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prisonculture.bsky.social
Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.
wsj.com The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 2h
An immigration court dropped its case against Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a little less than a year after federal agents arrested her on a street near Tufts University
Immigration Court Drops Case Against Tufts Student Rumeysa Ozturk
The Turkish national had been arrested by plainclothes federal officers outside her apartment.
on.wsj.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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missionlocal.org
After a fire in the Tenderloin displaced more than 140 people on Dec. 12, landlord Mosser Companies promised to help rehouse residents.

After nearly two months, some find themselves homeless, or displaced out of San Francisco.

via @miss-elenius.bsky.social

missionlocal.org/2026/02/sf-t...
Tenderloin fire victims find themselves homeless, displaced from S.F., despite promises
After a fire in San Francisco’s Tenderloin displaced over 140 people, many are struggling to find housing and stay afloat.
missionlocal.org
February 9, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
Shutting it down for the night. I hope everyone revels in the fact that antifascists are going to win. May tomorrow bring us more justice and some peace.
February 9, 2026 at 2:43 AM
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tiffanycli.bsky.social
Anne Frank died from a typhus epidemic that spread through the concentration camp where she was imprisoned.
February 7, 2026 at 11:35 PM
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courtneymilan.com
They're trying to tell us that they always get what they want. That there is nothing so hideous that they won't do it, even if it's kidnap a five year old child and then, when they lose, really try even harder to make him suffer more.

Fuck them.
February 6, 2026 at 3:53 AM
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repdexteror.bsky.social
I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.

What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?

I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 AM
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lindaholmes.bsky.social
It’s hard to focus on one thing to be appalled about, but these stories out of Minnesota are awful. (And, of course, on the other hand, very encouraging.) I cannot believe you can wrongly grab somebody, transport them, and then leave them where YOU took them.
johnmoe.bsky.social John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 7d
From FB regarding Pizza Luce in Minnesota.

I like it when I can do something to help people displaced by ICE and then after I do that thing I get to eat a pizza.
I want to let you know about something that happened at Pizza Luce and encourage you to thank and patronize them. One of the drivers at Parkway Pizza who is a friend of mine told me tonight about something that happened at the downtown Mpls Pizza Lucé where his wife works. A kitchen manager has been giving rides to workers afraid to take public transportation to work. Last week, two ICE SUVs pulled her over. There was a young Latina women in the car and ICE grabbed her. She is here legally, but apparently, if you are not white, you need to carry a passport or other documents with you. Despite the fact that she is here legally, ICE flew her to their detention facility outside of El Paso, TX. Fortunately, the owner of the Pizza Lucé chain paid for a lawyer to expedite her release. Unfortunately, when ICE is forced to release people they have unlawfully detained and flown to Texas, they do not fly them back. They just dump them on the streets of El Paso. But again, fortunately, the owner of Pizza Lucé paid for a plane ticket to fly her home. So please thank the folks at Pizza Lucé if you have the chance. Dozens of Minnesotans have not been so lucky as this woman and are trying to find their way back from Texas. Today's NY Times has a story about "Selamawit Mehari, an Eritrean single mother of three.... federal agents showed up at her apartment in St. Paul...(even though) her older daughter produced paperwork proving her mother was in the United States lawfully, the agents shackled Ms. Mehari and took her away." The story cites many like her who "were eventually released in Texas, leaving them to find their own way home."
February 2, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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courtneymilan.com
aw yeah hat and backpack
I'm so glad they're free
I'm so furious they (and so many others) were traumatized
This doesn't end until there are zero (0) kids being traumatized
ziibiing.com ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 8d
liam and his dad are home!

and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
rep omar, liam ramos and his dad, rep castro!
February 1, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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contrapoints.bsky.social
We don’t owe them anything. They spent a decade ignoring obvious evidence implicating the most guilty while fabricating insane accusations against the innocent.
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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atrupar.com
straight up Gestapo shit
DHS: Want affordable housing? Help report illegal aliens in your area. Call 866-DHS-2-ICE. If you are an illegal alien, you can take control of your departure using DHS.GOV/CBPHOME.
January 31, 2026 at 8:54 PM
kayemmp.bsky.social
Damn. All love and safety to @ilhanmn.bsky.social. 💜
January 28, 2026 at 5:26 AM
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bencollins.bsky.social
I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.
January 27, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
From a FB post about Alex Pretti:
TEXT: I was Alex Pretti’s final nursing student. He was my friend and my nursing mentor. For the past four months, I stood shoulder to shoulder with him during my capstone preceptorship at the Minneapolis VA Hospital. There he trained me to care for the sickest of the sick as an ICU nurse. He taught me how to care for arterial and central lines, the intricacies of managing multiple IVs filled with lifesaving solutions, and how to watch over every heartbeat, every breath, and every flicker of life, ready to act the moment they wavered. Techniques intended to heal. Alex carried patience, compassion and calm as a steady light within him. Even at the very end, that light was there. I recognized his familiar stillness and signature calm composure shining through during those unbearable final moments captured on camera. It does not surprise me that his final words were, “Are you okay?” Caring for people was at the core of who he was. He was incapable of causing harm. He lived a life of healing, and he lived it well. Alex believed strongly in the Second Amendment and in the rights rooted in our Constitution and its amendments. He spoke out for justice and peace whenever he could, not only out of obligation, but out of a belief that we are more connected than divided, and that communication would bring us together. TEXT: I want his family to know his legacy lives on. I am a better nurse because of the wisdom and skills he instilled in me. I carry his light with me into every room, letting it guide and steady my hands as I heal and care for those in need. Please honor my friend by standing up for peace, preferably with a cup of black coffee in hand and a couple of pieces of candy in your pocket, just as he would. He would remind you that caring for others is hard work, and we must do whatever it takes to get through the long shifts. Step outside with your dog, breathe in the world, hike or bike as he loved to do, and let yourself find peace in the quiet moments within nature. Stand up for justice and speak with those whose views differ from your own. Hold your beliefs with strength, but always extend love outward, even in the face of adversity. Take one step, no matter how small, to help heal our world. Through these acts, carry his light forward in his name. Let his legacy continue to heal.
January 26, 2026 at 12:32 AM
kayemmp.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Timeline: How the Shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti Unfolded (Gift Article)
A moment-by-moment analysis of video from the scene shows that Mr. Pretti was already restrained when fatal shots were fired, which appears to contradict the federal government’s account of the event.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:03 AM
kayemmp.bsky.social
Statement from the family of Alex Pretti. Please share: Citation: www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Minneapolis shooting latest: Alex Pretti’s parents say ‘please get the truth out’ after son fatally shot by federal agents
Minnesota governor decries ‘federal occupation’ after another deadly shooting less than three weeks after ICE officer killed Renee Good in city
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“.. He cared about people deeply ..,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong ..”

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...
January 24, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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thehousered.bsky.social
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO

this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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kenjennings.bsky.social
Jesus, Allah, Buddha, why is Gmail giving me "Tab to improve, Esc to dismiss" AI prompts when I turned off all their awful "smart features" in Settings months ago? They are really trying to wear us down on this stuff. Anyone have ideas?
January 22, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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lindaholmes.bsky.social
What John is saying here is similar to what I was trying to say yesterday, but he’s more clear: There’s really really cold, but there’s also very disruptive cold that is very dangerous. And while it’s true that it presents risks for those who aren’t local, it presents risks for everybody. (1/2)
johnmoe.bsky.social John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 22d
Hi. MN getting a lot of attention right now.

Do NOT underestimate weather’s potential to absolutely BREAK people here, especially new-to-towners.

When it snows hard, drops to way below zero, everything frozen, it can make you stop functioning. Horrify and immobilize you. Changes EVERYTHING.
mprnews.org MPR News @mprnews.org · 22d
As of late morning, snow was falling in the Red River Valley with northerly winds gusting to more than 40 mph. Weather stations were reporting near-zero visibility at times.
January 18, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
Lots of people in Venezuela are hoping that we will stop our government and capitalists from stealing their resources.
January 3, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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clareblackwood.bsky.social
BREAKING: US President removes president of foreign country after starting illegitimate oil war because "It worked so well all those other times"
meidastouch.com MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Jan 3
JUST IN: Trump says the U.S. has captured Maduro and his wife and flown them out of the country.
January 3, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
I wonder if people in this country know that the VAST MAJORITY of people in the US did not contribute to the Black freedom movement. I'm always taken aback by how people talk online. Folks, your grandparents & great-grandparents DID NOTHING or they were in OPPOSITION, lol.
December 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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pattonoswalt.bsky.social
I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
December 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones. We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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courtneymilan.com
I really don't have any words right now. What a horrific end to a horrific year.
December 15, 2025 at 3:41 AM