@papawrs.bsky.social
Retired Army civilian researcher. Proud husband of an angel. Tennis, acoustic guitar. Outraged and horrified.
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Please call your reps and tell them NOT to fund this government
Any Democratic votes to fund DHS later this month as Minneapolis is being terrorized by DHS is going to be a major slap in the face to Americans living here. Demand major reforms or shut the government down.
January 13, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Please call your reps and tell them NOT to fund this government
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
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HAPPENING NOW: In federal court in MN, DOJ is struggling to articulate why a person following an ICE vehicle — so long as they are obeying traffic laws — can be stopped for "reasonable suspicion" of a crime.
Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.
Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.
January 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM
HAPPENING NOW: In federal court in MN, DOJ is struggling to articulate why a person following an ICE vehicle — so long as they are obeying traffic laws — can be stopped for "reasonable suspicion" of a crime.
Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.
Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.
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Kash Patel issues orders: no investigation of the homicide perpetrated by Jonathan Ross, but do what you can to pick up dirt that can be used to smear the 37-year-old mother of three that he murdered. This is your FBI.
January 13, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Kash Patel issues orders: no investigation of the homicide perpetrated by Jonathan Ross, but do what you can to pick up dirt that can be used to smear the 37-year-old mother of three that he murdered. This is your FBI.
If accurate, this is really good information -
January 13, 2026 at 6:03 PM
If accurate, this is really good information -
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This is what happens when journalists decide their role is to police some imagined middle zone that exists halfway between the right's and left's arguments.
Katy Tur to Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty: "Why don't you trust the FBI to do this on their own?"
January 12, 2026 at 8:27 PM
This is what happens when journalists decide their role is to police some imagined middle zone that exists halfway between the right's and left's arguments.
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DOJ staff resign over the department’s disinterest in Good killing.
A new spate of Justice Department officials quit because their section didn't want to probe Renee Good's shooting
At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
www.ms.now
January 13, 2026 at 12:01 PM
DOJ staff resign over the department’s disinterest in Good killing.
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"Here are the demands we all need to make: Use the National Guard to protect our citizens. Arrest agents who commit crimes. Charge police, National Guard, and ICE with crimes when they commit or refuse to stop them. . . . Do it now."
cmarmitage.substack.com/p/my-first-7...
cmarmitage.substack.com/p/my-first-7...
My First 72 Hours in Minneapolis and How I Got an ICE Agent to Scream “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN”
The activists on the ground are doing the work, that should give you hope.
cmarmitage.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:18 PM
"Here are the demands we all need to make: Use the National Guard to protect our citizens. Arrest agents who commit crimes. Charge police, National Guard, and ICE with crimes when they commit or refuse to stop them. . . . Do it now."
cmarmitage.substack.com/p/my-first-7...
cmarmitage.substack.com/p/my-first-7...
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“I did something so stupid and irresponsible that it would destroy our country to remedy.”
That’s the argument the President is making regarding why the federal government should get to profit off of an illegal tax.
That’s the argument the President is making regarding why the federal government should get to profit off of an illegal tax.
January 13, 2026 at 12:07 PM
“I did something so stupid and irresponsible that it would destroy our country to remedy.”
That’s the argument the President is making regarding why the federal government should get to profit off of an illegal tax.
That’s the argument the President is making regarding why the federal government should get to profit off of an illegal tax.
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Using his clemency power, Trump has undone prosecutions made by his own DOJ during his first term.
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
(Published Nov. 2025)
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
(Published Nov. 2025)
A Tale of Two Terms: How Powerful Figures Were Prosecuted in Trump’s First Term, Then Pardoned in His Second
We found that Donald Trump has granted clemency in at least a dozen criminal cases that originated during his first term. No other president has used clemency to erase his own appointees’ actions on s...
www.propublica.org
January 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Using his clemency power, Trump has undone prosecutions made by his own DOJ during his first term.
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
(Published Nov. 2025)
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
(Published Nov. 2025)
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But in a sense it's actually worse than a war crime, because there is no war. It's just a crime. It's a crime—murder—whether or not the aircraft can be identified as part of a military force.
January 13, 2026 at 10:50 AM
But in a sense it's actually worse than a war crime, because there is no war. It's just a crime. It's a crime—murder—whether or not the aircraft can be identified as part of a military force.
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No matter what Felon47 said... "we fuking knew it." His history is replete with his chronic, consistent lies and failures.
January 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
No matter what Felon47 said... "we fuking knew it." His history is replete with his chronic, consistent lies and failures.
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So let me get this straight. The man who tore down the East Wing of the White House in order to build an oversized ballroom that no one asked for has launched an investigation into Jerome Powell over renovations to the Federal Reserve headquarters.
Did I get that right?
Did I get that right?
January 12, 2026 at 6:12 PM
So let me get this straight. The man who tore down the East Wing of the White House in order to build an oversized ballroom that no one asked for has launched an investigation into Jerome Powell over renovations to the Federal Reserve headquarters.
Did I get that right?
Did I get that right?
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If only somebody had warned people before the election . . . . uh yeah.
January 12, 2026 at 11:18 AM
If only somebody had warned people before the election . . . . uh yeah.
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An ICE agent could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and wouldn't lose the support of anyone in the Trump Administration.
January 13, 2026 at 1:19 PM
An ICE agent could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and wouldn't lose the support of anyone in the Trump Administration.
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Note this: ICE agents are already used to acting with little oversight as their targets are powerless. Now with Trump, Noem, Vance saying Renee Good's killing was okay they'll think they have full impunity.
On the pod, @timdickinson.bsky.social explains this so well:
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
On the pod, @timdickinson.bsky.social explains this so well:
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
Trump Shooting Horror Takes Darker Turn as Damning Info on ICE Emerges
As Trump spins the Minneapolis shooting while new reporting indicts ICE’s recklessness, a reporter who attended protests explains how Trumpworld is using the shooting to deliberately antagonize blue A...
newrepublic.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Note this: ICE agents are already used to acting with little oversight as their targets are powerless. Now with Trump, Noem, Vance saying Renee Good's killing was okay they'll think they have full impunity.
On the pod, @timdickinson.bsky.social explains this so well:
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
On the pod, @timdickinson.bsky.social explains this so well:
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
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Awful: New report shows federal agents fired into civilian vehicles 13 times since July, with 8 people hit and two dead. These are heavily armed government militias gone rogue, not bound or accountable to law, unleashing violence on Americans with full White House sanction.
Our exchange on this:
Our exchange on this:
January 13, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Awful: New report shows federal agents fired into civilian vehicles 13 times since July, with 8 people hit and two dead. These are heavily armed government militias gone rogue, not bound or accountable to law, unleashing violence on Americans with full White House sanction.
Our exchange on this:
Our exchange on this:
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First of all, good for her for calmly standing her ground and ignoring all the empty threats -- "we're gonna put you in the car and ID you!" -- until these goons give up and slink away.
Second, the irony of masked agents of the state with no name plates demanding *other* people identify themselves?
Second, the irony of masked agents of the state with no name plates demanding *other* people identify themselves?
This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.
January 12, 2026 at 8:55 PM
First of all, good for her for calmly standing her ground and ignoring all the empty threats -- "we're gonna put you in the car and ID you!" -- until these goons give up and slink away.
Second, the irony of masked agents of the state with no name plates demanding *other* people identify themselves?
Second, the irony of masked agents of the state with no name plates demanding *other* people identify themselves?
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“Donald Trump is a man who represents all the things we teach our children not to be. He’s a liar. He’s a thief. He’s a molester. He has no remorse, no shame, no empathy. He has no loyalty to the law, to the Constitution. This man is the lowest character of all.”
January 12, 2026 at 9:45 AM
“Donald Trump is a man who represents all the things we teach our children not to be. He’s a liar. He’s a thief. He’s a molester. He has no remorse, no shame, no empathy. He has no loyalty to the law, to the Constitution. This man is the lowest character of all.”
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"The right has a serious [antisemitism] problem...The Mississippi arson suspect referred to Beth Israel as a 'synagogue of Satan'—a phrase popularized by Candace Owens...[There is] the latest White House visit by increasingly uncloseted Jew-hater Tucker Carlson."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Young Americans Are Turning Antisemitic
A recent survey shows a clear shift toward anti-Jewish sentiment—and it’s worst on the far right.
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:03 PM
"The right has a serious [antisemitism] problem...The Mississippi arson suspect referred to Beth Israel as a 'synagogue of Satan'—a phrase popularized by Candace Owens...[There is] the latest White House visit by increasingly uncloseted Jew-hater Tucker Carlson."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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"The veteran said he saw volunteering as an ICE observer as another way of serving his country.
'It’s the most American thing to do: not to be scared of people trying to scare you...
This is a pivotal moment we’ll be asked about by our kids, "Where were you?"
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
'It’s the most American thing to do: not to be scared of people trying to scare you...
This is a pivotal moment we’ll be asked about by our kids, "Where were you?"
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
They say they’re monitoring ICE arrests. Feds say they’re breaking the law.
The fatal shooting of Renée Good last week, as ICE officers and residents faced off on a Minneapolis street here, has brought new attention to ICE monitoring.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
"The veteran said he saw volunteering as an ICE observer as another way of serving his country.
'It’s the most American thing to do: not to be scared of people trying to scare you...
This is a pivotal moment we’ll be asked about by our kids, "Where were you?"
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
'It’s the most American thing to do: not to be scared of people trying to scare you...
This is a pivotal moment we’ll be asked about by our kids, "Where were you?"
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Excellent instructional video pass it on
January 13, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Excellent instructional video pass it on
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This video is the perfect encapsulation of the illegal, thuggish, unprovoked, violent conduct of ICE. Rep. @benniethompson.bsky.social, I trust that you and the House Homeland Security Committee will have interest in this.
January 13, 2026 at 2:19 AM
This video is the perfect encapsulation of the illegal, thuggish, unprovoked, violent conduct of ICE. Rep. @benniethompson.bsky.social, I trust that you and the House Homeland Security Committee will have interest in this.
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