Joe Newlin
@newlin.bsky.social
Labor union communicator. Denizen & appreciator of Los Angeles.
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THREAD: ICE violence is powered by millions of dollars in funding for surveillance.
ICE is buying cell phone location data, leveraging Flock and Ring cameras and playing with terrifying spy toys from Palantir.
We have a rare chance this week to fight back. Plz share
punchbowl.news/article/hous...
ICE is buying cell phone location data, leveraging Flock and Ring cameras and playing with terrifying spy toys from Palantir.
We have a rare chance this week to fight back. Plz share
punchbowl.news/article/hous...
After ICE outcry, Dems turn on DHS funding bill
House Dems are turning against the Homeland Security funding bill en masse in the aftermath of the killing of Renee Good.
punchbowl.news
January 20, 2026 at 4:20 PM
THREAD: ICE violence is powered by millions of dollars in funding for surveillance.
ICE is buying cell phone location data, leveraging Flock and Ring cameras and playing with terrifying spy toys from Palantir.
We have a rare chance this week to fight back. Plz share
punchbowl.news/article/hous...
ICE is buying cell phone location data, leveraging Flock and Ring cameras and playing with terrifying spy toys from Palantir.
We have a rare chance this week to fight back. Plz share
punchbowl.news/article/hous...
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In community after community, regular Americans have shown inspiring courage, coming together in numbers to peacefully resist and reject ICE and their escalations. Congress should follow their lead.
Not one more dime for ICE’s reign of terror.
Not one more dime for ICE’s reign of terror.
January 20, 2026 at 8:12 PM
In community after community, regular Americans have shown inspiring courage, coming together in numbers to peacefully resist and reject ICE and their escalations. Congress should follow their lead.
Not one more dime for ICE’s reign of terror.
Not one more dime for ICE’s reign of terror.
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If you read one thing today, it should be this
Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’
www.thetimes.com/article/01ba...
Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’
www.thetimes.com/article/01ba...
Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’
Witnesses tell of the brutality inflicted on those taking part in anti-regime protests
www.thetimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:04 AM
If you read one thing today, it should be this
Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’
www.thetimes.com/article/01ba...
Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’
www.thetimes.com/article/01ba...
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
December 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
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Talked to a Somali man today who said his mosque last night was surrounded by neighbors ready to protect them against ICE if needed. Made me feel proud to live in this city.
January 17, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Talked to a Somali man today who said his mosque last night was surrounded by neighbors ready to protect them against ICE if needed. Made me feel proud to live in this city.
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And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
January 17, 2026 at 10:23 PM
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
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The beating heart of a fighting labor movement is in Minnesota. One of the key battles for the future of working people will be determined there. Trump’s goons are treating their assault on the state as a workshop for what to do next. Solidarity is the answer.
labornotes.org/2026/01/will...
labornotes.org/2026/01/will...
Will ICE Ignite a Mass Strike in Minnesota?
Minnesota appears to be in gear for a mass uprising. Unions, community organizations, faith leaders, and small businesses there are calling for a statewide day of “no work (except for emergency servic...
labornotes.org
January 16, 2026 at 11:40 PM
The beating heart of a fighting labor movement is in Minnesota. One of the key battles for the future of working people will be determined there. Trump’s goons are treating their assault on the state as a workshop for what to do next. Solidarity is the answer.
labornotes.org/2026/01/will...
labornotes.org/2026/01/will...
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Just a reminder that Trump is selling Venezuelan oil and depositing the proceeds into a bank account in Qatar that is NOT under any control by the US government or Congress.
He's just stealing it. It really is that simple.
He's just stealing it. It really is that simple.
January 17, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Just a reminder that Trump is selling Venezuelan oil and depositing the proceeds into a bank account in Qatar that is NOT under any control by the US government or Congress.
He's just stealing it. It really is that simple.
He's just stealing it. It really is that simple.
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Yesterday, these incompetent fucks were just going door-to-door in a neighborhood near my house at 8:30 in the morning. School buses were driving through trying to pick up kids, people were out walking their dogs, and people were taking out their trash cans.
January 17, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Yesterday, these incompetent fucks were just going door-to-door in a neighborhood near my house at 8:30 in the morning. School buses were driving through trying to pick up kids, people were out walking their dogs, and people were taking out their trash cans.
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Poverty is not a personal failure.
Poverty is a systemic failure.
Poverty is a systemic failure.
January 16, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Poverty is not a personal failure.
Poverty is a systemic failure.
Poverty is a systemic failure.
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You're telling me a woman was forced to give up her trophy to a biological male
María Corina Machado on her meeting with Trump: “I presented the president of the United States with the Nobel Peace Prize”
January 15, 2026 at 9:53 PM
You're telling me a woman was forced to give up her trophy to a biological male
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On Friday, January 9, ICE arrested a member of our union, the Minnesota Newspaper and Communications Guild, as part of Operation Metro Surge.
He has been transferred to a detention facility in Texas, where he is awaiting action on his petition for habeas corpus.
newsguild.org/guild-member...
He has been transferred to a detention facility in Texas, where he is awaiting action on his petition for habeas corpus.
newsguild.org/guild-member...
Guild member detained by ICE in Minnesota | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
On Friday, January 9, ICE arrested a member of our union, the Minnesota Newspaper and Communications Guild, as part of Operation Metro Surge.
newsguild.org
January 16, 2026 at 4:44 PM
On Friday, January 9, ICE arrested a member of our union, the Minnesota Newspaper and Communications Guild, as part of Operation Metro Surge.
He has been transferred to a detention facility in Texas, where he is awaiting action on his petition for habeas corpus.
newsguild.org/guild-member...
He has been transferred to a detention facility in Texas, where he is awaiting action on his petition for habeas corpus.
newsguild.org/guild-member...
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The actual story is that a family of American citizens trying to evacuate from a neighborhood that ICE had made unsafe, and then ICE tossed munitions into the car, causing three kids to be hospitalized and a six month old to stop breathing. DHS called the family “radical agitators”
January 16, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The actual story is that a family of American citizens trying to evacuate from a neighborhood that ICE had made unsafe, and then ICE tossed munitions into the car, causing three kids to be hospitalized and a six month old to stop breathing. DHS called the family “radical agitators”
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She is pleading with them:
“I’m disabled! I have a brain injury! Put me down!”
She was on her way to a traumatic brain injury Center when they grabbed her and threw her in detention.
She requested a doctor, was denied and lost consciousness.
Utterly inhumane.
“I’m disabled! I have a brain injury! Put me down!”
She was on her way to a traumatic brain injury Center when they grabbed her and threw her in detention.
She requested a doctor, was denied and lost consciousness.
Utterly inhumane.
January 16, 2026 at 5:34 AM
She is pleading with them:
“I’m disabled! I have a brain injury! Put me down!”
She was on her way to a traumatic brain injury Center when they grabbed her and threw her in detention.
She requested a doctor, was denied and lost consciousness.
Utterly inhumane.
“I’m disabled! I have a brain injury! Put me down!”
She was on her way to a traumatic brain injury Center when they grabbed her and threw her in detention.
She requested a doctor, was denied and lost consciousness.
Utterly inhumane.
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The only thing that can stop a bad guy with ICE is a good guy with ice
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin on "acts of violence" against ICE agents in Minnesota: "Pouring water on the ground so that it would freeze the ground in front of our federal law enforcement vehicles so that they would potentially slide, crash, and potentially kill them"
January 16, 2026 at 5:39 AM
The only thing that can stop a bad guy with ICE is a good guy with ice
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How do you rent cars and hotel rooms to these people and still have an existing business tomorrow?
January 15, 2026 at 4:42 AM
How do you rent cars and hotel rooms to these people and still have an existing business tomorrow?
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fellow journalists’ reports from minneapolis are hitting like dispatches from the frontlines of a civil war
January 15, 2026 at 5:27 AM
fellow journalists’ reports from minneapolis are hitting like dispatches from the frontlines of a civil war
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🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
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The American Nazi Party.
ICE agents to check documents at MSP Airport, employee says
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will spend three weeks at MSP Airport, checking and verifying documents of both customers and employees, an airport employee said.
www.fox9.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:16 PM
The American Nazi Party.
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rage against the machine should rlly stick to politics i don’t wanna hear their shitty ass music
January 14, 2026 at 9:34 AM
rage against the machine should rlly stick to politics i don’t wanna hear their shitty ass music
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The thing that really makes Minneapolis different, other than the fact that they straight up murdered someone, is that they've dropped all pretense that this is just about immigration. The state has declared war on its own people, or at least those people who live in cities.
January 14, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The thing that really makes Minneapolis different, other than the fact that they straight up murdered someone, is that they've dropped all pretense that this is just about immigration. The state has declared war on its own people, or at least those people who live in cities.
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In the last 4 days:
-- Elise Slotkin says she's being criminally investigated by DOJ
-- ICE illegally goes "door to door" in Minneapolis
-- FBI raids the home of a WP journalist
-- DHS illegally arrests, detains 100+ Somalians with legal refugee status
-- Elise Slotkin says she's being criminally investigated by DOJ
-- ICE illegally goes "door to door" in Minneapolis
-- FBI raids the home of a WP journalist
-- DHS illegally arrests, detains 100+ Somalians with legal refugee status
January 14, 2026 at 2:47 PM
In the last 4 days:
-- Elise Slotkin says she's being criminally investigated by DOJ
-- ICE illegally goes "door to door" in Minneapolis
-- FBI raids the home of a WP journalist
-- DHS illegally arrests, detains 100+ Somalians with legal refugee status
-- Elise Slotkin says she's being criminally investigated by DOJ
-- ICE illegally goes "door to door" in Minneapolis
-- FBI raids the home of a WP journalist
-- DHS illegally arrests, detains 100+ Somalians with legal refugee status
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I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness.
You could be next.
You could be next.
January 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness.
You could be next.
You could be next.