Dawn
@slowdawn.bsky.social
On the career off ramp to spend more time with my books. Or go outside. I’ll figure it out.
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Look if you keep talking about non-voters and you're not mentioning voter suppression in the same breath, you're not serious about addressing the problem of people not voting
www.brennancenter.org/topics/votin...
www.brennancenter.org/topics/votin...
Voter Suppression
Through research, lawsuits, and advocacy, the Brennan Center is fighting voter suppression on every front.
www.brennancenter.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Look if you keep talking about non-voters and you're not mentioning voter suppression in the same breath, you're not serious about addressing the problem of people not voting
www.brennancenter.org/topics/votin...
www.brennancenter.org/topics/votin...
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Ta-Nehisi has a way of clarifying things. So good to read him today.
It’s in Vanity Fair but I got past the paywall by using Apple News.
It’s in Vanity Fair but I got past the paywall by using Apple News.
“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti — Vanity Fair
In the time following 9/11, even conservatives voiced skepticism of the proposed Department of Homeland Security, writes Ta-Nehisi Coates. Now, Trump seeks to cleanse, purge, and expand this so-called...
apple.news
January 26, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Ta-Nehisi has a way of clarifying things. So good to read him today.
It’s in Vanity Fair but I got past the paywall by using Apple News.
It’s in Vanity Fair but I got past the paywall by using Apple News.
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LA people: ICE IS IN KTOWN
1/26: 10:15 a.m. CBP 🧊 cluster raids starting in Koreatown, Pico/Union, Salvadoran Corridor this morning.
ICE also in Riverside
ICE also in Riverside
January 26, 2026 at 7:15 PM
LA people: ICE IS IN KTOWN
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Pictured here is one of Noem's especially gifted officers, holding his presumably loaded and chambered weapon between his legs while he struggles to pull the pin on a smoke grenade.
I hope these operator cultists realize just what clowns they actually are and carry that with them for life.
I hope these operator cultists realize just what clowns they actually are and carry that with them for life.
January 26, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Pictured here is one of Noem's especially gifted officers, holding his presumably loaded and chambered weapon between his legs while he struggles to pull the pin on a smoke grenade.
I hope these operator cultists realize just what clowns they actually are and carry that with them for life.
I hope these operator cultists realize just what clowns they actually are and carry that with them for life.
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I can't imagine why the Greenlanders aren't lining up to be part of this amazing Republic we've got here.
Note that Karoline Leavitt refuses to answer when asked if Trump backs Miller calling Pretti a "domestic terrorist."
It's now clear Vance miscalculated badly by rushing out to smear the victims and declare ICE has total immunity. This is getting away from them.
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
It's now clear Vance miscalculated badly by rushing out to smear the victims and declare ICE has total immunity. This is getting away from them.
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
January 26, 2026 at 7:50 PM
I can't imagine why the Greenlanders aren't lining up to be part of this amazing Republic we've got here.
@mavisr.bsky.social Look what I found while looking for something else 😂
January 26, 2026 at 4:50 PM
@mavisr.bsky.social Look what I found while looking for something else 😂
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Dems are gonna miss last week when they could've grabbed for "abolish ice" sorry now it is "imprison ice" keep up
January 26, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Dems are gonna miss last week when they could've grabbed for "abolish ice" sorry now it is "imprison ice" keep up
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1. The Trump administration is not conducting its deadly immigration crackdown in Minneapolis alone
Major corporations, including Amazon, Citizens Bank, and AT&T, are enabling — and profiting from — the operation.
popular.info/p/the-corpor...
Major corporations, including Amazon, Citizens Bank, and AT&T, are enabling — and profiting from — the operation.
popular.info/p/the-corpor...
The corporate enablers of the ICE crackdown
How Amazon, AT&T, and Citizens Bank are profiting from the administration’s mass deportation campaign.
popular.info
January 26, 2026 at 2:26 PM
1. The Trump administration is not conducting its deadly immigration crackdown in Minneapolis alone
Major corporations, including Amazon, Citizens Bank, and AT&T, are enabling — and profiting from — the operation.
popular.info/p/the-corpor...
Major corporations, including Amazon, Citizens Bank, and AT&T, are enabling — and profiting from — the operation.
popular.info/p/the-corpor...
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I'm old enough to remember that this is how Tea Party protesters showed up to rallies
January 26, 2026 at 2:01 PM
I'm old enough to remember that this is how Tea Party protesters showed up to rallies
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This is great. For one thing, protesters are safer in the presence of National Guard soldiers by orders of magnitude. Second, the approach embraced by the Minnesota Army National Guard makes ICE and CBP look so incredibly small and weak.
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
January 25, 2026 at 11:10 PM
This is great. For one thing, protesters are safer in the presence of National Guard soldiers by orders of magnitude. Second, the approach embraced by the Minnesota Army National Guard makes ICE and CBP look so incredibly small and weak.
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imgaine getting sent packing with your ass in your own two hands by some of the nicest people in the world and then showing up in a city that is famous for booing santa claus
January 26, 2026 at 3:36 AM
imgaine getting sent packing with your ass in your own two hands by some of the nicest people in the world and then showing up in a city that is famous for booing santa claus
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And like THAT, the second amendment was never mentioned again
a close up of a man 's face with his hands on his face .
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with his hands on his face .
media.tenor.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:14 PM
And like THAT, the second amendment was never mentioned again
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This lawless administration is now operating under the “what are you gonna do about it” doctrine. A John Roberts creation.
January 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM
This lawless administration is now operating under the “what are you gonna do about it” doctrine. A John Roberts creation.
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Remember the Bundy insanity during the Obama years? Armed guys occupied a federal office and one of their buddies took position with a sniper rifle aimed at federal agents?
Exactly how many of those guys were shot and killed?
Exactly how many of those guys were shot and killed?
January 25, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Remember the Bundy insanity during the Obama years? Armed guys occupied a federal office and one of their buddies took position with a sniper rifle aimed at federal agents?
Exactly how many of those guys were shot and killed?
Exactly how many of those guys were shot and killed?
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Years from now, it'll be difficult to explain the things people in media were wailing about before all this. Sophomores writing underconsidered op-eds about cultural appropriation. Protests against demagogues on campus. YA drama. "Mobs" on Twitter. These were the threats to free society.
January 25, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Years from now, it'll be difficult to explain the things people in media were wailing about before all this. Sophomores writing underconsidered op-eds about cultural appropriation. Protests against demagogues on campus. YA drama. "Mobs" on Twitter. These were the threats to free society.
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yes, this is absolutely all tied together -- arresting local politicians, attempting to steamroll local multi-racial sovereignty, accusing Democrats of corruption, floating "white replacement." it's an old story, and it's rooted in white supremacy.
Late yesterday, AG Bondi sent a letter to Tim Walz in which she demands access to MN's voter rolls as part of restoring "the rule of law." For months, we've been reporting on the overlap between immigration enforcement and voting so, here we go:
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
AG Bondi demands access to Minnesota voter rolls after fatal Border Patrol shooting
Her demand came as Minneapolis was reeling from a second fatal shooting by a federal agent this month.
www.democracydocket.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:18 PM
yes, this is absolutely all tied together -- arresting local politicians, attempting to steamroll local multi-racial sovereignty, accusing Democrats of corruption, floating "white replacement." it's an old story, and it's rooted in white supremacy.
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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 3:47 PM
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."
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“The American people don’t want to live in this kind of police state.
Senators should listen. And then do something about it.”
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
Senators should listen. And then do something about it.”
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
Opinion | ICE is clearly out of control. This week the Senate can actually do something about it.
Alex Pretti's shooting in Minneapolis turned Senate Democrats against ICE and DHS funding at a pivotal moment, with another shutdown looming.
www.ms.now
January 25, 2026 at 3:10 PM
“The American people don’t want to live in this kind of police state.
Senators should listen. And then do something about it.”
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
Senators should listen. And then do something about it.”
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
And Vikings fans. NFC North unite!
Our government's atrocities are bringing together Bears fans and Packers fans.
January 25, 2026 at 4:35 PM
And Vikings fans. NFC North unite!
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Our government's atrocities are bringing together Bears fans and Packers fans.
January 25, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Our government's atrocities are bringing together Bears fans and Packers fans.
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The unions are getting all in.
And I love it.
They have struggled and waffled over trump for a decade.
He attacks unions, but lots of members are / were MAGA.
That scale is tipped.
Unions are strong. Their support of Abolish ICE work is a big deal.
And I love it.
They have struggled and waffled over trump for a decade.
He attacks unions, but lots of members are / were MAGA.
That scale is tipped.
Unions are strong. Their support of Abolish ICE work is a big deal.
NEWS: @nationalnurses.bsky.social “demands Congress abolish ICE entirely. We will be doing everything in our power to vote out any elected official who supports funding for this all-out assault on the health, safety, and civil rights of our people.”
National Nurses United (@nationalnurses.bsky.social)
The largest RN union in U.S. history, with more than 225,000 nurses nationwide.
nationalnurses.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The unions are getting all in.
And I love it.
They have struggled and waffled over trump for a decade.
He attacks unions, but lots of members are / were MAGA.
That scale is tipped.
Unions are strong. Their support of Abolish ICE work is a big deal.
And I love it.
They have struggled and waffled over trump for a decade.
He attacks unions, but lots of members are / were MAGA.
That scale is tipped.
Unions are strong. Their support of Abolish ICE work is a big deal.
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Add the role of social media to this. Cambridge Analytics did the data work to target people on social media. Russia provided the accounts, strategy and propaganda expertise.
Social media companies looked the other way. Facebook famously took payment in rubles.
Social media companies looked the other way. Facebook famously took payment in rubles.
The 'Monster Power' of Misogyny: How Trump, Bannon and Putin Beat Hilary Clinton in 2016
Cambridge Analytica and Russian troll farms weaponised migration to win the EU referendum. Six months later, the same forces used another deep-seated fear to propel Trump
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
Cambridge Analytica and Russian troll farms weaponised migration to win the EU referendum. Six months later, the same forces used another deep-seated fear to propel Trump
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
The 'Monster Power' of Misogyny: How Trump, Bannon and Putin Beat Hilary Clinton in 2016
Cambridge Analytica and Russian troll farms weaponised migration to win the EU referendum. Six months later, the same forces used another deep-seated fear to propel Trump to power - misogyny
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Add the role of social media to this. Cambridge Analytics did the data work to target people on social media. Russia provided the accounts, strategy and propaganda expertise.
Social media companies looked the other way. Facebook famously took payment in rubles.
Social media companies looked the other way. Facebook famously took payment in rubles.
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yes.
just gonna throw out a quick reminder that in America police kill a yearly average of 3 civilians per day, routinely in situations very similar to these ICE killings, and decades of explicit support for police impunity by US politicians is why ICE feels theyre able to get away with this right now
Our government is murdering the citizens of this country. They are doing it without any checks on their violence
January 25, 2026 at 12:25 PM
yes.