@ctuescher.bsky.social
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Pope Leo’s top U.S. ally — Cardinal Joseph Tobin — calls on Congress to defund ICE.
January 27, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Pope Leo’s top U.S. ally — Cardinal Joseph Tobin — calls on Congress to defund ICE.
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Send this to every veteran you know.
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Send this to every veteran you know.
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People should be required to experience ICE's illegal brutalities before being able to claim that they support ICE and their methods.
January 27, 2026 at 3:24 PM
People should be required to experience ICE's illegal brutalities before being able to claim that they support ICE and their methods.
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I interviewed over half a dozen ICE and Border Patrol agents about Alex Pretti's death and every single one of them blame the Border Patrol agent
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads
ICE Unloads
Immigration officers speak out: “Fuck this.”
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:06 AM
I interviewed over half a dozen ICE and Border Patrol agents about Alex Pretti's death and every single one of them blame the Border Patrol agent
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads
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"I want to show you why Kristi Noem and her department cannot be trusted with this investigation." @saletan.bsky.social:
January 26, 2026 at 7:45 PM
"I want to show you why Kristi Noem and her department cannot be trusted with this investigation." @saletan.bsky.social:
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HISTORIAN HERE: I don't think you can say this any better. If "originalists" want to claim that the 2A is about containing government....
Of course, that interpretation was always wrong, but let's say it was right. See below for what that means. 👇
Of course, that interpretation was always wrong, but let's say it was right. See below for what that means. 👇
January 26, 2026 at 3:58 AM
HISTORIAN HERE: I don't think you can say this any better. If "originalists" want to claim that the 2A is about containing government....
Of course, that interpretation was always wrong, but let's say it was right. See below for what that means. 👇
Of course, that interpretation was always wrong, but let's say it was right. See below for what that means. 👇
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(warning: the full version of this interview includes disturbing video.) Watching this interview is a clinic in watching someone just hold to a lie. He is LIEING about video right in our faces. He has NO evidence for anything he says. Put him under oath in front of a judge and he'd be jailed
It is remarkable how much of the Trump administration’s case to justify their actions depends on lying about stuff every American can see with their own eyes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VBJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VBJ...
Minneapolis: Bash presses Gregory Bovino on Alex Pretti shooting
YouTube video by CNN
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:46 PM
(warning: the full version of this interview includes disturbing video.) Watching this interview is a clinic in watching someone just hold to a lie. He is LIEING about video right in our faces. He has NO evidence for anything he says. Put him under oath in front of a judge and he'd be jailed
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"And that phrase, 'heritage Americans'—ye gods: It sounds like they’re talking about tomatoes." | Kevin D. Williamson in Wanderland
https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/wanderland/heritage-americans-white-supremacy-race/
https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/wanderland/heritage-americans-white-supremacy-race/
January 26, 2026 at 5:30 PM
"And that phrase, 'heritage Americans'—ye gods: It sounds like they’re talking about tomatoes." | Kevin D. Williamson in Wanderland
https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/wanderland/heritage-americans-white-supremacy-race/
https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/wanderland/heritage-americans-white-supremacy-race/
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Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling on ICE: "They are an undisciplined militia and the leadership is awful...This is not policing and it's not military service. It's something dangerously undefined."
January 26, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling on ICE: "They are an undisciplined militia and the leadership is awful...This is not policing and it's not military service. It's something dangerously undefined."
To Kill a Mockingbird Do Your Duty
YouTube video by Rick Blaine
youtu.be
January 26, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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In normal policing there would be use of force reports prepared anytime force is used against a suspect (much less a civilian bystander). There would be a report anytime a service weapon is discharged.
Is ICE doing any of this? They are not acting like police. They are acting like an invading army
Is ICE doing any of this? They are not acting like police. They are acting like an invading army
January 26, 2026 at 12:56 PM
In normal policing there would be use of force reports prepared anytime force is used against a suspect (much less a civilian bystander). There would be a report anytime a service weapon is discharged.
Is ICE doing any of this? They are not acting like police. They are acting like an invading army
Is ICE doing any of this? They are not acting like police. They are acting like an invading army
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Another pet peeve: Under Trump, the term "diplomat' has come to mean unqualified, ignorant hack.
It is like the way "patriot" has come to mean anti-American, pro-fascist bigot.
Orwellian double-speak is the official language of the Trump Administration.
It is like the way "patriot" has come to mean anti-American, pro-fascist bigot.
Orwellian double-speak is the official language of the Trump Administration.
January 26, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Another pet peeve: Under Trump, the term "diplomat' has come to mean unqualified, ignorant hack.
It is like the way "patriot" has come to mean anti-American, pro-fascist bigot.
Orwellian double-speak is the official language of the Trump Administration.
It is like the way "patriot" has come to mean anti-American, pro-fascist bigot.
Orwellian double-speak is the official language of the Trump Administration.
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"The government killed him. Then it smeared him."
Read @jvl.bsky.social's full emergency Triad on the killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti
Read @jvl.bsky.social's full emergency Triad on the killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti
January 25, 2026 at 9:41 PM
"The government killed him. Then it smeared him."
Read @jvl.bsky.social's full emergency Triad on the killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti
Read @jvl.bsky.social's full emergency Triad on the killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti
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I respond to some so-called Second Amendment defenders who are justifying the shooting of Alex. The Second Amendment protects citizens from the state—it does not give the state a license to kill. (Link to full video)
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
January 25, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I respond to some so-called Second Amendment defenders who are justifying the shooting of Alex. The Second Amendment protects citizens from the state—it does not give the state a license to kill. (Link to full video)
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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The civil rights movement called its protests "demonstrations" because they were meant to demonstrate to the general public just how evil the status quo was and how depraved its defenders were.
ICE is actually worse than Connor -- he had to be goaded into overreaching, they're doing it on their own
ICE is actually worse than Connor -- he had to be goaded into overreaching, they're doing it on their own
it really is government by a bunch of bull connors. basically walking into traps set for them by their opposition. connor also did not understand that beating the hell out of demonstrators was *what they wanted*
January 25, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The civil rights movement called its protests "demonstrations" because they were meant to demonstrate to the general public just how evil the status quo was and how depraved its defenders were.
ICE is actually worse than Connor -- he had to be goaded into overreaching, they're doing it on their own
ICE is actually worse than Connor -- he had to be goaded into overreaching, they're doing it on their own
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I was trained by the FBI in 92 in tactics, weapons, crowd control etc etc for my work overseas as a United States Marine at US Embassies.
What I am watching, witnessing is NOT what or how I was trained in what is called 'The progression of force'.
That policy is nowhere to be seen. 1/2
What I am watching, witnessing is NOT what or how I was trained in what is called 'The progression of force'.
That policy is nowhere to be seen. 1/2
January 24, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I was trained by the FBI in 92 in tactics, weapons, crowd control etc etc for my work overseas as a United States Marine at US Embassies.
What I am watching, witnessing is NOT what or how I was trained in what is called 'The progression of force'.
That policy is nowhere to be seen. 1/2
What I am watching, witnessing is NOT what or how I was trained in what is called 'The progression of force'.
That policy is nowhere to be seen. 1/2
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"Pretti was a U.S. citizen, born in Illinois. Like Good, court records showed he had no criminal record and his family said he had never had any interactions with law enforcement beyond a couple of traffic tickets."
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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 ...
wapo.st
January 24, 2026 at 11:22 PM
"Pretti was a U.S. citizen, born in Illinois. Like Good, court records showed he had no criminal record and his family said he had never had any interactions with law enforcement beyond a couple of traffic tickets."
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Daily reminder that supporting Trump today is the equivalent of supporting slavery and the Confederacy in the 19th century, and supporting Segregation and McCarthism in the 20th century. Supporting Trump is supporting evil.
January 24, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Daily reminder that supporting Trump today is the equivalent of supporting slavery and the Confederacy in the 19th century, and supporting Segregation and McCarthism in the 20th century. Supporting Trump is supporting evil.
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Reporters should be asking congressional Republicans what *other* kinds of Americans they think deserve to be executed in the street by the president's goon squad.
"So you support the murder of a mom and a VA nurse, but what about an Eagle Scout or a kindergarten teacher? How about a priest?"
"So you support the murder of a mom and a VA nurse, but what about an Eagle Scout or a kindergarten teacher? How about a priest?"
January 24, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Reporters should be asking congressional Republicans what *other* kinds of Americans they think deserve to be executed in the street by the president's goon squad.
"So you support the murder of a mom and a VA nurse, but what about an Eagle Scout or a kindergarten teacher? How about a priest?"
"So you support the murder of a mom and a VA nurse, but what about an Eagle Scout or a kindergarten teacher? How about a priest?"
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This is the truth.
And the truth shall prevail. Long after the liars and enablers are gone. Long after almost all of the names in today’s headlines are forgotten in the mists of time. Long after I’m gone. The truth will stand.
And the truth shall prevail. Long after the liars and enablers are gone. Long after almost all of the names in today’s headlines are forgotten in the mists of time. Long after I’m gone. The truth will stand.
Jack Smith: "President Trump was charged because the evidence established that he willfully broke the very laws he took an oath to uphold. Grand juries in two separate districts reached this conclusion based on his actions as alleged in the indictments they returned."
January 22, 2026 at 4:30 PM
This is the truth.
And the truth shall prevail. Long after the liars and enablers are gone. Long after almost all of the names in today’s headlines are forgotten in the mists of time. Long after I’m gone. The truth will stand.
And the truth shall prevail. Long after the liars and enablers are gone. Long after almost all of the names in today’s headlines are forgotten in the mists of time. Long after I’m gone. The truth will stand.