Armando MC
@armandomc.bsky.social
Community & Economic Development. Parent. Poet. Planner.
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New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 PM
New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
"non-state actors have been rallied to enact violence against the same communities targeted by state violence" you say?
(Worth reading the full text but this line in particular was especially relevant)
(Worth reading the full text but this line in particular was especially relevant)
January 20, 2026 at 8:37 PM
"non-state actors have been rallied to enact violence against the same communities targeted by state violence" you say?
(Worth reading the full text but this line in particular was especially relevant)
(Worth reading the full text but this line in particular was especially relevant)
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MLK was only 39 when he was killed. Growing up, I thought that was old. But I’m 43 now and I’m stunned by the burden he shouldered at such a young age. I’m also a lot more aware of how hard it is, at any age, to carry the hopes and dreams of an oppressed people on your shoulders, as so many do.
January 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM
MLK was only 39 when he was killed. Growing up, I thought that was old. But I’m 43 now and I’m stunned by the burden he shouldered at such a young age. I’m also a lot more aware of how hard it is, at any age, to carry the hopes and dreams of an oppressed people on your shoulders, as so many do.
A poet at an open mic last year shared this MLK quote with me and it's only gotten louder as things have gotten worse:
"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."
"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 PM
A poet at an open mic last year shared this MLK quote with me and it's only gotten louder as things have gotten worse:
"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."
"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
When a regime starts telling you to not believe your eyes, acknowledging reality becomes "political".
Out of curiosity,
How many folks out there work (or used to work) for companies who’ve bent the knee to fascism (all whilst pretending that they didn’t)?
How many workplaces have forced you to sign papers (in the last several years even) stating that you won’t discuss anything “political” at work?
How many folks out there work (or used to work) for companies who’ve bent the knee to fascism (all whilst pretending that they didn’t)?
How many workplaces have forced you to sign papers (in the last several years even) stating that you won’t discuss anything “political” at work?
January 17, 2026 at 1:49 PM
When a regime starts telling you to not believe your eyes, acknowledging reality becomes "political".
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In hiding... in the United States. Families are in hiding in the United States. Government gangs are forcing families into hiding in the United States of America.
They have quite an operation going.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
Minneapolis church has delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hiding
DHH church has hundreds of volunteers packing and delivering groceries to families who have been too scared to leave their homes during the immigration operation.
www.mprnews.org
January 16, 2026 at 1:35 PM
In hiding... in the United States. Families are in hiding in the United States. Government gangs are forcing families into hiding in the United States of America.
Useful thread for anyone power mapping the next several months
There are places where Trump, as president, has broad freedom of action. And there are places where Trump, as president, has been able to act unilaterally because the main point of opposition, Congress (and SCOTUS), support his program. (1/?)
January 16, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Useful thread for anyone power mapping the next several months
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"Officers threw flash bangs and tear gas in my car. I got six kids in the car"
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
January 15, 2026 at 8:22 PM
"Officers threw flash bangs and tear gas in my car. I got six kids in the car"
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
"Gondor calls for aid!"
"The affordability crisis, not the march of Sauron's forces, will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what Rohan cares about"
"The affordability crisis, not the march of Sauron's forces, will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what Rohan cares about"
Schumer as a major American metro is being brutally occupied by Trump goons: "The affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what the American people are demanding"
January 15, 2026 at 7:16 PM
"Gondor calls for aid!"
"The affordability crisis, not the march of Sauron's forces, will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what Rohan cares about"
"The affordability crisis, not the march of Sauron's forces, will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what Rohan cares about"
We all know This Guy. If the admin is radicalizing This Guy, they are in deep trouble.
January 15, 2026 at 2:41 PM
We all know This Guy. If the admin is radicalizing This Guy, they are in deep trouble.
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this, driving a person to suicide because they had the temerity to want to work in public service, is what russ vought hoped to accomplish
“One day, a woman wrote to me on Signal, asking me not to respond. She lived alone, she messaged, and planned to die that weekend. Before she did, she wanted at least one person to understand: Trump had unraveled the government, and with it, her life.” @hannahnatanson.bsky.social essay:
I am The Post’s ‘federal government whisperer.’ It’s been brutal.
One reporter’s effort to show how Trump was transforming government brought her 1,168 new sources — and nearly broke her.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:13 PM
this, driving a person to suicide because they had the temerity to want to work in public service, is what russ vought hoped to accomplish
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Inbox: 18 Philadelphia Democratic state legislators, including Speaker Joanna McClinton, call in a joint statement for an end to ICE raids and detentions, accountability for its agents, and for "our Commonwealth and all local governments to renounce collaboration with ICE."
January 14, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Inbox: 18 Philadelphia Democratic state legislators, including Speaker Joanna McClinton, call in a joint statement for an end to ICE raids and detentions, accountability for its agents, and for "our Commonwealth and all local governments to renounce collaboration with ICE."
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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 12:51 AM
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
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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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"You can’t unhear it.”
Acclaimed Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania discusses her new Oscar-shortlisted film, "The Voice of Hind Rajab," which incorporates the real recordings of the 6-year-old Palestinian girl's final pleas for help before she was killed by Israeli soldiers.
Acclaimed Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania discusses her new Oscar-shortlisted film, "The Voice of Hind Rajab," which incorporates the real recordings of the 6-year-old Palestinian girl's final pleas for help before she was killed by Israeli soldiers.
“The Voice of Hind Rajab,” Shortlisted for Oscar, Uses Audio of 6-Year-Old Girl Killed in Gaza
Two years ago this month, the world was gripped by a series of shocking recordings of a 6-year-old girl in Gaza pleading for help as she sat trapped in a car riddled with bullets alongside the bodies ...
www.democracynow.org
January 12, 2026 at 12:16 AM
"You can’t unhear it.”
Acclaimed Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania discusses her new Oscar-shortlisted film, "The Voice of Hind Rajab," which incorporates the real recordings of the 6-year-old Palestinian girl's final pleas for help before she was killed by Israeli soldiers.
Acclaimed Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania discusses her new Oscar-shortlisted film, "The Voice of Hind Rajab," which incorporates the real recordings of the 6-year-old Palestinian girl's final pleas for help before she was killed by Israeli soldiers.
What's Congress anyway?
Update: ICE has denied the members their due right to conduct oversight
January 10, 2026 at 5:13 PM
What's Congress anyway?
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This is a death threat
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 3:29 PM
This is a death threat
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Anyone who has read Copaganda knows that we are in the crucial early moments of virality after an extra-judicial police murder. It's extremely important for ICE that the media plays along with the idea that what happened is contested and there are multiple perspectives.
January 7, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Anyone who has read Copaganda knows that we are in the crucial early moments of virality after an extra-judicial police murder. It's extremely important for ICE that the media plays along with the idea that what happened is contested and there are multiple perspectives.
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a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content
Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:53 PM
a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content
ice. isn't. about. immigration. at. all.
i think it is ok to reiterate that the victim as a us citizen. yes, noncitizens are equally entitled to human rights. but also, it's important to illustrate how ice isn't about immigration at all
January 8, 2026 at 3:20 AM
ice. isn't. about. immigration. at. all.
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A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.