Petrarca
@petrarca.bsky.social
Garden-Stater, MTBer, foodie, tequila snob, oenophile, aesthete.
Petrarca was a scholar, poet laureate, and original Renaissance humanist, unaccidental tourist, and alpinist Born July 20, 1304.
Petrarca was a scholar, poet laureate, and original Renaissance humanist, unaccidental tourist, and alpinist Born July 20, 1304.
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As FBI agents executed a court-authorized search warrant at an election facility in Fulton County, Georgia, Wednesday, lurking in the shadows of the operation was Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Gabbard’s role in Fulton raid highlights wild conspiracy theories fueling 2020 probe
"She has neither the authority nor the competence to assess anything in that voting site," a voting advocate said of Gabbard.
www.democracydocket.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:30 PM
As FBI agents executed a court-authorized search warrant at an election facility in Fulton County, Georgia, Wednesday, lurking in the shadows of the operation was Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Wow. Well said.
January 29, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Wow. Well said.
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New in PN: 'Abolish ICE' is imperative
"There's no amount of training that can instill basic humanity in thugs who willingly mistreat women, children, and old men. ICE agents reportedly dined at a Mexican restaurant in MN before arresting employees. How will 'training' fix that level of depravity?"
"There's no amount of training that can instill basic humanity in thugs who willingly mistreat women, children, and old men. ICE agents reportedly dined at a Mexican restaurant in MN before arresting employees. How will 'training' fix that level of depravity?"
'Abolish ICE' is imperative
It's also better politics than you might think.
www.publicnotice.co
January 29, 2026 at 12:47 PM
New in PN: 'Abolish ICE' is imperative
"There's no amount of training that can instill basic humanity in thugs who willingly mistreat women, children, and old men. ICE agents reportedly dined at a Mexican restaurant in MN before arresting employees. How will 'training' fix that level of depravity?"
"There's no amount of training that can instill basic humanity in thugs who willingly mistreat women, children, and old men. ICE agents reportedly dined at a Mexican restaurant in MN before arresting employees. How will 'training' fix that level of depravity?"
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" . . . Hours before Adams left office on Dec. 31, the lame-duck mayor established a legally protected commission packed predominately with loyalists and tasked with exploring a ballot question . . . . proposed change in the city’s electoral machinery . . ."
Why the WH protected Adams, yeah.
Why the WH protected Adams, yeah.
January 29, 2026 at 1:12 PM
" . . . Hours before Adams left office on Dec. 31, the lame-duck mayor established a legally protected commission packed predominately with loyalists and tasked with exploring a ballot question . . . . proposed change in the city’s electoral machinery . . ."
Why the WH protected Adams, yeah.
Why the WH protected Adams, yeah.
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"Headlines call it a 'crackdown' on immigration and a 'clash' between the government and 'protesters,' when in reality it’s murderous occupying forces being confronted by people who just want to live free of their violence."
Crackdown
Writing through history and heartbreak.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 29, 2026 at 4:01 PM
"Headlines call it a 'crackdown' on immigration and a 'clash' between the government and 'protesters,' when in reality it’s murderous occupying forces being confronted by people who just want to live free of their violence."
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This is sort of a throughline in cases of excessive force used by law enforcement. The civilian is supposed to perfectly adhere to some unwritten code of conduct; the armed professional supposedly trained for such situations is only human & must be given lattitude if they succumb to fear and rage.
The administration is insisting that its masked goons are so emotionally stunted that words can launch them into a murderous rage.
"Our professionals are just ordinary people so ordinary people better act professionally around them, or else."
"Our professionals are just ordinary people so ordinary people better act professionally around them, or else."
January 29, 2026 at 2:18 PM
This is sort of a throughline in cases of excessive force used by law enforcement. The civilian is supposed to perfectly adhere to some unwritten code of conduct; the armed professional supposedly trained for such situations is only human & must be given lattitude if they succumb to fear and rage.
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Dare to fucking dream, my fellow lefties and liberals. We don't need to game out every single issue. We can just say what we want to happen and demand that our elected leaders do it!
Have some self-respect! You deserve to see good things happen in your own country within your lifetime!
Have some self-respect! You deserve to see good things happen in your own country within your lifetime!
January 29, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Dare to fucking dream, my fellow lefties and liberals. We don't need to game out every single issue. We can just say what we want to happen and demand that our elected leaders do it!
Have some self-respect! You deserve to see good things happen in your own country within your lifetime!
Have some self-respect! You deserve to see good things happen in your own country within your lifetime!
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Yeah, but how is Comrade going to use the data in this next election which may see it impeached?
#Putin didn't get Our registration DB data in 2016 to fix a past election...
#Provisionals #Absentee
web.archive.org/web/20250106...
#Putin didn't get Our registration DB data in 2016 to fix a past election...
#Provisionals #Absentee
web.archive.org/web/20250106...
web.archive.org
January 29, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Yeah, but how is Comrade going to use the data in this next election which may see it impeached?
#Putin didn't get Our registration DB data in 2016 to fix a past election...
#Provisionals #Absentee
web.archive.org/web/20250106...
#Putin didn't get Our registration DB data in 2016 to fix a past election...
#Provisionals #Absentee
web.archive.org/web/20250106...
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“Minnesotans’ relentlessness offers a blueprint for how to react when ICE inevitably arrives to stir up trouble where there was none; how to look violence dead in the eye and say not in my town; how to provide aid laterally when you know those at the top won’t be passing any down.”
My latest—
My latest—
Crackdown
Writing through history and heartbreak.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 29, 2026 at 1:46 AM
“Minnesotans’ relentlessness offers a blueprint for how to react when ICE inevitably arrives to stir up trouble where there was none; how to look violence dead in the eye and say not in my town; how to provide aid laterally when you know those at the top won’t be passing any down.”
My latest—
My latest—
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An ICE agent tried to enter the Ecuadorian consulate today- almost certainly because he is a dipshit that doesnt understand a jurisdiction issue that the whole world knows: one which often serves as a plot device in B action movies
January 28, 2026 at 12:37 AM
An ICE agent tried to enter the Ecuadorian consulate today- almost certainly because he is a dipshit that doesnt understand a jurisdiction issue that the whole world knows: one which often serves as a plot device in B action movies
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This is the way, make “ok, abolish only ICE” the moderate position.
Amid growing calls for the abolition of ICE, Rep. Delia Ramirez is calling for the entire DHS to be dismantled. Highlighting how much experience the officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti had, Ramirez said, “DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”
House Democrat Says Abolishing ICE Isn’t Enough — DHS Must Go, Too
“The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights,” said Rep. Delia C. Ramirez.
truthout.org
January 27, 2026 at 11:30 PM
This is the way, make “ok, abolish only ICE” the moderate position.
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From "Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong" by Adam Serwer.
Recommended. [gift link]
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Recommended. [gift link]
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 11:44 PM
From "Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong" by Adam Serwer.
Recommended. [gift link]
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Recommended. [gift link]
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The @chicago.suntimes.com has now posted a public tracker of federal criminal cases tied to Operation Midway Blitz, with a small update: We've now tied 32 defendants to the campaign.
The bottom line remains: 15 cleared and no one convicted, so far: chicago.suntimes.com/2026/tracker...
The bottom line remains: 15 cleared and no one convicted, so far: chicago.suntimes.com/2026/tracker...
Tracking every known federal prosecution in Chicago tied to Trump’s immigration blitz
Every known federal prosecution in Chicago tied to Trump’s immigration blitz
chicago.suntimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:01 PM
The @chicago.suntimes.com has now posted a public tracker of federal criminal cases tied to Operation Midway Blitz, with a small update: We've now tied 32 defendants to the campaign.
The bottom line remains: 15 cleared and no one convicted, so far: chicago.suntimes.com/2026/tracker...
The bottom line remains: 15 cleared and no one convicted, so far: chicago.suntimes.com/2026/tracker...
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Get off Twitter, it is the only way these oafs investigate anything. It is literally dangerous to your speech rights to be or appear on that website.
The FBI director, Kash Patel, said the inquiry followed a far-right influencer’s post about anti-ICE Signal chats
FBI to investigate Minneapolis activists after far-right claim about Signal chats
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Get off Twitter, it is the only way these oafs investigate anything. It is literally dangerous to your speech rights to be or appear on that website.
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"I think it's no surprise that a company run by a man who sat behind Trump at his inauguration, and donated to the destruction of the White House, has taken a stance that helps ICE agents retain anonymity."
Scoop from @davidgilbert.bsky.social
Scoop from @davidgilbert.bsky.social
Meta Is Blocking Links To ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Users of Meta's social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:51 PM
"I think it's no surprise that a company run by a man who sat behind Trump at his inauguration, and donated to the destruction of the White House, has taken a stance that helps ICE agents retain anonymity."
Scoop from @davidgilbert.bsky.social
Scoop from @davidgilbert.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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Related: if you live in NYC & voted for Eric Adams as Mayor & are dumb enough to admit it & I ever meet you, I'm buying the closest drink available and throwing that drink into your face
Imagine if Hizzoner had dedicated a fraction of this energy to actually serving the people of New York instead of his long career of corruption and patronage
The booby trap Eric Adams set for Zohran Mamdani
Attorneys and lawmakers are working to undo a particularly problematic tripwire laid by the former mayor.
www.politico.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Related: if you live in NYC & voted for Eric Adams as Mayor & are dumb enough to admit it & I ever meet you, I'm buying the closest drink available and throwing that drink into your face
Amanda Moore callout!
January 27, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Amanda Moore callout!
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they will never break minneapolis’ spirit. this is why we will win
brass solidarity band brought the resistance and joy from george floyd square to whittier tonight
brass solidarity band brought the resistance and joy from george floyd square to whittier tonight
January 26, 2026 at 11:59 PM
they will never break minneapolis’ spirit. this is why we will win
brass solidarity band brought the resistance and joy from george floyd square to whittier tonight
brass solidarity band brought the resistance and joy from george floyd square to whittier tonight
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Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
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“Ms. Martinez has no convictions nor pending criminal charges but is still publicly degraded as a ‘domestic terrorist’ by her own government.”
~ Defense attorney Christopher Parente
~ Defense attorney Christopher Parente
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 story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
@chicago.suntimes.com story: 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 26, 2026 at 11:19 PM
“Ms. Martinez has no convictions nor pending criminal charges but is still publicly degraded as a ‘domestic terrorist’ by her own government.”
~ Defense attorney Christopher Parente
~ Defense attorney Christopher Parente
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"Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as Border Patrol 'commander at large' and will return to his former job in El Centro, California, where he is expected to retire soon."
January 27, 2026 at 12:00 AM
"Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as Border Patrol 'commander at large' and will return to his former job in El Centro, California, where he is expected to retire soon."