Russell Chisholm
@baristanomics.blog
Coffee + climate cogitator. Holler to holler. Home in Appalachia.
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Methane pollution from US oil and gas infrastructure causes more climate change than the entire economies of all but seven nations on earth.
(This is with methane's climate impacts conservatively evaluated over a 100-year time frame. Evaluated over shorter time frames, methane's impacts are worse.)
(This is with methane's climate impacts conservatively evaluated over a 100-year time frame. Evaluated over shorter time frames, methane's impacts are worse.)
Accounting for methane from natural gas infrastructure in United States greenhouse gas emission estimates
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that United States net greenhouse gas emissions have declined over the last two decades and are no…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Methane pollution from US oil and gas infrastructure causes more climate change than the entire economies of all but seven nations on earth.
(This is with methane's climate impacts conservatively evaluated over a 100-year time frame. Evaluated over shorter time frames, methane's impacts are worse.)
(This is with methane's climate impacts conservatively evaluated over a 100-year time frame. Evaluated over shorter time frames, methane's impacts are worse.)
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Hours after I first posted this article, I was told that several VA nurses who are members of AFGE will attend the union’s annual legislative conference in Washington next week to raise the issue of kicking the National Border Patrol Council out of AFGE and the AFL-CIO. I hope they succeed.
NEW: Alex Pretti, a VA nurse, was murdered by a member of his own federal union. Can AFGE kick out the Border Patrol like it did to ICE in 2022?
Alex Pretti, a VA nurse, was murdered by a member of his own union
AFGE represents VA nurses as well as the masked agents of the Border Patrol roaming the streets of Minneapolis. It kicked ICE out in 2022. Cop unions are a malicious presence in the AFL-CIO.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Hours after I first posted this article, I was told that several VA nurses who are members of AFGE will attend the union’s annual legislative conference in Washington next week to raise the issue of kicking the National Border Patrol Council out of AFGE and the AFL-CIO. I hope they succeed.
I think about this video a lot. youtu.be/za_Tmt9rSGI?...
Border Patrol agents vandalize life-saving water in the Arizona desert
YouTube video by No More Deaths
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February 1, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I think about this video a lot. youtu.be/za_Tmt9rSGI?...
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1/ BREAKING: Government documents reviewed by ProPublica identify Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa, 43, and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez, 35, as the two who fired their weapons during the deadly encounter with Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:12 PM
1/ BREAKING: Government documents reviewed by ProPublica identify Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa, 43, and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez, 35, as the two who fired their weapons during the deadly encounter with Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
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the protests are feeling more spontaneous and organic and abundant which, to me, seems like a strong sign of sea change
January 31, 2026 at 10:37 PM
the protests are feeling more spontaneous and organic and abundant which, to me, seems like a strong sign of sea change
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Hundreds gathered in front of Congressman Mike Turner’s office this weekend, protesting federal immigration enforcement policies and calling for the abolition of ICE. | WDTN
youtu.be/Iz-wyV7OTd4
youtu.be/Iz-wyV7OTd4
Hundreds protest ICE in Dayton
YouTube video by WDTNTV
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January 31, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Hundreds gathered in front of Congressman Mike Turner’s office this weekend, protesting federal immigration enforcement policies and calling for the abolition of ICE. | WDTN
youtu.be/Iz-wyV7OTd4
youtu.be/Iz-wyV7OTd4
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I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
January 31, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
Yeah, they HATE a certain type of veteran. The type that upholds their oath.
1/ Ian Austin has since been re-arrested along with Don Lemon, which he believes is bc the video we made of him (below) criticizing the Trump regime and encouraging fellow vets to wake up had gotten millions of views.
It's not just journalists. It's ANYONE. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
It's not just journalists. It's ANYONE. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
January 31, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Yeah, they HATE a certain type of veteran. The type that upholds their oath.
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Just because they want to build a detention center doesn’t mean they can build a detention center.
January 30, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Just because they want to build a detention center doesn’t mean they can build a detention center.
Something is shifting.
I've been following the BC news on this story and its been really surreal to see public pressure and union organizing sway the decision of a billionaire.
Turns out that you can simply chose not to sell your warehouse and prevent it from becoming a detention center
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
January 30, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Something is shifting.
"The legislation would eliminate 287(g) agreements, barring state and local police from acting as federal agents or using taxpayer-funded resources or personnel to carry out federal civil immigration enforcement." cc: @abigailspanberger.com
Keeping New Yorkers Safe: Governor Hochul Introduces the Local Cops, Local Crimes Act to Stop ICE from Co-Opting Local Law Enforcement
Governor Hochul announced the introduction of comprehensive legislation to protect New Yorkers, strengthen constitutional safeguards, and prohibit local law enforcement from being deputized by ICE for...
www.governor.ny.gov
January 30, 2026 at 11:04 PM
"The legislation would eliminate 287(g) agreements, barring state and local police from acting as federal agents or using taxpayer-funded resources or personnel to carry out federal civil immigration enforcement." cc: @abigailspanberger.com
And since this is a thread now, here's more background and coverage.
Hanover County facility sought by ICE is no longer for sale
Updated Jan. 30: Jim Pattison Developments says "the transaction ... will not be proceeding."
www.vpm.org
January 30, 2026 at 7:50 PM
And since this is a thread now, here's more background and coverage.
Update: "The proposed deal caused backlash in B.C. and drew criticism from the leader of the B.C. Green Party, who called for a boycott of Pattison's Save-On-Foods grocery stores."
Jim Pattison won't sell U.S. warehouse proposed as new ICE facility | CBC News
Jim Pattison Developments has announced it will not sell an industrial building in Ashland, Va., that was set to be turned into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility.
www.cbc.ca
January 30, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Update: "The proposed deal caused backlash in B.C. and drew criticism from the leader of the B.C. Green Party, who called for a boycott of Pattison's Save-On-Foods grocery stores."
They really think we're that fucking stupid.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation fun…
www.kget.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:34 AM
They really think we're that fucking stupid.
"More than 170 people, many residents of Hanover or other counties in the Richmond area, signed up to speak during the public comment portion of the meeting, and hundreds more gathered outside of the meeting area to protest ICE’s proposal."
Massive crowd celebrates Hanover’s pushback against proposed ICE facility just north of Henrico line
Even in the frigid cold, a crowd of nearly 1,000 people packed the Hanover County Government building and overflowed outside Jan. 28, holding its collective breath while waiting for a statement from t...
www.henricocitizen.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:45 AM
"More than 170 people, many residents of Hanover or other counties in the Richmond area, signed up to speak during the public comment portion of the meeting, and hundreds more gathered outside of the meeting area to protest ICE’s proposal."
Please list all of the reforms you think will convince this rampaging paramilitary death squad to stop murdering people on camera, Charles.
The Senate is scheduled to take the first procedural vote on a funding package including DHS funding tomorrow.
Let me be clear: Until ICE is properly reined in and overhauled, the DHS funding bill won’t have the votes to pass the Senate.
Let me be clear: Until ICE is properly reined in and overhauled, the DHS funding bill won’t have the votes to pass the Senate.
January 28, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Please list all of the reforms you think will convince this rampaging paramilitary death squad to stop murdering people on camera, Charles.
Hell yes.
Amid growing calls for the abolition of ICE, Rep. Delia Ramirez is calling for the entire DHS to be dismantled. Highlighting how much experience the officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti had, Ramirez said, “DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”
House Democrat Says Abolishing ICE Isn’t Enough — DHS Must Go, Too
“The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights,” said Rep. Delia C. Ramirez.
truthout.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Hell yes.
Homan's List should be every last one of us.
Lots of people are taking it as read that the Trump administration is backing down, but this is the guy they are sending in to run things.
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
January 27, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Homan's List should be every last one of us.
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NEW: A federal judge in Minnesota orders Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to appear IN PERSON this Friday and explain why he shouldn't be held in contempt.
"The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
"The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 27, 2026 at 11:58 AM
NEW: A federal judge in Minnesota orders Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to appear IN PERSON this Friday and explain why he shouldn't be held in contempt.
"The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
"The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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I don't keep doomers in my feed but since apparently some folks do: "celebrate each and every win, loudly" is Organizing 101
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 AM
I don't keep doomers in my feed but since apparently some folks do: "celebrate each and every win, loudly" is Organizing 101
Looking at 8-10 more days of this.
January 27, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Looking at 8-10 more days of this.
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This is a more direct link for Victor Manuel Diaz's fundraiser to help his mother repatriate his body to Nicaragua. The total is still only at $2,859. PayPal-friendly payment.
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January 27, 2026 at 12:20 AM
This is a more direct link for Victor Manuel Diaz's fundraiser to help his mother repatriate his body to Nicaragua. The total is still only at $2,859. PayPal-friendly payment.
www.facebook.com/share/p/16Cd...
www.facebook.com/share/p/16Cd...
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Staff at 211 Greater Twin Cities United Way, a line that connects Minnesotans with resources, report calls have increased more than 1,600 percent. Calls requesting rent assistance more than tripled in mid-January. Local officials are pushing for an eviction moratorium.
Hotline operators report flood of calls for rental assistance as residents hide during ICE surge
211 calls from Spanish-speakers have increased more than 1,600 percent and requests for rental assistance have more than tripled, according to Greater Twin Cities United Way. Local officials are pushi...
www.mprnews.org
January 26, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Staff at 211 Greater Twin Cities United Way, a line that connects Minnesotans with resources, report calls have increased more than 1,600 percent. Calls requesting rent assistance more than tripled in mid-January. Local officials are pushing for an eviction moratorium.