M.G. Thai, PhD
@solarsunfire.bsky.social
Plant pathologist by trade 🌱, proud state scientist by choice. Also a nature enthusiast and avid cook.
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‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
February 5, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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GENERAL STRIKE U.S.
3.5%
NATIONAL SHUTDOWN
JAN 30, 2026
ABOLISH ICE
NO WORK. NO SCHOOL.
NO SPENDING.
General Strike U.S.
linktr.ee/generalstrikeus
3.5%
NATIONAL SHUTDOWN
JAN 30, 2026
ABOLISH ICE
NO WORK. NO SCHOOL.
NO SPENDING.
General Strike U.S.
linktr.ee/generalstrikeus
January 28, 2026 at 12:38 PM
GENERAL STRIKE U.S.
3.5%
NATIONAL SHUTDOWN
JAN 30, 2026
ABOLISH ICE
NO WORK. NO SCHOOL.
NO SPENDING.
General Strike U.S.
linktr.ee/generalstrikeus
3.5%
NATIONAL SHUTDOWN
JAN 30, 2026
ABOLISH ICE
NO WORK. NO SCHOOL.
NO SPENDING.
General Strike U.S.
linktr.ee/generalstrikeus
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This is the escalation cycle I've been talking about for months, one Homan can't pretend DHS is not part of.
DHS adopts aggressive tactics and arrest quotas, the community responds angrily, agents mask up and DHS deploys more, the response gets bigger/angrier, agents get more aggressive, etc...
DHS adopts aggressive tactics and arrest quotas, the community responds angrily, agents mask up and DHS deploys more, the response gets bigger/angrier, agents get more aggressive, etc...
CNN: How did we get to a place where we had Bovino having Border Patrol agents stopping citizens in interior of the country, asking them ID, creating fear? Who made the decisions to allow this kind of operation to proceed?
HOMAN: The reason for the massive deployment is bc of the threats & violence
HOMAN: The reason for the massive deployment is bc of the threats & violence
January 29, 2026 at 3:24 PM
This is the escalation cycle I've been talking about for months, one Homan can't pretend DHS is not part of.
DHS adopts aggressive tactics and arrest quotas, the community responds angrily, agents mask up and DHS deploys more, the response gets bigger/angrier, agents get more aggressive, etc...
DHS adopts aggressive tactics and arrest quotas, the community responds angrily, agents mask up and DHS deploys more, the response gets bigger/angrier, agents get more aggressive, etc...
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That’s precisely what they think of Americans.
What in the world? Why are federal agents acting like this?
Oh right, they are unprofessional and murderers.
#ProudBlue
📹: thetnholler via reallyamericanmefia/IG
Oh right, they are unprofessional and murderers.
#ProudBlue
📹: thetnholler via reallyamericanmefia/IG
January 27, 2026 at 7:35 PM
That’s precisely what they think of Americans.
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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.
This. The fish rots from the head down.
DHS needs stringent housecleaning. It should be said that no one will trust ICE/CBP after this. These names are forever complicit with state sanctioned violence against its own citizens. They need to be shut down and something new created in their place.
DHS needs stringent housecleaning. It should be said that no one will trust ICE/CBP after this. These names are forever complicit with state sanctioned violence against its own citizens. They need to be shut down and something new created in their place.
This isn't about "training issues." The murderer who executed Renee Good has been with ICE for 10 years, and according to DHS, the murderer who executed Alex Pretti has been there for 8 years.
These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.
These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.
January 26, 2026 at 11:14 PM
This. The fish rots from the head down.
DHS needs stringent housecleaning. It should be said that no one will trust ICE/CBP after this. These names are forever complicit with state sanctioned violence against its own citizens. They need to be shut down and something new created in their place.
DHS needs stringent housecleaning. It should be said that no one will trust ICE/CBP after this. These names are forever complicit with state sanctioned violence against its own citizens. They need to be shut down and something new created in their place.
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Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
January 26, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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This is who they are trying to paint as a domestic terrorist
This will not fucking stand
This will not fucking stand
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 2:12 AM
This is who they are trying to paint as a domestic terrorist
This will not fucking stand
This will not fucking stand
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ANOTHER ANGLE. This man was NOT brandishing a firearm. He was holding his phone. He then put his body between ICE thugs and woman. He was then sprayed with a chemical agent, tackled, disarmed, and executed. Plain as day. DO NOT let them tell you otherwise.
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
ANOTHER ANGLE. This man was NOT brandishing a firearm. He was holding his phone. He then put his body between ICE thugs and woman. He was then sprayed with a chemical agent, tackled, disarmed, and executed. Plain as day. DO NOT let them tell you otherwise.
They’re so close to getting it…
ROGAN: They said they released them, but what did they release?
OTHER GUY: They're still not out yet. It feels like everything else has been drowned out by Somalians and the ICE shooting. It feels like Epstein is completely drowned out
ROGAN: I think some of that is on purpose
OTHER GUY: They're still not out yet. It feels like everything else has been drowned out by Somalians and the ICE shooting. It feels like Epstein is completely drowned out
ROGAN: I think some of that is on purpose
January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
They’re so close to getting it…
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Everyone right now:
a man wearing glasses and a watch says " i really hate that man "
Alt: Richard Attenborough as John Hammond in Jurassic Park (1993): "I really hate that man."
media.tenor.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Everyone right now:
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ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 5:41 AM
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
It’s just under two weeks since I posted this, and now this post sounds so quaint.
These last couple of weeks have felt like a goddamn YEAR!!
These last couple of weeks have felt like a goddamn YEAR!!
Barely into 2026 and now we’re starting a goddamn actual military conflict with another country. Without Congress having been able to have a say. The illegality is INSANE.
January 16, 2026 at 8:41 PM
It’s just under two weeks since I posted this, and now this post sounds so quaint.
These last couple of weeks have felt like a goddamn YEAR!!
These last couple of weeks have felt like a goddamn YEAR!!
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That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:09 AM
That is what was relayed
I have no words. Things like this are trickling out after the fact, but it shows how desperate they are to inflict terror on this poor city. You know who does things like this? Regimes intent on committing ethnic cleansing.
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
ICE in St. Paul: Man roughly detained at gas station, Border Patrol chief jeered in Midway Target
Videos and photos show a prevalence of federal agents in St. Paul recently.
trib.al
January 14, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I have no words. Things like this are trickling out after the fact, but it shows how desperate they are to inflict terror on this poor city. You know who does things like this? Regimes intent on committing ethnic cleansing.
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Dr. @timothysnyder.bsky.social has written many powerful works, but this one stopped me dead in my tracks when I first read it. Please take the time, and share widely.
January 12, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Dr. @timothysnyder.bsky.social has written many powerful works, but this one stopped me dead in my tracks when I first read it. Please take the time, and share widely.
A little too on the nose for the current circumstances we find ourselves in.
January 12, 2026 at 3:48 PM
A little too on the nose for the current circumstances we find ourselves in.
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The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.
January 11, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.
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January 10, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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It is deeply counter to the whole very basic concept of this nation that its citizens can be taxed and then have funding withheld punitively because the person exercising the power of the presidency decides on a whim to do so.
at some point we're gonna have to have a real conversation about why we're still paying federal taxes to a regime that isn't using them to help anyone, but instead is using them to brutalize us
January 10, 2026 at 2:12 AM
It is deeply counter to the whole very basic concept of this nation that its citizens can be taxed and then have funding withheld punitively because the person exercising the power of the presidency decides on a whim to do so.
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The killing of an American citizen by masked immigration enforcement agents is almost enough to make you forget Epstein or Venezuela or the fact that we just passed the anniversary of January 6. But you know, it's possible to remember all of it at once
January 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The killing of an American citizen by masked immigration enforcement agents is almost enough to make you forget Epstein or Venezuela or the fact that we just passed the anniversary of January 6. But you know, it's possible to remember all of it at once
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January 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Friends —
Spread these everywhere. Share them. Use your feed to get the message out.
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