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queer horticulturist in california
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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Our constituents are being surveilled, threatened, tear gassed, shot, subjected to warrantless arrest, kidnapped, and disappeared. 35 people have died in detention in ICE’s deadliest year yet.

ICE’s terror and violence need to end.
January 21, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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Here’s the report from KARE. The boy is five-year-old Liam Ramos.
January 21, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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the knitters too. this is the top pattern on ravelry right now
January 19, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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The Hague is the moderate option.
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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Yeah, how about all you cis people deal with your own brain-hurt first?
January 20, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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i once read "the rights you think criminals should have are the rights you think everyone should have because the state can criminalize anyone" and it changed how i think about everything
January 19, 2026 at 5:52 AM
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Since his socialist ideology was written out of the history books.. In his own words:

"If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God’s children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell."

Happy MLK Day.
January 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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If the democrats nominate a man who has advocated for the continuation of anti-transgender policies begun by the Trump admin I will not, in fact, vote for him. I will not vote for my own elimination. No one is an acceptable sacrifice.
You need to pledge allegiance to whomever wins the '28 dem nominee (including Gavin if that's him).
January 17, 2026 at 12:39 AM
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DAILY MEMO: Ten-Year-Old Child, Gardeners, and Vendors, Among the More Than 88 Kidnapped in SoCal This Week

Plus, another death in ICE detention, and Memo breaks down what’s happening with the mask ban for ICE and law enforcement.

@eltragon.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 2:46 AM
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Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.

The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
Breaking news: The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation alleging that they are impeding federal law enforcement officers’ abilities to do their jobs in the state.
Justice Dept. launches criminal investigation of Minnesota governor
The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation into impeding law enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO

this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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Californians are NOT going to vote for Gavin Newsom. They're telling you now, with YEARS to go before the election. Fair warning. Please support better candidates, there will be many to choose from.
January 16, 2026 at 5:39 AM
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“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy
January 16, 2026 at 3:49 AM
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NYT ran 11 stories on trans athletes in 2 days including one about brett kavanaugh’s special POV as a girls’ basketball coach. they sent 6 people to scotus to write up their victory lap & meanwhile this is how far you needed to scroll yesterday to find coverage of ICE in MN.

stop giving them money.
January 15, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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Presumably you saw this going around
January 14, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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Mike Johnson: "ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do"
Mike Johnson comes out against additional guardrails on ICE as Democrats call for it.

“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
January 14, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating https://theonion.com/archaeologists-d-c-capitol-may-have-once-been-used-for-legislating/
January 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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Historian here He has sent swarms of Officers to harass our people He has kept among us Standing Armies without Consent of our legislaturesQuartering large bodies of armed troops among us
Protecting them from punishment for Murders which they commit on the Inhabitants Declaration of Independence1776
January 11, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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She lives in Saint Paul, MN

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8fdKvax/
January 9, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7
January 8, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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We have published the following update to our article following an email response from the New York Times.

Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
January 5, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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Discworld QOTD, from Snuff

"But what should we do when the highborn and wealthy take to crime? Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger, how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man who breaks the law out of greed?"
Discworld QOTD, from Wyrd Sisters
January 3, 2026 at 7:58 PM
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also yeah if you live here it's a "we," it doesn't matter your opinions or who you voted for, part of living in the imperial core is understanding we all benefit from this violence even if we abhor it, and taking responsibility is the bare minimum to actually be anti-imperialist from inside
sitting here at a furry rave trying to figure out why we are bombing another country when I open my phone? hello ?
January 3, 2026 at 9:20 AM