Zhiyao
@lauw-y.bsky.social
the horror of this is compounded by the fact that the whipple building sits on the same military fort where 1600+ Dakota, mostly women and children were held in a concentration camp in 1863, where over 300 died
Oglala Sioux Tribe demands the release of Lakota men detained by ICE www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 14, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) announced that federal prosecutors are investigating her for spearheading a video last year reminding U.S. military and intelligence service members that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders from the president. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ probing Dem senator for video warning military of unlawful orders
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:54 PM
"TJ Sabula, a 40-year-old United Auto Workers Local 600 line worker at the factory, told The Post that he was the one shouting at Trump. He said he has been suspended from work pending an investigation.
{gift link} wapo.st/4sG38CD
{gift link} wapo.st/4sG38CD
Trump makes obscene gesture, mouths expletive at Detroit factory heckler
A cellphone video captured Trump twice mouthing “f--- you” and raising his middle finger toward a line worker shouting at him inside the Ford factory.
wapo.st
January 14, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Employee of the month tbh
Trump is seen flipping off Ford worker who appears to yell "pedophile protector" as he walks by
January 14, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Reposted by Zhiyao
The people protesting right now pretty obviously aren't being paid. But every time someone makes this dumb argument, it's also worth pointing out that it's isn't a crime to pay people to protest, nor is it a crime accept money to protest.
Which isn't to say they won't "investigate," anyway.
Which isn't to say they won't "investigate," anyway.
Sen. Mullin on Renee Good killing investigation: “If they’re investigating anything, they need to be investigating the paid protesters.”
January 14, 2026 at 2:16 PM
The people protesting right now pretty obviously aren't being paid. But every time someone makes this dumb argument, it's also worth pointing out that it's isn't a crime to pay people to protest, nor is it a crime accept money to protest.
Which isn't to say they won't "investigate," anyway.
Which isn't to say they won't "investigate," anyway.
I was nervous before I jumped. After I jumped, all that was left was freedom.
January 14, 2026 at 8:16 PM
I was nervous before I jumped. After I jumped, all that was left was freedom.
Reposted by Zhiyao
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) announced that federal prosecutors are investigating her for spearheading a video last year reminding U.S. military and intelligence service members that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders from the president. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ probing Dem senator for video warning military of unlawful orders
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) announced that federal prosecutors are investigating her for spearheading a video last year reminding U.S. military and intelligence service members that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders from the president. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Reposted by Zhiyao
The people of Iran yearn to be free from a brutal theocracy. Thousands have been killed in the past week for standing up to tyranny, and we owe them our full support.
Recklessly dropping bombs is not the answer — we produced this regime by deposing an elected government.
tinyurl.com/4ukxadd7
Recklessly dropping bombs is not the answer — we produced this regime by deposing an elected government.
tinyurl.com/4ukxadd7
Iran warns of retaliation if Trump strikes, US withdraws some personnel from regional bases
The United States is withdrawing some personnel from bases in the Middle East, a U.S. official said, after a senior Iranian official said Tehran had warned neighbours it would hit American bases if Wa...
www.reuters.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:54 PM
The people of Iran yearn to be free from a brutal theocracy. Thousands have been killed in the past week for standing up to tyranny, and we owe them our full support.
Recklessly dropping bombs is not the answer — we produced this regime by deposing an elected government.
tinyurl.com/4ukxadd7
Recklessly dropping bombs is not the answer — we produced this regime by deposing an elected government.
tinyurl.com/4ukxadd7
Reposted by Zhiyao
Reposted by Zhiyao
Reposted by Zhiyao
I mentioned earlier today that I had done a watercolour of the London Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand. This is it from 1993 (see alt text). I did several paintings wandering up and down the Strand and also in the Inns of Court.
#London #TheStrand #watercolour #ink
#London #TheStrand #watercolour #ink
January 13, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I mentioned earlier today that I had done a watercolour of the London Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand. This is it from 1993 (see alt text). I did several paintings wandering up and down the Strand and also in the Inns of Court.
#London #TheStrand #watercolour #ink
#London #TheStrand #watercolour #ink
Reposted by Zhiyao
Someone inside DHS leaked the names of 4,500 ICE and CBP officers to a nonprofit that tracks ICE. About 80 percent of those name are active.
www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-d...
www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-d...
Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw'
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach fo...
www.rawstory.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Someone inside DHS leaked the names of 4,500 ICE and CBP officers to a nonprofit that tracks ICE. About 80 percent of those name are active.
www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-d...
www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-d...