Ihor Gowda
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Ihor Gowda
@ihorgowda.bsky.social
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And a reminder of what Kyle Rittenhouse did in 2020 with his open-carried AR-15 at a protest in Wisconsin that made him a Republican hero, and get Donald Trump’s seal of approval. 2/2
January 26, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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Carney is demonstrating the character we hoped for from business leaders; not leveraging his relationship for profit…but for a greater good.

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January 26, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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From @brianstelter.bsky.social about the shrinking of the Washington Post.

I know all the reasons we can't have it. I will say it anyway. Pressure campaign on Bezos to create an endowment with his wealth, sell the Post to a nonprofit board, and step away completely. Do one great thing and leave.
January 26, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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signs left at alex pretti’s memorial in minneapolis: “i love you so much / i’ll miss you forever” photo with a friend, “i would have done the same. RIP alex,” a stethoscope and “we’ll take it from here, alex” and a tshirt for the minnesota nurses association
January 25, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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Rest in Peace Alex Jeffrey Pretti🙏🏾 The VA ICU Nurses send him off right 💔
January 26, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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A war correspondent who says Minneapolis reminds him most of the Arab Spring, which he witnessed firsthand. Vivid portrait of decentralized resistance in the US, & the persistence of community organizing after George Floyd’s murder & the continued hypernormalization of trauma on our schoolchildren.
This is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:58 AM
People in Philly beat the shit out of each other and burn stuff when they’re *happy* - the relentless insults alone would drive ICE into the Schuylkill River.
imgaine getting sent packing with your ass in your own two hands by some of the nicest people in the world and then showing up in a city that is famous for booing santa claus
January 26, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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This is one of the biggest stories in America, comparable in scale to what’s happening in Minnesota. The largest social media platform is transferred to Trump’s allies and immediately forbids you from saying anything bad about him. Absolutely totalitarian in nature. No different than China.
#TikTok has begun censoring anti-Trump and anti-Ice content
January 26, 2026 at 6:54 AM
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Here's a regular white guy (literally "Chad") not a protester. because, "It seemed pointless, or just a way for people to expiate their sense of guilt." Chad witnessed something shattering. And, that all changed in a moment.

Excellent article!
January 26, 2026 at 4:33 AM
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ICE is leaving Vietnam-style death cards in the wake of their kidnappings because they are the saddest, most embarrassing military wannabes to ever live

coloradosun.com/2026/01/23/a...
January 26, 2026 at 5:35 AM
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Trump is such a transparent asshole but there’s something so evil about how JD Vance hides incredibly callous politics behind that nauseating “well now good sir” faux civility.
January 26, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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"And because we had no assistance from the state of Minnesota, our semi-literate army of misfit goons is obviously now allowed to murder the citizens of that state at will."
Blanche: "Remember, what we all saw in that 10 or second video is not the full story. Every American should know that. The story goes way beyond that. It starts with the fact that literally for months we have received 0 assistance from the state of Minnesota."
January 26, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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Imagine the reaction on the right if federal agents had killed someone under precisely these circumstances and any non-Trump Administration justified it because the person was carrying a concealed licensed handgun.

As every single “conservative” apologist should be asked to address.
January 26, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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Even the conservative Wall St Journal sees that Trump and
Miller’s goons have gone far too far.
“Stephen Miller’s mass deportation methods are turning immigration, an issue Mr. Trump owned in 2024, into a political liability for Republicans in 2026.

Americans don’t want law enforcement shooting people in the street or arresting five-year-old boys.” - WSJ ed board www.wsj.com/opinion/time...
Opinion | Time for ICE to Pause in Minneapolis
Alex Pretti made a mistake, but he wasn’t a ‘domestic terrorist.’
www.wsj.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:55 AM
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Steph Curry on watching the protests from his hotel window: "In negative 10-degree weather. It was beautiful to see that turnout. That speaks to how important people felt to have their voice heard. In those elements and whatever streets outside our hotel, they were out, and it was amazing to watch."
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 AM
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Alex Pretti did not “tragically die. He was murdered.
January 25, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.
January 26, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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Statement by President Clinton
January 26, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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Target Center dunkers wear “ICE OUT” t-shirts
January 26, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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these guys are LARPing like siege commanders talking about "supply lines"

rightoids literally cannot comprehend the idea of a community caring for their own; these people live in Minneapolis their supply line is a five minute drive to the grocery store
January 26, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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i like that every time jd vance tries to tell a story about some awful thing that happened he just sounds like the softest dude on the planet. aw, poor baby, you mean you and your chud friends were locked in a restaurant?
Alex Pretti did not “tragically die. He was murdered.
January 26, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know.

This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
January 25, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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seeing conservatives admit alex pretti was disarmed and need to change their message to “well you know where you won’t get shot? at home” is just an impressive level of pathetic allegiance to their dictator
January 25, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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I would workshop "You mistreated indigenous people so now the United States of America is stepping in"
Waltz: "Denmark has ignored Greenland from a defense standpoint and they have ignored the Greenlandic native iniut people ... if you get a cancer diagnosis in Greenland right now, it's darn near a death sentence. Denmark has not invested in the way it should've over the years."
January 26, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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“Trump does not respond to outrage. He responds to markets.”

@profgalloway.com makes the case for a national economic strike.
January 25, 2026 at 10:35 PM