@mrsda.bsky.social
Curious and committed to community—because politics is personal, especially when you're a mom
This is what a community being occupied by a paramilitary secret police looks like.
A federal agent killed a U.S. citizen in a state that never asked for federal involvement — and now the federal government is blocking that state from investigating the killing.
That isn’t federalism.
That isn’t public safety.
That is occupation.
That isn’t federalism.
That isn’t public safety.
That is occupation.
January 8, 2026 at 9:20 PM
This is what a community being occupied by a paramilitary secret police looks like.
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As a government employee, my salary, my employment records, my research notes, even my email – all are public record.
Meanwhile this upholstery enthusiast thinks that simply revealing the identities of his goons is a crime.
Meanwhile this upholstery enthusiast thinks that simply revealing the identities of his goons is a crime.
January 8, 2026 at 6:07 AM
As a government employee, my salary, my employment records, my research notes, even my email – all are public record.
Meanwhile this upholstery enthusiast thinks that simply revealing the identities of his goons is a crime.
Meanwhile this upholstery enthusiast thinks that simply revealing the identities of his goons is a crime.
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If the United States Constitution doesn’t protect you from a federal agent shooting you in the face for the “crime” of turning your car around, it doesn’t exist. ICE has become a paramilitary force with zero oversight and a Secretary in Kristi Noem who encourages the chaos. ENOUGH.
January 7, 2026 at 8:54 PM
If the United States Constitution doesn’t protect you from a federal agent shooting you in the face for the “crime” of turning your car around, it doesn’t exist. ICE has become a paramilitary force with zero oversight and a Secretary in Kristi Noem who encourages the chaos. ENOUGH.
JFC. I mean. I don't know. I don't have the words for this today.
This is not good. Trump is. Or good for our country and our future. The people he surrounds himself with aren't good for humanity. The GOP is not good for our country. But they sure are good for the other dictators.
This is not good. Trump is. Or good for our country and our future. The people he surrounds himself with aren't good for humanity. The GOP is not good for our country. But they sure are good for the other dictators.
So, this happened today. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
January 8, 2026 at 5:30 AM
JFC. I mean. I don't know. I don't have the words for this today.
This is not good. Trump is. Or good for our country and our future. The people he surrounds himself with aren't good for humanity. The GOP is not good for our country. But they sure are good for the other dictators.
This is not good. Trump is. Or good for our country and our future. The people he surrounds himself with aren't good for humanity. The GOP is not good for our country. But they sure are good for the other dictators.
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“ICE claims in its own mission statement the whole point of the organization is to ‘ensure the safety of the public and our communities.’ In what world does this ensure public safety? I can’t see how a community could possibly be protected by the same people who are actively coming to kill them.”
ICE Fatally Shoots US Citizen in Minneapolis
Mayor Jacob Frey tells ICE to “Get the f--k out” after agents murdered a US citizen in broad daylight while Trump blames the "Radical Left"
plus.briantylercohen.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:18 AM
“ICE claims in its own mission statement the whole point of the organization is to ‘ensure the safety of the public and our communities.’ In what world does this ensure public safety? I can’t see how a community could possibly be protected by the same people who are actively coming to kill them.”
This could be any one of us.
We are not sliding into authoritarianism. We are there.
ICE is not Gestapo like - they are the illegal lawless paramilitary force creating terror in our communities.
We are not sliding into authoritarianism. We are there.
ICE is not Gestapo like - they are the illegal lawless paramilitary force creating terror in our communities.
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 4:41 AM
This could be any one of us.
We are not sliding into authoritarianism. We are there.
ICE is not Gestapo like - they are the illegal lawless paramilitary force creating terror in our communities.
We are not sliding into authoritarianism. We are there.
ICE is not Gestapo like - they are the illegal lawless paramilitary force creating terror in our communities.
This hits so hard. I am numb and scared and heartbroken.
Millions of Americans watched a middle-aged US citizen get shot in the face and killed by an ICE officer today. That's a level of national trauma that deserves a more respectful response from this administration than falsely claiming she's a domestic terrorist. We have lost our moral compass.
January 7, 2026 at 10:20 PM
This hits so hard. I am numb and scared and heartbroken.
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The @chicagotribune.com did back of the envelope math and conservatively found that Operation Midway Blitz cost the taxpayer $59 million. Good reporting from @danvock.bsky.social
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/04/o...
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/04/o...
Cost of Operation Midway Blitz: $59M and counting
A Tribune review of court filings, databases and other public records detailing the scope of the incursion and typical costs shows how much the federal government has spent since September.
www.chicagotribune.com
January 4, 2026 at 1:16 PM
The @chicagotribune.com did back of the envelope math and conservatively found that Operation Midway Blitz cost the taxpayer $59 million. Good reporting from @danvock.bsky.social
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/04/o...
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/04/o...
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The Trump admin has fused the war on terror with the war on drugs to create a framework for justifying its own acts everywhere from Chicago to Caracas.
Remember the helicopter raid on a Chicago apartment building? A key rationale was to go after the Venezuelan TdA.*
Same with Caracas raid.
Remember the helicopter raid on a Chicago apartment building? A key rationale was to go after the Venezuelan TdA.*
Same with Caracas raid.
January 3, 2026 at 8:19 PM
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Nicolás Maduro is an illegitimate ruler who oppressed the people of Venezuela. But President Trump’s unilateral decision to attempt a regime change in Venezuela is shortsighted and drags the U.S. into a reckless conflict that could destabilize the entire region.
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Nicolás Maduro is an illegitimate ruler who oppressed the people of Venezuela. But President Trump’s unilateral decision to attempt a regime change in Venezuela is shortsighted and drags the U.S. into a reckless conflict that could destabilize the entire region.
Our NYE is composed of Mind Flayer Spore (margarita pesto) pizza, Mike's (Wheeler) Hot Honey pizza, Upside Down Bundtlets and The Abyss cocktail.
And a box of tissues to watch the series finale of #StrangerThings.
And a box of tissues to watch the series finale of #StrangerThings.
January 1, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Our NYE is composed of Mind Flayer Spore (margarita pesto) pizza, Mike's (Wheeler) Hot Honey pizza, Upside Down Bundtlets and The Abyss cocktail.
And a box of tissues to watch the series finale of #StrangerThings.
And a box of tissues to watch the series finale of #StrangerThings.
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The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.
This year, statues of tall men clad in all black with masks drawn up to hide their faces are disrupting the serenity of a Charlotte church's Nativity scene.
The figures are depicted approaching the Holy Family and the Wise Men with handcuffs as if preparing to make an arrest.
The figures are depicted approaching the Holy Family and the Wise Men with handcuffs as if preparing to make an arrest.
As anti-ICE Nativity scenes spark outrage, faith leaders grapple with politics at the pulpit | CNN
As Nativity scenes depicting ICE draw attention and outrage, faith leaders are grappling with politics in religion and urging a closer reading of the Christmas story.
www.cnn.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.
This is scary that it's real life
December 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This is scary that it's real life
This is my intention for the next year.
December 31, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is my intention for the next year.
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"if you want to know how you would have behaved in the face of the Nazi regime, you can look at how you are behaving now" paraphrasing Frank Abe, child of Japanese Incarceration survivor on @maddow.bsky.social Burn Order special.
December 30, 2025 at 3:13 AM
"if you want to know how you would have behaved in the face of the Nazi regime, you can look at how you are behaving now" paraphrasing Frank Abe, child of Japanese Incarceration survivor on @maddow.bsky.social Burn Order special.
I'm super excited! I get to see @maryldixon.bsky.social tape an episode of Say More!
December 30, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I'm super excited! I get to see @maryldixon.bsky.social tape an episode of Say More!
Pay attention to this! The Trump Administration seeks to classify ALL Latinos as enemy alien Venezuelan gang members.
I think Asha Rangappa is right — they are lining up the external and internal enemies. Or trying to. This is very risky and will almost certainly blow up in their faces.
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
December 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Pay attention to this! The Trump Administration seeks to classify ALL Latinos as enemy alien Venezuelan gang members.
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Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation' abc7chicago.com/post/bulgari...
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
A Bulgarian business owner who lived in Chicago for decades and was arrested during an immigration enforcement 'blitz' has died while in the custody of ICE at a private prison in Michigan, the ABC7 I-...
abc7chicago.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation' abc7chicago.com/post/bulgari...
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Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
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This is a dumpster fireside chat.
December 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This is a dumpster fireside chat.
Why is numbnuts yelling at America?
December 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Why is numbnuts yelling at America?
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In LA Sunday for the live launch of the BURN ORDER podcast on Japanese American wartime incarceration. Backstage, Rachel Maddow greeted us in person like old friends, after having studied our recorded voices in her podcast edit bay for the past several months. 1/
December 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
In LA Sunday for the live launch of the BURN ORDER podcast on Japanese American wartime incarceration. Backstage, Rachel Maddow greeted us in person like old friends, after having studied our recorded voices in her podcast edit bay for the past several months. 1/
It's not often that "simple morality" and "effective politics" line up so perfectly, but we have to hope DC's Democrats are smart enough to seize the moment with both hands
November 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM