Ivan Hodes
@chugachmtnblues.bsky.social
🌻 We're fighting for our freedom, we shall not be moved
Fighting for our freedom, we shall not be moved
Like a tree that's planted by the water
We shall not be moved 🌻
Fighting for our freedom, we shall not be moved
Like a tree that's planted by the water
We shall not be moved 🌻
Pinned
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Trump’s fundraisers are now using the threat of dispatching ICE against citizens as an email engagement tactic.
January 28, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Trump’s fundraisers are now using the threat of dispatching ICE against citizens as an email engagement tactic.
That's the spirit
Opinion: I’m a lifelong Republican who worked with Dan Sullivan. I’m supporting Mary Peltola for Senate.
There are times in history when loyalty to the flag must come before party loyalty.
www.adn.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:26 AM
That's the spirit
Important note: this child was detained and murdered in 2023, during the Biden administration. Without losing sight of the current administration being vastly worse, ostentatiously cruel immigration inforcement has been a problem for a long time.
Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez died in government custody.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
January 28, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Important note: this child was detained and murdered in 2023, during the Biden administration. Without losing sight of the current administration being vastly worse, ostentatiously cruel immigration inforcement has been a problem for a long time.
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Legitimately a feat of carefully calculated writing to issue a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement of this length without mentioning either (1) the people who perpetrated the Holocaust or (2) the people against whom they perpetrated it
January 28, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Legitimately a feat of carefully calculated writing to issue a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement of this length without mentioning either (1) the people who perpetrated the Holocaust or (2) the people against whom they perpetrated it
Jesus WHAT
Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez died in government custody.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
January 28, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Jesus WHAT
This may be the most repulsive bootlicking by a court Jew I’ve ever seen
January 27, 2026 at 3:38 PM
This may be the most repulsive bootlicking by a court Jew I’ve ever seen
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Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
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Shalom friends,
Need to vent your anger at crimes being carried out across this country by fascists who are violating the constitution and terrorizing our friends and neighbors? SAME. Welcome to the Elder Millennials of Zion Ill-Wishing Hotline: ICE Edition.
JUSTICE, JUSTICE SHALL YOU PURSUE
Need to vent your anger at crimes being carried out across this country by fascists who are violating the constitution and terrorizing our friends and neighbors? SAME. Welcome to the Elder Millennials of Zion Ill-Wishing Hotline: ICE Edition.
JUSTICE, JUSTICE SHALL YOU PURSUE
January 26, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Shalom friends,
Need to vent your anger at crimes being carried out across this country by fascists who are violating the constitution and terrorizing our friends and neighbors? SAME. Welcome to the Elder Millennials of Zion Ill-Wishing Hotline: ICE Edition.
JUSTICE, JUSTICE SHALL YOU PURSUE
Need to vent your anger at crimes being carried out across this country by fascists who are violating the constitution and terrorizing our friends and neighbors? SAME. Welcome to the Elder Millennials of Zion Ill-Wishing Hotline: ICE Edition.
JUSTICE, JUSTICE SHALL YOU PURSUE
Wut
Rep. Allard says she's SICK of the blame for DOT for the road deaths. She says it's due to the lack of leadership at the Anchorage Municipality and all the liberals letting people cross wherever they want.
January 27, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Wut
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Rep. Allard says she's SICK of the blame for DOT for the road deaths. She says it's due to the lack of leadership at the Anchorage Municipality and all the liberals letting people cross wherever they want.
January 27, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Rep. Allard says she's SICK of the blame for DOT for the road deaths. She says it's due to the lack of leadership at the Anchorage Municipality and all the liberals letting people cross wherever they want.
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When I teach Vietnam, I explain that opposition to the war really grew in fits and starts. Some big rallies and visible protests, but also a steady stream of celebrities and ordinary folks breaking with their priors and taking a new stand.
This last month, this last week, feels like a real shift.
This last month, this last week, feels like a real shift.
January 26, 2026 at 10:20 PM
When I teach Vietnam, I explain that opposition to the war really grew in fits and starts. Some big rallies and visible protests, but also a steady stream of celebrities and ordinary folks breaking with their priors and taking a new stand.
This last month, this last week, feels like a real shift.
This last month, this last week, feels like a real shift.
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The execution of Alex Pretti is playing so badly because you can look at his actions and life story - his last act was helping, boy scout, athlete, health care worker to veterans - and compare those to the men who killed him and know which you would want to be your son, brother, father, uncle.
January 26, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The execution of Alex Pretti is playing so badly because you can look at his actions and life story - his last act was helping, boy scout, athlete, health care worker to veterans - and compare those to the men who killed him and know which you would want to be your son, brother, father, uncle.
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We need a thorough, independent investigation into the tragic killing of Alex Pretti, increased Congressional oversight and accountability for ICE, and more funding for local law enforcement in Alaska, where public safety has been underfunded for years.
January 26, 2026 at 8:46 PM
We need a thorough, independent investigation into the tragic killing of Alex Pretti, increased Congressional oversight and accountability for ICE, and more funding for local law enforcement in Alaska, where public safety has been underfunded for years.
it ain’t great but its a hell of A lot more than what Sullivan said
Nothing is more important than the safety of our communities – it’s why I stood up to my own party in Congress to support law enforcement and secure our border. What’s happening right now in the Lower 48 does nothing to make us safer here in Alaska.
January 26, 2026 at 9:06 PM
it ain’t great but its a hell of A lot more than what Sullivan said
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Wow — retired Army general and former commander of 🇺🇸 Special Operations Command Tony Thomas replies to Miller & Hegseth with the execution freeze frame
January 26, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Wow — retired Army general and former commander of 🇺🇸 Special Operations Command Tony Thomas replies to Miller & Hegseth with the execution freeze frame
Letter: Why no more scrutiny of Bronson, Church past statements?
www.adn.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:07 PM
This is wild
pretty wild statement re: Republican Chris Madel drop from race for MN governor:
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
January 26, 2026 at 4:35 PM
This is wild
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oh commuters just found the motherlode of ice agents at a suburban hotel, including, potentially, bovino himself. a bunch of confirmed ICE and CBP cars from the bovino convoy there. spring hill suites in maple grove.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
January 26, 2026 at 3:44 AM
oh commuters just found the motherlode of ice agents at a suburban hotel, including, potentially, bovino himself. a bunch of confirmed ICE and CBP cars from the bovino convoy there. spring hill suites in maple grove.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
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I said what I said about the silly people who say, "But there has to be a path back for MAGA folk!🤡" There has always been a path back. It's never been an issue at all. Many anti-MAGA folk spent some part of their life on the hateful side.
But the path back involves repair. Undoing harm. Like this.
But the path back involves repair. Undoing harm. Like this.
He spent decades bringing the religious right to power. Now he's marching to undo it.
Rev. Rob Schenck spent decades helping build the Religious Right—commingling church and state to advance conservative causes. Now, he says he must confront the damage he helped cause.
Rev. Rob Schenck spent decades helping build the Religious Right—commingling church and state to advance conservative causes. Now, he says he must confront the damage he helped cause.
January 26, 2026 at 4:40 AM
I said what I said about the silly people who say, "But there has to be a path back for MAGA folk!🤡" There has always been a path back. It's never been an issue at all. Many anti-MAGA folk spent some part of their life on the hateful side.
But the path back involves repair. Undoing harm. Like this.
But the path back involves repair. Undoing harm. Like this.
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Jews in Minneapolis are holding a Havdalah service tonight (7:30-8 pm ET) to come together as a Jewish community to find hope and strength in our tradition.
Join them here to separate the sacred from the profane:
templeisrael.zoom.us/j/81682319533
Join them here to separate the sacred from the profane:
templeisrael.zoom.us/j/81682319533
January 24, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Jews in Minneapolis are holding a Havdalah service tonight (7:30-8 pm ET) to come together as a Jewish community to find hope and strength in our tradition.
Join them here to separate the sacred from the profane:
templeisrael.zoom.us/j/81682319533
Join them here to separate the sacred from the profane:
templeisrael.zoom.us/j/81682319533
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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this is it. this is the level. this is the standard for democratic officials. anything less is intolerable.
January 24, 2026 at 9:09 PM
this is it. this is the level. this is the standard for democratic officials. anything less is intolerable.
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I want to be as loud as annoying as possible about the extremely important fact that unless there's literally a gun to your head or the head of a loved one, you always have moral agency. Nobody *makes* you follow orders.
January 24, 2026 at 6:15 PM
I want to be as loud as annoying as possible about the extremely important fact that unless there's literally a gun to your head or the head of a loved one, you always have moral agency. Nobody *makes* you follow orders.
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
Kevin Levin is a historian of Civil War memory and Southern politics whose work I adore, so I was real sad that he blocked me for responding thus to his insistence that it is not the fault of NPS rangers for removing interp panels about slavery that they were ordered to remove.
January 24, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Kevin Levin is a historian of Civil War memory and Southern politics whose work I adore, so I was real sad that he blocked me for responding thus to his insistence that it is not the fault of NPS rangers for removing interp panels about slavery that they were ordered to remove.