The Mean Progressive
@themeanprogressive.bsky.social
I’m mean to fascists. Otherwise, I’m lovely.
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It’s been 30 days since 100% of the Epstein files were legally required to be released.
January 18, 2026 at 1:39 PM
It’s been 30 days since 100% of the Epstein files were legally required to be released.
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Nothing threatens authoritarian regimes more than act of nonviolent protest — people standing together, choosing empathy and courage, and refusing to be afraid.
January 17, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Nothing threatens authoritarian regimes more than act of nonviolent protest — people standing together, choosing empathy and courage, and refusing to be afraid.
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The more people hear him, the worse he does.
Here’s why.
Nothing but word salad.
WATCH:
Here’s why.
Nothing but word salad.
WATCH:
January 17, 2026 at 11:22 PM
The more people hear him, the worse he does.
Here’s why.
Nothing but word salad.
WATCH:
Here’s why.
Nothing but word salad.
WATCH:
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RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - On her first day as Governor, Abigail Spanberger made a decisive move: she vetoed Executive Order 47, ending Virginia’s participation in the federal 287(g) program that allowed local law enforcement to act as ICE agents
Day One: Governor Spanberger ends Virginia’s ICE collaboration
On her first day as Governor, Abigail Spanberger made a decisive move by vetoing Executive Order 47, which ended Virginia’s participation in the federal 287(g) program.
www.12onyourside.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:09 PM
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - On her first day as Governor, Abigail Spanberger made a decisive move: she vetoed Executive Order 47, ending Virginia’s participation in the federal 287(g) program that allowed local law enforcement to act as ICE agents
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January 17, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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Abigail Spanberger was told to throw trans youth under the bus during her campaign. She refused to do so.
She won the election by 15 percent. A dominant victory. A landslide.
She was just sworn-in as the 75th Governor of Virginia, the first woman to lead the state.
She won the election by 15 percent. A dominant victory. A landslide.
She was just sworn-in as the 75th Governor of Virginia, the first woman to lead the state.
January 17, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Abigail Spanberger was told to throw trans youth under the bus during her campaign. She refused to do so.
She won the election by 15 percent. A dominant victory. A landslide.
She was just sworn-in as the 75th Governor of Virginia, the first woman to lead the state.
She won the election by 15 percent. A dominant victory. A landslide.
She was just sworn-in as the 75th Governor of Virginia, the first woman to lead the state.
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"He said he saw guards choking Lunas Campos and heard Lunas Campos repeatedly saying, 'No puedo respirar' — Spanish for 'I can’t breathe'..."
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:10 AM
"He said he saw guards choking Lunas Campos and heard Lunas Campos repeatedly saying, 'No puedo respirar' — Spanish for 'I can’t breathe'..."
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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🔥 From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social : “This is nuts. What the fuck is going on? I’ve never protested in my life… they tell you it’s immigrants — it’s fucking anybody. They’re just trying to scare people. I’m not paid to be here. I have to work in the morning. This is wrong.”
January 15, 2026 at 1:59 PM
🔥 From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social : “This is nuts. What the fuck is going on? I’ve never protested in my life… they tell you it’s immigrants — it’s fucking anybody. They’re just trying to scare people. I’m not paid to be here. I have to work in the morning. This is wrong.”
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🙏🏽 @sethabramson.bsky.social thank you
PSA for the media: This DHS’ story will always be bullshit. Proceed accordingly or sacrifice your own credibility.
PSA for the media: This DHS’ story will always be bullshit. Proceed accordingly or sacrifice your own credibility.
January 15, 2026 at 2:21 PM
🙏🏽 @sethabramson.bsky.social thank you
PSA for the media: This DHS’ story will always be bullshit. Proceed accordingly or sacrifice your own credibility.
PSA for the media: This DHS’ story will always be bullshit. Proceed accordingly or sacrifice your own credibility.
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1/ Ciji Graham was the mother of 2-year-old SJ, a sister to 9 younger siblings, a beloved friend.
She's also the 7th case we’ve found of a pregnant woman in a state restricting abortion who died after being unable to access standard care.
This is her story.
She's also the 7th case we’ve found of a pregnant woman in a state restricting abortion who died after being unable to access standard care.
This is her story.
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
1/ Ciji Graham was the mother of 2-year-old SJ, a sister to 9 younger siblings, a beloved friend.
She's also the 7th case we’ve found of a pregnant woman in a state restricting abortion who died after being unable to access standard care.
This is her story.
She's also the 7th case we’ve found of a pregnant woman in a state restricting abortion who died after being unable to access standard care.
This is her story.
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.@PabloReports: What do you make of the Ford worker who called Trump a pedophile protector?
AOC: He’s right
AOC: He’s right
January 14, 2026 at 11:18 PM
.@PabloReports: What do you make of the Ford worker who called Trump a pedophile protector?
AOC: He’s right
AOC: He’s right
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MINNEAPOLIS — Hmong homeowners know their rights… randomly looking for Hmong & Asian families… a racial terror campaign, nothing less…
January 14, 2026 at 11:24 PM
MINNEAPOLIS — Hmong homeowners know their rights… randomly looking for Hmong & Asian families… a racial terror campaign, nothing less…
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Three pieces of news in the last few days that you may have missed — all Democratic or progressive victories.
1️⃣ Pennsylvania's Bucks County quit its ICE contract, due to the new sheriff elected in November.
1️⃣ Pennsylvania's Bucks County quit its ICE contract, due to the new sheriff elected in November.
BREAKING: Dan Ceisler, the new sheriff of Pennsylvania's Bucks County, just announced he has terminated his county's 287(g) contract with ICE.
Ceisler defeated GOP sheriff who'd joined the ICE program in November, & ran on quitting it; we reported then:
Ceisler defeated GOP sheriff who'd joined the ICE program in November, & ran on quitting it; we reported then:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
January 14, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Three pieces of news in the last few days that you may have missed — all Democratic or progressive victories.
1️⃣ Pennsylvania's Bucks County quit its ICE contract, due to the new sheriff elected in November.
1️⃣ Pennsylvania's Bucks County quit its ICE contract, due to the new sheriff elected in November.
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Casey Rollings runs a Catholic charity in Springfield Ohio, recently helping children of immigrants separated from their parents. As the Trump admin takes protected status from Haitian refugees Feb 3, she's preparing for an avalanche of family separations ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/14/t...
The Ohio grandma racing to help Haitian parents protect children as more deportations near • Ohio Capital Journal
Casey Rollings runs a Catholic charity in Springfield, Ohio, that helps children of immigrants who've been separated from their parents. As the Trump administration takes protected status from…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Casey Rollings runs a Catholic charity in Springfield Ohio, recently helping children of immigrants separated from their parents. As the Trump admin takes protected status from Haitian refugees Feb 3, she's preparing for an avalanche of family separations ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/14/t...
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so much to cover right now, but a thread i just want to throw out there from my reporting is that the car rental market in minneapolis is reportedly totally screwed up right now because ICE has cleared the inventory. rental companies should have to answer for supplying vehicles used in terror.
January 14, 2026 at 8:59 PM
so much to cover right now, but a thread i just want to throw out there from my reporting is that the car rental market in minneapolis is reportedly totally screwed up right now because ICE has cleared the inventory. rental companies should have to answer for supplying vehicles used in terror.
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Portland Public Schools published this notice in their community newsletter yesterday as rumors of ICE coming to town began to circulate:
www.portlandschools.org/calendars/pp...
www.portlandschools.org/calendars/pp...
January 14, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Portland Public Schools published this notice in their community newsletter yesterday as rumors of ICE coming to town began to circulate:
www.portlandschools.org/calendars/pp...
www.portlandschools.org/calendars/pp...
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BREAKING — Mayor of Lewiston, Maine posts on FB that ICE is coming to the city imminently. This confirms my reporting the agency is planning a surge in the city and state generally.
Lewiston is home to a large Somali-American population, which made up 4.6% of the population as of the 2020 census.
Lewiston is home to a large Somali-American population, which made up 4.6% of the population as of the 2020 census.
January 14, 2026 at 9:17 PM
BREAKING — Mayor of Lewiston, Maine posts on FB that ICE is coming to the city imminently. This confirms my reporting the agency is planning a surge in the city and state generally.
Lewiston is home to a large Somali-American population, which made up 4.6% of the population as of the 2020 census.
Lewiston is home to a large Somali-American population, which made up 4.6% of the population as of the 2020 census.
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TW ⚠️ —- SANTA ANA: Trump’s goons shoot an unarmed 21 year-old protestor in the eye at point blank range with a non-lethal round, blinding him in it forever… then drag him on the ground like an animal.
We are over the cliff, folks. 🇺🇸
We are over the cliff, folks. 🇺🇸
January 14, 2026 at 1:45 PM
TW ⚠️ —- SANTA ANA: Trump’s goons shoot an unarmed 21 year-old protestor in the eye at point blank range with a non-lethal round, blinding him in it forever… then drag him on the ground like an animal.
We are over the cliff, folks. 🇺🇸
We are over the cliff, folks. 🇺🇸
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.
January 13, 2026 at 9:49 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.
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The Trevor Project, known for its hotline for LGBTQ+ youth, received $45 million from billionaire and author MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025.
The gift is the largest in the organization's history.
apnews.com/article/trev...
The gift is the largest in the organization's history.
apnews.com/article/trev...
The Trevor Project receives $45M from MacKenzie Scott after difficult years and federal funding cuts
The nonprofit Trevor Project received a $45 million gift from billionaire MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025.
apnews.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
The Trevor Project, known for its hotline for LGBTQ+ youth, received $45 million from billionaire and author MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025.
The gift is the largest in the organization's history.
apnews.com/article/trev...
The gift is the largest in the organization's history.
apnews.com/article/trev...
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Frost: People should know that them cutting your healthcare, them cutting nutritional assistance, SNAP benefits, all this stuff—they're cutting that from working people so they can give ICE money to go terrorize our communities.
January 13, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Frost: People should know that them cutting your healthcare, them cutting nutritional assistance, SNAP benefits, all this stuff—they're cutting that from working people so they can give ICE money to go terrorize our communities.
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Kevin Posobiec—brother of Jack Posobiec of “Rape Melania” sign infamy—is one of the MAGA influencers on the scene in Minneapolis, while Jack urges Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act.
@governorwalz.mn.gov
@amyklobuchar.com @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social 1/
@governorwalz.mn.gov
@amyklobuchar.com @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social 1/
January 13, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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Thread. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
Kevin Posobiec—brother of Jack Posobiec of “Rape Melania” sign infamy—is one of the MAGA influencers on the scene in Minneapolis, while Jack urges Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act.
@governorwalz.mn.gov
@amyklobuchar.com @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social 1/
@governorwalz.mn.gov
@amyklobuchar.com @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social 1/
January 13, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Thread. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
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Joe Thompson is a principled public servant who spent more than a decade achieving justice for Minnesotans. This is a huge loss for our state.
It’s also the latest sign Trump is pushing nonpartisan career professionals out of the justice department, replacing them with his sycophants.
It’s also the latest sign Trump is pushing nonpartisan career professionals out of the justice department, replacing them with his sycophants.
January 13, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Joe Thompson is a principled public servant who spent more than a decade achieving justice for Minnesotans. This is a huge loss for our state.
It’s also the latest sign Trump is pushing nonpartisan career professionals out of the justice department, replacing them with his sycophants.
It’s also the latest sign Trump is pushing nonpartisan career professionals out of the justice department, replacing them with his sycophants.
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Thread. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
Kevin Posobiec—brother of Jack Posobiec of “Rape Melania” sign infamy—is one of the MAGA influencers on the scene in Minneapolis, while Jack urges Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act.
@governorwalz.mn.gov
@amyklobuchar.com @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social 1/
@governorwalz.mn.gov
@amyklobuchar.com @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social 1/
January 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Thread. bsky.app/profile/jenn...