Brandon Wu
@brandoncwu.bsky.social
Director of Policy & Campaigns at ActionAid USA and head of international climate justice work. Opinions (especially ones with profanity) are my own.
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This moment in history provides us with incontrovertible evidence that all the conservatives who claim to be extremely devoted to freedom of speech and the right to bear arms, and opposed to the encroachment of tyranny, are completely and totally full of shit.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
January 25, 2026 at 2:03 AM
This moment in history provides us with incontrovertible evidence that all the conservatives who claim to be extremely devoted to freedom of speech and the right to bear arms, and opposed to the encroachment of tyranny, are completely and totally full of shit.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
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Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
January 24, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
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It's time to abolish Trump’s ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 7:26 PM
It's time to abolish Trump’s ICE.
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It has gotten so bad that the @nytimes.com has stopped using the passive voice to describe the violence.
January 24, 2026 at 5:15 PM
It has gotten so bad that the @nytimes.com has stopped using the passive voice to describe the violence.
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Q: The premier of Greenland said today, 'We prefer to stay with Denmark.'
TRUMP: Who said that?
Q: The premier of Greenland
TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.
TRUMP: Who said that?
Q: The premier of Greenland
TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.
January 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Q: The premier of Greenland said today, 'We prefer to stay with Denmark.'
TRUMP: Who said that?
Q: The premier of Greenland
TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.
TRUMP: Who said that?
Q: The premier of Greenland
TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
St CLOUD 😍! Minnesota Nice means FUCK ICE
A crowd of hundreds gathered at a St. Cloud strip mall parking lot to observe more than two dozen ICE officers near some Somali-owned businesses.
📷️: Jenny Berg
📷️: Jenny Berg
January 12, 2026 at 10:06 PM
St CLOUD 😍! Minnesota Nice means FUCK ICE
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This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
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hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:04 AM
hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress
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ICE totaled this car, abducted a woman, and then left it in the middle of Snelling Avenue, one of the busiest streets in the Twin Cities.
This isn’t law and order, this state sanctioned terrorism. It’s fucking disgusting.
This isn’t law and order, this state sanctioned terrorism. It’s fucking disgusting.
January 11, 2026 at 9:23 PM
ICE totaled this car, abducted a woman, and then left it in the middle of Snelling Avenue, one of the busiest streets in the Twin Cities.
This isn’t law and order, this state sanctioned terrorism. It’s fucking disgusting.
This isn’t law and order, this state sanctioned terrorism. It’s fucking disgusting.
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Three Members of Congress showed up to inspect the actions of federal officers in their state and the federal officers drew their weapons?
JUST NOW: Huge mass of agents in a standoff, weapons drawn as Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison attempt to conduct congressional oversight at the Whipple Building, which has been HQ for thousands of ICE agents.
@zeteo.com
@zeteo.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Three Members of Congress showed up to inspect the actions of federal officers in their state and the federal officers drew their weapons?
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if you want to know what it is like in minneapolis, I don’t even have to scroll on facebook to find a horror story. it’s basically my whole feed.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
January 10, 2026 at 2:12 PM
if you want to know what it is like in minneapolis, I don’t even have to scroll on facebook to find a horror story. it’s basically my whole feed.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
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It’s beyond insane that our overarching internal security agency has spent months tweeting barely-coded messages of support for neo-Nazi groups and the entire media apparatus looks at it and says “That’s odd but certainly not part a major story that is relevant to current events, I’m sure”
January 10, 2026 at 3:28 PM
It’s beyond insane that our overarching internal security agency has spent months tweeting barely-coded messages of support for neo-Nazi groups and the entire media apparatus looks at it and says “That’s odd but certainly not part a major story that is relevant to current events, I’m sure”
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those fucking morons destroyed their soul so comprehensively that they cannot understand that this evidence shows a monstrous execution
ah. they all got the memo
xcancel.com/JDVance/stat...
xcancel.com/JDVance/stat...
January 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
those fucking morons destroyed their soul so comprehensively that they cannot understand that this evidence shows a monstrous execution
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Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:
archive.is/ur35j
archive.is/ur35j
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:
archive.is/ur35j
archive.is/ur35j
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Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread)
1. Pat Bagley
1. Pat Bagley
January 9, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread)
1. Pat Bagley
1. Pat Bagley
Appears that ICE shot two more people in Portland. Both survived thankfully. What absolutely bonkers lies are they going to tell about this one? www.portland.gov/police/news/...
Two Shot and Injured by Federal Agents in Hazelwood Neighborhood
Two people are in the hospital following a shooting involving federal agents.
www.portland.gov
January 9, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Appears that ICE shot two more people in Portland. Both survived thankfully. What absolutely bonkers lies are they going to tell about this one? www.portland.gov/police/news/...
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Rochester is under attack right now. They are staging at school bus drop offs. They told Rep. Andy Smith to “get the fuck out” of a parking lot and that they didn’t need warrants.
They are literally parking in the Mayo patient lot to grab people.
They are literally parking in the Mayo patient lot to grab people.
January 8, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Rochester is under attack right now. They are staging at school bus drop offs. They told Rep. Andy Smith to “get the fuck out” of a parking lot and that they didn’t need warrants.
They are literally parking in the Mayo patient lot to grab people.
They are literally parking in the Mayo patient lot to grab people.
Reminder that many of these guys are very likely Proud Boys/right-wing militiamen who jumped at the call to join DHS and get paid to oppress black & brown people. ICE/CBP are criminal organizations (with the budgets of national militaries) and we should think of them as such from here on out.
👉 ICE Abusing Protesters After Murdering Driver 1/7/26
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnfi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnfi...
January 8, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Reminder that many of these guys are very likely Proud Boys/right-wing militiamen who jumped at the call to join DHS and get paid to oppress black & brown people. ICE/CBP are criminal organizations (with the budgets of national militaries) and we should think of them as such from here on out.
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This post lays bare the key Trump–Biden difference.
Trump admin: only weaklings and dupes provide public goods.
Biden admin: no, providing public goods helps us dominate China.
A question rarely asked: is weaponizing public goods into geopolitical conflict good for the public?
Trump admin: only weaklings and dupes provide public goods.
Biden admin: no, providing public goods helps us dominate China.
A question rarely asked: is weaponizing public goods into geopolitical conflict good for the public?
January 8, 2026 at 3:18 PM
This post lays bare the key Trump–Biden difference.
Trump admin: only weaklings and dupes provide public goods.
Biden admin: no, providing public goods helps us dominate China.
A question rarely asked: is weaponizing public goods into geopolitical conflict good for the public?
Trump admin: only weaklings and dupes provide public goods.
Biden admin: no, providing public goods helps us dominate China.
A question rarely asked: is weaponizing public goods into geopolitical conflict good for the public?
Minneapolis schools closed because of the wrong kind of ICE. I feel like a major city keeping kids at home to keep them safe from FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS (who murdered a mom and tear gassed kids at a high school dismissal) should be a bigger story...? 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 2:26 PM
Minneapolis schools closed because of the wrong kind of ICE. I feel like a major city keeping kids at home to keep them safe from FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS (who murdered a mom and tear gassed kids at a high school dismissal) should be a bigger story...? www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
It's hard to think much about Trump pulling the US out of the #UNFCCC while his goons seize foreign heads of state and murder innocent observers at home, but actually it's kind of all connected, right? Our brief statement from @aausa.bsky.social makes the link: www.actionaidusa.org/news/actiona...
ActionAid USA's statement on the U.S. withdrawal of the UNFCCC - ActionAid USA News
Niranjali Amerasinghe, Executive Director of ActionAid USA, said: “The Trump administration’s intention to withdraw from the UNFCCC should be seen as part
www.actionaidusa.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:44 AM
It's hard to think much about Trump pulling the US out of the #UNFCCC while his goons seize foreign heads of state and murder innocent observers at home, but actually it's kind of all connected, right? Our brief statement from @aausa.bsky.social makes the link: www.actionaidusa.org/news/actiona...
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
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what this should make clear to everyone in this country is that it does not matter who you are, there's no "it could never happen to me"
you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
January 7, 2026 at 8:54 PM
what this should make clear to everyone in this country is that it does not matter who you are, there's no "it could never happen to me"
you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
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"You gonna murder someone else? You can't kill us all, Nazis."
ICE agents stopped by protesters after the shooting an observer in Minneapolis, according to witnesse. ICE deployed pepper spray and tear gas.
January 7, 2026 at 5:25 PM
"You gonna murder someone else? You can't kill us all, Nazis."