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Brian Houska
@houska.bsky.social
· Apr 21
Amazing that Trump openly admitted he is entirely clueless about the details of Abrego Garcia's case and it wasn't a story. On the pod, we spoke to a researcher into MS-13 who found people are constantly misidentified as members. Really remarkable stuff.
Listen here:
newrepublic.com/article/1941...
Listen here:
newrepublic.com/article/1941...
Trump’s Ugly New Eruptions over Abrego Garcia Wreck His Own Arguments
As Trump accidentally exposes the weakness of his own case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an expert on MS-13 takes us inside what this gang really is—and why tying this man to the group is implausible.
newrepublic.com
This has been driving me extra crazy, that every time I hear him asked about something trump is like “I don’t know anything about that,” and it’s just accepted as an answer. Bitch you’re the President!!
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Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 3, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
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Story of the fraud crackdown so far: Flood the streets with masked far right militia. Stalk people on their way to work. Target anyone who doesn't look American enough. Federal prosecutors resign in disgust. Capacity to prosecute fraud disintegrates.
www.startribune.com/another-wave...
www.startribune.com/another-wave...
Another wave of departures in Minnesota’s U.S. Attorney’s Office
14 attorneys have left this year, which prosecutors are calling unprecedented.
www.startribune.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Story of the fraud crackdown so far: Flood the streets with masked far right militia. Stalk people on their way to work. Target anyone who doesn't look American enough. Federal prosecutors resign in disgust. Capacity to prosecute fraud disintegrates.
www.startribune.com/another-wave...
www.startribune.com/another-wave...
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“If your children got tear gassed today.” That impeachment is up for debate at all is mind boggling.
If your children got tear gassed today I want to hear from you, even if you don’t live in my district. You can contact my office at [email protected]
February 1, 2026 at 6:50 PM
“If your children got tear gassed today.” That impeachment is up for debate at all is mind boggling.
Classic “turning down the temperature”
4 federal agents pull over an elderly US citizen for the suspected crime of being brown, break her car window, throw her to the ground, then drive off after they find her US Passport in her purse. The Salem Police, when called, say there’s nothing they can do. www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
U.S. citizen injured by federal agents in Salem who demanded to see “papers,” union says - Salem Reporter
A home care worker and union worker was pulled from her car and injured by federal agents Thursday according to a statement by SEIU 503. To comment on this story, use the form at the end of the repor...
www.salemreporter.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Classic “turning down the temperature”
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4 federal agents pull over an elderly US citizen for the suspected crime of being brown, break her car window, throw her to the ground, then drive off after they find her US Passport in her purse. The Salem Police, when called, say there’s nothing they can do. www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
U.S. citizen injured by federal agents in Salem who demanded to see “papers,” union says - Salem Reporter
A home care worker and union worker was pulled from her car and injured by federal agents Thursday according to a statement by SEIU 503. To comment on this story, use the form at the end of the repor...
www.salemreporter.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
4 federal agents pull over an elderly US citizen for the suspected crime of being brown, break her car window, throw her to the ground, then drive off after they find her US Passport in her purse. The Salem Police, when called, say there’s nothing they can do. www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
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here's a video from this afternoon in Eden Prairie MN of ICE agents camping out as a bus stop.
Again, this is terrorism.
Again, this is terrorism.
January 27, 2026 at 9:40 PM
here's a video from this afternoon in Eden Prairie MN of ICE agents camping out as a bus stop.
Again, this is terrorism.
Again, this is terrorism.
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
That was one of the first comic stores I went to after I moved here in 1994. It’s so surreal to see videos of people you think are strangers and then find out no, you actually know them. It already happened one other time today with the video of Nur-D being assaulted.
One of the local genre bookstores is Dreamhaven Books and Comics, which is owned by Greg Ketter. Greg went to the site of the murder today to protest and was seen on video:
www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
Minneapolis Man Curses Out ICE Agents After Fatal Shooting: 'I'm F**king Angry!'
A 37-year-old man authorities believe was a U.S. citizen was shot multiple times Saturday morning by federal agents, killing him.
www.huffpost.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:54 PM
That was one of the first comic stores I went to after I moved here in 1994. It’s so surreal to see videos of people you think are strangers and then find out no, you actually know them. It already happened one other time today with the video of Nur-D being assaulted.
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We’re supposed to believe this is a domestic terrorist attacking ICE with a gun
January 24, 2026 at 9:35 PM
We’re supposed to believe this is a domestic terrorist attacking ICE with a gun
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“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
January 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
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ICE just shot another one of my neighbors. They had the person on the ground, being beaten by several agents, and then fired multiple shots. In front of the donut shop where we like to get donuts for our kids.
January 24, 2026 at 3:46 PM
ICE just shot another one of my neighbors. They had the person on the ground, being beaten by several agents, and then fired multiple shots. In front of the donut shop where we like to get donuts for our kids.
If you’re not a pedophile
Todd Blanche thinks you’re vile
If a pedo ye be
then Club Fed you’ll see
Todd Blanche thinks you’re vile
If a pedo ye be
then Club Fed you’ll see
Breaking MS NOW:
Aides to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directed the U.S. Attorney's office and FBI agents in Minnesota to shut down the civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good and instead alter it to probe Good for possible criminal liability.
Aides to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directed the U.S. Attorney's office and FBI agents in Minnesota to shut down the civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good and instead alter it to probe Good for possible criminal liability.
DOJ sought to probe Renee Good for criminal liability, even after her death: Sources
A judge refused an FBI warrant that proposed investigating dead Minnesota mom for suspected assault on an officer.
www.ms.now
January 24, 2026 at 3:24 AM
If you’re not a pedophile
Todd Blanche thinks you’re vile
If a pedo ye be
then Club Fed you’ll see
Todd Blanche thinks you’re vile
If a pedo ye be
then Club Fed you’ll see
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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
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The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Analysis by The Marshall Project of ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project found that the Trump administration’s revival of family detention has swept thousands of children into ICE custody. At least 3,800 children under 18, including 20 infants, have been booked since Trump took office.
ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit
Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
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Heartbreaking cruelty visited upon children in our name
January 21, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Heartbreaking cruelty visited upon children in our name
How could you see this kind of thing day after day and think to yourself - or proclaim loudly! - “I support this”?
January 21, 2026 at 7:51 PM
How could you see this kind of thing day after day and think to yourself - or proclaim loudly! - “I support this”?
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there's no shortcut. there's just sustained resistance, electoral and otherwise.
January 20, 2026 at 10:30 PM
there's no shortcut. there's just sustained resistance, electoral and otherwise.
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I can't repeat this enough.
I've said this before and I'll say it again.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
January 17, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I can't repeat this enough.
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i’m at plymouth church for their sunday forum with edwin of the immigrant defense network speaking now. there are samosas in the lobby
edwin says we have about 3k ICE agents here and more coming. largest deployment of ICE agents in the country’s history
edwin says we have about 3k ICE agents here and more coming. largest deployment of ICE agents in the country’s history
January 11, 2026 at 4:03 PM
i’m at plymouth church for their sunday forum with edwin of the immigrant defense network speaking now. there are samosas in the lobby
edwin says we have about 3k ICE agents here and more coming. largest deployment of ICE agents in the country’s history
edwin says we have about 3k ICE agents here and more coming. largest deployment of ICE agents in the country’s history
This is very true. In the 25 years I’ve lived in Minnesota I’ve been the helper and helpee many times. If people are standing around and filming you while you do it yourself, you’ve chosen the wrong path in life.
Minnesotans will help anyone stuck in the snow, except these murderers
This morning in Minneapolis, an ICE vehicle got stuck on an icy hill in a residential neighborhood. Agents had to push the vehicles out, some almost slipping in the ice themselves.
January 9, 2026 at 8:11 PM
This is very true. In the 25 years I’ve lived in Minnesota I’ve been the helper and helpee many times. If people are standing around and filming you while you do it yourself, you’ve chosen the wrong path in life.
This guy is such a sweaty mess. I can’t imagine someone looking at him and taking anything he says seriously.
Hassett: "When you look at jobs numbers & see they're below 100, the below 100 thing isn't as disturbing as in the past bc a lot of it is reduced govt employment & we're deporting illegals. If you account for that, the expected jobs number for a strong month is a lot closer to what we're seeing."
January 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
This guy is such a sweaty mess. I can’t imagine someone looking at him and taking anything he says seriously.
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Regular Minnesotans being heroes.
Security stops ICE from entering employee area at a Minneapolis McDonalds.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #Resist #Minnesota #McDonalds #ICE
#Pinks #ProudBlue #Resist #Minnesota #McDonalds #ICE
January 9, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Regular Minnesotans being heroes.