Tina-Desiree Berg
@tinadesireeberg.com
International woman of mystery. MA Philosophy. Anteater. Chief Muckety Muckraker. Signal TDBerg.24
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Thwarted raid attempt in South Minneapolis. Agent asks woman if she’s a man. Full video to come on @statuscoupnews.bsky.social
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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From 1975 to 2023, $79 trillion in wealth was transferred from the bottom 90% to the top 1%.
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
Trump, Extreme Wealth Concentration, and Our Societal Crisis | Common Dreams
The US government simply has not done enough to ensure that the livelihoods of all Americans are protected or improved in this new Gilded Age. What it has done is made sure the rich get richer by the ...
www.commondreams.org
February 9, 2026 at 2:52 PM
From 1975 to 2023, $79 trillion in wealth was transferred from the bottom 90% to the top 1%.
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
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Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.
February 6, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.
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The key takeaway is that straight-up ballot box stuffing is the *last* form of election rigging. Most despots work their way through other methods. Gerrymandering; voter intimidation; using corruption to get a financial bonus to use to bribe; controlling the media; hobbling opposition parties, etc
February 6, 2026 at 6:02 PM
The key takeaway is that straight-up ballot box stuffing is the *last* form of election rigging. Most despots work their way through other methods. Gerrymandering; voter intimidation; using corruption to get a financial bonus to use to bribe; controlling the media; hobbling opposition parties, etc
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This just shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how to do news. Data helps, but data doesn’t tell a reporter to spend a years-long investigation into child labor or an editor to place staff in a country on the brink of war. What exactly does Bezos think WaPo’s “journalistic mission” is?
Jeff Bezos' statement, his first since last week's layoffs: "The Post has an essential journalistic mission and an extraordinary opportunity. Each and every day our readers give us a roadmap to success. The data tells us what is valuable and where to focus."
February 8, 2026 at 12:39 AM
This just shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how to do news. Data helps, but data doesn’t tell a reporter to spend a years-long investigation into child labor or an editor to place staff in a country on the brink of war. What exactly does Bezos think WaPo’s “journalistic mission” is?
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
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It's the Washington Generals dunking on the Harlem Globetrotters.
L.A.'s federal public defenders are on an unprecedented winning streak as the U.S. Attorney's office pushes weak protest-related cases to trial.
Great read from @brittnymejia.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
L.A.'s federal public defenders are on an unprecedented winning streak as the U.S. Attorney's office pushes weak protest-related cases to trial.
Great read from @brittnymejia.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
L.A. public defenders are on a win streak as Trump's Justice Department charges activists
The federal public defender's office in L.A. was 5 and 0 against prosecutors in trials related to immigration raids and protests. Trial No. 6 was last month.
www.latimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:40 PM
It's the Washington Generals dunking on the Harlem Globetrotters.
L.A.'s federal public defenders are on an unprecedented winning streak as the U.S. Attorney's office pushes weak protest-related cases to trial.
Great read from @brittnymejia.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
L.A.'s federal public defenders are on an unprecedented winning streak as the U.S. Attorney's office pushes weak protest-related cases to trial.
Great read from @brittnymejia.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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🚨NEW: A federal judge out of Oregon has issued a sweeping rebuke of the DOJ’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls.
The opinion released Thursday concluded that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warned that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
The opinion released Thursday concluded that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warned that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
bit.ly
February 6, 2026 at 6:49 PM
🚨NEW: A federal judge out of Oregon has issued a sweeping rebuke of the DOJ’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls.
The opinion released Thursday concluded that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warned that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
The opinion released Thursday concluded that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warned that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
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Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 3, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
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It’s so fucked up that emergency services still use X. I just checked the 47 X accounts listed on the official RCMP social media page, and 10 have no gray check. It’s like an open invitation to impersonators.
February 6, 2026 at 2:25 PM
It’s so fucked up that emergency services still use X. I just checked the 47 X accounts listed on the official RCMP social media page, and 10 have no gray check. It’s like an open invitation to impersonators.
This is 👨🍳
February 6, 2026 at 3:44 PM
This is 👨🍳
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They are planning to steal this election. Prepare to stop them.
February 6, 2026 at 4:14 AM
They are planning to steal this election. Prepare to stop them.
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I have arrived at the #Palantir office building ahead of the march where a video of ICE brutality is being projected onto the side.
Here's a short clip.
Here's a short clip.
February 6, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I have arrived at the #Palantir office building ahead of the march where a video of ICE brutality is being projected onto the side.
Here's a short clip.
Here's a short clip.
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❤️❤️ We should all grab drinks one night and catch up!
February 6, 2026 at 2:04 AM
❤️❤️ We should all grab drinks one night and catch up!
Of course I remember you!! 🥰🥰🍾🍾
February 6, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Of course I remember you!! 🥰🥰🍾🍾
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This moment in time will leave unfathomably deep scars for Twin Cities children.
My son's 5th grade class can no longer play on their playground during recess, because the school knows that a large number of those kids could get snatched at any time. Fully "legal" children.
My son's 5th grade class can no longer play on their playground during recess, because the school knows that a large number of those kids could get snatched at any time. Fully "legal" children.
They see school patrols walking to keep their friends from being kidnapped. They see teachers linking arms to guard the doors. They see a federal government who is basically telling them to drop dead. The kids of Minneapolis and St Paul are traumatized.
The kids are suffering. There's no way to shield them from what's happening here. Everyone is affected. They hear about families in hiding. They read "ICE kidnapped someone here" and "Fuck ICE" when we're in the car. They see us shopping for others. They hear the whistles. They are afraid.
February 5, 2026 at 5:51 PM
This moment in time will leave unfathomably deep scars for Twin Cities children.
My son's 5th grade class can no longer play on their playground during recess, because the school knows that a large number of those kids could get snatched at any time. Fully "legal" children.
My son's 5th grade class can no longer play on their playground during recess, because the school knows that a large number of those kids could get snatched at any time. Fully "legal" children.
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Very good interview about what is going on in Mpls.
I spoke with rapper Nur-D in his studio in Minneapolis about Ice agents violently attacking him as he was walking down the street: youtu.be/sed8WZUhBOA?...
"JUST F*CKING KILL ME!" Minneapolis Rapper FIRES BACK After Brutal ICE Assault
YouTube video by Status Coup News
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February 5, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Very good interview about what is going on in Mpls.
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"You're gonna have to kill me. I have done nothing at all. I have done nothing at all. I have done nothing at all. My name is Matthew James Obadiah Allen. I'm a United States Citizen."
I can't add anything to this other than what Nur-D already says both while being attacked and in the interview.
I can't add anything to this other than what Nur-D already says both while being attacked and in the interview.
I spoke with rapper Nur-D in his studio in Minneapolis about Ice agents violently attacking him as he was walking down the street: youtu.be/sed8WZUhBOA?...
"JUST F*CKING KILL ME!" Minneapolis Rapper FIRES BACK After Brutal ICE Assault
YouTube video by Status Coup News
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 9:42 PM
"You're gonna have to kill me. I have done nothing at all. I have done nothing at all. I have done nothing at all. My name is Matthew James Obadiah Allen. I'm a United States Citizen."
I can't add anything to this other than what Nur-D already says both while being attacked and in the interview.
I can't add anything to this other than what Nur-D already says both while being attacked and in the interview.
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"When a poorly framed street photo causes the subject to be excluded by the system early, it is a mathematical certainty that any match will be a miss."
NEW: Records reviewed by WIRED show DHS’s facial recognition app (Mobile Fortify) isn’t designed to actually "verify" identity—despite DHS claims and its agents relying on its matches to support probable cause in the field.
ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are
ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like that—and only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy r...
www.wired.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
"When a poorly framed street photo causes the subject to be excluded by the system early, it is a mathematical certainty that any match will be a miss."
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Cops were frequently getting caught planting drugs in 2017 because body cameras were new and many of them didn't understand how the technology worked.
When cops hit "record" it saved the 30 seconds from *before* they hit the button. Eventually, they figured it out.
When cops hit "record" it saved the 30 seconds from *before* they hit the button. Eventually, they figured it out.
Why Cops Frequently Got Caught Planting Drugs in 2017
Look. All technology comes with a learning curve.
gizmodo.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Cops were frequently getting caught planting drugs in 2017 because body cameras were new and many of them didn't understand how the technology worked.
When cops hit "record" it saved the 30 seconds from *before* they hit the button. Eventually, they figured it out.
When cops hit "record" it saved the 30 seconds from *before* they hit the button. Eventually, they figured it out.
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This level of apologia (from Megan McArdle in a podcast with Josh Barro and Ross Douthat) is fucking appalling. Idk what else there is to say.
February 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
This level of apologia (from Megan McArdle in a podcast with Josh Barro and Ross Douthat) is fucking appalling. Idk what else there is to say.
In Denver: Federal Agents Left Behind “Death Cards” After Capturing Immigrants
theintercept.com/2026/02/03/i...
theintercept.com/2026/02/03/i...
Federal Agents Left Behind “Death Cards” After Capturing Immigrants
ICE agents dropped customized ace of spades playing cards, recalling a practice by U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War.
theintercept.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:11 PM
In Denver: Federal Agents Left Behind “Death Cards” After Capturing Immigrants
theintercept.com/2026/02/03/i...
theintercept.com/2026/02/03/i...
I spoke with rapper Nur-D in his studio in Minneapolis about Ice agents violently attacking him as he was walking down the street: youtu.be/sed8WZUhBOA?...
"JUST F*CKING KILL ME!" Minneapolis Rapper FIRES BACK After Brutal ICE Assault
YouTube video by Status Coup News
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 7:39 PM
I spoke with rapper Nur-D in his studio in Minneapolis about Ice agents violently attacking him as he was walking down the street: youtu.be/sed8WZUhBOA?...
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For those looking at Tom Homan's offer to MN sheriffs -- it's called a Basic Ordering Agreement. In essence, to skirt state law, DHS pays $50 in exchange for sheriffs to hold people 48 hours past their release date. It's not really a contract; it's like a warehousing agreement for bodies.
February 5, 2026 at 3:51 PM
For those looking at Tom Homan's offer to MN sheriffs -- it's called a Basic Ordering Agreement. In essence, to skirt state law, DHS pays $50 in exchange for sheriffs to hold people 48 hours past their release date. It's not really a contract; it's like a warehousing agreement for bodies.