Chris Newman
@cnewman.bsky.social
General Counsel, National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON).
Faculty, UCLA Labor Studies.
Partner and follower of @marjoriegarcia.bsky.social
Vituperative tweeter with a gentle heart
Faculty, UCLA Labor Studies.
Partner and follower of @marjoriegarcia.bsky.social
Vituperative tweeter with a gentle heart
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Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
Shame on @tomsuozzi.bsky.social. This terrible defense of a reprehensible vote accidentally embodies the patheticness of modern Democratic Party. The fact that he thinks his support for CIR excuses him is the best part. The GOP is awful, but against the odds, Dems find a way to be even worse.
January 23, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Shame on @tomsuozzi.bsky.social. This terrible defense of a reprehensible vote accidentally embodies the patheticness of modern Democratic Party. The fact that he thinks his support for CIR excuses him is the best part. The GOP is awful, but against the odds, Dems find a way to be even worse.
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I’m voting hell no today on funding for ICE.
January 22, 2026 at 9:01 PM
I’m voting hell no today on funding for ICE.
Today we joined local leaders in SF to support Asm @ib2real.bsky.social's AB 1537, the No Side Jobs for ICE Act. Our coalition is proud to sponsor this important bill.
www.courthousenews.com/california-b... 1/
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California bill would bar local officers from taking second job with ICE
Supporters of the bill say that California, as a sanctuary state, shouldn't allow its officers to perform immigration enforcement duties.
www.courthousenews.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:36 PM
This has been the Fairbanks News-Miner's editorial page on most days this month.
Fairbanksans are pissed. We don't take kindly to fascists.
Fairbanksans are pissed. We don't take kindly to fascists.
January 22, 2026 at 6:10 AM
"Maybe you missed it...."
A SNL star is born (on a skit that didn't even make it onto the broadcast)....
#ICEoutofMinnesota
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA8O...
A SNL star is born (on a skit that didn't even make it onto the broadcast)....
#ICEoutofMinnesota
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA8O...
Weekend Update: Tommy Brennan on Trump's ICE Deployments in Minnesota - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:06 AM
"Maybe you missed it...."
A SNL star is born (on a skit that didn't even make it onto the broadcast)....
#ICEoutofMinnesota
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA8O...
A SNL star is born (on a skit that didn't even make it onto the broadcast)....
#ICEoutofMinnesota
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA8O...
His 4th of July speech is going to be something else…
Trump: "I was with the 2 best pollsters - McLaughlin & Fabrizio - & they said, 'Sir, George Washington & Abraham Lincoln, if they came back and ran as president and VP, they couldn't beat you.' Then the following day I was told to stay tuned because there's something really bad happening in China."
January 21, 2026 at 4:53 PM
His 4th of July speech is going to be something else…
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It’s not just the ICE terror in Minnesota. This admin is continuing to tear up the borderlands, militarize communities, crush the endangered species, and wall people off from nature while pissing away billions of our tax dollars.
Now they're obliterating one of my favorite places in south Texas:
Now they're obliterating one of my favorite places in south Texas:
January 15, 2026 at 9:16 PM
It’s not just the ICE terror in Minnesota. This admin is continuing to tear up the borderlands, militarize communities, crush the endangered species, and wall people off from nature while pissing away billions of our tax dollars.
Now they're obliterating one of my favorite places in south Texas:
Now they're obliterating one of my favorite places in south Texas:
This is the defining description of our time: Our so-called leaders failing. Leadership is coming from everyday people in the streets.
It is important to acknowledge who is standing up and who is just trying to get by. Every day Americans are standing up while the powerful are mostly standing by.
Why aren't law firms standing up and sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Why aren't the corporations speaking out? Why isn't the media?
Why aren't law firms standing up and sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Why aren't the corporations speaking out? Why isn't the media?
January 21, 2026 at 2:50 AM
This is the defining description of our time: Our so-called leaders failing. Leadership is coming from everyday people in the streets.
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"Almost violently" means nonviolently.
Bovino: "Individuals came in and disrupted almost violently a church service"
January 20, 2026 at 10:40 PM
"Almost violently" means nonviolently.
To make matters worse…
SoCal Day Laborers Increasingly Targeted By Scams, Wage Theft, and Deportation Threats ~ L.A. TACO
"It's not just about always being on alert, but sometimes, if [employers] hire us, they threaten us with ICE so they don't have to pay us," a laborer named José says in Spanish.
lataco.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:17 AM
To make matters worse…
Thanks for clarifying the current** limits of a Kavanaugh Stop.
Now can you clarify what happened to the $50,000 cash in the CAVA bag?
** Litigation still pending despite stay on initial injunction. We will win in the end….
Now can you clarify what happened to the $50,000 cash in the CAVA bag?
** Litigation still pending despite stay on initial injunction. We will win in the end….
Homan: "Let's make it clear: ICE can detain a US citizen if they have probable cause that this person may have committed a crime. A short detainment and questioning, all you need is reasonable suspicion."
January 21, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Thanks for clarifying the current** limits of a Kavanaugh Stop.
Now can you clarify what happened to the $50,000 cash in the CAVA bag?
** Litigation still pending despite stay on initial injunction. We will win in the end….
Now can you clarify what happened to the $50,000 cash in the CAVA bag?
** Litigation still pending despite stay on initial injunction. We will win in the end….
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He's the Acting Field Office Director! His name is a matter of public record!
VAN SUSTEREN: The church -- that's a particularly troubling issue because you got a pastor, I purposely didn't name it, he's reportedly associated with ICE
NOEM: Thank you for not naming him. People don't realize that when you keep naming someone over and over, you increase the threats against them
NOEM: Thank you for not naming him. People don't realize that when you keep naming someone over and over, you increase the threats against them
January 20, 2026 at 11:43 PM
He's the Acting Field Office Director! His name is a matter of public record!
Let’s see how this polls in Peoria….
ICE and CBP officials like Todd Lyons here are hitting TV this afternoon to spread the message that yes, ICE is arresting US citizens
January 21, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Let’s see how this polls in Peoria….
"nostalgia is not a strategy"
This is the best speech, just from a pure rhetoric perspective - its sophistication and persuasiveness - that I've seen a politician deliver in a good long while. Really recommend watching or reading the whole thing.
January 20, 2026 at 11:30 PM
"nostalgia is not a strategy"
Quick informal poll: Who is most prominent immigrant rights proponent in the country among elected officials right now? (At any level of government, but ideally in Washington DC). www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
ICE jumps to center of midterm campaigns
Democrats see an opening to attack Republicans over ICE, but they're facing intraparty divides over whether to rein in the agency — or abolish it completely.
www.politico.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Quick informal poll: Who is most prominent immigrant rights proponent in the country among elected officials right now? (At any level of government, but ideally in Washington DC). www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
A smart move right now would be for Democrats to have their own process identifying and expelling members of their own leadership who actively denied, concealed, and covered-up Biden's obvious infirmity.
Doing this would increase Dem credibility in the #25A fight ahead...
Doing this would increase Dem credibility in the #25A fight ahead...
January 20, 2026 at 7:52 PM
A smart move right now would be for Democrats to have their own process identifying and expelling members of their own leadership who actively denied, concealed, and covered-up Biden's obvious infirmity.
Doing this would increase Dem credibility in the #25A fight ahead...
Doing this would increase Dem credibility in the #25A fight ahead...
[Video] Bruce Springsteen: "ICE should get the f--k out of Minneapolis"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=61E0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=61E0...
RAW: Bruce Springsteen unloads on Trump, ICE at NJ concert
YouTube video by WAAY 31 News
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:09 PM
[Video] Bruce Springsteen: "ICE should get the f--k out of Minneapolis"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=61E0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=61E0...
Neil Postman was right about everything.
January 20, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Neil Postman was right about everything.
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Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
Breaking News: President Trump told Norway’s prime minister that one reason he’s pushing to acquire Greenland is because he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Denied Peace Prize, Trump Tells Norway He’ll Push for Greenland
In a text message, President Trump told Norway’s prime minister he no longer felt obliged to “think purely of Peace” and that the world would not be secure until America controlled the island.
nyti.ms
January 19, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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Trump is privately worried about the "optics" of ICE raids and his advisers are looking for ways to soften them, Axios reports. I'm calling bullshit: The terror and violence cannot be hived off from the broader policy agenda. They are 100% intrinsic to it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
Trump’s Own Advisers Suddenly Unnerved as ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn
So the president doesn’t like the “optics” of what ICE is doing. But there’s no such thing as sanitized, popular mass deportations—and this is by design.
newrepublic.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Trump is privately worried about the "optics" of ICE raids and his advisers are looking for ways to soften them, Axios reports. I'm calling bullshit: The terror and violence cannot be hived off from the broader policy agenda. They are 100% intrinsic to it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
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Thanks to @ndlon.bsky.social for the art that we proudly hang at Benach Pitney Reilly immigration. @cnewman.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Thanks to @ndlon.bsky.social for the art that we proudly hang at Benach Pitney Reilly immigration. @cnewman.bsky.social
Beautiful!!!!
Thanks to @ndlon.bsky.social for the art that we proudly hang at Benach Pitney Reilly immigration. @cnewman.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Beautiful!!!!
Guys this is deranged. The Consultant Democrats are hopeless, utterly incapable of meeting the moment
January 15, 2026 at 7:35 PM