Erica B
@eeekabee.bsky.social
I'm a human just trying to make the world a better place. Writer, artist, lifelong learner, genealogist, USAF veteran, mom.
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Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
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Send this to every veteran you know.
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Send this to every veteran you know.
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Just days after a group of Trump-aligned billionaires officially took over TikTok in the U.S., users reported their videos criticizing ICE and the shooting of Alex Pretti were suppressed or delayed.
The oligarchy is tightening its grip over even more of our media.
Beware.
The oligarchy is tightening its grip over even more of our media.
Beware.
January 27, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Just days after a group of Trump-aligned billionaires officially took over TikTok in the U.S., users reported their videos criticizing ICE and the shooting of Alex Pretti were suppressed or delayed.
The oligarchy is tightening its grip over even more of our media.
Beware.
The oligarchy is tightening its grip over even more of our media.
Beware.
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If a non-citizen neighbor gets kidnapped by ICE, you supposedly have about 4-5 hours to file a habeas petition in Minnesota to prevent ICE from shipping people to Texas. They are moving people that quickly regardless of whether or not they have legal status.
ICE detained hundreds of thousands of people last year, shuttling them between jails and detention centers around the country, limiting access to legal support.
How immigration detainees move around Minnesota and the nation
ICE detained hundreds of thousands of people last year, shuttling them between jails and detention centers around the country, limiting access to legal support.
bit.ly
January 27, 2026 at 5:46 PM
If a non-citizen neighbor gets kidnapped by ICE, you supposedly have about 4-5 hours to file a habeas petition in Minnesota to prevent ICE from shipping people to Texas. They are moving people that quickly regardless of whether or not they have legal status.
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Trump: You can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. It's a very unfortunate thing.
January 27, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Trump: You can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. It's a very unfortunate thing.
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Abolish. ice. 💔
January 27, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Abolish. ice. 💔
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Even though all evidence showed they were wrong, and they could not win the suits they filed, antivaxxers bullied the manufacturer of an effective vaccine for Lyme disease into withdrawing from the market just to avoid their bullying tactics. That was 24 yrs ago & we still don’t have a Lyme vaccine.
This is how anti-vax activism works.
To be clear, the fact that they need the US market is a problem. But the problem isn't vaccines, it's for-profit healthcare.
The tragic part is they'll likely make more money from all the people who catch infectious diseases that turn into chronic diseases.
To be clear, the fact that they need the US market is a problem. But the problem isn't vaccines, it's for-profit healthcare.
The tragic part is they'll likely make more money from all the people who catch infectious diseases that turn into chronic diseases.
January 27, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Even though all evidence showed they were wrong, and they could not win the suits they filed, antivaxxers bullied the manufacturer of an effective vaccine for Lyme disease into withdrawing from the market just to avoid their bullying tactics. That was 24 yrs ago & we still don’t have a Lyme vaccine.
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I guess he just got lucky.
January 27, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I guess he just got lucky.
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Here is a wonderful site that gives you a ground-level view of the slavery exhibits that were removed from the President's House Historic Site yesterday in Philadelphia. #NationalParks tks-vtours.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/PresidentsHo...
The Presidents House
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January 24, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Here is a wonderful site that gives you a ground-level view of the slavery exhibits that were removed from the President's House Historic Site yesterday in Philadelphia. #NationalParks tks-vtours.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/PresidentsHo...
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As a physician who specializes in bleeding, there is ZERO CHANCE that that POS had any sort of internal bleeding.
January 16, 2026 at 12:51 AM
As a physician who specializes in bleeding, there is ZERO CHANCE that that POS had any sort of internal bleeding.
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If anyone was still pretending this isn’t just about excluding trans kids from public life, the Trump administration just opened a Title IX investigation into a Maine school district because a trans student is on a *co-ed* cheerleading squad.
Newport co-ed cheerleading team is at center of Trump transgender athlete crackdownTrump admin focuses on swimming, cheerleading in Maine transgender athlete probes
The U.S. Department of Education announced a slew of Title IX-related investigations this week that include 2 school districts in Maine.
www.pressherald.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:09 AM
If anyone was still pretending this isn’t just about excluding trans kids from public life, the Trump administration just opened a Title IX investigation into a Maine school district because a trans student is on a *co-ed* cheerleading squad.
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Trump’s regime is treating the Declaration’s list of grievances like it’s a checklist
The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain.
Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow.
#NoKings
Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow.
#NoKings
January 14, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Trump’s regime is treating the Declaration’s list of grievances like it’s a checklist
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The thing that really makes Minneapolis different, other than the fact that they straight up murdered someone, is that they've dropped all pretense that this is just about immigration. The state has declared war on its own people, or at least those people who live in cities.
January 14, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The thing that really makes Minneapolis different, other than the fact that they straight up murdered someone, is that they've dropped all pretense that this is just about immigration. The state has declared war on its own people, or at least those people who live in cities.
These from the Declaration of Independence, Grievances # 11, 14, and 15
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grievan...
Also grievance 12: "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grievan...
Also grievance 12: "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power."
January 14, 2026 at 6:01 PM
These from the Declaration of Independence, Grievances # 11, 14, and 15
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grievan...
Also grievance 12: "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grievan...
Also grievance 12: "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power."
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This is not the language of the government of a free country.
January 14, 2026 at 1:16 PM
This is not the language of the government of a free country.
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As it happens though, the framers of the US constitution did say it: in the 4th amendment, the 5th, the 10th, etc.
What they didn’t provide for is federal immigration enforcement of any kind, only “a uniform rule of naturalization.” Nor did they give the federal government a plenary police power.
What they didn’t provide for is federal immigration enforcement of any kind, only “a uniform rule of naturalization.” Nor did they give the federal government a plenary police power.
It goes without saying that in the US you’re not supposed to have a masked secret police that snatches people off the streets without knowing if they’ve committed a crime. That’s about as basic a requirement for a democracy as exists.
Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
January 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM
As it happens though, the framers of the US constitution did say it: in the 4th amendment, the 5th, the 10th, etc.
What they didn’t provide for is federal immigration enforcement of any kind, only “a uniform rule of naturalization.” Nor did they give the federal government a plenary police power.
What they didn’t provide for is federal immigration enforcement of any kind, only “a uniform rule of naturalization.” Nor did they give the federal government a plenary police power.
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I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness.
You could be next.
You could be next.
January 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness.
You could be next.
You could be next.
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These barbarians are destroying everything that makes society work. Kids can't go to school, patients can't go to the hospital. We are, in effect, paying them to wreck the basic infrastructure of the country
ICE's "presence is terrifying medical staff and raising concerns about patient care, according to five nurses at HCMC hospital in Minneapolis who asked to remain anonymous for fear of losing their jobs."
Via reporter @ericazurek.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Via reporter @ericazurek.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE agents appear at Twin Cities hospitals, alarming health care workers
Health care workers in the Twin Cities report that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are entering hospitals with detained individuals, leaving some medical staff terrified and concerned ...
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:28 PM
These barbarians are destroying everything that makes society work. Kids can't go to school, patients can't go to the hospital. We are, in effect, paying them to wreck the basic infrastructure of the country
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This has been coming for a long ass time. We've allowed it by turning a blind eye to incremental encroachments that don't affect us directly. This is a deep rooted problem that won't go away just by getting rid of trump or even ice.
January 11, 2026 at 7:32 PM
This has been coming for a long ass time. We've allowed it by turning a blind eye to incremental encroachments that don't affect us directly. This is a deep rooted problem that won't go away just by getting rid of trump or even ice.
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The Supreme Court only cleared the way for Kavanaugh Stops four months ago and ICE now openly engages in violent racial profiling, snatching anyone who looks non-white and treating them as presumptively guilty of a crime. Remarkable how quickly our liberties can be crushed when courts go along.
Can confirm I have personally seen three attempts just today of agents in a convoy of ICE vehicles trying to snatch random POCs along Central Ave - and then being chased off by neighbors with whistles. It's blatant racial profiling.
Minneapolis city council member says POC should stay home:
Minneapolis city council member says POC should stay home:
Dear neighbor,
HIGH ALERT‼️ If you are vulnerable to deportation please stay home today. I’m sorry to say this but it’s not safe to be outside. ICE is tearing families apart.
Children of immigrants please keep your family safe.
Jason Chavez 1/
HIGH ALERT‼️ If you are vulnerable to deportation please stay home today. I’m sorry to say this but it’s not safe to be outside. ICE is tearing families apart.
Children of immigrants please keep your family safe.
Jason Chavez 1/
January 14, 2026 at 4:29 PM
The Supreme Court only cleared the way for Kavanaugh Stops four months ago and ICE now openly engages in violent racial profiling, snatching anyone who looks non-white and treating them as presumptively guilty of a crime. Remarkable how quickly our liberties can be crushed when courts go along.
This is really worth the read, from @perrycarpenter.bsky.social
#DetectingDeception
www.linkedin.com/pulse/age-am...
#DetectingDeception
www.linkedin.com/pulse/age-am...
The Age of Ambient Deception: When persuasion blends into everyday life
As we kick-off 2026, it’s tempting to ask what the next great deception will look like. Sophisticated deepfakes? More convincing voice clones? Multi-stage social engineering campaigns? The 'perfect' p...
www.linkedin.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:37 PM
This is really worth the read, from @perrycarpenter.bsky.social
#DetectingDeception
www.linkedin.com/pulse/age-am...
#DetectingDeception
www.linkedin.com/pulse/age-am...
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My Stop the Presses newsletter calls for more aggressive action by the media to be "radically truthful" and defeat the liars:
/ Correct *every* lie uttered on your platform.
/ Put Trump's remarks on tape delay for proper fact checks.
/ Cut off liars in mid-interview and ban them from your airwaves.
/ Correct *every* lie uttered on your platform.
/ Put Trump's remarks on tape delay for proper fact checks.
/ Cut off liars in mid-interview and ban them from your airwaves.
How to build a radically truthful news outlet
The old ways don’t work. Time to declare war on the liars.
www.stopthepresses.news
January 12, 2026 at 5:21 PM
My Stop the Presses newsletter calls for more aggressive action by the media to be "radically truthful" and defeat the liars:
/ Correct *every* lie uttered on your platform.
/ Put Trump's remarks on tape delay for proper fact checks.
/ Cut off liars in mid-interview and ban them from your airwaves.
/ Correct *every* lie uttered on your platform.
/ Put Trump's remarks on tape delay for proper fact checks.
/ Cut off liars in mid-interview and ban them from your airwaves.
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Literally perfidy everything is dumb and everything is gender
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Literally perfidy everything is dumb and everything is gender
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Wtf. I went to the same type of training and it’s about exercising your constitutional rights. Does that mean I deserve to get shot in the face? For peacefully protesting?!
January 14, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Wtf. I went to the same type of training and it’s about exercising your constitutional rights. Does that mean I deserve to get shot in the face? For peacefully protesting?!