Van Gonzalez
@vangonz.bsky.social
“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” - Ben Franklin 🦅
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📖's: http://www.goodreads.com/photons_are_weird #booksky 📚
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Van Gonzalez
@vangonz.bsky.social
· Feb 20
"There is nothing, which can better deserve your patrionage, than the promotion of Science and Literature. Knowledge is in every Country the surest basis of public happiness." - George Washington to the United States Senate & House of Representatives, 1790
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Report from a user calling the Augusta office of Senator Susan Collins...
If you're a Mainer calling Collins, maybe add that her staff shouldn't be arguing with a constituent. Or calling them a fucking bitch.
If you're a Mainer calling Collins, maybe add that her staff shouldn't be arguing with a constituent. Or calling them a fucking bitch.
January 27, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Report from a user calling the Augusta office of Senator Susan Collins...
If you're a Mainer calling Collins, maybe add that her staff shouldn't be arguing with a constituent. Or calling them a fucking bitch.
If you're a Mainer calling Collins, maybe add that her staff shouldn't be arguing with a constituent. Or calling them a fucking bitch.
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Remember: Telling lies that everyone knows are lies is a classic tactic of dictators to force their followers to side with them over the truth itself.
But the public will not be gaslit. We will continue to spread the truth to our communities.
Ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny.
But the public will not be gaslit. We will continue to spread the truth to our communities.
Ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny.
January 27, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Remember: Telling lies that everyone knows are lies is a classic tactic of dictators to force their followers to side with them over the truth itself.
But the public will not be gaslit. We will continue to spread the truth to our communities.
Ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny.
But the public will not be gaslit. We will continue to spread the truth to our communities.
Ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny.
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According to Tacoma, WA area Redditors, this was the work of ILWU Local 91 in Oakland, CA
January 27, 2026 at 8:50 PM
According to Tacoma, WA area Redditors, this was the work of ILWU Local 91 in Oakland, CA
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We profiled refugees who:
Arrived in the country legally.
Applied for green cards.
Were arrested by ICE and detained.
One refugee who was arrested found out they got their green card after being released.
This is an unprecedented operation.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
Arrived in the country legally.
Applied for green cards.
Were arrested by ICE and detained.
One refugee who was arrested found out they got their green card after being released.
This is an unprecedented operation.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
They ‘Had Done Everything Right.’ ICE Detained Them Anyway.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:25 PM
We profiled refugees who:
Arrived in the country legally.
Applied for green cards.
Were arrested by ICE and detained.
One refugee who was arrested found out they got their green card after being released.
This is an unprecedented operation.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
Arrived in the country legally.
Applied for green cards.
Were arrested by ICE and detained.
One refugee who was arrested found out they got their green card after being released.
This is an unprecedented operation.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need a lot more of this.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
January 27, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need a lot more of this.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Psychopaths belong at the therapists office, NOT roaming our streets with firearms.
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 27, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Psychopaths belong at the therapists office, NOT roaming our streets with firearms.
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Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
PLASTER THIS SOUNDBITE EVERYWHERE FOR MONTHS 📣
Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."
January 27, 2026 at 6:58 PM
PLASTER THIS SOUNDBITE EVERYWHERE FOR MONTHS 📣
"Kirkland brand Eva Braun" 🤣☠️😂☠️🤣 I can't stop laughing...
kirkland brand eva braun has thoughts about stuff
Melania Trump: "We need to unify. I'm calling for unity."
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 PM
"Kirkland brand Eva Braun" 🤣☠️😂☠️🤣 I can't stop laughing...
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Scientists being purged has never been a good thing for a society.
January 27, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Scientists being purged has never been a good thing for a society.
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Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
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Latest update on the dangerously cold temperatures impacting the eastern U.S. through this weekend.
January 27, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Latest update on the dangerously cold temperatures impacting the eastern U.S. through this weekend.
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Stephen Miller’s wife reacting this way to someone literally pointing out what the constitution says is pretty telling
January 26, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Stephen Miller’s wife reacting this way to someone literally pointing out what the constitution says is pretty telling
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They’re gonna blame everything on Greg Bovino, leave Minneapolis, and hope we forget.
It won’t work. They declared war on the American people. They’re terrorizing our communities. We will hold them accountable in November.
It won’t work. They declared war on the American people. They’re terrorizing our communities. We will hold them accountable in November.
January 26, 2026 at 11:51 PM
💯📣⬇️
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
January 26, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
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Trump’s America is a place of fear, cruelty, and lawlessness. It’s a place of division and hate. We must not be Trump’s America. We must not.
January 26, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Trump’s America is a place of fear, cruelty, and lawlessness. It’s a place of division and hate. We must not be Trump’s America. We must not.
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Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
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Mood in Nuuk, Greenland today.
January 25, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Mood in Nuuk, Greenland today.
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Public executions will continue until the citizenry is silent.
Q: Between your agency and ICE, we've known seen 2 people shot and killed with 17 days. Do either of you plan to take any accountability?
BOVINO: You're correct. Two suspects have been shot. And suspects that assault or threaten a law enforcement officer's life, it goes back to poor choices.
BOVINO: You're correct. Two suspects have been shot. And suspects that assault or threaten a law enforcement officer's life, it goes back to poor choices.
January 25, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Public executions will continue until the citizenry is silent.