Ted Brassfield
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@algreen.house.gov has the energy the Dems needed to show tonight
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If every Democrat voted NO on funding ICE, it would not have passed the House. But, 7 House Democrats voted to fund Trump's lawless, masked goons, so it passed.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
NEW: DHS appropriations bill funding ICE passes 220-207
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
January 22, 2026 at 9:50 PM
If every Democrat voted NO on funding ICE, it would not have passed the House. But, 7 House Democrats voted to fund Trump's lawless, masked goons, so it passed.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
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I used to live not too far from this exhibit. One of the things it teaches you is that George Washington used to strategically move his slaves between free and slave states to avoid having them become free after meeting a residency period under the Pennsylvania Gradual Abolition Act.
The exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park have been removed amid pressure from the Trump admin www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
January 23, 2026 at 4:50 AM
I used to live not too far from this exhibit. One of the things it teaches you is that George Washington used to strategically move his slaves between free and slave states to avoid having them become free after meeting a residency period under the Pennsylvania Gradual Abolition Act.
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NEW: One of Denver's largest cold weather shelters may not be open during 90 hours of sub-freezing temps because of a disagreement between the Mayor and City Council.
January 23, 2026 at 2:49 AM
NEW: One of Denver's largest cold weather shelters may not be open during 90 hours of sub-freezing temps because of a disagreement between the Mayor and City Council.
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There is *no* functioning Dem leadership at this point. Jeffries and Schumer need to go NOW if our nation is to have any chance.
January 22, 2026 at 11:40 PM
There is *no* functioning Dem leadership at this point. Jeffries and Schumer need to go NOW if our nation is to have any chance.
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Every representative who voted yes voted for more brutalization of our neighbors, more kidnapping of our children, more trampling of our rights, and more murder from this government.
January 22, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Every representative who voted yes voted for more brutalization of our neighbors, more kidnapping of our children, more trampling of our rights, and more murder from this government.
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They darkened her skin. They made her heavier. They made her look older. They made it look like she was crying when she was courageous.
I just wrote days ago that Trump hates no demographic in America more than Black women. How much more evidence does one need?
This is as openly racist as it gets.
I just wrote days ago that Trump hates no demographic in America more than Black women. How much more evidence does one need?
This is as openly racist as it gets.
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.aol.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:31 AM
They darkened her skin. They made her heavier. They made her look older. They made it look like she was crying when she was courageous.
I just wrote days ago that Trump hates no demographic in America more than Black women. How much more evidence does one need?
This is as openly racist as it gets.
I just wrote days ago that Trump hates no demographic in America more than Black women. How much more evidence does one need?
This is as openly racist as it gets.
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This is incredible.
January 22, 2026 at 11:18 PM
This is incredible.
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Every whisper of Palestinian-ness must be abolished by the genocidaires as part of their endless attempt to avoid having to deal with the fact of their crime
"Knesset Approves Ban on Graduates of Palestinian Institutions Teaching in Israel's Education System"
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Knesset approves ban on graduates of Palestinian institutions teaching in Israel
One Former Israeli Lawmaker Who Opposed the Bill and Resigned in June Decried It as 'Racist and Harmful,' While the Bill's Likud Co-sponsers Argued That Those Trained in Palestinian Institutions Serve...
www.haaretz.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Every whisper of Palestinian-ness must be abolished by the genocidaires as part of their endless attempt to avoid having to deal with the fact of their crime
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In this video from Maine obtained by @accountabilityji.bsky.social, an ICE agent repeatedly threatens a protester with pepper spray and ends the encounter by saying “Make America Great Again.”
January 22, 2026 at 6:16 PM
In this video from Maine obtained by @accountabilityji.bsky.social, an ICE agent repeatedly threatens a protester with pepper spray and ends the encounter by saying “Make America Great Again.”
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7/ Here is Doug Wilson, whose family publishing company published The Case for Christian Nationalism, declaring that “In the republic I envision, Hindus would not be able to hold public office." Via @rightwingwatch.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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I'm looking for witnesses/victims of DHS retaliating against people who were recording their agents (ICE, Border Patrol, FPS, etc.) in Southern California.
This is for LA Press Club v. Noem case, but victim does NOT need to be press/journalist. Everyone has right to record. We're fighting for all.
This is for LA Press Club v. Noem case, but victim does NOT need to be press/journalist. Everyone has right to record. We're fighting for all.
January 22, 2026 at 6:37 AM
I'm looking for witnesses/victims of DHS retaliating against people who were recording their agents (ICE, Border Patrol, FPS, etc.) in Southern California.
This is for LA Press Club v. Noem case, but victim does NOT need to be press/journalist. Everyone has right to record. We're fighting for all.
This is for LA Press Club v. Noem case, but victim does NOT need to be press/journalist. Everyone has right to record. We're fighting for all.
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NATO did not "stay a little back, off the front lines."
Danish, British and Estonian troops served in Helmand, and Canadian forces in Kandahar - the two most dangerous Afghan provinces.
Denmark, UK, Estonia & Canada suffered amongst the highest per‑capita soldier death rates when defending the US.
Danish, British and Estonian troops served in Helmand, and Canadian forces in Kandahar - the two most dangerous Afghan provinces.
Denmark, UK, Estonia & Canada suffered amongst the highest per‑capita soldier death rates when defending the US.
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 2:02 PM
NATO did not "stay a little back, off the front lines."
Danish, British and Estonian troops served in Helmand, and Canadian forces in Kandahar - the two most dangerous Afghan provinces.
Denmark, UK, Estonia & Canada suffered amongst the highest per‑capita soldier death rates when defending the US.
Danish, British and Estonian troops served in Helmand, and Canadian forces in Kandahar - the two most dangerous Afghan provinces.
Denmark, UK, Estonia & Canada suffered amongst the highest per‑capita soldier death rates when defending the US.
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So the House is going to vote TOMORROW on the DHS funding bill that includes funding for ICE.
There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.
Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.
24 hours. Go.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.
Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.
24 hours. Go.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
No Funding for ICE Surveillance Tech!
www.fightforthefuture.org
January 21, 2026 at 11:35 PM
So the House is going to vote TOMORROW on the DHS funding bill that includes funding for ICE.
There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.
Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.
24 hours. Go.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.
Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.
24 hours. Go.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
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Our constituents are being surveilled, threatened, tear gassed, shot, subjected to warrantless arrest, kidnapped, and disappeared. 35 people have died in detention in ICE’s deadliest year yet.
ICE’s terror and violence need to end.
ICE’s terror and violence need to end.
January 21, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Our constituents are being surveilled, threatened, tear gassed, shot, subjected to warrantless arrest, kidnapped, and disappeared. 35 people have died in detention in ICE’s deadliest year yet.
ICE’s terror and violence need to end.
ICE’s terror and violence need to end.
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Every Stephen Miller tantrum and DHS recruitment ad speaks in these existential terms about "defending your culture" to elide the fact that they need people with the courage to wear a mask while interrogating a sixth grader
January 21, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Every Stephen Miller tantrum and DHS recruitment ad speaks in these existential terms about "defending your culture" to elide the fact that they need people with the courage to wear a mask while interrogating a sixth grader
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Is it @startribune.com policy to refer to anyone confronting ICE as a protester? This obscures the nature of what people are doing. We're not protesting ICE. We're constitutional observers documenting human rights abuses by agents of the state.
January 21, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Is it @startribune.com policy to refer to anyone confronting ICE as a protester? This obscures the nature of what people are doing. We're not protesting ICE. We're constitutional observers documenting human rights abuses by agents of the state.
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This was literally one of the reasons the founding fathers went to war
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:13 PM
This was literally one of the reasons the founding fathers went to war
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Hung a guy at Nuremburg for doing this, FYI. Not "a thing like this" but literally this, exactly.
January 21, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Hung a guy at Nuremburg for doing this, FYI. Not "a thing like this" but literally this, exactly.
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Our city has been over-run by Nazi ghouls kidnapping people to traffic them to concentration camps and other countries.
Did you ever think you'd see the day when masked gunmen jump out of moving vehicles and chase families down the street in your own neighborhood?
FUCK ICE forever and ever.
Did you ever think you'd see the day when masked gunmen jump out of moving vehicles and chase families down the street in your own neighborhood?
FUCK ICE forever and ever.
January 21, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Our city has been over-run by Nazi ghouls kidnapping people to traffic them to concentration camps and other countries.
Did you ever think you'd see the day when masked gunmen jump out of moving vehicles and chase families down the street in your own neighborhood?
FUCK ICE forever and ever.
Did you ever think you'd see the day when masked gunmen jump out of moving vehicles and chase families down the street in your own neighborhood?
FUCK ICE forever and ever.
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103 days into the "ceasefire." Hours after Netanyahu joined Trump's "Board of Peace."
Israeli forces just killed 3 more journalists.
They were on assignment to film a camp in Gaza, to document the plight of Palestinians displaced by Israeli bombs.
Instead, Israel killed them.
Israeli forces just killed 3 more journalists.
They were on assignment to film a camp in Gaza, to document the plight of Palestinians displaced by Israeli bombs.
Instead, Israel killed them.
January 21, 2026 at 5:28 PM
103 days into the "ceasefire." Hours after Netanyahu joined Trump's "Board of Peace."
Israeli forces just killed 3 more journalists.
They were on assignment to film a camp in Gaza, to document the plight of Palestinians displaced by Israeli bombs.
Instead, Israel killed them.
Israeli forces just killed 3 more journalists.
They were on assignment to film a camp in Gaza, to document the plight of Palestinians displaced by Israeli bombs.
Instead, Israel killed them.
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Parents, students, and faculty of the Thomas MacLaren School held a press conference in Colorado Springs yesterday asking for the release of the Soliman family from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention.
coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/co-s...
coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/co-s...
CO Springs Community Asks for Family's Release from ICE Detention
Parents, students, and faculty of the Thomas MacLaren School held a press conference in Colorado Springs yesterday asking for the release of the Soliman family — Hayam El-Gamal and her...
coloradotimesrecorder.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Parents, students, and faculty of the Thomas MacLaren School held a press conference in Colorado Springs yesterday asking for the release of the Soliman family from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention.
coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/co-s...
coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/co-s...
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Hey cuties. You need a valentine set right now, I can tell. It's only $20. You get 20 of them, 4 designs, & each one has a little fact inside.
I need a little more cashflow into Skype a Scientist to do the amount of shit I want to do this year. These valentines are a good start!
SquidFacts.net
I need a little more cashflow into Skype a Scientist to do the amount of shit I want to do this year. These valentines are a good start!
SquidFacts.net
January 20, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Hey cuties. You need a valentine set right now, I can tell. It's only $20. You get 20 of them, 4 designs, & each one has a little fact inside.
I need a little more cashflow into Skype a Scientist to do the amount of shit I want to do this year. These valentines are a good start!
SquidFacts.net
I need a little more cashflow into Skype a Scientist to do the amount of shit I want to do this year. These valentines are a good start!
SquidFacts.net
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January 21, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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This is a good start and I'm happy my state is doing it before things get as bad here. We need to remember though that it is a privilege for us to have the time to prep for this and a disgrace that we even have to.
Colorado launches new system for reporting alleged misconduct by federal agents
Colorado launches new system for reporting alleged misconduct by federal agents
Each report will be reviewed and may be shared with the Colorado congressional delegation and local district attorney offices
coloradosun.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:15 PM
This is a good start and I'm happy my state is doing it before things get as bad here. We need to remember though that it is a privilege for us to have the time to prep for this and a disgrace that we even have to.
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Is It Happening?
January 21, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Is It Happening?