Michelle Garner
@mhgarner.bsky.social
I'm just here for the news and hot takes. Snark encouraged. Timbers, Thorns, Ducks, USWNT fan. Quick with the block for RW nonsense. Do not feed the trolls.
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This is 100% FALSE. Immigration judges do NOT play any role in issuing administrative warrants. They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves. ICE’s own training materials say they can’t be used for a search of a home!
Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.
Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.
January 22, 2026 at 8:05 PM
This is 100% FALSE. Immigration judges do NOT play any role in issuing administrative warrants. They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves. ICE’s own training materials say they can’t be used for a search of a home!
Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.
Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.
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Spraying pepper spray directly into the eyes of a detained person who’s already fully subdued
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Spraying pepper spray directly into the eyes of a detained person who’s already fully subdued
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As someone who spent the last 15 years working with aging brains & dementia, I can't stop thinking about this. It is gerontocracy: leaders who are substantially older than most of the adult population. When did we accept this? The new generations can't show up because the old generations never left.
January 21, 2026 at 3:42 PM
As someone who spent the last 15 years working with aging brains & dementia, I can't stop thinking about this. It is gerontocracy: leaders who are substantially older than most of the adult population. When did we accept this? The new generations can't show up because the old generations never left.
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
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This DHS memorandum says that the DHS General Counsel's office has adopted a new position that the Fourth Amendment allows entry into the home to make an arrest just based on an administrative warrant.
I would like to see that argument.
documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I would like to see that argument.
documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 22, 2026 at 12:45 AM
This DHS memorandum says that the DHS General Counsel's office has adopted a new position that the Fourth Amendment allows entry into the home to make an arrest just based on an administrative warrant.
I would like to see that argument.
documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I would like to see that argument.
documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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As a legal professional, I can say that the hallmarks of a solid legal opinion based in fact and good law are "no you can't have a copy" and "no you can't take notes, just read it once and you're done".
In a sign of how explosive ICE knew this secret memo would be, one whistleblower says he was only allowed to read the memo and was barred from taking written notes, and warned that employees had been punished for disagreeing.
At least one ICE instructor resigned rather than teach the illegal memo!
At least one ICE instructor resigned rather than teach the illegal memo!
January 21, 2026 at 11:53 PM
As a legal professional, I can say that the hallmarks of a solid legal opinion based in fact and good law are "no you can't have a copy" and "no you can't take notes, just read it once and you're done".
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🚨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 10:00 PM
🚨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.
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BREAKING: San Francisco Giants star Jung Hoo Lee has been detained by CBP at LAX. Pelosi's office says she is working to secure his release. www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant...
Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee detained at Los Angeles International Airport
San Francisco Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee was detained Wednesday evening at Los Angeles International Airport, his agent Scott Boras told the Chronicle.
www.sfchronicle.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:41 AM
BREAKING: San Francisco Giants star Jung Hoo Lee has been detained by CBP at LAX. Pelosi's office says she is working to secure his release. www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant...
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Acting Field Director David Easterwood.
VAN SUSTEREN: The church -- that's a particularly troubling issue because you got a pastor, I purposely didn't name it, he's reportedly associated with ICE
NOEM: Thank you for not naming him. People don't realize that when you keep naming someone over and over, you increase the threats against them
NOEM: Thank you for not naming him. People don't realize that when you keep naming someone over and over, you increase the threats against them
January 20, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Acting Field Director David Easterwood.
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folks, this is some really weird shit. the president is not well.
January 20, 2026 at 7:01 PM
folks, this is some really weird shit. the president is not well.
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One month ago today, the Jeffrey Epstein files were legally required to be released to the public in full.
The Department of Justice failed to meet the deadline and continues to withhold over 2 million files.
The Department of Justice failed to meet the deadline and continues to withhold over 2 million files.
January 19, 2026 at 7:27 PM
One month ago today, the Jeffrey Epstein files were legally required to be released to the public in full.
The Department of Justice failed to meet the deadline and continues to withhold over 2 million files.
The Department of Justice failed to meet the deadline and continues to withhold over 2 million files.
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Please share and amplify to help locate our good friend Cody!
January 19, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Please share and amplify to help locate our good friend Cody!
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ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 5:41 AM
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
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Americans' economic and political pains mainly stem from unprecedented concentration of our wealth, a few dozen mega-billionaires control 12%.
They buy a lot of politicians, media outlets, & influencers to distract from their power by blaming our pain on immigrants, DEI, women's careers...
They buy a lot of politicians, media outlets, & influencers to distract from their power by blaming our pain on immigrants, DEI, women's careers...
Gabriel Zucman on the shocking concentration of extreme wealth in the United States….
gzucman.substack.com?r=nle0&utm_c...
gzucman.substack.com?r=nle0&utm_c...
January 19, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Americans' economic and political pains mainly stem from unprecedented concentration of our wealth, a few dozen mega-billionaires control 12%.
They buy a lot of politicians, media outlets, & influencers to distract from their power by blaming our pain on immigrants, DEI, women's careers...
They buy a lot of politicians, media outlets, & influencers to distract from their power by blaming our pain on immigrants, DEI, women's careers...
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Hearing reports that a man taken by ICE in Minneapolis died in federal custody.
January 18, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Hearing reports that a man taken by ICE in Minneapolis died in federal custody.
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Right-wing influencer Jake Lang is stuck in a window recess against Minneapolis City Hall.
He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
January 17, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Right-wing influencer Jake Lang is stuck in a window recess against Minneapolis City Hall.
He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
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*much of America will be punished with a 10% tax hike on European goods for Europe not giving us Greenland
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Trump says much of Europe will be charged a 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 4:30 PM
*much of America will be punished with a 10% tax hike on European goods for Europe not giving us Greenland
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The images and stories coming out of Minneapolis are extraordinary. We can't say we did not know what was happening. Lots of people are putting their bodies on the line to make sure we do.
January 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
The images and stories coming out of Minneapolis are extraordinary. We can't say we did not know what was happening. Lots of people are putting their bodies on the line to make sure we do.
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This is all — all of it — downstream of malapportionment in democratic systems.
The world over, most people vote with their feet by moving to big multicultural cities. And the left-behind rural populations — in big, empty, and declining constituencies — use their vote to complain about it.
The world over, most people vote with their feet by moving to big multicultural cities. And the left-behind rural populations — in big, empty, and declining constituencies — use their vote to complain about it.
I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
January 17, 2026 at 12:16 PM
This is all — all of it — downstream of malapportionment in democratic systems.
The world over, most people vote with their feet by moving to big multicultural cities. And the left-behind rural populations — in big, empty, and declining constituencies — use their vote to complain about it.
The world over, most people vote with their feet by moving to big multicultural cities. And the left-behind rural populations — in big, empty, and declining constituencies — use their vote to complain about it.
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Tired: Committing fraud, getting a Trump pardon
Wired: Committing fraud again, getting a Trump pardon again
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Wired: Committing fraud again, getting a Trump pardon again
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 16, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Tired: Committing fraud, getting a Trump pardon
Wired: Committing fraud again, getting a Trump pardon again
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Wired: Committing fraud again, getting a Trump pardon again
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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Answering questions outside the White House on Thursday, DHS Sec. Kristi Noem made clear that virtually anyone could face a Kavanaugh stop.
Noem says that virtually anyone could face a Kavanaugh stop
Trump started off the day with an Insurrection Act threat. DHS Sec. Noem followed up by saying that anyone "surrounding" any DHS target has to prove their legal status.
www.lawdork.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Answering questions outside the White House on Thursday, DHS Sec. Kristi Noem made clear that virtually anyone could face a Kavanaugh stop.
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Minnesota is an unusually effective place to interfere with (& for you, to protect) elections:
- 1 open Senate seat;
- 3 out of 8 Congressional districts are competitive; 2 are GOP-held, MN-1 (Walz's old district) & MN-8.
votemaximizer.org is developing tools to identify risks nationwide in 2026.
- 1 open Senate seat;
- 3 out of 8 Congressional districts are competitive; 2 are GOP-held, MN-1 (Walz's old district) & MN-8.
votemaximizer.org is developing tools to identify risks nationwide in 2026.
January 15, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Minnesota is an unusually effective place to interfere with (& for you, to protect) elections:
- 1 open Senate seat;
- 3 out of 8 Congressional districts are competitive; 2 are GOP-held, MN-1 (Walz's old district) & MN-8.
votemaximizer.org is developing tools to identify risks nationwide in 2026.
- 1 open Senate seat;
- 3 out of 8 Congressional districts are competitive; 2 are GOP-held, MN-1 (Walz's old district) & MN-8.
votemaximizer.org is developing tools to identify risks nationwide in 2026.
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Attention Florida Cubans! Trump murdered a Cuban in Texas. You could be next
🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
January 16, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Attention Florida Cubans! Trump murdered a Cuban in Texas. You could be next
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Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
January 15, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
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Koh: Trump has now spent $30 billion from the last bill for 10,000 more I.C.E. Agents that are going to be on the streets. That $30 billion would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year. It would eliminate all co-pays for prescription drugs for people from a year, and eliminate all medical debt.
January 15, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Koh: Trump has now spent $30 billion from the last bill for 10,000 more I.C.E. Agents that are going to be on the streets. That $30 billion would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year. It would eliminate all co-pays for prescription drugs for people from a year, and eliminate all medical debt.