Danielle Reed-Baty
@danibaty.bsky.social
Scribbler, reader, flaneur. Friendly. Likes animals. Dislikes bullies. Ex-WSJ, Dow Jones, NY Daily News, NY Observer, Debtwire, Financial Planning magazine.
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Her vehicle's right front panel cleared the ICE agent who didn't open fire until after he was at the side of her vehicle. He used deadly force on a fleeing individual, which is against DHS policy. This is murder. He needs to be arrested.
January 7, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Her vehicle's right front panel cleared the ICE agent who didn't open fire until after he was at the side of her vehicle. He used deadly force on a fleeing individual, which is against DHS policy. This is murder. He needs to be arrested.
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Law enforcement officers CANNOT use deadly force against a fleeing person fleeing unless they have a reasonable belief that the individual poses a danger to others (e.g., they know the person is armed). If in vehicle, the person must be threatening to use deadly force with the vehicle or other means
January 7, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Law enforcement officers CANNOT use deadly force against a fleeing person fleeing unless they have a reasonable belief that the individual poses a danger to others (e.g., they know the person is armed). If in vehicle, the person must be threatening to use deadly force with the vehicle or other means
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The same people who spent all day yesterday crying about an insurrectionist getting shot while trying to take over the Capitol are now defending ICE shooting a woman for trying to flee.
January 7, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The same people who spent all day yesterday crying about an insurrectionist getting shot while trying to take over the Capitol are now defending ICE shooting a woman for trying to flee.
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Homeland Security’s description of what happened and the narrative they’re pushing clearly doesn’t match up with the videos we’re all seeing.
They’re asking people not to believe what we can all see with our own eyes.
I’ve been in contact with DHS demanding more information.
They’re asking people not to believe what we can all see with our own eyes.
I’ve been in contact with DHS demanding more information.
January 7, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Homeland Security’s description of what happened and the narrative they’re pushing clearly doesn’t match up with the videos we’re all seeing.
They’re asking people not to believe what we can all see with our own eyes.
I’ve been in contact with DHS demanding more information.
They’re asking people not to believe what we can all see with our own eyes.
I’ve been in contact with DHS demanding more information.
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Federal agents blocked a man identifying himself as a doctor from reaching the woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis, video shared with HuffPost shows www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
January 7, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Federal agents blocked a man identifying himself as a doctor from reaching the woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis, video shared with HuffPost shows www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
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The shooting today comes at a critical moment in negotiations on the fiscal year 2026 DHS budget.
Democrats cannot vote for a DHS budget that doesn’t restrain the growing lawlessness of this agency.
A witness shared this video with me showing an ICE officer shooting a driver in an SUV in south Minneapolis. DHS says the woman is dead.
January 7, 2026 at 9:26 PM
The shooting today comes at a critical moment in negotiations on the fiscal year 2026 DHS budget.
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This past year
ICE arrested and put zip ties on children
Shot *priests* in the head with nonlethal rounds
Raided an entire apartment building (which led to zero arrests)
And today, proved Tim Walz right by shooting and killing a woman-a citizen-in Minneapolis
Republicans
When does it end
ICE arrested and put zip ties on children
Shot *priests* in the head with nonlethal rounds
Raided an entire apartment building (which led to zero arrests)
And today, proved Tim Walz right by shooting and killing a woman-a citizen-in Minneapolis
Republicans
When does it end
Walz: "Do you have no decency? We have someone dead in their car for no reason whatsoever. I don't want to be right about this, but I said if they do this they're gonna create a chaotic situation where someone innocent is gonna get killed. And they did it."
January 7, 2026 at 9:42 PM
This past year
ICE arrested and put zip ties on children
Shot *priests* in the head with nonlethal rounds
Raided an entire apartment building (which led to zero arrests)
And today, proved Tim Walz right by shooting and killing a woman-a citizen-in Minneapolis
Republicans
When does it end
ICE arrested and put zip ties on children
Shot *priests* in the head with nonlethal rounds
Raided an entire apartment building (which led to zero arrests)
And today, proved Tim Walz right by shooting and killing a woman-a citizen-in Minneapolis
Republicans
When does it end
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an eyewitness to the Minneapolis ICE shooting told me the victim appeared "obviously scared" and "was going to leave" before an ICE agent fired multiple shots "right into, it seemed like, her face" www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-sh...
Witness Says Victim Was ‘Obviously Scared’ Before Fatal ICE Shooting
The victim appeared "obviously scared" and "was going to leave," Emily Heller told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:34 PM
an eyewitness to the Minneapolis ICE shooting told me the victim appeared "obviously scared" and "was going to leave" before an ICE agent fired multiple shots "right into, it seemed like, her face" www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-sh...
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It is time for Congress to draw up a resolution to preemptively condemn Trump’s invasion of Greenland. Go on record stating impeachment and criminal conviction will follow. Play no games and give him no rope. Enough is enough.
January 7, 2026 at 2:01 AM
It is time for Congress to draw up a resolution to preemptively condemn Trump’s invasion of Greenland. Go on record stating impeachment and criminal conviction will follow. Play no games and give him no rope. Enough is enough.
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
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Flu surges in 45 states as doctor visits reach highest level in nearly 30 years
About 5,000 people have died of the flu so far this season, including 9 children, as the Trump administration pulls back on advice to get kids vaccinated.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
About 5,000 people have died of the flu so far this season, including 9 children, as the Trump administration pulls back on advice to get kids vaccinated.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Flu surges in 45 states as doctor visits reach highest level in nearly 30 years
About 5,000 people have died of the flu so far this season, including 9 children, as the Trump administration pulls back on advice to get kids vaccinated.
www.nbcnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Flu surges in 45 states as doctor visits reach highest level in nearly 30 years
About 5,000 people have died of the flu so far this season, including 9 children, as the Trump administration pulls back on advice to get kids vaccinated.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
About 5,000 people have died of the flu so far this season, including 9 children, as the Trump administration pulls back on advice to get kids vaccinated.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Stephen Miller isn’t just closing borders. He is trying to overturn decades of American history and progress.
Let’s stop pretending this is normal.
trib.al/E1pYzaL
Let’s stop pretending this is normal.
trib.al/E1pYzaL
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and unassimilable. How far will Miller’s sadistic designs go?
trib.al
January 5, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Stephen Miller isn’t just closing borders. He is trying to overturn decades of American history and progress.
Let’s stop pretending this is normal.
trib.al/E1pYzaL
Let’s stop pretending this is normal.
trib.al/E1pYzaL
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I find it really fucking wild that —
📌 US Special Ops built an entire replica of Maduros’ compound — IN KENTUCKY — to train commandos on how to kidnap him
📌Trump communicated with oil companies before and after — 80+ people were killed
📌Sr MOC’s weren’t alerted⁉️⁉️
www.lex18.com/news/politic...
📌 US Special Ops built an entire replica of Maduros’ compound — IN KENTUCKY — to train commandos on how to kidnap him
📌Trump communicated with oil companies before and after — 80+ people were killed
📌Sr MOC’s weren’t alerted⁉️⁉️
www.lex18.com/news/politic...
Report: U.S. Special Ops built replica of Maduro's compound in Kentucky to train Delta Force commandos
The United States had a replica of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's compound located in Kentucky, according to the New York Times.
www.lex18.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:24 AM
I find it really fucking wild that —
📌 US Special Ops built an entire replica of Maduros’ compound — IN KENTUCKY — to train commandos on how to kidnap him
📌Trump communicated with oil companies before and after — 80+ people were killed
📌Sr MOC’s weren’t alerted⁉️⁉️
www.lex18.com/news/politic...
📌 US Special Ops built an entire replica of Maduros’ compound — IN KENTUCKY — to train commandos on how to kidnap him
📌Trump communicated with oil companies before and after — 80+ people were killed
📌Sr MOC’s weren’t alerted⁉️⁉️
www.lex18.com/news/politic...
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Why did Trump invade Venezuela
Maybe because Jack Smith said things like this in his deposition:
"why we felt we had such strong proof is all witnesses were..allies [of Trump]..We had an elector in Pennsylvania..who said that what they were trying to do was an attempt to overthrow the government"
Maybe because Jack Smith said things like this in his deposition:
"why we felt we had such strong proof is all witnesses were..allies [of Trump]..We had an elector in Pennsylvania..who said that what they were trying to do was an attempt to overthrow the government"
January 5, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Why did Trump invade Venezuela
Maybe because Jack Smith said things like this in his deposition:
"why we felt we had such strong proof is all witnesses were..allies [of Trump]..We had an elector in Pennsylvania..who said that what they were trying to do was an attempt to overthrow the government"
Maybe because Jack Smith said things like this in his deposition:
"why we felt we had such strong proof is all witnesses were..allies [of Trump]..We had an elector in Pennsylvania..who said that what they were trying to do was an attempt to overthrow the government"
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CMS to stop requiring states to report childhood vaccination levels www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
CMS to stop requiring states to report childhood vaccination levels
www.cidrap.umn.edu
January 4, 2026 at 4:40 AM
CMS to stop requiring states to report childhood vaccination levels www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
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So we just murdered another 40 Venezuelans for a total of at least 140 or so.
This bit of news — at least 40 dead— appears around the 27th graf of the NYT story. Which is a really bizarre choice.
(And we find out a few grafs down that several US soldiers were injured)
(And we find out a few grafs down that several US soldiers were injured)
January 4, 2026 at 5:13 AM
So we just murdered another 40 Venezuelans for a total of at least 140 or so.
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Friends —
Spread these everywhere. Share them. Use your feed to get the message out.
Spread these everywhere. Share them. Use your feed to get the message out.
January 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Friends —
Spread these everywhere. Share them. Use your feed to get the message out.
Spread these everywhere. Share them. Use your feed to get the message out.
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Regime change is complicated, as we should have learned in 2002-03. @markhertling.bsky.social's cautionary essay at @thebulwark.com was published just hours before Trump & Co. showed they were not, it seems safe to say, students of history, law or chess. #Venezuela www.thebulwark.com/p/what-regim...
What ‘Regime Change’ in Venezuela Would Really Mean
It’s not clear the administration has settled on a goal, much less considered the consequences.
www.thebulwark.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Regime change is complicated, as we should have learned in 2002-03. @markhertling.bsky.social's cautionary essay at @thebulwark.com was published just hours before Trump & Co. showed they were not, it seems safe to say, students of history, law or chess. #Venezuela www.thebulwark.com/p/what-regim...
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Some polling:
Invading Venezuela - 19% approve, 60% disapprove
OK to go w/o Congressional approval - 11% yes, 74% no
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Invading Venezuela - 19% approve, 60% disapprove
OK to go w/o Congressional approval - 11% yes, 74% no
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Invading Venezuela is a close second:
19% approve, 60% disapprove.
19% approve, 60% disapprove.
January 3, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Some polling:
Invading Venezuela - 19% approve, 60% disapprove
OK to go w/o Congressional approval - 11% yes, 74% no
👇
Invading Venezuela - 19% approve, 60% disapprove
OK to go w/o Congressional approval - 11% yes, 74% no
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Trump announcing to the world that the US will only let a puppet take over Venezuela.
FOX & FRIENDS: What do you think is next for the Venezuelan people now that you have removed Maduro so he can face American justice?
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
January 3, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Trump announcing to the world that the US will only let a puppet take over Venezuela.
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Bigger than Teapot Dome in terms of scandals, but in the age of Trump, it doesn't even raise an eyebrow: Karen Budd-Falen, the No. 3 at the Interior Department, didn’t disclose a $3.5m water-rights contract between her husband and the developers of a Nevada mine approved by Interior.
The Trump Administration Approved a Big Lithium Mine. A Top Official’s Husband Profited.
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Bigger than Teapot Dome in terms of scandals, but in the age of Trump, it doesn't even raise an eyebrow: Karen Budd-Falen, the No. 3 at the Interior Department, didn’t disclose a $3.5m water-rights contract between her husband and the developers of a Nevada mine approved by Interior.
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Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches
An illustrated guide of the first year of profiteering.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
An illustrated guide of the first year of profiteering.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches (Gift Article)
The president, his family and some of their closest associates have engaged in a sprawling campaign of deals that stretches across industries and the globe.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches
An illustrated guide of the first year of profiteering.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
An illustrated guide of the first year of profiteering.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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I wish more politicians would abandon the miserable vision of austerity and meager expectations.
Mamdani: I have been told that this is the occasion to reset expectations, that I should use this opportunity to encourage the people of New York to ask for little and expect even less. I will do no such thing. The only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations.
January 2, 2026 at 3:25 AM
I wish more politicians would abandon the miserable vision of austerity and meager expectations.
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Reagan, 1981: “In the present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”
Clinton, 1996: “I say again, the era of big government is over. But we cannot go back to the era of fending for yourself.”
Mamdani, 2026:
Clinton, 1996: “I say again, the era of big government is over. But we cannot go back to the era of fending for yourself.”
Mamdani, 2026:
January 2, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Reagan, 1981: “In the present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”
Clinton, 1996: “I say again, the era of big government is over. But we cannot go back to the era of fending for yourself.”
Mamdani, 2026:
Clinton, 1996: “I say again, the era of big government is over. But we cannot go back to the era of fending for yourself.”
Mamdani, 2026:
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Whew. That Mamdani has an exceptional speechwriter and is one of the most compelling politicians I’ve seen.
January 1, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Whew. That Mamdani has an exceptional speechwriter and is one of the most compelling politicians I’ve seen.