KeepingTheRepublic@bsky.social
@keepingtherepublic.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, Teacher & Researcher. Trying to be a decent Citizen in an Uncivil World. The flag of my native land says “Sic Semper Tyrannis”
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Truth in cartoons, 1932/2025: John Heartfield’s cartoon explained the “meaning of the Hitler salute” (“millions stand behind us!”). Grateful we have someone in our age with Ann Telnaes’ courage to show us how wealth capitulates to Trump
[credits: Metropolitan Museum of Art; anntelnaes@substack]
[credits: Metropolitan Museum of Art; anntelnaes@substack]
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Where's Pam Bondi, defender of the sanctity of religious institutions?
A community is devastated after ICE raids an LA church and arrests a congregant during a church event.
“This was a violation of our Sacred Right to Worship and Serve our Lord Jesus Christ Freely and Safely.” ~ Church officials, in a press release
“This was a violation of our Sacred Right to Worship and Serve our Lord Jesus Christ Freely and Safely.” ~ Church officials, in a press release
February 2, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Where's Pam Bondi, defender of the sanctity of religious institutions?
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Democrats have demanded an end to roving ICE patrols and stricter warrant requirements. If ICE intended to comply they would not need a new $87 million warehouse in our state. A warehouse for human beings.
NEW: ICE buys $87M warehouse in Berks County as it plots expansion of immigration detention centers across the U.S. https://www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/02/ice-warehouse-berks-county-purchase-federal-government/
ICE buys $87M warehouse in Berks County
Deed records show the Trump administration purchased a 520,000-square-foot warehouse in Hamburg, PA, for $87.4 million on Feb. 2.
www.spotlightpa.org
February 2, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Democrats have demanded an end to roving ICE patrols and stricter warrant requirements. If ICE intended to comply they would not need a new $87 million warehouse in our state. A warehouse for human beings.
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like this is absurd, get over yourselves
February 2, 2026 at 1:57 PM
like this is absurd, get over yourselves
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EXCELLENT. Appoint a special master. Get your stuff back.
Fulton County officials say they're filing a federal lawsuit challenging the FBI's seizure of 2020 election records in Georgia.
February 2, 2026 at 8:08 PM
EXCELLENT. Appoint a special master. Get your stuff back.
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{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
February 2, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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And if we get kids to just skip high school and start working at 13, imagine the economic growth!
Dr Oz: "If we could get the average American to start working a year earlier, right out of high school, or a year later -- not retire -- or work better during their lifetime because they're healthy, it would generate about $3 trillion to the US economy. That would more than remove the debt."
February 2, 2026 at 6:59 PM
And if we get kids to just skip high school and start working at 13, imagine the economic growth!
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Globe and Mail cartoon
February 2, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Globe and Mail cartoon
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DHS concedes to Fox it hasn’t followed standard protocol wrt this fatal shooting for the last five days, but it doesn’t explain why. It continues to hide the identities of its homicidal agents.
January 28, 2026 at 5:58 PM
DHS concedes to Fox it hasn’t followed standard protocol wrt this fatal shooting for the last five days, but it doesn’t explain why. It continues to hide the identities of its homicidal agents.
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LONG ISLAND FIREFIGHTERS VS ICE EXCUSE ME WHAT IS HAPPENING
ICE was stealing equipment from the Islip Long Island fire department and a Islip Forward member documented it. ICE tried to arrest the community member but the firemen said “I don’t think so” www.islipforward.org
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
LONG ISLAND FIREFIGHTERS VS ICE EXCUSE ME WHAT IS HAPPENING
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PORTLAND MAYOR WILSON:
“.. To those who continue to work for ICE: Resign. To those who control this facility: Leave. … you have lost all legitimacy and replaced it with shame.”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
“.. To those who continue to work for ICE: Resign. To those who control this facility: Leave. … you have lost all legitimacy and replaced it with shame.”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 1, 2026 at 10:35 PM
PORTLAND MAYOR WILSON:
“.. To those who continue to work for ICE: Resign. To those who control this facility: Leave. … you have lost all legitimacy and replaced it with shame.”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
“.. To those who continue to work for ICE: Resign. To those who control this facility: Leave. … you have lost all legitimacy and replaced it with shame.”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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I have spoken with several senior FBI counterintelligence officers who believe that there is a reasonably strong prospect that Tulsi Gabbard is a foreign intelligence asset.
As you read WSJ's piece on the super-secret abuse complaint about Tulsi Gabbard, remember that she tried unsuccessfully to wring counterintelligence function away from FBI last year.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency
Congress hasn’t seen the complaint, which was filed eight months ago with the U.S. intelligence community watchdog’s office.
www.wsj.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:52 PM
I have spoken with several senior FBI counterintelligence officers who believe that there is a reasonably strong prospect that Tulsi Gabbard is a foreign intelligence asset.
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As usual, if any other president had made a statement this delusional and racist, they'd be institutionalized within a day.
Trump: "Minnesota is a mess. There's something in the water up there. I won the 3 three times but I got no credit for it. It's a rigged state. Really rigged badly w/ the Somalians, and the Somalians & the theft. We gotta get 'em out, most of them. 92% don't work. Many of them drive Mercedes-Benzes."
February 2, 2026 at 6:01 PM
As usual, if any other president had made a statement this delusional and racist, they'd be institutionalized within a day.
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America's Sleeping Giant roared when police attacked civil rights marchers.
And when Nixon tried to cover up Watergate.
Today it roars in Minneapolis and around the country — at the jack-booted thugs occupying our cities.
And when Nixon tried to cover up Watergate.
Today it roars in Minneapolis and around the country — at the jack-booted thugs occupying our cities.
February 2, 2026 at 4:23 PM
America's Sleeping Giant roared when police attacked civil rights marchers.
And when Nixon tried to cover up Watergate.
Today it roars in Minneapolis and around the country — at the jack-booted thugs occupying our cities.
And when Nixon tried to cover up Watergate.
Today it roars in Minneapolis and around the country — at the jack-booted thugs occupying our cities.
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Today I learned Noem's full name is Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem
Her initials are KLAN
Fitting
Her initials are KLAN
Fitting
I hope they didn’t think we forgot about impeaching Kristi Noem. 181 cosponsors and counting, 40k+ letters sent, and countless calls telling Representatives to get on board.
Let them know we aren’t slowing down. Send your letter here:
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Let them know we aren’t slowing down. Send your letter here:
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
February 2, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Today I learned Noem's full name is Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem
Her initials are KLAN
Fitting
Her initials are KLAN
Fitting
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The last time we heard Trump on the phone talking to people in Georgia he was asking them, specifically, to find 11,000 votes for him in 2020 and he's in the White House today and not in jail. Anyway.
One more way in which the FBI's search of an Atlanta election office was surpassingly unusual: President Trump spoke to the agents who conducted the search during a phone call afterward.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
Trump Had Unusual Call With F.B.I. Agents After Election Center Search
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:09 PM
The last time we heard Trump on the phone talking to people in Georgia he was asking them, specifically, to find 11,000 votes for him in 2020 and he's in the White House today and not in jail. Anyway.
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I'm beginning to think it will be easier (and a shorter tally) to list those American billionaires who don't have an Epstein link than to complete the catalogue of those who do.
February 2, 2026 at 4:36 PM
I'm beginning to think it will be easier (and a shorter tally) to list those American billionaires who don't have an Epstein link than to complete the catalogue of those who do.
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From @pabloreports.bsky.social : “DHS is quietly supercharging its detention infrastructure. A massive Navy contract vehicle, once valued at $10 billion, has ballooned to a staggering $55 billion ceiling to expedite Trump’s “mass deportation” agenda.” migrantinsider.com/p/how-the-pe...
February 2, 2026 at 4:18 PM
From @pabloreports.bsky.social : “DHS is quietly supercharging its detention infrastructure. A massive Navy contract vehicle, once valued at $10 billion, has ballooned to a staggering $55 billion ceiling to expedite Trump’s “mass deportation” agenda.” migrantinsider.com/p/how-the-pe...
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I’m sorry but I don’t think Presidents should be able to sue the federal government.
February 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
I’m sorry but I don’t think Presidents should be able to sue the federal government.
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Everything Trump is now doing in the East Pacific appears explicitly geared to benefit China and enhance Chinese prestige and influence throughout the area. His sell-out of Korea and Taiwan is particularly shocking. foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/28/t...
Washington’s Silence in Asia Is a Gift to Beijing
The Trump administration has done little as China threatens U.S. allies.
foreignpolicy.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Everything Trump is now doing in the East Pacific appears explicitly geared to benefit China and enhance Chinese prestige and influence throughout the area. His sell-out of Korea and Taiwan is particularly shocking. foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/28/t...
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"A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm...None of these children or their parents had a criminal history anywhere in the world."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
Opinion | Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:45 AM
"A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm...None of these children or their parents had a criminal history anywhere in the world."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...