Erin Fitch
@fitchwich.bsky.social
NCFC fan, Literature/Rhetoric teacher since 1998, DMV native
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"But riddle me this: why would Ron Wyden, of all people, send the above letter to the CIA about 'serious concerns' and make it public if the Gang of Eight are already scheduled to review the whistleblower complaint, which would presumably alleviate the present tension?"
"I don’t pretend to know the exact nature of what this letter is regarding, but I’m not gonna lie to you, folks: it has me worried. I am worried."
Sen. Ron Wyden Sends Chilling Letter to CIA
Not great. Really not great.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:42 AM
"But riddle me this: why would Ron Wyden, of all people, send the above letter to the CIA about 'serious concerns' and make it public if the Gang of Eight are already scheduled to review the whistleblower complaint, which would presumably alleviate the present tension?"
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
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I can't quarantine Mr. Sharpie in another room any more because he's figured out he can move the vent covers.
This guy is walking around in the ducts like John fucking McClane.
This guy is walking around in the ducts like John fucking McClane.
February 1, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I can't quarantine Mr. Sharpie in another room any more because he's figured out he can move the vent covers.
This guy is walking around in the ducts like John fucking McClane.
This guy is walking around in the ducts like John fucking McClane.
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In the wake of the horrific ICE killings in Minnesota, many prominent Democrats have called for ICE to wear body cameras. Yesterday, @equalityalec.bsky.social talked to @democracynow.org about how important it is that we don't get distracted by meaningless & counterproductive reforms.
January 28, 2026 at 8:14 PM
In the wake of the horrific ICE killings in Minnesota, many prominent Democrats have called for ICE to wear body cameras. Yesterday, @equalityalec.bsky.social talked to @democracynow.org about how important it is that we don't get distracted by meaningless & counterproductive reforms.
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Some jawdropping CBP crime statistics here...
February 1, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Some jawdropping CBP crime statistics here...
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Personally, I think that anyone who was sending friendly emails back and forth with Jeffrey Epstein or attending events with him post-2008 should be thrown into an active volcano.
January 31, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Personally, I think that anyone who was sending friendly emails back and forth with Jeffrey Epstein or attending events with him post-2008 should be thrown into an active volcano.
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I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
January 31, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
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Oh. Oh no.
January 30, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Oh. Oh no.
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7 pediatric bioethicists: Proposed ban on Medicaid funding for hospitals providing gender-affirming care for minors is deeply unethical. Decisions on gender-affirming care should rest with patients, families, and clinicians. www.statnews.com/2026/01/30/g... via @statnews.com
7 pediatric bioethicists: Proposed ban on Medicaid funding for hospitals providing gender-affirming care for minors is deeply unethical
7 pediatric bioethicists on what’s wrong with the proposed ban on Medicaid funding for hospitals providing gender-affirming care for minors.
www.statnews.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:39 PM
7 pediatric bioethicists: Proposed ban on Medicaid funding for hospitals providing gender-affirming care for minors is deeply unethical. Decisions on gender-affirming care should rest with patients, families, and clinicians. www.statnews.com/2026/01/30/g... via @statnews.com
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tRuMp hAs dEeScAlAtEd
We’re just not a free country.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
January 29, 2026 at 1:16 PM
tRuMp hAs dEeScAlAtEd
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In theater. So they think they’re at war.
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 2:06 PM
In theater. So they think they’re at war.
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Just saw this, and it makes me wonder how you think you should still be in the United States Senate — let alone a Democrat — if you’re going to follow up the first two paragraphs with the third.
This is a dead child, and your response sounds like Al Gore talking about Reinventing Government.
This is a dead child, and your response sounds like Al Gore talking about Reinventing Government.
Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez died in government custody.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
January 28, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Just saw this, and it makes me wonder how you think you should still be in the United States Senate — let alone a Democrat — if you’re going to follow up the first two paragraphs with the third.
This is a dead child, and your response sounds like Al Gore talking about Reinventing Government.
This is a dead child, and your response sounds like Al Gore talking about Reinventing Government.
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i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
January 27, 2026 at 3:15 PM
i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
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The disparities in these numbers are fucking terrible. A quantification of how much more valuable a white and then American life is than an immigrant POC.
Links to fundraisers in thread.
bsky.app/profile/last...
Links to fundraisers in thread.
bsky.app/profile/last...
Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE:
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
January 26, 2026 at 11:25 PM
The disparities in these numbers are fucking terrible. A quantification of how much more valuable a white and then American life is than an immigrant POC.
Links to fundraisers in thread.
bsky.app/profile/last...
Links to fundraisers in thread.
bsky.app/profile/last...
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Here's another crazy one: a daycare worker -- lawfully present in this country -- was arriving at work and ICE kidnapped her IN FRONT OF THE BABIES AT THE DAYCARE!
January 26, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Here's another crazy one: a daycare worker -- lawfully present in this country -- was arriving at work and ICE kidnapped her IN FRONT OF THE BABIES AT THE DAYCARE!
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Oh dang, okay I have a crazy story! So, this U.S. citizen was watching TV in his house, in his underwear (like a lot of us!) and ICE came and BROKE DOWN HIS DOOR WITHOUT A SIGNED JUDICIAL WARRANT AND DRAGGED HIM OUT THE HOUSE IN HIS UNDERS IN SUBZERO TEMPERATURES AND KEPT HIM FOR HOURS.
January 26, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Oh dang, okay I have a crazy story! So, this U.S. citizen was watching TV in his house, in his underwear (like a lot of us!) and ICE came and BROKE DOWN HIS DOOR WITHOUT A SIGNED JUDICIAL WARRANT AND DRAGGED HIM OUT THE HOUSE IN HIS UNDERS IN SUBZERO TEMPERATURES AND KEPT HIM FOR HOURS.
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Okay this one is NUTS: so this mom was dropping her kid off at school and ICE KIDNAPPED HER OUT OF THE DROP OFF LINE IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL
January 26, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Okay this one is NUTS: so this mom was dropping her kid off at school and ICE KIDNAPPED HER OUT OF THE DROP OFF LINE IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL
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Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE:
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
January 26, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE:
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
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I would love to know how many people who were convicted for January 6 are now member ICE
January 25, 2026 at 4:15 AM
I would love to know how many people who were convicted for January 6 are now member ICE
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ICE killing #AlexPretti should remind you of police killing #PhilandoCastille. Both men had concealed weapon permits, did not draw their guns, & were killed in Minn. These homicides are the price of unaccountable policing. These deaths are variations on the same fatal theme.
January 25, 2026 at 4:36 AM
ICE killing #AlexPretti should remind you of police killing #PhilandoCastille. Both men had concealed weapon permits, did not draw their guns, & were killed in Minn. These homicides are the price of unaccountable policing. These deaths are variations on the same fatal theme.
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If they are doing this to white people in broad daylight imagine what they are doing to non-white people in detention facilities.
January 24, 2026 at 11:51 PM
If they are doing this to white people in broad daylight imagine what they are doing to non-white people in detention facilities.
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Imagine what’s happening in the camps.
Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.
January 24, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Imagine what’s happening in the camps.
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ICE did kidnap several witnesses, taking them to the federal building.
January 24, 2026 at 4:53 PM
ICE did kidnap several witnesses, taking them to the federal building.
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Good, stopping the coverup
The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."
Live: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning, police chief says
A video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Good, stopping the coverup
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THIS IS SOMETHING YOU GET TO LEARN IN A SKEET, AND NOT, AS I DID, IN A KAYAK ON LOWER SABAO LAKE IN MAINE, AS ONE SURFACED RIGHT THE FUCK NEXT TO ME.
Moose are great swimmers, can fully submerge for 30+ sec, & dive up to 5m deep! When a moose submerges its head, the difference btwn water pressure & air pressure causes specialized structures w/in moose nostrils to seal the nose! The deeper they dive, the greater the pressure, the tighter the seal!
Quote this skeet with a random fact you love, that brings you joy, I'll start:
Otters have pockets. The skin under their armpits makes a natural fold that they keep things in.
Otters have pockets. The skin under their armpits makes a natural fold that they keep things in.
November 5, 2024 at 5:55 PM
THIS IS SOMETHING YOU GET TO LEARN IN A SKEET, AND NOT, AS I DID, IN A KAYAK ON LOWER SABAO LAKE IN MAINE, AS ONE SURFACED RIGHT THE FUCK NEXT TO ME.