Kyle Blomquist for U.S. Congress
@blomquist4congress.bsky.social
Architect, father, & life-long Yooper running for U.S House in Michigan's 1st District. I believe that your basic needs - healthcare, housing, livable income, etc. - should be treated as human rights. That isn't radical.🌹 blomquistforcongress.com
Nurses know best: your basic needs go neglected while we fund ICE's violent spectacle. Enough is enough.
We're calling on Congress to stop funding ICE and start funding health care. #AbolishICE
February 10, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Nurses know best: your basic needs go neglected while we fund ICE's violent spectacle. Enough is enough.
Join us this Friday in Gaylord for the firstin a series of candidate forums, hosted by Indivisible chapters throughout the U.P. & Northern Michigan!
This will be a moderated, townhall-style event, open to public, with invites extended to all MI-01 Congressional candidates. See you all there!
This will be a moderated, townhall-style event, open to public, with invites extended to all MI-01 Congressional candidates. See you all there!
February 10, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Join us this Friday in Gaylord for the firstin a series of candidate forums, hosted by Indivisible chapters throughout the U.P. & Northern Michigan!
This will be a moderated, townhall-style event, open to public, with invites extended to all MI-01 Congressional candidates. See you all there!
This will be a moderated, townhall-style event, open to public, with invites extended to all MI-01 Congressional candidates. See you all there!
At a bare minimum, the Democratic Party must:
1) Atone for their support of genocide & end aid to Israel
2) Stop allowing billionaires & corporations to determine party outcomes
3) Break with anyone named as a potential predator in the Epstein files
1) Atone for their support of genocide & end aid to Israel
2) Stop allowing billionaires & corporations to determine party outcomes
3) Break with anyone named as a potential predator in the Epstein files
February 10, 2026 at 6:18 PM
At a bare minimum, the Democratic Party must:
1) Atone for their support of genocide & end aid to Israel
2) Stop allowing billionaires & corporations to determine party outcomes
3) Break with anyone named as a potential predator in the Epstein files
1) Atone for their support of genocide & end aid to Israel
2) Stop allowing billionaires & corporations to determine party outcomes
3) Break with anyone named as a potential predator in the Epstein files
Valid work permit. Lived in the U.S. for 20 years. No criminal record. American spouse. In the final stages of a long legal immigration process.
He is a conservative's platonic ideal of coming here "the right way". Yet, he's been in detention for 5 months. Who does this benefit?
He is a conservative's platonic ideal of coming here "the right way". Yet, he's been in detention for 5 months. Who does this benefit?
An Irish immigrant with a valid US work permit has been held in ICE detention in Texas for nearly 5 months despite having no criminal record, the Irish Times reports. Seamus Culleton, who has lived in the US for over 20 years, is married to a US citizen & was in the final stages of a green card...
February 10, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Valid work permit. Lived in the U.S. for 20 years. No criminal record. American spouse. In the final stages of a long legal immigration process.
He is a conservative's platonic ideal of coming here "the right way". Yet, he's been in detention for 5 months. Who does this benefit?
He is a conservative's platonic ideal of coming here "the right way". Yet, he's been in detention for 5 months. Who does this benefit?
50 years of tax breaks, austerity, and privatization has led to this.
The tax breaks are for them. The austerity is for us. And now they own everything that the working class built.
The tax breaks are for them. The austerity is for us. And now they own everything that the working class built.
From 1975 to 2023, $79 trillion in wealth was transferred from the bottom 90% to the top 1%.
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
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Trump, Extreme Wealth Concentration, and Our Societal Crisis | Common Dreams
The US government simply has not done enough to ensure that the livelihoods of all Americans are protected or improved in this new Gilded Age. What it has done is made sure the rich get richer by the ...
www.commondreams.org
February 9, 2026 at 7:16 PM
50 years of tax breaks, austerity, and privatization has led to this.
The tax breaks are for them. The austerity is for us. And now they own everything that the working class built.
The tax breaks are for them. The austerity is for us. And now they own everything that the working class built.
The U.S. blockade is starving the people of Cuba. Conditions are growing more dire by the day. Their misery doesn't make your life in America better. It serves nothing but a twisted, imperialist vendetta.
End the blockade. Lift embargos. Let Cuba live.
End the blockade. Lift embargos. Let Cuba live.
February 9, 2026 at 1:27 PM
The U.S. blockade is starving the people of Cuba. Conditions are growing more dire by the day. Their misery doesn't make your life in America better. It serves nothing but a twisted, imperialist vendetta.
End the blockade. Lift embargos. Let Cuba live.
End the blockade. Lift embargos. Let Cuba live.
The existence of billionaires is not incidental to your life in the working class. Wealth built on exploitation & control is naturally used to exploit & control.
Elon Musk spent $290M on the 2024 election. At $852B, his wealth grows by that much every day or so. Your democracy is a rounding error.
Elon Musk spent $290M on the 2024 election. At $852B, his wealth grows by that much every day or so. Your democracy is a rounding error.
February 8, 2026 at 9:52 PM
The existence of billionaires is not incidental to your life in the working class. Wealth built on exploitation & control is naturally used to exploit & control.
Elon Musk spent $290M on the 2024 election. At $852B, his wealth grows by that much every day or so. Your democracy is a rounding error.
Elon Musk spent $290M on the 2024 election. At $852B, his wealth grows by that much every day or so. Your democracy is a rounding error.
Reposted by Kyle Blomquist for U.S. Congress
Join us for a casual meet up—come say hello and learn more about our chapter and what it means to be part of the largest socialist organization the country.
We will also have petitions circulating for @blomquist4congress.bsky.social, @abdulelsayed.bsky.social, Mop Up MI, and Invest in MI Kids!
We will also have petitions circulating for @blomquist4congress.bsky.social, @abdulelsayed.bsky.social, Mop Up MI, and Invest in MI Kids!
February 8, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Join us for a casual meet up—come say hello and learn more about our chapter and what it means to be part of the largest socialist organization the country.
We will also have petitions circulating for @blomquist4congress.bsky.social, @abdulelsayed.bsky.social, Mop Up MI, and Invest in MI Kids!
We will also have petitions circulating for @blomquist4congress.bsky.social, @abdulelsayed.bsky.social, Mop Up MI, and Invest in MI Kids!
I'm starting to think those tax breaks ain't trickling down, folks.
January saw the most layoffs to start the year since 2009. Hiring was also at the lowest level to start the year since 2009.
Layoffs in January were the highest to start a year since 2009, Challenger says
With the recent narrative centering on a no-hire, no-fire labor market, the data suggests that the layoff part of the equation could be stepping up.
www.cnbc.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:54 PM
I'm starting to think those tax breaks ain't trickling down, folks.
Every single narrative around immigration - from economic impact to crime rate - is so easily disproven.
We should call the prevailing rhetoric what it is: immigration hysteria in service of authoritarianism and an utter waste of resources.
We should call the prevailing rhetoric what it is: immigration hysteria in service of authoritarianism and an utter waste of resources.
Without immigrants, US government public debt at all levels would be at least 205% of GDP—nearly twice its 2023 level, David Bier reports.
Compared to the US-born population, immigrants of every education level reduced the debt-to-GDP ratio from 1994 to 2023.
https://ow.ly/glnB50Y8lqS
Compared to the US-born population, immigrants of every education level reduced the debt-to-GDP ratio from 1994 to 2023.
https://ow.ly/glnB50Y8lqS
February 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Every single narrative around immigration - from economic impact to crime rate - is so easily disproven.
We should call the prevailing rhetoric what it is: immigration hysteria in service of authoritarianism and an utter waste of resources.
We should call the prevailing rhetoric what it is: immigration hysteria in service of authoritarianism and an utter waste of resources.
Love SNOW. Tolerate COLD. Abolish ICE.
February 3, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Love SNOW. Tolerate COLD. Abolish ICE.
Your life should be defined by more than stress, toil, and exploitation. You don't exist to boost the GDP or create shareholder value. You deserve rest and leisure.
Dr Oz: "If we could get the average American to start working a year earlier, right out of high school, or a year later -- not retire -- or work better during their lifetime because they're healthy, it would generate about $3 trillion to the US economy. That would more than remove the debt."
February 3, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Your life should be defined by more than stress, toil, and exploitation. You don't exist to boost the GDP or create shareholder value. You deserve rest and leisure.
Boastfully exporting U.S. tax dollars to fund a genocidal foreign nation.
If the Democratic party has any hope for reconciliation with the American people, this man must be nowhere near party leadership.
If the Democratic party has any hope for reconciliation with the American people, this man must be nowhere near party leadership.
February 2, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Boastfully exporting U.S. tax dollars to fund a genocidal foreign nation.
If the Democratic party has any hope for reconciliation with the American people, this man must be nowhere near party leadership.
If the Democratic party has any hope for reconciliation with the American people, this man must be nowhere near party leadership.
Join us Wednesday evening in Marquette, hosted by NMU College Democrats & Young DSA!
All are welcome. Regardless of your age or political leaning, I want to offer you real representation, answer your questions, and share a bold, positive vision for the U.P. & Northern Michigan.
All are welcome. Regardless of your age or political leaning, I want to offer you real representation, answer your questions, and share a bold, positive vision for the U.P. & Northern Michigan.
February 1, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Join us Wednesday evening in Marquette, hosted by NMU College Democrats & Young DSA!
All are welcome. Regardless of your age or political leaning, I want to offer you real representation, answer your questions, and share a bold, positive vision for the U.P. & Northern Michigan.
All are welcome. Regardless of your age or political leaning, I want to offer you real representation, answer your questions, and share a bold, positive vision for the U.P. & Northern Michigan.
Abolishing ICE is neither radical or politically toxic. It's the moderate, mainstream position of the American public.
New poll — Abolishing ICE continues its historic surge of support.
46% support
43% oppose
80% of Democrats and 15% of Trump voters support abolishing ICE.
Independents are +8 on the question.
46% support
43% oppose
80% of Democrats and 15% of Trump voters support abolishing ICE.
Independents are +8 on the question.
January 29, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Abolishing ICE is neither radical or politically toxic. It's the moderate, mainstream position of the American public.
Reposted by Kyle Blomquist for U.S. Congress
ICE agent in a private chat with colleagues: "Ten versus one and somehow they couldn’t find a way to subdue the guy...They all carry belts and vests with 9,000 pieces of equipment on them and the best they can do is shoot a guy in the back?”
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Exclusive: ICE's Secret Watchlists of Americans
Sparta, Reaper and Grapevine track protesters, their friends (+ others)
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:19 PM
ICE agent in a private chat with colleagues: "Ten versus one and somehow they couldn’t find a way to subdue the guy...They all carry belts and vests with 9,000 pieces of equipment on them and the best they can do is shoot a guy in the back?”
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-secre...
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We have absolutely no need for a $1T military or armed immigration enforcement. None.
Our federal budget priorities have been entirely dominated by post-9/11 national security hysteria. We need to stop legitimizing this madness as normal, necessary, or inescapable.
Our federal budget priorities have been entirely dominated by post-9/11 national security hysteria. We need to stop legitimizing this madness as normal, necessary, or inescapable.
January 28, 2026 at 5:18 PM
We have absolutely no need for a $1T military or armed immigration enforcement. None.
Our federal budget priorities have been entirely dominated by post-9/11 national security hysteria. We need to stop legitimizing this madness as normal, necessary, or inescapable.
Our federal budget priorities have been entirely dominated by post-9/11 national security hysteria. We need to stop legitimizing this madness as normal, necessary, or inescapable.
Well, it looks like TikTok has begun to censor our content, locking anything critical of ICE at 0 views.
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January 26, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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I'm in a border district. My people in the U.P. can't see a doctor or afford housing. Some are living in bitter cold without heat or hope.
D.C. continues to treat this xenophobic immigration hysteria as a legitimate priority while my people's basic needs are forgotten.
That is utterly enraging.
D.C. continues to treat this xenophobic immigration hysteria as a legitimate priority while my people's basic needs are forgotten.
That is utterly enraging.
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
I'm in a border district. My people in the U.P. can't see a doctor or afford housing. Some are living in bitter cold without heat or hope.
D.C. continues to treat this xenophobic immigration hysteria as a legitimate priority while my people's basic needs are forgotten.
That is utterly enraging.
D.C. continues to treat this xenophobic immigration hysteria as a legitimate priority while my people's basic needs are forgotten.
That is utterly enraging.
If they can murder a VA nurse for filming them and use his lawful carrying of a firearm to justify it, then you have neither your 1st or 2nd Amendment rights.
They are nothing but words on yellowed paper and you have forfeited your essential liberties to appease the power of the State.
They are nothing but words on yellowed paper and you have forfeited your essential liberties to appease the power of the State.
January 24, 2026 at 10:23 PM
If they can murder a VA nurse for filming them and use his lawful carrying of a firearm to justify it, then you have neither your 1st or 2nd Amendment rights.
They are nothing but words on yellowed paper and you have forfeited your essential liberties to appease the power of the State.
They are nothing but words on yellowed paper and you have forfeited your essential liberties to appease the power of the State.
Excessive force preceding yet another brutal state execution on American streets. This is what happens when you arm fragile egos with absolute immunity. This is power run amok.
ICE must be torn down to the last brick, not given another $10B to murder us with. Abolish ICE.
ICE must be torn down to the last brick, not given another $10B to murder us with. Abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Excessive force preceding yet another brutal state execution on American streets. This is what happens when you arm fragile egos with absolute immunity. This is power run amok.
ICE must be torn down to the last brick, not given another $10B to murder us with. Abolish ICE.
ICE must be torn down to the last brick, not given another $10B to murder us with. Abolish ICE.
ICE is murdering mothers as the cost of childcare cripples working families.
ICE is kidnapping 5-year-olds as our teachers hold 2nd jobs to pay for classroom supplies.
ICE is assaulting U.S. citizens as our rural hospitals are closing.
These are all connected. Abolish ICE.
ICE is kidnapping 5-year-olds as our teachers hold 2nd jobs to pay for classroom supplies.
ICE is assaulting U.S. citizens as our rural hospitals are closing.
These are all connected. Abolish ICE.
January 22, 2026 at 9:03 PM
ICE is murdering mothers as the cost of childcare cripples working families.
ICE is kidnapping 5-year-olds as our teachers hold 2nd jobs to pay for classroom supplies.
ICE is assaulting U.S. citizens as our rural hospitals are closing.
These are all connected. Abolish ICE.
ICE is kidnapping 5-year-olds as our teachers hold 2nd jobs to pay for classroom supplies.
ICE is assaulting U.S. citizens as our rural hospitals are closing.
These are all connected. Abolish ICE.
They spent 2 years liquidating a concentration camp in Gaza and now the genocidaires are planning a resort on the ruins where people still live despite it all.
This same brutality & moral rot is reflected on American streets now. None of us are free until Palestine is free.
This same brutality & moral rot is reflected on American streets now. None of us are free until Palestine is free.
January 22, 2026 at 9:01 PM
They spent 2 years liquidating a concentration camp in Gaza and now the genocidaires are planning a resort on the ruins where people still live despite it all.
This same brutality & moral rot is reflected on American streets now. None of us are free until Palestine is free.
This same brutality & moral rot is reflected on American streets now. None of us are free until Palestine is free.
"Now is not the time to send the Gestapo to sensitivity training or tweak their SOPs while we pump more and more resources into them...
Now is the time to ABOLISH ICE."
Now is the time to ABOLISH ICE."
January 20, 2026 at 5:14 PM
"Now is not the time to send the Gestapo to sensitivity training or tweak their SOPs while we pump more and more resources into them...
Now is the time to ABOLISH ICE."
Now is the time to ABOLISH ICE."
Who tf wants to live in "show me your papers" America? Half of you have expired proof of reg in the glovebox and leave your deer tags back at the camp.
January 18, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Who tf wants to live in "show me your papers" America? Half of you have expired proof of reg in the glovebox and leave your deer tags back at the camp.