Ted Kinnaman
@tkinnama.bsky.social
I enjoy traveling, reading philosophy, and marking the destruction of essential democratic institutions.
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NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons.
We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
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We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
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Identified: the El Paso BORTAC crew rampaging through the Midwest
One violent duo in particular, U.S. Border Patrol agents Michael Sveum (EZ-2) and Edgar Vazquez (EZ-17), have been frequently seen alongside former commander-at-large Greg Bovino terrorizing crowds wi...
unraveledpress.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:24 PM
NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons.
We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
Read more:
We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
Read more:
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Another unique symbol of Minnesota resistance ✊🏼 - an ICE OUT snow sculpture with the names of people killed by ICE. 🤍
Spotted near Kenwood Park, Minneapolis.
Spotted near Kenwood Park, Minneapolis.
February 5, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Another unique symbol of Minnesota resistance ✊🏼 - an ICE OUT snow sculpture with the names of people killed by ICE. 🤍
Spotted near Kenwood Park, Minneapolis.
Spotted near Kenwood Park, Minneapolis.
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In my opinion these people are the real heroes of the resistance to ICE. There’s no credit, no one can talk about their work (because they directly contact vulnerable families). It’s expensive and dreary and neverending. ICE follows them around. But they refuse to abandon their neighbors
This is what one afternoon drop looks like for one (1) Minneapolis mutual aid distributor (read: random mom who wants to help families at her kids’ schools)
February 4, 2026 at 5:26 PM
In my opinion these people are the real heroes of the resistance to ICE. There’s no credit, no one can talk about their work (because they directly contact vulnerable families). It’s expensive and dreary and neverending. ICE follows them around. But they refuse to abandon their neighbors
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Not miserable enough
February 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Not miserable enough
Inside the resistance with Will Stancil
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
Inside the resistance with Will Stancil
"It's something I could do to keep them from stealing my neighbors."
open.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Inside the resistance with Will Stancil
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
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Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
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Just spitballin’ here: Russia?
Complaint against Tulsi Gabbard could do ‘grave damage to national security’: Report
The whistleblower’s allegations are so highly classified that documents are being kept locked in a safe and the complaint still hasn’t been shared with Congress
www.independent.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Just spitballin’ here: Russia?
A great read for my fellow humanists. Historians of philosophy in particular need to trust the students to take in extended arguments in difficult books. #philosophy #academicsky www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Stop Meeting Students Where They Are
What I learned when I finally started assigning the hard reading again.
www.theatlantic.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:33 PM
A great read for my fellow humanists. Historians of philosophy in particular need to trust the students to take in extended arguments in difficult books. #philosophy #academicsky www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme.
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid killings - The Daily Illini
In a post that included a graphic of a presumed officer holding a gun to someone's head, Illini Republicans stated that they “stand with ICE."
dailyillini.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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Reminder about "They're here ILLEGALLY"
Being undocumented is a civil offense, not a criminal one. That's why they're not entitled to a court-appointed lawyer, why it's "civil detention" not a jail, why it's not in the criminal code, etc. Other civil infractions are things like parking tickets.
Being undocumented is a civil offense, not a criminal one. That's why they're not entitled to a court-appointed lawyer, why it's "civil detention" not a jail, why it's not in the criminal code, etc. Other civil infractions are things like parking tickets.
February 2, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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Both of Alex Pretti's murderers are Latino CBP officers from South Texas.
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
So, it seems, is Alfredo Mancillas, who got wildly drunk on Tuesday (Monday?), drove drunk, then vomited all over himself.
sahanjournal.com/public-safet...
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
So, it seems, is Alfredo Mancillas, who got wildly drunk on Tuesday (Monday?), drove drunk, then vomited all over himself.
sahanjournal.com/public-safet...
February 1, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Both of Alex Pretti's murderers are Latino CBP officers from South Texas.
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
So, it seems, is Alfredo Mancillas, who got wildly drunk on Tuesday (Monday?), drove drunk, then vomited all over himself.
sahanjournal.com/public-safet...
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
So, it seems, is Alfredo Mancillas, who got wildly drunk on Tuesday (Monday?), drove drunk, then vomited all over himself.
sahanjournal.com/public-safet...
What I have always suspected. #epsteinfiles #wisconsin
FBI official doesn't know where Wisconsin is, per Epstein release.
"I just googled because I really didnt know lol. Looks northwest of Chicago"
"I just googled because I really didnt know lol. Looks northwest of Chicago"
February 1, 2026 at 6:25 PM
What I have always suspected. #epsteinfiles #wisconsin
I can’t believe Cal State HAS a contract with ChatGPT, but they should definitely cancel it. #academicsky
The CSU/OpenAI contract is set to expire June 30, 2026.
Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/ for the CSU NOT to renew the contract and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/ for the CSU NOT to renew the contract and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
February 1, 2026 at 12:43 PM
I can’t believe Cal State HAS a contract with ChatGPT, but they should definitely cancel it. #academicsky
*sigh* I wish Trump would post something like this about me… #indivisible
How on earth did this uncouth buffoon ever make it to the White House? More baffling, how on earth is he still allowed to continue wrecking the country; economically, socially and politically?
The U.S. is sadly unrecognisable!
The U.S. is sadly unrecognisable!
January 31, 2026 at 2:39 PM
*sigh* I wish Trump would post something like this about me… #indivisible
Grim situation at Texas A & M. #academicsky www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Grim situation at Texas A & M. #academicsky www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
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“Doctors won’t tell you this, but you don’t need medication for a tapeworm—all you need is the natural power of friction,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said as he dropped to the floor, lifted his legs high, and dragged his ass along the White House carpet during a press conference.
RFK Jr. Demonstrates How To Remove Tapeworm By Scooting Ass Across Carpet
WASHINGTON—In an address touting the practice as a completely drug-free method to relieve the common affliction, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demonstrated Thursday how ...
theonion.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:30 AM
“Doctors won’t tell you this, but you don’t need medication for a tapeworm—all you need is the natural power of friction,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said as he dropped to the floor, lifted his legs high, and dragged his ass along the White House carpet during a press conference.
How is this not the biggest story in the world right now? What am I missing?
The link is back up. You can read this depraved information for yourself: www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov
January 30, 2026 at 8:05 PM
How is this not the biggest story in the world right now? What am I missing?
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Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.
January 30, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.
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Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
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I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
January 28, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
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It's easy to get inured to this. But it's genuinely shocking. These are just untrained, hyped up hooligans terrorizing people.
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 7:57 PM
It's easy to get inured to this. But it's genuinely shocking. These are just untrained, hyped up hooligans terrorizing people.