Mel in the mountains
@melevanie.bsky.social
Retired govt environmental enforcement atty. Fond of animals, hiking, democracy, whiskey & chocolate, in no particular order. She/her, ally. I ain't afraid o no Nazis. Support freedom & independence 🏴 🇺🇦 & 🇺🇸
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ICE goon in Minneapolis: "You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
January 27, 2026 at 8:01 PM
ICE goon in Minneapolis: "You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
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“An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Democrats so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package.”
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:03 PM
“An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Democrats so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package.”
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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Susie Wiles needs to be brought to be questioned before Senate.
We are now witnessing the coordination of obstruction of justice between the White House and the DOJ…all because the spinmeister wants to “control the narrative” and break the law by delaying the release of ALL of the files by law.
We are now witnessing the coordination of obstruction of justice between the White House and the DOJ…all because the spinmeister wants to “control the narrative” and break the law by delaying the release of ALL of the files by law.
January 28, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Susie Wiles needs to be brought to be questioned before Senate.
We are now witnessing the coordination of obstruction of justice between the White House and the DOJ…all because the spinmeister wants to “control the narrative” and break the law by delaying the release of ALL of the files by law.
We are now witnessing the coordination of obstruction of justice between the White House and the DOJ…all because the spinmeister wants to “control the narrative” and break the law by delaying the release of ALL of the files by law.
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THIS is the conundrum that was inevitable for Repubs, NRA & fascist administration. You can’t have a fascist takeover of a country of ARMED CITIZENS. www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/p...
Gun-rights groups decried the administration’s rhetoric on Alex Pretti’s gun. Then Trump went even further. | CNN Politics
The Trump administration didn’t have a whole lot to work with after a federal officer shot and killed someone again this weekend in Minneapolis.
www.cnn.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:31 PM
THIS is the conundrum that was inevitable for Repubs, NRA & fascist administration. You can’t have a fascist takeover of a country of ARMED CITIZENS. www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/p...
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This is testimony…
📌 Stella Carlson, “Pink coat lady”, speaks on the murder of Alex Pretti.
“After the shooting, they (ICE) decided to just scatter and save themselves.”
📌 Stella Carlson, “Pink coat lady”, speaks on the murder of Alex Pretti.
“After the shooting, they (ICE) decided to just scatter and save themselves.”
January 28, 2026 at 10:48 AM
This is testimony…
📌 Stella Carlson, “Pink coat lady”, speaks on the murder of Alex Pretti.
“After the shooting, they (ICE) decided to just scatter and save themselves.”
📌 Stella Carlson, “Pink coat lady”, speaks on the murder of Alex Pretti.
“After the shooting, they (ICE) decided to just scatter and save themselves.”
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I want every kidnap victim of this regime to sue for damages as soon as the rule of law is restored in this country. Not "Vs. USA". I want them to sue Noem, Trump, Miller, etc. Everything they own seized, sold and the proceeds distributed to their victims. This is the only justice I will accept.
January 28, 2026 at 11:51 AM
I want every kidnap victim of this regime to sue for damages as soon as the rule of law is restored in this country. Not "Vs. USA". I want them to sue Noem, Trump, Miller, etc. Everything they own seized, sold and the proceeds distributed to their victims. This is the only justice I will accept.
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The same people lying about Alex Pretti got people fired for saying the truth about Charlie Kirk.
January 28, 2026 at 2:28 PM
The same people lying about Alex Pretti got people fired for saying the truth about Charlie Kirk.
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Thank you, Mr. President.
January 28, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Thank you, Mr. President.
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Call your Senators and tell them to defund and abolish and vote no on the omnibus. Do it now.
We are calling our senators right now and demanding that they vote no on the omnibus with DHS funding
We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
January 24, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Call your Senators and tell them to defund and abolish and vote no on the omnibus. Do it now.
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🖤 We are witnessing the unthinkable: ICE agents with little training, killing unarmed individuals in broad daylight. The system is broken, and the violence is escalating. We are fighting for human lives.
📞 Call Senators: 202‑224‑3121
#ICEOut
🎧 Protest Music Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWXa...
📞 Call Senators: 202‑224‑3121
#ICEOut
🎧 Protest Music Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWXa...
Rage Against The Machine - Killing In the Name (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by RATMVEVO
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:08 PM
🖤 We are witnessing the unthinkable: ICE agents with little training, killing unarmed individuals in broad daylight. The system is broken, and the violence is escalating. We are fighting for human lives.
📞 Call Senators: 202‑224‑3121
#ICEOut
🎧 Protest Music Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWXa...
📞 Call Senators: 202‑224‑3121
#ICEOut
🎧 Protest Music Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWXa...
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BREAKING: Two Republican senators, Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski, call for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to resign.
Two Republican senators call for Kristi Noem to resign as DHS secretary
Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Thom Tillis are the first GOP members of Congress to call for Noem to step down as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:38 PM
BREAKING: Two Republican senators, Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski, call for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to resign.
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Yes! And Stephen miller next
BREAKING: Two Republican senators, Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski, call for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to resign.
Two Republican senators call for Kristi Noem to resign as DHS secretary
Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Thom Tillis are the first GOP members of Congress to call for Noem to step down as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Yes! And Stephen miller next
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On this International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we pause to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and the millions of other victims of Nazi persecution. On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops entered Auschwitz in Poland and freed the survivors of the network of concentration camps.
January 27, 2026 at 10:08 PM
On this International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we pause to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and the millions of other victims of Nazi persecution. On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops entered Auschwitz in Poland and freed the survivors of the network of concentration camps.
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"We are being lied to... The level of anger I felt when minutes after we saw the video, the federal government lying to us, I said, this is not the truth. We have to let people know. I know his character, I knew who he was. The truth has to come out."
January 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM
"We are being lied to... The level of anger I felt when minutes after we saw the video, the federal government lying to us, I said, this is not the truth. We have to let people know. I know his character, I knew who he was. The truth has to come out."
DEFUND F'IN ICE NOW
And in this moment, this beautiful child would be falling into his mother for comfort but she has been taken.
We are raising a generation of children who are being traumatized by the state, and some of them will grow up angry because their parents were ripped away by force.
We are raising a generation of children who are being traumatized by the state, and some of them will grow up angry because their parents were ripped away by force.
January 27, 2026 at 6:07 PM
DEFUND F'IN ICE NOW
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Keep writing and calling your Senators!! Keep the pressure on, every day!
This has good scripts to follow:
5calls.org
This has good scripts to follow:
5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
January 27, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Keep writing and calling your Senators!! Keep the pressure on, every day!
This has good scripts to follow:
5calls.org
This has good scripts to follow:
5calls.org
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Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
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AFGE, the largest federal employee union, is calling for the immediate termination of Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller for smearing their slain union member Alex Pretti as a “domestic terrorist.”
January 27, 2026 at 6:00 PM
AFGE, the largest federal employee union, is calling for the immediate termination of Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller for smearing their slain union member Alex Pretti as a “domestic terrorist.”
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Reminder that, in recent days, children have rallied and protested for their freedom inside an ICE detention center where water has been described as "putrid" and meals reportedly contain “bugs,” dirt, and debris. This is where the kidnapped 5-year-old Liam Ramos is being held.
Protest breaks out at Dilley immigration detention facility holding 5-year-old Liam Ramos
A protest broke out Saturday at the ICE-run South Texas family detention complex in Dilley, where five-year-old Liam Ramos is being detained.
www.tpr.org
January 27, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Reminder that, in recent days, children have rallied and protested for their freedom inside an ICE detention center where water has been described as "putrid" and meals reportedly contain “bugs,” dirt, and debris. This is where the kidnapped 5-year-old Liam Ramos is being held.
Have been discussing ICE etc with an old friend who is Republican. She is a wonderful person. I find it hard to deal w her isolation from real news. But we do both have loved ones who are Latino or otherwise brown/"foreign". So we've talked about the terror & uncertainty they face even if citizens.
January 27, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Have been discussing ICE etc with an old friend who is Republican. She is a wonderful person. I find it hard to deal w her isolation from real news. But we do both have loved ones who are Latino or otherwise brown/"foreign". So we've talked about the terror & uncertainty they face even if citizens.
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ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
January 26, 2026 at 10:14 PM
ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
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Rep. Veronica Escobar on a homicide in a Texas immigrant detention facility: "I've learned nothing else from DHS, and I think what's also very telling is DHS tried to deport the witnesses to this homicide"
January 27, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Rep. Veronica Escobar on a homicide in a Texas immigrant detention facility: "I've learned nothing else from DHS, and I think what's also very telling is DHS tried to deport the witnesses to this homicide"
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We're now seeing a steady march of Catholic prelates with obvious backing from the Vatican saying hat it's time now to defund and liquidate ICE.
January 27, 2026 at 3:16 PM
We're now seeing a steady march of Catholic prelates with obvious backing from the Vatican saying hat it's time now to defund and liquidate ICE.
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Ipswich, Massachusetts
Rally for Democracy
Saturdays thru February 28
Rally for Democracy
Saturdays thru February 28
#NOKINGS
#IceOUT
#Massachusetts
Ipswich Massachusetts
Rally for Democracy
Saturdays Jan 3 through
Feb 28, 2026
12 – 1pm EST
Middle Green
36 S Main St
Ipswich, MA 01938
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#IceOUT
#Massachusetts
Ipswich Massachusetts
Rally for Democracy
Saturdays Jan 3 through
Feb 28, 2026
12 – 1pm EST
Middle Green
36 S Main St
Ipswich, MA 01938
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Rally for Democracy · Mobilize
We will line the street with our signs as passing cars honk in approval! We must show that we are many and that we will turn the tide!
www.mobilize.us
January 27, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Ipswich, Massachusetts
Rally for Democracy
Saturdays thru February 28
Rally for Democracy
Saturdays thru February 28