John C. Bienvenu
@jbienvenu.bsky.social
Civil rights lawyer, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Bio: https://bienvenulaw.com/about/. Longer form: https://bienvenulaw.com/blog/
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His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:27 PM
His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
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If we had a working Congress—and if the Republican party actually meant *any* of what it said over the last half-century about holding the Constitution and liberties dear—there would massive hearings, there would be firings, there would be impeachment proceedings.
🚨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.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:14 PM
If we had a working Congress—and if the Republican party actually meant *any* of what it said over the last half-century about holding the Constitution and liberties dear—there would massive hearings, there would be firings, there would be impeachment proceedings.
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Trump paramilitary ICE forces are going house to house in Minneapolis terrorizing families, pointing guns at children and mothers, illegally rounding up people in their homes despite their legal status or any prior criminal activity.
January 21, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Trump paramilitary ICE forces are going house to house in Minneapolis terrorizing families, pointing guns at children and mothers, illegally rounding up people in their homes despite their legal status or any prior criminal activity.
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Our city has been over-run by Nazi ghouls kidnapping people to traffic them to concentration camps and other countries.
Did you ever think you'd see the day when masked gunmen jump out of moving vehicles and chase families down the street in your own neighborhood?
FUCK ICE forever and ever.
Did you ever think you'd see the day when masked gunmen jump out of moving vehicles and chase families down the street in your own neighborhood?
FUCK ICE forever and ever.
January 21, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Our city has been over-run by Nazi ghouls kidnapping people to traffic them to concentration camps and other countries.
Did you ever think you'd see the day when masked gunmen jump out of moving vehicles and chase families down the street in your own neighborhood?
FUCK ICE forever and ever.
Did you ever think you'd see the day when masked gunmen jump out of moving vehicles and chase families down the street in your own neighborhood?
FUCK ICE forever and ever.
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Centrists, corporate Dems, and the Establishment won't save us, folks.
They are part of the problem.
What more do you need to see?
We need to purge the entire party and replace them with FIGHTERS.
They are part of the problem.
What more do you need to see?
We need to purge the entire party and replace them with FIGHTERS.
To quote one source:
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
prospect.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Centrists, corporate Dems, and the Establishment won't save us, folks.
They are part of the problem.
What more do you need to see?
We need to purge the entire party and replace them with FIGHTERS.
They are part of the problem.
What more do you need to see?
We need to purge the entire party and replace them with FIGHTERS.
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Trump: "Sometimes you need a dictator."
January 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Trump: "Sometimes you need a dictator."
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A French magistrate has said two Trump administration emissaries approached her seeking to lobby against an election ban on the French far-right leader Marine Le Pen.
US officials tried to lobby against Marine Le Pen election ban, French judge says
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:39 PM
A French magistrate has said two Trump administration emissaries approached her seeking to lobby against an election ban on the French far-right leader Marine Le Pen.
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Every Stephen Miller tantrum and DHS recruitment ad speaks in these existential terms about "defending your culture" to elide the fact that they need people with the courage to wear a mask while interrogating a sixth grader
January 21, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Every Stephen Miller tantrum and DHS recruitment ad speaks in these existential terms about "defending your culture" to elide the fact that they need people with the courage to wear a mask while interrogating a sixth grader
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The Democratic approach to building back power is:
1. Avoid contentious issues;
2. Pivot all discourse to unobjectionable appeals like costs;
3. Leave moral opposition to citizens of conscience, who have lost all trust in the party, but hope they vote Democrat anyhow.
Wrong top to bottom.
1. Avoid contentious issues;
2. Pivot all discourse to unobjectionable appeals like costs;
3. Leave moral opposition to citizens of conscience, who have lost all trust in the party, but hope they vote Democrat anyhow.
Wrong top to bottom.
The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves
On expecting a different result.
www.offmessage.net
January 21, 2026 at 5:13 PM
The Democratic approach to building back power is:
1. Avoid contentious issues;
2. Pivot all discourse to unobjectionable appeals like costs;
3. Leave moral opposition to citizens of conscience, who have lost all trust in the party, but hope they vote Democrat anyhow.
Wrong top to bottom.
1. Avoid contentious issues;
2. Pivot all discourse to unobjectionable appeals like costs;
3. Leave moral opposition to citizens of conscience, who have lost all trust in the party, but hope they vote Democrat anyhow.
Wrong top to bottom.
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Crockett: "You only love enforcement when they're going after Black, brown, immigrants, that kind of folk. But on January 6, you didn't care about law enforcement."
January 21, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Crockett: "You only love enforcement when they're going after Black, brown, immigrants, that kind of folk. But on January 6, you didn't care about law enforcement."
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My first career was in international human rights in the late 1980s. This is not unlike how tens of thousands of people were “disappeared” across the world in that era.
From Blaine: "Grandparents were about to go outside for a walk. They came into our home ... My brother asked for a warrant. They showed a “warrant”, it was on a phone. He asked to see if it was signed by a judge they ignored him. They then only took my father and shoved him in the car and drove off"
January 20, 2026 at 9:56 PM
My first career was in international human rights in the late 1980s. This is not unlike how tens of thousands of people were “disappeared” across the world in that era.
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The government is trying to break the will of the people in Minneapolis, hoping it will serve as a warning to the rest of the nation.
But if the resistance prevails, the failed paramilitary occupation of this city will become something else: A powerful reminder of democratic freedom and solidarity.
But if the resistance prevails, the failed paramilitary occupation of this city will become something else: A powerful reminder of democratic freedom and solidarity.
January 20, 2026 at 2:42 PM
The government is trying to break the will of the people in Minneapolis, hoping it will serve as a warning to the rest of the nation.
But if the resistance prevails, the failed paramilitary occupation of this city will become something else: A powerful reminder of democratic freedom and solidarity.
But if the resistance prevails, the failed paramilitary occupation of this city will become something else: A powerful reminder of democratic freedom and solidarity.
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THE WOMAN WHO WAS DRAGGED OUT OF HER CAR AND ARRESTED BY ICE SPEAKS OUT…
We’ve all seen the videos, but it matters to hear Aliya Rahman say it herself.
📌 She says her treatment in custody was dehumanizing, and that officers completely failed to take her disability seriously.
We’ve all seen the videos, but it matters to hear Aliya Rahman say it herself.
📌 She says her treatment in custody was dehumanizing, and that officers completely failed to take her disability seriously.
January 20, 2026 at 2:43 PM
THE WOMAN WHO WAS DRAGGED OUT OF HER CAR AND ARRESTED BY ICE SPEAKS OUT…
We’ve all seen the videos, but it matters to hear Aliya Rahman say it herself.
📌 She says her treatment in custody was dehumanizing, and that officers completely failed to take her disability seriously.
We’ve all seen the videos, but it matters to hear Aliya Rahman say it herself.
📌 She says her treatment in custody was dehumanizing, and that officers completely failed to take her disability seriously.
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Louansee Moua says ICE agents came to her brother-in-law’s apartment, handcuffed him and forced him outside in freezing weather in boxers.
She says Saly, a U.S. citizen, was released after they realized “he had no criminal history and no reason to be detained.”
Photo by Reuters
She says Saly, a U.S. citizen, was released after they realized “he had no criminal history and no reason to be detained.”
Photo by Reuters
January 19, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Louansee Moua says ICE agents came to her brother-in-law’s apartment, handcuffed him and forced him outside in freezing weather in boxers.
She says Saly, a U.S. citizen, was released after they realized “he had no criminal history and no reason to be detained.”
Photo by Reuters
She says Saly, a U.S. citizen, was released after they realized “he had no criminal history and no reason to be detained.”
Photo by Reuters
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I would read a self-reflective essay from any Harper's Letter signatory. Why did you sign the letter? What have you thought since then? What have you reconsidered? Where were you wrong?
January 18, 2026 at 5:42 PM
I would read a self-reflective essay from any Harper's Letter signatory. Why did you sign the letter? What have you thought since then? What have you reconsidered? Where were you wrong?
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I would read a reflective essay from any signatory of the Harper's Letter? Why did they sign? What do they think now? What have they reconsidered? What did they get wrong?
Nell Painter, Cornel West, Loretta Ross, Mia Bay, Reginald Betts...
Nell Painter, Cornel West, Loretta Ross, Mia Bay, Reginald Betts...
January 18, 2026 at 5:49 PM
I would read a reflective essay from any signatory of the Harper's Letter? Why did they sign? What do they think now? What have they reconsidered? What did they get wrong?
Nell Painter, Cornel West, Loretta Ross, Mia Bay, Reginald Betts...
Nell Painter, Cornel West, Loretta Ross, Mia Bay, Reginald Betts...
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There is nothing complicated or subtle or hard to understand about what is going on.
Trump may not succeed. But he will only fail if patriots stand up and defend our democracy and the Constitution. We must act, as @mashagessen.bsky.social writes, while we still can. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
Trump may not succeed. But he will only fail if patriots stand up and defend our democracy and the Constitution. We must act, as @mashagessen.bsky.social writes, while we still can. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
January 18, 2026 at 5:49 PM
There is nothing complicated or subtle or hard to understand about what is going on.
Trump may not succeed. But he will only fail if patriots stand up and defend our democracy and the Constitution. We must act, as @mashagessen.bsky.social writes, while we still can. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
Trump may not succeed. But he will only fail if patriots stand up and defend our democracy and the Constitution. We must act, as @mashagessen.bsky.social writes, while we still can. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
“ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their disapproval”
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 17, 2026 at 9:34 PM
“ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their disapproval”
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Insane footage from on the ground in Minneapolis. Trump continues to turn our neighborhoods into war zones. This is not normal.
🚨BREAKING: ICE unleashes ONSLAUGHT of flash bang grenades and chemical ammunition at unarmed Minneapolis protesters in WAR-LIKE attack. Several protesters struck. Our reporter @zdroberts.bsky.social struck in the head.
"I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️
"I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Insane footage from on the ground in Minneapolis. Trump continues to turn our neighborhoods into war zones. This is not normal.
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One classy (and quick) thing Biden did: When a guy said "let's go Brandon" on a WH Christmas special, he said "Let's go Brandon, I agree" and kept talking to him.
We don't have a king. You're allowed to talk shit to him!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETml...
We don't have a king. You're allowed to talk shit to him!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETml...
January 14, 2026 at 5:39 PM
One classy (and quick) thing Biden did: When a guy said "let's go Brandon" on a WH Christmas special, he said "Let's go Brandon, I agree" and kept talking to him.
We don't have a king. You're allowed to talk shit to him!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETml...
We don't have a king. You're allowed to talk shit to him!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETml...
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There you have it; the Trump admin allows ICE lawyer James Rodden to stay on the job. His personal social media account praised Hitler, supported white nationalism, and said that America started going downhill the day that Lincoln was elected.
BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
James Rodden, who the Observer identified last year as the operator of the account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:12 AM
There you have it; the Trump admin allows ICE lawyer James Rodden to stay on the job. His personal social media account praised Hitler, supported white nationalism, and said that America started going downhill the day that Lincoln was elected.
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In a world of corporate and Republican reeks who have all bent the knee to Trump, be auto worker TJ Sabula, who called Trump a "pedophile protector" to his face.
Bravo.
Bravo.
January 14, 2026 at 4:07 AM
In a world of corporate and Republican reeks who have all bent the knee to Trump, be auto worker TJ Sabula, who called Trump a "pedophile protector" to his face.
Bravo.
Bravo.
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A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
January 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM
A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.