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$1.5T for the military budget
$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$470M to send National Guard into cities
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$100M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$470M to send National Guard into cities
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$100M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
January 17, 2026 at 11:00 PM
$1.5T for the military budget
$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$470M to send National Guard into cities
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$100M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$470M to send National Guard into cities
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$100M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
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Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
January 17, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
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Training cannot correct for deficiencies resulting from a lack of vetting. Remember what federal LEOs are normally screened for (CARLA F. BAD):
Character
Associates
Reputation
Loyalty
Ability
Finances
Bias
Alcohol/Addictions
Drugs
ICE is not being vetted against any of these. Shut it down.
Character
Associates
Reputation
Loyalty
Ability
Finances
Bias
Alcohol/Addictions
Drugs
ICE is not being vetted against any of these. Shut it down.
No. We don’t need to “modify ICE training.” We need to close DHS. Dismantle it. It’s an outdated expensive bureaucracy that’s been usurped by violent white supremacists. Shut it down.
January 18, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Training cannot correct for deficiencies resulting from a lack of vetting. Remember what federal LEOs are normally screened for (CARLA F. BAD):
Character
Associates
Reputation
Loyalty
Ability
Finances
Bias
Alcohol/Addictions
Drugs
ICE is not being vetted against any of these. Shut it down.
Character
Associates
Reputation
Loyalty
Ability
Finances
Bias
Alcohol/Addictions
Drugs
ICE is not being vetted against any of these. Shut it down.
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The president's threat to impose tariffs on countries that oppose his desire to acquire Greenland shows that he does not see tariffs as an economic tool to help America, but as a weapon to hurt his enemies. That's the fundamental nature of his entire presidency.
January 17, 2026 at 1:40 PM
The president's threat to impose tariffs on countries that oppose his desire to acquire Greenland shows that he does not see tariffs as an economic tool to help America, but as a weapon to hurt his enemies. That's the fundamental nature of his entire presidency.
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Brief operational term of art 🧵 to help better define what we're experiencing. What we're experiencing is state terror. I've seen a lot of terms thrown around for what the Trump admin is doing w/ICE, CBP, & other federal law enforcement (LE). The now largely out of use term is state terror. 1/
January 17, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Brief operational term of art 🧵 to help better define what we're experiencing. What we're experiencing is state terror. I've seen a lot of terms thrown around for what the Trump admin is doing w/ICE, CBP, & other federal law enforcement (LE). The now largely out of use term is state terror. 1/
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The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed
The two men’s eyewitness accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp differ from the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the incident.
wapo.st
January 18, 2026 at 12:10 AM
The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
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Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder.
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
Alabama uses Japanese American Internment era law to charge immigrants who don’t self-register
Alabama is finding new ways to criminally charge undocumented immigrants
www.al.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder.
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
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Filming the police isn't a crime.
Federal Agents Keep Invoking Killing of Renee Good to Threaten Protesters in Minnesota
In apparent references to Renee Good, multiple agents have asked protesters: “Have y’all not learned from the past couple of days?”
interc.pt
January 17, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Filming the police isn't a crime.
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I wonder how long it will take the media to catch on to the fact that ICE’s recruiting spree has effectively deputized every white supremacist hate group out there.
January 17, 2026 at 5:32 AM
I wonder how long it will take the media to catch on to the fact that ICE’s recruiting spree has effectively deputized every white supremacist hate group out there.
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Just a reminder ▶️ Brett Kavanaugh did this. #KavanaughStops
How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
January 17, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Just a reminder ▶️ Brett Kavanaugh did this. #KavanaughStops
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Elections do matter.
This is how it’s done! @abigailspanberger.com’s first act as Governor of Virginia is to repeal Glenn Youngkin’s executive order that mandated state and local law enforcement cooperate with ICE.
More of this please! #LetFreedomRing
More of this please! #LetFreedomRing
January 18, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Elections do matter.
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"Neighbors in neon vests dot the neighborhood... Information-sharing networks have been built. Residents have connected with non-profits and churches to deliver food to people who are locked in their homes out of fear. Resistance signs are everywhere..."
www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-...
www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-...
So, How’s the Occupation Going for You?
What’s it like to live in America with a domestic military occupation? Minnesota has the answer.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:31 PM
"Neighbors in neon vests dot the neighborhood... Information-sharing networks have been built. Residents have connected with non-profits and churches to deliver food to people who are locked in their homes out of fear. Resistance signs are everywhere..."
www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-...
www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-...
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Opinion by M. Gessen
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
Opinion | One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can.
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Opinion by M. Gessen
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
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ICE has become a Trojan horse for rabid Nazis, bloodthirsty Nationalists and gun-toting Nitwits.
People are dying in their custody. Americans are being murdered.
If democrats think rigorous training will fix what amounts to a domestic terror group, they have not been paying attention.
People are dying in their custody. Americans are being murdered.
If democrats think rigorous training will fix what amounts to a domestic terror group, they have not been paying attention.
January 18, 2026 at 5:12 AM
ICE has become a Trojan horse for rabid Nazis, bloodthirsty Nationalists and gun-toting Nitwits.
People are dying in their custody. Americans are being murdered.
If democrats think rigorous training will fix what amounts to a domestic terror group, they have not been paying attention.
People are dying in their custody. Americans are being murdered.
If democrats think rigorous training will fix what amounts to a domestic terror group, they have not been paying attention.
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This week, we’ve seen unprecedented state violence waged against Minneapolis — and unprecedented solidarity and activism rise in its wake.
Heather and I unpack another difficult week on the Coffee Klatch — with special guest Lina Khan. https://youtu.be/ZVGTmdKoTME
Heather and I unpack another difficult week on the Coffee Klatch — with special guest Lina Khan. https://youtu.be/ZVGTmdKoTME
Trump Gives America the Finger (ft. Lina Khan) | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich
This week, we’ve seen unprecedented state violence waged against Minneapolis — and unprecedented solidarity and activism
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January 17, 2026 at 3:15 PM
This week, we’ve seen unprecedented state violence waged against Minneapolis — and unprecedented solidarity and activism rise in its wake.
Heather and I unpack another difficult week on the Coffee Klatch — with special guest Lina Khan. https://youtu.be/ZVGTmdKoTME
Heather and I unpack another difficult week on the Coffee Klatch — with special guest Lina Khan. https://youtu.be/ZVGTmdKoTME
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Former Federal Prosecutors Who Tried To Hold Trump Accountable Launch New Law Firm
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youtu.be/X1hXlxfjdBk?...
Former Federal Prosecutors Who Tried To Hold Trump Accountable Launch New Law Firm
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
youtu.be
January 17, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Former Federal Prosecutors Who Tried To Hold Trump Accountable Launch New Law Firm
youtu.be/X1hXlxfjdBk?...
youtu.be/X1hXlxfjdBk?...
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Congress can stop ICE. Congress can block the use of force in Greenland. In other words, in this crisis, Congress can act to support civil liberties at home and free nations abroad. To fail to act would be to be complicit in a dreadful outcome.
January 18, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Congress can stop ICE. Congress can block the use of force in Greenland. In other words, in this crisis, Congress can act to support civil liberties at home and free nations abroad. To fail to act would be to be complicit in a dreadful outcome.
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It should have ended at this moment.
January 18, 2026 at 6:25 PM
It should have ended at this moment.
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glad they're on this. i've noticed this and you probably have too. shattering drivers side car windows appears to be a top and preferred tactic for ICE. even when nothing is happening that makes it necessary or even on the most generous interpretation warranted. it's terror tactic.
Last July, ProPublica documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts and former ICE insiders say was rarely used before President Trump began his second term:
“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a…
propub.li
January 18, 2026 at 6:04 PM
glad they're on this. i've noticed this and you probably have too. shattering drivers side car windows appears to be a top and preferred tactic for ICE. even when nothing is happening that makes it necessary or even on the most generous interpretation warranted. it's terror tactic.
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ICE facilities are death camps. Call them what they are.
January 18, 2026 at 6:40 PM
ICE facilities are death camps. Call them what they are.
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Russia launched 2,000 drones in two weeks—but only after temperatures dropped to -20°C.
500,000 Kyiv families lost power. People are setting alarms at 3am just to cook something while the electricity's on.
500,000 Kyiv families lost power. People are setting alarms at 3am just to cook something while the electricity's on.
January 18, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Russia launched 2,000 drones in two weeks—but only after temperatures dropped to -20°C.
500,000 Kyiv families lost power. People are setting alarms at 3am just to cook something while the electricity's on.
500,000 Kyiv families lost power. People are setting alarms at 3am just to cook something while the electricity's on.