Jon Atkins
@jonatkins.bsky.social
I forget what went here.
Welcome to Bluesky.
Don’t be a dick.
Welcome to Bluesky.
Don’t be a dick.
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I will believe that ICE enforcement has changed on the ground when I stop getting daily notices that armed, masked goons are circling my kids’ schools and trying to sow fear in the parent patrols.
January 29, 2026 at 2:59 PM
I will believe that ICE enforcement has changed on the ground when I stop getting daily notices that armed, masked goons are circling my kids’ schools and trying to sow fear in the parent patrols.
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"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
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Feds have been ramming people with their cars. No one has murdered them in response.
If the suggestion here is that these officers killed Pretti because of this previous incident, that’s worse. Kicking a tail light is not a capital crime. And we don’t do delayed, extrajudicial executions here.
If the suggestion here is that these officers killed Pretti because of this previous incident, that’s worse. Kicking a tail light is not a capital crime. And we don’t do delayed, extrajudicial executions here.
Okay so I was actually at this encounter, filmed the aftermath, and am briefly visible in this video, and I would point out that what he does here is briefly kick a car twice. ICE beats him up, shoots pepper balls into the crowd, and launches tear gas at everyone else before leaving.
News Movement posted this video of Alex Pretti on Jan 13, showing him spitting at ICE agents and kicking their taillight.
Now conservatives are suggesting this changes things.
That would mean they are suggesting he deserved to be target of an extrajudicial execution.
The video changes nothing.
Now conservatives are suggesting this changes things.
That would mean they are suggesting he deserved to be target of an extrajudicial execution.
The video changes nothing.
January 29, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Feds have been ramming people with their cars. No one has murdered them in response.
If the suggestion here is that these officers killed Pretti because of this previous incident, that’s worse. Kicking a tail light is not a capital crime. And we don’t do delayed, extrajudicial executions here.
If the suggestion here is that these officers killed Pretti because of this previous incident, that’s worse. Kicking a tail light is not a capital crime. And we don’t do delayed, extrajudicial executions here.
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Oh wonderful.
Here’s How Many ICE and CBP Agents Allegedly Preyed on Children
Apparently the institutions are riddled with accused sex criminals.
newrepublic.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Oh wonderful.
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Your regular reminder that civil service protections are generally popular because they result in better service delivery! Nothing is more wasteful than poorly run patronage systems!
There is a push for making public sector employees at will, i.e. they can be fired for any reason by politicians. Trump shows how such powers will be abused. This report does a great job of debunking claims that at will employement is working at the state level.
ourpublicservice.org/publications...
ourpublicservice.org/publications...
At-Will Employment: What the Federal Government Can Learn from States
A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working towards effective government for the American people.
ourpublicservice.org
January 28, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Your regular reminder that civil service protections are generally popular because they result in better service delivery! Nothing is more wasteful than poorly run patronage systems!
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and they also commit crime at a lower rate than non-immigrants bc they fear law enforcement, while at the same time are targeted by criminals for the same reason: they don't report it for fear of deportation
1. Fact: immigrants are net producers of economic wealth and always have been. That is true for documented and undocumented alike because (a) they all buy things and (b) they skew working age which helps offset an otherwise aging population.
January 28, 2026 at 2:33 PM
and they also commit crime at a lower rate than non-immigrants bc they fear law enforcement, while at the same time are targeted by criminals for the same reason: they don't report it for fear of deportation
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From my grandmother's story: "One by one our good decent teachers disappeared and instead Nazi teachers replaced them."
January 27, 2026 at 4:02 PM
From my grandmother's story: "One by one our good decent teachers disappeared and instead Nazi teachers replaced them."
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An absurd percentage of the immediate Reconstruction era black leadership class is just children of women raped by slaveowners
January 26, 2026 at 11:40 PM
An absurd percentage of the immediate Reconstruction era black leadership class is just children of women raped by slaveowners
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Pam Bondi's U.S. Department of Justice wasn't given the go-ahead it needed to arrest some demonstrators and journalists over the St. Paul church disruption. So it decided to turn the screws on the judges. New from me.
Feds: find us that probable cause, and make it snappy
Judges not giving you the go-ahead to arrest someone? Turn the screws on them.
walterolson.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Pam Bondi's U.S. Department of Justice wasn't given the go-ahead it needed to arrest some demonstrators and journalists over the St. Paul church disruption. So it decided to turn the screws on the judges. New from me.
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It's not just that these professional politics observers somehow failed to spot the obvious rise of American nativist thuggery.
It's how much energy they devoted to arguing the real problem was the volume, tone, and vocabulary of those raising the alarm about it.
It's how much energy they devoted to arguing the real problem was the volume, tone, and vocabulary of those raising the alarm about it.
January 25, 2026 at 10:24 PM
It's not just that these professional politics observers somehow failed to spot the obvious rise of American nativist thuggery.
It's how much energy they devoted to arguing the real problem was the volume, tone, and vocabulary of those raising the alarm about it.
It's how much energy they devoted to arguing the real problem was the volume, tone, and vocabulary of those raising the alarm about it.
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This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 AM
This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
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hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
And what is happening inside ICE detention centers? 404 Media also learned that the federal government claimed that the day after it was sued for allegedly abusing detainees at an ICE detention center, a “system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility.
ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued
The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."
www.404media.co
January 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
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Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
Yes, this is hypocritical if you’re a normal person.
But if you start with the premise that conservatives should be allowed to oppress and murdering liberals is fair game, then it follows naturally.
But if you start with the premise that conservatives should be allowed to oppress and murdering liberals is fair game, then it follows naturally.
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Yes, this is hypocritical if you’re a normal person.
But if you start with the premise that conservatives should be allowed to oppress and murdering liberals is fair game, then it follows naturally.
But if you start with the premise that conservatives should be allowed to oppress and murdering liberals is fair game, then it follows naturally.
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“Checking for a pulse and administering CPR is standard practice. Instead of doing either of those things, the ICE agents appeared to be counting his bullet wounds. I asked the ICE agents if the victim had a pulse, and they said they did not know.”
BREAKING: A young doctor who lives near where Alex Pretti, a nurse, was killed by ICE says in a declaration he saw the shooting, went out to help, was not let through at first then patted down before being let by, and was apparently the first to try and provide any medical assistance to Pretti.
January 25, 2026 at 2:47 AM
“Checking for a pulse and administering CPR is standard practice. Instead of doing either of those things, the ICE agents appeared to be counting his bullet wounds. I asked the ICE agents if the victim had a pulse, and they said they did not know.”
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Per his colleagues: The victim’s name was apparently Alex Pretti and he was an ICU nurse caring for severely injured veterans at the VA Hospital. He was acting as an observer, filming the raid. Any suggestion that he was there with violence on his mind is horrific gaslighting.
January 24, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Per his colleagues: The victim’s name was apparently Alex Pretti and he was an ICU nurse caring for severely injured veterans at the VA Hospital. He was acting as an observer, filming the raid. Any suggestion that he was there with violence on his mind is horrific gaslighting.
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ICE just shot another one of my neighbors. They had the person on the ground, being beaten by several agents, and then fired multiple shots. In front of the donut shop where we like to get donuts for our kids.
January 24, 2026 at 3:46 PM
ICE just shot another one of my neighbors. They had the person on the ground, being beaten by several agents, and then fired multiple shots. In front of the donut shop where we like to get donuts for our kids.
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Many of us have been pointing out that the readiness with which these agents have drawn weapons, and gotten their fingers anywhere near the trigger, is WILDLY contrary to best practices and the sort of thing that inevitably leads to people getting shot.
“Federal agents briefly detained our reporter at the scene, who says he was tackled to the ground and had a gun put in his face.”
BREAKING: Federal agent shoots man in south Minneapolis
A Bring Me The News reporter was near the scene, and recorded multiple gunshots.
bringmethenews.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Many of us have been pointing out that the readiness with which these agents have drawn weapons, and gotten their fingers anywhere near the trigger, is WILDLY contrary to best practices and the sort of thing that inevitably leads to people getting shot.
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FBI leadership coverup of Renee Good killing.
A supervisor in FBI’s Minneapolis field office resigned "after bureau leadership in Washington pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into" ICE agent Jonathan Ross. "Such inquiries are a common investigative step in similar shootings."
A supervisor in FBI’s Minneapolis field office resigned "after bureau leadership in Washington pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into" ICE agent Jonathan Ross. "Such inquiries are a common investigative step in similar shootings."
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:30 PM
FBI leadership coverup of Renee Good killing.
A supervisor in FBI’s Minneapolis field office resigned "after bureau leadership in Washington pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into" ICE agent Jonathan Ross. "Such inquiries are a common investigative step in similar shootings."
A supervisor in FBI’s Minneapolis field office resigned "after bureau leadership in Washington pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into" ICE agent Jonathan Ross. "Such inquiries are a common investigative step in similar shootings."
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The most disturbing government abuses of data aren't necessarily the data they're *deleting* but the data they're *collecting.*
The Trump administration is compiling lists of dissidents, immigrants, people with disabilities, Jews.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-chil...
The Trump administration is compiling lists of dissidents, immigrants, people with disabilities, Jews.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-chil...
January 23, 2026 at 5:44 PM
The most disturbing government abuses of data aren't necessarily the data they're *deleting* but the data they're *collecting.*
The Trump administration is compiling lists of dissidents, immigrants, people with disabilities, Jews.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-chil...
The Trump administration is compiling lists of dissidents, immigrants, people with disabilities, Jews.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-chil...
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Everytime this pig opens his mouth, he drags our country lower into the gutter. Facts: Per capita, the Danish people lost more soldiers in Afghanistan than any coalition nation. Per capita, the U.K. suffered losses at about the same rate as the U.S.
Trump stayed all the back. Bone spurs made it so.
Trump stayed all the back. Bone spurs made it so.
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 23, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Everytime this pig opens his mouth, he drags our country lower into the gutter. Facts: Per capita, the Danish people lost more soldiers in Afghanistan than any coalition nation. Per capita, the U.K. suffered losses at about the same rate as the U.S.
Trump stayed all the back. Bone spurs made it so.
Trump stayed all the back. Bone spurs made it so.
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DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin has now responded to the revelation that criminal and purported fugitive Lue Moua, in search of whom ICE smashed down Scott Thao's door, has actually been in a Minnesota prison since 2024. And what do you know, she's telling more untruths. /1
Deadly Keystone Cops
DHS and ICE are incompetent—but that doesn’t make them any less dangerous.
www.thebulwark.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:54 PM
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin has now responded to the revelation that criminal and purported fugitive Lue Moua, in search of whom ICE smashed down Scott Thao's door, has actually been in a Minnesota prison since 2024. And what do you know, she's telling more untruths. /1
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This family did every single thing they’ve been asked to in order to seek asylum here.
Yet in less than 24 hours, this kid and his Dad were nabbed off our streets and sent to Texas, using tactics that can only be described as pure evil.
Yet in less than 24 hours, this kid and his Dad were nabbed off our streets and sent to Texas, using tactics that can only be described as pure evil.
January 22, 2026 at 9:27 PM
This family did every single thing they’ve been asked to in order to seek asylum here.
Yet in less than 24 hours, this kid and his Dad were nabbed off our streets and sent to Texas, using tactics that can only be described as pure evil.
Yet in less than 24 hours, this kid and his Dad were nabbed off our streets and sent to Texas, using tactics that can only be described as pure evil.
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Vought, the publication explains, “began firming up DOGE’s legacy behind the scenes, using the power of his office to embed DOGE personnel in federal agencies as full time staff & institutionalize funding cuts through ILLEGAL use of the Impoundment Control Act.”
www.commondreams.org/news/departm...
www.commondreams.org/news/departm...
Democracy Watchdog Exposes 'Heartbreaking Catalog of DOGE's Depredations' | Common Dreams
"Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s attacks on the federal government will have long-standing effects on the American public," said the group's research director.
www.commondreams.org
January 22, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Vought, the publication explains, “began firming up DOGE’s legacy behind the scenes, using the power of his office to embed DOGE personnel in federal agencies as full time staff & institutionalize funding cuts through ILLEGAL use of the Impoundment Control Act.”
www.commondreams.org/news/departm...
www.commondreams.org/news/departm...