KathCLeSage
@kcl71.bsky.social
Non-fiction editor/proofreader. Late-'80s-#GeneralHospital fan. Mom of 2 teens and 2 doggos. Merry golf widow. Depressed Dem. She/Her
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KathCLeSage
@kcl71.bsky.social
· Dec 14
Yes, we have to elect school board directors in 2025, people. Pull yourselves together.
UPDATE: We did it, guys! 🙌🎉🥳
NEXT UP: Blue Wave 🌊 flipping the House and the Senate in the 2026 midterms.
NEXT UP: Blue Wave 🌊 flipping the House and the Senate in the 2026 midterms.
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January 15, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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I’ve started using the term “ethnic cleansing campaign” to describe the ICE occupation here in Minnesota. This is deliberate because the reality on the ground is that, at a given moment, any non-white person can be kidnapped by masked federal paramilitaries regardless of their constitutional rights.
January 15, 2026 at 3:22 PM
I’ve started using the term “ethnic cleansing campaign” to describe the ICE occupation here in Minnesota. This is deliberate because the reality on the ground is that, at a given moment, any non-white person can be kidnapped by masked federal paramilitaries regardless of their constitutional rights.
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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Dept. of Justice lawsuit seeking unreacted statewide voter registration list. A big victory for our clients -- the NAACP, NAACP-CA/HI and SIREN --and the citizens of California. www.democracydocket.com/cases/califo...
🚨 United States v. Weber
Learn more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:27 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Dept. of Justice lawsuit seeking unreacted statewide voter registration list. A big victory for our clients -- the NAACP, NAACP-CA/HI and SIREN --and the citizens of California. www.democracydocket.com/cases/califo...
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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
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This is hilarious and I applaud the hilarity. Let’s be honest. Probably best just close CBS News down now before it gets more embarrassing.
“Huge internal concern” among CBS staff over that “internal bleeding” story.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
![The network’s top editor, Bari Weiss, expressed a high level of interest in the story on an editorial call Wednesday morning, according to staffers who listened.
“There was big internal dissension about the ‘internal bleeding’ report here last night,” the CBS News staffer, who was not authorized to speak publicly, said . “It was viewed as a thinly-veiled, anonymous leak by [the Trump administration] to someone who’d carry it online.”
“Felt to many here like we were carrying water for the admin’s justifying of the shooting to keep our access to our sources,” said a second network staffer, who was also not authorized to comment.
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January 16, 2026 at 3:25 AM
This is hilarious and I applaud the hilarity. Let’s be honest. Probably best just close CBS News down now before it gets more embarrassing.
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1. It's been more than a day since 2 of America's most storied newsrooms, CBS and ABC, reported that killer ICE agent Jon Ross suffered "internal bleeding" based on unnamed sources
Since then
- No other news org has confirmed the story
- No evidence (photos, medical records) has been produced
Since then
- No other news org has confirmed the story
- No evidence (photos, medical records) has been produced
January 16, 2026 at 12:48 AM
1. It's been more than a day since 2 of America's most storied newsrooms, CBS and ABC, reported that killer ICE agent Jon Ross suffered "internal bleeding" based on unnamed sources
Since then
- No other news org has confirmed the story
- No evidence (photos, medical records) has been produced
Since then
- No other news org has confirmed the story
- No evidence (photos, medical records) has been produced
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Officials from the Oglala Sioux Tribe are unable to locate three tribal members after they were arrested by ICE in Minneapolis.
“There’s nobody more American than American Indians,” activist and immigration attorney Chase Iron Eyes said.
📸: Louis Krauss/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
“There’s nobody more American than American Indians,” activist and immigration attorney Chase Iron Eyes said.
📸: Louis Krauss/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
January 16, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Officials from the Oglala Sioux Tribe are unable to locate three tribal members after they were arrested by ICE in Minneapolis.
“There’s nobody more American than American Indians,” activist and immigration attorney Chase Iron Eyes said.
📸: Louis Krauss/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
“There’s nobody more American than American Indians,” activist and immigration attorney Chase Iron Eyes said.
📸: Louis Krauss/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
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i think gavin newsom fucking sucks and if you ever try to guilt me into voting for him i’ll scream
January 16, 2026 at 3:24 AM
i think gavin newsom fucking sucks and if you ever try to guilt me into voting for him i’ll scream
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ICE Agents enter Target with no warrant and violently tackle two American citizen employees, evidently because they didn't "look American" enough. (DHS refused to explain their rationale, so we have to guess.)
The injured Americans were later dumped in parking lots miles away in sub-zero weather.
The injured Americans were later dumped in parking lots miles away in sub-zero weather.
‘Madness’: two US citizens violently detained by ICE in Minnesota, officials say
Two Target employees forced to the ground, then into SUV, then dumped in different parking lot
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:51 AM
ICE Agents enter Target with no warrant and violently tackle two American citizen employees, evidently because they didn't "look American" enough. (DHS refused to explain their rationale, so we have to guess.)
The injured Americans were later dumped in parking lots miles away in sub-zero weather.
The injured Americans were later dumped in parking lots miles away in sub-zero weather.
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This is important and, also, not not new. There were reports of this in LA, Portland, and Chicago, at least, as well.
Just so people outside of MN know - a lot of the US citizens getting “arrested” by ICE never get processed at Whipple. They are roughed up during the arrest and then often dropped off miles from where they were picked up. It means we don’t know the true scale of what ICE is doing based on ICE stats
January 15, 2026 at 7:04 PM
This is important and, also, not not new. There were reports of this in LA, Portland, and Chicago, at least, as well.
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Grinning like a 5-year old getting his participation trophy at the post-season T-ball pizza party.
January 16, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Grinning like a 5-year old getting his participation trophy at the post-season T-ball pizza party.
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It will become increasingly important for people to take video and protect and save that video so that when there is finally an accounting for what’s happening, there will be evidence.
January 16, 2026 at 12:29 AM
It will become increasingly important for people to take video and protect and save that video so that when there is finally an accounting for what’s happening, there will be evidence.
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They couldn’t get us to take the bait for the last 12 months. The people have been not been violent in Minneapolis. ICE has been assaulting, even murdering people.
Yet 🍊💩 is saying he could invoke the Insurrection Act? The only provocation I see is coming from him & his wannabe Nazis.
FUCK THAT
Yet 🍊💩 is saying he could invoke the Insurrection Act? The only provocation I see is coming from him & his wannabe Nazis.
FUCK THAT
Rep. Dan Goldman is calling the play. Trump and Stephen Miller are flooding cities with masked, untrained ICE agents to spark fear and bait conflict. Chaos is the point. The Insurrection Act is the excuse.
Power is the prize.
The country sees it.
The con is dead on arrival.
Power is the prize.
The country sees it.
The con is dead on arrival.
January 15, 2026 at 7:42 PM
They couldn’t get us to take the bait for the last 12 months. The people have been not been violent in Minneapolis. ICE has been assaulting, even murdering people.
Yet 🍊💩 is saying he could invoke the Insurrection Act? The only provocation I see is coming from him & his wannabe Nazis.
FUCK THAT
Yet 🍊💩 is saying he could invoke the Insurrection Act? The only provocation I see is coming from him & his wannabe Nazis.
FUCK THAT
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I’m a UK based American, I don’t think folks back home know just how angry NATO allies are with the US right now. NATO allies lost lives standing by us and now Trump is shafting the alliance for his rich donors with Greenland. #DemVoice1 #TraitorTrump
January 15, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I’m a UK based American, I don’t think folks back home know just how angry NATO allies are with the US right now. NATO allies lost lives standing by us and now Trump is shafting the alliance for his rich donors with Greenland. #DemVoice1 #TraitorTrump
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Ongoing and obvious reminder that firing chemical weapons directly at people's heads like this *is* deadly force.
January 8, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Ongoing and obvious reminder that firing chemical weapons directly at people's heads like this *is* deadly force.
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ICE keeps saying the people protesting it are being paid without any evidence, but we have receipts showing that the people *defending* ICE are absolutely being paid.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
relevant to the debate over whether we should keep funding DHS without reforms and accountability for how out of control their spending is
January 15, 2026 at 4:28 PM
ICE keeps saying the people protesting it are being paid without any evidence, but we have receipts showing that the people *defending* ICE are absolutely being paid.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
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Minneapolis residents are painting tunnels onto brick walls and ICE agents are running into them. This is not funny.
Naaaaaaailed it
January 15, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Minneapolis residents are painting tunnels onto brick walls and ICE agents are running into them. This is not funny.
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I’m a longtime believer in reclaiming the Gadsden flag and now is really an ideal time.
So, if I'm following all this correctly, a bunch of internet shitposters who spent years screaming "don't tread on me" and warning about federal agents stomping out people's rights... have been hired as ICE agents to go around breaking into people's homes, kidnapping & shooting them
January 15, 2026 at 11:39 PM
I’m a longtime believer in reclaiming the Gadsden flag and now is really an ideal time.
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Some of the stories in here are absolutely chilling. One US citizen of Somali descent was just riding an elevator with ICE agents and then they detained him for almost half an hour in the freezing cold despite him showing agents his passport card. They only let him go once protestors showed up.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Some of the stories in here are absolutely chilling. One US citizen of Somali descent was just riding an elevator with ICE agents and then they detained him for almost half an hour in the freezing cold despite him showing agents his passport card. They only let him go once protestors showed up.
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These camps are killing disabled people first through abuse and neglect.
🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
January 15, 2026 at 11:26 PM
These camps are killing disabled people first through abuse and neglect.
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Joe Rogan is telling his millions of listeners the Trump admin is acting like Nazis.
Shawn Ryan is telling his millions of listeners the White House is actively protecting pedophiles.
Meanwhile, the paid GOP shills on Twitter want you to believe Trump is as popular as ever.
Shawn Ryan is telling his millions of listeners the White House is actively protecting pedophiles.
Meanwhile, the paid GOP shills on Twitter want you to believe Trump is as popular as ever.
January 16, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Joe Rogan is telling his millions of listeners the Trump admin is acting like Nazis.
Shawn Ryan is telling his millions of listeners the White House is actively protecting pedophiles.
Meanwhile, the paid GOP shills on Twitter want you to believe Trump is as popular as ever.
Shawn Ryan is telling his millions of listeners the White House is actively protecting pedophiles.
Meanwhile, the paid GOP shills on Twitter want you to believe Trump is as popular as ever.
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is it normal for encyclopedias to include “skin tone” or just when they’re generated by a white nationalist’s ai?
January 16, 2026 at 12:53 AM
is it normal for encyclopedias to include “skin tone” or just when they’re generated by a white nationalist’s ai?
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Experienced federal prosecutors are angry about the DOJ cover-up of the murder of Renee Nicole Good & they’re resigning at record numbers.
My latest, including the outrageous pressure campaign to pursue a criminal investigation into Becca Good, the wife of Renee Good.
youtu.be/DY2Wcu58L0o?...
My latest, including the outrageous pressure campaign to pursue a criminal investigation into Becca Good, the wife of Renee Good.
youtu.be/DY2Wcu58L0o?...
Top DOJ Officials QUIT Over ICE Murder COVER-UP
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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January 15, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Experienced federal prosecutors are angry about the DOJ cover-up of the murder of Renee Nicole Good & they’re resigning at record numbers.
My latest, including the outrageous pressure campaign to pursue a criminal investigation into Becca Good, the wife of Renee Good.
youtu.be/DY2Wcu58L0o?...
My latest, including the outrageous pressure campaign to pursue a criminal investigation into Becca Good, the wife of Renee Good.
youtu.be/DY2Wcu58L0o?...
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At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
January 15, 2026 at 11:48 PM
At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
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New ICE Bucket Challenge just dropped.
January 16, 2026 at 12:59 AM
New ICE Bucket Challenge just dropped.