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David Leavitt

@davidleavitt.bsky.social

Director of Melania Movie?!

February 1, 2026 at 12:57 AM

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Trung Le Nguyen

@trungles.com

Liam was taken from Columbia Heights, the town just south of my high school in Fridley and just north of the Arts district in NE Minneapolis. I spent a lot of time with friends there after extracurriculars. News of his abduction completely broke my heart. I’m glad he’s home. #Comics4Liam

Drawing of Liam Ramos, a little Latino boy in his bunny hat with Pikachu on his head

February 1, 2026 at 9:18 PM

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Christopher Webb

@cwebbonline.com

There’s one guy in the Epstein files who isn’t talked about enough…

Alex Acosta was the U.S. Attorney who gave Epstein that sweetheart deal. It allowed Epstein to avoid federal prosecution for sex trafficking and abuse of minors.

He served only 13 months in county jail with work release.

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February 1, 2026 at 4:36 AM

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Stacey Burns

@wentrogue.bsky.social

“You are good to go.” Good to go?!?!

This is what ICE tells a young woman they tossed out into dangerously freezing temperatures after four agonizing days in detention at Whipple.

Today’s front page Strib report: www.startribune.com/no-humanity-...

The young Muslim woman detained in a locked Whipple bathroom with three men said she never thought this could happen to her.
She saw America as a land of opportunity after a childhood in a refugee camp.
She hopes to become a nurse or a flight attendant. Her criminal record, she said, consists of one speeding ticket.
With Whipple's holding facilities filled, the woman said, agents eventually moved her to another locked bathroom by herself. There was an air vent at the door's bottom. When she saw federal agents' footsteps, she banged for help.
On her third night of detention, agents took in two new detainees: an African immigrant and her 7-month-old baby girl. She said the immigrant told her they had been detained as the mother took her baby to a doctor to be treated for influenza.

"When the woman arrived, she was screaming and crying and yelling, 'My baby is already sick!' " she recalled. " 'I don't want my baby to die!' "
The next morning, she said, the woman and baby were moved from the bathroom.
It wasn't until her fourth day of detention when the young woman was allowed to use a phone at the facility. When she heard her mother's voice, she burst into tears.
On the fifth day, agents drove her and two other recently released detainees to a light-rail station near Whipple. They took off her handcuffs and told her to call an Uber, even though she didn't have a phone. She borrowed one from another detainee.
As they released her into the cold, she recalls their simple words: "You are good to go."

February 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM

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Stephanie Mathis, MLS(ASCP) 😷💜

@stephmu00mls.bsky.social

#LockICEHolesUpAndThrowAwayKey!!!

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open.substack.com/pub/thenorth...

🚨 ICE Said He “Ran Into a Brick Wall.” Nurses Say That’s Impossible. His Skull Was Shattered in 8 Places.

Eight fractures. Brain bleeds. A shifting story. And a hospital staff terrified of armed agents. This is Minnesota now.

open.substack.com

February 1, 2026 at 4:01 PM

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸

@gtconway.bsky.social

February 1, 2026 at 1:10 AM

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Christopher Webb

@cwebbonline.com

This level of disgusting racism and cruelty didn’t exist in a vacuum, and it didn’t end with Epstein.

Epstein files:

“JEFF wanted, ‘young, fresh meat girls. Virgins.’ He told ■, ‘Don’t bring me any n*ggers.’”

February 1, 2026 at 4:34 PM

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Joaquin Castro

@joaquincastrotx.bsky.social

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM

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Hal

@heyfriend-1.bsky.social

www.facebook.com/share/1HekqL...

February 2, 2026 at 5:03 AM

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Mueller, She Wrote

@muellershewrote.com

A reminder that the New England Patriots plane is flown by Omni air who contracts with ICE to fly people in chains to Africa and Asia several times per week.

Go Seahawks.

February 2, 2026 at 12:16 AM

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Bornabrit1

@lindarothwell.bsky.social

No comment needed.

January 26, 2026 at 3:22 AM

mattjmorton.bsky.social

@mattjmorton.bsky.social

I screenshot the wildest things I see in marketplace because oftentimes they get pulled down pretty quickly, and I like to look back and laugh. This one, however, is still going strong.