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Resist. Life in America is about to get a lot harder on all fronts. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. Our country is run by sadists.
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Anti-voting activists and Republican county officials dubiously alleged that a number of noncitizens were illegally registered to vote in Michigan, despite the state’s top election official telling Democracy Docket there’s a good chance the data is being misinterpreted.
GOPers, anti-voting activists spread misinformation about Michigan’s voter rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Anti-voting activists and Republican county officials dubiously alleged that a number of noncitizens were illegally registered to vote in Michigan, despite the state’s top election official telling Democracy Docket there’s a good chance the data is being misinterpreted.
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Last July, ProPublica documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts and former ICE insiders say was rarely used before President Trump began his second term:
“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a…
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January 18, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Last July, ProPublica documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts and former ICE insiders say was rarely used before President Trump began his second term:
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WATCH: Student Kenneth Santizo captured ICE and FBI officers stopping a family on their way to church in the Boston suburbs last May.
Agents broke the window, forced Daniel Flores-Martinez to his knees and slammed him to the ground while his children and his wife, a U.S. citizen, sobbed in the car.
Agents broke the window, forced Daniel Flores-Martinez to his knees and slammed him to the ground while his children and his wife, a U.S. citizen, sobbed in the car.
January 18, 2026 at 6:00 PM
WATCH: Student Kenneth Santizo captured ICE and FBI officers stopping a family on their way to church in the Boston suburbs last May.
Agents broke the window, forced Daniel Flores-Martinez to his knees and slammed him to the ground while his children and his wife, a U.S. citizen, sobbed in the car.
Agents broke the window, forced Daniel Flores-Martinez to his knees and slammed him to the ground while his children and his wife, a U.S. citizen, sobbed in the car.
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A Northwest Sider is breaking a birding record again — this time with a rare whooping crane sighting. blockclubchi.co/4qpAswk
January 18, 2026 at 6:00 PM
A Northwest Sider is breaking a birding record again — this time with a rare whooping crane sighting. blockclubchi.co/4qpAswk
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This juxtaposed against the Noem/miller/homan/vance/Trump response tells you all you need to know.
When DHS's official feed rhapsodized about 100 million deportations, that was a message to defenders of immigrants. Ask yourself this: Why haven't officials done more to assure us that there won't be more Renee Good-type killings?
(h/t @jamellebouie.net)
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
(h/t @jamellebouie.net)
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
January 17, 2026 at 3:26 PM
This juxtaposed against the Noem/miller/homan/vance/Trump response tells you all you need to know.
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In the last 18 days alone:
- Two men in ICE custody have killed themselves (jails are supposed to protect against this)
- Two men died of cardiac-related issues
- One man was reportedly choked to death by a guard
- One man died of fentanyl withdrawal (family question the medical care provided)
- Two men in ICE custody have killed themselves (jails are supposed to protect against this)
- Two men died of cardiac-related issues
- One man was reportedly choked to death by a guard
- One man died of fentanyl withdrawal (family question the medical care provided)
A third immigrant held at Camp East Montana has died, reportedly by suicide. Victor Manuel Díaz was detained in Minnesota. He is the sixth migrant to die since Jan. 1 in ICE detention.
My story:
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
My story:
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
January 18, 2026 at 5:40 PM
In the last 18 days alone:
- Two men in ICE custody have killed themselves (jails are supposed to protect against this)
- Two men died of cardiac-related issues
- One man was reportedly choked to death by a guard
- One man died of fentanyl withdrawal (family question the medical care provided)
- Two men in ICE custody have killed themselves (jails are supposed to protect against this)
- Two men died of cardiac-related issues
- One man was reportedly choked to death by a guard
- One man died of fentanyl withdrawal (family question the medical care provided)
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Meet Virginia
The Virginia legislature today passed four constitutional amendments, all by day 3 of 2026 session:
—protect abortion rights
—repeal the same-sex marriage ban
—allow mid-decade redistricting
—greatly expand voting rights restoration.
These will all go to 2026 referendums.
—protect abortion rights
—repeal the same-sex marriage ban
—allow mid-decade redistricting
—greatly expand voting rights restoration.
These will all go to 2026 referendums.
January 18, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Meet Virginia
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My Greenland prediction:
1.) The U.S. won't attack.
2.) It won't attack because it was stopped.
3.) It being stopped will be used to tar people urgent about it being stopped as hysterics
1.) The U.S. won't attack.
2.) It won't attack because it was stopped.
3.) It being stopped will be used to tar people urgent about it being stopped as hysterics
January 18, 2026 at 5:21 PM
My Greenland prediction:
1.) The U.S. won't attack.
2.) It won't attack because it was stopped.
3.) It being stopped will be used to tar people urgent about it being stopped as hysterics
1.) The U.S. won't attack.
2.) It won't attack because it was stopped.
3.) It being stopped will be used to tar people urgent about it being stopped as hysterics
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Houston Texans’ Azeez Al-Shaair has reportedly been fined $11,593 for wearing eye black that contained the message "stop the genocide”
The report says he was fined for violating NFL uniform and equipment rules
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
The report says he was fined for violating NFL uniform and equipment rules
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
January 18, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Houston Texans’ Azeez Al-Shaair has reportedly been fined $11,593 for wearing eye black that contained the message "stop the genocide”
The report says he was fined for violating NFL uniform and equipment rules
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
The report says he was fined for violating NFL uniform and equipment rules
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
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@normornstein.bsky.social Can you please tell others like @larrysabato.bsky.social (there's many others) that when they are not posting on Bluesky they are missing out on 1000s of people who have totally abandoned Meta & X. There's a whole bunch of us.
January 18, 2026 at 3:33 PM
@normornstein.bsky.social Can you please tell others like @larrysabato.bsky.social (there's many others) that when they are not posting on Bluesky they are missing out on 1000s of people who have totally abandoned Meta & X. There's a whole bunch of us.
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Abigail Spanberger has officially been sworn in as governor of Virginia.
She is their first woman governor in history.
BIG CONGRATS TO ABIGAIL! 😎✨
She is their first woman governor in history.
BIG CONGRATS TO ABIGAIL! 😎✨
January 18, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Abigail Spanberger has officially been sworn in as governor of Virginia.
She is their first woman governor in history.
BIG CONGRATS TO ABIGAIL! 😎✨
She is their first woman governor in history.
BIG CONGRATS TO ABIGAIL! 😎✨
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It's like they don't think they CAN lose a SCOTUS case
it’s like they’re trying to lose the tariff SCOTUS case
WELKER: What is the national emergency that justifies this new slate of tariffs?
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
January 18, 2026 at 3:27 PM
It's like they don't think they CAN lose a SCOTUS case
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Trump’s foreign policy is all about enriching his family & rich friends. It was his billionaire donor Ron Lauder, who has investments in Greenland, who told him to buy it.
Now Trump risks the NATO alliance & war with Europe to pad his friend’s pockets.
We can’t let that happen.
Now Trump risks the NATO alliance & war with Europe to pad his friend’s pockets.
We can’t let that happen.
January 17, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Trump’s foreign policy is all about enriching his family & rich friends. It was his billionaire donor Ron Lauder, who has investments in Greenland, who told him to buy it.
Now Trump risks the NATO alliance & war with Europe to pad his friend’s pockets.
We can’t let that happen.
Now Trump risks the NATO alliance & war with Europe to pad his friend’s pockets.
We can’t let that happen.
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Trump has done in a single year what it took Hitler…what? 10 years to do? Please tell me we don’t need a world war to stop him and his fascist regime, do we?
#notoverreacting
#notoverreacting
January 18, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Trump has done in a single year what it took Hitler…what? 10 years to do? Please tell me we don’t need a world war to stop him and his fascist regime, do we?
#notoverreacting
#notoverreacting
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From 2023: “I believe it’s possible (non-profit operator Nancy New) and John Davis would use federal grant money for Prevacus,” Brett Favre wrote in one text.
Brett Favre, Partner Sought Trump’s Help Funding Drug Company Named In TANF Scandal
Phil Bryant’s texts reveal that Brett Favre and his partner sought Trump's help in funding a drug company named in the TANF scandal.
www.mississippifreepress.org
January 10, 2026 at 6:54 PM
From 2023: “I believe it’s possible (non-profit operator Nancy New) and John Davis would use federal grant money for Prevacus,” Brett Favre wrote in one text.
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This is just the latest in the unfolding saga of the Mississippi welfare scandal.
John Davis also directed millions to Brett Favre, including to build a volleyball stadium at USM (where his daughter was a volleyball player at the time) and to a drug company Favre was heavily invested in.
John Davis also directed millions to Brett Favre, including to build a volleyball stadium at USM (where his daughter was a volleyball player at the time) and to a drug company Favre was heavily invested in.
In-Depth: How Brett Favre Got $6 Million in Welfare For A Volleyball Stadium
Brett Favre pushed the governor and a non-profit operator to fund an $8 million volleyball stadium. Millions came from TANF welfare funds.
www.mississippifreepress.org
January 10, 2026 at 6:50 PM
This is just the latest in the unfolding saga of the Mississippi welfare scandal.
John Davis also directed millions to Brett Favre, including to build a volleyball stadium at USM (where his daughter was a volleyball player at the time) and to a drug company Favre was heavily invested in.
John Davis also directed millions to Brett Favre, including to build a volleyball stadium at USM (where his daughter was a volleyball player at the time) and to a drug company Favre was heavily invested in.
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Trump is currently instigating an international conflict that could lead to war with Europe and a domestic conflict that could lead to a civil war in Minnesota.
Nobody wants any of this. It’s madness.
Republicans in Congress meekly express “concern” then abdicate their oaths to let it happen.
Nobody wants any of this. It’s madness.
Republicans in Congress meekly express “concern” then abdicate their oaths to let it happen.
January 18, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Trump is currently instigating an international conflict that could lead to war with Europe and a domestic conflict that could lead to a civil war in Minnesota.
Nobody wants any of this. It’s madness.
Republicans in Congress meekly express “concern” then abdicate their oaths to let it happen.
Nobody wants any of this. It’s madness.
Republicans in Congress meekly express “concern” then abdicate their oaths to let it happen.
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Still hard to believe that there are videos and witnesses to someone shooting a woman in the face three times. Yet the shooter has not been arrested even though the police know who and where he is.
January 17, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Still hard to believe that there are videos and witnesses to someone shooting a woman in the face three times. Yet the shooter has not been arrested even though the police know who and where he is.
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This is important & revealing. Gallego is from AZ. He ran to the right of Dems in 2024 on immigration. The fact he's saying this speaks volumes. He sees where the public is on ICE. Tear it down. Build another non-police-state-freak-show immigration enforcement agency.
Arizona’s @gallego.senate.gov : "I think ICE needs to be totally torn down… People want immigration enforcement that goes after criminals, not the goon squad that has come from Stephen Miller and Trump."
January 18, 2026 at 5:25 PM
This is important & revealing. Gallego is from AZ. He ran to the right of Dems in 2024 on immigration. The fact he's saying this speaks volumes. He sees where the public is on ICE. Tear it down. Build another non-police-state-freak-show immigration enforcement agency.
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“Abolish ICE” isn’t radical, it doesn’t go far enough.
Latest in @theguardian.com written with my friend @victorerikray.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Latest in @theguardian.com written with my friend @victorerikray.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Abolishing ICE isn’t enough – it’s time to center people’s humanity | Heba Gowayed and Victor Ray
It’s far from radical to reject a system predicated on violence – despite what thinktanks might claim
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:33 PM
“Abolish ICE” isn’t radical, it doesn’t go far enough.
Latest in @theguardian.com written with my friend @victorerikray.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Latest in @theguardian.com written with my friend @victorerikray.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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fwiw these are unionized hotels and their local sent a formal request to employers not to accept ICE bookings or allow ICE to use their facilities www.facebook.com/share/p/1aV9...
ICE agents at a hotel in St. Paul woke up this morning to news that they’re getting kicked out of their hotel today at noon.
January 18, 2026 at 5:26 PM
fwiw these are unionized hotels and their local sent a formal request to employers not to accept ICE bookings or allow ICE to use their facilities www.facebook.com/share/p/1aV9...
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I know she hasn’t passed the bar yet but based on this I feel confident that Kim Kardashian knows more about the 4th Amendment than the [*checks notes*] United States Department of Homeland Security
January 18, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I know she hasn’t passed the bar yet but based on this I feel confident that Kim Kardashian knows more about the 4th Amendment than the [*checks notes*] United States Department of Homeland Security
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The "Academy of Fine Arts Vienna today unexpectedly offered Trump a place to study painting. Although he claims he never applied, the president now has to consider whether to continue his political career or pursue a dazzling career as a respected artist." 🤣 😉 www.der-postillon.com/2026/01/wien...
Wiener Kunstakademie bietet Donald Trump Studienplatz an
Wien (dpo) - Die renommierte Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien hat Donald Trump heute überraschend einen Studienplatz für Malerei angeboten. Obwohl e
www.der-postillon.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:08 PM
The "Academy of Fine Arts Vienna today unexpectedly offered Trump a place to study painting. Although he claims he never applied, the president now has to consider whether to continue his political career or pursue a dazzling career as a respected artist." 🤣 😉 www.der-postillon.com/2026/01/wien...
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A Venezuelan couple came to Jane Graupman’s office sobbing over unknown fate of their son who had been taken away by agents. “They were getting ready for work and all of a sudden their house was surrounded by men with drawn guns saying ‘It’s just some paperwork… www.twincities.com/2026/01/18/5...
January 18, 2026 at 5:09 PM
A Venezuelan couple came to Jane Graupman’s office sobbing over unknown fate of their son who had been taken away by agents. “They were getting ready for work and all of a sudden their house was surrounded by men with drawn guns saying ‘It’s just some paperwork… www.twincities.com/2026/01/18/5...