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Evan
@evangobragh.bsky.social
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Writer. Activist.
Posts about my poodles, video games, horror movies, & telling fascists "No."
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The number of Gestapo in Germany was 32,000. The population was 70 million. That's one Gestapo for every 2200 citizens.

The number of ICE agents is 20,000. The population of the US is 348 million. That's one ICE agent for every 17,000 citizens.

There are more of us.
January 9, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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The people with the power to act (and who.aren't) have been really getting a lot of mileage out of saying "don't take the bait" and "don't give him what he wants" while seemingly bending over backwards to give him exactly what he wants all the time.
January 9, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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Once we start down the path of a completely unaccountable gestapo murdering people in cold blood, all pretense of democracy is gone. "Where law ends, tyranny begins."
January 9, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.

Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.

Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.

Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
"The Department of Homeland Security plans to pause operations in Chicago — where Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, has led controversial arrest efforts — to support the immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota."
Trump Administration Deploying More Border Patrol Agents to Minnesota
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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"what are we going to do with 20,000 ICE agents if we abolish ice" well to start with I think we should all literally spit on them in public for the rest of their lives
January 7, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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If everyone just lets this go, that's the ballgame. Anytime they want to kill someone they'll just say the FBI is handling it.
The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says they've been informed by the FBI that US DOJ has said FBI will solely lead the investigation into Renee Nicole Good's killing by a federal officer. State investigators no longer have access to "case materials, scene evidence/investigative interviews"
January 8, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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we’re never returning to “normal “

that world is dead and gone

we create a new one, or we live in hell
January 8, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content
Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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Whether it’s Democrats putting their pronouns in email signatures or Republicans shooting and killing unarmed drivers, both sides have taken actions that the other side finds threatening.
January 8, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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Years ago, an organizing crew I was part of worked to help an unhoused woman in our neighborhood get services. She was dying and qualified for a number of programs. It took a team of seven working for almost two months to secure her a warm bed to die in. Her name was Jennifer.
I know this isn’t new information but I just really gotta emphasize how goddamn difficult it is to successfully sign up for SNAP or Medicaid, even if you’re Good At Paperwork
January 8, 2026 at 3:12 AM
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a few thoughts youtu.be/lERS4kJIQR8
Abolish ICE
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtu.be
January 8, 2026 at 1:42 AM
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Tonight, I was one of more than 200 people who gathered on Chicago’s North Side to mourn Renee Nicole Good. Several people asked me to publish my remarks from the vigil, so I’m sharing them here.
The Cost of Staying Human
Remarks from a vigil for Renee Nicole Good
organizingmythoughts.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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The murder of Renee Nicole Good also demonstrates another obvious and terrible truth that the Movement for Black Lives have tried to tell America about state violence: there's never been a such thing as a perfect victim
January 8, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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This is probably going to demand a depressing amount of repetition, but here goes.

If Renee Nicole Good was a childless foreign national, its still wasn't OK for a federal employee to straight up execute her. Begging everyone to not concede one inch of ground to this toxic framing.
The victim has been identified as 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, a US citizen and the mother of a small child.
January 8, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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man it's so awesome that state force can apparently only ever be deployed against people protesting cruelty and never against the ones causing the cruelty
Governor Walz says he's prepared to deploy the Minnesota National Guard if protests become violent in reaction to ICE fatally shooting a woman in Minneapolis.

"We will not take the bait," adds Walz, saying he's also angry but demonstrations should remain lawful.
January 8, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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Something that comes up a lot in my head.
January 7, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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Renee Nicole Good
January 7, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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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 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
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We really need to shed every ounce of civility for the architects of our sorrow.
January 7, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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We should all sit with this ICE murder. Any one of us could be executed by ICE, and our government wouldn’t bat an eye. Instead they’d just lie about us to the world.
January 7, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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What will you do when you realize peaceful protests won't stop them?
January 7, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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One thing that shouldn't be missed is that the woman murdered was queer and was murdered right in front of her wife.

www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
www.advocate.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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We’ve graduated from “abolish ICE is the moderate position” to “Nuremberg trials for the Trump regime and its Gestapo is the moderate position.”
January 7, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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this is all of law enforcement

i will never forget the time a friend of a friend was charged with felony "assault" because they bled onto the uniform of a cop who smashed their face in with a baton
ICE and CBP have a habit of turning themselves into victims in cases where they're the ones wielding violence
January 7, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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We should be applauding people who break rules to stop what's happening. Failing to break rules is what's worthy of critique right now. That's the stuff people should have an explanation for — and I know, some do, and that's fine, but the absolute moral minimum is supporting those who resist.
January 7, 2026 at 8:27 PM