hsweig
@hsweig.bsky.social
Just an ordinary New Yorker who saw the writing on the wall. I’m here to stay alert and informed.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
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January 8, 2026 at 4:17 PM
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
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So, this happened today. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
January 8, 2026 at 12:53 AM
So, this happened today. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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"This is already the Putin model: authoritarian rule that enables smash-&-grab oligarchy by those in the regime’s good favor. Trump is making it unusually explicit that in this sphere of influence, Trump-approved oligarchs will be enriched by our regional spoils.”
Trump just said "all" of Venezuela's oil must be made accessible to US oil companies. Trump wants to emulate Putin's model: Authoritarian, expansionist rulers carving up their regions and distributing the spoils of conquest to friendly oligarchs. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
Trump Blurts Out Dark Truth about Venezuela Plan—and about MAGA Voters
To some critics, it’s about plunder. To others, it’s about hemispheric hegemony. Actually, it’s about both.
newrepublic.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:17 PM
"This is already the Putin model: authoritarian rule that enables smash-&-grab oligarchy by those in the regime’s good favor. Trump is making it unusually explicit that in this sphere of influence, Trump-approved oligarchs will be enriched by our regional spoils.”
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Trump regime ICE forces attacked witnesses and onlookers at the scene of the Minneapolis ICE murder. People defended themselves with snowballs and tried to block them from fleeing.
( 🎥@ScooterCasterNY )
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January 7, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Trump regime ICE forces attacked witnesses and onlookers at the scene of the Minneapolis ICE murder. People defended themselves with snowballs and tried to block them from fleeing.
( 🎥@ScooterCasterNY )
( 🎥@ScooterCasterNY )
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This is Trump’s masked ICE agent, who shot the woman in Minneapolis, fleeing from the scene about 90 seconds after the shooting.
You can hear a witness yelling, “Don’t let the murderer leave.”
You can hear a witness yelling, “Don’t let the murderer leave.”
January 7, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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Local Fox9 interviews a witness in Minneapolis at the site of the murder
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Local Fox9 interviews a witness in Minneapolis at the site of the murder
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Eyewitness accounts and video evidence show ICE agents in Minneapolis needlessly shooting at an SUV killing a woman driver and then preventing her from receiving potential life-saving aid in what can only be described as murder.
ICE agent shoots and kills woman in Minneapolis
This incident occurred after Homeland Security sent more than 2,000 ICE agents to the Twin Cities in the "largest DHS operation ever."
www.kare11.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Eyewitness accounts and video evidence show ICE agents in Minneapolis needlessly shooting at an SUV killing a woman driver and then preventing her from receiving potential life-saving aid in what can only be described as murder.
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losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
January 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
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Mike Johnson’s office says the legally required plaque to honor police officers who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is “not implementable” and will NOT be hung — despite being mandated by law.
Johnson says no to plaque honoring police officers for Jan. 6
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office says the legally required plaque to honor police officers who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is “not implementable”
www.nbcnews.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Mike Johnson’s office says the legally required plaque to honor police officers who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is “not implementable” and will NOT be hung — despite being mandated by law.
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Well, there you are. 🤷♀️
January 6, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Well, there you are. 🤷♀️
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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Today the Pentagon censured Senator Mark Kelly and moved to strip part of his earned military retirement benefits for stating the truth.
This administration is trying to convince Americans that truth is whatever it says it is—even when the evidence is plainly in front of us.
This administration is trying to convince Americans that truth is whatever it says it is—even when the evidence is plainly in front of us.
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Today the Pentagon censured Senator Mark Kelly and moved to strip part of his earned military retirement benefits for stating the truth.
This administration is trying to convince Americans that truth is whatever it says it is—even when the evidence is plainly in front of us.
This administration is trying to convince Americans that truth is whatever it says it is—even when the evidence is plainly in front of us.
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Whoa!
🚨 BREAKING: The Atlantic is reporting that Trump just threatened the VP of Venezuela.
TRUMP: “If she doesn’t do what’s right, she’s going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro.”
So if she doesn’t go along with the get-along and give the US their oil, he’s coming for her too.
🚨 BREAKING: The Atlantic is reporting that Trump just threatened the VP of Venezuela.
TRUMP: “If she doesn’t do what’s right, she’s going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro.”
So if she doesn’t go along with the get-along and give the US their oil, he’s coming for her too.
January 4, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Whoa!
🚨 BREAKING: The Atlantic is reporting that Trump just threatened the VP of Venezuela.
TRUMP: “If she doesn’t do what’s right, she’s going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro.”
So if she doesn’t go along with the get-along and give the US their oil, he’s coming for her too.
🚨 BREAKING: The Atlantic is reporting that Trump just threatened the VP of Venezuela.
TRUMP: “If she doesn’t do what’s right, she’s going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro.”
So if she doesn’t go along with the get-along and give the US their oil, he’s coming for her too.
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"America is an oil company with an army."
—George Carlin
—George Carlin
January 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
"America is an oil company with an army."
—George Carlin
—George Carlin
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REP. GOLDMAN: “Trump promised oil executives if they gave him $1 billion for his campaign, he’d do right by them. They gave about $500 million. This is a massive gift in violation of international law, essentially just co-opting an entire country's natural resources for the benefit of 🇺🇸 Companies.”
January 4, 2026 at 4:16 AM
REP. GOLDMAN: “Trump promised oil executives if they gave him $1 billion for his campaign, he’d do right by them. They gave about $500 million. This is a massive gift in violation of international law, essentially just co-opting an entire country's natural resources for the benefit of 🇺🇸 Companies.”
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“.. Since his return to office, President Trump and his family have engaged in a moneymaking campaign like none in modern American history.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches
The president, his family and some of their closest associates have engaged in a sprawling campaign of deals that stretches across industries and the globe.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:41 PM
“.. Since his return to office, President Trump and his family have engaged in a moneymaking campaign like none in modern American history.”
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“The president has not been shy about the rewards. In April, as a Saudi-backed golf tournament opened at one of his Florida clubs, he posted on Truth Social: ‘THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO GET RICH, RICHER THAN EVER BEFORE.’”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches
The president, his family and some of their closest associates have engaged in a sprawling campaign of deals that stretches across industries and the globe.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:22 PM
“The president has not been shy about the rewards. In April, as a Saudi-backed golf tournament opened at one of his Florida clubs, he posted on Truth Social: ‘THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO GET RICH, RICHER THAN EVER BEFORE.’”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The destruction of knowledge and history is haphazard & breathtaking.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The destruction of knowledge and history is haphazard & breathtaking.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts.
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Note that the Trump administration is bringing in bulldozers and is in the process of tearing down half of the buildings on the NASA Goddard campus, including this library.
While a 2022 plan had called for a few buildings to be replaced, the Trump administration is *only* destroying them.
While a 2022 plan had called for a few buildings to be replaced, the Trump administration is *only* destroying them.
December 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Note that the Trump administration is bringing in bulldozers and is in the process of tearing down half of the buildings on the NASA Goddard campus, including this library.
While a 2022 plan had called for a few buildings to be replaced, the Trump administration is *only* destroying them.
While a 2022 plan had called for a few buildings to be replaced, the Trump administration is *only* destroying them.
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Large law firms are siding with Trump over their clients and employees. Let me give you one statistic to exemplify this:
DOJ is suing 22 states for access to sensitive voter data.
My firm of 60 lawyers is fighting in all 22.
Not a single big law firm is fighting along side us in any case.
DOJ is suing 22 states for access to sensitive voter data.
My firm of 60 lawyers is fighting in all 22.
Not a single big law firm is fighting along side us in any case.
December 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Large law firms are siding with Trump over their clients and employees. Let me give you one statistic to exemplify this:
DOJ is suing 22 states for access to sensitive voter data.
My firm of 60 lawyers is fighting in all 22.
Not a single big law firm is fighting along side us in any case.
DOJ is suing 22 states for access to sensitive voter data.
My firm of 60 lawyers is fighting in all 22.
Not a single big law firm is fighting along side us in any case.