Andy Falcone
@andybop78.bsky.social
Loves music, normie liberal. Suburban Philadelphia. Husband, dad.
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this is all to say that should democrats win the house and senate this november, they should hold similarly dramatic — which is to say televised and highly publicized — hearings on the conduct of ICE and CBP, with testimony from victims. we want as much of *this* as possible in the record. (3/?)
ICE detained Arlit Maria Martinez on her way to work. 2 days later, her 15 yo son died of cancer. They wouldn't let her out to say goodbye. The family had planned to move back to Mexico prior to the cancer diagnosis but stayed for his treatment. Now, Mr Martinez has lost his wife to ICE & his son.
Teen dies of cancer days after mother arrested by ICE: ‘She’s never gonna see him’
The mother's family pleaded with federal officers for her release from custody to say her final goodbyes to her son, but their requests went unanswered.
www.wsaz.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:09 AM
this is all to say that should democrats win the house and senate this november, they should hold similarly dramatic — which is to say televised and highly publicized — hearings on the conduct of ICE and CBP, with testimony from victims. we want as much of *this* as possible in the record. (3/?)
Broadcast this loudly
BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
James Rodden, who the Observer identified last year as the operator of the account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Broadcast this loudly
Racist, fascist scum, by their own admission.
Great sleuthing! ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden is by his own admission a proud racist and fascist.
January 14, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Racist, fascist scum, by their own admission.
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Sheriff Bilal in Philly dragged the hell out of ICE & pledged to arrest agents who commit crimes in Philly yesterday. It wasn’t just Krasner talking.
youtu.be/SMiRLgU7hmA
youtu.be/SMiRLgU7hmA
Sheriff Rochelle Bilal Condemns Masked, Unlawful Actions and Stands for Real Law Enforcement
YouTube video by Philadelphia Sheriff's Office
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Sheriff Bilal in Philly dragged the hell out of ICE & pledged to arrest agents who commit crimes in Philly yesterday. It wasn’t just Krasner talking.
youtu.be/SMiRLgU7hmA
youtu.be/SMiRLgU7hmA
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PS, same fella
January 8, 2026 at 9:13 PM
PS, same fella
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Q: After you told ICE to get the F out, Republicans are criticizing you for escalating tensions
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
January 8, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Q: After you told ICE to get the F out, Republicans are criticizing you for escalating tensions
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
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Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
January 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
Good analysis from the Senator.
Chris Murphy: "Clearly this is wildly illegal. This is a president who has been operating illegally since he was sworn in -- stealing from the American people, seizing spending power, now dragging America into a war overseas ... Donald Trump's entire foreign policy is corrupt."
January 4, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Good analysis from the Senator.
I know this is the equivalent of screaming into a paper bag, but can we just impeach and remove the fucker already?
January 3, 2026 at 1:58 PM
I know this is the equivalent of screaming into a paper bag, but can we just impeach and remove the fucker already?
Thread... I mean, its all there for anyone/everyone to see
The obvious ones here is healthcare, but I want to highlight a lesser known consequence of the white-lash against Obama.
In 2009, Obama's homeland security secretary, Janet Napolitano, released an internal report that stated that the greatest threat to America was not foreign, but domestic.
In 2009, Obama's homeland security secretary, Janet Napolitano, released an internal report that stated that the greatest threat to America was not foreign, but domestic.
President Barack Obama is the most consequential president of the 20th and 21st centuries. His presidency sparked racist outrage, whether overt or implied, among most of White America.
The rise of openly racist “MAGA” is a direct response to the first ever Black president. @BarackObama.bsky.social
The rise of openly racist “MAGA” is a direct response to the first ever Black president. @BarackObama.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Thread... I mean, its all there for anyone/everyone to see
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For decades, TGI Fridays on City Line Ave was a Sixers hangout.
Then, Allen Iverson turned it into a club.
He had his own booth (Table 70). He used a back entrance.
Former employees said he'd call after games to let them know he was on his way.
On "Club Fridays" www.inquirer.com/sixers/tgi-f...
Then, Allen Iverson turned it into a club.
He had his own booth (Table 70). He used a back entrance.
Former employees said he'd call after games to let them know he was on his way.
On "Club Fridays" www.inquirer.com/sixers/tgi-f...
TGI Fridays on City Avenue was a longtime Sixers hangout. Then Allen Iverson made it one of Philly’s hottest ‘clubs.’
It was a chain restaurant in a part of town not known for being fashionable. Iverson and other Sixers legends helped transform it into a destination.
www.inquirer.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
For decades, TGI Fridays on City Line Ave was a Sixers hangout.
Then, Allen Iverson turned it into a club.
He had his own booth (Table 70). He used a back entrance.
Former employees said he'd call after games to let them know he was on his way.
On "Club Fridays" www.inquirer.com/sixers/tgi-f...
Then, Allen Iverson turned it into a club.
He had his own booth (Table 70). He used a back entrance.
Former employees said he'd call after games to let them know he was on his way.
On "Club Fridays" www.inquirer.com/sixers/tgi-f...
Another good thread
Once a union or factory job was supposed to be a sure shot to the middle class. Then it was a college degree. Until two years ago, it was a college degree in the right major. The problem with capitalism is there will never ever be a sure path to a comfortable middle class life that lasts for long.
December 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Another good thread
Solid little thread
1/ A few thoughts about @williambaude.bsky.social’s comment in yesterday’s NYT chat that, “It’s amazing how many of our problems today could be solved by a Congress that was willing and able to legislate in response to national problems.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Opinion | At the Supreme Court, Scenes From a Judicial Backlash
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Solid little thread
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Brett Kavanaugh sees no problem with this woman being forced to do this every day for the rest of her life
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Brett Kavanaugh sees no problem with this woman being forced to do this every day for the rest of her life
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Can not believe the Sixers are still undefeated after that game
October 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Can not believe the Sixers are still undefeated after that game
The Sixers are about to be 3-0, mf'ers!
October 28, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The Sixers are about to be 3-0, mf'ers!
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If you don't understand how hard this pic goes get yourself educated
March 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM
If you don't understand how hard this pic goes get yourself educated
I'm shocked.
POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I'm shocked.
Sorry, this is where it starts
Sunday reading:
I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.
This week’s piece:
I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.
This week’s piece:
We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly
Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy
steady.page
October 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Sorry, this is where it starts
Thread
The Daily is committed to sanitizing Vought and ignoring what they regard as unsavory ideology. Because engaging with what is actually animating Vought would make it very hard to uphold the “normal politics” framework that defines much of mainstream political journalism.
October 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Thread
This is exactly where I'm at.
The specific ask is healthcare, but at root the principle is that if they need democratic votes, republicans don’t get to tell them to go fuck themselves and then blame them for the results. And at root *that* is about the republicans’ autocratic tendencies.
October 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
This is exactly where I'm at.
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If/when Dems regain control of Congress, the path is clear. No clerks. No building. No shadow docket. Nothing, until the Wizards In Robes stop ignoring the law, data, history, precedent, & the plain meaning of words in the Constitution. And there will be 25, with 9 chosen by lottery for any case.
Today’s shameful shadow docket decision from the Supreme Court—allowing Trump to unilaterally cancel $4 billion in aid—is not behavior that any healthy democracy tolerates of its judiciary. It is a sign of constitutional rot that precedes the rule of law’s collapse. slate.com/news-and-pol...
The Supreme Court Just Rewrote the Constitution to Give Trump Terrifying New Powers
The conservative supermajority's lawless shadow docket decision let the president unilaterally cancel $4 billion in foreign aid.
slate.com
September 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
If/when Dems regain control of Congress, the path is clear. No clerks. No building. No shadow docket. Nothing, until the Wizards In Robes stop ignoring the law, data, history, precedent, & the plain meaning of words in the Constitution. And there will be 25, with 9 chosen by lottery for any case.
Nice, quick thread
“Why did WV and Kentucky become Red”
a: because economic shifts in industry caused people to leave both states, and the remaining (largely white) population resented a Democrat party at a national level that reflects the needs of the broader country.
a: because economic shifts in industry caused people to leave both states, and the remaining (largely white) population resented a Democrat party at a national level that reflects the needs of the broader country.
like this feels to me like people forget *why* OH/NE/IA vote red now and are trying to rationalize it for why the party as a whole needs to move to the centre
September 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Nice, quick thread
All of this
As America nears a tipping point, Russell Vought desires a radical rightwing “counter-revolution.”
For @zeit.de, I wrote a profile of one of Trumpism’s key figures – and one of Trump’s most dangerous henchmen.
Some thoughts from the piece (since it is in German):
For @zeit.de, I wrote a profile of one of Trumpism’s key figures – and one of Trump’s most dangerous henchmen.
Some thoughts from the piece (since it is in German):
Russell Vought: Das ist Trumps gefährlichster Stratege
Er organisiert vom Weißen Haus aus den Umbau der USA. Russell Vought ist Spitzenjurist, christlicher Nationalist – und die subtile Kampfmaschine im Auftrag von Trump.
www.zeit.de
September 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
All of this