EC Hamilton (Siobhan O'Leary)
@siobhanftb.bsky.social
She/Elle EN/FR. Policy, critical public health, medical anthropology, cats. IU 651. Opinions are my own. Ex-journo under Siobhan O'Leary (bylines: Rewire.News, VICE, Shadowproof). Public speaker, irregular blogger. 🏳️⚧️ liberation now.
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if you can afford to spend 30 seconds chatting and trying to look nonchalant as you fumble with a gas canister, perhaps you are not in a scenario where chemical weapons are warranted
January 22, 2026 at 1:44 AM
if you can afford to spend 30 seconds chatting and trying to look nonchalant as you fumble with a gas canister, perhaps you are not in a scenario where chemical weapons are warranted
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this little man struggles to deploy the canister for 30 seconds and then throws it directly upwind
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino is seen deploying a gas canister at Mueller Park in south Minneapolis this afternoon.
Video by Ben Luhmann.
Video by Ben Luhmann.
January 22, 2026 at 1:40 AM
this little man struggles to deploy the canister for 30 seconds and then throws it directly upwind
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On the left, English. On the right, Newspeak.
One court decision, two different headlines.
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
January 22, 2026 at 3:37 AM
On the left, English. On the right, Newspeak.
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I do not understand why Dems (or someone) are not broadcasting wall to wall montages of ICE thugs abusing our neighbors, abducting children, terrorizing US citizens, invading homes w no warrant, or murdering mothers. This should be a massive exercise in ISSUE SALIENCE driven by Dem elites.
January 22, 2026 at 3:28 AM
I do not understand why Dems (or someone) are not broadcasting wall to wall montages of ICE thugs abusing our neighbors, abducting children, terrorizing US citizens, invading homes w no warrant, or murdering mothers. This should be a massive exercise in ISSUE SALIENCE driven by Dem elites.
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Never again wonder how Hitler accomplished what he did in Germany.
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 22, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Never again wonder how Hitler accomplished what he did in Germany.
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Today we had an opportunity to hold Pam Bondi accountable for refusing to release the full, unredacted Epstein files in accordance with our bipartisan subpoena issued in August last year.
Instead of supporting my amendment, Republicans are allowing her and the DOJ to play us for fools.
Instead of supporting my amendment, Republicans are allowing her and the DOJ to play us for fools.
January 22, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Today we had an opportunity to hold Pam Bondi accountable for refusing to release the full, unredacted Epstein files in accordance with our bipartisan subpoena issued in August last year.
Instead of supporting my amendment, Republicans are allowing her and the DOJ to play us for fools.
Instead of supporting my amendment, Republicans are allowing her and the DOJ to play us for fools.
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LAPD broke this man’s jaw while he was out protesting the federal siege of Los Angeles. This wasn’t ICE or DHS but instead a perfect example how local police are aligned with the Feds. The pigs are on the same side.
It should be clear that abolish ICE = abolish the police.
It should be clear that abolish ICE = abolish the police.
LAPD broke man's jaw with foam round, suit claims
LAPD broke man’s jaw with foam round, suit claims
A man is suing the Los Angeles Police Department after he says his jaw was fractured by a foam projectile during a protest in downtown Los Angeles last year. Atlachinolli Texcacoatl, 49, said he wa…
ktla.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:20 PM
LAPD broke this man’s jaw while he was out protesting the federal siege of Los Angeles. This wasn’t ICE or DHS but instead a perfect example how local police are aligned with the Feds. The pigs are on the same side.
It should be clear that abolish ICE = abolish the police.
It should be clear that abolish ICE = abolish the police.
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sure looks good for Walser Group to have their name in that photo huh. corporate sponsors of the Child Abduction Squad.
January 22, 2026 at 3:19 AM
sure looks good for Walser Group to have their name in that photo huh. corporate sponsors of the Child Abduction Squad.
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that would actually be a very interesting automotive-journalism angle on this: all these vehicles that ICE are using in these surges had to come from somewhere. who is supplying them? how much money is being spent on them? get the supply chain on the record about their part in this.
January 22, 2026 at 3:15 AM
that would actually be a very interesting automotive-journalism angle on this: all these vehicles that ICE are using in these surges had to come from somewhere. who is supplying them? how much money is being spent on them? get the supply chain on the record about their part in this.
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local dealer badge on that vehicle; feel like someone should start asking Walser Group dealerships what's up with that
January 22, 2026 at 3:08 AM
local dealer badge on that vehicle; feel like someone should start asking Walser Group dealerships what's up with that
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It’s shameful verging on collaborationist that universities slashed DEI rather than fighting the administration on this.
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges. This leaves in place a federal judge's ruling that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. (Via AP) apnews.com/article/dei-... #ncpol #nced
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges
The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colle...
apnews.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:09 AM
It’s shameful verging on collaborationist that universities slashed DEI rather than fighting the administration on this.
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Since there are a lot of people insisting that protests don't matter and the Trumpists can simply ignore public opinion: I just wrote about why this idea that authoritarian regimes are impervious to public pressure is very wrong and basically just perpetuates the regime's assertion of inevitability:
The Limits of Violent Authoritarianism
Trump’s authoritarian desires are boundless. But the past year proves that his ability to impose them on America is not.
steady.page
January 21, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Since there are a lot of people insisting that protests don't matter and the Trumpists can simply ignore public opinion: I just wrote about why this idea that authoritarian regimes are impervious to public pressure is very wrong and basically just perpetuates the regime's assertion of inevitability:
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They are defunding and abolishing everything from cancer research to invasive species elimination in the Great Lakes to this. And they’re doing it with hardly a whimper of protest from the same Ds that are boo hooing about we can’t defund ICE, let’s trying making them wear cameras instead.
"This is such a strange decision with no clear rationale. None of it really makes sense.”
NASA quietly ends financial support for planetary science groups
The U.S. space agency will quit funding several independent science advisory groups this year
www.scientificamerican.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:36 AM
They are defunding and abolishing everything from cancer research to invasive species elimination in the Great Lakes to this. And they’re doing it with hardly a whimper of protest from the same Ds that are boo hooing about we can’t defund ICE, let’s trying making them wear cameras instead.
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Jamelle Bouie: "most coverage of Trump treats him as president in a functional way, even if he doesn’t perform the civic duties of the office. His letter to the prime minister of Norway suggests that this is a mistake. It shows that he is essentially unable to serve as president"
Opinion | Trump’s Norway Letter Proves This Isn’t Sustainable
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Jamelle Bouie: "most coverage of Trump treats him as president in a functional way, even if he doesn’t perform the civic duties of the office. His letter to the prime minister of Norway suggests that this is a mistake. It shows that he is essentially unable to serve as president"
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The ICE agent that murdered a man in Los Angeles on NYE allegedly whipped his sons with a belt, made homophobic slurs and racist remarks about Black and Latino people and brought a gun to a youth sports game. www.latimes.com/california/s...
ICE agent who killed L.A. man accused of child abuse, racism in court filings
The off-duty federal immigration agent who shot and killed a Los Angeles man on New Year's Eve was previously accused of child abuse and making racist remarks about Black people and immigrants, court ...
www.latimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:12 PM
The ICE agent that murdered a man in Los Angeles on NYE allegedly whipped his sons with a belt, made homophobic slurs and racist remarks about Black and Latino people and brought a gun to a youth sports game. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Abolishing ICE is not enough.
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
January 22, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Abolishing ICE is not enough.
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ICE concentration camp guards strangled to death Geraldo Lunas, a mentally ill man, as he asked for medication. Then they tried to deport the eye witnesses.
"Autopsy report classifies ICE detainee’s death as a homicide"
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"Autopsy report classifies ICE detainee’s death as a homicide"
archive.ph/3rOBH
January 22, 2026 at 2:27 AM
ICE concentration camp guards strangled to death Geraldo Lunas, a mentally ill man, as he asked for medication. Then they tried to deport the eye witnesses.
"Autopsy report classifies ICE detainee’s death as a homicide"
archive.ph/3rOBH
"Autopsy report classifies ICE detainee’s death as a homicide"
archive.ph/3rOBH
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a heavily armed paramilitary force with legal immunity is occupying a city and going door to door kidnapping non-white adults and children in furtherance of an explicitly white nationalist political project
January 22, 2026 at 3:05 AM
a heavily armed paramilitary force with legal immunity is occupying a city and going door to door kidnapping non-white adults and children in furtherance of an explicitly white nationalist political project
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Carney’s steamrolling of Indigenous sovereignty for resource extraction is the exact ideological motivator that leads MAGA to assert unquestioned domination over the American hemisphere (for lack of a better term). If you don’t recognize this, you are prone to fall for nationalist posturing.
January 22, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Carney’s steamrolling of Indigenous sovereignty for resource extraction is the exact ideological motivator that leads MAGA to assert unquestioned domination over the American hemisphere (for lack of a better term). If you don’t recognize this, you are prone to fall for nationalist posturing.
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We can’t talk about threats against Canadian/Danish sovereignty without mentioning the explicitly and shamelessly colonial Monroe Doctrine that also justifies attacks on Venezuela and Cuba. The alliance now being disrupted is that of colonial states aligned in empire building for decades.
January 22, 2026 at 12:21 AM
We can’t talk about threats against Canadian/Danish sovereignty without mentioning the explicitly and shamelessly colonial Monroe Doctrine that also justifies attacks on Venezuela and Cuba. The alliance now being disrupted is that of colonial states aligned in empire building for decades.
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I think the latest jingoism discourse shows that if anti-colonial studies aren’t part of your political education then your views will never be complete or fully trustworthy.
January 22, 2026 at 12:18 AM
I think the latest jingoism discourse shows that if anti-colonial studies aren’t part of your political education then your views will never be complete or fully trustworthy.
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More/better training and body cams will not fix this. I wish lawmakers would stop putting their faith and energies into those distractions from the real problem, which is that ICE and DHS must be abolished. That's the bare minimum here.
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
bit.ly
January 22, 2026 at 12:32 AM
More/better training and body cams will not fix this. I wish lawmakers would stop putting their faith and energies into those distractions from the real problem, which is that ICE and DHS must be abolished. That's the bare minimum here.
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It was never the slogan that was the problem. It was the ask. Most people can't imagine a non-police state. That's why they don't recognize that we have been in one their whole lives.
January 21, 2026 at 8:58 PM
It was never the slogan that was the problem. It was the ask. Most people can't imagine a non-police state. That's why they don't recognize that we have been in one their whole lives.
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This picture broke me, but the description of this kidnapping by a witness who says ICE referred to this precious child as “it” as they took him away fills me with an unspeakable, murderous rage.
Sharing this report of ICE depravity from Facebook at the request of community member. This is from a suburb north of ICE-occupied Minneapolis.
The text is from her post on Facebook.
The text is from her post on Facebook.
January 21, 2026 at 11:59 PM
This picture broke me, but the description of this kidnapping by a witness who says ICE referred to this precious child as “it” as they took him away fills me with an unspeakable, murderous rage.
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This is just unconscionably evil
A five-year-old boy seized on his way home in Minnesota and now locked up in Texas. His family didn't know where he was for 24 hours.
Here’s the report from KARE. The boy is five-year-old Liam Ramos.
January 22, 2026 at 12:20 AM
This is just unconscionably evil