Pandora
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Queer AF Xennial that loves board games, tabletop rpgs, and game development.
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1,173 people were shot dead by "law enforcement" in the USA last year.
In the UK, it was 2.
The US population is 6x that of the UK, so go ahead and multiply the second figure by 6.
Then explain to me why this massively disproportionate rate of killing is so.
In the UK, it was 2.
The US population is 6x that of the UK, so go ahead and multiply the second figure by 6.
Then explain to me why this massively disproportionate rate of killing is so.
January 25, 2026 at 11:55 PM
1,173 people were shot dead by "law enforcement" in the USA last year.
In the UK, it was 2.
The US population is 6x that of the UK, so go ahead and multiply the second figure by 6.
Then explain to me why this massively disproportionate rate of killing is so.
In the UK, it was 2.
The US population is 6x that of the UK, so go ahead and multiply the second figure by 6.
Then explain to me why this massively disproportionate rate of killing is so.
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no self-respecting country should come compete here.
January 25, 2026 at 10:34 PM
no self-respecting country should come compete here.
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Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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What a relief that they’re calling for a general de-escalation of tensions, since it’s hard to tell who’s at fault, the people murdering people or the people who aren’t doing the murdering.
Minnesota CEOs issue joint letter urging de-escalation after shooting
Minnesota CEOs issue joint letter urging de-escalation after shooting
More than 60 CEOs of Minnesota-based companies including Target, Best Buy and UnitedHealth signed an open letter on Sunday calling for state, local and federal officials to work together.
myfox8.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:13 PM
What a relief that they’re calling for a general de-escalation of tensions, since it’s hard to tell who’s at fault, the people murdering people or the people who aren’t doing the murdering.
I'm not a christian, but I was raised as one. In recent days, messages from my childhood Christianity have been coming into my mind. John 15:13: "There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends."
January 25, 2026 at 10:06 PM
I'm not a christian, but I was raised as one. In recent days, messages from my childhood Christianity have been coming into my mind. John 15:13: "There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends."
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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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Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
The Execution of Alex Pretti Broke Me
YouTube video by LegalEagle
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January 25, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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Greg Brockman, OpenAI's COO, donated $25m to a MAGA Superpac, spare me finance.yahoo.com/news/openai-...
January 25, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Greg Brockman, OpenAI's COO, donated $25m to a MAGA Superpac, spare me finance.yahoo.com/news/openai-...
This is pure terrorism
ICYMI: Following Renee Good’s murder by ICE, her son’s Minneapolis charter school was forced to go fully online due to right-wing attacks
sahanjournal.com/education/mi...
sahanjournal.com/education/mi...
January 25, 2026 at 8:11 PM
This is pure terrorism
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I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
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The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
January 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
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404 Media is watching ICE grow from an already horrifying organization into a deportation force that is better funded than most militaries. It's why we made a zine about the surveillance technologies used by ICE.
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404 Media Is Making a Zine
We are publishing a risograph-printed zine about the surveillance technologies used by ICE.
www.404media.co
January 25, 2026 at 5:22 PM
404 Media is watching ICE grow from an already horrifying organization into a deportation force that is better funded than most militaries. It's why we made a zine about the surveillance technologies used by ICE.
To support our continued work: www.404media.co/membership/
To support our continued work: www.404media.co/membership/
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Oh he is not buying this “he had a gun we had to shoot” line.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 25, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Oh he is not buying this “he had a gun we had to shoot” line.
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DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:
January 25, 2026 at 4:27 PM
DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:
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Gaslighter complaining about gaslighting is some next level gaslighting.
January 25, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Gaslighter complaining about gaslighting is some next level gaslighting.
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Never forget that the reason they are so convinced you’re all getting paid is that they are all getting paid.
The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Never forget that the reason they are so convinced you’re all getting paid is that they are all getting paid.
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Every time I see the word "agitators" I wince because it's exactly the language segretationists used whenever there were protests against them. The only thing keeping me optimistic is how it ended.
January 25, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Every time I see the word "agitators" I wince because it's exactly the language segretationists used whenever there were protests against them. The only thing keeping me optimistic is how it ended.
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January 25, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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the fact that the NRA is offering even this incredibly mild level of resistance is significant.
People do not like what they are seeing.
People do not like what they are seeing.
January 25, 2026 at 3:59 AM
the fact that the NRA is offering even this incredibly mild level of resistance is significant.
People do not like what they are seeing.
People do not like what they are seeing.
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noem justified murdering her own dog, there is no killing she cannot rationalize
January 25, 2026 at 3:26 AM
noem justified murdering her own dog, there is no killing she cannot rationalize
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I keep thinking “my god the people they’ve killed seem like exceptionally good folks” and I think the lesson there is that they’re not exceptional, but that wonderful people abound and that a baseline distrust in humanity is a shitty conservative trope that privileges power over collective strength
you don't become a martyr because you were a saint, you become a saint because you were martyred
I agree that we can’t make Alex Pretti a Benedictine monk because that’s a trap, but we can talk about the good things we did because people will see and hear them and think “I do those things too”
January 25, 2026 at 12:27 AM
I keep thinking “my god the people they’ve killed seem like exceptionally good folks” and I think the lesson there is that they’re not exceptional, but that wonderful people abound and that a baseline distrust in humanity is a shitty conservative trope that privileges power over collective strength
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I just want to make it clear that it was *Border Patrol* agents who murdered Alex Pretti, and those fuckers murder people regularly here along the border.
Renee Good´s murderer is also a former Border Patrol agent (currently ICE).
Disband ALL the paramilitary groups and prosecute every member.
Renee Good´s murderer is also a former Border Patrol agent (currently ICE).
Disband ALL the paramilitary groups and prosecute every member.
January 25, 2026 at 3:28 AM
I just want to make it clear that it was *Border Patrol* agents who murdered Alex Pretti, and those fuckers murder people regularly here along the border.
Renee Good´s murderer is also a former Border Patrol agent (currently ICE).
Disband ALL the paramilitary groups and prosecute every member.
Renee Good´s murderer is also a former Border Patrol agent (currently ICE).
Disband ALL the paramilitary groups and prosecute every member.
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Minneapolis friend:
"I am safe but I am not okay... the reality is so much worse here at ground zero and so much more violently cruel and morally repugnant than what is being reported via the media just due to the sheer scale of ICE flooding the zone. This is so so so much worse than 2020...
"I am safe but I am not okay... the reality is so much worse here at ground zero and so much more violently cruel and morally repugnant than what is being reported via the media just due to the sheer scale of ICE flooding the zone. This is so so so much worse than 2020...
January 25, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Minneapolis friend:
"I am safe but I am not okay... the reality is so much worse here at ground zero and so much more violently cruel and morally repugnant than what is being reported via the media just due to the sheer scale of ICE flooding the zone. This is so so so much worse than 2020...
"I am safe but I am not okay... the reality is so much worse here at ground zero and so much more violently cruel and morally repugnant than what is being reported via the media just due to the sheer scale of ICE flooding the zone. This is so so so much worse than 2020...
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All of these people are disgracing themselves tonight.
On tonight’s White House agenda:
Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.
Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.
Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
January 25, 2026 at 3:18 AM
All of these people are disgracing themselves tonight.