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DrArchivalGenomics
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🧪ancient DNA sleuth, ex-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Scientist-Archive explorer. Fond of Museums, Madagascar, Mummies, Crocodiles & Conservation. #BeKind ❤️ posts mine (🌏🌍🌎)
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Hi! I study DNA from museum specimens and fossils to see how animals are responding to change in the environment. This is a cave in Madagascar where bones of extinct species can help us in our research #ScienceIsForEveryone #ScienceSelfie
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@miamiherald.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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A Statement From The South Carolina Democratic Party Ahead of the House vote on extending the ACA tax credits
January 7, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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This was murder. Trump is defending a murder, a murder committed on his behalf.

America is not being made safe. It is becoming more dangerous each and every day because Donald Trump is a criminal who commands and encourages others to commit crimes on his behalf—as he has done for years.
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
January 7, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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The woman murdered in cold blood in Minneapolis today by ICE on behalf of Trump was not, as Sec. Noem, a "domestic terrorist." ICE agents were the domestic terrorists here—and they work for her, and ultimately him.
January 7, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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There’s another emergency rally in NYC this morning—9am Foley Square.

Kristi Noem is going to NYC today to hold a press conference. New Yorkers are showing up in mass to tell her to get the f*ck out.

Join @handsoffnyc.bsky.social in the streets. It’s time to get loud and stay loud.
January 8, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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ICE murdered a women today, in broad daylight. The entire administration of our child rapist president stood behind this pile of shit and said it was warranted. The video’s don’t lie.

Have we had enough? Does a relative of yours need to be murdered?

#DefendersOfDemocracy
January 8, 2026 at 5:16 AM
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This isn't a new problem.
ICE initially claimed that the officer was "seriously injured" sustaining "severe injuries" and in "serious condition" but actual body cam footage of the ICE agents now shows that they LIED. The officer himself says it was "nothing major" via Chicago Sun Times: chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
January 7, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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Heinous. We knew it would happen. And it did. A monstrous state-sanctioned thugs are terrorizing our people.
Walz: "Do you have no decency? We have someone dead in their car for no reason whatsoever. I don't want to be right about this, but I said if they do this they're gonna create a chaotic situation where someone innocent is gonna get killed. And they did it."
January 7, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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Please spread the word and join us. Vigil scheduled for 5:00 today at E. 34th Street and Portland Ave S. in Minneapolis for woman murdered by ICE agents.
January 7, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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An ICE officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis. Local officials, including Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, denounced the surge of federal officers in the area.

"This was an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying, getting killed,” Frey said. https://wapo.st/4qOqc0x
January 7, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.

Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
January 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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The victim of today's ICE shooting in Minneapolis has been identified by her mother as Renee Nicole Good, 37.

www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Live: Mother identifies woman shot and killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis
Video of the shooting shows an agent firing at a vehicle as it drives toward him. The governor and Minneapolis mayor called for calm after the incident. ICE said the agent acted defensively.
www.startribune.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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Kristi Noem is a stone-cold liar who has zero credibility.

There is nothing to suggest the shooting of an unarmed woman in Minneapolis was justified.

This heinous killing must be criminally investigated to the full extent of the law.
January 7, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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What happened in Minneapolis today is an inexcusable tragedy. My heart is with the victim's family and loved ones.

One thing is clear: ICE is out of control. We have to listen to local leaders warning that ICE is putting communities in danger.

ICE must leave Minneapolis now.
January 7, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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January 7, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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January 7, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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You have to watch this video. It is the best angle. It is on other platforms. I reposted it on X. I prosecuted and defended hundreds of cases where people were alleged to have used their vehicles as deadly weapons against police. This is not that. bsky.app/profile/bnon...
Bluesky is hiding our post which shows what happened in Minneapolis, even though there's no graphic content (the victim is never shown).

Video evidence shows the public what happened and allows people to form an opinion, which is especially important when officials call it an act of terrorism.
January 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
January 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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January 7, 2026 at 5:20 AM
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🚨🧊✈️ AVELO DUMPS ICE‼️

Shutting down Mesa AZ ICE hub in 3 weeks:

“The program provided short-term benefits but ultimately did not deliver enough consistent and predictable revenue to overcome its operational complexity and costs,” an Avelo Airlines spokesperson said. www.azfamily.com/2026/01/07/a...
Avelo Airlines to end deportation flights from Mesa Gateway Airport
Avelo Airlines says it will close its Mesa Gateway Airport base in the East Valley and end its deportation-flight work for DHS/ICE.
www.azfamily.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:53 AM
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AMEN!
Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
January 7, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
I’m eating lunch, I’m having a panic attack, I’m charging my phone, and then I’m going back out to try and keep my neighborhood safe.
January 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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ICE policy requires the use of bodyworn cameras. Video should be available from every agent who was involved in the death of a citizen in Minneapolis. ICE should release all of that video so the public can have clarity about the Secy's claim the shooting was self defense. www.ice.gov/news/release...
Archived: ICE announces updated policy for body-worn cameras
The policy calls for the use of BWCs in all aspects of ICE enforcement activities conducted by ICE personnel in furtherance of the ICE mission, excluding certain investigative activities. ICE is worki...
www.ice.gov
January 7, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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Bluesky is hiding our post which shows what happened in Minneapolis, even though there's no graphic content (the victim is never shown).

Video evidence shows the public what happened and allows people to form an opinion, which is especially important when officials call it an act of terrorism.
January 7, 2026 at 7:18 PM