MonicaGoldberg
@monicagoldberg.bsky.social
Jewish wife and mother of three, government lawyer, runner, gardener, anti-racist. UC Berkeley & Harvard Law School alum. Big fan of the rule of law & multicultural democracy. Personal account.
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It's also going to permanently harm a lot of people who will survive but with ongoing issues. Some of these people are going to end up blind and are going to have to adapt to that. Some of them are going to have lifelong neurological issues. And it's not necessary.
RFK will be responsible for so many American deaths.
You can ignore science, but science will never ignore you.
Measles incidence in the United States.
Measles incidence in the United States.
January 28, 2026 at 1:58 AM
It's also going to permanently harm a lot of people who will survive but with ongoing issues. Some of these people are going to end up blind and are going to have to adapt to that. Some of them are going to have lifelong neurological issues. And it's not necessary.
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The Trump administration has arrested and detained a former Venezuelan mayor who fled to the U.S. after Maduro had him removed from office for supporting anti-Maduro protesters. He was seeking asylum here.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
ICE jails one-time Venezuelan mayor, living in Cincinnati since 2022
Carlos Garcia Odón came to Cincinnati to escape persecution in Venezuela. His family fears he'll be sent back.
www.yahoo.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:01 PM
The Trump administration has arrested and detained a former Venezuelan mayor who fled to the U.S. after Maduro had him removed from office for supporting anti-Maduro protesters. He was seeking asylum here.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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So white ppl being sufficiently angry enough got Bovino kicked out of ICE?
So, white ppl once again showed they have the power to stop this is what you're saying?
So, white ppl once again showed they have the power to stop this is what you're saying?
January 27, 2026 at 1:49 AM
So white ppl being sufficiently angry enough got Bovino kicked out of ICE?
So, white ppl once again showed they have the power to stop this is what you're saying?
So, white ppl once again showed they have the power to stop this is what you're saying?
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Why? No Dem voted for the OBBB.
January 27, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Why? No Dem voted for the OBBB.
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Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
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Everything they learned in Minnesota they’re applying in Maine from day one. They started off doing fast-moving snatch and grabs on the street, recording and using facial id on observers, and threatening observers directly. They’ll do it all where you live too.
Why is the msm outside of Maine not covering this? It seems like a huge and very troubling story to me. ICE coming to observers houses or calling them on the phone warning them to back off??!! www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Everything they learned in Minnesota they’re applying in Maine from day one. They started off doing fast-moving snatch and grabs on the street, recording and using facial id on observers, and threatening observers directly. They’ll do it all where you live too.
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for me it was the fact that the author is one of the main driving forces behind the global movement to kill my trans friends and erase their existence
hope that helps
hope that helps
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Opinion | Why Gen Z Doesn’t Love ‘Harry Potter’
The wizarding worldview is naïve.
nyti.ms
January 26, 2026 at 9:47 PM
for me it was the fact that the author is one of the main driving forces behind the global movement to kill my trans friends and erase their existence
hope that helps
hope that helps
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New York Knicks player Guerschon Yabusele: “I stand with Minnesota”
January 26, 2026 at 11:50 PM
New York Knicks player Guerschon Yabusele: “I stand with Minnesota”
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🚨BREAKING: Federal officials are hiding the identity of the agent who killed Alex Pretti-calling accountability “doxing.”
No name,no charges. Back on duty. This is how police states operate.
This is authoritarian rule: federal agents kill citizens & the government hides their names in a cover-up.
No name,no charges. Back on duty. This is how police states operate.
This is authoritarian rule: federal agents kill citizens & the government hides their names in a cover-up.
January 26, 2026 at 11:54 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal officials are hiding the identity of the agent who killed Alex Pretti-calling accountability “doxing.”
No name,no charges. Back on duty. This is how police states operate.
This is authoritarian rule: federal agents kill citizens & the government hides their names in a cover-up.
No name,no charges. Back on duty. This is how police states operate.
This is authoritarian rule: federal agents kill citizens & the government hides their names in a cover-up.
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People of Maine, how can the rest of the country help you stand up the way MN successfully did?
ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:25 PM
People of Maine, how can the rest of the country help you stand up the way MN successfully did?
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The terror that ICE and CBP have inflicted on the children of the Twin Cities is, by itself, a crime of scandalous proportions that will forever stain this country's moral fabric, and all those responsible should never know another day of peace. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 26, 2026 at 9:43 PM
The terror that ICE and CBP have inflicted on the children of the Twin Cities is, by itself, a crime of scandalous proportions that will forever stain this country's moral fabric, and all those responsible should never know another day of peace. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
January 25, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
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Sometimes the ICE agents accompany detainees across the street into protester territory. Agents stay long enough to get heckled, then slowly walk back while flipping off & filming... just for fun?
It feels like watching a prisoner exchange with a hostile country, but the hostile country is our own.
It feels like watching a prisoner exchange with a hostile country, but the hostile country is our own.
January 26, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Sometimes the ICE agents accompany detainees across the street into protester territory. Agents stay long enough to get heckled, then slowly walk back while flipping off & filming... just for fun?
It feels like watching a prisoner exchange with a hostile country, but the hostile country is our own.
It feels like watching a prisoner exchange with a hostile country, but the hostile country is our own.
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This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 AM
This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
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Your local election board would love to have your participation. Make your plans now to serve as a pollworker.
Election doomers should really be required to work a primary election as a precinct election worker so they understand how elections in this country actually work. Attending a canvassing board meeting would be good too.
January 26, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Your local election board would love to have your participation. Make your plans now to serve as a pollworker.
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The march is now passing the Chicago city hall / Cook County hall building. The chant goes up,
"Minnesota don't you fear, we, the people, are right here"
"Minnesota don't you fear, we, the people, are right here"
January 25, 2026 at 8:46 PM
The march is now passing the Chicago city hall / Cook County hall building. The chant goes up,
"Minnesota don't you fear, we, the people, are right here"
"Minnesota don't you fear, we, the people, are right here"
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“I was wrong, but I was right to be wrong; while others who were right, were wrong to be right.”
January 25, 2026 at 9:15 PM
“I was wrong, but I was right to be wrong; while others who were right, were wrong to be right.”
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Y’all know June means he “looked Jewish” right?
Stop playing with these antisemitic ass people and call them out!
Stop playing with these antisemitic ass people and call them out!
January 25, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Y’all know June means he “looked Jewish” right?
Stop playing with these antisemitic ass people and call them out!
Stop playing with these antisemitic ass people and call them out!
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I’ve never heard of a “law enforcement” agency putting an officer who just killed someone back on the street under 24 hours. And that’s because all shootings are treated as homicides pending investigation. This is as clear a sign as you’ll get that DHS personnel enjoy practical immunity from murder.
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I’ve never heard of a “law enforcement” agency putting an officer who just killed someone back on the street under 24 hours. And that’s because all shootings are treated as homicides pending investigation. This is as clear a sign as you’ll get that DHS personnel enjoy practical immunity from murder.
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Literally EVERYTHING else aside:
Officers involved in shootings - even shootings that everybody agrees were justified - always take time off to emotionally process their experience, go to therapy, process it.
Sending somebody right back out says "this is an everyday part of your job, expect it."
Officers involved in shootings - even shootings that everybody agrees were justified - always take time off to emotionally process their experience, go to therapy, process it.
Sending somebody right back out says "this is an everyday part of your job, expect it."
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Literally EVERYTHING else aside:
Officers involved in shootings - even shootings that everybody agrees were justified - always take time off to emotionally process their experience, go to therapy, process it.
Sending somebody right back out says "this is an everyday part of your job, expect it."
Officers involved in shootings - even shootings that everybody agrees were justified - always take time off to emotionally process their experience, go to therapy, process it.
Sending somebody right back out says "this is an everyday part of your job, expect it."
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STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION (NBPA) AND ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE FATAL SHOOTING IN MINNEAPOLIS BY ICE
January 25, 2026 at 8:52 PM
STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION (NBPA) AND ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE FATAL SHOOTING IN MINNEAPOLIS BY ICE
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A lot of these guys have to pretend this is the case, because the alternative is that their railing against Harris and getting Trump elected makes them complicit in what is going on.
During his trip to Minnesota, Hasan Piker claims that Kamala Harris would have done the exact same things Trump is doing right now to the American people. Why is he so fixated on this?
From the LivestreamFail community on Reddit: Hasan goes to MN just to say Kamala wouldve done the same thing 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Posted by Overall-Abalone3969 - 455 votes and 130 comments
www.reddit.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:28 PM
A lot of these guys have to pretend this is the case, because the alternative is that their railing against Harris and getting Trump elected makes them complicit in what is going on.
Good advice I intend to take!
Temperatures should head into the 20s late day and might stay there much of the night. Monday will feature readings well into the 20s and sun.
You’ll want to melt and move as much as possible before deep cold sets in again Monday night. (end)
You’ll want to melt and move as much as possible before deep cold sets in again Monday night. (end)
January 25, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Good advice I intend to take!
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