@robmonk.bsky.social
Without even considering terrorization of neighbors and immigration offenders, any economic or public-safety gains are darkly eclipsed by risk to enforcement agents. No legit police force suits up in armor, guns drawn, to police civil infractions.
This is OSHA violation endangering agents.
This is OSHA violation endangering agents.
February 11, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Without even considering terrorization of neighbors and immigration offenders, any economic or public-safety gains are darkly eclipsed by risk to enforcement agents. No legit police force suits up in armor, guns drawn, to police civil infractions.
This is OSHA violation endangering agents.
This is OSHA violation endangering agents.
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We now have confirmation that the Social Circle warehouse cost ICE $130 million, bringing the total spent on warehouses to $714 million. ICE is also reportedly planning on buying a second warehouse in Oakwood, GA and is finalizing the sale now.
Billions more will be spent on retrofitting/staffing.
Billions more will be spent on retrofitting/staffing.
February 10, 2026 at 10:15 PM
We now have confirmation that the Social Circle warehouse cost ICE $130 million, bringing the total spent on warehouses to $714 million. ICE is also reportedly planning on buying a second warehouse in Oakwood, GA and is finalizing the sale now.
Billions more will be spent on retrofitting/staffing.
Billions more will be spent on retrofitting/staffing.
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UK to increase visas for Hong Kong residents. "The scheme was launched in 2021 after Beijing imposed the sweeping national security law on Hong Kong. ....over 230,000 people have been granted [UK] visas, and almost 170,000 have relocated to the U.K." www.cnbc.com/2026/02/10/c...
'Despicable and reprehensible': China lashes out at UK expansion of visa scheme following Jimmy Lai conviction
The diplomatic tensions came after pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20 years in one of the city's most prominent prosecutions.
www.cnbc.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:35 AM
UK to increase visas for Hong Kong residents. "The scheme was launched in 2021 after Beijing imposed the sweeping national security law on Hong Kong. ....over 230,000 people have been granted [UK] visas, and almost 170,000 have relocated to the U.K." www.cnbc.com/2026/02/10/c...
@npr.org coverage of kidnapping is overkill. We have multiple foreign wars afoot, a continuing crisis in global trade due to 45's overhaul of tariffs, and wars at home against undocumented residents & climate action, with mass casualties to document and predict.
February 11, 2026 at 1:20 PM
@npr.org coverage of kidnapping is overkill. We have multiple foreign wars afoot, a continuing crisis in global trade due to 45's overhaul of tariffs, and wars at home against undocumented residents & climate action, with mass casualties to document and predict.
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The judge said the Trump administration has failed to comply with “dozens” of court orders restricting immigrants from being detained.
Minnesota Judge Threatens ICE Chief With Contempt For Violating Immigration Orders
The judge said the Trump administration has failed to comply with “dozens” of court orders restricting immigrants from being detained.
www.forbes.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:35 PM
The judge said the Trump administration has failed to comply with “dozens” of court orders restricting immigrants from being detained.
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Send this to every veteran you know.
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Send this to every veteran you know.
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Neil Young Trashes Amazon, Gives His Complete Musical Catalog to Greenland for Free - Rolling Stone
January 27, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Neil Young Trashes Amazon, Gives His Complete Musical Catalog to Greenland for Free - Rolling Stone
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before you take any of the "Trump is pivoting/lamenting/lowering the temperature after the Pretti murder" stories too seriously, absolutely nothing has changed in Minneapolis: "an absolutely brutal day of raids and abductions" says one friend
January 27, 2026 at 9:25 PM
before you take any of the "Trump is pivoting/lamenting/lowering the temperature after the Pretti murder" stories too seriously, absolutely nothing has changed in Minneapolis: "an absolutely brutal day of raids and abductions" says one friend
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As I note in the piece, anti-masking laws weren't just embraced by the left.
Here's a character you might be familiar with, vowing to use them in 1949.
Here's a character you might be familiar with, vowing to use them in 1949.
January 28, 2026 at 4:50 PM
As I note in the piece, anti-masking laws weren't just embraced by the left.
Here's a character you might be familiar with, vowing to use them in 1949.
Here's a character you might be familiar with, vowing to use them in 1949.
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NEW STORY // Seattle Leads Nation in Affordable Apartment Production
By Doug Trumm, via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/28/s...
By Doug Trumm, via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/28/s...
Seattle Leads Nation in Affordable Apartment Production » The Urbanist
# Over the last decade, the Seattle metro area produced the most affordable housing in the nation, with more than 24,000 new income-restricted apartments. New revenue streams helped the region get the...
www.theurbanist.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:56 PM
NEW STORY // Seattle Leads Nation in Affordable Apartment Production
By Doug Trumm, via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/28/s...
By Doug Trumm, via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/28/s...
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And Starmer is getting our state ever cosier with Palantir. Stop giving our money to this white supremacist, apartheid loving AH
January 27, 2026 at 10:26 PM
And Starmer is getting our state ever cosier with Palantir. Stop giving our money to this white supremacist, apartheid loving AH
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WYDEN: DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF PALANTIR CONTRACTS W THE FED GOVT?
@wyden.senate.gov
@wyden.senate.gov
January 28, 2026 at 1:24 AM
WYDEN: DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF PALANTIR CONTRACTS W THE FED GOVT?
@wyden.senate.gov
@wyden.senate.gov
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It has now emerged that data from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is being fed—along with other commercial and public datasets—into an analytics app developed by Palantir, according to an investigation by news outlet 404 Media.
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
ICE and Palantir: US agents using health data to hunt illegal immigrants
US immigration agents are using an app developed by Palantir that draws on the health records of millions of Americans to find and detain illegal immigrants.
The revelation comes as the US’s Immigrat...
www.bmj.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:49 PM
It has now emerged that data from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is being fed—along with other commercial and public datasets—into an analytics app developed by Palantir, according to an investigation by news outlet 404 Media.
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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R1, a health care contractor that does scheduling and billings at hospitals, has partnered with Palantir.
January 27, 2026 at 10:36 PM
R1, a health care contractor that does scheduling and billings at hospitals, has partnered with Palantir.
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REVOKE ALL PALANTIR CONTRACTS
January 27, 2026 at 9:35 PM
REVOKE ALL PALANTIR CONTRACTS
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2. ICE is buying your private location data from sleazy data brokers through a legal loophole. I've had a bill to stop this since 2021. I'm renewing my push to get it passed into black letter law as soon as possible.
Wyden, Paul and Bipartisan Senators Reintroduce the Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
www.wyden.senate.gov
January 27, 2026 at 9:28 PM
2. ICE is buying your private location data from sleazy data brokers through a legal loophole. I've had a bill to stop this since 2021. I'm renewing my push to get it passed into black letter law as soon as possible.
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After executing Alex Pretti on Saturday, ICE has shifted to primarily targeting bus stops and elementary schools in my community this week. I cannot overstate how much of the ICE activity in my community is just targeting places where little kids are.
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 27, 2026 at 8:17 PM
After executing Alex Pretti on Saturday, ICE has shifted to primarily targeting bus stops and elementary schools in my community this week. I cannot overstate how much of the ICE activity in my community is just targeting places where little kids are.
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ICE officers will be used as security for February’s Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, despite opposition from Italian government officials.
ICE Will Reportedly Be Used As Security At Winter Olympics
ICE officers will be used as security for February’s Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, despite opposition from Italian government officials.
www.forbes.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:55 PM
ICE officers will be used as security for February’s Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, despite opposition from Italian government officials.
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Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers in California & Hawaii go on strike. “More than 31,000 workers across at least two dozen hospitals and hundreds of clinics run by the non-profit health care system walked off the job at 7 a.m. PT..." abcnews.go.com/Health/31000...
More than 31,000 nurses, health care workers strike at Kaiser Permanente, arguing for safe staffing levels, fair wages
Tens of thousands of nurses and health care workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities across California and Hawaii went on strike on Monday morning.
abcnews.go.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers in California & Hawaii go on strike. “More than 31,000 workers across at least two dozen hospitals and hundreds of clinics run by the non-profit health care system walked off the job at 7 a.m. PT..." abcnews.go.com/Health/31000...
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In all seriousness, it's a good thing that these ICE goons are stupid enough to keep announcing their criminal intentions to people recording them.
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 27, 2026 at 10:16 PM
In all seriousness, it's a good thing that these ICE goons are stupid enough to keep announcing their criminal intentions to people recording them.
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At his first Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing since Nicolas Maduro was seized, Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns the U.S. could still use force to pressure Venezuela's adminstration. n.pr/3M4dprM
Rubio braces for Senate scrutiny over Venezuela
At his first Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing since Nicolas Maduro was seized, Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns the U.S. could still use force to pressure Venezuela's adminstration.
n.pr
January 28, 2026 at 2:18 PM
At his first Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing since Nicolas Maduro was seized, Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns the U.S. could still use force to pressure Venezuela's adminstration. n.pr/3M4dprM
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State lawmakers can take action to fight federal abuses of power like what we've seen unfold in Minnesota — but only if they have governing power they need to pass policy. We must build majorities in every state we can this November. Join us. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
As Minneapolis Rages, Legislators Move to Restrict ICE in Their States
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:23 PM
State lawmakers can take action to fight federal abuses of power like what we've seen unfold in Minnesota — but only if they have governing power they need to pass policy. We must build majorities in every state we can this November. Join us. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
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While Gregory Bovino and the two CBP officers who shot and killed Alex Pretti have been pulled out of Minnesota, that is not justice. All three were immediately sent back out on the street in another American city to terrorize, and possibly even murder, more Americans.
Congress needs to act!
Congress needs to act!
January 28, 2026 at 11:41 AM
While Gregory Bovino and the two CBP officers who shot and killed Alex Pretti have been pulled out of Minnesota, that is not justice. All three were immediately sent back out on the street in another American city to terrorize, and possibly even murder, more Americans.
Congress needs to act!
Congress needs to act!
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Ultra-processed foods make up more than half the average American diet and they're linked to rising rates of obesity and heart disease. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the Trump Administration has a solution. But will this plan really "Make America Healthy Again"? https://to.pbs.org/4b4vrEH
MAHA has a plan to clean up the American diet. Will it work? - Horizons
Ultra-processed foods make up more than half the average American diet and they're linked to rising rates of obesity and heart disease. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the Trump Administration has a solution. But will this plan really "Make ...
www.pbs.org
January 28, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Ultra-processed foods make up more than half the average American diet and they're linked to rising rates of obesity and heart disease. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the Trump Administration has a solution. But will this plan really "Make America Healthy Again"? https://to.pbs.org/4b4vrEH
Huh. How little I know about the relations between nations…
January 28, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Huh. How little I know about the relations between nations…