Linda Marie 🐸
@lindam174.bsky.social
Teacher. Mother. Reader.
Never give up.
Never give up.
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"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE
February 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE
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Read the letters referenced by Rep. James Walkinshaw here:
February 10, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Read the letters referenced by Rep. James Walkinshaw here:
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GOLDMAN: Do you know what other regimes in the 20th century required similar proof of citizenship?
LYONS: Various nefarious regimes did that
GOLDMAN: Is Nazi Germany one?
LYONS: This is the wrong type of question
LYONS: Various nefarious regimes did that
GOLDMAN: Is Nazi Germany one?
LYONS: This is the wrong type of question
February 10, 2026 at 5:03 PM
GOLDMAN: Do you know what other regimes in the 20th century required similar proof of citizenship?
LYONS: Various nefarious regimes did that
GOLDMAN: Is Nazi Germany one?
LYONS: This is the wrong type of question
LYONS: Various nefarious regimes did that
GOLDMAN: Is Nazi Germany one?
LYONS: This is the wrong type of question
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This is why primarying people matters. Suddenly everybody involved in this race is in a firm spine contest.
GOLDMAN: Do you know what other regimes in the 20th century required similar proof of citizenship?
LYONS: Various nefarious regimes did that
GOLDMAN: Is Nazi Germany one?
LYONS: This is the wrong type of question
LYONS: Various nefarious regimes did that
GOLDMAN: Is Nazi Germany one?
LYONS: This is the wrong type of question
February 10, 2026 at 6:51 PM
This is why primarying people matters. Suddenly everybody involved in this race is in a firm spine contest.
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“That’s it, clear the room,” John F. Barr, the commission president, said immediately after the vote. “Off air, off air.”
Washington County Backs ICE Detention Facility, Then Cuts Meeting Short Amid Protests
Board votes unanimously to support immigration enforcement, then clears room as demonstrators respond with shouts and whistles
open.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:58 PM
“That’s it, clear the room,” John F. Barr, the commission president, said immediately after the vote. “Off air, off air.”
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They always label those with extreme titles for the actions they themselves are committing.
February 10, 2026 at 6:42 PM
They always label those with extreme titles for the actions they themselves are committing.
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My local bookstore is giving away free whistles with instruction cards on how to report ICE sightings and how to recite your rights when ICE tries to barge their way into your home without a judicial warrant.
February 10, 2026 at 6:42 PM
My local bookstore is giving away free whistles with instruction cards on how to report ICE sightings and how to recite your rights when ICE tries to barge their way into your home without a judicial warrant.
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Rep. Correa: “A number of cases of Americans being detained — what do we do with those people? What do we tell them?”
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons: “I don’t know of any particular case that you’re speaking of.”
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons: “I don’t know of any particular case that you’re speaking of.”
February 10, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Rep. Correa: “A number of cases of Americans being detained — what do we do with those people? What do we tell them?”
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons: “I don’t know of any particular case that you’re speaking of.”
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons: “I don’t know of any particular case that you’re speaking of.”
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Rep. Magaziner: “Is it proper procedure to aim pepper spray into the window of a moving vehicle?”
Commissioner of CBP Rodney Scott: “We try to avoid that.”
Commissioner of CBP Rodney Scott: “We try to avoid that.”
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Magaziner: “Is it proper procedure to aim pepper spray into the window of a moving vehicle?”
Commissioner of CBP Rodney Scott: “We try to avoid that.”
Commissioner of CBP Rodney Scott: “We try to avoid that.”
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Rep. Magaziner: “Kristi Noem is completely unfit and should be removed from office.”
February 10, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Rep. Magaziner: “Kristi Noem is completely unfit and should be removed from office.”
He is an Irish citizen married to an American.
February 10, 2026 at 4:58 PM
He is an Irish citizen married to an American.
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BTW, these camps will not only be for immigrants.
They’ll be for political dissenters, political rivals, academics, 🏳️🌈 & 🏳️⚧️, artists & writers…anyone deemed not in sync with the Trump/Stephen Miller/Russ Vought agenda.
They’ll be for political dissenters, political rivals, academics, 🏳️🌈 & 🏳️⚧️, artists & writers…anyone deemed not in sync with the Trump/Stephen Miller/Russ Vought agenda.
February 10, 2026 at 4:21 PM
BTW, these camps will not only be for immigrants.
They’ll be for political dissenters, political rivals, academics, 🏳️🌈 & 🏳️⚧️, artists & writers…anyone deemed not in sync with the Trump/Stephen Miller/Russ Vought agenda.
They’ll be for political dissenters, political rivals, academics, 🏳️🌈 & 🏳️⚧️, artists & writers…anyone deemed not in sync with the Trump/Stephen Miller/Russ Vought agenda.
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close the camps
abolish ice
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abolish ice
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The proposed centers are so large that some could house as many as 8,000 detainees at once, according to a DHS spreadsheet of more than 20 potential locations that was verified by NBC News. The largest federal prison in the U.S., for example, has roughly 4,000 inmates.
ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern
Sources at two government contractors told NBC News they were worried that new warehouses — and the large numbers of immigrants who would be housed in them — would present safety problems.
www.nbcnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:40 PM
close the camps
abolish ice
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abolish ice
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
We are all domestic terrorists.
Moms with whistles are very threatening.
Moms with whistles are very threatening.
a group of women are standing next to each other in front of a blue sky .
ALT: a group of women are standing next to each other in front of a blue sky .
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:49 PM
We are all domestic terrorists.
Moms with whistles are very threatening.
Moms with whistles are very threatening.
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It's becoming more and more obvious that anyone and everyone who doesn't obey them will be committing "domestic terrorism."
They've made that plain as day for months now.
They've made that plain as day for months now.
Rep. August Pfluger suggests that Twin Cities residents who are using Signal to communicate about ICE are committing "domestic terrorism"
February 10, 2026 at 4:47 PM
It's becoming more and more obvious that anyone and everyone who doesn't obey them will be committing "domestic terrorism."
They've made that plain as day for months now.
They've made that plain as day for months now.
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TO RECAP:
- The president will grant the most notorious living sex trafficker on the planet clemency, if she testifies that he’s innocent
- They don’t want you to believe the thousands of women who were victims of Epstein
- But they do expect you to believe ONE woman, Ghislaine Maxwell
- The president will grant the most notorious living sex trafficker on the planet clemency, if she testifies that he’s innocent
- They don’t want you to believe the thousands of women who were victims of Epstein
- But they do expect you to believe ONE woman, Ghislaine Maxwell
February 10, 2026 at 1:56 PM
TO RECAP:
- The president will grant the most notorious living sex trafficker on the planet clemency, if she testifies that he’s innocent
- They don’t want you to believe the thousands of women who were victims of Epstein
- But they do expect you to believe ONE woman, Ghislaine Maxwell
- The president will grant the most notorious living sex trafficker on the planet clemency, if she testifies that he’s innocent
- They don’t want you to believe the thousands of women who were victims of Epstein
- But they do expect you to believe ONE woman, Ghislaine Maxwell
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Yes, as ICE agents start being suspicious of each other, their efficiency breaks down.
Nothing destroys the cohesion of an organisation more than treason and the appearance of treason.
Nothing destroys the cohesion of an organisation more than treason and the appearance of treason.
February 10, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Yes, as ICE agents start being suspicious of each other, their efficiency breaks down.
Nothing destroys the cohesion of an organisation more than treason and the appearance of treason.
Nothing destroys the cohesion of an organisation more than treason and the appearance of treason.
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Some parts of that bill.
February 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Some parts of that bill.
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not in the least! jonthan turley had a meltdown on twitter about it. going on and on about my awful breach of civility.
February 10, 2026 at 3:52 PM
not in the least! jonthan turley had a meltdown on twitter about it. going on and on about my awful breach of civility.
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“jamelle bouie, very angry black man” is funny though
February 10, 2026 at 3:49 PM
“jamelle bouie, very angry black man” is funny though
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my joke about vance is still making the right-wing rounds. they are furious about this! the worst thing ever said by a human being, apparently.
February 10, 2026 at 3:49 PM
my joke about vance is still making the right-wing rounds. they are furious about this! the worst thing ever said by a human being, apparently.
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The pro-Israel lobby poured money into New Jersey’s special election — and ended up splitting the vote between two moderates.
AIPAC Just Helped Put a Bernie Sanders Alum in Congress
The pro-Israel lobby poured money into New Jersey’s special election — and ended up splitting the vote between two moderates.
interc.pt
February 10, 2026 at 3:53 PM
The pro-Israel lobby poured money into New Jersey’s special election — and ended up splitting the vote between two moderates.