Shelly Hulse Wilkins
@shellwilkins.bsky.social
Writer, researcher, analyst focused on Tribal-state relations and federal Indian law and policy. Protect sovereignty, rights of Nature, human and civil rights.
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New from me:
What’s going on in ICE detention isn’t just lethal (a 20-year high of 32 deaths last yr; 2 in a single facility this yr).
It’s leading countless people to “choose” to give up their cases. Which was the core of Miller’s ‘23 mass deportation plan. linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%...
What’s going on in ICE detention isn’t just lethal (a 20-year high of 32 deaths last yr; 2 in a single facility this yr).
It’s leading countless people to “choose” to give up their cases. Which was the core of Miller’s ‘23 mass deportation plan. linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%...
The Throughline: Don’t Lose Sight of Detention Atrocities
linkprotect.cudasvc.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:20 PM
New from me:
What’s going on in ICE detention isn’t just lethal (a 20-year high of 32 deaths last yr; 2 in a single facility this yr).
It’s leading countless people to “choose” to give up their cases. Which was the core of Miller’s ‘23 mass deportation plan. linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%...
What’s going on in ICE detention isn’t just lethal (a 20-year high of 32 deaths last yr; 2 in a single facility this yr).
It’s leading countless people to “choose” to give up their cases. Which was the core of Miller’s ‘23 mass deportation plan. linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%...
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NEW: Meet the private-equity firm -- and its billionaire immigrant CEO -- making millions off some of ICE's cruelest deportation flights.
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler
A private equity-owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:42 PM
NEW: Meet the private-equity firm -- and its billionaire immigrant CEO -- making millions off some of ICE's cruelest deportation flights.
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZAd... Minnesota, Nick Shirley, and the Demonizing of a Community by @josebird.bsky.social
Minnesota, Nick Shirley, and the Demonizing of a Community
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January 27, 2026 at 7:53 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZAd... Minnesota, Nick Shirley, and the Demonizing of a Community by @josebird.bsky.social
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This is a program of ethnic cleansing. It doesn’t matter how half assed it is, that is what is being attempted.
“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” principal Jason Kuhlman said about the second grader and fifth grader.
‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody
The children were taken into ICE custody after their mother was detained at a court appointment. School leaders say the mother asked them to bring the kids to the detention center because there were n...
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January 30, 2026 at 3:50 AM
This is a program of ethnic cleansing. It doesn’t matter how half assed it is, that is what is being attempted.
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The Oglala have banned ICE and the u.s. border patrol from Pine Ridge Reservation
January 29, 2026 at 4:48 AM
The Oglala have banned ICE and the u.s. border patrol from Pine Ridge Reservation
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Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
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Don’t fall for Trump’s efforts to convince the public he’s changing course on immigration. It’s meant to distract and stop the protests. Nothing more. joycevance.substack.com/p/ice-gettin...
January 28, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Don’t fall for Trump’s efforts to convince the public he’s changing course on immigration. It’s meant to distract and stop the protests. Nothing more. joycevance.substack.com/p/ice-gettin...
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“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 AM
“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
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Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
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Philip Glass
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Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
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Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
January 27, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
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Here's what ICE is up to in Northeast Minneapolis today. Absolutely heartbreaking.
Warning: video is hard to watch
Warning: video is hard to watch
January 27, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Here's what ICE is up to in Northeast Minneapolis today. Absolutely heartbreaking.
Warning: video is hard to watch
Warning: video is hard to watch
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I feel like I'm losing my mind watching Dems view Tom Homan as a reasonable professional. He took $50k in cash in a Cava bag! What are we doing here.
January 28, 2026 at 2:41 AM
I feel like I'm losing my mind watching Dems view Tom Homan as a reasonable professional. He took $50k in cash in a Cava bag! What are we doing here.
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For those folks not from MN, who think that "Concentration Camp" is too strong a word?
Please read up, on what happened to the Dakota People, out at Fort Snelling & Bdote, after the US-Dakota war of 1862:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bd%C3%B...
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Please read up, on what happened to the Dakota People, out at Fort Snelling & Bdote, after the US-Dakota war of 1862:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bd%C3%B...
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Bdóte - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 24, 2026 at 4:08 AM
For those folks not from MN, who think that "Concentration Camp" is too strong a word?
Please read up, on what happened to the Dakota People, out at Fort Snelling & Bdote, after the US-Dakota war of 1862:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bd%C3%B...
(Continued)
Please read up, on what happened to the Dakota People, out at Fort Snelling & Bdote, after the US-Dakota war of 1862:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bd%C3%B...
(Continued)
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🔥REP. @aoc.bsky.social : “How rich @KristiNoem says showing up with a legal firearm is grounds for execution when they support Rittenhouse & pardon protestors… we cannot go down this road, countryman against countryman… they’re trying to keep us divided so they can line their own pockets.”
January 25, 2026 at 12:17 AM
🔥REP. @aoc.bsky.social : “How rich @KristiNoem says showing up with a legal firearm is grounds for execution when they support Rittenhouse & pardon protestors… we cannot go down this road, countryman against countryman… they’re trying to keep us divided so they can line their own pockets.”
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As horrible as it is, so far, nothing matches the sustained brutality against the participants of the Civil Rights movement in the South. MLK, Medgar Evers, the Birmingham bombings, Goodman, Cheney, and Schwerner, the children injured by fire hoses. So far.
January 24, 2026 at 10:23 PM
As horrible as it is, so far, nothing matches the sustained brutality against the participants of the Civil Rights movement in the South. MLK, Medgar Evers, the Birmingham bombings, Goodman, Cheney, and Schwerner, the children injured by fire hoses. So far.
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Free them all
Uprising in the Trump concentration camp in Dilley, TX
January 25, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Free them all
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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This is the biggest self own the Democrats have ever done. They handed a group of eight wing billionaires control of the largest social media company.
Just absolutely stunning incompetence.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Just absolutely stunning incompetence.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
TikTok Strikes Deal for New U.S. Entity, Ending Long Legal Saga
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:45 AM
This is the biggest self own the Democrats have ever done. They handed a group of eight wing billionaires control of the largest social media company.
Just absolutely stunning incompetence.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Just absolutely stunning incompetence.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
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I audibly gasped at this shortsighted move. We have failed to help the public understand that health isn't an individual issue, that you can't build a wall to keep disease out, and that community health is key to individual well-being. We see this with vaccination and we see it here. 💔
Catastrophe: Florida's Department of Health is stopping coverage for antivirals to 10,000 low-income people with HIV infection, blaming impending federal cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. 12.5% of Americans with HIV live in Florida.
Thousands to lose access to HIV drugs with new cuts
An estimated 10,000 people are about to lose access to their HIV medication as the Florida Department of Health makes cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP).
www.fox13news.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:40 PM
I audibly gasped at this shortsighted move. We have failed to help the public understand that health isn't an individual issue, that you can't build a wall to keep disease out, and that community health is key to individual well-being. We see this with vaccination and we see it here. 💔
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Ellison: This is the essence of dictatorship. It’s the essence of it. And we’ve got to get over the idea that this couldn’t happen here. Not only could it happen here—it’s happening here.
January 19, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Ellison: This is the essence of dictatorship. It’s the essence of it. And we’ve got to get over the idea that this couldn’t happen here. Not only could it happen here—it’s happening here.
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Author of ‘Don’t Say Abolish ICE’ Memo Is a Corporate Consultant. Blas Nuñez-Neto is a senior adviser to WestExec, a shadow lobbyist for defense and tech firms.
Author of ‘Don’t Say Abolish ICE’ Memo Is a Corporate Consultant - The American Prospect
Blas Nuñez-Neto is a senior adviser to WestExec, a shadow lobbyist for defense and tech firms.
prospect.org
January 20, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Author of ‘Don’t Say Abolish ICE’ Memo Is a Corporate Consultant. Blas Nuñez-Neto is a senior adviser to WestExec, a shadow lobbyist for defense and tech firms.
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We have unlimited money for paramilitary forces that kidnap people off the streets but also have something called "school lunch debt" what are we doing here
January 18, 2026 at 4:03 AM
We have unlimited money for paramilitary forces that kidnap people off the streets but also have something called "school lunch debt" what are we doing here
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Gallego: "We cannot vote for anything that actually adds more money and doesn't constrain ICE ... we cannot keep funding this type of goon squad"
January 18, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Gallego: "We cannot vote for anything that actually adds more money and doesn't constrain ICE ... we cannot keep funding this type of goon squad"
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The first thing Virginia Spanberger did after being sworn in as Governor of Virginia was repeal Youngkin’s executive order requiring state and local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE.
This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.
This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.
January 18, 2026 at 11:35 AM
The first thing Virginia Spanberger did after being sworn in as Governor of Virginia was repeal Youngkin’s executive order requiring state and local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE.
This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.
This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.
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The fact that Gavin Newsom is even talking to the likes of Shapiro is a sign that he’s a non-starter. I’ve never forgotten how Shapiro said that Trayvon Martin deserved to die. Not fucking ever.
Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 17, 2026 at 9:06 PM
The fact that Gavin Newsom is even talking to the likes of Shapiro is a sign that he’s a non-starter. I’ve never forgotten how Shapiro said that Trayvon Martin deserved to die. Not fucking ever.