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Doug Nichols
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Orange Park, FL by way of Huntington, WV

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thetxi.bsky.social
Narrative: Arsenal would be the worst premier league champions ever. Premier league is so weak.

Reality: every PL team but City are in the top 8 of the champions League after seven games
dailycannon.com Daily Cannon @dailycannon.com · 1h
Liverpool, Tottenham, Newcastle and Chelsea all in the top eight as it stands 😬
January 21, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
🚨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.
The Gravamen of the Disclosure 4. The gravamen of the disclosure is as follows: a. By memorandum dated May 12, 2025 (“the May 12 Memo”), Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons authorizes ICE agents to forcibly enter into certain people’s homes without a judicial warrant, consent, or an emergency. b. Specifically, in the May 12 Memo, the Acting ICE Director authorized ICE Agents to rely on Form I-205 (which is not a judicial warrant) to enter the residence of an alien subject to a final order of deportation, without consent, including by “a necessary and reasonable amount of force.”2c. While addressed to “All ICE Personnel,” in practice the May 12 Memo has not been formally distributed to all personnel. Instead, the May 12 Memo has been provided to select DHS officials who are then directed to verbally brief the new policy for action. Those supervisors then show the Memo to some employees, like our clients, and direct them to read the Memo and return it to the supervisor.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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normcharlatan.bsky.social
I had posted earlier about how I couldn’t let Talmage be outside alone waiting for his school bus because some goons might fuck with him. This is what everyday Minnesotans are dealing with. Lawless armed, masked goons perpetuating a federal government-led ethnic cleansing.
zackbeauchamp.bsky.social Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 5h
Heartbreaking cruelty visited upon children in our name
January 21, 2026 at 8:55 PM
thetxi.bsky.social
I can't think of the most basic math concept without my mind immediately going to the first week of my freshman Intro to VB course 20+ years ago where my professor pronounced hypotenuse as hypotanius.

It's so deeply scarred in my grey matter I have to catch myself from saying it accidentally.
January 19, 2026 at 5:54 AM
thetxi.bsky.social
Please no
January 18, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work.

Really depraved shit.
radleybalko.bsky.social Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4d
A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.

Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
ICE agents ate at a Minnesota Mexican restaurant before arresting staff
Immigration law enforcement agents reportedly followed employees out of the restaurant after they closed for the evening
www.independent.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 12:13 AM
thetxi.bsky.social
Naruto (the original) has already been a slog to get through, but I had no idea the last eightysome eps would never revisit Sasuke in any significant way.

Ugh. Just about ten more to go and I can finally move on to something else.
January 17, 2026 at 1:01 AM
thetxi.bsky.social
I can't for the life of me imagine being so disgustingly shameless.
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5d
Rollins: I think of you as the peace president. I think about you as the prosperity president. I think about you as the affordability president…. You'll go down in history as the greatest president for the health of this country in history.
January 16, 2026 at 5:34 PM
thetxi.bsky.social
Speedball, Kevin Knight, and Veda
browsethestacks.bsky.social BrowseTheStacks @browsethestacks.bsky.social · 5d
What Picture Is This?

Wrong Answers Only.
What Picture Is This? Wrong Answers Only.
January 16, 2026 at 5:16 PM
thetxi.bsky.social
I don't think the Nobel committee can strip or retroactively recognize someone else but this is absolutely a situation where they should come out and be like "nah fuck you, we're going to give it to anybody else"
lolennui.bsky.social Amy Ash @lolennui.bsky.social · 6d
breathtakingly embarrassing for absolutely everyone involved lol
World news María Corina Machado says she presented Trump with her Nobel peace prize medal The Venezuelan opposition leader did not confirm whether the US president accepted the award
January 15, 2026 at 10:20 PM
thetxi.bsky.social
Man it's been a long while since a UNC game actually pissed me off.
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
thetxi.bsky.social
And UNC being shit at free throws rears its ugly head right when I thought we were over those days
January 15, 2026 at 4:15 AM
thetxi.bsky.social
If there's one certainty in life it's that if an opponent has a high scoring star*, UNC is going to do everything in their power to give him the best game of his life.

*Or completely random white boy with a 3 ball
January 15, 2026 at 4:14 AM
thetxi.bsky.social
Unbelievable
January 15, 2026 at 4:11 AM
thetxi.bsky.social
This UNC game is infuriating me
January 15, 2026 at 4:03 AM
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atrupar.com
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
thetxi.bsky.social
You're not breaking up with me I'm breaking up with you shit
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
Bondi: "What happened in Minnesota -- we had 6 prosecutors who suddenly decided they didn't want to support the men and women in ICE. One of them was busy doing a photo shoot with the New York Times while ICE was out there risking their lives ... breaking news tonight: I fired them all."
January 15, 2026 at 3:57 AM
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atrupar.com
Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
January 15, 2026 at 3:37 AM
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ziibiing.com
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attack, so I helped her find a medic to get her an inhaler. I used a stranger's phone to co-ordinate pickup, and was picked up by my wife. During my detention I knew that I was being released. I knew that as a citizen of the United States I have legal protection. The hundred or so other people being detained had no such protection. At this time I don't need your help, it is the families that are being separated, abused, terrorized, harassed and killed that need your help. If this is happening to me, an American citizen born in the United States, then what is happening to the people in here that have no one calling lawyers on their behalf? That have no constitutional rights to due process? What is happening to the people that they will never be released to see their families, go to their jobs, or walk through their city ever again? Please take care of yourselves, your family, and your community. I am safe and healthy, if you feel compelled to help, please offer your help to the Immigrant Defense Network at https://immigrantdefensenetwork.org/. If you know someone detained by ICE, call or text CAIR-MN at 612-206-3360 for 24/7 legal intake. Photo: ICE going door to door. They are reportedly doing the same thing on the doors - asking people for names.
January 13, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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ziibiing.com
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I was in the cell alone for between 1 and 2 hours, then another man was put into my cell, whose shirt was ripped open from his arrest, and an injured toe, who was carried aggressively into an unmarked car during his arrest. After about 4-5 hours, another man was brought in who had a cut on his head from his arrest. He told me he was tackled by 4 or 5 agents during his arrest. At no point was he offered medical assistance. Later I was told that a lawyer was here to see me, and I was able to speak with him in a visitation room. The special agent told me that the door could not be closed all the way, so it was cracked during my interaction with my lawyer. I got the impression that they were not used to having lawyers present, and were trying to follow procedure as best they could. I asked an agent if the other detainees were allowed lawyers and was not answered. At one point, 3 men from the department of Homeland Security Investigations brought me into a cell. They insinuated that they could help me out. After inquiring several times what exactly they meant they finally told me that they could offer undocumented family members of mine legal protection if I have any (I don't), or money, in exchange for giving them the names of protest organizers, or undocumented persons. I was shocked, and told them no. Finally, after hours of detention, I was told to follow an agent. At no point was I told whether or not I was being charged, or where I was going, but I was led out of the building. I asked if I could use a phone to call my wife to pick me up, and was told I could not. After pleading for several minutes eventually Special Agent William let me use his phone to call my wife. As I was escorted off the property by government agents, I was told to turn right. I was escorted to the protest area, where 5 minutes later, tear gas was deployed and I was struck by a paint ball gun. I was not protesting, I was simply being released without charges after an 8 hour detention. I was on…
January 13, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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ziibiing.com
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from checking the internet or making calls. The people in the cells were extremely scared. We heard people screaming "let me out!", crying, wailing and terrified screams. There were cells with as many as 8 people. I have no way of knowing how long they have been there, if they were allowed any contact with the outside world, or if they were being brought food or water. Most people were staring at the ground with almost no energy. I was not allowed to talk to anyone imprisoned. I distinctly remember seeing a desperate woman. She was staring at the ground with her head in her hands crying, hopeless, while her friend or family member sat on a bathroom seat observed by 3 men. My friend and I were put in an area for "USCs," which we eventually learned meant US citizens, separated by gender. We were imprisoned for 8 hours, during which my friend was never allowed a phone call. I was allowed to call my wife and tell her where I was. During my interview with Special Agent William and Special Agent Garcia, they asked me to empty my pockets. When I pulled out gloves, Agent William said those were meant to be taken when I was processed , and complained about having to fill out the form again. He frisked me once more, where he found glass in my pocket from when our car window was shattered. He filled out the form listing my personal items again, but put the wrong date. I was read my rights, I pleaded the fifth and was led back to my cell. Food, water, and bathroom breaks were extremely difficult to acquire. I would ask over the intercom provided in the cell for a bathroom break, be told someone was on their way, then ask again 20 minutes later, be told someone was on their way, wait another 20 minutes, etc. Eventually they either turned off the intercom or it stopped working, because no one would respond. I could get water and bathroom breaks by pounding on the glass when someone happened to walk by and beg them directly. Hours would go by without anyone checking on us. I am ve…
January 13, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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ziibiing.com
just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
Eyewitness account: Good morning, My name is Brandon Siguenza, and l am a US citizen from Minneapolis. Yesterday, while doing legal observation, ICE stopped their cars to harass my friend and me. They sprayed pepper spray into the vent of our vehicle. We held our hands in the air and told them we were not obstructing, that the car was in park and they were free to drive forward and away. There was no active immigration raid. They returned to their cars, and drove forward a bit, then decided to stop again. They surrounded us, smashed the windows of our car, opened the doors (they were unlocked), ripped my friend and I out of the car and arrested us on charges of obstruction. I was put in an unmarked SUV, separated from my friend. As I was put in the back seat an ICE agent tore the whistle off my neck and said "I'll be taking this, I might need it later." My phone was knocked out of my hand while being arrested. As we drove away I asked the driver and the passenger if they wouldn't mind buckling my seatbelt, as they were driving erratically. I was ignored. I asked them if I could have the handcuffs loosened, as I was losing circulation, and was told no. At one point the passenger realized his own driver's license was in the backseat next to mine, and tried to surreptitiously grab it without me seeing it. We were taken to the Whipple federal building, where I saw dozens of brown people being processed in an unheated garage. I was frisked, told of my charges, and saw buses and vans being prepped. I later learned that these were being filled with detainees and driven to the airport for deportation. As we were led in, I noticed that the building was very busy. I got the impression that one of the 2 agents bringing me around was being trained. At multiple points throughout my stay, government agents were unable to open doors, not sure where they were meant to be going, and overall confused and overwhelmed. They couldn't figure out how to use the building phones, or complai…
January 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
thetxi.bsky.social
Trump going on social media supporting Iranian protestors while sending in the national guard, ICE, and every other jackbooted thug they can to blue cities to shoot moms in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 3:09 PM
thetxi.bsky.social
It's almost like they are going out of their way to commit war crimes like it's a fucking bingo card
kylegriffin1.bsky.social Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 8d
Breaking NYT:

The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.

The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.

That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:49 AM
thetxi.bsky.social
So instead of investigating the actual shooting, they want to investigate the victim to find any reason they can to say "she deserved it"
January 13, 2026 at 4:25 AM