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Nonilex

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My god, this is Getty #photojournalist John Abernathy. He wrote on instagram “I was tackled by #ICE agents & surrounded by about 50 #border #police. Just for taking photos. I tossed my camera to another Photographer to make sure it wouldn't be confiscated […]

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Getty photojournalist John Abernathy is seen face down on ground pinned & surrounded by federal agents. His arm is outstretched & his camera is midair as he tossed it to another photographer so it wouldn't be confiscated. Photo by Pierre Lavie.

January 17, 2026 at 3:25 PM

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Nonilex

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Federal #immigration agents filmed dragging a woman from her car

A #us citizen on her way to a #medical appointment in #minneapolis was dragged out of her car & detained by immigration officers, according to a statement released by the woman on Thursday, after a video of her arrest drew […]

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January 16, 2026 at 5:37 AM

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Nonilex

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Medical examiner believes #death of man in #ICE custody was homicide, recording says

A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by #guards at an ICE #detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.

#statesponsoredterrorism #trump #law #murder #extrajudicialkillings […]

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January 15, 2026 at 11:24 PM

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Mike Masnick

@mmasnick.bsky.social

So, if I'm following all this correctly, a bunch of internet shitposters who spent years screaming "don't tread on me" and warning about federal agents stomping out people's rights... have been hired as ICE agents to go around breaking into people's homes, kidnapping & shooting them

January 15, 2026 at 11:33 PM

Bahnya

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#southcarolina #measles

Nearly 1000 visited museum on day of potential measles exposure.

https://www.wistv.com/2026/01/14/live-update-sc-measles-outbreak-after-possible-exposure-columbia/

Nearly 1,000 visited SC State Museum on day of possible measles exposure

South Carolina health officials will provide an update on the state’s measles outbreak after a possible exposure in Columbia.

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January 15, 2026 at 12:05 PM

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ashley fairbanks

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4/4

attack, so I helped her find a medic to get her an inhaler. I used a stranger's phone to co-ordinate pickup, and was picked up by my wife.
During my detention I knew that I was being released. I knew that as a citizen of the United States I have legal protection. The hundred or so other people being detained had no such protection. At this time I don't need your help, it is the families that are being separated, abused, terrorized, harassed and killed that need your help. If this is happening to me, an American citizen born in the United States, then what is happening to the people in here that have no one calling lawyers on their behalf? That have no constitutional rights to due process? What is happening to the people that they will never be released to see their families, go to their jobs, or walk through their city ever again?
Please take care of yourselves, your family, and your community. I am safe and healthy, if you feel compelled to help, please offer your help to the Immigrant Defense Network at https://immigrantdefensenetwork.org/. If you know someone detained by ICE, call or text CAIR-MN at 612-206-3360 for 24/7 legal intake.
Photo: ICE going door to door. They are reportedly doing the same thing on the doors - asking people for names.

January 13, 2026 at 12:53 AM

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ashley fairbanks

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from checking the internet or making calls.
The people in the cells were extremely scared. We heard people screaming "let me out!", crying, wailing and terrified screams. There were cells with as many as 8 people. I have no way of knowing how long they have been there, if they were allowed any contact with the outside world, or if they were being brought food or water. Most people were staring at the ground with almost no energy. I was not allowed to talk to anyone imprisoned. I distinctly remember seeing a desperate woman. She was staring at the ground with her head in her hands crying, hopeless, while her friend or family member sat on a bathroom seat observed by 3 men.
My friend and I were put in an area for "USCs," which we eventually learned meant US citizens, separated by gender.
We were imprisoned for 8 hours, during which my friend was never allowed a phone call. I was allowed to call my wife and tell her where I was. During my interview with Special Agent William and Special Agent Garcia, they asked me to empty my pockets. When I pulled out gloves, Agent William said those were meant to be taken when I was processed , and complained about having to fill out the
form again. He frisked me once more, where he found glass in my pocket from when our car window was shattered. He filled out the form listing my personal items again, but put the wrong date. I was read my rights, I pleaded the fifth and was led back to my cell.
Food, water, and bathroom breaks were extremely difficult to acquire. I would ask over the intercom provided in the cell for a bathroom break, be told someone was on their way, then ask again 20 minutes later, be told someone was on their way, wait another 20 minutes, etc. Eventually they either turned off the intercom or it stopped working, because no one would respond. I could get water and bathroom breaks by pounding on the glass when someone happened to walk by and beg them directly. Hours would go by without anyone checking on us. I am ve…

January 13, 2026 at 12:53 AM

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ashley fairbanks

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just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday

Eyewitness account:
Good morning,
My name is Brandon Siguenza, and l am a US citizen from Minneapolis. Yesterday, while doing legal observation, ICE stopped their cars to harass my friend and me. They sprayed pepper spray into the vent of our vehicle. We held our hands in the air and told them we were not obstructing, that the car was in park and they were free to drive forward and away. There was no active immigration raid. They returned to their cars, and drove forward a bit, then decided to stop again. They surrounded us, smashed the windows of our car, opened the doors (they were unlocked), ripped my friend and I out of the car and arrested us on charges of obstruction.
I was put in an unmarked SUV, separated from my friend.
As I was put in the back seat an ICE agent tore the whistle off my neck and said "I'll be taking this, I might need it later." My phone was knocked out of my hand while being arrested. As we drove away I asked the driver and the passenger if they wouldn't mind buckling my seatbelt, as they were driving erratically. I was ignored. I asked them if I could have the handcuffs loosened, as I was losing circulation, and was told no. At one point the passenger realized his own driver's license was in the backseat next to mine, and tried to surreptitiously grab it without me seeing it.
We were taken to the Whipple federal building, where I saw dozens of brown people being processed in an unheated garage. I was frisked, told of my charges, and saw buses and vans being prepped. I later learned that these were being filled with detainees and driven to the airport for deportation. As we were led in, I noticed that the building was very busy. I got the impression that one of the 2 agents bringing me around was being trained. At multiple points throughout my stay, government agents were unable to open doors, not sure where they were meant to be going, and overall confused and overwhelmed. They couldn't figure out how to use the building phones, or complai…

January 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM

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D S

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ICE agents getting absolutely swarmed and harassed on the street in Minneapolis until they flee!

"Video of federal agents getting run out of Lyn Lake this afternoon." from jan 12th
from https://bsky.app/profile/wedge.live/post/3mcb6afwogs2b

#ice #minneapolis

January 13, 2026 at 10:32 AM

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A.R. Moxon

@juliusgoat.bsky.social

Tar and feathers and early retirement for any Democrat who wants to see the army waging war against US citizens get better training.

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 5d

Democrats officially going all in on the mealy mouthed “ICE needs training” narrative.

No. ABOLISH ICE.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

WARNER: It used to take 5 to 6 months to get trained. They've now lowered the training period to 47 days. Why 47 days? Because Donald Trump's the 47th president. Tell me that's a rational approach

KERNEN: I'm not taking that bait

WARNER: Joe! You can't pick your facts

January 13, 2026 at 9:58 AM

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A.R. Moxon

@juliusgoat.bsky.social

Try: "We'll have the president and his cabinet arrested. We'll eradicate ICE, raze their buildings to the ground, salt the earth, sell their equipment and use the money on schools. We'll set up a tribunal to bring justice to these fuckers, and we'll crush the billionaires that stole all your money."

January 13, 2026 at 11:06 AM

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A.R. Moxon

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Let me give you a thought experiment:

Imagine not just a ban on qualified immunity for authority, but a reversal; a new legal framework, under which authority bears greater responsibility than civilians in matters involving force—as it should.

www.the-reframe.com/absolute-imm...

Absolute Immunity

Alignment with supremacy is a vile choice. Raising the natural costs for those who make that choice by putting first things first.

www.the-reframe.com

January 13, 2026 at 11:41 AM

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Democracy Matters :verified:

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Sheri Biggs’s husband’s Nursing Homes for Veterans Plagued with Scandal, Failed to Investigate Injuries https://theworldnewstoday.com/biggs-nursing-homes-for-veterans-plagued-with-scandal-failed-to-investigate-injuries/

#sheribiggs #southcarolina #goptraitor #insidertrading #USpol

Biggs Nursing Homes for Veterans Plagued with Scandal, Failed to Investigate Injuries – The World News

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January 12, 2026 at 7:19 PM

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AnthonyJK-Admin

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Folks, the time to lecture us about what we need to do about fascism is long past. Especially when your response was to give us Biden and Copmala and a Democrat majority that not only did next to nothing, but enabled their conservative/corporatist wing to cross the aisle and enable them to […]

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January 12, 2026 at 12:04 AM

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GhostOnTheHalfShell

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Impersonating utility workers or any other city official should be made a felony offense by US states if they aren’t already.

Unless there’s something going on with a warrant undertake these kinds of impersonations, arrest them, throw the book at them and lock them up for life […]

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January 11, 2026 at 4:05 PM

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The Tennessee Holler

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WSJ: “WSJ visual investigation found the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.” www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

January 10, 2026 at 11:25 PM

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TheWholeTruthXX 🎨 ❤️ 🍁 🛡️

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RE: https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/115871822930435294

Good thing we have these two asswipe cowards standing between the world and chaos.

They cannot just be stupid and cowardly. They have to be complicit.

kolektiva.social

January 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Bahnya

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RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/115871958436128756

#southcarolina #ohio #northcarolina

flipboard.social

January 10, 2026 at 6:20 PM

Bahnya

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RE: https://mstdn.social/@Nshrubs/115863129161305026

#southcarolina #measles

mstdn.social

January 9, 2026 at 7:40 PM

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Paul Schoe

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'What followed the killing was as revealing as the act itself.

The machinery of the federal government engaged with startling speed, not to slow events down, not to question, not to acknowledge the gravity of what occurred, but to foreclose the narrative before it could breathe.

The language […]

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January 8, 2026 at 9:43 AM