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January 26, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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January 26, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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It’s time to investigate.

I am launching a review into whether TikTok is violating state law by censoring Trump-critical content.
January 27, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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I’m still not hearing “abolish and prosecute,” Senator Murray.
January 25, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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Bondi's letter—essentially offering to stop attacking and murdering citizens in Minnesota in exchange for the state's voter rolls—shows what Trump, Miller et al. are really after:

They want to fuck with the nation's elections so that they never have to cede power or answer for their crimes.
In the wake of another fatal shooting in Minneapolis.
AG Pam Bondi sends Gov. Walz a letter today making several asks including:
"Allow DOJ Civil Rights division access to state voter rolls"
January 25, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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If Catholics decide collectively that Trump and Vance should no longer lead America, rest assured, they will no longer be in charge.

If we won’t stand up against state violence, who will? If we won’t call a lie a lie, who are we serving? We must not be handmaidens of this dictatorship of lies.
American Catholics Must Stand Up to This Dictatorship of Lies
Even more sickening than today’s ICE killing is your government insisting you didn’t see what you just saw.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Jeffrey Epstein is in the Donald Trump files.
January 25, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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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 fuck they want and make shit up as they go along."
January 25, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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Epstein files are still a thing, right?
January 25, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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Enough Dems have made the funding bill dead in the water. Now we need Noem impeached and ICE dismantled.

Are there any folks outside Mike Johnson’s house?
There are about 100 protesters outside Schumer’s building in the middle of the blizzard urging him to whip Dem votes against any more ICE/CBP funding.
January 25, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
Media: do not lead with the false government framing of what happened
January 25, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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Christi Noem should testify under oath in Congress and explain why she lied about the facts around the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
January 25, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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Please note that NYT is leading with what the videos show, not the lies from the feds. This is what every news organization should be doing. This is how you cover a government that lies as it breathes. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice
Minneapolis Live Updates: Man Killed by Federal Agents Was Holding a Phone, Not a Gun
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:27 AM
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Reminder: ICE’s budget has not been renewed — the House voted, but not the Senate — It will take 10 Democratic votes to stop it

Pressure your senators
January 24, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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🚨 Breaking from the US Senator for Connecticut. 👇

There you have it.

ICE has never been about immigration enforcement.

It's a weapon used to brutalize Americans and stoke enough fear so that Trump can rig the elections and usher in dictatorship.
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
January 24, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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I can’t get over the fact that hours after the murder in Minneapolis, Tim Cook walked into the White House to sip champagne and watch an infomercial paid for with a bribe.
January 25, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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January 25, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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Every Christian faces a choice today.

We can follow Jesus Christ — or we can follow Trump and Vance’s MAGA ideology, built on lies, cruelty, and the worship of power.

One path leads to repentance, conversion, and new life.

The other leads deeper into deception, violence, and death.

Choose life.
In This Tyranny, Christ Is Calling Us Ashore to a New Life
Jesus calls his first disciples in the dark, not once order is restored — and America is now being summoned to conversion in the face of a dictatorship of lies.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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I’m out here in Los Angeles, where hundreds have gathered in response to the ICE execution of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. Chants and speeches underway here outside the Federal Building in DTLA. Working multiple cameras today so posts may be sparse
January 25, 2026 at 1:23 AM
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Every corporation and institution that bent the knee, sometimes to court favor and sometimes to avoid a necessary fight, owns it, too.
The billionaires who gave money to Trump for his inauguration own this, too.
January 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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This is not an immigration crackdown. It’s thuggery.
January 24, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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ICE is a godless agency whose tactics are affront to the gospel to Jesus Christ.

Every Catholic working for ICE must resign — today.
Every Catholic Must Resign from ICE — Today
After a year of inhumane raids and papal rebukes, it’s clear no Catholic can in good conscience remain with ICE any longer.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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At this point "federal officials lied about violent interaction" is the expectation, not the exception
January 24, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Walz: Minnesotans are witnessing, and we're creating a log of evidence for the future prosecution of ice agents and officials responsible for this.
January 24, 2026 at 7:40 PM