gretchen
@snappity.bsky.social
Mainer, geek, mom of teens, educator.
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Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
February 1, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
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Okay troublemakers, punks, antifa supervillains, and anyone who just enjoys being a petty little shitbird while they fuck up the algorithm of a massive media corp. Here's your assignment for the weekend. Get on it and spread the word.
January 31, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Okay troublemakers, punks, antifa supervillains, and anyone who just enjoys being a petty little shitbird while they fuck up the algorithm of a massive media corp. Here's your assignment for the weekend. Get on it and spread the word.
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Popping out of the vehicle guns drawn and pointing them at a legal observer exercising her constitutional rights.
Everything about this is reckless, dangerous, the opposite of law & order and keeping anyone safe… how do people see this and not see masked secret police style terror on US streets
Everything about this is reckless, dangerous, the opposite of law & order and keeping anyone safe… how do people see this and not see masked secret police style terror on US streets
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Popping out of the vehicle guns drawn and pointing them at a legal observer exercising her constitutional rights.
Everything about this is reckless, dangerous, the opposite of law & order and keeping anyone safe… how do people see this and not see masked secret police style terror on US streets
Everything about this is reckless, dangerous, the opposite of law & order and keeping anyone safe… how do people see this and not see masked secret police style terror on US streets
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The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
January 30, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
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The free speech/censorship thing was a front for people who actually just wanted to make campuses more right wing. This represents a success for their movement
I am once again asking, where are the Harper's letter people now? I mean just utterly egregious violations of academic freedom www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:46 PM
The free speech/censorship thing was a front for people who actually just wanted to make campuses more right wing. This represents a success for their movement
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xbox live took stronger action against jeffrey epstein than the entire us government
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January 30, 2026 at 11:10 PM
xbox live took stronger action against jeffrey epstein than the entire us government
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It’s pretty fucking wild that the DOJ is releasing files that include accusations that the President of the United States raped underage girls, to distract from the fact that the DOJ is covering up murders of US citizens by their own government.
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
It’s pretty fucking wild that the DOJ is releasing files that include accusations that the President of the United States raped underage girls, to distract from the fact that the DOJ is covering up murders of US citizens by their own government.
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Let's speak plainly.
In a legitimate criminal cases, political appointees don't have to first hollow out U.S. Attorney offices of objecting career prosecutors with integrity; federal judges don't kill the cases at the cradle, and the government doesn't fight tooth and nail to revive them.
In a legitimate criminal cases, political appointees don't have to first hollow out U.S. Attorney offices of objecting career prosecutors with integrity; federal judges don't kill the cases at the cradle, and the government doesn't fight tooth and nail to revive them.
January 30, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Let's speak plainly.
In a legitimate criminal cases, political appointees don't have to first hollow out U.S. Attorney offices of objecting career prosecutors with integrity; federal judges don't kill the cases at the cradle, and the government doesn't fight tooth and nail to revive them.
In a legitimate criminal cases, political appointees don't have to first hollow out U.S. Attorney offices of objecting career prosecutors with integrity; federal judges don't kill the cases at the cradle, and the government doesn't fight tooth and nail to revive them.
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I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
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What do you call a government that does this kind of stuff? Asking for a country.
January 30, 2026 at 1:28 PM
What do you call a government that does this kind of stuff? Asking for a country.
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Susan Collins just voted to continue lawless violence by ICE. A major betrayal of her oath and responsibility.
#mepolitics
#mepolitics
The massive government funding package just failed badly in the Senate, 45-55.
Needed 60.
Zero Democrats voted for it.
SEVEN Republicans opposed it:
Budd
Johnson
Lee
Paul
Moody
Rick Scott
Tuberville
(John Thune switched his vote to no for procedural reasons.)
Needed 60.
Zero Democrats voted for it.
SEVEN Republicans opposed it:
Budd
Johnson
Lee
Paul
Moody
Rick Scott
Tuberville
(John Thune switched his vote to no for procedural reasons.)
January 29, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Susan Collins just voted to continue lawless violence by ICE. A major betrayal of her oath and responsibility.
#mepolitics
#mepolitics
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Homan’s use of “in theater” confirms DHS views this as a war in which they’re occupying hostile territory.
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 2:11 PM
Homan’s use of “in theater” confirms DHS views this as a war in which they’re occupying hostile territory.
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2022: Massachusetts enacts a 4% tax on millionaires. Critics predict catastrophe.
2026: MA sees 39%⬆️ in number of millionaires, $5B⬆️ in new revenue, & MA is bottom 10 in poverty.
Taxing the wealthy creates more wealth. Taxing working people creates more poverty: www.qasimrashid.com/p/fixing-the...
2026: MA sees 39%⬆️ in number of millionaires, $5B⬆️ in new revenue, & MA is bottom 10 in poverty.
Taxing the wealthy creates more wealth. Taxing working people creates more poverty: www.qasimrashid.com/p/fixing-the...
Fixing the $12 Billion Lie
How Mayor Mamdani Plans to Fix NYC's Existential Budget Crisis—And Why It Affects Every Single American Nationwide
www.qasimrashid.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:20 PM
2022: Massachusetts enacts a 4% tax on millionaires. Critics predict catastrophe.
2026: MA sees 39%⬆️ in number of millionaires, $5B⬆️ in new revenue, & MA is bottom 10 in poverty.
Taxing the wealthy creates more wealth. Taxing working people creates more poverty: www.qasimrashid.com/p/fixing-the...
2026: MA sees 39%⬆️ in number of millionaires, $5B⬆️ in new revenue, & MA is bottom 10 in poverty.
Taxing the wealthy creates more wealth. Taxing working people creates more poverty: www.qasimrashid.com/p/fixing-the...
Work related - Canvas Studio just went live for us, any users with their favorite / unique use cases? (aside from the basic) First thing - side by side , I think we'll be glad to not have other school's ads run inside our courses. (this ad choice was not fed by my own algo, here)
January 28, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Work related - Canvas Studio just went live for us, any users with their favorite / unique use cases? (aside from the basic) First thing - side by side , I think we'll be glad to not have other school's ads run inside our courses. (this ad choice was not fed by my own algo, here)
#HeyBangor the mall cinema has really showed their hand by choosing what movie to make their profile pic this week. (And most of the “unavailable” seats so far are the same across showings so I think those are just broken ones.)
January 28, 2026 at 1:39 PM
#HeyBangor the mall cinema has really showed their hand by choosing what movie to make their profile pic this week. (And most of the “unavailable” seats so far are the same across showings so I think those are just broken ones.)
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Look, if you had a party scheduled at your house, and the pipes broke and the floor was covered in raw sewage, you’d tell your friends not to come over.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
January 27, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Look, if you had a party scheduled at your house, and the pipes broke and the floor was covered in raw sewage, you’d tell your friends not to come over.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
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Has anyone been able to identify the “if you raise your voice, I erase your voice” agent?
Because that’s someone who, for public safety, should be named and identified and warned about.
Because that’s someone who, for public safety, should be named and identified and warned about.
January 27, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Has anyone been able to identify the “if you raise your voice, I erase your voice” agent?
Because that’s someone who, for public safety, should be named and identified and warned about.
Because that’s someone who, for public safety, should be named and identified and warned about.
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If you want to know what I want Democrats to do, please look at everything the GOP has done to fuck shit up when it was the minority party and copy and paste those tactics.
I want Democrats to use every lever at their disposal to shut things down. They have the power to obstruct and gum up the works, the only thing stopping them is outdated norms.
People are being executed in the streets and if elected Dems aren't prepared to do dramatic things, they can fuck off.
People are being executed in the streets and if elected Dems aren't prepared to do dramatic things, they can fuck off.
What do y’all expect Dems to do? Undo the Big Beautiful budget bill (that the GOP majority passed)? Even if Dems hold up the budget resolution and shut down the govt, DHS and ICE will continue to operate. So what, exactly, can they do as the minority party?
January 27, 2026 at 9:22 PM
If you want to know what I want Democrats to do, please look at everything the GOP has done to fuck shit up when it was the minority party and copy and paste those tactics.
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To be clear: I'm glad she's throwing him under the bus, but it doesn't fucking excuse her. She's an adult who is literally the secretary of homeland security.
If she can't say no to murderous, unconstitutional orders given by someone who isn't her actual boss, she should be impeached.
If she can't say no to murderous, unconstitutional orders given by someone who isn't her actual boss, she should be impeached.
Genuinely interesting. Kristi Noem is snitching that Stephen Miller is the one who made up the bullshit about Alex Pretti.
It would be genuinely useful if Congress can get her to admit that he has been dictating ALL OF THIS just like he dictated the murderboats.
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
It would be genuinely useful if Congress can get her to admit that he has been dictating ALL OF THIS just like he dictated the murderboats.
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
January 27, 2026 at 9:29 PM
To be clear: I'm glad she's throwing him under the bus, but it doesn't fucking excuse her. She's an adult who is literally the secretary of homeland security.
If she can't say no to murderous, unconstitutional orders given by someone who isn't her actual boss, she should be impeached.
If she can't say no to murderous, unconstitutional orders given by someone who isn't her actual boss, she should be impeached.
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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.
So hey NTSB, why have you been dragging your heels to get here while it sounds like the 6 deceased are still on the airfield almost 48 hrs later? I mean, was rhe dept DOGEd last year? #airdisaster
January 27, 2026 at 9:23 PM
So hey NTSB, why have you been dragging your heels to get here while it sounds like the 6 deceased are still on the airfield almost 48 hrs later? I mean, was rhe dept DOGEd last year? #airdisaster
Ended up with 14” of light and fluffy.
January 27, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Ended up with 14” of light and fluffy.
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Anyone want a ticket to Melania? You have literally all of them to choose from. h/t Alex Petit.
January 27, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Anyone want a ticket to Melania? You have literally all of them to choose from. h/t Alex Petit.
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People need to remember this has ALWAYS been the case.
Noem
Bovino
Tricia
Miller
In the Renee Good killing, NONE of their statements were consistent, much less true.
Marimar Martinez is asking for body cam bc Tricia is STILL lying abt why she was shot in October.
Noem
Bovino
Tricia
Miller
In the Renee Good killing, NONE of their statements were consistent, much less true.
Marimar Martinez is asking for body cam bc Tricia is STILL lying abt why she was shot in October.
1/ The order of events on statements by DHS, Bovino, and Noem on Saturday following the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis is definitely worth looking at it. And on my reading, while both officials read from the same official statement, Noem's response was even worse, for two reasons.
With Greg Bovino being shown the door
A reminder of how he and Kristi Noem have been in lockstep in responding to Alex Pretti's murder⬇️ (and what lead up to it).
A reminder of how he and Kristi Noem have been in lockstep in responding to Alex Pretti's murder⬇️ (and what lead up to it).
January 27, 2026 at 4:39 AM
People need to remember this has ALWAYS been the case.
Noem
Bovino
Tricia
Miller
In the Renee Good killing, NONE of their statements were consistent, much less true.
Marimar Martinez is asking for body cam bc Tricia is STILL lying abt why she was shot in October.
Noem
Bovino
Tricia
Miller
In the Renee Good killing, NONE of their statements were consistent, much less true.
Marimar Martinez is asking for body cam bc Tricia is STILL lying abt why she was shot in October.