Violet's Guardian
@fil-delpesco.bsky.social
Retired; avid gardener, bird lover and insect observer.
Grateful for family, friends, and Violet, my sweet canine companion.
I never thought democracy and justice would be in jeopardy, but here we are!
Grateful for family, friends, and Violet, my sweet canine companion.
I never thought democracy and justice would be in jeopardy, but here we are!
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Don’t let this White House lie to you. Believe what you see.
Alex Pretti was trying to help a woman off the ground. Then immigration agents tackled, shot, and killed him.
It’s time for them to get the hell out of MN.
Alex Pretti was trying to help a woman off the ground. Then immigration agents tackled, shot, and killed him.
It’s time for them to get the hell out of MN.
January 25, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Don’t let this White House lie to you. Believe what you see.
Alex Pretti was trying to help a woman off the ground. Then immigration agents tackled, shot, and killed him.
It’s time for them to get the hell out of MN.
Alex Pretti was trying to help a woman off the ground. Then immigration agents tackled, shot, and killed him.
It’s time for them to get the hell out of MN.
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Damn the soulless Nazis of Trumpism straight to Hell.
January 25, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Damn the soulless Nazis of Trumpism straight to Hell.
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"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 PM
"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
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Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.
January 24, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.
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The Draft-Dodger-In-Chief, who lied about fake 'bone spurs,' is insulting the thousands of allied NATO troops who served, and the 1,000+ who died, fighting in Afghanistan.
Trump knows NOTHING about service in time of war, or at any other time. He thinks only of himself and his own base desires.
Trump knows NOTHING about service in time of war, or at any other time. He thinks only of himself and his own base desires.
Starmer accuses Trump of diminishing sacrifice of Nato troops in Afghanistan
Prime minister joins MPs, veterans and relatives in condemning US president’s claim that troops avoided frontlines
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:01 PM
The Draft-Dodger-In-Chief, who lied about fake 'bone spurs,' is insulting the thousands of allied NATO troops who served, and the 1,000+ who died, fighting in Afghanistan.
Trump knows NOTHING about service in time of war, or at any other time. He thinks only of himself and his own base desires.
Trump knows NOTHING about service in time of war, or at any other time. He thinks only of himself and his own base desires.
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Just hours after Kushner & Witkoff met with Putin.
1:30 am in Kyiv.
russians are attacking again.
Loud explosions.
russians are attacking again.
Loud explosions.
January 24, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Just hours after Kushner & Witkoff met with Putin.
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🚨BREAKING: Federal court DISMISSES Department of Justice's lawsuit to obtain Georgia's full voter file information for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Essentially, the geniuses at DOJ filed in the wrong court.
Dhillon and DOJ are now 0-3 in these cases.
www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...
Dhillon and DOJ are now 0-3 in these cases.
www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...
🚨 United States of America v. Raffensperger
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:56 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal court DISMISSES Department of Justice's lawsuit to obtain Georgia's full voter file information for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Essentially, the geniuses at DOJ filed in the wrong court.
Dhillon and DOJ are now 0-3 in these cases.
www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...
Dhillon and DOJ are now 0-3 in these cases.
www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...
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For years, we have been lectured on the importance of major news outlets — about how their integrity prevents our democracy from dying in darkness. Yet Donald Trump just stood on a well-lit global stage and declared his intention to abuse the criminal justice system to destroy electoral democracy.
Donald Trump just announced breaking news. The legacy media ignored it.
Not only is Trump repeating a lie about the conduct of the 2020 election, but he is also announcing — at an international conference — that his administration will soon prosecute his political opponen...
www.democracydocket.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:04 PM
For years, we have been lectured on the importance of major news outlets — about how their integrity prevents our democracy from dying in darkness. Yet Donald Trump just stood on a well-lit global stage and declared his intention to abuse the criminal justice system to destroy electoral democracy.
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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
January 23, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
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Have a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
January 23, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Have a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
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Liam Ramos just arrived home from preschool when he and his father were arrested and taken into custody by ICE agents.
Enough is enough. ICE does not belong in our communities.
Enough is enough. ICE does not belong in our communities.
ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Liam Ramos just arrived home from preschool when he and his father were arrested and taken into custody by ICE agents.
Enough is enough. ICE does not belong in our communities.
Enough is enough. ICE does not belong in our communities.
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You could spend a very difficult and consternating lifetime trying to determine whether the bigger con man is Donald Trump or Elon Musk, and whose actions have cost more lives
It is difficult to imagine two men the jailing of which would have a more beneficial effect on the welfare of the species
It is difficult to imagine two men the jailing of which would have a more beneficial effect on the welfare of the species
January 22, 2026 at 6:36 PM
You could spend a very difficult and consternating lifetime trying to determine whether the bigger con man is Donald Trump or Elon Musk, and whose actions have cost more lives
It is difficult to imagine two men the jailing of which would have a more beneficial effect on the welfare of the species
It is difficult to imagine two men the jailing of which would have a more beneficial effect on the welfare of the species
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What ICE will do in every safe and beautiful blue city it goes into— from Minneapolis in Minnesota to Portland in Maine—is crow about the 1-2 people with serious long-ago convictions that they detained while saying nothing at all about the 1,000 other innocents and nonviolent people they terrorized.
January 23, 2026 at 8:02 AM
What ICE will do in every safe and beautiful blue city it goes into— from Minneapolis in Minnesota to Portland in Maine—is crow about the 1-2 people with serious long-ago convictions that they detained while saying nothing at all about the 1,000 other innocents and nonviolent people they terrorized.
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🎯
no matter how hard Greg Bovino tries to exude rugged masculinity he always comes off like Don Knotts in a Portlandia sketch
January 23, 2026 at 5:55 AM
🎯
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Stay safe. You can tell I’m not in charge of the weather. All the farmers are a little stressed right now. No ice, no ICE. #farmlife #familyfarm #winterstorm
January 23, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Stay safe. You can tell I’m not in charge of the weather. All the farmers are a little stressed right now. No ice, no ICE. #farmlife #familyfarm #winterstorm
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There is no level to which these heartless shit-for-brains won’t stoop to inflict cruelty and suffering.
January 22, 2026 at 8:04 PM
There is no level to which these heartless shit-for-brains won’t stoop to inflict cruelty and suffering.
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The guy Trump’s ICE goons claim to have been looking for when they dragged a legal citizen out in the cold in his underwear was… already in prison. 🎪
www.thebulwark.com/p/target-of-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/target-of-...
January 22, 2026 at 10:22 PM
The guy Trump’s ICE goons claim to have been looking for when they dragged a legal citizen out in the cold in his underwear was… already in prison. 🎪
www.thebulwark.com/p/target-of-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/target-of-...
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This.
As it turns out, the "Board of Peace" is just a real estate redevelopment for the super-rich, built on stolen land. So basically, at it's core, it's ethnic cleansing dressed up in diplomatic terms.
This is beyond disgusting and immoral.
This is beyond disgusting and immoral.
January 22, 2026 at 11:57 AM
This.
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NEW: Billionaire fugitive Roger Ver was facing federal criminal charges — until he sought the services of a select club of President Donald Trump’s former personal attorneys who have easy access to top DOJ appointees.
How “Bitcoin Jesus” Avoided Prison, Thanks to One of the “Friends of Trump”
Billionaire fugitive Roger Ver was facing federal criminal charges until he sought the services of a select club of President Donald Trump’s former personal attorneys who have easy access to top Justi...
www.propublica.org
January 22, 2026 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Billionaire fugitive Roger Ver was facing federal criminal charges — until he sought the services of a select club of President Donald Trump’s former personal attorneys who have easy access to top DOJ appointees.
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Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.
January 22, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.
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"Stop calling ICE the Gestapo! ICE is nothing like the Gestapo. Now, let me innumerate all the many ways ICE is exactly like the Gestapo. Thank you for your attention to this matter."
January 22, 2026 at 2:44 AM
"Stop calling ICE the Gestapo! ICE is nothing like the Gestapo. Now, let me innumerate all the many ways ICE is exactly like the Gestapo. Thank you for your attention to this matter."