Ihor Gowda
ihorgowda.bsky.social
Ihor Gowda
@ihorgowda.bsky.social
writer, editor
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This is what secret police do and repressive regimes.
January 24, 2026 at 3:48 AM
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Do it. I beg you. This madness ends a lot faster if billionaires lose money.
January 24, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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Everyone from the pilots on down needs to be in jail for this shit.
ICE detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis and put the child on a flight to a detention center in Texas, despite a court ordering her release: www.startribune.com/agents-detai...
January 24, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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Minnesota is the best of us.
January 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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Top two articles are about ICE abducting a 5 year old and a 2 year old.

Below that, news about a historically large protest and general strike.

Then articles detailing how ICE lies about their actions and how the White House makes/publishes fake images about the anti-ICE protests.
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
January 24, 2026 at 1:58 AM
January 24, 2026 at 1:41 AM
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You can tell things are going well in America because accounts with names like MovieTVFunZone are posting things like, "THE PIGS ARE KIDNAPPING CHILDREN AND PRIESTS. THE TREE OF LIBERTY DEMANDS TO BE WATERED"
January 23, 2026 at 11:50 PM
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST
Breaking MS NOW:

Aides to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directed the U.S. Attorney's office and FBI agents in Minnesota to shut down the civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good and instead alter it to probe Good for possible criminal liability.
DOJ sought to probe Renee Good for criminal liability, even after her death: Sources
A judge refused an FBI warrant that proposed investigating dead Minnesota mom for suspected assault on an officer.
www.ms.now
January 24, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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Right wing billionaires now control TikTok. It's unsafe.
January 23, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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ICE detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis and put the child on a flight to a detention center in Texas, despite a court ordering her release: www.startribune.com/agents-detai...
January 24, 2026 at 12:29 AM
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in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
January 24, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
bit.ly
January 23, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.

www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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"Oh my gosh, it was so nice to see you! Have a lovely day, fuck ICE!"
"Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!'

- two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest
January 23, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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There are many serious governments in the world.

The US is not one of them.

(There are no penguins in Greenland.)
January 23, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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Breaking NYT:

The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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Monsters
January 23, 2026 at 6:54 PM
absolutely no notes
@audacityofdespair.bsky.social
Love is all around
On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”
January 23, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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The leaders of Albania & Azerbaijan were filmed mocking US Trump for claiming he ended a war between the 2 countries, even though they have never fought each other.

The world thinks that the occupant is a joke.
He’s destroying our country. Congress must act.
January 22, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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it's really good that Oracle bought TikTok, a business that only loses money, at a time when it took on $56bn+ in debt and $240bn in lease obligations for GPUs to rent to OpenAI, a company that will run out of money. This could all have the funniest ending ever
January 23, 2026 at 10:46 PM
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Inspiring.
January 23, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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I didn't say it. The Germans did.
January 23, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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We're not allowed to see the faces of the taxpayer-funded goon squad who is committing crimes in the streets, but the goon squad is allowed to record the faces of taxpayers who have committed no crimes.
“We have a nice little database, & now you’re considered domestic terrorists” says an ICE agent after photographing a civilian who was videotaping them. Posted today by Brian Allen on X. h/t @allenanalysis.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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It would be useful for reporters writing about Trump's silly "Board of Peace" to mention one country that is definitely not a member: the United States.

Trump doesn't have the power. Any international treaty requires the vote of two-thirds of the Senate.
January 23, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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Beyond the insanity of this interaction, we should talk more about how ICE vests all say “police” on them — when they are VERY much NOT police and don’t have actual police powers.

They are federal immigration officers, with highly limited authority.
ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
January 23, 2026 at 7:45 PM