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Patrick Skinner

@pmskinner.bsky.social

Again I say into the void: stop saying the ICE officer had no time to think. Time doesn’t start when the drama starts. They drove up. They walked up. They engaged. Stop saying there is only reflex, no thought. If so, stop arming ambulatory startle reflexes & calling them cops

January 10, 2026 at 1:56 PM

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Tyler

@tyrcasey.bsky.social

This is so real, they tried it this morning in Bloomington. They stopped a man, people started honking horns, they split up to fuck with everyone else, which brought more attention and more noise, people got out of their cars and started filming, they left. They're cowards.

functional moron @fiveburger.bsky.social · 2d

obviously not in the sense that it’s stopping everything, but they are being stalled so much by trying to find places where they aren’t watched, wasting so much manpower and resources on crowd control and even arresting observers they know will just get released. i am so proud of everyone

January 10, 2026 at 8:22 PM

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derek guy

@dieworkwear.bsky.social

wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics

December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM

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southpaw

@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social

This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive, according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. "The order was to kill everybody," one of them said.
A missile screamed off the Trinidad coast, striking the vessel and igniting a blaze from bow to stern. For minutes, commanders watched the boat burning on a live drone feed.
As the smoke cleared, they got a jolt: Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck.
The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack - the opening salvo in the Trump administration's war on suspected drug traffickers in the Western Hemisphere — ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth's instructions, two people familiar with the matter said. The two men were blown apart in the water.

November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM

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Fucking Bitch Hat

@kenwhite.bsky.social

I mean, this is exactly what the Trump administration and its fans want: torture and abuse. They think this is great.

Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · Jul 3

NEW: In first public account, Kilmar Abrego Garcia details weeks in Salvadoran prison CECOT. Says he was subjected to 'severe beatings,' psychological torture & soiled himself. Also says jailers confirmed his tattoos have no gang meaning. w/@kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia describes ‘severe beatings’ and ‘psychological torture’ in Salvadoran prison

Abrego submitted a harrowing and detailed account of abuse after the Trump administration illegally deported him.

www.politico.com

July 3, 2025 at 1:08 AM

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Fucking Bitch Hat

@kenwhite.bsky.social

You think that vast armed force is going to be used just for immigration?

I doubt it. Watch for ICE duties to expand duties and for ICE to follow the pattern of militarization of police. Also watch it used as secret police against anything anti-ICE.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Jun 28

If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:

- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.