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Kevin Miller
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Social scientist, policy researcher. He/him.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 4d
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

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ML estimated prophet @abbraxas.bsky.social · 4d
i think the thing to really understand here is that ICE is political police. there's a vestigial element that is ancestrally related to something called "immigration enforcement" (which is also bogus) but ICE is political police for policing political enemies

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 6d
I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
benmullin.bsky.social Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 6d
New: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray and HR Chief Wayne Connell tell employees to stay home for a zoom webinar ahead of “significant actions across the company.” Widely expected layoffs are scheduled to begin today.

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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 6d
New: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray and HR Chief Wayne Connell tell employees to stay home for a zoom webinar ahead of “significant actions across the company.” Widely expected layoffs are scheduled to begin today.

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Kevin Miller @kevindatamiller.bsky.social · 10d
Anyway, lots of people struggle with insomnia and one of the best parts of doing group therapy was understanding that I wasn't alone! Sleep deprivation is so painful that it's literally used as torture. Best wishes for better sleep.

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Kevin Miller @kevindatamiller.bsky.social · 10d
The obstacle for many people is there are not many licensed providers, and they rarely take insurance. I've asked for insurance reimbursement but don't know if I'll get it. I was willing to pay out of pocket if necessary, but many can't find a provider or afford to pay.

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Kevin Miller @kevindatamiller.bsky.social · 10d
I tried it after trying ~10 different Rx drugs for insomnia before a med professional finally said, "you know the gold standard for insomnia treatment is CBT." Nobody had mentioned it before!

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Kevin Miller @kevindatamiller.bsky.social · 10d
With apologies for advice you didn't ask for: I recently tried cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTI) in a telehealth group therapy setting and I and the others in the group found it really helpful. It's also difficult in a "the only way out is through, it's worse before it's better" way.

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james @jamesjhare.com · 11d
all these paeans to MLK ignore that at the time the right was as hysterical about his protests as they are protests today. the non-violent protest Peggy lauds now was universally presented as riots by her side in the 1960s.

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Opinion | America Needs Restraint—and Facts
The violence in Minnesota calls for a return to the ways of Martin Luther King and the wire services.
www.wsj.com

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 11d
feds have arrested jamael lundy alongside journalists georgia fort and don lemon for the protest at a st. paul church led by an ICE agent

lundy is currently running for state senate district 65 in minnesota. his wife is anika bowie, a st. paul city councilmember

www.jlundyforsd65.com

Reposted by Kevin Miller, Erol Akçay, Alessandro Rigolon

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 11d
What kills kids in America:

1. cars
2. guns

Guess what the GOP has worked relentlessly to support for half a century now?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d
Gov. Landry: "I like to ask Democrats if they like their communities to be dangerous or safe. Do they want their children to be able to walk to school or do they want to worry if they send them on the sidewalks, that unfortunate violent things are going to happen to them?"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d
Gov. Landry: "I like to ask Democrats if they like their communities to be dangerous or safe. Do they want their children to be able to walk to school or do they want to worry if they send them on the sidewalks, that unfortunate violent things are going to happen to them?"

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 12d
Personally I think this is too much money for Donald trumps untrained heavily armed militia

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 12d
Since we published this, Pam Bondi's X account has started posting mugshots of Minnesotans arrested for impeding ICE/CBP. Sharing a defendant's photo publicly in this way is forbidden under DOJ rules

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 13d
ICE and CBP are at the head of Trump's campaign to terrorize Minnesotans. But the Justice Department is not far behind.
ICE’s No. 1 Ally
The Department of Justice has rushed to shield federal agents from accountability and launched needless criminal investigations into Minnesota officials and residents.
www.theatlantic.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d
Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.'"

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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 13d
ICE is not broken. It's agents murdering people, taking trophies of victims, using illegal tactics, breaking laws, spreading terror, and leaving death cards are not isolated events, outliers, or accidents. ICE is operating exactly as intended.

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 14d
I would like to know how my prior colleagues, who have chosen to pursue leadership positions under this charlatan, justify ordering agents to break their oaths of office and open investigations on people simply for exercising their legal rights.

Good luck gazing in the mirror when this is all over.
FBI investigating Minnesota Signal groups tracking ICE, Patel says
The statement from FBI Director Kash Patel comes after right-wing media figures said they joined the chats and claimed participants were obstructing law enforcement.
www.nbcnews.com

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 17d
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 17d
This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.

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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 17d
genuinely stunning image
Thousands of protesters shut down parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Friday as hundreds of businesses closed their doors. David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

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polillitam G.M. 💙🦋🦋🦋 @polillitam.bsky.social · 18d
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Friday’s 'ICE Out of Minnesota' day is a general strike. Here’s what that means.  • Minnesota Reformer
Friday is “ICE Out of Minnesota: Day of Truth & Freedom,” a general strike supported by Minnesota’s unions, progressive faith leaders, Democratic lawmakers and community activists. The “ICE Out” day p...
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 18d
“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”

Justice Brett Kavanaugh

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 18d
Newly unsealed evidence makes it even clearer that Rubio and Noem knew they were targeting students based solely on their political speech and that they knew this policy was unconstitutional. They just didn’t care. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 20d
there are a bunch of big names on this list, including multiple beard award winners, and some places i never would have guessed in a hundred years (the malt shop?!) and i'm genuinely floored and delighted to see so many participants

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List of Minnesota businesses closing for Jan. 23 anti-ICE strike
First announced by faith leaders and unions on Jan. 13, Minnesota businesses have begun announcing plans to join the action.
bringmethenews.com

Reposted by Kim L. Scheppele, Kevin Miller, James Goodwin

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Jan 11
I think about this July 2024 threat from the head of the Heritage Foundation quite a lot these days.
MM FA Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be" www.mediamatters.org/project-2025... neritage.org neritage. heritage.org tage.org heritage heritage.‹ REAL O AMERICA'S VOICE KEVIN ROBERTS * TASAM PT * President of The Heritage Foundation WAR ROOM ABER ELECTION PLATFORMS OVER PEOPLE? SCOTUS DECISIONS MAKE SOCIAL MEDIA CENSORSHIP EAS www.mediamatters.org Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court immunity decision: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jan 11
WELKER: Noem called it an "act of domestic terrorism." What's the evidence?

HOMAN: If they didn't have sanctuary policies--

W: To be clear, is anyone who protests ICE a domestic terrorist?

HOMAN: It's case by case. If you look at the definition of terrorism, it certainly could fall within it

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Cezary Jan Strusiewicz @ostrichson.bsky.social · Jan 4
The wisdom of Mr. Rogers is eternal:
Mr. Rogers: Even though machines might move or sound like they're talking, they don't have feelings.

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Kevin Miller @kevindatamiller.bsky.social · Jan 2
The fantasy that LLMs are "artificial intelligence" is pushed for a few reasons, mostly notably that "AI is like magic" helps memory-hole the rampant, deliberate theft of intellectual property. But it also works to obfuscate legal responsibility for the ongoing illegal and harmful effects of "AI."
chronotope.aramzs.xyz Aram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · Jan 2
I hate this phrasing and how it buys into what is essentially a falsehood about the autonomy of chatbots that is RIGHT NOW deforming our entire law and society. Grok doesn't say anything. That's like saying 'Microsoft Word apologized for losing everyone's files'

www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements ...
www.reuters.com