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Holy shit, there's an open carry #2A protest of ICE happening in Douglas County Colorado -- a very wealthy and very red suburb county of Denver. (I lived there for 16 years.) The Trump Administration pissing off committed gun owners sufficiently for them to join the protests against ICE is wild.
January 28, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Holy shit, there's an open carry #2A protest of ICE happening in Douglas County Colorado -- a very wealthy and very red suburb county of Denver. (I lived there for 16 years.) The Trump Administration pissing off committed gun owners sufficiently for them to join the protests against ICE is wild.
Can we just state they were racist, cruel, and hateful to begin with, so training won’t help? You can’t persuade decent, compassionate people to act like ICE and Border Patrol are acting.
My ProPublica colleague @cengizyar.com was on @wbur.org's On Point today, talking about the ongoing events in Minneapolis. Listen to the whole episode here:
'Poorly trained, overwhelmed and inexperienced': Who are the newest ICE agents?
The number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents has doubled over the past year -- driven by a massive recruitments campaign. Who the new recruits are and how they’re being trained.
www.wbur.org
January 27, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Can we just state they were racist, cruel, and hateful to begin with, so training won’t help? You can’t persuade decent, compassionate people to act like ICE and Border Patrol are acting.
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my guy was back out there doin Good Work with a broken rib from his previous encounter.
name a fucking high school after him.
name a fucking high school after him.
CNN reporting that a week before Alex Pretti was killed, 5 agents tackled him and he suffered a broken rib. CNN says he stopped his car after he saw ICE agents interacting with a family on foot and began to blow his whistle. Source tells CNN Pretti believed “That day he thought he was going to die”
January 27, 2026 at 5:29 PM
my guy was back out there doin Good Work with a broken rib from his previous encounter.
name a fucking high school after him.
name a fucking high school after him.
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The tactic of demonizing empathy was for moments like this.
When people have no empathy for others and are loyal to power above all else, they will believe whatever those in power say, no matter how false, and even distrust their own eyes when they see others being harmed.
When people have no empathy for others and are loyal to power above all else, they will believe whatever those in power say, no matter how false, and even distrust their own eyes when they see others being harmed.
January 27, 2026 at 2:32 AM
The tactic of demonizing empathy was for moments like this.
When people have no empathy for others and are loyal to power above all else, they will believe whatever those in power say, no matter how false, and even distrust their own eyes when they see others being harmed.
When people have no empathy for others and are loyal to power above all else, they will believe whatever those in power say, no matter how false, and even distrust their own eyes when they see others being harmed.
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Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling on ICE: "They are an undisciplined militia and the leadership is awful...This is not policing and it's not military service. It's something dangerously undefined."
January 26, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling on ICE: "They are an undisciplined militia and the leadership is awful...This is not policing and it's not military service. It's something dangerously undefined."
The man who pulled his gun out and fired four times into Alex Pretti’s neck and back after he saw that the gun was removed needs to be locked up NOW. Then lock up the second guy who fired more shots. That is not law enforcement. That’s murder.
January 25, 2026 at 8:03 PM
The man who pulled his gun out and fired four times into Alex Pretti’s neck and back after he saw that the gun was removed needs to be locked up NOW. Then lock up the second guy who fired more shots. That is not law enforcement. That’s murder.
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
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The safest thing for any American civilian to do at this point is to assume that every ICE or CBP agent you encounter is a pardoned violent January 6 insurrectionist with demonstrated homicidal urges toward those they disagree with politically and choose your actions accordingly.
January 25, 2026 at 3:27 AM
The safest thing for any American civilian to do at this point is to assume that every ICE or CBP agent you encounter is a pardoned violent January 6 insurrectionist with demonstrated homicidal urges toward those they disagree with politically and choose your actions accordingly.
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I know veterans who carry a gun everywhere and have car gun safes to lock up their weapons for hospitals and other places where guns are not allowed. Some of these veterans wear guns 100% *in their homes*. So don’t tell me logically you wouldn’t take a gun to a protest. This is our world today.
KARL: He was an ICU use who worked for the VA and there's no evidence he brandished the gun whatsoever
BESSENT: But he brought a gun
KARL: I mean, we do have a Second Amendment
BESSENT: I've been to a protest -- guess what? I didn't bring a gun. I brought a billboard
BESSENT: But he brought a gun
KARL: I mean, we do have a Second Amendment
BESSENT: I've been to a protest -- guess what? I didn't bring a gun. I brought a billboard
January 25, 2026 at 7:34 PM
I know veterans who carry a gun everywhere and have car gun safes to lock up their weapons for hospitals and other places where guns are not allowed. Some of these veterans wear guns 100% *in their homes*. So don’t tell me logically you wouldn’t take a gun to a protest. This is our world today.
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This moment in history provides us with incontrovertible evidence that all the conservatives who claim to be extremely devoted to freedom of speech and the right to bear arms, and opposed to the encroachment of tyranny, are completely and totally full of shit.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
January 25, 2026 at 2:03 AM
This moment in history provides us with incontrovertible evidence that all the conservatives who claim to be extremely devoted to freedom of speech and the right to bear arms, and opposed to the encroachment of tyranny, are completely and totally full of shit.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
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Initial findings from a citizenship review of all registered voters in Utah show that more than 99.9% of voters are verifiably U.S. citizens.
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Utah review finds more than 99.9% of registered voters are US citizens
Initial findings from a citizenship review of all registered voters in Utah show that more than 99.9% of voters are verifiably U.S. citizens.Lt. Gov. Deidre Hen
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January 23, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Initial findings from a citizenship review of all registered voters in Utah show that more than 99.9% of voters are verifiably U.S. citizens.
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A must read👇
After a sweeping, Republican-led review of more than 2 million voter registrations, Utah election officials identified just one apparent noncitizen in their voter rolls — who never voted. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
After a sweeping, Republican-led review of more than 2 million voter registrations, Utah election officials identified just one apparent noncitizen in their voter rolls — who never voted. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah reviewed its voter rolls for noncitizens. It found one. Who never voted
The results sharply undercut the narrative of widespread noncitizen voting Republicans are using to promote new nationwide restrictions on voting.
www.democracydocket.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:35 PM
No. 1,000 times No. The last public execution was 1936.
How about using your voice in the Senate to call for an investigation into the officer-involved shooting death of Renee Good? Just a full and fair investigation, like with all officer-involved shootings?
How about using your voice in the Senate to call for an investigation into the officer-involved shooting death of Renee Good? Just a full and fair investigation, like with all officer-involved shootings?
Sen. Mike Lee called for Tyler Robinson, the alleged killer of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, to be executed.
Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee calls for alleged Charlie Kirk killer to be publicly executed
Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee on Monday night called for Tyler Robinson, the alleged killer of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, to be executed.
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January 20, 2026 at 11:10 PM
No. 1,000 times No. The last public execution was 1936.
How about using your voice in the Senate to call for an investigation into the officer-involved shooting death of Renee Good? Just a full and fair investigation, like with all officer-involved shootings?
How about using your voice in the Senate to call for an investigation into the officer-involved shooting death of Renee Good? Just a full and fair investigation, like with all officer-involved shootings?
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BREAKING: The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, just delivered the strongest rebuke of Donald Trump we’ve seen yet regarding Greenland. Wow.
January 19, 2026 at 9:52 PM
BREAKING: The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, just delivered the strongest rebuke of Donald Trump we’ve seen yet regarding Greenland. Wow.
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In “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King Jr. outlined a strategy to expose the brutality of his opponents. Anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota are following his script—and it’s working, @galbeckerman.bsky.social argues:
Minnesota Had Its Birmingham Moment
In 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. outlined a strategy to expose official brutality. Anti-ICE protesters are following it—and it’s working.
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January 19, 2026 at 3:15 PM
In “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King Jr. outlined a strategy to expose the brutality of his opponents. Anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota are following his script—and it’s working, @galbeckerman.bsky.social argues:
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“I move off love and unity. That’s how Jesus, Yahweh walked… showing love regardless of what someone did to you. We can’t treat hate with hate.”
This man protected Jake Lang in the crowd in Minneapolis despite knowing he was a white supremacist there to incite.
This man protected Jake Lang in the crowd in Minneapolis despite knowing he was a white supremacist there to incite.
January 18, 2026 at 6:29 PM
“I move off love and unity. That’s how Jesus, Yahweh walked… showing love regardless of what someone did to you. We can’t treat hate with hate.”
This man protected Jake Lang in the crowd in Minneapolis despite knowing he was a white supremacist there to incite.
This man protected Jake Lang in the crowd in Minneapolis despite knowing he was a white supremacist there to incite.
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Hot air balloon on morning walk, Pahrump, Nevada.
January 18, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Hot air balloon on morning walk, Pahrump, Nevada.
They’ll be treating rickets, scurvy, and malnutrition. Not too expensive to treat.
January 17, 2026 at 4:28 AM
They’ll be treating rickets, scurvy, and malnutrition. Not too expensive to treat.
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“Even milliseconds or seconds of interrupted blood flow to the brain can have serious consequences,” one Harvard neurologist told us. There is no “method of applying pressure on the neck that is foolproof in terms of avoiding neurologic damage.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social and @mckenziefunk.com
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social and @mckenziefunk.com
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
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January 17, 2026 at 2:00 AM
“Even milliseconds or seconds of interrupted blood flow to the brain can have serious consequences,” one Harvard neurologist told us. There is no “method of applying pressure on the neck that is foolproof in terms of avoiding neurologic damage.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social and @mckenziefunk.com
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social and @mckenziefunk.com
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Anna Brauch said an ICE agent grabbed her by handcuffs, and used all his strength to yank her repeatedly around the car.
She told him: “You're breaking my hands, you’re breaking my hands.”
He told her: “I don’t fucking care. Shut the fuck up. Shut the fuck up.” (6) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
She told him: “You're breaking my hands, you’re breaking my hands.”
He told her: “I don’t fucking care. Shut the fuck up. Shut the fuck up.” (6) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Fear factor: Intimidation becomes a calling card as Twin Cities ICE surge widens
Six weeks into the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota, observers say there are signs that federal agents are employing violence more frequently and with little apparent restraint against citiz...
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January 16, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Anna Brauch said an ICE agent grabbed her by handcuffs, and used all his strength to yank her repeatedly around the car.
She told him: “You're breaking my hands, you’re breaking my hands.”
He told her: “I don’t fucking care. Shut the fuck up. Shut the fuck up.” (6) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
She told him: “You're breaking my hands, you’re breaking my hands.”
He told her: “I don’t fucking care. Shut the fuck up. Shut the fuck up.” (6) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Fed’l judge tells the administration to stop violating the rights of people in Minnesota www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 17, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Fed’l judge tells the administration to stop violating the rights of people in Minnesota www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE detention and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.