Upstate Dem
@upstatedem.bsky.social
“Good Government” Democrat. Proud FDR-LBJ liberal. Former Hill staffer, writer, public affairs pro, JD. Francophile. Dog lover. History buff (WW I, medieval, France, US). Deeply, madly in love.
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Upstate Dem
@upstatedem.bsky.social
· Dec 14
First, Ron Johnson’s premiums would be astronomical if a free market existed in health care, that is, if an insurance company would be willing to cover him.
Second, members of Congress enjoy some of the best health coverage in America. Doctors at the ready. Military hospitals minutes away.
Second, members of Congress enjoy some of the best health coverage in America. Doctors at the ready. Military hospitals minutes away.
America Trumpage
Minnesota Star Tribune Editorial Board: Minnesota is under siege. This cannot stand.
"ICE presence has disrupted all aspects of life in Minnesota, and led tragically to the death of Renee Good. It’s the outcome of government overreach that favors force over legitimacy."
"ICE presence has disrupted all aspects of life in Minnesota, and led tragically to the death of Renee Good. It’s the outcome of government overreach that favors force over legitimacy."
Editorial | Minnesota is under siege. This cannot stand.
"What we are witnessing is the storming of the state by the federal government," the Editorial Board writes.
www.startribune.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:19 AM
America Trumpage
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January 17, 2026 at 3:18 AM
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Congressional Republicans can shut this shit down. Do your job!
Trump Administration Begins Criminal Inquiry Into Minnesota Leaders www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
Trump Administration Begins Criminal Inquiry Into Minnesota Leaders www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
Trump Administration Begins Criminal Inquiry Into Minnesota Leaders
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Congressional Republicans can shut this shit down. Do your job!
Trump Administration Begins Criminal Inquiry Into Minnesota Leaders www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
Trump Administration Begins Criminal Inquiry Into Minnesota Leaders www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
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🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants—it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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@sulliview.bsky.social God help us.
Times has become a caricature of itself.
One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Times has become a caricature of itself.
One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:37 PM
@sulliview.bsky.social God help us.
Times has become a caricature of itself.
One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Times has become a caricature of itself.
One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Type in Nazis.us
Someone bought the domain Nazis.us and pointed it to the DHS website. #GoodTrouble
Home | Homeland Security
U.S. Department of Homeland Security: With honor and integrity, we will safeguard the American people, our homeland, and our values.
Nazis.us
January 14, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Type in Nazis.us
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New video shows ICE agents detaining a US citizen legal observer in Minneapolis.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
January 13, 2026 at 4:21 PM
New video shows ICE agents detaining a US citizen legal observer in Minneapolis.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
Walsh nails it
FASCISM ON OUR STREETS.
ICE violently detained U.S. citizens again — Target workers tackled, held & injured in Minnesota. This is happening amid a federal surge of ICE agents, sparking protests and legal challenges over racial profiling and unconstitutional force. Help fight fascism: www.PAXIS.app
ICE violently detained U.S. citizens again — Target workers tackled, held & injured in Minnesota. This is happening amid a federal surge of ICE agents, sparking protests and legal challenges over racial profiling and unconstitutional force. Help fight fascism: www.PAXIS.app
January 14, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Walsh nails it
Fast forward 60 years, 1/3 of the nation would have approved of her being shot dead in her bus seat for being uppity.
Claudette Colvin, Who Refused to Give Her Bus Seat to a White Woman, Dies at 86 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Claudette Colvin, Who Refused to Give Her Bus Seat to a White Woman, Dies at 86 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Claudette Colvin, Who Refused to Give Her Bus Seat to a White Woman, Dies at 86
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Fast forward 60 years, 1/3 of the nation would have approved of her being shot dead in her bus seat for being uppity.
Claudette Colvin, Who Refused to Give Her Bus Seat to a White Woman, Dies at 86 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Claudette Colvin, Who Refused to Give Her Bus Seat to a White Woman, Dies at 86 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
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It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
January 13, 2026 at 2:43 AM
This
This
this is what patriotism looks like
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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Trump tried to overturn an election and keep classified documents as souvenirs so he got federally prosecuted, and he used this to convince his base that law enforcement was weaponized against him — and now weaponizes law enforcement against those he dislikes without them caring.
“The U.S. attorney’s office in the District of Columbia has opened a criminal investigation into Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, over the central bank’s renovation of its Washington headquarters and whether Mr. Powell lied to Congress about the scope of the project…”
Federal Prosecutors Are Said to Have Opened Inquiry Into Fed Chair Powell
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Trump tried to overturn an election and keep classified documents as souvenirs so he got federally prosecuted, and he used this to convince his base that law enforcement was weaponized against him — and now weaponizes law enforcement against those he dislikes without them caring.
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Important to watch. The move against Powell is a move against the dollar, the US economy, sound economics, the rule of law and America’s standing in the world. It is a disaster. As markets will show soon.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Important to watch. The move against Powell is a move against the dollar, the US economy, sound economics, the rule of law and America’s standing in the world. It is a disaster. As markets will show soon.
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For the umpteenth time: Donald Trump is a clear and present danger to this country. He’s unfit to be president. He should be removed from office.
NEW: Statement of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Trump’s criminal investigation into him. He says they are seeking an indictment over his Congressional testimony, but calls it pretext to pressure him into lowering interest rates.
January 12, 2026 at 2:34 AM
For the umpteenth time: Donald Trump is a clear and present danger to this country. He’s unfit to be president. He should be removed from office.
Ditto. This shit has to stop and Congress can do it. God damn it.
Insanity. This shit has to stop.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Ditto. This shit has to stop and Congress can do it. God damn it.
Walsh nails it
I was on The Jim Acosta Show yesterday with @jimacosta.bsky.social and I sort of lost it with the latest video from Minneapolis. And btw…JD Vance can go fuck himself with the way he continues to lie about & trash a 37yr old woman who should be alive right now. Have a watch.👇 youtu.be/w9H5YemcNeo
Joe Walsh Loses It Over New ICE Video
YouTube video by Jim Acosta
youtu.be
January 11, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Walsh nails it
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Watch this.
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
www.reddit.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Watch this.
You got to watch for those deadly sidewalks.
January 10, 2026 at 8:07 PM
You got to watch for those deadly sidewalks.
Jack-booted, racist thugs strike again.
ICE THUGS arrested a pastor & kept asking him "Are you afraid?" numerous occasions. The pastor said NO. Eventually the THUGS let him go stating that "You're WHITE, you're no fun to us!!"
This is how sick & deranged these THUGS are, thanks to this REGIME‼️
youtu.be/lcSOyVrc5HM?...
This is how sick & deranged these THUGS are, thanks to this REGIME‼️
youtu.be/lcSOyVrc5HM?...
Minneapolis pastor: ICE 'pointed a gun at me' and 'put me in the back of an SUV'
YouTube video by MS NOW
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Jack-booted, racist thugs strike again.
Unprovoked, that’s a crime.
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Unprovoked, that’s a crime.
This is how you do it.
Fuck Hannity but this kid is great.
January 10, 2026 at 3:09 PM
This is how you do it.
This
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
January 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Funny that Abrams says “Venezuela Is Not Iraq” and so stop making comparisons. What a self-own. Abrams didn’t care that Iraq was so much more complicated when he advocated invading Iraq.
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
Video: Opinion | Venezuela Is Not Iraq
“This is not the Middle East”: The former Venezuela envoy Elliott Abrams tells the Opinion columnist Ross Douthat to “stop making Iraq analogies.”
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Funny that Abrams says “Venezuela Is Not Iraq” and so stop making comparisons. What a self-own. Abrams didn’t care that Iraq was so much more complicated when he advocated invading Iraq.
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...