Jonathan
@jonathanmoroz.bsky.social
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ICE mistaken arrest of a Citizen -- Barely Dressed, in temperatures nearing zero -- sows Fear in Twin Cities www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
January 21, 2026 at 1:13 AM
ICE mistaken arrest of a Citizen -- Barely Dressed, in temperatures nearing zero -- sows Fear in Twin Cities www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
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Have seen many variations of this & broadly agree—but the part that struck me in the moment wasn’t “this is a microcosm for how America sucks” — it was “this is a microcosm for trying to behave democratically & respectfully of one another in a complex, evolving situation with things we can't know.”
i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
January 20, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Have seen many variations of this & broadly agree—but the part that struck me in the moment wasn’t “this is a microcosm for how America sucks” — it was “this is a microcosm for trying to behave democratically & respectfully of one another in a complex, evolving situation with things we can't know.”
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Breaking news: The Trump administration acknowledged for the first time that members of the U.S. DOGE Service accessed and shared sensitive Social Security data without the awareness of agency officials, months after a whistleblower raised concerns.
Trump administration admits DOGE accessed personal Social Security data
A DOGE employee signed an agreement to share Social Security data with the aim of overturning election results in certain states, according to a new court filing.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Breaking news: The Trump administration acknowledged for the first time that members of the U.S. DOGE Service accessed and shared sensitive Social Security data without the awareness of agency officials, months after a whistleblower raised concerns.
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NEW: In his literal final hours in office today, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy vetoed two bills meant to protect immigrants in New Jersey from ICE.
Immigrants' rights advocates in the state are now expressed anger. Here's what we know:
boltsmag.org/new-jersey-g...
Immigrants' rights advocates in the state are now expressed anger. Here's what we know:
boltsmag.org/new-jersey-g...
On His Way Out, New Jersey Governor Vetoes Legislation to Bar Local Assistance to ICE - Bolts
On his last day in office, outgoing New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on Tuesday vetoed legislation that would have restricted local and state law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration.....
boltsmag.org
January 20, 2026 at 9:20 PM
NEW: In his literal final hours in office today, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy vetoed two bills meant to protect immigrants in New Jersey from ICE.
Immigrants' rights advocates in the state are now expressed anger. Here's what we know:
boltsmag.org/new-jersey-g...
Immigrants' rights advocates in the state are now expressed anger. Here's what we know:
boltsmag.org/new-jersey-g...
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They’re trying to make “contempt of trump” a federal crime www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
Prosecutors Subpoena Minnesota Democrats as Part of Federal Inquiry
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:49 PM
They’re trying to make “contempt of trump” a federal crime www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
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Hearing confirmed reports from people on the ground of ICE sightings in Portland, Maine today. If you see/know anything, message me on Signal at marisakabas.04
ICE is coming to Portland and Lewiston imminently, their mayors confirmed today. Both cities have large Somali populations.
When reached for comment, ICE wouldn’t even confirm whether or not this action was happening.
When reached for comment, ICE wouldn’t even confirm whether or not this action was happening.
ICE is headed to Maine
The Mayors of Portland and Lewiston confirmed Wednesday ICE's imminent presence.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Hearing confirmed reports from people on the ground of ICE sightings in Portland, Maine today. If you see/know anything, message me on Signal at marisakabas.04
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can't stop thinking about how any bus driver can just kidnap a fuckton of people and the only reason it doesn't happen all the time is because what the fuck do you want to do with a busload of people
January 20, 2026 at 4:41 PM
can't stop thinking about how any bus driver can just kidnap a fuckton of people and the only reason it doesn't happen all the time is because what the fuck do you want to do with a busload of people
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As Homeland Security’s siege on Minneapolis enters its third week, locals are volunteering for patrol shifts, protesting in the streets, and keeping one another up to date in group texts.
Read more from @scottmeslow.bsky.social in Minneapolis:
Read more from @scottmeslow.bsky.social in Minneapolis:
It’s worse than it looks in Minneapolis
But locals are organizing to keep each other safe from ICE agents.
www.theverge.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:01 PM
As Homeland Security’s siege on Minneapolis enters its third week, locals are volunteering for patrol shifts, protesting in the streets, and keeping one another up to date in group texts.
Read more from @scottmeslow.bsky.social in Minneapolis:
Read more from @scottmeslow.bsky.social in Minneapolis:
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Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.
US citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search
Federal immigration agents have detained a U.S. citizen in Minnesota at gunpoint without a warrant. That's according to ChongLy “Scott” Thao, who says agents forced open his door, entered with guns drawn and led him outside in his underwear in freezing conditions.
bit.ly
January 20, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.
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“The app returning different names for the same individual shows that it’s not reliable or accurate and shouldn’t be used in the field,” Homeland Security Ranking Member Rep. Bennie G. Thompson told 404 Media in a statement.
ICE’s Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman. Twice
In testimony from a CBP official obtained by 404 Media, the official described how Mobile Fortify returned two different names after scanning a woman's face during an immigration raid. ICE has said th...
www.404media.co
January 19, 2026 at 3:02 PM
“The app returning different names for the same individual shows that it’s not reliable or accurate and shouldn’t be used in the field,” Homeland Security Ranking Member Rep. Bennie G. Thompson told 404 Media in a statement.
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SCOOP: In testimony from a CBP official obtained by 404 Media, the official described how Mobile Fortify returned two different names after scanning a woman's face during an immigration raid. ICE has said the app's results are a “definitive” determination of someone's immigration status.
ICE’s Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman. Twice
In testimony from a CBP official obtained by 404 Media, the official described how Mobile Fortify returned two different names after scanning a woman's face during an immigration raid. ICE has said th...
www.404media.co
January 19, 2026 at 2:56 PM
SCOOP: In testimony from a CBP official obtained by 404 Media, the official described how Mobile Fortify returned two different names after scanning a woman's face during an immigration raid. ICE has said the app's results are a “definitive” determination of someone's immigration status.
The one saving grace of the Maryland sphere is that there’s no way it’ll be built before Trump is out of office
January 19, 2026 at 3:21 PM
The one saving grace of the Maryland sphere is that there’s no way it’ll be built before Trump is out of office
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Newly obtained videos of the moments right after the Wednesday incident in which an ICE agent shot a Venezuelan man in the leg in Minneapolis appear to contradict at least some of ICE’s claims about events leading up to the shooting.
Aftermath video of latest ICE shooting in Minneapolis involving an undocumented Venezuelan national | CNN
Newly obtained videos of the moments right after the Wednesday incident in which an Immigration and Custom Enforcement agent shot a Venezuelan man in the leg for allegedly assaulting an officer in Min...
www.cnn.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Newly obtained videos of the moments right after the Wednesday incident in which an ICE agent shot a Venezuelan man in the leg in Minneapolis appear to contradict at least some of ICE’s claims about events leading up to the shooting.
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Members of President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” the committee that will oversee the reconstruction of Gaza, will receive a permanent seat if they pay $1 billion, according to a US official. https://cnn.it/3LNSRUt
January 19, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Members of President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” the committee that will oversee the reconstruction of Gaza, will receive a permanent seat if they pay $1 billion, according to a US official. https://cnn.it/3LNSRUt
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The Virginia legislature today passed four constitutional amendments, all by day 3 of 2026 session:
—protect abortion rights
—repeal the same-sex marriage ban
—allow mid-decade redistricting
—greatly expand voting rights restoration.
These will all go to 2026 referendums.
—protect abortion rights
—repeal the same-sex marriage ban
—allow mid-decade redistricting
—greatly expand voting rights restoration.
These will all go to 2026 referendums.
January 16, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The Virginia legislature today passed four constitutional amendments, all by day 3 of 2026 session:
—protect abortion rights
—repeal the same-sex marriage ban
—allow mid-decade redistricting
—greatly expand voting rights restoration.
These will all go to 2026 referendums.
—protect abortion rights
—repeal the same-sex marriage ban
—allow mid-decade redistricting
—greatly expand voting rights restoration.
These will all go to 2026 referendums.
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A family trying to get home from their son’s basketball game in Minneapolis on Wednesday found themselves between protesters and federal agents, before they were tear gassed in their car and the mother had to administer CPR to her infant.
Minneapolis family, six children tear gassed after they were caught in clash between ICE and protesters | CNN
A family trying to get home from their son’s basketball game in Minneapolis on Wednesday found themselves between protesters and federal agents, before they were tear gassed in their car and the mothe...
www.cnn.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:04 AM
A family trying to get home from their son’s basketball game in Minneapolis on Wednesday found themselves between protesters and federal agents, before they were tear gassed in their car and the mother had to administer CPR to her infant.
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A U.S.-backed study set to examine the health effects on the timing of hepatitis B vaccine doses on infants in the West African country of Guinea-Bissau has raised ethics concerns among scientists and former officials.
RFK-backed infant vaccine study in Africa to proceed despite backlash, U.S. says
U.S. funding for a study on the timing of hepatitis B vaccine doses in infants in Guinea-Bissau has sparked confusion and ethics concerns.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:00 AM
A U.S.-backed study set to examine the health effects on the timing of hepatitis B vaccine doses on infants in the West African country of Guinea-Bissau has raised ethics concerns among scientists and former officials.
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Judge Kacsmaryk rejects challenge by West Texas A&M University's LGBQT club to drag show ban, saying the First Amendment doesn't protect "self-expression in all forms, and certainly not the libertine 'expressive conduct' absolutism envisioned" by the group. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #168 in Spectrum WT v. Wendler (N.D. Tex., 2:23-cv-00048) – CourtListener.com
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW (Ordered by Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk on 1/17/2026) (vls)
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January 18, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Judge Kacsmaryk rejects challenge by West Texas A&M University's LGBQT club to drag show ban, saying the First Amendment doesn't protect "self-expression in all forms, and certainly not the libertine 'expressive conduct' absolutism envisioned" by the group. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CBS News on Tuesday that President Trump would sue the news outlet if it did not air an interview with him in full.
White House Warns CBS: Air Trump Interview in Full, or ‘We’ll Sue’
In previously unreported remarks, the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CBS News that Mr. Trump would “sue” the news outlet if it did not air an interview unedited.
nyti.ms
January 17, 2026 at 10:29 PM
The White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CBS News on Tuesday that President Trump would sue the news outlet if it did not air an interview with him in full.
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The Trump administration is seeking to deport two men who provided accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp that differed from the Department of Homeland Security’s description of the incident.
DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed
The two men’s eyewitness accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp differ from the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the incident.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:30 PM
The Trump administration is seeking to deport two men who provided accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp that differed from the Department of Homeland Security’s description of the incident.
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404 Media has obtained material that explains how surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. One tool can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or…
www.404media.co
January 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM
404 Media has obtained material that explains how surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. One tool can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
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RFK Jr is doing a modern-day Tuskegee study, where by he uses taxpayer money to intentionality infect African children with Hepatitis B and deny them treatment. You know, just to see what happens
newrepublic.com/post/205330/...
newrepublic.com/post/205330/...
“Another Tuskegee”: Leaked Docs Reveal CDC Is Funding Deadly Study
The CDC is funding a horrific hepatitis experiment on babies.
newrepublic.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:56 PM
RFK Jr is doing a modern-day Tuskegee study, where by he uses taxpayer money to intentionality infect African children with Hepatitis B and deny them treatment. You know, just to see what happens
newrepublic.com/post/205330/...
newrepublic.com/post/205330/...
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Minneapolis authorities and neighborhood groups are bracing for a demonstration Saturday led by a right-wing provocateur who was among the pardoned Jan. 6 rioters.
Minneapolis braces for march called by pardoned Jan. 6 rioter
A rally organized by a provocateur known for incendiary rhetoric is planned, while counterprotests are also expected. Officials are urging calm.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Minneapolis authorities and neighborhood groups are bracing for a demonstration Saturday led by a right-wing provocateur who was among the pardoned Jan. 6 rioters.
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Last week I asked BOP officials if they had sent tactical teams to Minneapolis. They denied it (left).
Multiple agency sources told me otherwise, and photos from
reporters on the ground soon confirmed BOP folks were there.
Now BOP is finally admitting it (right):
Multiple agency sources told me otherwise, and photos from
reporters on the ground soon confirmed BOP folks were there.
Now BOP is finally admitting it (right):
January 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Last week I asked BOP officials if they had sent tactical teams to Minneapolis. They denied it (left).
Multiple agency sources told me otherwise, and photos from
reporters on the ground soon confirmed BOP folks were there.
Now BOP is finally admitting it (right):
Multiple agency sources told me otherwise, and photos from
reporters on the ground soon confirmed BOP folks were there.
Now BOP is finally admitting it (right):
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Trump's threat to tariff any country that doesn't accept go along with his idiotic Greenland nonsense is so dumb.
He's already driving some of our closest allies and trading partners into China's arms.
All of this stupidity is making Americans less safe and raising prices.
He's already driving some of our closest allies and trading partners into China's arms.
All of this stupidity is making Americans less safe and raising prices.
Trump: And I may do that for Greenland, too. I may put a tariff on countries if they don't go along with Greenland. We need Greenland for national security.
January 16, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Trump's threat to tariff any country that doesn't accept go along with his idiotic Greenland nonsense is so dumb.
He's already driving some of our closest allies and trading partners into China's arms.
All of this stupidity is making Americans less safe and raising prices.
He's already driving some of our closest allies and trading partners into China's arms.
All of this stupidity is making Americans less safe and raising prices.