minniecastavet.bsky.social
@minniecastavet.bsky.social
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As you read WSJ's piece on the super-secret abuse complaint about Tulsi Gabbard, remember that she tried unsuccessfully to wring counterintelligence function away from FBI last year.

www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency
Congress hasn’t seen the complaint, which was filed eight months ago with the U.S. intelligence community watchdog’s office.
www.wsj.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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Yes, Peter decided that the continued existence of our democracies isn't compatible with his desired level of personal freedom.

An absolute enemy of humanity.
February 3, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
Yes, Peter decided that the continued existence of our democracies isn't compatible with his desired level of personal freedom.

An absolute enemy of humanity.
February 3, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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Marimar Martinez is a hero.

She was shot 5 times by ICE.

The agent told her to “do something b*tch” before opening fire.

He later bragged “5 shots, 7 holes”.

DHS tried to smear her reputation but video footage vindicated her.

Next week she will testify in Washington about ICE’s brutality.
Chicago Woman Shot 5 Times By Border Agents Will Testify In Washington Next Week
Marimar Martinez will speak at a federal forum on immigration agents' use of force as she fights to unseal evidence in her now-dropped prosecution.
blockclubchicago.org
January 31, 2026 at 4:41 AM
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Protection isn’t the only way that gendered narratives mobilize violence. What we are seeing in Minnesota is also about punishment.

From our colleagues at @msmagazine.com:
ICE violence is fueled by misogyny and white nationalism
How the Trump administration has mobilized state-sponsored terror in Minneapolis and beyond.
www.motherjones.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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we said all along that they wanted Gawker dead not because we embarrassed a pro wrestler but because the Epstein story is one Gawker was covering a decade before most other people caught up & was just one of many stories exposing powerful people and their misdeeds
Among the batch of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein: Epstein telling Peter Thiel he would “gladly share…expenses for the Gawker suit.”

This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
January 31, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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Here’s his advice
On how to counter it

Because it ONLY
Goes away
By us countering it

BITCHES ESCALATE
🔥🧱💔🇺🇸
#Mm
January 31, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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Yes
Sigh
#Mm
This is what I’m saying

And what HE

A tactical psychological
Warfare specialist

Is saying

Do you get it yet
MINNESOTA
IS BY DESIGN
#Mm
January 31, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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Do you get it now?
January 31, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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An ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into a wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital.
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.
bit.ly
January 31, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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"the Trump administration is, as always, happy to make the subtext text: The penguin rocks because it’s killing itself in beautiful full-color video. Just like us." maxread.substack.com/p/suicide-ri...
'Suicide rightism' and the penguin
Is it based or soy to kill yourself?
maxread.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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disturbingly plausible
January 30, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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This. They are turning the wealth the American people have created over generations into cash for their own dirty pockets. It’s obscene.
MAGA people lining up wanting the taxpayers to give them money. Trump wants $10 billion. Lindsey wants $1 million. J6ers want money. Farmers want money. Of course CEOs want their contracts,
subsidies & tariff waivers. It’s griftapalooza at taxpayer expense for the gangsters.
January 30, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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The administration’s authoritarian project is accelerating.
January was a warning of where Trump will go next
The administration's authoritarian project is accelerating.
www.motherjones.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Breaking: Days after declaring, "I'm not going to live in fear" in a now-viral video, Army veteran Ian Austin was arrested by federal agents on Friday. Austin was part of a group, including journalist Don Lemon, that interrupted a St. Paul church service.
Federal agents just arrested an Army veteran—after he protested ICE outside a church
Ian Austin was part of the group that interrupted a St. Paul church service.
www.motherjones.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:58 AM
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I’m saying as much for myself as for everyone here….. things are so tumultuous, terrible right now BECAUSE the Admin is scared. The response to ICE was supposed to be shock & awe, but ppl are saying NO, he’s worried about the midterms and GOP officials are bailing.We need to keep resisting.
January 30, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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here is the video version of this post, with a few other thoughts as well. youtu.be/wBS13rx-M7s
January 31, 2026 at 3:43 AM
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The Chinese communist party also controls dissent through the use of facial recognition tools and other surveillance technology
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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White Minnesota Ladies Protesting ICE Really Throwing A Wrench In Right Wing Propaganda Machine
open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...
White Minnesota Ladies Protesting ICE Really Throwing A Wrench In Right Wing Propaganda Machine
How are they supposed to pretend to protect women who hate them?
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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What
HASSETT: We have a list of the groundbreakings. It's really quite striking

FABER: Manufacturing job numbers are actually down

HASSETT: That's in part because people haven't turned the machines on yet
January 30, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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Apropos of everything:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDkh...
When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take)
YouTube video by Lizzy & the Triggermen
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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ICE’s tactics have been terrifying and tragic, but Minneapolis is responding in incredible ways. Residents are organizing, feeding and housing their neighbors, and putting real social infrastructure in place. What’s taking shape isn’t just a reaction, it’s a blueprint for resistance.
Minneapolis' Community-Driven Anti-ICE Organizing Is Showing The Way
What Minneapolis activists have to teach us about organizing communities to resist ICE
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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Since I'm pretty sure this administration doesn't realize this document exists, it would be worth downloading the 2020 Intelligence Community Assessment on foreign threats to the U.S. elections before it disappears, which includes the following finding:
www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...
January 30, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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Wow! I can’t believe we got this done! Now call your senators and tell them restrictions are nice, but they should strip the BBB funding of ICE and CBP.
🚨 The Senate has agreed to a deal to vote on 5/6 full appropriations bills and replace the DHS funding measure with a 2-week stopgap bill, per multiple sources. That gives time to negotiate on the Dem demands for ICE and CBP restraints.
January 29, 2026 at 11:55 PM