Desiree Weber
@desireeweber.bsky.social
Political theorist at the College of Wooster — books, bikes, hikes and kittens — observing whatever it is that we make of this here world
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This is absolutely something to watch and has the potential to be a critical turning point. Regardless of what you think of US law enforcement, they are acutely aware of when their legitimacy is being threatened, and ICE has done more damage to them in the past year than anything I've ever seen.
checking in as a far left cop-hater to say yes local pd has been cool with the foot patrol & watches i've done, proactively cool, nicer than any cop has ever been. my read is that ICE is making their jobs harder & more stressful & they hate that/they see this resistance as "normal" vs loony leftists
January 26, 2026 at 5:54 AM
This is absolutely something to watch and has the potential to be a critical turning point. Regardless of what you think of US law enforcement, they are acutely aware of when their legitimacy is being threatened, and ICE has done more damage to them in the past year than anything I've ever seen.
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My old college classmate, a part-time TikTok influencer, just openly wondered on Instagram whether something's wrong with her TikTok algorithm.
TikTok's sale to the Ellisons has been finalized. The best time to delete the app from your phones was yesterday; the second-best time to do it is now.
TikTok's sale to the Ellisons has been finalized. The best time to delete the app from your phones was yesterday; the second-best time to do it is now.
This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
January 26, 2026 at 2:05 AM
My old college classmate, a part-time TikTok influencer, just openly wondered on Instagram whether something's wrong with her TikTok algorithm.
TikTok's sale to the Ellisons has been finalized. The best time to delete the app from your phones was yesterday; the second-best time to do it is now.
TikTok's sale to the Ellisons has been finalized. The best time to delete the app from your phones was yesterday; the second-best time to do it is now.
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Dass die Trump-Regierung so offensiv weiter lügt, obschon die Videos vom Tod Alex Prittis das Gegenteil zeigen, wird selbst zur dezisionistischen Geste: Gerade weil die Lüge für jeden so offensichtlich ist, beharrt man auf ihr - um zu zeigen, dass man es kann.
January 25, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Dass die Trump-Regierung so offensiv weiter lügt, obschon die Videos vom Tod Alex Prittis das Gegenteil zeigen, wird selbst zur dezisionistischen Geste: Gerade weil die Lüge für jeden so offensichtlich ist, beharrt man auf ihr - um zu zeigen, dass man es kann.
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Immigration is a fake problem. We have politicians on the one hand who want to use immigrants as scapegoats for our real ones and politicians on the other who are too cowardly to stand against them and tell the truth. That is the entire situation. Until that changes, people will continue to die.
January 24, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Immigration is a fake problem. We have politicians on the one hand who want to use immigrants as scapegoats for our real ones and politicians on the other who are too cowardly to stand against them and tell the truth. That is the entire situation. Until that changes, people will continue to die.
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"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 PM
"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
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Western countries are hitting refugees twice: they are making it harder to claim asylum *and* they are cutting aid to troubled regions.
I went to Sudan, the world's worst humanitarian situation, where the UN refugee agency has had to cut half its staff. Please have a read: as.ft.com/r/df593f1e-e...
I went to Sudan, the world's worst humanitarian situation, where the UN refugee agency has had to cut half its staff. Please have a read: as.ft.com/r/df593f1e-e...
Adapt, shrink or die: the global crisis in humanitarian aid
[FREE TO READ] On the road in Sudan with the UN’s outgoing High Commissioner for Refugees
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January 25, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Western countries are hitting refugees twice: they are making it harder to claim asylum *and* they are cutting aid to troubled regions.
I went to Sudan, the world's worst humanitarian situation, where the UN refugee agency has had to cut half its staff. Please have a read: as.ft.com/r/df593f1e-e...
I went to Sudan, the world's worst humanitarian situation, where the UN refugee agency has had to cut half its staff. Please have a read: as.ft.com/r/df593f1e-e...
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Vigil Held for Alex Pretti, Second Person Killed by Federal Agents in Minneapolis
Pretti was an intensive care nurse with the Veterans Affairs. He was fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday. He's the 2nd person killed by feds this month: unicornriot.ninja/2026/federal...
Pretti was an intensive care nurse with the Veterans Affairs. He was fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday. He's the 2nd person killed by feds this month: unicornriot.ninja/2026/federal...
January 25, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Vigil Held for Alex Pretti, Second Person Killed by Federal Agents in Minneapolis
Pretti was an intensive care nurse with the Veterans Affairs. He was fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday. He's the 2nd person killed by feds this month: unicornriot.ninja/2026/federal...
Pretti was an intensive care nurse with the Veterans Affairs. He was fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday. He's the 2nd person killed by feds this month: unicornriot.ninja/2026/federal...
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If you’re not from here, I need to explain this execution was on Eat Street, a commercial corridor of restaurants and coffee shops that literally everyone goes to. Normies, queermos, weirdos, neighborhood folks. Whatever that place is in your city, imagine ICE executing someone in cold blood there.
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
If you’re not from here, I need to explain this execution was on Eat Street, a commercial corridor of restaurants and coffee shops that literally everyone goes to. Normies, queermos, weirdos, neighborhood folks. Whatever that place is in your city, imagine ICE executing someone in cold blood there.
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A long-underappreciated component of "Do not obey in advance" is that doing so often not only makes you look like a coward and a fool, but also results in considerable unnecessary work.
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges. This leaves in place a federal judge's ruling that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. (Via AP) apnews.com/article/dei-... #ncpol #nced
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges
The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colle...
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January 25, 2026 at 9:56 AM
A long-underappreciated component of "Do not obey in advance" is that doing so often not only makes you look like a coward and a fool, but also results in considerable unnecessary work.
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I spent the last year writing a book about the ridiculous demands of what it means to be masculine. But a guy who takes care of people who served our country, asks a woman “are you ok?” When she is in distress and looks out for his vulnerable neighbors seems like a pretty good role model for a man.
January 25, 2026 at 4:23 AM
I spent the last year writing a book about the ridiculous demands of what it means to be masculine. But a guy who takes care of people who served our country, asks a woman “are you ok?” When she is in distress and looks out for his vulnerable neighbors seems like a pretty good role model for a man.
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[NYT Opinion-Gifted article]: M. Gessen, State Terror Has Arrived, Jan. 24, 2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:22 AM
[NYT Opinion-Gifted article]: M. Gessen, State Terror Has Arrived, Jan. 24, 2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
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I was having a low grade panic attack most of the day, but I countered it by walking some stuff over to the community fridge.
If you’re also feeling helpless, I recommend doing something similar on a local level. It’s not gonna fix the world, but helping your neighbors is a great lil start.
If you’re also feeling helpless, I recommend doing something similar on a local level. It’s not gonna fix the world, but helping your neighbors is a great lil start.
January 25, 2026 at 7:12 AM
I was having a low grade panic attack most of the day, but I countered it by walking some stuff over to the community fridge.
If you’re also feeling helpless, I recommend doing something similar on a local level. It’s not gonna fix the world, but helping your neighbors is a great lil start.
If you’re also feeling helpless, I recommend doing something similar on a local level. It’s not gonna fix the world, but helping your neighbors is a great lil start.
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Staatlicher Terror gegen die eigene Bevölkerung, anschließend darüber lügen - mit Demokratie hat das nichts zu tun.
www.zdfheute.de/politik/ausl...
www.zdfheute.de/politik/ausl...
Tödlicher ICE-Einsatz in Minneapolis: Videos widersprechen Notwehr-Darstellung
Nach einem tödlichen ICE-Einsatz in Minneapolis erhebt die Familie Vorwürfe gegen die US-Regierung. Videos stellen die Notwehr-Version infrage.
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January 25, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Staatlicher Terror gegen die eigene Bevölkerung, anschließend darüber lügen - mit Demokratie hat das nichts zu tun.
www.zdfheute.de/politik/ausl...
www.zdfheute.de/politik/ausl...
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If this is what they do when they're out on the street with people pointing cameras at them, what do you think is happening inside the ICE prison camps that they keep denying Members of Congress access to?
January 25, 2026 at 7:20 AM
If this is what they do when they're out on the street with people pointing cameras at them, what do you think is happening inside the ICE prison camps that they keep denying Members of Congress access to?
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ICE and CBP are beyond reform and must be abolished. Their crimes must be prosecuted.
DHS must be broken up and its remaining agencies sent back to the departments from which they came.
ICE and CBP must leave our cities and towns. They must leave Minnesotans alone. They must get out.
DHS must be broken up and its remaining agencies sent back to the departments from which they came.
ICE and CBP must leave our cities and towns. They must leave Minnesotans alone. They must get out.
January 24, 2026 at 4:39 PM
ICE and CBP are beyond reform and must be abolished. Their crimes must be prosecuted.
DHS must be broken up and its remaining agencies sent back to the departments from which they came.
ICE and CBP must leave our cities and towns. They must leave Minnesotans alone. They must get out.
DHS must be broken up and its remaining agencies sent back to the departments from which they came.
ICE and CBP must leave our cities and towns. They must leave Minnesotans alone. They must get out.
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Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
January 24, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
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The CBP agent pushes a woman onto the ground and peppers sprays her, the man is trying to protect her from them and help her up, which they respond to by pepper spraying him, tackling him, and then shooting him from behind. It’s one of the most upsetting things I’ve ever seen happen in America
January 24, 2026 at 7:36 PM
The CBP agent pushes a woman onto the ground and peppers sprays her, the man is trying to protect her from them and help her up, which they respond to by pepper spraying him, tackling him, and then shooting him from behind. It’s one of the most upsetting things I’ve ever seen happen in America
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UPDATE: @startribune.com reports that state records show Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old U.S. Citizen executed by ICE agents this morning in Minneapolis, was issued a nursing license in 2021, and it remains active through March 2026.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Live: Federal agents shot and killed Minneapolis man; DHS officials say he was armed
A bystander video shows several agents wrestling with the man on a city sidewalk moments before the shooting. Police chief Brian O’Hara issued a plea for calm as protesters gathered at the scene: “Ple...
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:04 PM
UPDATE: @startribune.com reports that state records show Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old U.S. Citizen executed by ICE agents this morning in Minneapolis, was issued a nursing license in 2021, and it remains active through March 2026.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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The official policy of the government of the United States of America is that they will murder anyone they want, that they will tell any lie necessary to justify that murder, and that no one who resists them has any rights they are bound to respect.
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January 24, 2026 at 7:18 PM
The official policy of the government of the United States of America is that they will murder anyone they want, that they will tell any lie necessary to justify that murder, and that no one who resists them has any rights they are bound to respect.
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Why is Dem leadership not on the ground in MN? If the answer is “polls show Trump’s disapproval is only -15 on deportations, but -25 on prices,” thats a Bad Use Of Polling and a complete failure in their capacity as leaders to lead public opinion and fight for democracy and the rule of law
January 24, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Why is Dem leadership not on the ground in MN? If the answer is “polls show Trump’s disapproval is only -15 on deportations, but -25 on prices,” thats a Bad Use Of Polling and a complete failure in their capacity as leaders to lead public opinion and fight for democracy and the rule of law
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And I’ll vouch for @margaret.bsky.social. Her judgment can be trusted.
You know me I don't share fundraisers unless I can tell you I trust them with my whole heart and my own wallet. This one gets protective gear to legal observers in Minneapolis / Saint Paul
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January 24, 2026 at 6:39 PM
And I’ll vouch for @margaret.bsky.social. Her judgment can be trusted.
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The amount of money that is currently going to fund immigration enforcement in the US is larger than the military budgets of every country in the world other than the US and China. We are witnessing a military assault on American cities by a wildly unpopular governing party.
January 24, 2026 at 6:06 PM
The amount of money that is currently going to fund immigration enforcement in the US is larger than the military budgets of every country in the world other than the US and China. We are witnessing a military assault on American cities by a wildly unpopular governing party.
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We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
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This is about immigration enforcement like Montgomery was about transit policy
Federal agents once again fire flash bangs and tear gas into the crowd of protesters to push them back
January 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
This is about immigration enforcement like Montgomery was about transit policy
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Republicans: everyone must be able to carry any gun at all times,
up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny
also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street
up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny
also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street
January 24, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Republicans: everyone must be able to carry any gun at all times,
up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny
also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street
up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny
also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street