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gadgetgirl56.bsky.social
@gadgetgirl56.bsky.social
Native Washingtonian, retired, cat lover, book lover, avid walker, Twitter/X expat, Democrat and really love being here so far! No Chats or dm's please!
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Happy Caturday from Ollie and I!🥰
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.
January 31, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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Do you get it now?
January 31, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Buttigieg on Fox News: "When you see an American woman opening the door to her home and on her doorstep finds half a dozen federal agents in tactical gear that is more tricked out than what I would take outside the wire in Afghanistan -- I think most people get that that is wrong."
January 31, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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Whoa. This is from an FBI email with the subect "Re: Epstein - Cellmate Interview"

Here are the summaries provided by the FBI agent.
January 31, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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Maria Santay, a U.S. citizen and community observer, live-streamed masked ICE agents detaining her after they boxed in her car from all sides and smashed her window. Local police showed up and did nothing.

She was denied access to a restroom, and forced to pee in the parking lot while handcuffed.
January 31, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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“This isn’t a moment, it’s a movement”
January 31, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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It hasn’t gone unnoticed that all four people arrested today, including two journalists, were Black.

And now we find out the charge is “conspiracy to violate civil rights,” a statute rooted in the Ku Klux Klan Act.

Sit with that.
January 30, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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The arrest of Don Lemon is textbook fascism—a brazen attempt to silence reporting on a criminal regime. Stand up for Don, because our rights stand and fall with those of courageous journalists throughout this country.
January 30, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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January 31, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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Journalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video @fox9mn.bsky.social)
January 30, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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They tried intimidation. Minnesota answered with people.
January 31, 2026 at 1:08 AM
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Brutal column in the Kansas City Star about a local real estate company trying to avoid public scrutiny for selling ICE a property for a massive prison camp:

www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
January 30, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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January 30, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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My first remarks since being arrested last night.
January 30, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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NEWS: The Trump regime has arrested Don Lemon in its latest crackdown on journalism after he reported from inside a church protest in Minnesota—despite a magistrate judge previously rejecting the case against him as unsupported by evidence.
January 30, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning

I was sent this video of agents at her door:
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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January 29, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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Needed something to get us moving today...
youtu.be/28E8WKZ614w?...
Carlos Santana / Rob Thomas - Smooth 1999 Live Video
YouTube video by NEA ZIXNH
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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Seriously. It's ridiculous to see companies (and many of our elected officials) stay so neutral while even people and companies from across the globe are fighting harder.
Fuck em all.
#fdt #latestagecapitalism #iceout #mn
www.startribune.com/mn-ceos-lett...
Opinion | To the 60-plus Minnesota CEOs: Many thanks for your nothingburger PR statement
As thousands of Minnesotans marched in protest of ICE in subzero temps, big business leaders drafted a milquetoast PR message of nothingness, Adam Overland writes.
www.startribune.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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January 28, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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January 29, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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January 29, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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BREAKING: Stephen King calls for the Epstein files to be released fully unredacted.
January 28, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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Cookie #ThrowbackThursday update. Him one yr ago today. Big winter coat. He's now safe in our house. It's been 1.5 weeks & he's doing good. Confined til he has his vet care which happens once mum can handle him. Almost there. Still bitter cold here. Be safe. Stay warm pals. Love you all 💙
January 29, 2026 at 2:01 PM