JudyP
@jpagir.bsky.social
Blue in PA; formerly NC. Acquainted with both the frying pan and the fire. Swear a hell of a lot more than I used to.
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In the hands of ICE body cameras are a surveillance tool not an accountability tool.
It’s why the regime is rushing them out .
It’s why the regime is rushing them out .
February 2, 2026 at 11:23 PM
In the hands of ICE body cameras are a surveillance tool not an accountability tool.
It’s why the regime is rushing them out .
It’s why the regime is rushing them out .
Yup, there's my "Senator," Dave McCormick, justifying an unaccountable secret police because sometimes people leave them mean voice mails. Priorities, ammirite?
Sen. Dave McCormick: "I was just watching television the other day. There was a recording of a violent voicemail that was left for an ICE member and his family. These are people that we need to stand behind. They're enforcing the law. That was what the president ran on."
February 2, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Yup, there's my "Senator," Dave McCormick, justifying an unaccountable secret police because sometimes people leave them mean voice mails. Priorities, ammirite?
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Just a reminder that the Trump regime tear gassed kids yesterday in Portland for the crime of walking past some ICE goons. Republicans held hearings for years because the government sent tea party groups questionnaires.
February 1, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Just a reminder that the Trump regime tear gassed kids yesterday in Portland for the crime of walking past some ICE goons. Republicans held hearings for years because the government sent tea party groups questionnaires.
I think we need to wrap our heads around this being the goal along. It's why he tanked an immigration deal b/f the election. It's what DOGE was doing with all of our data. I don't know how you unbuild this kind of surveillance state, but it's coming for all of us. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I think we need to wrap our heads around this being the goal along. It's why he tanked an immigration deal b/f the election. It's what DOGE was doing with all of our data. I don't know how you unbuild this kind of surveillance state, but it's coming for all of us. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
So, more taxpayer $ directly to his pocket. Got it.
President Trump has filed a lawsuit against the IRS, in which he demands that the IRS, which he as president controls, pay him $10 billion.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 30, 2026 at 1:37 PM
So, more taxpayer $ directly to his pocket. Got it.
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I believe history will show the following: The masks are to conceal the fact that many of these masked ICE “agents” are pardoned Oath Keepers and Proud Boys.
I would prefer that “history,” in this case….is pretty damn short.
I would prefer that “history,” in this case….is pretty damn short.
January 28, 2026 at 4:58 AM
I believe history will show the following: The masks are to conceal the fact that many of these masked ICE “agents” are pardoned Oath Keepers and Proud Boys.
I would prefer that “history,” in this case….is pretty damn short.
I would prefer that “history,” in this case….is pretty damn short.
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Must read by Ta-Nehisi Coates on what happened on Minnesota.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
Paywall bypass here.
archive.ph/0TUGt
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
Paywall bypass here.
archive.ph/0TUGt
“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti
In the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact: The culture war is an actual war.
www.vanityfair.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Must read by Ta-Nehisi Coates on what happened on Minnesota.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
Paywall bypass here.
archive.ph/0TUGt
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
Paywall bypass here.
archive.ph/0TUGt
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To Gregory Bovino: This is what brandishing a firearm at a protest looks like.
January 26, 2026 at 6:10 PM
To Gregory Bovino: This is what brandishing a firearm at a protest looks like.
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Amazon Web Services hosts massive surveillance systems for both ICE and DHS.
Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies.
AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS.
Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.
Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies.
AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS.
Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.
January 26, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Amazon Web Services hosts massive surveillance systems for both ICE and DHS.
Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies.
AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS.
Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.
Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies.
AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS.
Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.
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The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.”
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
January 26, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.”
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
Never ever forget.
Rest in Peace Alex Jeffrey Pretti🙏🏾 The VA ICU Nurses send him off right 💔
January 26, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Never ever forget.
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
Indeed. Well done by the Inquirer. "The American people can see the lawless mayhem with their own eyes." We can. And we won't forget.
My colleagues at the Inquirer editorial board worked overtime this weekend to condemn ICE, the Trump regime and the murder of Alex Pretti in the strongest possible terms www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
Another senseless killing in Trump’s senseless war against Americans | Editorial
The president's masked thugs have now executed two U.S. citizens in broad daylight on the streets of Minneapolis.
www.inquirer.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Indeed. Well done by the Inquirer. "The American people can see the lawless mayhem with their own eyes." We can. And we won't forget.
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To put an even sharper point on this, WE are the thing that stops authoritarianism from consolidating! The Trump administration's tactics only work if we get scared enough to stop protesting, stop voting, and disengage entirely. They can only win the game if we forfeit.
January 25, 2026 at 3:58 PM
To put an even sharper point on this, WE are the thing that stops authoritarianism from consolidating! The Trump administration's tactics only work if we get scared enough to stop protesting, stop voting, and disengage entirely. They can only win the game if we forfeit.
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I'm just going to keep saying this until I die:
In a white supremacist patriarchy, you have value only insofar as you serve the white supremacist patriarchy.
Kyle Rittenhouse & Ashli Babbitt did. Renee Good & Alex Pretti didn't. On Jan 6, the insurrectionists did. The cops didn't.
Rinse, repeat.
In a white supremacist patriarchy, you have value only insofar as you serve the white supremacist patriarchy.
Kyle Rittenhouse & Ashli Babbitt did. Renee Good & Alex Pretti didn't. On Jan 6, the insurrectionists did. The cops didn't.
Rinse, repeat.
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 5:39 AM
I'm just going to keep saying this until I die:
In a white supremacist patriarchy, you have value only insofar as you serve the white supremacist patriarchy.
Kyle Rittenhouse & Ashli Babbitt did. Renee Good & Alex Pretti didn't. On Jan 6, the insurrectionists did. The cops didn't.
Rinse, repeat.
In a white supremacist patriarchy, you have value only insofar as you serve the white supremacist patriarchy.
Kyle Rittenhouse & Ashli Babbitt did. Renee Good & Alex Pretti didn't. On Jan 6, the insurrectionists did. The cops didn't.
Rinse, repeat.
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James Talarico: “It’s time to tear down this secret police force & replace it with an agency that actually is going to focus on public safety—
We have to haul these masked men in front of Congress so the world can see their faces”
We have to haul these masked men in front of Congress so the world can see their faces”
January 24, 2026 at 8:45 PM
James Talarico: “It’s time to tear down this secret police force & replace it with an agency that actually is going to focus on public safety—
We have to haul these masked men in front of Congress so the world can see their faces”
We have to haul these masked men in front of Congress so the world can see their faces”
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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Democrat leaders should be in Minnesota right now, standing side by side with Walz and Frey and the community.
They need to show solidarity and a united front.
They must say Abolish ICE.
They won't but they should. Trump is going to unleash hell on that state.
They need to show solidarity and a united front.
They must say Abolish ICE.
They won't but they should. Trump is going to unleash hell on that state.
January 24, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Democrat leaders should be in Minnesota right now, standing side by side with Walz and Frey and the community.
They need to show solidarity and a united front.
They must say Abolish ICE.
They won't but they should. Trump is going to unleash hell on that state.
They need to show solidarity and a united front.
They must say Abolish ICE.
They won't but they should. Trump is going to unleash hell on that state.
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Wake up, everybody.
Tonight we shine a light for Minnesota.
For our neighbors. For our communities. For Alex.
We step outside at 7 PM with candles to mourn, to witness, and to demand accountability.
Peace is not passive. Community is power.
Tonight we shine a light for Minnesota.
For our neighbors. For our communities. For Alex.
We step outside at 7 PM with candles to mourn, to witness, and to demand accountability.
Peace is not passive. Community is power.
January 24, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Wake up, everybody.
Tonight we shine a light for Minnesota.
For our neighbors. For our communities. For Alex.
We step outside at 7 PM with candles to mourn, to witness, and to demand accountability.
Peace is not passive. Community is power.
Tonight we shine a light for Minnesota.
For our neighbors. For our communities. For Alex.
We step outside at 7 PM with candles to mourn, to witness, and to demand accountability.
Peace is not passive. Community is power.
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they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
We all need to understand this
ICE isn't law enforcement without training; ICE is white nationalism with guns.
January 24, 2026 at 8:06 PM
We all need to understand this
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I wish Democrats would start just speaking the truth:
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
January 24, 2026 at 6:08 PM
I wish Democrats would start just speaking the truth:
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
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We all know the poem, and there is no shade of white that will save you from this murderous regime.
January 24, 2026 at 6:46 PM
We all know the poem, and there is no shade of white that will save you from this murderous regime.