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Bren
@brefal1970.bsky.social
From the NorthWest. :)
Some people call me a conspiracy theorist I call myself a realist !
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The deal avoids the threat of the popular app being banned in the U.S. over national security concerns.
U.S. Finalizes Deal With TikTok For Control Of App’s American Business
The deal avoids the threat of the popular app being banned in the U.S. over national security concerns.
www.forbes.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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🗣️NO ICE IN OUR STREETS!

#MOworkers in Kansas City are joining the nationwide Day of Truth and Freedom, right as our siblings in Minnesota launch their historic general strike 💪
January 23, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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If you’re defending kidnapping a five year old, you’re losing
January 23, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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NYC standing in solidarity with MN.
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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Je suis légion
From about 1:55 at The Commons:
January 23, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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January 23, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
January 23, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
January 24, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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"The feeling I had of just complete helplessness in the face of utter despair was soul-crushing." And he was the witness, the person actually detained.

Ben Bozeman joins @timmiller.bsky.social to discuss the ICE detention of a corrections officer recruit in Maine:
January 24, 2026 at 1:55 AM
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"If you live in Minneapolis, right now, you cannot walk the streets without fear of violence being done to you by masked, armed agents of the state. If these agents harm you, you have no redress and they will face no accountability."
‘A Great Rupture of the World Order’
As Europe reacts to Trump’s Davos rant, America’s capacity for self-delusion remains boundless.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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"On every level, it's not only just evil and egotistical and corrupt, it's relentlessly stupid."

Mike Murphy talks Trump's Board of Peace and more with @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
January 24, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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"How should the media have covered Trump’s statement about the use of force? Something like, 'After weeks of hinting that all options were on the table for annexing Greenland, Trump now says he won’t use military force.'"
How the Media Fails With Trump. Over and Over. (And Over.)
Plus: The people of Minneapolis are amazing.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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Again and again the Trump administration has been caught sharing data and breaching confidential records for purposes other than the stated reason for why those confidential records were collected in the first place.
Trump’s Chilling Weaponization of Confidential Government Records
Remind me—who else in history made lists of Jewish intellectuals and people with disabilities?
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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ICE’s projected 2026 budget is so large that it would rank among the top 15 military budgets in the world if it were its own national armed force.
January 23, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Do you see the future? End times is near!
April 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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