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Getting old enough to occasionally forget how old I am.

Blue speck from Banjo County, New York… I WISH there really WERE more cows than people here!

Don’t blame me, I voted for the woke woman of color.
Pinned
Never give up. Never top fighting. Be like Ukraine.

youtu.be/LeR8EGUAm7Y?...
Restoring a Burned Gibson Les Paul – Bringing It Back to Life. Part 1
YouTube video by Tanya Shpachuk
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This adorable little girl is home but she should never ever have been taken in the first place. Thanks to our staff, Council Member Chavez & Rep. Sencer-Mura who helped on this case. The administration was literally racing to beat the court & take her away.

www.startribune.com/agents-detai...
Agents detain and send 2-year-old girl and her father to Texas despite court order to release toddler
Attorneys for the family say they were asylum-seekers who were pulled over without a warrant. The girl has since been reunited with her mother.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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🇺🇦 Today, our unity is our shield and our future. We celebrated Unity Day. Historically, this marks the 1919 unification of eastern and western Ukrainian lands. But today, this word carries a much deeper weight.
January 24, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Time to break out the snowblower again

Glad I brought my laptop home from work.
January 24, 2026 at 2:23 PM
But okay, tell me about “activist judges” and “deranged prosecutors” and then try to convince us you’re not planning on eviscerating the entire system of justice and replacing it with a totalitarian regime
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Jack Smith: "Trump was charged bc the evidence established he willfully broke the law -- the very laws he took an oath to uphold... After leaving office, Trump illegally kept classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago social club... highly sensitive natl security info was held in a ballroom & bathroom."
January 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM
So I decided to make one, too.
January 24, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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When exactly is too much, America?
January 24, 2026 at 11:40 AM
I’m sure most of us get it already, but for the trolls who like to pervert literally everything: no, nobody is suggesting that “white male veterans” are more important than <insert your choice marginalized group here>. The point is that IT WAS NEVER ABOUT IMMIGRANTS.
January 24, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that JD Vance tried to "soften" things in Minneapolis. He blamed the left for ICE violence and called the 5-year-old's father an "illegal alien" even though he's lawfully applying for asylum.

New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
Trump’s ICE Goons Detained a 5-Year-Old. Then JD Vance Made It Worse.
Much of the media is treating the vice president’s Minneapolis visit as an attempt to lower the temperature. If anything, he raised it.
newrepublic.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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PREMIERE: 40 years ago today, #Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard left this planet. One of his final caretakers was Steve Pfauth (1945-2016). For the first time anywhere we have the full video interview Pfauth gave to Lawrence Wright as he was reporting his 2013 book Going Clear.
PREMIERE: Lawrence Wright interview of L. Ron Hubbard's final caretaker Steve 'Sarge' Pfauth
Forty years ago today, Scientology founder L.
tonyortega.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:58 AM
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they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.

ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.

the family is here legally.

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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An autopsy found that Geraldo Lunas Campos died from “asphyxia due to neck and torso compression.”

They choked him to death. They strangled him.

Torso compression means they violently pinned him down.

Now they're trying to disappear the two witnesses.

Another ICE murder cover-up.
January 24, 2026 at 3:02 AM
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CNN put together a clip of JD Vance claiming ICE agents have "absolute immunity" followed by him two weeks later claiming "I didn't say that officers who engage in wrongdoing would enjoy immunity"
January 24, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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This is so fucking haunting.
January 24, 2026 at 3:11 AM
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When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
January 24, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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Day 422 of #GeorgiaProtests

1. Further international isolation of the regime, which is an enabler and sanctions evasion tool in the Russia-Iran-China axis;
2. Further targeted sanctions. It works;
3. Aid to CSOs and independent media.

Please amplify! Thank you.

📷 Dato Simonia
January 23, 2026 at 11:00 PM
And all this time I thought it was a Tim Burton Batman joke.

Clearly I’m not fit for office.
January 24, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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Today's newsletter has now raised more than $6,000 for organizations working to help Minnesota communities affected by ICE and CBP. Sign up for Public Notice using the buttons in today's edition 👇 if you'd like to support good causes in solidarity with the general strike.
January 23, 2026 at 9:07 PM
More threats, more intimidation, more coverups.
Breaking NYT:

The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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Trump: "Canada is no longer invited to join my super awesome Board of Peace."

Canada: "That's too bad. We were totally going to give you the Maple Syrup and Poutine International Peace Prize."

Trump: "Really?"

Canada: "No, dumbass."
January 23, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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Almost all of Murmansk is without electricity, water, and heating. The cause is cited as a network failure.

A similar situation reported in Severomorsk, which is the headquarters of the Russian Northern Fleet and their nuclear naval forces.

Not enough, all russian cities must be like this
January 23, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Make that #187
January 23, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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Make that 186.
January 23, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Why does Greg Bovino look like he is modeling for a @wefail.bsky.social commission?
January 23, 2026 at 5:47 PM