Nora Flanagan
@noraflanagan.bsky.social
Union organizer, English teacher, horror dork, derby enforcer, book glutton, rabid Chicagoan, coffee junkie, metaphorical nazi-puncher
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If you woke up in organizer mode: part of my role at my union is researching and organizing against right wing attacks on public education and labor spaces. If we should be collaborating, reach out. The work didn’t start today, but if we aren’t connected and should be, let’s fix that.
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try it bitch
🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:28 PM
try it bitch
Anyway, here’s Froy Jimenez alongside far right activists demanding everything be reopened in May 2020. Some troubling protest signs among the coverage of this event, as well as infamous individuals and groups. So you’ll excuse us if we don’t trust Froy’s policy positions. patch.com/illinois/chi...
February 4, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Anyway, here’s Froy Jimenez alongside far right activists demanding everything be reopened in May 2020. Some troubling protest signs among the coverage of this event, as well as infamous individuals and groups. So you’ll excuse us if we don’t trust Froy’s policy positions. patch.com/illinois/chi...
Another reminder: ICE is still terrorizing Minneapolis.
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Another reminder: ICE is still terrorizing Minneapolis.
Just call it the I Got Mine party and be done with it. (Wait until you read his reasoning for why Rahm is their imaginary guy.)
Commentary: This is my annual appeal for creation of a new political party, this one to be focused on America’s suburbs. I call it the Democratic-Republican Party, to borrow the name of our nation’s first opposition party, created by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
Jim Nowlan: A party for unrepresented suburbia — the Democratic-Republicans
Neither American political party speaks for the suburbs, which tend to be moderate on social issues, and more conservative on spending.
trib.al
February 3, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Just call it the I Got Mine party and be done with it. (Wait until you read his reasoning for why Rahm is their imaginary guy.)
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The Trump administration — particularly Homeland Security and Labor — post a lot of racist material. Some of it is plain as day. A lot of it is weird coded language familiar to “white supremacists, and those who study white supremacists.” Great NYT report www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
Administration Social Media Posts Echo White Supremacist Messaging
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:54 PM
The Trump administration — particularly Homeland Security and Labor — post a lot of racist material. Some of it is plain as day. A lot of it is weird coded language familiar to “white supremacists, and those who study white supremacists.” Great NYT report www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
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I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
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 12:40 PM
I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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This account has spent the last few days taking a big crap on public schools.
Ask yourself this: do you really believe the same regime snatching kids from their parents, gunning for child care investments, and throwing families off health care really cares about your kids?
Ask yourself this: do you really believe the same regime snatching kids from their parents, gunning for child care investments, and throwing families off health care really cares about your kids?
January 28, 2026 at 2:24 AM
This account has spent the last few days taking a big crap on public schools.
Ask yourself this: do you really believe the same regime snatching kids from their parents, gunning for child care investments, and throwing families off health care really cares about your kids?
Ask yourself this: do you really believe the same regime snatching kids from their parents, gunning for child care investments, and throwing families off health care really cares about your kids?
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ICYMI: I looked through a published archive of Boston newspapers from the 1760s, when British troops were stationed in the city.
The accounts read remarkably similar to what's happening in Minneapolis.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/two-cities...
The accounts read remarkably similar to what's happening in Minneapolis.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/two-cities...
Two cities under siege
Remarkably similar scenes from Boston and Minneapolis, 260 years apart, show a federal government betraying its founding principles.
radleybalko.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:25 PM
ICYMI: I looked through a published archive of Boston newspapers from the 1760s, when British troops were stationed in the city.
The accounts read remarkably similar to what's happening in Minneapolis.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/two-cities...
The accounts read remarkably similar to what's happening in Minneapolis.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/two-cities...
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Marimar Martinez is so brave.
The woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidence
Marimar Martinez is blocked from releasing evidence in her case by what's known as a "protective order." Though standard, her attorney says it's “become an albatross” around her neck and “keeps the en...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Marimar Martinez is so brave.
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I hope Greg cried himself to sleep last night on his tiny pillow
a man wearing glasses is sitting on a couch and making a funny face
Alt: Mike Myers on so I married an ax murderer
media.tenor.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:31 PM
I hope Greg cried himself to sleep last night on his tiny pillow
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Good.
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
While immigration officers support the Trump administration’s goal of deporting undocumented migrants, many of them have grown ‘disillusioned’ with leadership’s tactics, according to reports
www.independent.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Good.
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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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FBI historian here. Basically all of the FBI’s greatest scandals across history come from attempts to criminalize First Amendment rights. It never works out well for the bureau and ends a lot of careers.
I would like to know how my prior colleagues, who have chosen to pursue leadership positions under this charlatan, justify ordering agents to break their oaths of office and open investigations on people simply for exercising their legal rights.
Good luck gazing in the mirror when this is all over.
Good luck gazing in the mirror when this is all over.
FBI investigating Minnesota Signal groups tracking ICE, Patel says
The statement from FBI Director Kash Patel comes after right-wing media figures said they joined the chats and claimed participants were obstructing law enforcement.
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:08 AM
FBI historian here. Basically all of the FBI’s greatest scandals across history come from attempts to criminalize First Amendment rights. It never works out well for the bureau and ends a lot of careers.
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If I were still living in Chicago, there would be no question who would get my vote in this race: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/26/i... - I've know Juliana for years - before she was in politics. She is a person with deep integrity and importantly she is also really kind.
Juliana Stratton takes progressive lane, only one who calls for abolishing ICE in Democratic US Senate debate
The three major Democratic candidates running for U.S. Senate, Juliana Stratton, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin Kelly, clashed Monday over who would be the strongest opponent to President Donald Tru…
www.chicagotribune.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:55 PM
If I were still living in Chicago, there would be no question who would get my vote in this race: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/26/i... - I've know Juliana for years - before she was in politics. She is a person with deep integrity and importantly she is also really kind.
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This is embarrassingly on-the-nose textbook “psychology of fascism” stuff. Bitter, impotent tools getting to feel powerful by proxy watching brutality done on their behalf.
Tim Pool: “I’m not licking the boot. It’s my boot. I voted for it. I’m the one stomping…”
This mindset is genuinely pathetic.
It’s an alpha fantasy: watching state violence and imagining you’re exercising power rather than the one submitting to it.
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This mindset is genuinely pathetic.
It’s an alpha fantasy: watching state violence and imagining you’re exercising power rather than the one submitting to it.
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January 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM
This is embarrassingly on-the-nose textbook “psychology of fascism” stuff. Bitter, impotent tools getting to feel powerful by proxy watching brutality done on their behalf.
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Sending thoughts and prayers to everyone employed or represented or by Brad Finstad this morning.
January 27, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Sending thoughts and prayers to everyone employed or represented or by Brad Finstad this morning.
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"DHS has suspended Gregory Bovino’s access to his social media accounts effective immediately," CNN reports
January 27, 2026 at 12:31 AM
"DHS has suspended Gregory Bovino’s access to his social media accounts effective immediately," CNN reports
Cool bye
Exclusive: Border Patrol “Commander at Large” Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role and is expected to retire soon, sources tell @nickmiroff.bsky.social.
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
bit.ly
January 27, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Cool bye
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Right wing white dudes finally noticing things a lot of women do for their kids, offices and communities on a daily basis:
PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS
PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 26, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Right wing white dudes finally noticing things a lot of women do for their kids, offices and communities on a daily basis:
PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS
PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS
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Renee Good said “I’m not mad at you.”
Alex Pretti said “Are you ok?”
Alex Pretti said “Are you ok?”
January 24, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Renee Good said “I’m not mad at you.”
Alex Pretti said “Are you ok?”
Alex Pretti said “Are you ok?”
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he knows that we know he's lying. he's telling us we're all terrorists to him. he's telling us that to dissent is now a capital crime. he's telling us they'll shoot us, too, and they'll say we deserved it.
January 24, 2026 at 8:08 PM
he knows that we know he's lying. he's telling us we're all terrorists to him. he's telling us that to dissent is now a capital crime. he's telling us they'll shoot us, too, and they'll say we deserved it.
This is why we watch the videos. “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
Bovino shamelessly lies: "This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement"
January 24, 2026 at 8:07 PM
This is why we watch the videos. “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
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Feds just grabbed at least one person against the side of a building here. Aimed rifle right at them.
January 24, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Feds just grabbed at least one person against the side of a building here. Aimed rifle right at them.
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Spotted just now in Minneapolis: Arizona CBP Agent Timothy Donahue (knit cap).
Donahue has a history of physical violence, waving his sidearm, and threatening to shoot people. His social media feed was littered with racist, bigoted right-wing hate-speech.
Donahue has a history of physical violence, waving his sidearm, and threatening to shoot people. His social media feed was littered with racist, bigoted right-wing hate-speech.
January 24, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Spotted just now in Minneapolis: Arizona CBP Agent Timothy Donahue (knit cap).
Donahue has a history of physical violence, waving his sidearm, and threatening to shoot people. His social media feed was littered with racist, bigoted right-wing hate-speech.
Donahue has a history of physical violence, waving his sidearm, and threatening to shoot people. His social media feed was littered with racist, bigoted right-wing hate-speech.
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Just a reminder that Border Patrol was created in 1924 when the Klan was at the height of its political influence.
January 24, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Just a reminder that Border Patrol was created in 1924 when the Klan was at the height of its political influence.