TheLifeofJakey
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Fear not the those without papers, but those without conscience - Amanda Gorman
Habitual voter. Democracy lover.
Habitual voter. Democracy lover.
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"I love the smell of napalm in the morning!"
RIP Robert Duvall
RIP Robert Duvall
February 16, 2026 at 7:38 PM
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning!"
RIP Robert Duvall
RIP Robert Duvall
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BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight.
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight.
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Jeffrey Epstein died on August 10th. In the Epstein files, there is what appears to be a draft DOJ press release announcing his death that is dated August 9th.
(It’s here: www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
(It’s here: www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
The release on Saturday, August 10th appears to have two differences. The date, and the addition of “of an apparent suicide” www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr...
February 8, 2026 at 7:58 PM
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Crow Wing County Sheriff in northern Minnesota: "We are definitely collaborating..."
www.startribune.com/in-rare-move...
www.startribune.com/in-rare-move...
In rare move, this northern Minnesota county is working with the feds to make arrests amid ICE surge
Deputies assisted federal agents in arresting four employees at El Potro Mexican Restaurant in Brainerd.
www.startribune.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Crow Wing County Sheriff in northern Minnesota: "We are definitely collaborating..."
www.startribune.com/in-rare-move...
www.startribune.com/in-rare-move...
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Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas is just a delight on every level
February 7, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas is just a delight on every level
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
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🤔You mean the *centrist* Dem responsible for killing good bills had ties to Epstein? Imagine that
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
🤔You mean the *centrist* Dem responsible for killing good bills had ties to Epstein? Imagine that
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The Judge who ordered the release of five-year-old Liam wrote quite an opinion. Come read it with me.
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The Week Ahead
February 1, 2026
open.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:53 AM
The Judge who ordered the release of five-year-old Liam wrote quite an opinion. Come read it with me.
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is two or three days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
February 1, 2026 at 5:21 PM
In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is two or three days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
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This thread is just that: one thread of a disgusting tapestry of deceit, abuse, enabling, & cover-up. A horrid era of trauma inflicted upon children by adults who knew they were all but invincible.
Today, one of those adults at the center of it all sits in an oval office, still seemingly invincible.
Today, one of those adults at the center of it all sits in an oval office, still seemingly invincible.
They had him absolutely dead to rights. Phone records of his assistant contacting the girls. Vast amounts of witness testimony. Seized toys, photographs, computers, video tapes.
Just a galling amount of evidence.
Just a galling amount of evidence.
January 31, 2026 at 11:05 PM
This thread is just that: one thread of a disgusting tapestry of deceit, abuse, enabling, & cover-up. A horrid era of trauma inflicted upon children by adults who knew they were all but invincible.
Today, one of those adults at the center of it all sits in an oval office, still seemingly invincible.
Today, one of those adults at the center of it all sits in an oval office, still seemingly invincible.
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Maybe, just maybe, Texas is starting to 'get' it.
Democrats win Texas SD-09 by 57-43, a district Trump won by 17 points in 2024, despite Trump and Republicans pushing to get out GOP voters. AMERICA HAS HAD IT!!!
February 1, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Maybe, just maybe, Texas is starting to 'get' it.
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Democrats win Texas SD-09 by 57-43, a district Trump won by 17 points in 2024, despite Trump and Republicans pushing to get out GOP voters. AMERICA HAS HAD IT!!!
February 1, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Democrats win Texas SD-09 by 57-43, a district Trump won by 17 points in 2024, despite Trump and Republicans pushing to get out GOP voters. AMERICA HAS HAD IT!!!
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And just to further put a point on it, this is very explicitly the point of militant nonviolent protest.
To demonstrate incontrovertibly to even the low info news consumer that agents of the oppressor are engaging in an entirely one-sided brutality against the vulnerable
To demonstrate incontrovertibly to even the low info news consumer that agents of the oppressor are engaging in an entirely one-sided brutality against the vulnerable
So believe me I understand this is deeply frustrating and unfair, but a march that does everything right and still gets tear gassed is a successful march that is winning.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
February 1, 2026 at 12:53 PM
And just to further put a point on it, this is very explicitly the point of militant nonviolent protest.
To demonstrate incontrovertibly to even the low info news consumer that agents of the oppressor are engaging in an entirely one-sided brutality against the vulnerable
To demonstrate incontrovertibly to even the low info news consumer that agents of the oppressor are engaging in an entirely one-sided brutality against the vulnerable
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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For any elected official who needs to hear this, I impart a lesson learned from the NFL:
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
January 27, 2026 at 1:41 AM
For any elected official who needs to hear this, I impart a lesson learned from the NFL:
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
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Two former presidents felt compelled to comment publicly
January 26, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Two former presidents felt compelled to comment publicly
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Whoever gets us to mirror in unison and duration what MN did will be the next American leaders.
We hunger for a national, sustained peaceful forceful #GeneralStrike
If you can sway your members, community, fans or co-workers... this is the time.
We have the masses.
The high ground.
We need a plan.
We hunger for a national, sustained peaceful forceful #GeneralStrike
If you can sway your members, community, fans or co-workers... this is the time.
We have the masses.
The high ground.
We need a plan.
We Can Fight This: Minnesota’s General Strike Shows How
A day before Alex Pretti’s brutal killing by federal agents in the Minneapolis steets, Minnesota showed us a way forward: the general strike.
theintercept.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Whoever gets us to mirror in unison and duration what MN did will be the next American leaders.
We hunger for a national, sustained peaceful forceful #GeneralStrike
If you can sway your members, community, fans or co-workers... this is the time.
We have the masses.
The high ground.
We need a plan.
We hunger for a national, sustained peaceful forceful #GeneralStrike
If you can sway your members, community, fans or co-workers... this is the time.
We have the masses.
The high ground.
We need a plan.
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if we ever lose hope, may we never lose our
humanity
humanity
January 26, 2026 at 12:34 PM
if we ever lose hope, may we never lose our
humanity
humanity
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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A witness to the Alex Pretti murder by regime forces reports fearing for her life and potential retaliation by the Trump regime, and says she is afraid to return home. #3E #GoodvsEvil
January 25, 2026 at 3:14 AM
A witness to the Alex Pretti murder by regime forces reports fearing for her life and potential retaliation by the Trump regime, and says she is afraid to return home. #3E #GoodvsEvil
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there are so many gutting stories, but this one is hitting me extra hard. just imagining wael tarabishi slowly dying without his dad there to care for him because he was jailed by ICE makes me…i don’t have words. this country is disgusting.
Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization
It had been months since Wael Tarabishi seen his father. The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral.
www.wfaa.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:01 AM
there are so many gutting stories, but this one is hitting me extra hard. just imagining wael tarabishi slowly dying without his dad there to care for him because he was jailed by ICE makes me…i don’t have words. this country is disgusting.
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A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!
January 23, 2026 at 11:19 PM
A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!