Dominic Watts #FBPE
@dominic-watts.bsky.social
Interested in British and European politics, all things rail related , retro technology and design. Moving here because fed up with X and Elmo.
Reposted by Dominic Watts #FBPE
From @faisalislam.bsky.social
Surreal, but heard at Davos:
Official Danish archives show Woodrow Wilson’s 1916 signature & Secretary of State Robert Lansing, committing US by treaty that Denmark has right to “whole of Greenland”, after Trump written denial of right.
Surreal, but heard at Davos:
Official Danish archives show Woodrow Wilson’s 1916 signature & Secretary of State Robert Lansing, committing US by treaty that Denmark has right to “whole of Greenland”, after Trump written denial of right.
January 19, 2026 at 12:40 PM
From @faisalislam.bsky.social
Surreal, but heard at Davos:
Official Danish archives show Woodrow Wilson’s 1916 signature & Secretary of State Robert Lansing, committing US by treaty that Denmark has right to “whole of Greenland”, after Trump written denial of right.
Surreal, but heard at Davos:
Official Danish archives show Woodrow Wilson’s 1916 signature & Secretary of State Robert Lansing, committing US by treaty that Denmark has right to “whole of Greenland”, after Trump written denial of right.
Reposted by Dominic Watts #FBPE
#FBPE is having a Campaign Wave (aka Tweet Storm) on Sunday, January 11, from 20-22h CET/19-21h in the UK to protest Trump's threat to attack other countries, and especially Greenland.
A dictator has no business in Greenland and should keep his big mouth shut about it.
Hashtag:
#HandsOffGreenland
A dictator has no business in Greenland and should keep his big mouth shut about it.
Hashtag:
#HandsOffGreenland
January 7, 2026 at 12:39 PM
#FBPE is having a Campaign Wave (aka Tweet Storm) on Sunday, January 11, from 20-22h CET/19-21h in the UK to protest Trump's threat to attack other countries, and especially Greenland.
A dictator has no business in Greenland and should keep his big mouth shut about it.
Hashtag:
#HandsOffGreenland
A dictator has no business in Greenland and should keep his big mouth shut about it.
Hashtag:
#HandsOffGreenland
Reposted by Dominic Watts #FBPE
I just left the Venezuela briefing.
It's worse than you thought.
Oil company executives seem to know more about Trump's secret plan to "run" Venezuela than the American people.
We need public Senate hearings NOW.
It's worse than you thought.
Oil company executives seem to know more about Trump's secret plan to "run" Venezuela than the American people.
We need public Senate hearings NOW.
January 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I just left the Venezuela briefing.
It's worse than you thought.
Oil company executives seem to know more about Trump's secret plan to "run" Venezuela than the American people.
We need public Senate hearings NOW.
It's worse than you thought.
Oil company executives seem to know more about Trump's secret plan to "run" Venezuela than the American people.
We need public Senate hearings NOW.
Reposted by Dominic Watts #FBPE
Trump says he will force Venezuela to hand over millions of barrels of sanctioned oil, which the U.S. will sell off under his control.
Hello? This is naked extortion of a sovereign country. It’s far past time for Congress to grow a spine and rein in our tinpot dictator.
Hello? This is naked extortion of a sovereign country. It’s far past time for Congress to grow a spine and rein in our tinpot dictator.
January 7, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Trump says he will force Venezuela to hand over millions of barrels of sanctioned oil, which the U.S. will sell off under his control.
Hello? This is naked extortion of a sovereign country. It’s far past time for Congress to grow a spine and rein in our tinpot dictator.
Hello? This is naked extortion of a sovereign country. It’s far past time for Congress to grow a spine and rein in our tinpot dictator.
Reposted by Dominic Watts #FBPE
surrounding them after they just killed somebody and shouting “you can’t kill us all, nazis” is legitimate “ready to run through a wall” inspirational
January 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM
surrounding them after they just killed somebody and shouting “you can’t kill us all, nazis” is legitimate “ready to run through a wall” inspirational
Reposted by Dominic Watts #FBPE
BREAKING: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey after ICE just killed a civilian: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
January 7, 2026 at 7:00 PM
BREAKING: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey after ICE just killed a civilian: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
Reposted by Dominic Watts #FBPE
This is the ICE/CBP agent responsible for mudering a woman in cold blood.
Source: @pabloreports.bsky.social
Source: @pabloreports.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 7:15 PM
This is the ICE/CBP agent responsible for mudering a woman in cold blood.
Source: @pabloreports.bsky.social
Source: @pabloreports.bsky.social
Reposted by Dominic Watts #FBPE
What ICE did today in Minnesota is simultaneously a horrific tragedy and 100% something that was thoroughly predictable from their preexisting brutality and unaccountability.
The agency must be abolished and its agents prosecuted. There is no alternative.
The agency must be abolished and its agents prosecuted. There is no alternative.
January 7, 2026 at 7:11 PM
What ICE did today in Minnesota is simultaneously a horrific tragedy and 100% something that was thoroughly predictable from their preexisting brutality and unaccountability.
The agency must be abolished and its agents prosecuted. There is no alternative.
The agency must be abolished and its agents prosecuted. There is no alternative.
Reposted by Dominic Watts #FBPE
Reminder: The Minneapolis shooting is not the only ICE-involved violence in recent memory.
Report: ICE shot a US citizen trying to help kids
According to his lawyer, immigration officers shot Carlos Jimenez after he warned them that children would soon gather for the bus where they had pulled over a vehicle.
www.motherjones.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Reminder: The Minneapolis shooting is not the only ICE-involved violence in recent memory.
Reposted by Dominic Watts #FBPE
losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
January 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
Reposted by Dominic Watts #FBPE
This Jacob Frey speech is incredible. "To ICE: Get the fuck out of Minneapolis."
January 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
This Jacob Frey speech is incredible. "To ICE: Get the fuck out of Minneapolis."
Reposted by Dominic Watts #FBPE
Even in the most charitable interpretation, giving up Minneapolis’s prerogative to investigate the homicide seems to expose a misunderstanding of the dynamics of the situation.
Minneapolis Chief Brian O'Hara confirms that the FBI is in charge of the investigation. He says MPD role is maintain the security of the crime scene.
January 7, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Even in the most charitable interpretation, giving up Minneapolis’s prerogative to investigate the homicide seems to expose a misunderstanding of the dynamics of the situation.
Reposted by Dominic Watts #FBPE
I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
I’m eating lunch, I’m having a panic attack, I’m charging my phone, and then I’m going back out to try and keep my neighborhood safe.
January 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
Reposted by Dominic Watts #FBPE
Video makes clear almost every word of this is a lie.
January 7, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Video makes clear almost every word of this is a lie.
Reposted by Dominic Watts #FBPE
Gangster State
The US forces have seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker with links to Venezuela.
It was boarded between Iceland and Scotland as it was travelling north.
RAF surveillance planes were involved in the US operation.
What next - Tit-for-tax piracy?
Where is this heading?
The US forces have seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker with links to Venezuela.
It was boarded between Iceland and Scotland as it was travelling north.
RAF surveillance planes were involved in the US operation.
What next - Tit-for-tax piracy?
Where is this heading?
What we know about US seizure of Russian-flagged oil tanker linked to Venezuela
The sanctioned tanker, originally known as the Bella 1 and now called the Marinera, is now in US custody, the United States European Command has confirmed
news.sky.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Gangster State
The US forces have seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker with links to Venezuela.
It was boarded between Iceland and Scotland as it was travelling north.
RAF surveillance planes were involved in the US operation.
What next - Tit-for-tax piracy?
Where is this heading?
The US forces have seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker with links to Venezuela.
It was boarded between Iceland and Scotland as it was travelling north.
RAF surveillance planes were involved in the US operation.
What next - Tit-for-tax piracy?
Where is this heading?
Reposted by Dominic Watts #FBPE
Rep. Bacon is right. It is silly. And dangerous. Where is the rest of the GOP in condemning this?
January 7, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Rep. Bacon is right. It is silly. And dangerous. Where is the rest of the GOP in condemning this?
Reposted by Dominic Watts #FBPE
It takes an enormous amount of courage to stand there, keep filming, and scream "What the fuck, you asshole" at someone wearing a badge who just shot and killed one of your neighbors in cold blood.
I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
I’m eating lunch, I’m having a panic attack, I’m charging my phone, and then I’m going back out to try and keep my neighborhood safe.
January 7, 2026 at 6:13 PM
It takes an enormous amount of courage to stand there, keep filming, and scream "What the fuck, you asshole" at someone wearing a badge who just shot and killed one of your neighbors in cold blood.
Reposted by Dominic Watts #FBPE
If officials can’t bring themselves to arrest someone who is captured on camera from multiple angles killing someone in cold blood, they should just step aside so someone with a backbone can lead
Arrest the murderer and arrest Bovino. Not complicated.
January 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
If officials can’t bring themselves to arrest someone who is captured on camera from multiple angles killing someone in cold blood, they should just step aside so someone with a backbone can lead
Reposted by Dominic Watts #FBPE
Remember: Federal officials do not enjoy categorical, absolute immunity from state-level prosecutions. They are entitled to removal to federal court. But conduct that is unreasonable or unnecessary for the execution of their law enforcement duties is susceptible to criminal prosecution.
January 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Remember: Federal officials do not enjoy categorical, absolute immunity from state-level prosecutions. They are entitled to removal to federal court. But conduct that is unreasonable or unnecessary for the execution of their law enforcement duties is susceptible to criminal prosecution.
Reposted by Dominic Watts #FBPE
There is video of the shooting of a woman by ICE in Minneapolis circulating that shows an ICE agent repeatedly shooting her at point blank range while she tries to drive off. There was no obvious threat to any ICE agent.
January 7, 2026 at 6:26 PM
There is video of the shooting of a woman by ICE in Minneapolis circulating that shows an ICE agent repeatedly shooting her at point blank range while she tries to drive off. There was no obvious threat to any ICE agent.
Reposted by Dominic Watts #FBPE
The Minneapolis ICE murder victim is identified as a legal observer; it is known the Trump regime keeps a database of dissidents that includes these observers. According to witnesses ICE regime troopers blocked initial medical care for her as well. Resembles a targeted killing.
January 7, 2026 at 7:19 PM
The Minneapolis ICE murder victim is identified as a legal observer; it is known the Trump regime keeps a database of dissidents that includes these observers. According to witnesses ICE regime troopers blocked initial medical care for her as well. Resembles a targeted killing.
Reposted by Dominic Watts #FBPE
This is Trump’s masked ICE agent, who shot the woman in Minneapolis, fleeing from the scene about 90 seconds after the shooting.
You can hear a witness yelling, “Don’t let the murderer leave.”
You can hear a witness yelling, “Don’t let the murderer leave.”
January 7, 2026 at 7:17 PM
This is Trump’s masked ICE agent, who shot the woman in Minneapolis, fleeing from the scene about 90 seconds after the shooting.
You can hear a witness yelling, “Don’t let the murderer leave.”
You can hear a witness yelling, “Don’t let the murderer leave.”
Reposted by Dominic Watts #FBPE
ice agents simply aren't trained well enough to be on the street. they are a genuine danger to citizens
January 7, 2026 at 6:57 PM
ice agents simply aren't trained well enough to be on the street. they are a genuine danger to citizens
Reposted by Dominic Watts #FBPE
ICE has only existed since 2003. A Bush-era creation, it is a militarized federal secret police that has been imbued with the Supreme Court with the unconstitutional power to ignore the fourth amendment.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
June 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
ICE has only existed since 2003. A Bush-era creation, it is a militarized federal secret police that has been imbued with the Supreme Court with the unconstitutional power to ignore the fourth amendment.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.