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Surlysimon
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Retired,grew up from Menzies to Whitlam, still maintaining the rage comrade, grew up in Canberra but escaped to Melbourne. 40 years working in technical publications
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Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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January 13, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand

You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen

*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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Keep documenting abuses. This man was exercising his constitutional right to observe and record. ICE assaulted him.
January 13, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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Someone inside DHS leaked the names of 4,500 ICE and CBP officers to a nonprofit that tracks ICE. About 80 percent of those name are active.

www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-d...
Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw'
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach fo...
www.rawstory.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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Australian politicians right now….

Criticising Israel: Bad

Using social media site that creates sexually explicit pictures of underage girls: Good
January 13, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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“For decades, I thought The Civil War would stand as my most important contribution to the art form, but Mr. Biscuits will far exceed the impact of any of my prior works,” said Ken Burns
Ken Burns Announces New 10-Part ‘Mr. Biscuits’ Documentary After Adopting Cat
WALPOLE, NH—Revealing that the series would force Americans to rethink everything they thought they knew about the “cute little fuzzball,” filmmaker Ken Burns announced Friday the release of Mr. Biscu...
theonion.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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I write about the Adelaide Writers' Week debacle for @theshot.net.au.

theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Why is a Labor Premier silencing a writer?  - The Shot
For many Adelaideans, Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) is the highlight of their year. A glorious six days when the Pioneer...
theshot.net.au
January 13, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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I can't verify the accuracy of this, but it's been posted on Reddit

The OP claims an extended family member works for CBP and is being dispatched with hundreds of others to Minneapolis tonight

"possibly the biggest yet"

"hitting apartments and homes"

The surge is apparently aimed AT protestors
January 13, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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It's been well over three weeks since the deadline set by law and they still haven't fully released the Epstein files because withholding exculpatory evidence is clearly what you do when you're "innocent."
January 13, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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WATCH: “Do you think Renee Good deserved that, Susan? Was she a domestic terrorist?”

Rep. Susan Lynn (R-Mount Juliet) just honored ICE on the Tennessee house floor.

She says she “doesn’t know” if Renee Good was a domestic terrorist — but deep down she knows the truth.
January 13, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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Interview with trafficking victim Sasha Riley.

These audio interviews contain firsthand accounts of extreme child trafficking, torture, rape & murder conducted within the Trump/Epstein criminal enterprises.

Listen here => lisevoldeng.substack.com/p/dont-worry... (NSFW or around children)
The story of Sascha Riley is incredibly disturbing. Release the Epstein files. 😳👇
January 13, 2026 at 9:40 AM
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So, the First Amendment is a thing of the past by the way.
😤🤯😡🤬
#Minnesota #ICE
January 13, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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These are absolutely monstrous people

"Mr. Thompson’s resignation came after senior DOJ officials pressed for a criminal investigation into the actions of the widow of Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis woman killed by an ICE agent"
3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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Six-byline alert: 🚨

“.. laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries into dropping their guard, then attacking and killing them. That is a war crime called ‘perfidy.’”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
January 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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🔥🔥🔥 DO NOT BE DISTRACTED BY MADURO & STAY LOUD!!
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!!

TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
January 13, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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spineless..
January 13, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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When Trump speaks (mumbles, rambles, etc.) here are the translations:⤵️
January 12, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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ICE is not the police
ICE is not the military
It's entire inception was built on fear and racism and avoiding government oversight

There's nothing about America that should allow ICE to exist
January 12, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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1/3 Like clockwork, the Israel lobby goes after new high profile targets, to try to get the rest of us to shut up about genocidal apartheid Israel.

Will ABC board & management show the same spinelessness as in their sacking of Antoinette Lattouf?
www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...
Exclusive: pro-Israel activists go after ABC journalists John Lyons and Laura Tingle
A new email campaign is targeting the respected journalists for withdrawing from the Adelaide Festival
www.deepcutnews.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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“.. A lone protester, with the quote ‘I’m not mad at you’ taped onto their jacket, the last words of Renee Nicole Good, a woman shot dead by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis, marches outside U.S. Immigration Court in New York City.”

@reuters.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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The campaign to anonymously smear anyone who isn't 100% behind Netanyahu won't stop so long as boards &c keep failing to say "fuck off" www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...
Exclusive: pro-Israel activists go after ABC journalists John Lyons and Laura Tingle
A new email campaign is targeting the respected journalists for withdrawing from the Adelaide Festival
www.deepcutnews.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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“Greenland does not want to be controlled by the U.S.,” says Jens-Frederik Nielsen, prime minister of the Arctic island.
Greenland’s Prime Minister Says Island Would Choose Denmark Over U.S.
The Arctic island’s leader seeks to portray unity with Copenhagen ahead of White House meetings on Wednesday.
on.wsj.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
What is happening in America right now. The arbitrary power of a tyrant deployed against his political enemies.
January 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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Perfect.
As always with David Rowe, check out the beautiful little details.
January 13, 2026 at 11:49 AM