Somewhere In ATX
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HUGE news! This is about a Trump admin effort to arrest thousands of screened and vetted refugees in Minnesota and fly them to Texas to be jailed and then interrogated.
After the interrogation is over, people are being dumped on the street and told to find their own way back.
After the interrogation is over, people are being dumped on the street and told to find their own way back.
January 28, 2026 at 11:17 PM
HUGE news! This is about a Trump admin effort to arrest thousands of screened and vetted refugees in Minnesota and fly them to Texas to be jailed and then interrogated.
After the interrogation is over, people are being dumped on the street and told to find their own way back.
After the interrogation is over, people are being dumped on the street and told to find their own way back.
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“ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
BREAKING: Judge Patrick Schiltz cancels contempt hearing Friday where ICE chief Todd Lyons was to be forced to testify, but excoriates ICE for defying almost 100 court orders in last month. "ICE is not a law unto itself," Schiltz writes. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
TROrder012826
www.documentcloud.org
January 28, 2026 at 10:51 PM
“ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
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An extraordinary document. Read it.
“Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
“Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
January 28, 2026 at 10:42 PM
An extraordinary document. Read it.
“Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
“Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
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ICE is terrorizing our country.
It’s time to stand up and fight back.
Join us this Saturday in Austin: tinyurl.com/stopICErally
It’s time to stand up and fight back.
Join us this Saturday in Austin: tinyurl.com/stopICErally
January 28, 2026 at 10:57 PM
ICE is terrorizing our country.
It’s time to stand up and fight back.
Join us this Saturday in Austin: tinyurl.com/stopICErally
It’s time to stand up and fight back.
Join us this Saturday in Austin: tinyurl.com/stopICErally
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🚨 I've obtained a list of secret watchlists the Department of Homeland Security uses to keep tabs on American citizens
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-secre...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-secre...
Exclusive: ICE's Secret Watchlists of Americans
Sparta, Reaper and Grapevine track protesters, their friends (+ others)
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:07 PM
🚨 I've obtained a list of secret watchlists the Department of Homeland Security uses to keep tabs on American citizens
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-secre...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-secre...
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They should’ve let her get at least one in
video of the moment a man tried spraying something at ilhan omar at her town hall in minneapolis tonight
January 28, 2026 at 2:00 AM
They should’ve let her get at least one in
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EXCLUSIVE: These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/i...
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/i...
These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities.
theintercept.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:55 PM
EXCLUSIVE: These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/i...
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/i...
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Incredibly worthwhile piece from @alainstephens.bsky.social
about the history of the second amendment and how that right has never been fully applied to Black and brown people in this country, or our allies.
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/a...
about the history of the second amendment and how that right has never been fully applied to Black and brown people in this country, or our allies.
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/a...
The Second Amendment Was Never Meant for Everyone
The killing of Alex Pretti, a licensed gun owner, in Minneapolis is waking white Americans up to the reality that rights are conditional.
theintercept.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Incredibly worthwhile piece from @alainstephens.bsky.social
about the history of the second amendment and how that right has never been fully applied to Black and brown people in this country, or our allies.
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/a...
about the history of the second amendment and how that right has never been fully applied to Black and brown people in this country, or our allies.
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/a...
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For example the video yesterday of "ICE IS GASSING A DAY CARE RIGHT NOW!!" is the daycare right up the street from my house. I about shit my pants and raced out the door until I saw it was actually from Saturday. I already dealt with that daycare gassing, thank you. Please don't lie to me for likes
Definite uptick in Bluesky content aggregators taking legit clips regarding Minnesota from a few days or weeks ago and posting them without any sort of timestamp context, which gives the impression of them happening today, which then gets clicks. Be vigilant with what and how you share.
January 28, 2026 at 8:41 PM
For example the video yesterday of "ICE IS GASSING A DAY CARE RIGHT NOW!!" is the daycare right up the street from my house. I about shit my pants and raced out the door until I saw it was actually from Saturday. I already dealt with that daycare gassing, thank you. Please don't lie to me for likes
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Everyone should be putting up NO ICE NO CPB NO FEDERAL AGENTS GET A JUDICIAL WARRANT OR STAY OUT signs everywhere.
My wife told me she heard at a training she attended that ICE has argued "ALL ARE WELCOME HERE" signs are invitations to enter private spaces and if that don't beat all I don't know what does.
January 28, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Everyone should be putting up NO ICE NO CPB NO FEDERAL AGENTS GET A JUDICIAL WARRANT OR STAY OUT signs everywhere.
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I am hearing that RFK Jr.’s minions are going to go after HPV vaccines. I’ve got problems with these people and now you’re going to hear about them, first from a personal perspective and then from a professional one.
It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.
It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.
January 28, 2026 at 7:52 PM
I am hearing that RFK Jr.’s minions are going to go after HPV vaccines. I’ve got problems with these people and now you’re going to hear about them, first from a personal perspective and then from a professional one.
It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.
It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.
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I don’t think people realize how rarely Republicans get angry calls from constituents.
We’ve written them off and they barely get any pressure. When they do get pressure, they aren’t used to it and they just might cave.
We’ve written them off and they barely get any pressure. When they do get pressure, they aren’t used to it and they just might cave.
Warren: "I know there are Republicans right now who are seeing what we're seeing in MN, and they know it's wrong. It's time to speak out. Silence is complicity. Grow a spine, show some backbone. Being 'disturbed' doesn't change anything and the ICE agents who are waving around loaded guns know it."
January 28, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I don’t think people realize how rarely Republicans get angry calls from constituents.
We’ve written them off and they barely get any pressure. When they do get pressure, they aren’t used to it and they just might cave.
We’ve written them off and they barely get any pressure. When they do get pressure, they aren’t used to it and they just might cave.
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The warnings highlight just how bad of an operational security screwup Flock's info sharing design was. It also shows how cops see themselves as being consistently under threat from the people it is supposed to protect. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports.
www.404media.co/police-told-...
www.404media.co/police-told-...
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 PM
The warnings highlight just how bad of an operational security screwup Flock's info sharing design was. It also shows how cops see themselves as being consistently under threat from the people it is supposed to protect. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports.
www.404media.co/police-told-...
www.404media.co/police-told-...
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In more unbelievable dumpster fire news:
Trump’s acting cyber chief uploaded sensitive “for official use only” government documents into the public version of ChatGPT.
Trump’s acting cyber chief uploaded sensitive “for official use only” government documents into the public version of ChatGPT.
January 28, 2026 at 9:45 PM
In more unbelievable dumpster fire news:
Trump’s acting cyber chief uploaded sensitive “for official use only” government documents into the public version of ChatGPT.
Trump’s acting cyber chief uploaded sensitive “for official use only” government documents into the public version of ChatGPT.
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Here in Texas, to the Republicans and the billionaires whose power they entrench, the prospect of the Lone Star State being swept up in a similarly insurgent candidacy still sounds like its own far-fetched fantasy.
But what of our cities?
But what of our cities?
In Texas Cities, Let a Hundred Mamdanis Bloom
Our state has long-term lessons to learn from the New York socialist’s rise.
www.texasobserver.org
January 28, 2026 at 9:46 PM
MUST READ
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Here in Texas, to the Republicans and the billionaires whose power they entrench, the prospect of the Lone Star State being swept up in a similarly insurgent candidacy still sounds like its own far-fetched fantasy.
But what of our cities?
But what of our cities?
In Texas Cities, Let a Hundred Mamdanis Bloom
Our state has long-term lessons to learn from the New York socialist’s rise.
www.texasobserver.org
January 28, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Here in Texas, to the Republicans and the billionaires whose power they entrench, the prospect of the Lone Star State being swept up in a similarly insurgent candidacy still sounds like its own far-fetched fantasy.
But what of our cities?
But what of our cities?
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Runoff in Tarrant County set for this Saturday. It'll be an interesting snapshot to watch how Dems do in an absolutely critical county if they were to win statewide this November.
Beto won it narrowly in '18. Trump won it by 5 points in '24.
Beto won it narrowly in '18. Trump won it by 5 points in '24.
January 28, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Runoff in Tarrant County set for this Saturday. It'll be an interesting snapshot to watch how Dems do in an absolutely critical county if they were to win statewide this November.
Beto won it narrowly in '18. Trump won it by 5 points in '24.
Beto won it narrowly in '18. Trump won it by 5 points in '24.
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A third round of nationwide "No Kings" protests is slated to take place on March 28.
January 28, 2026 at 9:34 PM
A third round of nationwide "No Kings" protests is slated to take place on March 28.
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Are ALPRs constitutional? District court says yes. Here comes the appeal.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Angry Norfolk residents lose lawsuit to stop Flock license plate scanners
Plaintiffs called Norfolk's Flock camera network a “dragnet."
arstechnica.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Are ALPRs constitutional? District court says yes. Here comes the appeal.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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lol of course
lmfao
*TESLA TO INVEST $2B TO BUY SERIES E PREFERRED SHARES OF XAI
*TESLA TO INVEST $2B TO BUY SERIES E PREFERRED SHARES OF XAI
January 28, 2026 at 9:22 PM
lol of course
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Ah, excellent. I never thought about codifying basic rules for cops into law. Now we just have to sit back & wait for the people who don't follow or enforce rules to follow & enforce all of the rules
SCHUMER says Democrats are “united” behind three DHS reforms
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
January 28, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Ah, excellent. I never thought about codifying basic rules for cops into law. Now we just have to sit back & wait for the people who don't follow or enforce rules to follow & enforce all of the rules
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schumer out. jeffries out. walz out
January 28, 2026 at 9:24 PM
schumer out. jeffries out. walz out
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The cave is on. This is toothless bullshit. @chuckschumer.com wants Trump to promise that he'll pay Tuesday for a hamburger today, and he thinks we're gonna fall for it again.
Chuck Schumer just announced demands on DHS to avoid shutdown:
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
January 28, 2026 at 8:19 PM
The cave is on. This is toothless bullshit. @chuckschumer.com wants Trump to promise that he'll pay Tuesday for a hamburger today, and he thinks we're gonna fall for it again.
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Made this meme to explain to my coworkers what's going on their instagram feeds.
January 28, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Made this meme to explain to my coworkers what's going on their instagram feeds.