Michael L
@delam.bsky.social
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Tyranny
Nasra Ahmed, a 23-year-old US citizen, was arrested and detained by ICE. She was held for TWO DAYS.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
January 22, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Tyranny
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right now the floor for me is abolish ICE and put every agent on trial and the average elected democrat is like what if we told them to cut it out
January 22, 2026 at 12:31 AM
right now the floor for me is abolish ICE and put every agent on trial and the average elected democrat is like what if we told them to cut it out
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I've said repeatedly that I will not support one dime of funding for Trump's lawless ICE operations.
The funding bill released today fails to sufficiently rein them in or ensure people's rights are protected.
I'm voting NO.
The funding bill released today fails to sufficiently rein them in or ensure people's rights are protected.
I'm voting NO.
January 21, 2026 at 2:20 AM
I've said repeatedly that I will not support one dime of funding for Trump's lawless ICE operations.
The funding bill released today fails to sufficiently rein them in or ensure people's rights are protected.
I'm voting NO.
The funding bill released today fails to sufficiently rein them in or ensure people's rights are protected.
I'm voting NO.
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You cannot overstate how startling it is to see a politician just say the thing with clarity and poise. No fearful hemming. No overwrought qualifying down til it’s meaningless. No lingering sense that there is a loyalty to a donor class or an ideology of stasis that they’d never admit to.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 6:17 PM
You cannot overstate how startling it is to see a politician just say the thing with clarity and poise. No fearful hemming. No overwrought qualifying down til it’s meaningless. No lingering sense that there is a loyalty to a donor class or an ideology of stasis that they’d never admit to.
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The autobiography concludes its section on this conversation interestingly:
"I [Harry Belafonte] felt as if our moorings were unhinging. "Damn, Martin! If that's what you think, what would you have us do?" I asked.
He gave me a look. "I guess we're just going to have to become firemen.""
"I [Harry Belafonte] felt as if our moorings were unhinging. "Damn, Martin! If that's what you think, what would you have us do?" I asked.
He gave me a look. "I guess we're just going to have to become firemen.""
January 20, 2026 at 3:40 AM
The autobiography concludes its section on this conversation interestingly:
"I [Harry Belafonte] felt as if our moorings were unhinging. "Damn, Martin! If that's what you think, what would you have us do?" I asked.
He gave me a look. "I guess we're just going to have to become firemen.""
"I [Harry Belafonte] felt as if our moorings were unhinging. "Damn, Martin! If that's what you think, what would you have us do?" I asked.
He gave me a look. "I guess we're just going to have to become firemen.""
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13 Jan 2026
January 13, 2026 at 5:40 PM
13 Jan 2026
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jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
![YOUR RING CAMERA IS AN ICE AGENT
[a drawing of a ring camera with an ice agent dragging a person away in its field of vision]
"In October of 2025, Amazon's Ring announced its partnership with FLOCK, an A.I. surveillance group that freely shares its footage with ICE, the secret service, and the navy. Flock customers can use A.I. tools to sift through footage to assist in all manner of operations (like raids and deportations) without a warrant. Unplug Ring! Melt ICE! Protect your neighbors!
See: https://blog.ring.com/about-ring/ring-expands-community-requests-to-additional-community-safety-partners/
https://www.404media.co/ice-secret-service-navy-all-had-access-to-flocks-nationwide-network-of-cameras/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ
https://www.aclum.org/campaigns-initiatives/get-the-flock-out-resource-guide/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p2aefnvhb3zmkrazk67dppxw/bafkreic7teyeocg7k5qcqxnc666k7clyiislh2zfi6iopcz6fs3e3lt6xy@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 8:15 PM
jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
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if someone punches your neighbor and you go to protect them, that does not make you a protester. that makes you someone who protects your neighbor.
January 18, 2026 at 4:43 PM
if someone punches your neighbor and you go to protect them, that does not make you a protester. that makes you someone who protects your neighbor.
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We think of the postwar world order as having been built by the US. But as Getachew makes clear, that world order was completed by the intellectual giants of the African, pan-African and African diaspora liberation movements.
It is no coincidence Trump & Miller are targeting its fundamental tenet.
It is no coincidence Trump & Miller are targeting its fundamental tenet.
January 13, 2026 at 10:50 PM
We think of the postwar world order as having been built by the US. But as Getachew makes clear, that world order was completed by the intellectual giants of the African, pan-African and African diaspora liberation movements.
It is no coincidence Trump & Miller are targeting its fundamental tenet.
It is no coincidence Trump & Miller are targeting its fundamental tenet.
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i’m a little confused about how “abolish ICE” requires too much explaining to be good politics, but a set of opaque incremental reforms does not.
"If you're explaining, you're losing." –Senator Ruben Gallego on the "Abolish ICE" debate.
January 17, 2026 at 5:14 PM
i’m a little confused about how “abolish ICE” requires too much explaining to be good politics, but a set of opaque incremental reforms does not.
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I can’t stop laughing at this
January 17, 2026 at 12:03 AM
I can’t stop laughing at this
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Hope everyone is getting by 💜
January 15, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Hope everyone is getting by 💜
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One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.
January 15, 2026 at 7:27 PM
One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.
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#BaltimoreCounty showed up. ❤️
Immigrants move heaven and earth for a better future just like any parent would for their family. We came together to demand passage of the #TrustAct and real protections for immigrant neighbors.
This is about safety, dignity, and strong communities.
Immigrants move heaven and earth for a better future just like any parent would for their family. We came together to demand passage of the #TrustAct and real protections for immigrant neighbors.
This is about safety, dignity, and strong communities.
January 14, 2026 at 1:47 AM
#BaltimoreCounty showed up. ❤️
Immigrants move heaven and earth for a better future just like any parent would for their family. We came together to demand passage of the #TrustAct and real protections for immigrant neighbors.
This is about safety, dignity, and strong communities.
Immigrants move heaven and earth for a better future just like any parent would for their family. We came together to demand passage of the #TrustAct and real protections for immigrant neighbors.
This is about safety, dignity, and strong communities.
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i hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you.
January 13, 2026 at 1:54 AM
i hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you.
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If we're honest, the loudest online scolds aren't organizing. People who are organizing are too tired to scold people online.
a lot of people are being radicalized by ICE this week so please remember that the most important thing when someone comes to any kind of radical politics is to immediately scold them for doing activism wrong as someone who has been doing it much longer
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
If we're honest, the loudest online scolds aren't organizing. People who are organizing are too tired to scold people online.
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I think that many of those calling for more training of ICE/DHS officers imagine that they'd be taught not to do things like fire chemical agents directly at a man's face.
But that's precisely what the White House is celebrates here. That's what these forces are intended and encouraged to do.
But that's precisely what the White House is celebrates here. That's what these forces are intended and encouraged to do.
This and ... [waves hands]... aim to make systematic violence against political opponents by secret police ideologically satisfying.
Dehumanizing fellow Americans & celebrating their suffering....
Dehumanizing fellow Americans & celebrating their suffering....
January 11, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I think that many of those calling for more training of ICE/DHS officers imagine that they'd be taught not to do things like fire chemical agents directly at a man's face.
But that's precisely what the White House is celebrates here. That's what these forces are intended and encouraged to do.
But that's precisely what the White House is celebrates here. That's what these forces are intended and encouraged to do.
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This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
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Vestal, NY protest against war and ICE
January 10, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Vestal, NY protest against war and ICE
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For a literal decade the official CBP policy has been “don’t stand in front of or behind vehicles” because the decade before that their internally commissioned studies found that agents were putting themselves in front of vehicles so as to shoot the occupants
Because he put himself in front of the car to have an excuse to shoot!
January 10, 2026 at 12:01 AM
For a literal decade the official CBP policy has been “don’t stand in front of or behind vehicles” because the decade before that their internally commissioned studies found that agents were putting themselves in front of vehicles so as to shoot the occupants
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After Minneapolis, now the ICE shooting on Christmas Eve in Maryland is getting some scrutiny from local police: “…county police confirmed The Banner’s reporting that the second person injured in the encounter was already in ICE custody, in one of the agency’s vehicles, when he was hurt.”
Anne Arundel County Police dispute ICE’s account of Glen Burnie shooting
A deadly shooting by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis on Wednesday renewed scrutiny of a violent Christmas Eve incident involving ICE agents in Glen Burnie, with Anne Arundel County ...
www.thebanner.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:46 PM
After Minneapolis, now the ICE shooting on Christmas Eve in Maryland is getting some scrutiny from local police: “…county police confirmed The Banner’s reporting that the second person injured in the encounter was already in ICE custody, in one of the agency’s vehicles, when he was hurt.”
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This is bullshit. They absolutely have jurisdiction.
Noem on Minnesota officials: "They have not been cut out. They don't have any jurisdiction in this investigation."
January 8, 2026 at 5:39 PM
This is bullshit. They absolutely have jurisdiction.
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I am a simple person who thinks that telling the truth about things is important. I watched the video footage of this shooting, and the killing is casual and unhurried. DHS and aligned political actors are very ready to present a story of rushed, panicked violence, and it just is not true.
NEW: At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
Our latest:
DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
Our latest:
DHS Is Lying To You About ICE Shooting a Woman
At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
www.404media.co
January 7, 2026 at 11:14 PM
I am a simple person who thinks that telling the truth about things is important. I watched the video footage of this shooting, and the killing is casual and unhurried. DHS and aligned political actors are very ready to present a story of rushed, panicked violence, and it just is not true.
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I’m not going to post the exact text here, but the one eyewitness account we have so far of an ICE agent shooting someone in Minneapolis today—which the witness was willing to put her name to—is very grim.
Live updates: Officials confirm ICE-involved shooting in south Minneapolis
Witnesses reported a person was shot in south Minneapolis on Wednesday morning, amid a large presence of federal law enforcement officers. It was not immediately clear who may have been shot, or who m...
www.mprnews.org
January 7, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I’m not going to post the exact text here, but the one eyewitness account we have so far of an ICE agent shooting someone in Minneapolis today—which the witness was willing to put her name to—is very grim.