P.A.M. in Pittsburgh
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Soul deep humanist progressive
socialist dem💙
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦🇨🇦
Formerly homeless from medical bankruptcy
#Steelers🖤💛
#ReSister 🌒🌕🌘
#GoodTrouble 🤟😷
#Medicare4All ☸️
Critter magnet🐈
Idjit whisperer🐕
No DMs🚫NoMagats
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WATCH: Amanda Gorman reads inauguration poem, 'The Hill We Climb'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
The most beautiful poem of America is my pinned 4ever tweet.
May we never forget the wisdom of Amanda's vision & words🩵
youtu.be/LZ055ilIiN4?...
May we never forget the wisdom of Amanda's vision & words🩵
youtu.be/LZ055ilIiN4?...
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Only one news source is reporting this story, as far as I can tell.
www.courthousenews.com/judge-demand...
www.courthousenews.com/judge-demand...
Judge demands response after lawmakers accuse DOJ of dragging feet with Epstein files
Meanwhile, another federal judge is urging prosecutors to prioritize more pressing cases. “Epstein is dead,” she said Tuesday.
www.courthousenews.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Only one news source is reporting this story, as far as I can tell.
www.courthousenews.com/judge-demand...
www.courthousenews.com/judge-demand...
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
Yet we still don’t have all the Epstein files...
Yet we still don’t have all the Epstein files...
January 14, 2026 at 11:06 PM
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
Yet we still don’t have all the Epstein files...
Yet we still don’t have all the Epstein files...
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But on Friday, security forces only killed and killed and killed. Seeing it with my own eyes made me so unwell that I completely lost morale. Friday was a bloody day."
She added: "In war, both sides have weapons. Here, people only chant and get killed. It is a one-sided war."
Sound familiar?
She added: "In war, both sides have weapons. Here, people only chant and get killed. It is a one-sided war."
Sound familiar?
Iran protests: Eyewitnesses describe deadly crackdown across country
The BBC has received eyewitness accounts of security forces attacking anti-government protesters across the country.
www.bbc.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:10 PM
But on Friday, security forces only killed and killed and killed. Seeing it with my own eyes made me so unwell that I completely lost morale. Friday was a bloody day."
She added: "In war, both sides have weapons. Here, people only chant and get killed. It is a one-sided war."
Sound familiar?
She added: "In war, both sides have weapons. Here, people only chant and get killed. It is a one-sided war."
Sound familiar?
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This right here : the fallout from an invasion of Greenland ⤵️⤵️⤵️
January 14, 2026 at 10:42 PM
This right here : the fallout from an invasion of Greenland ⤵️⤵️⤵️
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🌊💙 ☮️ #PamelasWednesdayQuotes
Three things cannot be long hidden:
the sun, the moon, and the truth.
--Buddha
#PamelasBuddhistMessages
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🌊💙 ☮️ #PamelasWednesdayQuotes
Three things cannot be long hidden:
the sun, the moon, and the truth.
--Buddha
#PamelasBuddhistMessages
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January 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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🌊💙 ☮️ #PamelasWednesdayQuotes
Three things cannot be long hidden:
the sun, the moon, and the truth.
--Buddha
#PamelasBuddhistMessages
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🌊💙 ☮️ #PamelasWednesdayQuotes
Three things cannot be long hidden:
the sun, the moon, and the truth.
--Buddha
#PamelasBuddhistMessages
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Trump is losing his mind. He is no longer “qualified to serve.”
January 14, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Trump is losing his mind. He is no longer “qualified to serve.”
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To those with big platforms: Continue to speak out!
January 14, 2026 at 10:30 PM
To those with big platforms: Continue to speak out!
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Happening Now: Students have walked out of school and are protesting against ICE in Saint Paul, Minnesota
January 14, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Happening Now: Students have walked out of school and are protesting against ICE in Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Murphy: The United States Congress should not fund a Department of Homeland Security that is not obeying the laws of the United States of America
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Murphy: The United States Congress should not fund a Department of Homeland Security that is not obeying the laws of the United States of America
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A protester is currently lying in a hospital bed with a piece of shrapnel in his neck 7mm from his carotid artery.
While he lay bleeding on the pavement, blinded in his left eye, gasping for air, agents did not call a medic. They dragged him and sneered: "You're going to lose your eye."
While he lay bleeding on the pavement, blinded in his left eye, gasping for air, agents did not call a medic. They dragged him and sneered: "You're going to lose your eye."
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 AM
A protester is currently lying in a hospital bed with a piece of shrapnel in his neck 7mm from his carotid artery.
While he lay bleeding on the pavement, blinded in his left eye, gasping for air, agents did not call a medic. They dragged him and sneered: "You're going to lose your eye."
While he lay bleeding on the pavement, blinded in his left eye, gasping for air, agents did not call a medic. They dragged him and sneered: "You're going to lose your eye."
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This is the new normal in the US. And a few hundred people are outraged for a few days, if he dies a few thousend will demonstrate and then the next atrocity will occur. And there are still people applying for ICE, like it's normal to hurt and kill your neighbors and friends. Is America great yet?
January 14, 2026 at 9:09 AM
This is the new normal in the US. And a few hundred people are outraged for a few days, if he dies a few thousend will demonstrate and then the next atrocity will occur. And there are still people applying for ICE, like it's normal to hurt and kill your neighbors and friends. Is America great yet?
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We must remember, this is being done by Trump's Republican Party. That party must never hold power ever again. Vote for any Democrat. If you stay home because the Dem candidate is not perfect enough for you, you are supporting Trump's nazis.
January 14, 2026 at 6:29 PM
We must remember, this is being done by Trump's Republican Party. That party must never hold power ever again. Vote for any Democrat. If you stay home because the Dem candidate is not perfect enough for you, you are supporting Trump's nazis.
America has become the bad guys🤬
January 14, 2026 at 7:31 PM
America has become the bad guys🤬
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I’m seeing lots of people on here misunderstand the purpose of ICE watch.
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
I’m seeing lots of people on here misunderstand the purpose of ICE watch.
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
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Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
January 14, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
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"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
ICE in St. Paul: Man roughly detained at gas station, Border Patrol chief jeered in Midway Target
Videos and photos show a prevalence of federal agents in St. Paul recently.
trib.al
January 13, 2026 at 10:37 PM
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
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Neighbors standing guard over churches so that parents can have secret meetings about how to keep daycares safe. This is what's happening in the Twin Cities right now.
January 14, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Neighbors standing guard over churches so that parents can have secret meetings about how to keep daycares safe. This is what's happening in the Twin Cities right now.
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She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..."
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
‘I was flooded with fear’: Minnesotans describe their encounters with ICE, being detained
From an Uber driver to a school drop off, MPR News spoke with Minnesotans who were stopped or detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:42 PM
She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..."
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
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Something folks can do in the coming weeks is to organize Ice Watch Training in your communities. There's an excellent resource that can help you to do this: docs.google.com/document/d/1... - Get five people together in person or virtually and get skilled up together.
Toolkit: how we dealt with Border Patrol
In November 2025, Border Patrol announced it would be coming to Charlotte, North Carolina. We only had a few days’ notice. Just like in Chicago and Los Angeles, they weren’t coming to “keep the peace....
docs.google.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Something folks can do in the coming weeks is to organize Ice Watch Training in your communities. There's an excellent resource that can help you to do this: docs.google.com/document/d/1... - Get five people together in person or virtually and get skilled up together.
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Frost: People should know that them cutting your healthcare, them cutting nutritional assistance, SNAP benefits, all this stuff—they're cutting that from working people so they can give ICE money to go terrorize our communities.
January 13, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Frost: People should know that them cutting your healthcare, them cutting nutritional assistance, SNAP benefits, all this stuff—they're cutting that from working people so they can give ICE money to go terrorize our communities.
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These barbarians are destroying everything that makes society work. Kids can't go to school, patients can't go to the hospital. We are, in effect, paying them to wreck the basic infrastructure of the country
ICE's "presence is terrifying medical staff and raising concerns about patient care, according to five nurses at HCMC hospital in Minneapolis who asked to remain anonymous for fear of losing their jobs."
Via reporter @ericazurek.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Via reporter @ericazurek.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE agents appear at Twin Cities hospitals, alarming health care workers
Health care workers in the Twin Cities report that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are entering hospitals with detained individuals, leaving some medical staff terrified and concerned ...
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:28 PM
These barbarians are destroying everything that makes society work. Kids can't go to school, patients can't go to the hospital. We are, in effect, paying them to wreck the basic infrastructure of the country
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For people outside of the Twin Cities, the closest thing I can compare it to is 2020.
Every institution you need for daily life is unsafe. There are a lot of people who need to shelter in place to protect themselves. But instead of a virus, the threat is the government.
Every institution you need for daily life is unsafe. There are a lot of people who need to shelter in place to protect themselves. But instead of a virus, the threat is the government.
These barbarians are destroying everything that makes society work. Kids can't go to school, patients can't go to the hospital. We are, in effect, paying them to wreck the basic infrastructure of the country
ICE's "presence is terrifying medical staff and raising concerns about patient care, according to five nurses at HCMC hospital in Minneapolis who asked to remain anonymous for fear of losing their jobs."
Via reporter @ericazurek.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Via reporter @ericazurek.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM
For people outside of the Twin Cities, the closest thing I can compare it to is 2020.
Every institution you need for daily life is unsafe. There are a lot of people who need to shelter in place to protect themselves. But instead of a virus, the threat is the government.
Every institution you need for daily life is unsafe. There are a lot of people who need to shelter in place to protect themselves. But instead of a virus, the threat is the government.
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Apparently ICE goons in multi-car caravans are circling Spanish immersion preschools in the city taunting and photographing the parents and neighbors who are patrolling the school perimeter to keep kids safe.
January 14, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Apparently ICE goons in multi-car caravans are circling Spanish immersion preschools in the city taunting and photographing the parents and neighbors who are patrolling the school perimeter to keep kids safe.