Dreaming Beetle
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A scientist with an art habit. I like big data and posting articles and comments that I think are important. I use data from #USGS #NOAA #NASA #CMIP6 #LibraryofCongress #Smithsonian #NIH #NIAID #DOE #GEBCO #Hydrosheds to promote #Science and #SciArt
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They are sending more armed forces to harass the local PTOs who are just trying to protect kids and other community members from being kidnapped
That's the story and it should be on every damn front page in the country
That's the story and it should be on every damn front page in the country
January 21, 2026 at 6:17 PM
They are sending more armed forces to harass the local PTOs who are just trying to protect kids and other community members from being kidnapped
That's the story and it should be on every damn front page in the country
That's the story and it should be on every damn front page in the country
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I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
![May 12, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR: All ICE Personnel
FROM: Todd Lyons Acting Director
SUBJECT: Utilizing Form I-205, Warrant of Removal
On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to "ensur[e] the successful enforcement of final orders of removal." 90 Fed. Reg. 8443, 8444 (Jan. 20, 2025) (E.O. 14159). Essential to the removal of aliens subject to final orders of removal is the ability to locate and arrest them. To this end, certain supervisory immigration officers within both Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are authorized to issue an administrative warrant, Form I-205, Warrant of Removal (Form 1-205), for the arrest of an alien with a final order of removal. 8 C.F.R. § 241.2(a)(1). All U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and deportation officers are authorized to execute Forms 1-205. 8 C.F.R. § 287.5(e)(3)(iii) - (y)
Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose. Accordingly, in light of this legal determination, ICE immigration officers may arrest and detain aliens subject to a final under of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), or a U.S.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifrzrvaszfhj4bzhgtyvx3fm6ht4kc2zrwtvozijyxl3zxgp7vx6a@jpeg)
January 21, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
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The man with the nuclear codes wants to annex a key ally…and he can’t even remember which one it is. It’s time to take away the car keys.
Trump is now confusing Greenland and Iceland: "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."
January 21, 2026 at 11:42 PM
The man with the nuclear codes wants to annex a key ally…and he can’t even remember which one it is. It’s time to take away the car keys.
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This is insane. Insane that it's happening. Insane that these good folks need to do it in the first place. And insane that no one in power is helping them one iota.
Neighborhood watch is taking on a new form in Minneapolis and other cities under occupation by federal immigration agents: ICE Watch.
These folks, who're tailing federal agents as they make arrests, are passionate, determined, and just about everywhere—and ICE is getting frustrated.
These folks, who're tailing federal agents as they make arrests, are passionate, determined, and just about everywhere—and ICE is getting frustrated.
Meet the Minneapolis neighbors standing up to ICE by the thousands
Local resistance is "growing exponentially," says Defend the 612's Andrew Fahlstrom.
www.motherjones.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:07 PM
This is insane. Insane that it's happening. Insane that these good folks need to do it in the first place. And insane that no one in power is helping them one iota.
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End Qualified Immunity now. Hold the ICE officer who blocked aid accountable for Renee Good’s death.
January 21, 2026 at 10:45 PM
End Qualified Immunity now. Hold the ICE officer who blocked aid accountable for Renee Good’s death.
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it doesn't matter if you don't want to have this fight, it doesn't even matter if it's not politically optimal to have this fight
the fight is here and sitting it out is not an option
if you can't see that get out of the way
the fight is here and sitting it out is not an option
if you can't see that get out of the way
To quote one source:
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
prospect.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:43 PM
it doesn't matter if you don't want to have this fight, it doesn't even matter if it's not politically optimal to have this fight
the fight is here and sitting it out is not an option
if you can't see that get out of the way
the fight is here and sitting it out is not an option
if you can't see that get out of the way
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Our constituents are being surveilled, threatened, tear gassed, shot, subjected to warrantless arrest, kidnapped, and disappeared. 35 people have died in detention in ICE’s deadliest year yet.
ICE’s terror and violence need to end.
ICE’s terror and violence need to end.
January 21, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Our constituents are being surveilled, threatened, tear gassed, shot, subjected to warrantless arrest, kidnapped, and disappeared. 35 people have died in detention in ICE’s deadliest year yet.
ICE’s terror and violence need to end.
ICE’s terror and violence need to end.
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A wild thing about stays is that, yes, this is usually how it works. No explanation need be given for rendering ineffectual a district judge's extensively reasoned opinion finding that absent an injunction, lawless things will likely happen.
8th circuit gives ICE go ahead to use force against peaceful demonstrators, a decision which will immediately lead to injury.
US appeals court pauses lower court order restraining immigration agents' use of force against Minnesota protesters
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals paused a lower court's order on Wednesday that had restrained federal immigration agents' use of force against peaceful protesters.
www.reuters.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:33 PM
A wild thing about stays is that, yes, this is usually how it works. No explanation need be given for rendering ineffectual a district judge's extensively reasoned opinion finding that absent an injunction, lawless things will likely happen.
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Just saw on KARE 11 that this boy was sent to a detainment facility in Texas and that his family didn't know his whereabouts for almost 24 hours.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Just saw on KARE 11 that this boy was sent to a detainment facility in Texas and that his family didn't know his whereabouts for almost 24 hours.
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In a sign of how explosive ICE knew this secret memo would be, one whistleblower says he was only allowed to read the memo and was barred from taking written notes, and warned that employees had been punished for disagreeing.
At least one ICE instructor resigned rather than teach the illegal memo!
At least one ICE instructor resigned rather than teach the illegal memo!
January 21, 2026 at 10:29 PM
In a sign of how explosive ICE knew this secret memo would be, one whistleblower says he was only allowed to read the memo and was barred from taking written notes, and warned that employees had been punished for disagreeing.
At least one ICE instructor resigned rather than teach the illegal memo!
At least one ICE instructor resigned rather than teach the illegal memo!
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This is the Trump administration trashing the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution in pursuit of its mass deportation agenda.
Worse, a footnote to this memo suggest they won't even rule out authorizing home invasions with no judicial warrant for people not even ordered removed!
Worse, a footnote to this memo suggest they won't even rule out authorizing home invasions with no judicial warrant for people not even ordered removed!
January 21, 2026 at 10:22 PM
This is the Trump administration trashing the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution in pursuit of its mass deportation agenda.
Worse, a footnote to this memo suggest they won't even rule out authorizing home invasions with no judicial warrant for people not even ordered removed!
Worse, a footnote to this memo suggest they won't even rule out authorizing home invasions with no judicial warrant for people not even ordered removed!
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ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
January 21, 2026 at 10:09 PM
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
lawless thugs.
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 11:42 PM
lawless thugs.
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We are building and financing a corrupt detention/industrial complex. It’s human trafficking, and it has to end.
January 21, 2026 at 9:45 PM
We are building and financing a corrupt detention/industrial complex. It’s human trafficking, and it has to end.
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1/21/2026 - Minneapolis
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
January 21, 2026 at 8:42 PM
1/21/2026 - Minneapolis
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
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BREAKING: Magistrate judge halts government's access to devices/data seized from Wash Post reporter Hannah Natanson in leak probe, sets Feb. 6 hearing on newspaper's request for return. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
#18 in United States v. 313 South Royal Street, Alexandria, VA (E.D. Va., 1:26-sw-00054) – CourtListener.com
1. The Court GRANTS the Motion for a Standstill Order. 2. The government must preserve but must not review any of the materials that law enforcement seized pursuant to search warrants the Court issued...
storage.courtlistener.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:12 PM
BREAKING: Magistrate judge halts government's access to devices/data seized from Wash Post reporter Hannah Natanson in leak probe, sets Feb. 6 hearing on newspaper's request for return. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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This declaration from WaPo journalist Hannah Natanson describing what the FBI took is utterly devastating.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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January 21, 2026 at 7:44 PM
This declaration from WaPo journalist Hannah Natanson describing what the FBI took is utterly devastating.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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103 days into the "ceasefire." Hours after Netanyahu joined Trump's "Board of Peace."
Israeli forces just killed 3 more journalists.
They were on assignment to film a camp in Gaza, to document the plight of Palestinians displaced by Israeli bombs.
Instead, Israel killed them.
Israeli forces just killed 3 more journalists.
They were on assignment to film a camp in Gaza, to document the plight of Palestinians displaced by Israeli bombs.
Instead, Israel killed them.
January 21, 2026 at 5:28 PM
103 days into the "ceasefire." Hours after Netanyahu joined Trump's "Board of Peace."
Israeli forces just killed 3 more journalists.
They were on assignment to film a camp in Gaza, to document the plight of Palestinians displaced by Israeli bombs.
Instead, Israel killed them.
Israeli forces just killed 3 more journalists.
They were on assignment to film a camp in Gaza, to document the plight of Palestinians displaced by Israeli bombs.
Instead, Israel killed them.
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went almost 3 and a half minutes without feeling blind anger at some new form of senseless, wanton destruction. thankfully this came along
The Trump administration is bending the rules to open up the deep sea to commercial mining for the first time.
Trump is steamrolling global calls for a moratorium on deep-sea mining
It wants to greenlight mining outside of US national jurisdiction.
www.theverge.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:18 PM
went almost 3 and a half minutes without feeling blind anger at some new form of senseless, wanton destruction. thankfully this came along
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I don’t think people understand how hard it is to find an issue that polls in the single digits. It’s close to impossible.
January 20, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I don’t think people understand how hard it is to find an issue that polls in the single digits. It’s close to impossible.
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Scenes from occupied Minneapolis: "3 SUVs ICE officers driving down 21st to 42nd street. The ice officer rolled down his window and took a photo of me and said 'I got you motherfucker'. I am just a home owner going outside to see what was going on."
January 21, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Scenes from occupied Minneapolis: "3 SUVs ICE officers driving down 21st to 42nd street. The ice officer rolled down his window and took a photo of me and said 'I got you motherfucker'. I am just a home owner going outside to see what was going on."
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What words come to mind for Europeans when asked about Donald Trump and the Nobel Peace Prize? "No," "crazy," and the name of a certain German historical figure @jordanklepper.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 6:58 PM
What words come to mind for Europeans when asked about Donald Trump and the Nobel Peace Prize? "No," "crazy," and the name of a certain German historical figure @jordanklepper.bsky.social
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These fucking assholes drove by an elementary school during the short window of morning drop off. They want to intimidate us but all they’re doing is pulling every single parent off the sidelines.
How do you think you’ll feel when the paramilitary drives by your kid’s elementary school in a show of force? I hope you never have to find out.
January 21, 2026 at 4:03 PM
These fucking assholes drove by an elementary school during the short window of morning drop off. They want to intimidate us but all they’re doing is pulling every single parent off the sidelines.