@ehappel.bsky.social
Seattleite, teacher, reader, wife, mother, oldster.
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They are defunding and abolishing everything from cancer research to invasive species elimination in the Great Lakes to this. And they’re doing it with hardly a whimper of protest from the same Ds that are boo hooing about we can’t defund ICE, let’s trying making them wear cameras instead.
"This is such a strange decision with no clear rationale. None of it really makes sense.”
NASA quietly ends financial support for planetary science groups
The U.S. space agency will quit funding several independent science advisory groups this year
www.scientificamerican.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:36 AM
They are defunding and abolishing everything from cancer research to invasive species elimination in the Great Lakes to this. And they’re doing it with hardly a whimper of protest from the same Ds that are boo hooing about we can’t defund ICE, let’s trying making them wear cameras instead.
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People can say they didn’t vote for this but people are liars
January 22, 2026 at 2:10 AM
People can say they didn’t vote for this but people are liars
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Call your reps. Let them know that if they vote for ICE funding, you will not vote for them ever again.
Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
So the House is going to vote TOMORROW on the DHS funding bill that includes funding for ICE.
There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.
Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.
24 hours. Go.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.
Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.
24 hours. Go.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
No Funding for ICE Surveillance Tech!
www.fightforthefuture.org
January 22, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Call your reps. Let them know that if they vote for ICE funding, you will not vote for them ever again.
Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
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Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.
January 22, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.
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(centrist Democrat) Hmmm, better give them more money or people will think I don't support our child snatchers.
ICE just abducted a 4-year-old boy in Minneapolis. ICE is using the boy as “bait” to get the mom. Father is also abducted. Absolutely disgusting, horrific, inhuman stuff.
Help. Us. Fight. There is only one right side of history on this.
Help. Us. Fight. There is only one right side of history on this.
January 21, 2026 at 9:21 PM
(centrist Democrat) Hmmm, better give them more money or people will think I don't support our child snatchers.
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January 21, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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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 7:47 PM
8th circuit gives ICE go ahead to use force against peaceful demonstrators, a decision which will immediately lead to injury.
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Every Stephen Miller tantrum and DHS recruitment ad speaks in these existential terms about "defending your culture" to elide the fact that they need people with the courage to wear a mask while interrogating a sixth grader
January 21, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Every Stephen Miller tantrum and DHS recruitment ad speaks in these existential terms about "defending your culture" to elide the fact that they need people with the courage to wear a mask while interrogating a sixth grader
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"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
George Orwell
1984
George Orwell
1984
it's bizarre to see both CNN and CNBC run with chyrons reporting that Trump said he won't "use force" to take Greenland, when the comments in question were clearly a threat to take Greenland by force. How naive are we at this point?
January 21, 2026 at 3:18 PM
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
George Orwell
1984
George Orwell
1984
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Just showed up at the San Antonio immigration court. I’m here as an observer. People are coming here for their required appearances; people following the law.
It’s 8:15am and the place is already swarming with armed ICE officers, waiting to arrest peaceful, legal immigrants.
It’s 8:15am and the place is already swarming with armed ICE officers, waiting to arrest peaceful, legal immigrants.
January 21, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Just showed up at the San Antonio immigration court. I’m here as an observer. People are coming here for their required appearances; people following the law.
It’s 8:15am and the place is already swarming with armed ICE officers, waiting to arrest peaceful, legal immigrants.
It’s 8:15am and the place is already swarming with armed ICE officers, waiting to arrest peaceful, legal immigrants.
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"will europeans hate us even though we're smol beans who didn't vote for him" feels like a really narcissistic discourse even by our unbelievably highly narcissistic standards
January 21, 2026 at 2:15 PM
"will europeans hate us even though we're smol beans who didn't vote for him" feels like a really narcissistic discourse even by our unbelievably highly narcissistic standards
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So is the press pool on this plane or not?
January 21, 2026 at 5:08 AM
So is the press pool on this plane or not?
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uhh....
New pool report: “Pool left AF1 and was in position for President Trump to walk off. But then we were directed back on the same plane and now holding.
Two replacement planes are on tarmac.”
Two replacement planes are on tarmac.”
January 21, 2026 at 5:02 AM
uhh....
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If we all start going "That isn't Donald Trump, that's clearly a body double" I bet we can make everyone in the White House lose their minds within a week. But we have to _commit_ to it.
January 21, 2026 at 4:58 AM
If we all start going "That isn't Donald Trump, that's clearly a body double" I bet we can make everyone in the White House lose their minds within a week. But we have to _commit_ to it.
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you cannot fucking do this to me you cannot tease me like this
January 21, 2026 at 4:53 AM
you cannot fucking do this to me you cannot tease me like this
Anyone making bets out there?
Trump’s AF1 plane returned to JBA due to minor electrical issue. Now their arrival to Zurich is delayed.
Pool ⬇️
Pool ⬇️
January 21, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Anyone making bets out there?
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they shut off the pool camera? what is happening
January 21, 2026 at 4:28 AM
they shut off the pool camera? what is happening
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Try harder gremlins
January 21, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Try harder gremlins
Dang. But they could be lying.
Trump rapid response: "After takeoff, the AF1 crew identified a minor electrical issue. Out of an abundance of caution, AF1 is returning to Joint Base Andrews. The President and team will board a different aircraft and continue on to Switzerland."
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Dang. But they could be lying.
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“I never thought leopards would eat MY face,”sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.
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Farmer voted for Trump in 2024 and complains that China stopped buying American soybeans. He doesn’t know why, doesn’t blame Trump but thinks “someone in Washington dropped the ball”. 🤦🏾♂️
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Farmer voted for Trump in 2024 and complains that China stopped buying American soybeans. He doesn’t know why, doesn’t blame Trump but thinks “someone in Washington dropped the ball”. 🤦🏾♂️
January 20, 2026 at 10:05 PM
“I never thought leopards would eat MY face,”sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.
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Farmer voted for Trump in 2024 and complains that China stopped buying American soybeans. He doesn’t know why, doesn’t blame Trump but thinks “someone in Washington dropped the ball”. 🤦🏾♂️
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Farmer voted for Trump in 2024 and complains that China stopped buying American soybeans. He doesn’t know why, doesn’t blame Trump but thinks “someone in Washington dropped the ball”. 🤦🏾♂️
"..: ICE is out every day focusing on the worst of the worst."
January 20, 2026 at 10:20 PM
"..: ICE is out every day focusing on the worst of the worst."
I thought the same thing.
i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
January 20, 2026 at 8:49 PM
I thought the same thing.
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ICE illegally grab a city snow plow driver: "He was detained because of his country of origin. He had every federal authorization. We do a criminal background check of all federal documents."
Sent 1,000 miles to Texas with a serious medical condition. (From Fox 9)
Sent 1,000 miles to Texas with a serious medical condition. (From Fox 9)
January 19, 2026 at 10:58 PM
ICE illegally grab a city snow plow driver: "He was detained because of his country of origin. He had every federal authorization. We do a criminal background check of all federal documents."
Sent 1,000 miles to Texas with a serious medical condition. (From Fox 9)
Sent 1,000 miles to Texas with a serious medical condition. (From Fox 9)
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It's a problem that actual elected officials post on social media as if they are powerless observers and commentators.
January 19, 2026 at 10:14 PM
It's a problem that actual elected officials post on social media as if they are powerless observers and commentators.
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fantastic piece from my colleague @polgreen.bsky.social that gets at something i have been thinking about. what, exactly, is the administration's strategic goal in minnesota? what does "victory" look like for trump and miller?
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:41 PM
fantastic piece from my colleague @polgreen.bsky.social that gets at something i have been thinking about. what, exactly, is the administration's strategic goal in minnesota? what does "victory" look like for trump and miller?