MotherSkadi 🏴☠️
@motherskadi.bsky.social
Retired resident of the Twilight Zone. Salvation is near!!
I am a good woman who reads, and occasionally comments, at Balloon Juice.
Never Give Up! Never Surrender!
I am a good woman who reads, and occasionally comments, at Balloon Juice.
Never Give Up! Never Surrender!
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Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
January 25, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
Never in my life did I expect to see the level of gaslighting by any government agency as I have seen over the past year. @icegov.bsky.social and its cousin CBP, and parent DHS have shown no end to their lying and willingness to thwart justice in service to the FFOTUS.
January 25, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Never in my life did I expect to see the level of gaslighting by any government agency as I have seen over the past year. @icegov.bsky.social and its cousin CBP, and parent DHS have shown no end to their lying and willingness to thwart justice in service to the FFOTUS.
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They owe her, and all of us, an apology.
January 25, 2026 at 9:45 PM
They owe her, and all of us, an apology.
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The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
January 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
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This is really something. Mark Warner, one of the more moderate and cautious senators in the Dem caucus, says he'll vote No on ICE funding:
January 25, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.
January 24, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.
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24 January 1932 | A Pole, Bogdan Bartnikowski, was born in Warsaw.
He arrived at #Auschwitz in a transport from the Warsaw Uprising on 12 August 1944
No. 192731
He was evacuated from Auschwitz & survived the war.
Today, he celebrates his 94th birthday.
He arrived at #Auschwitz in a transport from the Warsaw Uprising on 12 August 1944
No. 192731
He was evacuated from Auschwitz & survived the war.
Today, he celebrates his 94th birthday.
January 24, 2026 at 9:30 AM
24 January 1932 | A Pole, Bogdan Bartnikowski, was born in Warsaw.
He arrived at #Auschwitz in a transport from the Warsaw Uprising on 12 August 1944
No. 192731
He was evacuated from Auschwitz & survived the war.
Today, he celebrates his 94th birthday.
He arrived at #Auschwitz in a transport from the Warsaw Uprising on 12 August 1944
No. 192731
He was evacuated from Auschwitz & survived the war.
Today, he celebrates his 94th birthday.
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ICE attacked an observer after they tailed a group of clergy on a spiritual pilgrimage.
Our digital producer @sam.vp just so happened to be with the clergy on their journey. He spoke with the observer who was attacked and others who witnessed the assault.
Our digital producer @sam.vp just so happened to be with the clergy on their journey. He spoke with the observer who was attacked and others who witnessed the assault.
January 24, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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Cannot see the end of it.
January 23, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Cannot see the end of it.
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TODAY, Friday January 23rd, 2026:
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
January 23, 2026 at 8:03 AM
TODAY, Friday January 23rd, 2026:
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
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"American Jews cherish our own families’ immigration stories.
"We recall that we or our ancestors came to this country to escape oppression and find opportunity.
"We grieve an American promise that seems to be no more."
-- Joint statement by 7 rabbinical groups, asking Trump & Noem to back off
"We recall that we or our ancestors came to this country to escape oppression and find opportunity.
"We grieve an American promise that seems to be no more."
-- Joint statement by 7 rabbinical groups, asking Trump & Noem to back off
January 22, 2026 at 6:01 PM
"American Jews cherish our own families’ immigration stories.
"We recall that we or our ancestors came to this country to escape oppression and find opportunity.
"We grieve an American promise that seems to be no more."
-- Joint statement by 7 rabbinical groups, asking Trump & Noem to back off
"We recall that we or our ancestors came to this country to escape oppression and find opportunity.
"We grieve an American promise that seems to be no more."
-- Joint statement by 7 rabbinical groups, asking Trump & Noem to back off
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Campaign finance reform ( a reformed/expanded SCt can revisit Citizens United), DC statehood, independent redistricting, legis protection for DOJ independence, etc
open.substack.com/pub/contrari... Dems will need democracy enhancement legislation: updating/reinstituting the Voting Rights Act, re-establishing workable causes of action (so-called Bivens cases) to hold federal officials liable for constitutional violations,
So, You Want to Run for President?
What 2028 aspirants should consider before running
open.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Campaign finance reform ( a reformed/expanded SCt can revisit Citizens United), DC statehood, independent redistricting, legis protection for DOJ independence, etc
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We discuss an unpublished book by Miller's grandmother about his ancestors' immigration to the US. It criticizes 1924 racial quotas that closed doors, saying people from their original hometown were subsequently murdered by Nazis. Miller has praised that law.
www.theunpopulist.net/p/stephen-mi...
www.theunpopulist.net/p/stephen-mi...
January 22, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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That is an ICE agent pepper spraying a restrained victim in the face at close quarters; it's an unquestionable and indefensibly abusive use of excessive force that should (but won't) be criminally prosecuted as assault
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 10:15 PM
That is an ICE agent pepper spraying a restrained victim in the face at close quarters; it's an unquestionable and indefensibly abusive use of excessive force that should (but won't) be criminally prosecuted as assault
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“Conservative Military Archbishop Says Catholic Troops Can Defy Trump Orders on Greenland
*** The archbishop responsible for pastoral care of U.S. service members says an unjust attack on a friendly nation justifies troops’ conscientious refusal under Catholic moral teaching.” 1/20/26
*** The archbishop responsible for pastoral care of U.S. service members says an unjust attack on a friendly nation justifies troops’ conscientious refusal under Catholic moral teaching.” 1/20/26
Conservative Military Archbishop Says Catholic Troops Can Defy Trump Orders on Greenland
The archbishop responsible for pastoral care of U.S. service members says an unjust attack on a friendly nation justifies troops’ conscientious refusal under Catholic moral teaching.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:25 AM
“Conservative Military Archbishop Says Catholic Troops Can Defy Trump Orders on Greenland
*** The archbishop responsible for pastoral care of U.S. service members says an unjust attack on a friendly nation justifies troops’ conscientious refusal under Catholic moral teaching.” 1/20/26
*** The archbishop responsible for pastoral care of U.S. service members says an unjust attack on a friendly nation justifies troops’ conscientious refusal under Catholic moral teaching.” 1/20/26
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1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 21, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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Danish MEP Anders Vistisen to Donald Trump :"Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, fuck off."
January 20, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Danish MEP Anders Vistisen to Donald Trump :"Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, fuck off."
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Minibus is out. Democrats were able to include some guardrails in about ICE:
-restricts ICE to spending $3.8 billion of its annual budget
on detention as opposed to being able to spend $10 billion
-$20 million that must be used for body cameras 1/
www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
-restricts ICE to spending $3.8 billion of its annual budget
on detention as opposed to being able to spend $10 billion
-$20 million that must be used for body cameras 1/
www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.appropriations.senate.gov
January 20, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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🚨BREAKING: Federal judges in eastern Virginia have moved to strip Lindsey Halligan, the embattled loyalist lawyer President Donald Trump handpicked to prosecute his enemies last year, of her alleged U.S. attorney title more than a month after a court formally disqualified her from the role.
Federal judges formally strip Lindsey Halligan of U.S. attorney title
The move comes more than a month after a court disqualified Halligan from the role.
www.democracydocket.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:37 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal judges in eastern Virginia have moved to strip Lindsey Halligan, the embattled loyalist lawyer President Donald Trump handpicked to prosecute his enemies last year, of her alleged U.S. attorney title more than a month after a court formally disqualified her from the role.
The Old World Order is Dead
The Old World Order is Dead
Unipolarity was given, not taken
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:38 PM
The Old World Order is Dead
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With alt text
January 20, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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DHS caught lying again 🤥
January 19, 2026 at 10:14 PM
DHS caught lying again 🤥