Terry
@catdad24.bsky.social
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So my connect the dots here is that there will be some allegation that there was foreign interference in the voting — Hugo Chavez, Italian satellites, etc. — (hence why DNI is involved), making it a nat sec issue that they will use to justify doing something crazy/illegal in Nov
“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:31 AM
So my connect the dots here is that there will be some allegation that there was foreign interference in the voting — Hugo Chavez, Italian satellites, etc. — (hence why DNI is involved), making it a nat sec issue that they will use to justify doing something crazy/illegal in Nov
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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
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"Constitutional and effective public safety bears no relation to what we are witnessing today, with now two local citizens shot and killed and others torn from their homes and cars needlessly," former U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger writes.
Opinion | No one in Minnesota asked for this
"Constitutional and effective public safety bears no relation to what we are witnessing today, with now two local citizens shot and killed and others torn from their homes and cars needlessly," former U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger writes.
bit.ly
January 25, 2026 at 8:28 PM
"Constitutional and effective public safety bears no relation to what we are witnessing today, with now two local citizens shot and killed and others torn from their homes and cars needlessly," former U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger writes.
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Absolutley heartbreaking that parents of a man gunned down by federal agents have to put out a statement because the president and his cowardly minions are defaming their son. We’re way past sick.
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Absolutley heartbreaking that parents of a man gunned down by federal agents have to put out a statement because the president and his cowardly minions are defaming their son. We’re way past sick.
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"I was behind the line, trying to show what was happening, and they sprayed me and pushed me in the eye," Shortal said. "I was behind the line."
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/kares-jana-shortal-says-she-was-pushed-and-pepper-sprayed-by-federal-agents
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/kares-jana-shortal-says-she-was-pushed-and-pepper-sprayed-by-federal-agents
January 24, 2026 at 7:02 PM
"I was behind the line, trying to show what was happening, and they sprayed me and pushed me in the eye," Shortal said. "I was behind the line."
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/kares-jana-shortal-says-she-was-pushed-and-pepper-sprayed-by-federal-agents
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/kares-jana-shortal-says-she-was-pushed-and-pepper-sprayed-by-federal-agents
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Sayre: "My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people."
January 24, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Sayre: "My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people."
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"The Obama administration was heavily criticized for its immigration enforcement record," Sandweg said. "We deported hundreds of thousands of criminal aliens, and we did it without any of the scenes you're seeing today.”
January 23, 2026 at 10:34 PM
"The Obama administration was heavily criticized for its immigration enforcement record," Sandweg said. "We deported hundreds of thousands of criminal aliens, and we did it without any of the scenes you're seeing today.”
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The bishop sat down with Religion News Service after to reflect on the year that has passed since her barn-burning sermon and on what she expects will be even more faith-based activism on behalf of immigrants.
religionnews.com/2026/01/23/o...
religionnews.com/2026/01/23/o...
One year after she urged Trump to have mercy, Bishop Budde leads clergy protests in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — 'I don't think a year ago we could have fathomed how quickly and how dramatically this country would change,' Budde told RNS in Minneapolis.
religionnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The bishop sat down with Religion News Service after to reflect on the year that has passed since her barn-burning sermon and on what she expects will be even more faith-based activism on behalf of immigrants.
religionnews.com/2026/01/23/o...
religionnews.com/2026/01/23/o...
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Catholic personnel in the US military could in good conscience consider disobeying orders to attack Greenland, according to the bishop responsible for their pastoral care. www.thetablet.co.uk/news/broglio...
Broglio: US personnel could disobey ‘immoral’ orders against Greenland - The Tablet
Catholic personnel in the US military could in good conscience consider disobeying orders to attack Greenland, according to the bishop responsible for their
www.thetablet.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Catholic personnel in the US military could in good conscience consider disobeying orders to attack Greenland, according to the bishop responsible for their pastoral care. www.thetablet.co.uk/news/broglio...
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Story now being carried by Vatican News. www.vaticannews.va/en/church/ne...
Three US Cardinals: Foreign policy must respect human dignity, religious liberty - Vatican News
Ten days after Pope Leo XIV’s ‘State of the World’ address, American Cardinals Cupich, McElroy, and Tobin release a joint statement renouncing war and ...
www.vaticannews.va
January 19, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Story now being carried by Vatican News. www.vaticannews.va/en/church/ne...
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Even more proof that this has never been about making Minnesota safer. It has always been about political retribution for President Trump and his allies. I’m standing with @governorwalz.mn.gov and @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/jus...
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/jus...
DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents
Federal prosecutors are investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly impeding immigration agents, sources told CBS News, an extraordinary escalation in the Trum...
www.cbsnews.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Even more proof that this has never been about making Minnesota safer. It has always been about political retribution for President Trump and his allies. I’m standing with @governorwalz.mn.gov and @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/jus...
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/jus...
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Pope Leo in State of the World address: “War is back in vogue and a zeal for war is spreading. The principle established after the Second World War, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been completely undermined.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
January 9, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Pope Leo in State of the World address: “War is back in vogue and a zeal for war is spreading. The principle established after the Second World War, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been completely undermined.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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School districts and day care centers across the Twin Cities are closing tomorrow because of fear of ICE and intimidation.
Hear me loud and clear ICE: Stay the hell AWAY from our schools.
Hear me loud and clear ICE: Stay the hell AWAY from our schools.
January 9, 2026 at 3:17 AM
School districts and day care centers across the Twin Cities are closing tomorrow because of fear of ICE and intimidation.
Hear me loud and clear ICE: Stay the hell AWAY from our schools.
Hear me loud and clear ICE: Stay the hell AWAY from our schools.
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Rubio. Very intelligent. Experienced. Educated. Opportunist. Lust for power. Despised Trump publicly. No principles. CBS?
This is what state-regime media looks like.
CBS News ran a segment gushing over Rubio — calling this his “moment" and saying: “Florida, once an American punchline, has become a leader on the world stage. Marco Rubio, we salute you! You are the ultimate Florida Man!”
Enough. Join us: MeidasPlus.com
CBS News ran a segment gushing over Rubio — calling this his “moment" and saying: “Florida, once an American punchline, has become a leader on the world stage. Marco Rubio, we salute you! You are the ultimate Florida Man!”
Enough. Join us: MeidasPlus.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Rubio. Very intelligent. Experienced. Educated. Opportunist. Lust for power. Despised Trump publicly. No principles. CBS?
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Trump sees dollar signs with Venezuelan oil, has designs on other countries, and clearly sees himself as some kind of emperor of the world. I don’t think he has plans to leave in 2028. And he’s showing he’ll use the military however he wants
January 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Trump sees dollar signs with Venezuelan oil, has designs on other countries, and clearly sees himself as some kind of emperor of the world. I don’t think he has plans to leave in 2028. And he’s showing he’ll use the military however he wants
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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"The Atlantic Alliance has been declared finished more times than we can count. Every generation seems to discover a new reason to announce its demise. Yet each time the world grows darker...the same verdict reasserts itself: Nations are stronger with allies."
From @markhertling.bsky.social
From @markhertling.bsky.social
This Isn’t the End of NATO
There’s a reason every previous prediction of the alliance’s dissolution was wrong.
www.thebulwark.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:39 AM
"The Atlantic Alliance has been declared finished more times than we can count. Every generation seems to discover a new reason to announce its demise. Yet each time the world grows darker...the same verdict reasserts itself: Nations are stronger with allies."
From @markhertling.bsky.social
From @markhertling.bsky.social
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Some thoughts on the Ukraine peace process.
My latest in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-ru...
My latest in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-ru...
The U.S. Must Not Push Ukraine Into an Unjust, Unstable Peace
It would be a moral betrayal and a strategic blunder.
www.thebulwark.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Some thoughts on the Ukraine peace process.
My latest in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-ru...
My latest in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-ru...
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Sorry, but it *is* unnerving. I agree with @rieckhoff.bsky.social that this idea that the military is Trump's personal muscle, and should kill anyone he points at, should be among the biggest stories in America right now.
Hey Tom, saw you on MSNBC earlier today.
That conversation was a bit unnerving.
That conversation was a bit unnerving.
October 25, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Sorry, but it *is* unnerving. I agree with @rieckhoff.bsky.social that this idea that the military is Trump's personal muscle, and should kill anyone he points at, should be among the biggest stories in America right now.
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WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Spending lots of time in Europe and engaging with the govts & armies of all 49 countries, ALL of them use the titles “Minister of Defense,” “Minister for Defense,” or “Minister of National Defense.”
Netherland had the last “Minister of War” in 1948.
So there’s that.
Netherland had the last “Minister of War” in 1948.
So there’s that.
September 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Spending lots of time in Europe and engaging with the govts & armies of all 49 countries, ALL of them use the titles “Minister of Defense,” “Minister for Defense,” or “Minister of National Defense.”
Netherland had the last “Minister of War” in 1948.
So there’s that.
Netherland had the last “Minister of War” in 1948.
So there’s that.
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As a former Republican, this especially jumped out and something I've said so many time:
"a long list of races we [Republicans] won that we had no business winning. We weren’t brilliant or particularly clever. But we understood that far more races are won on emotion vs. facts."
"a long list of races we [Republicans] won that we had no business winning. We weren’t brilliant or particularly clever. But we understood that far more races are won on emotion vs. facts."
"My Plea to Democrats: Stop Being Polite, Go Nuclear"
Absolute #mustread for Zeteo from former GOP strategist Stuart Stevens, in which he lays out what the Dems must do if they win back the House next year, including defunding the entire executive branch and nationalizing SpaceX.
Absolute #mustread for Zeteo from former GOP strategist Stuart Stevens, in which he lays out what the Dems must do if they win back the House next year, including defunding the entire executive branch and nationalizing SpaceX.
My Plea to Democrats: Stop Being Polite, Go Nuclear
A former Republican strategist lays out what the Dems must do if they win back the House next year, including defunding the entire executive branch and nationalizing SpaceX.
zeteo.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
As a former Republican, this especially jumped out and something I've said so many time:
"a long list of races we [Republicans] won that we had no business winning. We weren’t brilliant or particularly clever. But we understood that far more races are won on emotion vs. facts."
"a long list of races we [Republicans] won that we had no business winning. We weren’t brilliant or particularly clever. But we understood that far more races are won on emotion vs. facts."
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With their daughter Lydia upstairs at Children’s Minnesota recovering from surgery, Annunciation parents Leah and Harry Kaiser urged Vice President JD Vance to take action to prevent more school shootings.
September 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
With their daughter Lydia upstairs at Children’s Minnesota recovering from surgery, Annunciation parents Leah and Harry Kaiser urged Vice President JD Vance to take action to prevent more school shootings.
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After a mass shooting in Minneapolis killed two children and injured at least 17 other people, Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve criticized the inaction to reduce gun violence.
"It’s such an indictment of our society, our lack of regard for life."
"It’s such an indictment of our society, our lack of regard for life."
August 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
After a mass shooting in Minneapolis killed two children and injured at least 17 other people, Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve criticized the inaction to reduce gun violence.
"It’s such an indictment of our society, our lack of regard for life."
"It’s such an indictment of our society, our lack of regard for life."
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Our federal taxes are being used pretty much solely for disseminating (really cringey) propaganda, violating people’s civil and human rights, targeting political opponents, and extorting media, universities, blue states, and foreign countries
August 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Our federal taxes are being used pretty much solely for disseminating (really cringey) propaganda, violating people’s civil and human rights, targeting political opponents, and extorting media, universities, blue states, and foreign countries