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@cascadiarefugee.bsky.social
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Lifelong Southerner fled to the PNW.

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josie.zone
Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:

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First, I want to extend my gratitude to all the people who have reached out from across the country and around the world to support our family. This kindness of strangers is the most fitting tribute because if you ever encountered my wife, Renee Nicole Macklin Good, you know that above all else, she was kind, In fact, kindness radiated out of her. Renee sparkled. She literally sparkled. I mean, she didn't wear glitter but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores. All the time. You might think it was just my love talking but her family said the same thing. Renee was made of sunshine, Renee lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world and we need to do everything we can to find it Where it resides and nurture it where it needs to grow Renee was a Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole. Like people have done across place and time, we moved to make a better life for ourselves. We chose Minnesota to make our home. Our whole extended road trip here, we held hands in the car while our son drew all over the windows to pass the time and the miles, What we found when we got here was a vibrant and welcoming community, we made friends and spread joy: And while any place we were together was home, there was a strong shared sense here in Minneapolis that we were looking out for each other. Here, I had finally found peace and safe harbor. That has been taken from me forever. We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day. She is pure love. She is pure joy. She is pure sunshine On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns. Renee leaves behind three extraordinary children; the youngest is just six years old and already lost his father. I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him. That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way. We thank you for the privacy you are granting our family as we grieve. We thank you for ensuring that Renee's legacy is one of kindness and love. We honor her memory by living her values: rejecting hate and choosing compassion, turning away from fear and pursuing peace, refusing division and knowing we must come together to build a world where we all come home safe to the people we love. E
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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muellershewrote.com
BREAKING: ICE shooter identified as Jonathan Ross. www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis
Jonathan Ross was dragged in a separate incident last year by a fleeing driver, according to court records.
www.startribune.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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patriottakes.bsky.social
According to witnesses, this is the masked ICE agent who shot the driver in Minneapolis. He shot from the side into the vehicle.

This is him walking away from the crashed vehicle.
January 7, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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danielsuitor.com
Fuck Bari Weiss, fuck bootlicking regime propaganda
January 7, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
Frey: I have a message for ICE: Get the fuck out of Minneapolis
January 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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danielsuitor.com
This is the video.
January 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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courtneymilan.com
Just a reminder that George Conway is not fundraising right now to run against a MAGA republican.

He is fundraising to run against progressive Democrats.
January 7, 2026 at 5:28 AM
cascadiarefugee.bsky.social
LFG, AMR! @alexis4seattle.bsky.social
typewriteralley.bsky.social Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 2d
We have to talk about Alexis Mercedes Rinck's speech today.
January 7, 2026 at 1:17 AM
cascadiarefugee.bsky.social
Pattiest little bitches that have ever governed a country. #snowflakes
crampell.bsky.social Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3d
Department of Interior says if you put a sticker over Trump's face on your national park entrance pass, the pass will be invalidated.
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
DOI cracks down on stickers covering Trump's face on national park passes
Park passes with protest stickers are facing new scrutiny.
www.sfgate.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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jdbatts79.bsky.social
Remember how appalled we all were in 2022 when Russia completely unprovoked attacked Ukraine? That is what we’re doing tonight with Venezuela. We are the bad guys here. Everyone who supports this is supporting unprovoked murder. Fuck every last one of them
January 3, 2026 at 6:49 AM
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acyn.bsky.social
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
cascadiarefugee.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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vermontgmg.bsky.social
The President of the United States appears to be getting regular IV infusions, the public doesn’t know anything about it, & the DC media evidently doesn’t care.

We are months into the mystery of Trump’s hands, the White House is lying, & I’ve seen a grand total of one serious news story about it.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d
Trump looked pretty rough today -- note that both of his hands are discolored

(Joe Raedle/Getty)
December 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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jjvincent.bsky.social
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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debpearlstein.bsky.social
Wow. Last used ~1934, inherent contempt would in effect bring Bondi to trial in the House & by majority vote empower the House to put her in jail. Far more effective than other options (criminal referral to her own DOJ or endless civil litigation), it'd be a huge bipartsan stand against the Admin.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19d
BRENNAN: What are you going to do to force DOJ to comply?

MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.
December 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social
Nebuchadnezzar, by William Blake, 1795-1805 (flipped) #NetflixPartner
December 20, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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bencollins.bsky.social
The Epstein Files, everybody!
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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gators.bsky.social
Florida #Gators center Olivier Rioux (7-foot-9) makes history as the tallest person ever to score a basket in a college basketball game.
December 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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scoiattolo.mountainherder.xyz
The Vanity Fair photographer knew what he was doing. (I doubt I’m the first to notice this but it hasn’t graced my TL)
Side-by-side black and white headshot photographs of two men, likely from the mid-20th century. One is Stephen Miller. The Other is Goebbels
December 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
cascadiarefugee.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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sethcotlar.bsky.social Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 24d
Some takeaways from the Susie Wiles interview in no particular order. 1) Before anyone congratulates her on telling the truth, we must first acknowledge that when it comes to the craziest and most unqualified cabinet members...she absolutely fucking loves it because deep state something something.
Done vanityfair.com For Trump, Wiles has helped pick a Cabinet of MAGA hard-liners: Pete Hegseth, secretary of war (formerly defense); Kash Patel, FBI director; John Ratcliffe, CIA director; Pam Bondi, attorney general; Tulsi Gabbard, director of national intelligence; and Kristi Noem, head of Homeland Security. Wiles calls them "a world-class Cabinet, better than anything I could have conceived of." Trump's Cabinet members are either one of the least qualified presidential teams in history or, to hear Wiles tell it, disrupters —the only people with the balls to take on an entrenched deep state. Done vanityfair.com "People talk about the deep state being at the State Department," Wiles said. "It's not. It's the military-industrial complex." Hegseth, in her view, is just the guy to take on the powers that be. She referred to Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., another world-class disrupter, as "my Bobby" and "quirky Bobby." In Wiles's view, RFK Jr.'s shock treatment of HHS is warranted. "He pushes the envelope—some would say too far. But I say in order to get back to the middle, you have to push it too far." (In December, Kennedy's federal vaccine panel voted to end the decades-long recommendation for newborn vaccinations against hepatitis B, which is highly infectious and causes liver failure.)
December 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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johnbisognano.com
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.

I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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atrupar.com
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?

NOEM: We haven't deported veterans

MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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drewharwell.com
Absolutely buzzing over this new video of a rarely seen giant squid
December 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM