RvDO
@lifeartiste.bsky.social
Dad to brilliances, husband to (rightly)annoyed spouse. Ex …, incl MENA hand, global politics, philanthropy, refugee from AVH, multi-emigrant, cursed with aristocratic ennui and no money. But a damned fine cook.
Georgia is next. Systematic revenge process. New York will be saved for last. The big prize.
New ICE office in College Park. WTF?
ICE opens satellite field office south of Atlanta
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has opened a satellite office around College Park to accommodate more administrative officers. ICE spokesperson Lindsay Williams confirmed to WABE that more officia...
www.wabe.org
January 29, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Georgia is next. Systematic revenge process. New York will be saved for last. The big prize.
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🧵At the secret Five Eyes Conference, Patel didn’t want to go to any meetings.
He demanded to go jet skiing instead, attend Premier League football matches, and demanded a helicopter tour.
This was a global intelligence summit, and Patel turned it into a taxpayer-funded vacation.
He demanded to go jet skiing instead, attend Premier League football matches, and demanded a helicopter tour.
This was a global intelligence summit, and Patel turned it into a taxpayer-funded vacation.
FBI Agents Spill on Keystone Kash’s ‘Crazy’ Diva Demands
A senior executive said Patel would prefer to jet ski with fellow intelligence leaders than to attend a real meeting.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:45 AM
🧵At the secret Five Eyes Conference, Patel didn’t want to go to any meetings.
He demanded to go jet skiing instead, attend Premier League football matches, and demanded a helicopter tour.
This was a global intelligence summit, and Patel turned it into a taxpayer-funded vacation.
He demanded to go jet skiing instead, attend Premier League football matches, and demanded a helicopter tour.
This was a global intelligence summit, and Patel turned it into a taxpayer-funded vacation.
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From Süddeutsche Zeitung, a detailed comparison of the foreign trade policy of Trump with that of the NSDAP regime in Germany in the first five years after the Machtergreifung... they're virtually identical. www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
Hinrichtungen, Verschwindenlassen, Willkür: Trumps Worte und die Taten durch ICE-Mitarbeiter
Selbst wer sonst solche Vergleiche scheut, muss mittlerweile feststellen: Trumps Worte und Taten erinnern an die Logik des Totalitarismus unter Hitler und Stalin.
www.sueddeutsche.de
January 28, 2026 at 9:44 PM
From Süddeutsche Zeitung, a detailed comparison of the foreign trade policy of Trump with that of the NSDAP regime in Germany in the first five years after the Machtergreifung... they're virtually identical. www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
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EXCLUSIVE: These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/i...
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/i...
These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities.
theintercept.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:55 PM
EXCLUSIVE: These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/i...
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/i...
sounds like the building blocks of american capitalism, and most corporations of all political bent
“This is why loyalty to an autocrat is always misplaced. It is never reciprocal, never secure, and never rewarded in the long run. In authoritarian systems, friends are tools, supporters are shields, and expendability is not a risk...”
steadystate1.substack.com/p/throwing-t...
steadystate1.substack.com/p/throwing-t...
January 28, 2026 at 7:04 PM
sounds like the building blocks of american capitalism, and most corporations of all political bent
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ICE agents would be disqualified from working in California law enforcement and inside the public school system under a new bill introduced in the Legislature this week. A good start.
California bill would ban ICE agents from jobs in teaching and policing
ICE agents would be disqualified from working in California law enforcement and inside the public school system under a new bill introduced in the Legislature this week.
www.sfchronicle.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:33 AM
ICE agents would be disqualified from working in California law enforcement and inside the public school system under a new bill introduced in the Legislature this week. A good start.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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After executing Alex Pretti on Saturday, ICE has shifted to primarily targeting bus stops and elementary schools in my community this week. I cannot overstate how much of the ICE activity in my community is just targeting places where little kids are.
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 27, 2026 at 8:17 PM
After executing Alex Pretti on Saturday, ICE has shifted to primarily targeting bus stops and elementary schools in my community this week. I cannot overstate how much of the ICE activity in my community is just targeting places where little kids are.
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This week's Charlie Hebdo
January 28, 2026 at 4:24 PM
This week's Charlie Hebdo
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The City of Philadelphia has introduced legislation to limited ICE in the city. The Federal Agents can not be masked, must have ID visible, must have arrested warrants signed by federal judges. They can't attack people. If they can't do this, they will be arrested.
youtu.be/i5Yvg_HHfbE?...
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WATCH: Philadelphia lawmakers introduce 'ICE Out' legislation to restrict federal operations in city
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 3:47 PM
The City of Philadelphia has introduced legislation to limited ICE in the city. The Federal Agents can not be masked, must have ID visible, must have arrested warrants signed by federal judges. They can't attack people. If they can't do this, they will be arrested.
youtu.be/i5Yvg_HHfbE?...
youtu.be/i5Yvg_HHfbE?...
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"Fico seemed to be 'traumatized' by his encounter with Trump, one of the European diplomats said. Fico characterized Trump as being 'out of his mind,' a diplomat said, using the words briefed to them by their leader, who was directly involved in the conversation."
Slovak PM Robert Fico was left shocked by Donald Trump’s state of mind after a recent meeting with him, he told his European counterparts at a summit last week, according to five diplomats briefed on the conversation.
European leader spoke of shock at Trump’s state of mind after Mar-a-Lago meeting
The Slovak PM, a Trump ally, told leaders at last week’s EU summit he was concerned about the way the U.S. president spoke to him, European diplomats said.
www.politico.eu
January 28, 2026 at 2:44 PM
"Fico seemed to be 'traumatized' by his encounter with Trump, one of the European diplomats said. Fico characterized Trump as being 'out of his mind,' a diplomat said, using the words briefed to them by their leader, who was directly involved in the conversation."
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Rand Paul: "There has to be an investigation. I don't know who trusts an investigation done by DHS when they're the ones calling this person an 'assassin,' a 'domestic terrorist,' saying he was assaulting police. How can they be in charge of an independent investigation? Something's got to happen."
January 28, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Rand Paul: "There has to be an investigation. I don't know who trusts an investigation done by DHS when they're the ones calling this person an 'assassin,' a 'domestic terrorist,' saying he was assaulting police. How can they be in charge of an independent investigation? Something's got to happen."
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Oil proceeds are going into a private account in Qatar that US Treasury cannot block. The entire arrangement is grotesquely illegal and corrupt. Rubio's answers are dissembling. And we can't seemingly even get intelligent questions for him. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.'"
January 28, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Oil proceeds are going into a private account in Qatar that US Treasury cannot block. The entire arrangement is grotesquely illegal and corrupt. Rubio's answers are dissembling. And we can't seemingly even get intelligent questions for him. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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In Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law.
The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
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The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
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January 28, 2026 at 1:41 PM
In Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law.
The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...
The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
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FIFA ex-President Blatter backs call to boycott World Cup.
"For the fans, there's only one piece of advice: Stay away from the USA!" Pieth told Swiss paper Der Bund.
#StopAmericanFascism
#Wrldpoli🌐
#WorldCupBoycott🚫
www.dw.com/en/fifa-ex-p...
"For the fans, there's only one piece of advice: Stay away from the USA!" Pieth told Swiss paper Der Bund.
#StopAmericanFascism
#Wrldpoli🌐
#WorldCupBoycott🚫
www.dw.com/en/fifa-ex-p...
FIFA ex-President Blatter backs call to boycott World Cup
With the US due to co-host the football World Cup this summer, former FIFA President Sepp Blatter said a former colleague was "right" to advise supporters to "stay home" and watch on TV amid an immigr...
www.dw.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:19 AM
FIFA ex-President Blatter backs call to boycott World Cup.
"For the fans, there's only one piece of advice: Stay away from the USA!" Pieth told Swiss paper Der Bund.
#StopAmericanFascism
#Wrldpoli🌐
#WorldCupBoycott🚫
www.dw.com/en/fifa-ex-p...
"For the fans, there's only one piece of advice: Stay away from the USA!" Pieth told Swiss paper Der Bund.
#StopAmericanFascism
#Wrldpoli🌐
#WorldCupBoycott🚫
www.dw.com/en/fifa-ex-p...
They are utter mindless morons. I’m hoping that stupidity will be their undoing
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal immigration officers tried to enter Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis but were stopped, foreign minister says www.axios.com/2026/01/28/i...
January 28, 2026 at 11:55 AM
They are utter mindless morons. I’m hoping that stupidity will be their undoing
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Union representing CBP and ICE agents calls for the firing of Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller.
American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal employee union, also represented Alex Pretti, issued a statement Monday night calling for the resignations of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.
abcnews.go.com/US/live-upda...
abcnews.go.com/US/live-upda...
Largest federal employee union calls for Noem, Miller's resignations
abcnews.go.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Union representing CBP and ICE agents calls for the firing of Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller.
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Conservative white Evangelicals need to be stopped.
The wholesale moral failure white Evangelicals have been guilty of over the past decades has been alarming, but you haven’t seen anything yet. It will get exponentially worse now that they have this unprecedented opportunity.
The wholesale moral failure white Evangelicals have been guilty of over the past decades has been alarming, but you haven’t seen anything yet. It will get exponentially worse now that they have this unprecedented opportunity.
A Pastor's Warning: We're Not in a Civil War, But a Christian Nationalist Holy War—And They Must Not Win.
I’m not sure Americans really understand what we’re facing right now.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Conservative white Evangelicals need to be stopped.
The wholesale moral failure white Evangelicals have been guilty of over the past decades has been alarming, but you haven’t seen anything yet. It will get exponentially worse now that they have this unprecedented opportunity.
The wholesale moral failure white Evangelicals have been guilty of over the past decades has been alarming, but you haven’t seen anything yet. It will get exponentially worse now that they have this unprecedented opportunity.
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On conflicts surrounding the treatment of Christians in Israel/Palestine, Mike Huckabee has sided aggressively with Christian Zionists heretics, while opposing and criticizing the Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Armenian, Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterian and the other mainstream Christians
Mike Huckabee is interfering with the work and witness of churches in the Holy Land with a goal of silencing Palestinian Christians
A recent statement by Church Patriarchs in Jerusalem rejecting Zionism was historic, and the response it provoked from U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee shows the steps Christian Zionists are ta...
mondoweiss.net
January 27, 2026 at 11:46 PM
On conflicts surrounding the treatment of Christians in Israel/Palestine, Mike Huckabee has sided aggressively with Christian Zionists heretics, while opposing and criticizing the Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Armenian, Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterian and the other mainstream Christians
no, this is a bit hysterical. the fbi will ride this out, purge the fleas, and will return cleansed. the professionals know what is at stake. laying low as long as they are able ensures longevity.
The Trump regime realized that corrupting the FBI would be a tall order.
So they have turned ICE into a brute squad and the primary instrument of internal state power.
Trump has created his own security apparatus.
The American police state is here. Nazi America.
@thebulwark.com
So they have turned ICE into a brute squad and the primary instrument of internal state power.
Trump has created his own security apparatus.
The American police state is here. Nazi America.
@thebulwark.com
The American Police State Is Here
ICE is about to eclipse the FBI as America's most important law enforcement agency. That's bad. Super-duper bad.
www.thebulwark.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:01 PM
no, this is a bit hysterical. the fbi will ride this out, purge the fleas, and will return cleansed. the professionals know what is at stake. laying low as long as they are able ensures longevity.
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Minnesota Sec of State Simon: "We are actively working right now with national partners, with other states, and of course within Minnesota to game out scenarios and our response to those scenarios about what happens if there's direct, or even indirect, interference with the election this November"
January 27, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Minnesota Sec of State Simon: "We are actively working right now with national partners, with other states, and of course within Minnesota to game out scenarios and our response to those scenarios about what happens if there's direct, or even indirect, interference with the election this November"
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“I just checked—it turns out that Art. II, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of the United States does *not* say ‘The executive Power shall be vested in a bunch of sociopaths who think they can do whatever the f*ck they want and make sh*t up as they go along.’” — George Conway
January 26, 2026 at 12:37 PM
“I just checked—it turns out that Art. II, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of the United States does *not* say ‘The executive Power shall be vested in a bunch of sociopaths who think they can do whatever the f*ck they want and make sh*t up as they go along.’” — George Conway
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After weeks of broken promises and ignored orders, the chief judge is effectively saying to ICE: you don’t get to turn Minnesota into a rights‑free zone.
January 27, 2026 at 4:52 PM
After weeks of broken promises and ignored orders, the chief judge is effectively saying to ICE: you don’t get to turn Minnesota into a rights‑free zone.
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need a lot more of this.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
January 27, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need a lot more of this.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...