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An investigation by DHS is not a criminal civil rights investigation. Only FBI has jurisdiction for that. This seems like a misleading and hollow gesture to appease critics
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Minnesota Live Updates: Justice Dept. Conducting Inquiry Into Pretti Killing
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:10 PM
An investigation by DHS is not a criminal civil rights investigation. Only FBI has jurisdiction for that. This seems like a misleading and hollow gesture to appease critics
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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Bondi directed federal agents to arrest four journalists.
Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, Jamael Lundy, and Trahern Crews.
All Black. All doing their jobs.
Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, Jamael Lundy, and Trahern Crews.
All Black. All doing their jobs.
January 30, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Bondi directed federal agents to arrest four journalists.
Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, Jamael Lundy, and Trahern Crews.
All Black. All doing their jobs.
Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, Jamael Lundy, and Trahern Crews.
All Black. All doing their jobs.
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“An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Democrats so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package.”
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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 2:03 PM
“An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Democrats so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package.”
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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"In theater" is a military term that refers to a wartime theater of operations. ICE and CBP agents are in Minnesota, which is one of the United States. The enemy in this military operation are citizens of Minnesotans and the United States.
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 5:59 PM
"In theater" is a military term that refers to a wartime theater of operations. ICE and CBP agents are in Minnesota, which is one of the United States. The enemy in this military operation are citizens of Minnesotans and the United States.
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Liam Ramos, a preschooler ICE detained the five-year-old Minnesota boy as he returned home from school and transported him to a detention center in Texas.
January 22, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Liam Ramos, a preschooler ICE detained the five-year-old Minnesota boy as he returned home from school and transported him to a detention center in Texas.
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Holy shit
New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
January 21, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Holy shit
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🚨Last night in Portland, OR, ICE attacked peaceful protestors in a sickening act before retreating. These are terrorists and this conduct is criminal. Peaceful protests are not tolerated under this regime and Congress just talks. We have to save ourselves.
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 PM
🚨Last night in Portland, OR, ICE attacked peaceful protestors in a sickening act before retreating. These are terrorists and this conduct is criminal. Peaceful protests are not tolerated under this regime and Congress just talks. We have to save ourselves.
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I increasingly wonder if US civ-mil is now operating in full Huntingtonian mode: civilians dictate political goals & mil leaders advise on technical/tactical options to implement them while siloed off from the political implications or wisdom of that advice.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, officials say
Troops with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division in Alaska are preparing after President Donald Trump’s Insurrection Act threat, according to defense officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:57 PM
I increasingly wonder if US civ-mil is now operating in full Huntingtonian mode: civilians dictate political goals & mil leaders advise on technical/tactical options to implement them while siloed off from the political implications or wisdom of that advice.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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/10 The ICE “reformers“ want you to eat around the cockroach. I want you to send the plate back.
Stomp the cockroach.
Stomp the cockroach.
January 14, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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Trump posts that he’s “Acting President of Venezuela”
January 12, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Trump posts that he’s “Acting President of Venezuela”
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I wrote up my analysis of what Ross's movements and actions reveal about whether or not he had a "reasonable belief that he was in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury" (the legal standard). I list 7 crucial moments that suggest he did not. asharangappa.substack.com/p/friday-rou...
Friday Round Up! 1/9/26
It was a bad shoot.
asharangappa.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:57 PM
I wrote up my analysis of what Ross's movements and actions reveal about whether or not he had a "reasonable belief that he was in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury" (the legal standard). I list 7 crucial moments that suggest he did not. asharangappa.substack.com/p/friday-rou...
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During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
January 4, 2026 at 2:36 AM
During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
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NEW: The anonymous "researcher" in Nick Shirley's viral "fraud" video--treated as a concerned citizen on Fox News and elsewhere--is actually a Minnesota state lobbyist and political activist who worked with a GOP House staffer to provide Shirley info/
theintercept.com/2026/01/03/m...
theintercept.com/2026/01/03/m...
Unnamed Source in Viral Minnesota Somali Fraud Video Is Right-Wing Lobbyist Who Called Muslims “Demons”
David Hoch, who goes by his first name in Nick Shirley’s video allegedly exposing Somali fraud, referred to “demon Muslims” on social media.
theintercept.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:19 PM
NEW: The anonymous "researcher" in Nick Shirley's viral "fraud" video--treated as a concerned citizen on Fox News and elsewhere--is actually a Minnesota state lobbyist and political activist who worked with a GOP House staffer to provide Shirley info/
theintercept.com/2026/01/03/m...
theintercept.com/2026/01/03/m...
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Please read this, talk about it and share with everyone you know
It’s right out of the Nazi playbook
It’s right out of the Nazi playbook
Apparently, ICE isn’t doing enough…
So the gang is expanding its ranks, recruiting *private bounty hunters* to track down immigrants at home and at work
So the gang is expanding its ranks, recruiting *private bounty hunters* to track down immigrants at home and at work
ICE Hires Immigrant Bounty Hunters From Private Prison Company GEO Group
BI Incorporated, a subsidiary of for-profit prison company GEO Group, will help ICE pinpoint the locations of immigrants.
theintercept.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Please read this, talk about it and share with everyone you know
It’s right out of the Nazi playbook
It’s right out of the Nazi playbook
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In December 1934 the Nazis passed a law that made it illegal to criticise the Nazi party or political regime, significantly quashing political dissent.
Three months later, the Gestapo arrested the entire leadership of the 'illegal' KPD opposition party in Berlin... buff.ly/C2SgX3Z
Three months later, the Gestapo arrested the entire leadership of the 'illegal' KPD opposition party in Berlin... buff.ly/C2SgX3Z
www.theholocaustexplained.org
December 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
In December 1934 the Nazis passed a law that made it illegal to criticise the Nazi party or political regime, significantly quashing political dissent.
Three months later, the Gestapo arrested the entire leadership of the 'illegal' KPD opposition party in Berlin... buff.ly/C2SgX3Z
Three months later, the Gestapo arrested the entire leadership of the 'illegal' KPD opposition party in Berlin... buff.ly/C2SgX3Z
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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This @peterbakernyt.bsky.social paragraph is a perfect summary of our descent into authoritarianism.
He’s not even editorializing. He’s just reporting what’s happened, and what we’ve become numb to. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
He’s not even editorializing. He’s just reporting what’s happened, and what we’ve become numb to. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
December 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This @peterbakernyt.bsky.social paragraph is a perfect summary of our descent into authoritarianism.
He’s not even editorializing. He’s just reporting what’s happened, and what we’ve become numb to. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
He’s not even editorializing. He’s just reporting what’s happened, and what we’ve become numb to. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
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December 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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We are failing our kids
December 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We are failing our kids
Please read this thread and the article.
Today, in the Sunday print NYT, we published an investigative look at Harold Hamm, the 13th child of Oklahoma sharecroppers who started an oil company named Continental, which turned him into a billionaire, powerbroker and friend of Donald J. Trump. You may never have heard of Hamm. But you should
December 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Please read this thread and the article.
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Brown U kids who survived USA 389th mass shooting of 2025 will now pay out of pocket for their healthcare, because USA guarantees guns but not health.
Australians who survived the 1st mass shooting in 29 years will pay nothing for healthcare because Australia guarantees health & regulates guns.
Australians who survived the 1st mass shooting in 29 years will pay nothing for healthcare because Australia guarantees health & regulates guns.
December 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Brown U kids who survived USA 389th mass shooting of 2025 will now pay out of pocket for their healthcare, because USA guarantees guns but not health.
Australians who survived the 1st mass shooting in 29 years will pay nothing for healthcare because Australia guarantees health & regulates guns.
Australians who survived the 1st mass shooting in 29 years will pay nothing for healthcare because Australia guarantees health & regulates guns.
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They were working on an mRNA application for glioblastoma when Elon/RFK laid wreck to everything.
[My father died of glioblastoma.]
[My father died of glioblastoma.]
This hit me like a gut punch, because I lost a good friend to glioblastoma. I wish Jason Collins a speedy & full recovery, knowing that Stage 4 Glioblastoma has always been terminal.
Hoping for a cure.
Fuck cancer!
www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
Hoping for a cure.
Fuck cancer!
www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
Former NBA player Jason Collins announces he has Stage 4 brain cancer
Collins started experiencing symptoms while trying to pack for a US Open trip.
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
They were working on an mRNA application for glioblastoma when Elon/RFK laid wreck to everything.
[My father died of glioblastoma.]
[My father died of glioblastoma.]
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👀https://www.rawstory.com/supreme-court-2674381606/
Trump officials caught boasting about how Supreme Court could tilt midterms for GOP
Top advisors to President Donald Trump were revealed to have privately boasted to GOP donors last weekend about how two impending decisions from the Supreme Court could bolster Republicans’ chances in...
www.rawstory.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
👀https://www.rawstory.com/supreme-court-2674381606/