Alicia Butler
@grakl.bsky.social
Fifth generation Texan. Lawyer. Mother. Athlete. 🏳️🌈 Live like you want to be put on their list.
Yuck: #Epstein giving Kenneth Starr tips on how to question Christine Blasey Ford during Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings…using Woody Allen as his case in point. Starr who got booted as president of Baylor U for failing to hold men accountable for on campus rapes.
February 13, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Yuck: #Epstein giving Kenneth Starr tips on how to question Christine Blasey Ford during Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings…using Woody Allen as his case in point. Starr who got booted as president of Baylor U for failing to hold men accountable for on campus rapes.
Rep Henry Cuellar (D-TX) voted for the SAVE act that would disenfranchise millions of voters (mostly women) based on imaginary threats of wide-scale voter fraud. He needs to be (socially & politically) punished. Certainly he shouldn’t be allowed to call himself a Democrat!
February 12, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Rep Henry Cuellar (D-TX) voted for the SAVE act that would disenfranchise millions of voters (mostly women) based on imaginary threats of wide-scale voter fraud. He needs to be (socially & politically) punished. Certainly he shouldn’t be allowed to call himself a Democrat!
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going great already lmfaoo
February 8, 2026 at 11:45 PM
going great already lmfaoo
The ICE agent who shot this Montessori teacher then bragged about it (“5 shots, 7 holes”…mysogyny much?) also turned off his body camera on purpose. We should start treating that like destruction of evidence and presume that what would have been recorded is unfavorable to the agent.
Judge Allows Release of Evidence From Border Patrol Shooting
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:59 PM
The ICE agent who shot this Montessori teacher then bragged about it (“5 shots, 7 holes”…mysogyny much?) also turned off his body camera on purpose. We should start treating that like destruction of evidence and presume that what would have been recorded is unfavorable to the agent.
Texas DPS has installed Flock surveillance cameras in several locations around Austin, such as Lady Bird Lake and Lamar Blvd. This is despite the fact that Flock has been unsuccessful at getting Austin to let the surveil us due to citizen pressure.
February 5, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Texas DPS has installed Flock surveillance cameras in several locations around Austin, such as Lady Bird Lake and Lamar Blvd. This is despite the fact that Flock has been unsuccessful at getting Austin to let the surveil us due to citizen pressure.
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This statement from an eyewitness to the Minnesota murder of Mr. Pretti is gut wrenching, from beginning to end. Please disseminate it as you see fit.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
TincherSealedWitnessDec012426.PDF
www.documentcloud.org
January 25, 2026 at 11:15 AM
This statement from an eyewitness to the Minnesota murder of Mr. Pretti is gut wrenching, from beginning to end. Please disseminate it as you see fit.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 8:07 PM
A federal court had to weigh the detailed sworn testimony of at least 19 witnesses against the affidavit of an ICE official who didn’t personally witness anything & whose testimony conflicted with the videos. Injunction followed. The regime’s lies just can’t carry the day in court.
Order on Motion for TRO – #85 in Tincher v. Noem (D. Minnesota, 0:25-cv-04669) – CourtListener.com
ORDER granting in part and denying in part 16 Motion for Preliminary Injunction. (Written Opinion) Signed by Judge Katherine M. Menendez on 1/16/2026. (Entered: 01/16/2026)
storage.courtlistener.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:05 AM
A federal court had to weigh the detailed sworn testimony of at least 19 witnesses against the affidavit of an ICE official who didn’t personally witness anything & whose testimony conflicted with the videos. Injunction followed. The regime’s lies just can’t carry the day in court.
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America is now at the heavily armed secret police doing warrantless door-to-door house raids in search of undesirable ethnicities and/or political dissenters stage. The difference from well known historical cases is down to scale.
A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis
The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway
They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway
They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
January 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
America is now at the heavily armed secret police doing warrantless door-to-door house raids in search of undesirable ethnicities and/or political dissenters stage. The difference from well known historical cases is down to scale.
In all the hubbub, the significance of this change was lost on me because I could only think about how it would affect law practice. But it just clicked for me when I read a piece about mail in voting: this is to cut down the number of valid ballots. More vote suppression.
Postmarks no longer prove date of mailing
Just dropping that tax return off at your local post office may no longer be proof that you met the deadline.
www.accountingtoday.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:26 AM
In all the hubbub, the significance of this change was lost on me because I could only think about how it would affect law practice. But it just clicked for me when I read a piece about mail in voting: this is to cut down the number of valid ballots. More vote suppression.
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Ice almost murders six month old infant. Baby requires cpr after ICE attacks family's van.
www.fox9.com/news/childre...
www.fox9.com/news/childre...
North Minneapolis ICE shooting: Children hospitalized after flash bang, tear gas hits van
A family was caught in clashes between protesters and law enforcement during protests in north Minneapolis, leading to three of their six children, including a 6-month-old baby, being hospitalized.
www.fox9.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Ice almost murders six month old infant. Baby requires cpr after ICE attacks family's van.
www.fox9.com/news/childre...
www.fox9.com/news/childre...
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Unlike other businesses in Minneapolis, Starbucks is allowing ICE agents into stores against the concerns of baristas and our community.
That's why our union is taking action. Across Minnesota, baristas are demanding that Starbucks update their guidance around ICE immediately.
That's why our union is taking action. Across Minnesota, baristas are demanding that Starbucks update their guidance around ICE immediately.
January 14, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Unlike other businesses in Minneapolis, Starbucks is allowing ICE agents into stores against the concerns of baristas and our community.
That's why our union is taking action. Across Minnesota, baristas are demanding that Starbucks update their guidance around ICE immediately.
That's why our union is taking action. Across Minnesota, baristas are demanding that Starbucks update their guidance around ICE immediately.
Austinites: last week, APD admitted that officers answered a disturbance call and detained & delivered a Honduran woman and her six year-old US citizen daughter to ICE, because they checked her immigration status & found an administrative warrant. This violated their standing orders…(1/3)
ICE OUT OF ATX - Demand APD stop collaborating with ICE & DHS · Hands Off Central TX - Indivisible
We, undersigned, **call on the City of Austin to protect Austin residents from the violence of ICE and DHS** by immediately prohibiting the Austin Police Department from supporting any attempt by ICE ...
www.mobilize.us
January 14, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Austinites: last week, APD admitted that officers answered a disturbance call and detained & delivered a Honduran woman and her six year-old US citizen daughter to ICE, because they checked her immigration status & found an administrative warrant. This violated their standing orders…(1/3)
The chaos, fear & anger on all sides in Minneapolis are escalating and the administration just pours more gas on the fire: clearly an effort to provoke violent retaliation. MN needs a Portland strategy, intelligent, pointed, joyful & resilient resistance to step outside the fascist framing. (1/3)
January 14, 2026 at 1:35 PM
The chaos, fear & anger on all sides in Minneapolis are escalating and the administration just pours more gas on the fire: clearly an effort to provoke violent retaliation. MN needs a Portland strategy, intelligent, pointed, joyful & resilient resistance to step outside the fascist framing. (1/3)
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Seems like a new intimidation tactic against observers. I haven’t heard or seen reports about this in Chicago.
These peaceful observers I spoke to had ICE show up at their homes in what they see as attempts at intimidation. ICE has somehow been accessing Minnesotans' private data in likely violation of state law, according to privacy advocates.
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Privacy advocates: ICE using private data to intimidate observers and activists
MPR News has looked into reports that federal agents have accessed private data to track and intimidate anti-ICE activists since the immigration crackdown surged in Minnesota in December. Privacy advo...
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January 13, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Seems like a new intimidation tactic against observers. I haven’t heard or seen reports about this in Chicago.
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BREAKING:
We've found 40+ cases of agents using banned chokeholds & other moves that can cut off breathing
People have had seizures. They passed out.
“I felt like I was going to die” said 16-yr-old citizen
Admin won't say whether any agents have been punished
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
We've found 40+ cases of agents using banned chokeholds & other moves that can cut off breathing
People have had seizures. They passed out.
“I felt like I was going to die” said 16-yr-old citizen
Admin won't say whether any agents have been punished
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
January 13, 2026 at 12:06 PM
BREAKING:
We've found 40+ cases of agents using banned chokeholds & other moves that can cut off breathing
People have had seizures. They passed out.
“I felt like I was going to die” said 16-yr-old citizen
Admin won't say whether any agents have been punished
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
We've found 40+ cases of agents using banned chokeholds & other moves that can cut off breathing
People have had seizures. They passed out.
“I felt like I was going to die” said 16-yr-old citizen
Admin won't say whether any agents have been punished
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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They are attacking normal, average people. They want to do this in every city in America.
January 12, 2026 at 2:56 PM
They are attacking normal, average people. They want to do this in every city in America.
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Thank you to The Tennessee Holler for covering what’s happening when much of the media isn’t. They shared video showing a door being kicked in by ICE agents and agents refusing to produce a warrant when asked. Guns drawn and kids in the house.
January 12, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Thank you to The Tennessee Holler for covering what’s happening when much of the media isn’t. They shared video showing a door being kicked in by ICE agents and agents refusing to produce a warrant when asked. Guns drawn and kids in the house.
#ICEOutForGood protest at Austin City Hall
January 10, 2026 at 7:02 PM
#ICEOutForGood protest at Austin City Hall
This man is making a mockery of the FIFA Peace Prize! 🤣😬😢
Trump: "We're there now, but we're going to stay until such time as the pop -- proper transition can take place. So we're gonna stay until such time as -- we're gonna run it essentially."
January 3, 2026 at 6:19 PM
This man is making a mockery of the FIFA Peace Prize! 🤣😬😢
Texans: take a few moments to weigh in on the Texas Dept. of Motor Vehicle’s proposed rule change to require proof of citizenship to register vehicles. See comments for steps to take!
December 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Texans: take a few moments to weigh in on the Texas Dept. of Motor Vehicle’s proposed rule change to require proof of citizenship to register vehicles. See comments for steps to take!
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Scoop: Rep. Eugene Vindman knows what Trump said on a 2019 call with the Saudi Crown Prince about Jamal Khashoggi's killing, and his effort to make it public is about to rachet up.
Tomorrow, Vindman will appear alongside Khossoggi's widow to call on Trump to release the transcript
Tomorrow, Vindman will appear alongside Khossoggi's widow to call on Trump to release the transcript
Exclusive: Congressman Plans New Push For Trump-MBS Transcript
Rep. Eugene Vindman will appear with Jamal Khashoggi's widow to push for release of a "shocking" transcript between Trump and MBS
time.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Scoop: Rep. Eugene Vindman knows what Trump said on a 2019 call with the Saudi Crown Prince about Jamal Khashoggi's killing, and his effort to make it public is about to rachet up.
Tomorrow, Vindman will appear alongside Khossoggi's widow to call on Trump to release the transcript
Tomorrow, Vindman will appear alongside Khossoggi's widow to call on Trump to release the transcript
If you are a UT alumnus, please sign and forward to your UT friends!
University of Texas: Reject the federal government’s “Compact”
The federal government’s “Compact” will put the University of Texas at Austin under political control. Join with Longhorns for Liberty before the Board of Regents meeting on November 19-20 and tell Pr...
alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
If you are a UT alumnus, please sign and forward to your UT friends!
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Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE.
A platform built to connect creators and listeners is helping an authoritarian regime build up its secret police force.
But we’re not going to idly accept that. We’re going to make Spotify listen: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti... #CancelSpotify
A platform built to connect creators and listeners is helping an authoritarian regime build up its secret police force.
But we’re not going to idly accept that. We’re going to make Spotify listen: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti... #CancelSpotify
October 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE.
A platform built to connect creators and listeners is helping an authoritarian regime build up its secret police force.
But we’re not going to idly accept that. We’re going to make Spotify listen: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti... #CancelSpotify
A platform built to connect creators and listeners is helping an authoritarian regime build up its secret police force.
But we’re not going to idly accept that. We’re going to make Spotify listen: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti... #CancelSpotify