🟧 🟦Laurie True Blue, PHR, SHRM-CP
@laurietrueblue.bsky.social
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This isn’t immigration policy. It’s a business model.
ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.
ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 AM
This isn’t immigration policy. It’s a business model.
ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.
ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.
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Fun facts about the Nobel Prize:
1) Nobel laureates receive one medal and can buy a copy (my brother is a 2019 laureate in economics; he gave our dad the duplicate).
2) If a person obtains a Nobel medal by any means other than award by the Nobel committee, they ARE NOT a laureate or "winner."
1) Nobel laureates receive one medal and can buy a copy (my brother is a 2019 laureate in economics; he gave our dad the duplicate).
2) If a person obtains a Nobel medal by any means other than award by the Nobel committee, they ARE NOT a laureate or "winner."
January 18, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Fun facts about the Nobel Prize:
1) Nobel laureates receive one medal and can buy a copy (my brother is a 2019 laureate in economics; he gave our dad the duplicate).
2) If a person obtains a Nobel medal by any means other than award by the Nobel committee, they ARE NOT a laureate or "winner."
1) Nobel laureates receive one medal and can buy a copy (my brother is a 2019 laureate in economics; he gave our dad the duplicate).
2) If a person obtains a Nobel medal by any means other than award by the Nobel committee, they ARE NOT a laureate or "winner."
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This is a fact, Trump has accomplished nothing except anxiety.
It only SEEMS like Trump is doing a lot
His actual accomplishments are the least in modern WH history--& mostly negative!
Much of the bad stuff was stopped in court by us & allies.
We @democracydefendersfund.org have 249 legal cases & matters @ms.now 👇
His actual accomplishments are the least in modern WH history--& mostly negative!
Much of the bad stuff was stopped in court by us & allies.
We @democracydefendersfund.org have 249 legal cases & matters @ms.now 👇
January 18, 2026 at 7:29 PM
This is a fact, Trump has accomplished nothing except anxiety.
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The biggest problem in this country's health care system is that the people making decisions about everyone's health care don't have to worry for a moment about their own health care.
Nothing bores Trump more than healthcare. This has been true for years. He just wants the issue to go away, so he can focus on topics like invading Greenland or putting his name on buildings.
Trump, looking bored to death during a healthcare roundtable: "We're gonna have to go very fast. We are way behind schedule and I have a couple of meetings that are very important ... Let's go. C'mon, Bob. Rob."
January 16, 2026 at 5:37 PM
The biggest problem in this country's health care system is that the people making decisions about everyone's health care don't have to worry for a moment about their own health care.
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If we had centralized leadership in an organized opposition movement, we could work against all this insanity in a way that recognizes what we are actually dealing with, a hostage situation.
January 18, 2026 at 4:04 PM
If we had centralized leadership in an organized opposition movement, we could work against all this insanity in a way that recognizes what we are actually dealing with, a hostage situation.
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Nothing threatens authoritarian regimes more than act of nonviolent protest — people standing together, choosing empathy and courage, and refusing to be afraid.
January 17, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Nothing threatens authoritarian regimes more than act of nonviolent protest — people standing together, choosing empathy and courage, and refusing to be afraid.
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1/ In a sustained strategy to weaken, intimidate, and potentially rupture NATO, Stephen Miller is now pitching Greenland as a bad “deal” for U.S. taxpayers unless Washington gains overriding control or ownership of allied territory.
Miller: Denmark is a tiny country with a tiny economy and a tiny military. They cannot defend Greenland… Under every understanding of law that has existed about territorial control for 500 years, to control a territory you have to be able to defend a territory…
January 17, 2026 at 2:36 PM
1/ In a sustained strategy to weaken, intimidate, and potentially rupture NATO, Stephen Miller is now pitching Greenland as a bad “deal” for U.S. taxpayers unless Washington gains overriding control or ownership of allied territory.
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A lovely little vignette.
There is still good in the world... and it rewards the human in all of us❤️
There is still good in the world... and it rewards the human in all of us❤️
January 17, 2026 at 4:43 PM
A lovely little vignette.
There is still good in the world... and it rewards the human in all of us❤️
There is still good in the world... and it rewards the human in all of us❤️
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crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours.
please keep sharing with your networks.
please keep sharing with your networks.
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:24 PM
crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours.
please keep sharing with your networks.
please keep sharing with your networks.
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New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:19 PM
New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
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I’d rather have the full release of the Epstein files than Greenland, Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, India, or Mexico
January 16, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I’d rather have the full release of the Epstein files than Greenland, Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, India, or Mexico
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January 16, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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BRAVA, RACHEL!!👏👏👏💙
pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
January 16, 2026 at 5:04 PM
BRAVA, RACHEL!!👏👏👏💙
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me again
January 15, 2026 at 9:17 PM
me again
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Beautiful prose. Tragically accurate.
“It does not matter, in practical terms, whether ICE’s actions are legal. In mafia states, legal is a malleable notion. What matters is that they are wrong. What matters is how they can be stopped.”
“It does not matter, in practical terms, whether ICE’s actions are legal. In mafia states, legal is a malleable notion. What matters is that they are wrong. What matters is how they can be stopped.”
New article! On life, death, and the rampage of ICE.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-shining-...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-shining-...
A Shining Mausoleum on a Hill
Life, death, and the rampage of ICE.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Beautiful prose. Tragically accurate.
“It does not matter, in practical terms, whether ICE’s actions are legal. In mafia states, legal is a malleable notion. What matters is that they are wrong. What matters is how they can be stopped.”
“It does not matter, in practical terms, whether ICE’s actions are legal. In mafia states, legal is a malleable notion. What matters is that they are wrong. What matters is how they can be stopped.”
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While people in Minnesota fight for their lives, the elite goofy bastards have a ball at tRump’s Mar-a-lago, dancing while wearing dog masks. There has never been a time that punctuates the wealth inequalities.
#EatTheRich #Resist #Resist #FucktRump #Pinks #ProudBlue
#EatTheRich #Resist #Resist #FucktRump #Pinks #ProudBlue
January 15, 2026 at 7:47 PM
While people in Minnesota fight for their lives, the elite goofy bastards have a ball at tRump’s Mar-a-lago, dancing while wearing dog masks. There has never been a time that punctuates the wealth inequalities.
#EatTheRich #Resist #Resist #FucktRump #Pinks #ProudBlue
#EatTheRich #Resist #Resist #FucktRump #Pinks #ProudBlue
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That's a great question. I'm sure JD has no answer.
January 15, 2026 at 11:22 PM
That's a great question. I'm sure JD has no answer.
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I will never not love Cher's response.
January 15, 2026 at 11:27 PM
I will never not love Cher's response.
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Democrats Can Stop Or Slow Down ICE
open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
Democrats Can Stop Or Slow Down ICE
They still have the power of the purse, and they should use it now.
open.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Democrats Can Stop Or Slow Down ICE
open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
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Over the past decade, US immigration agents have shot and killed more than two dozen people. Not a single agent appears to have faced criminal charges.
Our reporter spent four years investigating ICE shootings that occurred from 2015 to 2021. Some patterns emerged.
Our reporter spent four years investigating ICE shootings that occurred from 2015 to 2021. Some patterns emerged.
Why ICE Can Kill With Impunity
Over the past decade, US immigration agents have shot and killed more than two dozen people. Not a single agent appears to have faced criminal charges.
www.wired.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Over the past decade, US immigration agents have shot and killed more than two dozen people. Not a single agent appears to have faced criminal charges.
Our reporter spent four years investigating ICE shootings that occurred from 2015 to 2021. Some patterns emerged.
Our reporter spent four years investigating ICE shootings that occurred from 2015 to 2021. Some patterns emerged.
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The object is to weaken America in myriad ways in service to Trump's Lord & Master Vladimir Putin. Keep us frightened, keep us ill, keep us hungry, keep us poor, keep us uneducated, this is the sole function of Trump & his cabinet of traitors. Putin has certainly gotten his money's worth from them!
January 15, 2026 at 1:56 PM
The object is to weaken America in myriad ways in service to Trump's Lord & Master Vladimir Putin. Keep us frightened, keep us ill, keep us hungry, keep us poor, keep us uneducated, this is the sole function of Trump & his cabinet of traitors. Putin has certainly gotten his money's worth from them!
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“I can’t reconcile … the distance between myself and some of my fellow American citizens, who believe that the actions of ICE—from the racial profiling, imprisonment, and detainment of people on American soil, to the killing of Good and Porter—are acceptable. I have felt sick all week.” - Bao Phi
Why Minnesotans Fear ICE
The weight of state violence isn’t abstract, it’s personal, argues Minneapolis poet Bao Phi.
time.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 AM
“I can’t reconcile … the distance between myself and some of my fellow American citizens, who believe that the actions of ICE—from the racial profiling, imprisonment, and detainment of people on American soil, to the killing of Good and Porter—are acceptable. I have felt sick all week.” - Bao Phi
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Why do ICE agents carry guns?
Not one single report of them being shot at!!
Not one single story about apprehending anyone with a gun!!
Take the weapons away from the untrained, unrestrained, incompetent agents. Do it for public safety.
Not one single report of them being shot at!!
Not one single story about apprehending anyone with a gun!!
Take the weapons away from the untrained, unrestrained, incompetent agents. Do it for public safety.
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Why do ICE agents carry guns?
Not one single report of them being shot at!!
Not one single story about apprehending anyone with a gun!!
Take the weapons away from the untrained, unrestrained, incompetent agents. Do it for public safety.
Not one single report of them being shot at!!
Not one single story about apprehending anyone with a gun!!
Take the weapons away from the untrained, unrestrained, incompetent agents. Do it for public safety.