sundene 🇳🇴 📎
@sundene.bsky.social
Retired Chemistry Educator, Jazz afficionado, Reader, Recycler, Lover of tech and green spaces. USMC wife; mother of 2 fantastic adults. Chicago 'burbs. Love is Love. Vote Blue!
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Good afternoon from downtown Chicago, where despite heavy snowfall, thousands have gathered for an anti-ICE/CBP demonstration in solidarity with the Twin Cities. More are still streaming in.
Lt. Illinois Gov. Juliana Stratton just addressed the crowd, and called for ICE to be abolished.
Lt. Illinois Gov. Juliana Stratton just addressed the crowd, and called for ICE to be abolished.
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We carry the torch of FDR, JFK, and everyone who believed democracy is worth the fight. If you want to keep this mission going, 𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹'𝘀 merch helps fund the work: belib.org/shop-1
January 26, 2026 at 12:08 AM
We carry the torch of FDR, JFK, and everyone who believed democracy is worth the fight. If you want to keep this mission going, 𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹'𝘀 merch helps fund the work: belib.org/shop-1
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A standing reminder: a small handful of Republicans in Congress could stop this chaos tomorrow. They simply choose not to.
January 25, 2026 at 11:28 PM
A standing reminder: a small handful of Republicans in Congress could stop this chaos tomorrow. They simply choose not to.
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Incredible turnout in Chi-town today protesting the murder of Alex Pretti. God love them! ❤️
#Chicago #AlexPretti
#Fascism #ICE #Gestapo
#Chicago #AlexPretti
#Fascism #ICE #Gestapo
January 25, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Incredible turnout in Chi-town today protesting the murder of Alex Pretti. God love them! ❤️
#Chicago #AlexPretti
#Fascism #ICE #Gestapo
#Chicago #AlexPretti
#Fascism #ICE #Gestapo
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In the Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul lawsuit seeking an end to Operation Metro Surge, plaintiffs submitted two new declarations—one from the Minn Commissioner of Public Safety and one collecting Bondi's letter and Trump admin statements about Pretti's killing and other surge-related issues.
January 25, 2026 at 11:19 PM
In the Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul lawsuit seeking an end to Operation Metro Surge, plaintiffs submitted two new declarations—one from the Minn Commissioner of Public Safety and one collecting Bondi's letter and Trump admin statements about Pretti's killing and other surge-related issues.
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Nice try, but we remember who put these vaccine deniers in positions of power… and who, once they proved utterly unfaithful to their promises, are still keeping them there.
Sen Cassidy: “Claiming that risk from vaccines is greater than the threat from disease has led to highest rate of measles in decades. Undermining faith in polio vaccine will lead to paralyzed children. What others are doing will be blamed on President Trump. Unfair but true.”
January 25, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Nice try, but we remember who put these vaccine deniers in positions of power… and who, once they proved utterly unfaithful to their promises, are still keeping them there.
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You're correct Adam on all counts. The 2nd Amendment people attacking Alex Pretti, but defended crybaby Kyle ROTTENHouse who actually murdered people, and got away because of a Trump judge, are just hypocrite crybaby talking nonsense, trying to blame an innocent man.
January 25, 2026 at 11:24 PM
You're correct Adam on all counts. The 2nd Amendment people attacking Alex Pretti, but defended crybaby Kyle ROTTENHouse who actually murdered people, and got away because of a Trump judge, are just hypocrite crybaby talking nonsense, trying to blame an innocent man.
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Pam Bondi Sends An Extortion Letter to Tim Walz.
There. Fixed the title of the article, @people.com.
people.com/pam-bondi-fu...
There. Fixed the title of the article, @people.com.
people.com/pam-bondi-fu...
Pam Bondi Tells Tim Walz That Handing Over Minnesota's Voter Rolls Can Help Prevent Another 'National Tragedy': Read Her Full Letter
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote a three-point letter of demands to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after American ICU nurse Alex Pretti was fatally shot by Border Patrol on Jan. 25
people.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Pam Bondi Sends An Extortion Letter to Tim Walz.
There. Fixed the title of the article, @people.com.
people.com/pam-bondi-fu...
There. Fixed the title of the article, @people.com.
people.com/pam-bondi-fu...
We won’t forget.
One does not forget traumatic events.
One does not forget traumatic events.
Hugo Lowell told MSNOW that the Trump administration expects that the murder of Alex Pretti will "blow over and go away." They believe that Americans will forget about it in a week or so.
January 25, 2026 at 11:42 PM
We won’t forget.
One does not forget traumatic events.
One does not forget traumatic events.
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🌊💙 ☮️ #PamelasHowToResist
Remember, the uniform of our enemy is their cloak of extreme wealth and that middlemen are NOT productive. So #BuyDirect so you DON'T help our enemy, the middleman billionaire.
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🌊💙 ☮️ #PamelasHowToResist
Remember, the uniform of our enemy is their cloak of extreme wealth and that middlemen are NOT productive. So #BuyDirect so you DON'T help our enemy, the middleman billionaire.
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February 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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🌊💙 ☮️ #PamelasHowToResist
Remember, the uniform of our enemy is their cloak of extreme wealth and that middlemen are NOT productive. So #BuyDirect so you DON'T help our enemy, the middleman billionaire.
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🌊💙 ☮️ #PamelasHowToResist
Remember, the uniform of our enemy is their cloak of extreme wealth and that middlemen are NOT productive. So #BuyDirect so you DON'T help our enemy, the middleman billionaire.
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CEO’s saw the results of a one day MSP boycott, wait until 77m start boycotting the corporations that support Trump and MAGA. Start selling the stocks of Target, Best Buy, UNH, 3M, General Mills as losing THEIR MONEY is all they really care about. (I know many have very limited ability to do this).
What a relief that they’re calling for a general de-escalation of tensions, since it’s hard to tell who’s at fault, the people murdering people or the people who aren’t doing the murdering.
Minnesota CEOs issue joint letter urging de-escalation after shooting
January 25, 2026 at 11:28 PM
CEO’s saw the results of a one day MSP boycott, wait until 77m start boycotting the corporations that support Trump and MAGA. Start selling the stocks of Target, Best Buy, UNH, 3M, General Mills as losing THEIR MONEY is all they really care about. (I know many have very limited ability to do this).
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Q: You met with VP Vance. His goal was to turn down the temperature
ELLISON: Well, I guess it didn't work, huh? I walked out of there thinking we probably weren't gonna get anywhere, because a few minutes later he got up there and articulated the same talking points
ELLISON: Well, I guess it didn't work, huh? I walked out of there thinking we probably weren't gonna get anywhere, because a few minutes later he got up there and articulated the same talking points
January 25, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Q: You met with VP Vance. His goal was to turn down the temperature
ELLISON: Well, I guess it didn't work, huh? I walked out of there thinking we probably weren't gonna get anywhere, because a few minutes later he got up there and articulated the same talking points
ELLISON: Well, I guess it didn't work, huh? I walked out of there thinking we probably weren't gonna get anywhere, because a few minutes later he got up there and articulated the same talking points
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Reminder: ICE was funded in the Big Bad Terrible Ugly Bill which passed July 2025 without one Democratic vote. Fast forward a little over 6 months and ICE is murdering American citizens on America's streets. Call your senators. Defund ICE. It's a start.
January 25, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Reminder: ICE was funded in the Big Bad Terrible Ugly Bill which passed July 2025 without one Democratic vote. Fast forward a little over 6 months and ICE is murdering American citizens on America's streets. Call your senators. Defund ICE. It's a start.
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When serving in Moscow, and travelling extensively to all 10 secret nuclear cities, I heard countless first-hand accounts of the deliberate cruelty and callous indifference to life that characterized the former Soviet Union.
At that time, I never guessed that the USA would adopt the Soviet model.
At that time, I never guessed that the USA would adopt the Soviet model.
January 25, 2026 at 8:13 PM
When serving in Moscow, and travelling extensively to all 10 secret nuclear cities, I heard countless first-hand accounts of the deliberate cruelty and callous indifference to life that characterized the former Soviet Union.
At that time, I never guessed that the USA would adopt the Soviet model.
At that time, I never guessed that the USA would adopt the Soviet model.
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Trump’s Heritage friends justifying a state execution for exercising your 2A rights
This isn’t conservatism, it’s fascism
This isn’t conservatism, it’s fascism
January 25, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Trump’s Heritage friends justifying a state execution for exercising your 2A rights
This isn’t conservatism, it’s fascism
This isn’t conservatism, it’s fascism
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Minneapolis now
January 25, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Minneapolis now
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Gov. Walz calls out federal officials who described Alex Pretti as a 'domestic terrorist.'
"Sitting behind a keyboard at 2 a.m. and besmirching a V.A. nurse and a son and a co-worker and a friend is despicable beyond all description."
"Sitting behind a keyboard at 2 a.m. and besmirching a V.A. nurse and a son and a co-worker and a friend is despicable beyond all description."
January 25, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Gov. Walz calls out federal officials who described Alex Pretti as a 'domestic terrorist.'
"Sitting behind a keyboard at 2 a.m. and besmirching a V.A. nurse and a son and a co-worker and a friend is despicable beyond all description."
"Sitting behind a keyboard at 2 a.m. and besmirching a V.A. nurse and a son and a co-worker and a friend is despicable beyond all description."
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Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Tx) in reference to GOP Chairman Garbarino’s letters for leaders of ICE, CBP, USCIS to testify following Alex Pretti's killing:
“As an attorney and former federal prosecutor, I believe a thorough investigation is necessary ....”
“As an attorney and former federal prosecutor, I believe a thorough investigation is necessary ....”
January 25, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Tx) in reference to GOP Chairman Garbarino’s letters for leaders of ICE, CBP, USCIS to testify following Alex Pretti's killing:
“As an attorney and former federal prosecutor, I believe a thorough investigation is necessary ....”
“As an attorney and former federal prosecutor, I believe a thorough investigation is necessary ....”
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I know people are justifiably anxious about the insurrection act and elections, but remember that every move he makes craters his popularity, he refuses to take off ramps, and every time they double down it makes an already impossible task even more difficult
January 25, 2026 at 11:22 PM
I know people are justifiably anxious about the insurrection act and elections, but remember that every move he makes craters his popularity, he refuses to take off ramps, and every time they double down it makes an already impossible task even more difficult
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Two statements that are compatible.
a. I don't think concealed carry is a good policy.
b. I do not believe that someone carrying a gun in compliance with a state's gun laws gives federal law enforcement the right to murder them.
a. I don't think concealed carry is a good policy.
b. I do not believe that someone carrying a gun in compliance with a state's gun laws gives federal law enforcement the right to murder them.
January 25, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Two statements that are compatible.
a. I don't think concealed carry is a good policy.
b. I do not believe that someone carrying a gun in compliance with a state's gun laws gives federal law enforcement the right to murder them.
a. I don't think concealed carry is a good policy.
b. I do not believe that someone carrying a gun in compliance with a state's gun laws gives federal law enforcement the right to murder them.
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This is why people are dying around the world at the hands of the Trump administration. Deflection.
January 25, 2026 at 9:36 AM
This is why people are dying around the world at the hands of the Trump administration. Deflection.
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January 25, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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Little man standing on a box says if you're mean to his band secret bullies then they have a right to shoot you, so don't complain when it happens.
Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
January 25, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Little man standing on a box says if you're mean to his band secret bullies then they have a right to shoot you, so don't complain when it happens.
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Reminder: ICE was funded in the Big Bad Terrible Ugly Bill which passed July 2025 without one Democratic vote. Fast forward a little over 6 months and ICE is murdering American citizens on America's streets. Call your senators. Defund ICE. It's a start.
January 25, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Reminder: ICE was funded in the Big Bad Terrible Ugly Bill which passed July 2025 without one Democratic vote. Fast forward a little over 6 months and ICE is murdering American citizens on America's streets. Call your senators. Defund ICE. It's a start.
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"We urge all Americans to trust their own eyes as they interpret the horrific video, and to call for an absolute end to ICE activity in Minneapolis."
— attorney for Renee Good's family responds to Alex Pretti's killing buff.ly/ub2bHso
— attorney for Renee Good's family responds to Alex Pretti's killing buff.ly/ub2bHso
January 25, 2026 at 10:44 PM
"We urge all Americans to trust their own eyes as they interpret the horrific video, and to call for an absolute end to ICE activity in Minneapolis."
— attorney for Renee Good's family responds to Alex Pretti's killing buff.ly/ub2bHso
— attorney for Renee Good's family responds to Alex Pretti's killing buff.ly/ub2bHso
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The gun people say Americans need guns to defend against a tyrannical government. A guy with a legal gun shows up to confront a government acting tyrannical, and the government shoots him dead because he had a gun. Make it make sense.
January 25, 2026 at 1:48 PM
The gun people say Americans need guns to defend against a tyrannical government. A guy with a legal gun shows up to confront a government acting tyrannical, and the government shoots him dead because he had a gun. Make it make sense.