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@txksk.bsky.social
book lover, cover judger, road runner, nicer than most

hopeful cynic navigating troubling times
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Who honestly supports this shit?

They gave this woman about 8 conflicting commands, broke her window and drug her out of her car.
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Horrifying. I think of my own sons, and this makes me rage.
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.

A citizen.

Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.

"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.

Agents took and sold his phone

And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 13, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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Reporter Louis Krauss saw this. An agent apparently dropped a flash grenade that was left with the pin still in it on Park Avenue after driving away in a squad car.
January 13, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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He shot a mother in the face three times after she said “I’m not mad.”
Bovino on the officer who killed Renee Good: "Hats off to that ICE agent"
January 13, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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They don't seem to realize that the video of them abusing a legal observer is probably worse than whatever video the legal observer had already obtained of them.
New video shows ICE agents detaining a US citizen legal observer in Minneapolis.

The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
January 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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U.S. citizen detained by ICE:

“…they finally told me that they could offer undocumented family members of mine legal protection if I have any…or money, in exchange for giving them the names of protest organizers, or undocumented persons. I was shocked, and told them no.”
just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
January 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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I think it’s important to point out: ICE does NOT have the same authority as a police officer. They do NOT have the power to enforce laws, only to engage in their specific tasks.

IE: they don’t do traffic, etc. impeding traffic is not a penalty ICE can enforce against
January 11, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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When people you normally disagree with say something right, it’s good to say so. Noah Smith is right here, and being right in the knowledge that many of his followers will be furious.
January 11, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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Chris Murphy: "Let's talk about what's at stake here. The president is spending every single day thinking about invading Greenland, managing the Venezuelan economy, building a ballroom. He's not thinking about the American people at all."
January 11, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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Warner: "Are we gonna continue to strike out against any leader around the world that Donald Trump doesn't like? ... if the only check on the president is his 'own morality,' that's not the way our system is supposed to work."
January 11, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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I mean, I think the most hateful rhetoric I’ve seen lately is an ICE officer calling a woman he just murdered on camera a “fucking bitch”
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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This guy is in Minneapolis standing before an American citizen in an SUV.

The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence.

This is not protection. This is occupation.
January 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Of course there is.
Tapper to Noem: "I just showed you video of people attacking law enforcement officers on J6. Trump pardoned them all. You said Trump is enforcing all the laws equally. That's just not true. There's a different standard for LEOs being attacked if they're being attacked by Trump supporters."
January 11, 2026 at 3:48 PM
“It is time to put our bodies in between the powers of the world and our most vulnerable.”
At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
January 11, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Listen to this intelligent, educated veteran.
🇺🇸 MINNEAPOLIS VETERAN: "They are terrorizing the population, in Afghanistan we never wore masks.” (From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social )
January 10, 2026 at 10:23 PM
This is a neighborhood. In America. What are these para military camos accomplishing? Fear and trauma.
Minneapolis, after the murder of Renee Nicole Good.
January 10, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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Finally, it's wrong AS A MATTER OF ETIQUETTE. Entering a total stranger's discussion and leading with your private anxiety is as off-putting in social media replies as it would be in real life. If you wouldn't interrupt a stranger at a party to announce that America is doomed, don't do it here.
January 8, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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The goal here is martial law. It’s martial law. Let’s be clear about that.
January 10, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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Dave Mathews took time on his birthday today to speak out on ICE and the murder of Renee Nicole Good 🔥….HBD Dave!

"Renee Nicole Good, murdered in the streets. He shot her three times in the head. Murdered in cold blood. These people are trying to tell us not to believe what we see. F*ck ICE"
January 10, 2026 at 5:12 AM
This. The cruelty. The darkness. Militarized agents in American streets. Hunting people. Terrorizing our friends, our children, our neighbors, our communities. Eleven seconds. “I don’t care.” 1/3
January 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
These cosplaying “agents” are in khakis, hoodies, masked and wearing a vest you could buy at a costume warehouse. Why would anyone comply with these thugs? I would assume it is an attempted kidnapping, fearing for my safety.
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Eh, what the what? 🙄
Trump told NYT that his power as commander in chief is constrained only by his "own morality" — brushing aside international law and other legitimate checks on his abilities.

"My own morality. My own mind. It's the only thing that can stop me."

"I don't need international law."
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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There’s a video of ICE shooting a woman in the head.

What else do you need to see?
Let's wait for the facts to come out and demand ICE/CBP end their terror.
January 7, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Your jokes were downright classy for such a sleazy subject — somehow you made ‘porn on a work computer’ sound almost literary 😂

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July 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM