Jackie Wachob
@jwachob.bsky.social
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More than a year in this has mostly gone as I feared, and in some ways has been worse. But there have been two contrasting surprises:
-- The speed and breadth of institutional capitulation
-- The courage, ferocity, and resolution of regular people
Our strength isn't our institutions. It's us.
-- The speed and breadth of institutional capitulation
-- The courage, ferocity, and resolution of regular people
Our strength isn't our institutions. It's us.
January 29, 2026 at 3:09 PM
More than a year in this has mostly gone as I feared, and in some ways has been worse. But there have been two contrasting surprises:
-- The speed and breadth of institutional capitulation
-- The courage, ferocity, and resolution of regular people
Our strength isn't our institutions. It's us.
-- The speed and breadth of institutional capitulation
-- The courage, ferocity, and resolution of regular people
Our strength isn't our institutions. It's us.
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Just know, if you don't realize he's out of his wockaflockin' mind by now, your ass has joined him in Cray Cray Town and whatnot.
January 29, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Just know, if you don't realize he's out of his wockaflockin' mind by now, your ass has joined him in Cray Cray Town and whatnot.
Happy Bridgerton Day!
January 29, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Happy Bridgerton Day!
When there are no consequences for violating court orders why would you obey them? Our legal system is so fucked up.
January 29, 2026 at 3:02 PM
When there are no consequences for violating court orders why would you obey them? Our legal system is so fucked up.
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An ICE agent covered head-to-toe in body cams, just thousands of tiny cameras, beating the shit out of an old woman. That's the bipartisan dream
January 29, 2026 at 12:01 AM
An ICE agent covered head-to-toe in body cams, just thousands of tiny cameras, beating the shit out of an old woman. That's the bipartisan dream
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I am introducing the Cut It Out And This Time I Really Mean It bill. It provides an additional $57 billion to the murder goons but they will agree to wear business casual Monday through Thursday and if they do any murders they have to put a dollar in this jar.
January 28, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I am introducing the Cut It Out And This Time I Really Mean It bill. It provides an additional $57 billion to the murder goons but they will agree to wear business casual Monday through Thursday and if they do any murders they have to put a dollar in this jar.
Elected Democrats will disappoint you every time. They don’t have the courage of the people putting their bodies on the line in Minneapolis & other cities that ICE terrorizes.
January 28, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Elected Democrats will disappoint you every time. They don’t have the courage of the people putting their bodies on the line in Minneapolis & other cities that ICE terrorizes.
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Charles Yang of Time for Three absolutely slaying me. I would lose my mind if I heard this live. Even crappy phone speakers made me scream and cry.
January 25, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Charles Yang of Time for Three absolutely slaying me. I would lose my mind if I heard this live. Even crappy phone speakers made me scream and cry.
#amreading Nemesis (Orphan X #10) by Gregg Hurwitz #booksky
January 26, 2026 at 12:21 AM
#amreading Nemesis (Orphan X #10) by Gregg Hurwitz #booksky
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“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.”
- W. Somerset Maugham, #botd in 1874 ✍️
- W. Somerset Maugham, #botd in 1874 ✍️
January 25, 2026 at 9:00 PM
“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.”
- W. Somerset Maugham, #botd in 1874 ✍️
- W. Somerset Maugham, #botd in 1874 ✍️
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this is it. this is the level. this is the standard for democratic officials. anything less is intolerable.
January 24, 2026 at 9:09 PM
this is it. this is the level. this is the standard for democratic officials. anything less is intolerable.
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These are untrained, vicious, violent sociopaths. They have been given permission to kill with impunity. Heartbreaking, maddening, insanity.
January 24, 2026 at 10:14 PM
These are untrained, vicious, violent sociopaths. They have been given permission to kill with impunity. Heartbreaking, maddening, insanity.
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Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
January 24, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
Anyone who votes to fund ICE has blood & misery on their hands. ICE is a domestic terrorist organization.
January 24, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Anyone who votes to fund ICE has blood & misery on their hands. ICE is a domestic terrorist organization.
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I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
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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
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
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This is a stirring rebuke to the part of the American government and the American electorate that has chosen to scorn and reject basic human decency. Never forget, never forgive.
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 9:23 PM
This is a stirring rebuke to the part of the American government and the American electorate that has chosen to scorn and reject basic human decency. Never forget, never forgive.
November 3. They all gotta go.
NEW: The House just passed the DHS funding bill. Seven Democrats voted yes:
Henry Cuellar of Texas
Jared Golden of Maine
Laura Gillen of New York
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington State
Don Davis of North Carolina
Tom Souzzi of New York
Vincente Gonzalez of Texas
Henry Cuellar of Texas
Jared Golden of Maine
Laura Gillen of New York
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington State
Don Davis of North Carolina
Tom Souzzi of New York
Vincente Gonzalez of Texas
January 23, 2026 at 3:31 AM
November 3. They all gotta go.
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Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
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My ass is old enough to remember when a President sending masked armies into American cities while saying "sometimes you need a dictator" would've been the end of it and whatnot.
January 22, 2026 at 7:44 PM
My ass is old enough to remember when a President sending masked armies into American cities while saying "sometimes you need a dictator" would've been the end of it and whatnot.
I’m enjoying the humor about this weekend storm over at the bad place.
January 22, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I’m enjoying the humor about this weekend storm over at the bad place.
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
#amreading Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge #6) by Allison Montclair #booksky
January 22, 2026 at 4:08 AM
#amreading Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge #6) by Allison Montclair #booksky
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This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 5:30 PM
This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.