants.
prospect.org
September 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The First Amendment protects our right to record ICE officers and law enforcement in public, whether Secretary Noem likes it or not.
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Yesterday's Supreme Court decision endangers our communities and subjects people to immigration stops simply because of the color of their skin, occupation, or the language they speak.
This fight isn't over. Our right to live free from racial profiling is fundamental.
This fight isn't over. Our right to live free from racial profiling is fundamental.
September 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Yesterday's Supreme Court decision endangers our communities and subjects people to immigration stops simply because of the color of their skin, occupation, or the language they speak.
This fight isn't over. Our right to live free from racial profiling is fundamental.
This fight isn't over. Our right to live free from racial profiling is fundamental.
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The Justice Department is compiling the largest set of national voter roll data it has ever collected. They claim their goal is to prove that “troves of undocumented immigrants have voted illegally.” That’s not the real objective.
September 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The Justice Department is compiling the largest set of national voter roll data it has ever collected. They claim their goal is to prove that “troves of undocumented immigrants have voted illegally.” That’s not the real objective.
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Blowing up a boat that allegedly had drugs in it and killing alleged gang members in international waters without any due process is pretty clearly not legal.
Vice President of 🇺🇸: “I don’t give a shit”
A lawless regime.
Vice President of 🇺🇸: “I don’t give a shit”
A lawless regime.
September 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Blowing up a boat that allegedly had drugs in it and killing alleged gang members in international waters without any due process is pretty clearly not legal.
Vice President of 🇺🇸: “I don’t give a shit”
A lawless regime.
Vice President of 🇺🇸: “I don’t give a shit”
A lawless regime.
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Because nothing says “you should feel free to come visit Washington” like standing in front of dozens of armed soldiers next to a guy who thinks women shouldn’t be able to vote 🙃
August 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Because nothing says “you should feel free to come visit Washington” like standing in front of dozens of armed soldiers next to a guy who thinks women shouldn’t be able to vote 🙃
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#NYC baseball coach confronts ICE child predators.
“There's only one way to get into the cage, so my whole thing was I can control that. I was in front of the entrance and that's when I just said, you know, I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids." www.wcpo.com/politics/imm...
“There's only one way to get into the cage, so my whole thing was I can control that. I was in front of the entrance and that's when I just said, you know, I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids." www.wcpo.com/politics/imm...
NYC youth baseball coach confronts ICE: ‘I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids'
A New York City baseball coach said he confronted immigration agents who questioned minors at a park: "I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids."
www.wcpo.com
August 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
#NYC baseball coach confronts ICE child predators.
“There's only one way to get into the cage, so my whole thing was I can control that. I was in front of the entrance and that's when I just said, you know, I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids." www.wcpo.com/politics/imm...
“There's only one way to get into the cage, so my whole thing was I can control that. I was in front of the entrance and that's when I just said, you know, I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids." www.wcpo.com/politics/imm...
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What kind of evil country does this to people?
The cruelty, they do it for fun. They do it for sport. They do it because their supporters cheer for it.
It's evil.
The cruelty, they do it for fun. They do it for sport. They do it because their supporters cheer for it.
It's evil.
She was brought to the US as an 8yo, worked hard, studied, earned a scholarship, planned to become a nurse.
ICE kidnapped her. Held her for 6 MONTHS in a detention facility with conditions so miserable that she finally agreed to voluntarily move to Honduras, which her family left at gunpoint.
ICE kidnapped her. Held her for 6 MONTHS in a detention facility with conditions so miserable that she finally agreed to voluntarily move to Honduras, which her family left at gunpoint.
After six months in ICE custody, Charlotte woman chooses voluntary removal to Honduras
A 20-year-old Honduran woman who has lived in the Charlotte area for more than a decade will soon be removed from the U.S.
www.wunc.org
August 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
What kind of evil country does this to people?
The cruelty, they do it for fun. They do it for sport. They do it because their supporters cheer for it.
It's evil.
The cruelty, they do it for fun. They do it for sport. They do it because their supporters cheer for it.
It's evil.
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This is Manchis. She's the dog of Alberto Mesías Zárate, a journalist in Peru. When her human was targeted this week by criminals who threw an explosive device at their home, she barked at the perpetrators and successfully extinguished the dynamite before it detonated. 14/10 good girl, Manchis
August 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This is Manchis. She's the dog of Alberto Mesías Zárate, a journalist in Peru. When her human was targeted this week by criminals who threw an explosive device at their home, she barked at the perpetrators and successfully extinguished the dynamite before it detonated. 14/10 good girl, Manchis
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Let’s have everyone found guilty of mortgage fraud resign — starting with Trump
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to resign, citing a call by the head of the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency urging the Department of Justice to probe Cook over alleged mortgage fraud.
August 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Let’s have everyone found guilty of mortgage fraud resign — starting with Trump
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I lived here until last year. It's amazing to see.
This is also an object lesson in why these token shows of force don't work.
Armed forces only deter protest when they're willing to use deadly force. But Trump's goons won't (yet) cross that line — so they are an ineffective repressive tool.
This is also an object lesson in why these token shows of force don't work.
Armed forces only deter protest when they're willing to use deadly force. But Trump's goons won't (yet) cross that line — so they are an ineffective repressive tool.
ICE getting routed in my old DC Columbia Heights hood. Public, viral, resistance is the only way to prevent them from selling the idea that we love our red state military occupation are it’s a solution to urban ills Trump/Bondi/drunk Pirro are lying. Here’s how to expose the lie.
August 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I lived here until last year. It's amazing to see.
This is also an object lesson in why these token shows of force don't work.
Armed forces only deter protest when they're willing to use deadly force. But Trump's goons won't (yet) cross that line — so they are an ineffective repressive tool.
This is also an object lesson in why these token shows of force don't work.
Armed forces only deter protest when they're willing to use deadly force. But Trump's goons won't (yet) cross that line — so they are an ineffective repressive tool.
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“Her courageousness is contagious,” said State Representative Mihaela Plesa, a Dallas-area Democrat, holding up her slip before tearing it in half. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...
Night at the Capitol: One Democrat’s Unexpected Protest Grips Texas
www.nytimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
“Her courageousness is contagious,” said State Representative Mihaela Plesa, a Dallas-area Democrat, holding up her slip before tearing it in half. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...
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🇺🇸 National Guard soldier speaks out: “I swore an oath to defend our constitution… seeking refuge is not an act of violence. Locking people up for it is.”
August 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
🇺🇸 National Guard soldier speaks out: “I swore an oath to defend our constitution… seeking refuge is not an act of violence. Locking people up for it is.”
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Over the weekend, the “sandwich thrower” posters went up all over DC. Instant icon of resistance.
A remix of Banksy’s mural: not a Molotov, not a rock, but something just as disruptive, a hoagie hurled with defiance.
A remix of Banksy’s mural: not a Molotov, not a rock, but something just as disruptive, a hoagie hurled with defiance.
August 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Over the weekend, the “sandwich thrower” posters went up all over DC. Instant icon of resistance.
A remix of Banksy’s mural: not a Molotov, not a rock, but something just as disruptive, a hoagie hurled with defiance.
A remix of Banksy’s mural: not a Molotov, not a rock, but something just as disruptive, a hoagie hurled with defiance.