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And what a failure you’ve made of that life, Mike. An opportunity to make the world better, completely squandered.
Mike Johnson: "I was the product of an unplanned teen pregnancy exactly one year before Roe. A lot of people tried to convince my very young parents that they should just take care of that problem. But I am eternally grateful that they allowed me the chance at life."
January 23, 2026 at 7:09 PM
And what a failure you’ve made of that life, Mike. An opportunity to make the world better, completely squandered.
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Donald Trump is a pedophile rapist who trafficked children.
The entire Republican party knows this, and it has turned the federal government into a machine to cover up his depravity.
There are no good Republicans. None. Zero. Republicans protect rapists and abusers because that's who they are.
The entire Republican party knows this, and it has turned the federal government into a machine to cover up his depravity.
There are no good Republicans. None. Zero. Republicans protect rapists and abusers because that's who they are.
Keep saying it.
Trump isn't just in the Epstein files, he is the Epstein files.
The DOJ is spending millions and millions and dollars to cover it up.
Trump isn't just in the Epstein files, he is the Epstein files.
The DOJ is spending millions and millions and dollars to cover it up.
January 23, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Donald Trump is a pedophile rapist who trafficked children.
The entire Republican party knows this, and it has turned the federal government into a machine to cover up his depravity.
There are no good Republicans. None. Zero. Republicans protect rapists and abusers because that's who they are.
The entire Republican party knows this, and it has turned the federal government into a machine to cover up his depravity.
There are no good Republicans. None. Zero. Republicans protect rapists and abusers because that's who they are.
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This is such an important point. This family tried to follow the rules.
The distinction is going to get more important when they start mass deporting the people whose TPS status Trump revoked. They’ll call them “illegal” too, even though they were here legally until Trump yanked the rug.
The distinction is going to get more important when they start mass deporting the people whose TPS status Trump revoked. They’ll call them “illegal” too, even though they were here legally until Trump yanked the rug.
People are missing a big thing about the saga of the detained 5-year-old. When Vance calls the father an "illegal alien" it seems to reflect a little-known Trump admin move that attempts to nullify asylum claims before they are even heard.
This policy is a horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
This policy is a horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
January 23, 2026 at 6:29 PM
This is such an important point. This family tried to follow the rules.
The distinction is going to get more important when they start mass deporting the people whose TPS status Trump revoked. They’ll call them “illegal” too, even though they were here legally until Trump yanked the rug.
The distinction is going to get more important when they start mass deporting the people whose TPS status Trump revoked. They’ll call them “illegal” too, even though they were here legally until Trump yanked the rug.
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This is a dereliction of his congressional oath of office.
When an ICE agent confronts you is "when your due process ends," says the member of Congress from the largest border district.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 23, 2026 at 4:36 PM
This is a dereliction of his congressional oath of office.
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This is an elected member of Congress & the GOP saying that he welcomes a war against another nuclear power who is literally our oldest ally & with whom we have a formal treaty military alliance.
Congrats again on that National Conversation™️ about which party has moved further from the center 🤷♂️🤦♂️
Congrats again on that National Conversation™️ about which party has moved further from the center 🤷♂️🤦♂️
Rep. Greg Steube: "You see Macron and the French sending troops to Greenland. I would love to see the US military up against French troops in Greenland, because it would not last very long. It would be a very small skirmish ... we don't care about what Macron and the French want."
January 23, 2026 at 4:16 PM
This is an elected member of Congress & the GOP saying that he welcomes a war against another nuclear power who is literally our oldest ally & with whom we have a formal treaty military alliance.
Congrats again on that National Conversation™️ about which party has moved further from the center 🤷♂️🤦♂️
Congrats again on that National Conversation™️ about which party has moved further from the center 🤷♂️🤦♂️
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Don't forget the Supreme Court's role facilitating ICE's brutality and racism in Minneapolis. SCOTUS lifted an injunction that limited racial profiling in immigration enforcement on Sept. 8. The federal assault on Chicago began the next day. Then came the Twin Cities. SCOTUS greenlit these horrors.
January 23, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Don't forget the Supreme Court's role facilitating ICE's brutality and racism in Minneapolis. SCOTUS lifted an injunction that limited racial profiling in immigration enforcement on Sept. 8. The federal assault on Chicago began the next day. Then came the Twin Cities. SCOTUS greenlit these horrors.
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ICE used a warrantless forced entry to arrest a US citizen with no criminal record. Rather than acknowledge error, they smeared the family, saying they were harboring sex offenders and critics were defending sex offenders.
Turns out that one of their targets was already in jail. ICE never checked.
Turns out that one of their targets was already in jail. ICE never checked.
January 23, 2026 at 2:42 PM
ICE used a warrantless forced entry to arrest a US citizen with no criminal record. Rather than acknowledge error, they smeared the family, saying they were harboring sex offenders and critics were defending sex offenders.
Turns out that one of their targets was already in jail. ICE never checked.
Turns out that one of their targets was already in jail. ICE never checked.
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I honestly wonder how much of this is deeply psychological for Vance, the inability to reconcile that people can love their neighbors so much when his own mother abandoned him.
Vance in MN: "It's really cold outside. We in the Trump administration want to deport criminal aliens who are sex offenders. It takes a certain level of committed to sex offender criminal aliens to stand outside in -40 temperatures and attack the vice president, but they're committed to the bit."
January 23, 2026 at 3:02 PM
I honestly wonder how much of this is deeply psychological for Vance, the inability to reconcile that people can love their neighbors so much when his own mother abandoned him.
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It’s hard to accurately describe what is happening in Minneapolis without sounding crazy.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
January 22, 2026 at 2:12 PM
It’s hard to accurately describe what is happening in Minneapolis without sounding crazy.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
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What ICE is doing to our children is unconscionable.
January 23, 2026 at 3:55 PM
What ICE is doing to our children is unconscionable.
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Another day, another outrage; ICE under Trump is going to deport dozens of people to Iran, including two gay men previously arrested by the regime who face the death penalty for their orientation, and despite the ongoing crackdowns which have killed thousands.
An administration of total inhumanity.
An administration of total inhumanity.
January 23, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Another day, another outrage; ICE under Trump is going to deport dozens of people to Iran, including two gay men previously arrested by the regime who face the death penalty for their orientation, and despite the ongoing crackdowns which have killed thousands.
An administration of total inhumanity.
An administration of total inhumanity.
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Seems almost quaint at this point, but Patel and Bondi both testified under oath at their confirmation hearings that this would not happen.
Breaking MS NOW:
FBI Director Kash Patel has carried out another purge of the bureau's senior ranks — forcing out field office leaders and other senior agents connected to the two criminal investigations of Trump.
FBI Director Kash Patel has carried out another purge of the bureau's senior ranks — forcing out field office leaders and other senior agents connected to the two criminal investigations of Trump.
Patel ousts senior FBI agents linked to Trump probes, say sources
As many as six agents in Miami were forced out over their connection to the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago. Special agents in charge in Atlanta and New Orleans were removed, as well as the acting assistant ...
www.ms.now
January 23, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Seems almost quaint at this point, but Patel and Bondi both testified under oath at their confirmation hearings that this would not happen.
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Every time a Trumpist or Right-wing shitbird yawps about free speech, remember they are lying trash who would use state force to suppress your speech in a heartbeat if it suited their ideology or mood.
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NEW: Docs unsealed tonight show the official reasoning DHS sent to the State Dept. recommending that Mahmoud Khalil, Rumeysa Ozturk, Mohsen Mahdawi, Badar Khan Suri and Yunseo Chung be deported.
Marco Rubio signed off, despite warnings by DHS that their findings looked like protected speech.
Marco Rubio signed off, despite warnings by DHS that their findings looked like protected speech.
D.H.S. Cited Foreign Students’ Writings and Protests Before Their Arrests
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Every time a Trumpist or Right-wing shitbird yawps about free speech, remember they are lying trash who would use state force to suppress your speech in a heartbeat if it suited their ideology or mood.
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Here is the newly-unsealed State Department memo confirming -- finally -- that the detention of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk was based on an op-ed.
No antisemitic activity. No support of terrorism.
An op-ed in a student newspaper.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
No antisemitic activity. No support of terrorism.
An op-ed in a student newspaper.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![Action Memo for Senior Bureau Official John Armstrong
FROM:
SUBJECT:
CA/VO - Stuart Wilson, Deputy Assistant Secretary
(SBU) Revocation of Fl Visa for Rumeysa OZTURK
(SBU) Recommendation 1: That you approve the revocation of the Fl visa,
effective immediately, for
under section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(INA). Due to ongoing ICE operational security, this revocation will be silent;
the Department will not notify the subject. (Approve/Disapprove by
03/21/25)
Decision: [Approved]
(SBU) Recommendation 2: That you authorize the transmission of the
attached notification to the Department of Homeland Security noting the,
immediate revocation of OZTURK's visa. (Approve/Disapprove by 03/21/25)
Decision: [Approved]
Background
(SBU} On March 21, 2025, the Assistant Director of the National Security Division of DHS/ICE's Homeland Security Investigations referred to CA information regarding Rumeysa OZTURK, a Turkish national, for a possible determination by the Secretary that the alien is deportable under INA section 237(a)(4)(C). As a nonimmigrant visa holder, such a determination is not necessary for OHS/ICE to pursue removal of OZTURK from the United States, as INA section 237(a}(1)(B) provides that an alien is deportable if their nonimmigrant visa has been revoked under INA section 221(i).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7r477jd7q7p2mzmyqfm7jmp7/bafkreigphzxypvufgeipmnblj3rj5bjvnpsifwim4gx2nxdcv3cqhgqj5q@jpeg)
January 23, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Here is the newly-unsealed State Department memo confirming -- finally -- that the detention of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk was based on an op-ed.
No antisemitic activity. No support of terrorism.
An op-ed in a student newspaper.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
No antisemitic activity. No support of terrorism.
An op-ed in a student newspaper.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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“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...
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
January 23, 2026 at 12:25 PM
“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...
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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There is a long list of things the administration has taken down or replaced. Some are like this, in public places. Others are displays within agency office buildings. I would really like someone to write something for us that tallies up as many of these examples as is possible to get info on
January 23, 2026 at 1:06 PM
There is a long list of things the administration has taken down or replaced. Some are like this, in public places. Others are displays within agency office buildings. I would really like someone to write something for us that tallies up as many of these examples as is possible to get info on
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All of these exhibits should go in the East Wing whenever it is eventually liberated
The exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park have been removed amid pressure from the Trump admin www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
January 23, 2026 at 4:56 AM
All of these exhibits should go in the East Wing whenever it is eventually liberated
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Important to know that Armstrong is a reverend and that she and the protesters felt compelled by faith as well their commitment to civil rights.
This is the state choosing which Christians they will support and which part of the 1A they will defend.
Christian nationalism in action.
This is the state choosing which Christians they will support and which part of the 1A they will defend.
Christian nationalism in action.
The feds have arrested Nekima Levy Armstrong, who led the protest in a Minnesota church over the weekend.
apnews.com/article/just...
apnews.com/article/just...
A woman who led a protest that disrupted a Minnesota church service has been arrested
Attorney General Pam Bondi says a woman who led an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church has been arrested.
apnews.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Important to know that Armstrong is a reverend and that she and the protesters felt compelled by faith as well their commitment to civil rights.
This is the state choosing which Christians they will support and which part of the 1A they will defend.
Christian nationalism in action.
This is the state choosing which Christians they will support and which part of the 1A they will defend.
Christian nationalism in action.
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Smith is begging to be charged or black bagged by this frankly lawless administration.
January 22, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Smith is begging to be charged or black bagged by this frankly lawless administration.
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this is a weird take to me
i dont care about lawmakers having credentials like this
jim jordan shouldnt chair the judiciary committee cause he's a fucking conspiratorial buffoon, not because he didnt pass a test
i dont care about lawmakers having credentials like this
jim jordan shouldnt chair the judiciary committee cause he's a fucking conspiratorial buffoon, not because he didnt pass a test
Jim Jordan has never passed the bar exam. The fact that he serves as Chair of the House Judiciary Committee tells you everything about how seriously today’s Republican Party takes its responsibility for legal oversight.
January 22, 2026 at 3:56 PM
this is a weird take to me
i dont care about lawmakers having credentials like this
jim jordan shouldnt chair the judiciary committee cause he's a fucking conspiratorial buffoon, not because he didnt pass a test
i dont care about lawmakers having credentials like this
jim jordan shouldnt chair the judiciary committee cause he's a fucking conspiratorial buffoon, not because he didnt pass a test
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Former Special Counsel Jack Smith is sworn in:
“I love my country.”
“I am not a politician & I hold no partisan loyalties. My career has been dedicated to serving our country by upholding the rule of law.”
“My approach has always been the same: follow the facts & the law, without fear or favor.”
“I love my country.”
“I am not a politician & I hold no partisan loyalties. My career has been dedicated to serving our country by upholding the rule of law.”
“My approach has always been the same: follow the facts & the law, without fear or favor.”
January 22, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith is sworn in:
“I love my country.”
“I am not a politician & I hold no partisan loyalties. My career has been dedicated to serving our country by upholding the rule of law.”
“My approach has always been the same: follow the facts & the law, without fear or favor.”
“I love my country.”
“I am not a politician & I hold no partisan loyalties. My career has been dedicated to serving our country by upholding the rule of law.”
“My approach has always been the same: follow the facts & the law, without fear or favor.”
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Heads up SoCal folks
I'm looking for witnesses/victims of DHS retaliating against people who were recording their agents (ICE, Border Patrol, FPS, etc.) in Southern California.
This is for LA Press Club v. Noem case, but victim does NOT need to be press/journalist. Everyone has right to record. We're fighting for all.
This is for LA Press Club v. Noem case, but victim does NOT need to be press/journalist. Everyone has right to record. We're fighting for all.
January 22, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Heads up SoCal folks
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Trump is building an army loyal to him alone, and paying them up to $250k/year. If you can’t see ICE for what it is yet, then you’re not going to until it’s too late.
January 22, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Trump is building an army loyal to him alone, and paying them up to $250k/year. If you can’t see ICE for what it is yet, then you’re not going to until it’s too late.
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Everyone in America should have to see these cases and think about what they mean for the kind of society we are becoming. They killed a mom in her minivan. And now they have grabbed this poor sweet kid, used him as bait to grab his dad, and sent him to a detention center in Texas.
January 22, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Everyone in America should have to see these cases and think about what they mean for the kind of society we are becoming. They killed a mom in her minivan. And now they have grabbed this poor sweet kid, used him as bait to grab his dad, and sent him to a detention center in Texas.
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What does the car sound like with Liam inside?
Does the ICE agent stay quiet while he sobs?
Does he try to comfort Liam? Or get frustrated and lash out at the five-year-old’s despair?
Does the agent secure his seatbelt? Is Liam big enough to not need a car seat?
sahanjournal.com/education/ic...
Does the ICE agent stay quiet while he sobs?
Does he try to comfort Liam? Or get frustrated and lash out at the five-year-old’s despair?
Does the agent secure his seatbelt? Is Liam big enough to not need a car seat?
sahanjournal.com/education/ic...
Columbia Heights school leaders speak out after ICE detains kids
ICE agents have detained students on their way to and from school and also tried to get onto school property, the Columbia Heights superintendent said in an emotional news conference Wednesday.
sahanjournal.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:36 AM
What does the car sound like with Liam inside?
Does the ICE agent stay quiet while he sobs?
Does he try to comfort Liam? Or get frustrated and lash out at the five-year-old’s despair?
Does the agent secure his seatbelt? Is Liam big enough to not need a car seat?
sahanjournal.com/education/ic...
Does the ICE agent stay quiet while he sobs?
Does he try to comfort Liam? Or get frustrated and lash out at the five-year-old’s despair?
Does the agent secure his seatbelt? Is Liam big enough to not need a car seat?
sahanjournal.com/education/ic...