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Hiegold
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Will at times succumb to complete sarcasm. Peace to all.
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mementomorty.bsky.social
As seen on r/nursing

Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him
screenshot of a reddit post in r/nursing Photo of a hospital hallway where staff in scrubs stand with their hands clasped and heads bowed
January 26, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
REV. SCHENCK: “I’m making up for the errors of my past— I spent 35 years as an activist for the religious right doing a lot of damage, inflicting suffering, contradicting the message I thought I was promoting.”
motherjones.com Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23h
He spent decades bringing the religious right to power. Now he's marching to undo it.

Rev. Rob Schenck spent decades helping build the Religious Right—commingling church and state to advance conservative causes. Now, he says he must confront the damage he helped cause.
January 26, 2026 at 3:53 AM
hiegold.bsky.social
Natl media/Dem leadership may not understand that a large portion of potential voters do not know what is going on. Similar to how they did not know the details behind the Dominion settlement, GA vote request or the fake electors during the election.

Must get out of the echo chamber.

#ICE
#PRETTI
January 25, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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willbunch.bsky.social
The senseless murder of Alex Pretti is finally showing everyday folks that the Trump regime is beyond any redemption. And in an anti-religious age, it's sparked a quest for a new American morality

It's beyond politics now. This is about good vs. evil

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/minn...
Alex Pretti’s ICE murder is beyond politics. This is about good vs. evil | Will Bunch
Trump's inhumane immigration raids and two ICE murders has triggered an American yearning for a return to morality.
www.inquirer.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
🔥 Tennessee’s own sheryl crow bringing it
January 25, 2026 at 5:23 AM
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strictlychristo.bsky.social
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 5:24 AM
hiegold.bsky.social
ICU nurse fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis cared for veterans

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
ICU nurse fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis cared for veterans
Alex Pretti, 37, identified by Minnesota’s attorney general as the man killed Saturday, was dedicated to caring for veterans, friends and colleagues said.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:17 AM
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sundaedivine.lol
We‘ve lost our way as a nation.
badideas.bsky.social Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 1d
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 2:39 AM
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billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
January 24, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Everyone freezing on the East Coast or in the Midwest remember: Kyiv has the same weather, except that hundreds of thousands of people don't have electricity, heating or running water
January 24, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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brynntannehill.bsky.social
Please read and share this. It shapes all my thinking about the future of the US right now, and it explains why Trump and the GOP are behaving the way they do.

There is a near zero chance a Democrat will be sworn in as President in 2029, no matter how people vote.

bylinetimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
'Trump Has Already Rigged the 2028 Presidential Election': US Defence Insider
Regardless of how people vote, the chances of a Democrat Government coming to power in 2029 is now virtually nil, argues Brynn Tannehill
bylinetimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:55 PM
hiegold.bsky.social
Source: Yahoo
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Delroy Lindo scores first Oscar nomination at 73 for “Sinners” after opening up about being 'profoundly disappointed' by past snubs
"I think I've done enough. I've done a wide range of work as an actor," the legend told EW in an extensive interview.
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January 24, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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marlownyc.bsky.social
ICE detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis and put the child on a flight to a detention center in Texas, despite a court ordering her release: www.startribune.com/agents-detai...
January 24, 2026 at 12:29 AM
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social
65 Polish soldiers died in Iraq and Afghanistan. Trump's insults have not gone down well

wyborcza.pl/7,75968,3255...
W Afganistanie i w Iraku zginęło 65 polskich żołnierzy. Słowa Trumpa to potworne kłamstwo
Przypominam tę smutną statystykę, bo prezydent USA Donald Trump w wywiadzie dla telewizji Fox News pogardliwie stwierdził, że USA nigdy nie potrzebowały NATO, a w Afganistanie żołnierze z państw Sojus...
wyborcza.pl
January 23, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Those cuts to science, culture, medicine? They aren't just about research, they are about power.
Episode Three of Autocracy in America:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Defund Science, Distort Culture, Mock Education
It’s not just about cuts to research. It’s about power.
www.theatlantic.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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bypatforde.bsky.social
Disgusting. Alarming. Unamerican.
startribune.com Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 4d
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 23, 2026 at 5:11 AM
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themorrancave.bsky.social
"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
www.independent.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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adambonin.bsky.social
While it made it as far as dress rehearsal, Tommy Brennan's Weekend Update desk bit on Trump's ICE deployments in his home state of Minnesota did not make it to SNL broadcast.

But they've made it available anyway. And you should watch it.
Weekend Update: Tommy Brennan on Trump's ICE Deployments in Minnesota - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
youtu.be
January 21, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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lincolnproject.us
The dumbest guy at your high school who failed Civics class and didn’t even graduate is currently making $100k to carry a gun and use it with complete impunity. That is Trump’s ICE.
January 21, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!

ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
The Gravamen of the Disclosure 4. The gravamen of the disclosure is as follows: a. By memorandum dated May 12, 2025 (“the May 12 Memo”), Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons authorizes ICE agents to forcibly enter into certain people’s homes without a judicial warrant, consent, or an emergency. b. Specifically, in the May 12 Memo, the Acting ICE Director authorized ICE Agents to rely on Form I-205 (which is not a judicial warrant) to enter the residence of an alien subject to a final order of deportation, without consent, including by “a necessary and reasonable amount of force.”2c. While addressed to “All ICE Personnel,” in practice the May 12 Memo has not been formally distributed to all personnel. Instead, the May 12 Memo has been provided to select DHS officials who are then directed to verbally brief the new policy for action. Those supervisors then show the Memo to some employees, like our clients, and direct them to read the Memo and return it to the supervisor.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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January 21, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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mickeykuhns.bsky.social
We’re told America is “the greatest” because of GDP and military power—while we die younger, go broke from illness, drown in debt, and imprison our own people. That’s not greatness. That’s denial wrapped in a flag.
January 20, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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davidho.bsky.social
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
🔥Rep @brotherjones.bsky.social to Hannity: “To your viewers—this man wants you to be fearful of your immigrant neighbors to protect the billionaires who keep you from having health care. He doesn’t care about crime. He hangs out with pedophiles & criminals in Mar-a-Lago.”

(H/T @acyn.bsky.social )
January 21, 2026 at 2:54 AM
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yasharali.bsky.social
On News Nation, Trump suggests that Biden didn’t defend him when the Islamic Republic of Iran was making threats to assassinate him.

That is false — the Biden White House told the Islamic Republic that if they attempted to assassinate Trump, the United States would consider it an act of war.
January 21, 2026 at 2:29 AM