Don Linn
@donlinn.bsky.social
Books, politics, and things that make me laugh, Never give in.
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No matter how you slice it, ICE’s actions are the preeminent kitchen-table problem for everyone, whether you are balancing your books or sheltering your family from their latest campaign of brutality. trib.al/KVaTqwu
There Is No Bigger Kitchen-Table Issue Than ICE Violence
If Democrats wants to ease the affordability crisis, they’ll campaign on reining in the paramilitary force that’s making everything more expensive.
trib.al
January 26, 2026 at 4:39 AM
No matter how you slice it, ICE’s actions are the preeminent kitchen-table problem for everyone, whether you are balancing your books or sheltering your family from their latest campaign of brutality. trib.al/KVaTqwu
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Dr. William Foege, a leader in the global eradication of smallpox, has died.
Dr. William Foege, leader in smallpox eradication, dies
Dr. William Foege, a leader in the global eradication of smallpox, has died. He was 89. Foege was director of the U.S.
bit.ly
January 26, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Dr. William Foege, a leader in the global eradication of smallpox, has died.
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Outside a Minneapolis hotel is a lone agent, swaying, baffled, with a bloody nose he may have given himself, fumbling with the pin of a smoke grenade, demanding to see the MPD (which weren't there), and trying to hold his gun between his knees.
Can't make this shit up.
Can't make this shit up.
January 26, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Outside a Minneapolis hotel is a lone agent, swaying, baffled, with a bloody nose he may have given himself, fumbling with the pin of a smoke grenade, demanding to see the MPD (which weren't there), and trying to hold his gun between his knees.
Can't make this shit up.
Can't make this shit up.
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Boycott the United States entirely. Don't travel here. Don't buy US goods or services. Don't invest in US companies. Complete total boycott of the United States for as long as it takes.
January 24, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Boycott the United States entirely. Don't travel here. Don't buy US goods or services. Don't invest in US companies. Complete total boycott of the United States for as long as it takes.
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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the seating chart of a nearby theater opening night.
Every screening of Melania is a private screening.
Every screening of Melania is a private screening.
January 26, 2026 at 6:31 AM
the seating chart of a nearby theater opening night.
Every screening of Melania is a private screening.
Every screening of Melania is a private screening.
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Charlie Kirk was not an activist. He didn't make memes & travel the country on his own dime to change hearts & minds. He was bankrolled by a GOP billionaire. Made millions a year doing it. The only homegrown movements the right are hate groups & militias. They don't understand grass roots activism.
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 26, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Charlie Kirk was not an activist. He didn't make memes & travel the country on his own dime to change hearts & minds. He was bankrolled by a GOP billionaire. Made millions a year doing it. The only homegrown movements the right are hate groups & militias. They don't understand grass roots activism.
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Reminder: it's not ok to execute guilty people, either
January 26, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Reminder: it's not ok to execute guilty people, either
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☎️ 202-224-3121
Capitol switchboard
Capitol switchboard
January 26, 2026 at 6:10 AM
☎️ 202-224-3121
Capitol switchboard
Capitol switchboard
Today is the day to call both of your Senators and your representative and demand that they vote against any funding for DHS/ICE in the upcoming omnibus budget bill. Calling has a bigger impact than email so even if their voice mail inbox is full, keep trying. NO MORE DEALS with Republicans on this
January 26, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Today is the day to call both of your Senators and your representative and demand that they vote against any funding for DHS/ICE in the upcoming omnibus budget bill. Calling has a bigger impact than email so even if their voice mail inbox is full, keep trying. NO MORE DEALS with Republicans on this
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As state terror amps up, here's a list of actions you can take now--
a lot of resources
and a list of upcoming virtual trainings on a number of topics:
a lot of resources
and a list of upcoming virtual trainings on a number of topics:
actions to take as ICE intensifies
ways to support MN and your own community
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:22 PM
As state terror amps up, here's a list of actions you can take now--
a lot of resources
and a list of upcoming virtual trainings on a number of topics:
a lot of resources
and a list of upcoming virtual trainings on a number of topics:
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FPS is Federal Protective Services, another agency under the DHS umbrella. They’re supposed to be deployed to protect federal facilities.
This thread is documenting what is happening at a Marriott, where a noise demonstration was underway to protest the presence of ICE/CBP reportedly staying there:
This thread is documenting what is happening at a Marriott, where a noise demonstration was underway to protest the presence of ICE/CBP reportedly staying there:
Minneapolis, MN -
Very developing situation here. FPS agents ran into the hotel. Tear gas deployed. Hotel patrons forced to put their hands up. One agent’s nose bloodied.
Very developing situation here. FPS agents ran into the hotel. Tear gas deployed. Hotel patrons forced to put their hands up. One agent’s nose bloodied.
January 26, 2026 at 5:16 AM
FPS is Federal Protective Services, another agency under the DHS umbrella. They’re supposed to be deployed to protect federal facilities.
This thread is documenting what is happening at a Marriott, where a noise demonstration was underway to protest the presence of ICE/CBP reportedly staying there:
This thread is documenting what is happening at a Marriott, where a noise demonstration was underway to protest the presence of ICE/CBP reportedly staying there:
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“But are there not many Fascists in your country?”
”There are many who do not know they are Fascists, but will find it out when the time comes.”
—Ernest Hemingway, “For Whom the Bell Tolls”
”There are many who do not know they are Fascists, but will find it out when the time comes.”
—Ernest Hemingway, “For Whom the Bell Tolls”
January 25, 2026 at 6:35 AM
“But are there not many Fascists in your country?”
”There are many who do not know they are Fascists, but will find it out when the time comes.”
—Ernest Hemingway, “For Whom the Bell Tolls”
”There are many who do not know they are Fascists, but will find it out when the time comes.”
—Ernest Hemingway, “For Whom the Bell Tolls”
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what did Kyle Rittenhouse bring you smug fuck?
KARL: He was an ICU use who worked for the VA and there's no evidence he brandished the gun whatsoever
BESSENT: But he brought a gun
KARL: I mean, we do have a Second Amendment
BESSENT: I've been to a protest -- guess what? I didn't bring a gun. I brought a billboard
BESSENT: But he brought a gun
KARL: I mean, we do have a Second Amendment
BESSENT: I've been to a protest -- guess what? I didn't bring a gun. I brought a billboard
January 25, 2026 at 6:42 PM
what did Kyle Rittenhouse bring you smug fuck?
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From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.
January 25, 2026 at 1:53 PM
From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.
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The US government is at war against its citizens.
AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
January 24, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The US government is at war against its citizens.
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If you can, hire a local teenager to shovel for you. They have young hearts and clear arteries. Shoveling heavy snow in the bitter cold probably won’t hurt them, but it can hurt us folks over 40.
Repeating: NOW is a good time to shovel if you've switched from snow to sleet. 1-3" of sleet (which is many times heavier than snow) on top of this snow will make it MUCH harder to clear later.
January 25, 2026 at 2:18 PM
If you can, hire a local teenager to shovel for you. They have young hearts and clear arteries. Shoveling heavy snow in the bitter cold probably won’t hurt them, but it can hurt us folks over 40.
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Bookmark that Vice President and future presidential candidate JD Vance retweeted a post that said Alex Pretti was “an assassin who tried to murder federal agents.”
January 25, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Bookmark that Vice President and future presidential candidate JD Vance retweeted a post that said Alex Pretti was “an assassin who tried to murder federal agents.”
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How do Democrats frame their arguments? For this piece, we interviewed a man who covered up a murder.
Trump is unpopular, but how do Democrats frame their arguments for a comeback?
Two veteran politicos, Rahm Emanuel and Gretchen Whitmer, have thoughts
In NPR video interviews. Worth watching on a snowy day.
Two veteran politicos, Rahm Emanuel and Gretchen Whitmer, have thoughts
In NPR video interviews. Worth watching on a snowy day.
January 25, 2026 at 1:40 PM
How do Democrats frame their arguments? For this piece, we interviewed a man who covered up a murder.
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I'm really sick of the "we have to be realistic" people who think that being realistic is bargaining with Kristi Noem and Donald Trump about how many people they get to shoot.
They've already said their answer is anyone they want, unconstrained by the law.
They've already said their answer is anyone they want, unconstrained by the law.
January 25, 2026 at 2:10 PM
I'm really sick of the "we have to be realistic" people who think that being realistic is bargaining with Kristi Noem and Donald Trump about how many people they get to shoot.
They've already said their answer is anyone they want, unconstrained by the law.
They've already said their answer is anyone they want, unconstrained by the law.
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Working people standing shoulder to shoulder can save this country. Proud to come together with Colorado unions outside Palantir yesterday to call out the billionaires profiting off surveillance, kidnapping, and detention.
January 25, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Working people standing shoulder to shoulder can save this country. Proud to come together with Colorado unions outside Palantir yesterday to call out the billionaires profiting off surveillance, kidnapping, and detention.
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Any member of Congress, any leader of a local Indivisible, represents more of the Democratic base than Rahm Emmanuel. If you're presenting him as representing his failed mayoralty and a few big donors, you're just trying to drown out actual Democrats.
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Any member of Congress, any leader of a local Indivisible, represents more of the Democratic base than Rahm Emmanuel. If you're presenting him as representing his failed mayoralty and a few big donors, you're just trying to drown out actual Democrats.
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The smear machine and how it works: Alex Pretti being shot and killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, the Trump administration, backed by right-wing influencers, launched a smear campaign against the victim, labeling him a “terrorist” and a “lunatic.” Pretti, 37, was
The Instant Smear Campaign Against Border Patrol Shooting Victim Alex Pretti
Within minutes of the shooting, the Trump administration and right-wing influencers began disparaged the man shot by a federal immigration officer on Saturday in Minneapolis.
www.wired.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:44 PM
The smear machine and how it works: Alex Pretti being shot and killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, the Trump administration, backed by right-wing influencers, launched a smear campaign against the victim, labeling him a “terrorist” and a “lunatic.” Pretti, 37, was