@sxk802.bsky.social
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Vermont US Representative Becca Balint being interviewed by Drop Site News shortly after reviewing more, unreleased Epstein files saying
"They're all a bunch of sick fucks"
"They're all a bunch of sick fucks"
February 10, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Vermont US Representative Becca Balint being interviewed by Drop Site News shortly after reviewing more, unreleased Epstein files saying
"They're all a bunch of sick fucks"
"They're all a bunch of sick fucks"
@balint.house.gov as a constituent, I fully support the fight for him to stay in the US.
Even if that means "hiding him in the attic" of your office. Do not let them remove him!
Even if that means "hiding him in the attic" of your office. Do not let them remove him!
ICE "brutally" detained a minister in Vermont. The Trump administration wants to send him back to Uganda—where he was tortured.
"I’m so scared, I cannot go back," Pastor Steven Tendo told @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social.
"I’m so scared, I cannot go back," Pastor Steven Tendo told @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social.
He fled torture in Uganda. ICE is trying to send him back.
"People like Pastor [Steven] Tendo are exactly who our asylum system is meant to protect."
www.motherjones.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
@balint.house.gov as a constituent, I fully support the fight for him to stay in the US.
Even if that means "hiding him in the attic" of your office. Do not let them remove him!
Even if that means "hiding him in the attic" of your office. Do not let them remove him!
These letters lay bare the stain that MAGA has made on our country.
It's infuriating how such a small faction of this country has made an enormous mess of everything.
A legacy of dunces.
And we're ALL a part of it, like it or not.
It's infuriating how such a small faction of this country has made an enormous mess of everything.
A legacy of dunces.
And we're ALL a part of it, like it or not.
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 1:06 PM
These letters lay bare the stain that MAGA has made on our country.
It's infuriating how such a small faction of this country has made an enormous mess of everything.
A legacy of dunces.
And we're ALL a part of it, like it or not.
It's infuriating how such a small faction of this country has made an enormous mess of everything.
A legacy of dunces.
And we're ALL a part of it, like it or not.
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I read the “SAVE Act” (the GOP’s new voter suppression bill) so you don’t have to. This is my one page summary. Jesus it’s bad. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I read the “SAVE Act” (the GOP’s new voter suppression bill) so you don’t have to. This is my one page summary. Jesus it’s bad. 1/
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Note that this is local police not ICE or CPD attacking these young people. Local police are working overtime to distance themselves from ICE/CPD. Don't buy the hype.
I feel like Los Angeles is a place where people expect ICE to happen because the kidnappings have been happening to my home city for decades, so there’s less media attention to it now. and I want folks to see that in LA, Latine students are organizing major protests & the police are attacking them
LAPD Charges at Hundreds of High School Students in Peaceful Walkout Protest at MDC ~ L.A. TACO
LAPD arrested at least two teenagers protesting ICE raids in Los Angeles yesterday. They were also seen corresponding with ICE agents on Alameda Street during the demonstrations.
lataco.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Note that this is local police not ICE or CPD attacking these young people. Local police are working overtime to distance themselves from ICE/CPD. Don't buy the hype.
The federal immigration authorities that detained a Ugandan pastor outside his workplace in Shelburne on Wednesday are now denying him the medication needed to treat his Type 2 diabetes, according to his lawyer.
Lawyer says Steven Tendo, detained by ICE, is being denied diabetes meds
The federal immigration authorities that detained a Ugandan pastor outside his workplace Wednesday are now denying him the medication needed to treat his Type 2 diabetes, according to his lawyer.
www.vermontpublic.org
February 7, 2026 at 6:49 AM
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"Explicitly intertwining the aspirations and fate of SpaceX with Musk’s CSAM generating social media website, his AI bullshit machines, and his right wing political project is horrifying and monopolistic."
This SpaceX Situation: Not Good!
Elon Musk's political projects are combining into a highly concerning megacompany.
www.404media.co
February 6, 2026 at 3:59 PM
"Explicitly intertwining the aspirations and fate of SpaceX with Musk’s CSAM generating social media website, his AI bullshit machines, and his right wing political project is horrifying and monopolistic."
If the other 49 don't follow, this scenario will likely take place in the future. And no, we haven't "achieved" this status, yet. But we are most certainly on the path.
arolsen-archives.org/en/news/faci...
arolsen-archives.org/en/news/faci...
February 5, 2026 at 5:58 PM
If the other 49 don't follow, this scenario will likely take place in the future. And no, we haven't "achieved" this status, yet. But we are most certainly on the path.
arolsen-archives.org/en/news/faci...
arolsen-archives.org/en/news/faci...
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“If you read or share only one article today, make it this:
HOW TRUMP HAS POCKETED $1,408,500,000 … Historically, one thing that has helped bring down authoritarians is public awareness of their use of power of the office for self-enrichment.”
@leahmcelrath.bsky.social
No paywall:
archive.is/ZmfJC
HOW TRUMP HAS POCKETED $1,408,500,000 … Historically, one thing that has helped bring down authoritarians is public awareness of their use of power of the office for self-enrichment.”
@leahmcelrath.bsky.social
No paywall:
archive.is/ZmfJC
January 21, 2026 at 7:11 AM
“If you read or share only one article today, make it this:
HOW TRUMP HAS POCKETED $1,408,500,000 … Historically, one thing that has helped bring down authoritarians is public awareness of their use of power of the office for self-enrichment.”
@leahmcelrath.bsky.social
No paywall:
archive.is/ZmfJC
HOW TRUMP HAS POCKETED $1,408,500,000 … Historically, one thing that has helped bring down authoritarians is public awareness of their use of power of the office for self-enrichment.”
@leahmcelrath.bsky.social
No paywall:
archive.is/ZmfJC
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TBH, the last 20 years makes a lot more sense when reconsidered thru the lens of "nearly every major institution was being led by someone either directly in or complicit in a massive sex trafficking ring involving minors."
February 4, 2026 at 7:47 PM
TBH, the last 20 years makes a lot more sense when reconsidered thru the lens of "nearly every major institution was being led by someone either directly in or complicit in a massive sex trafficking ring involving minors."
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Unrelated to everything — but relevant to everything — this map is worth spending some time examining and thinking about. We know so little of our own history — and this wasn't that long ago.
Your grandparents' grandparents' grandparents were likely born around the time of this map.
Your grandparents' grandparents' grandparents were likely born around the time of this map.
The Utah Historical Society just produced a new, excellent map of "The Peoples of North America in 1776." Great resource for anyone teaching, writing, presenting about Native peoples as part of their 250th work. america250.utah.gov/power-of-pla...
February 3, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Unrelated to everything — but relevant to everything — this map is worth spending some time examining and thinking about. We know so little of our own history — and this wasn't that long ago.
Your grandparents' grandparents' grandparents were likely born around the time of this map.
Your grandparents' grandparents' grandparents were likely born around the time of this map.
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Free book on anti-fascism for the next two weeks! The five Ages of Antifascism by Joseph Fronczak. The new book from the Series: The politics & history of fascism. New in our @CambridgeUP series. Editors Federico Finchelstein & Antonio Costa Pinto.
bit.ly/4qd7te0
bit.ly/4qd7te0
The Five Ages of Antifascism
Cambridge Core - Comparative Politics - The Five Ages of Antifascism
bit.ly
February 3, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Free book on anti-fascism for the next two weeks! The five Ages of Antifascism by Joseph Fronczak. The new book from the Series: The politics & history of fascism. New in our @CambridgeUP series. Editors Federico Finchelstein & Antonio Costa Pinto.
bit.ly/4qd7te0
bit.ly/4qd7te0
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Up at Silverwood Park in St Anthony, MN, they built an ice carousel. Drill a hole in the ice, put in an outboard motor, cut the ice in a big circle, fire up the outboard, ice carousel.
People do fun weird shit outside in Minnesota all winter long. Park was packed. It’s delightful here.
People do fun weird shit outside in Minnesota all winter long. Park was packed. It’s delightful here.
February 3, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Up at Silverwood Park in St Anthony, MN, they built an ice carousel. Drill a hole in the ice, put in an outboard motor, cut the ice in a big circle, fire up the outboard, ice carousel.
People do fun weird shit outside in Minnesota all winter long. Park was packed. It’s delightful here.
People do fun weird shit outside in Minnesota all winter long. Park was packed. It’s delightful here.
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#Blackhistorymonth fact of the day:
Vaccine science was introduced to the US by an enslaved man named Onesimus.
He knew how to prevent smallpox thru variolation, an African prevention technique, taught it to his enslaver & saved hundreds of people.
www.history.com/articles/sma...
#VaccinesWork
Vaccine science was introduced to the US by an enslaved man named Onesimus.
He knew how to prevent smallpox thru variolation, an African prevention technique, taught it to his enslaver & saved hundreds of people.
www.history.com/articles/sma...
#VaccinesWork
February 2, 2026 at 2:23 PM
#Blackhistorymonth fact of the day:
Vaccine science was introduced to the US by an enslaved man named Onesimus.
He knew how to prevent smallpox thru variolation, an African prevention technique, taught it to his enslaver & saved hundreds of people.
www.history.com/articles/sma...
#VaccinesWork
Vaccine science was introduced to the US by an enslaved man named Onesimus.
He knew how to prevent smallpox thru variolation, an African prevention technique, taught it to his enslaver & saved hundreds of people.
www.history.com/articles/sma...
#VaccinesWork
Informative.
Seems as though we're in a real pickle now. Our lives are inextricably interwoven with the internet now, yet technology has been corrupted by the "OGRES" (Oligarchs & Governments Raiding Everlasting Sovereignty).
Gonna be a wild ride with that cat out of the bag.
Seems as though we're in a real pickle now. Our lives are inextricably interwoven with the internet now, yet technology has been corrupted by the "OGRES" (Oligarchs & Governments Raiding Everlasting Sovereignty).
Gonna be a wild ride with that cat out of the bag.
A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today.
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co
February 2, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Informative.
Seems as though we're in a real pickle now. Our lives are inextricably interwoven with the internet now, yet technology has been corrupted by the "OGRES" (Oligarchs & Governments Raiding Everlasting Sovereignty).
Gonna be a wild ride with that cat out of the bag.
Seems as though we're in a real pickle now. Our lives are inextricably interwoven with the internet now, yet technology has been corrupted by the "OGRES" (Oligarchs & Governments Raiding Everlasting Sovereignty).
Gonna be a wild ride with that cat out of the bag.
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The goal of nonviolent civil resistance is not to convince the regime they're wrong.
The goal of #NonviolentCivilResistance is to convince the people to work together to make it impossible for the regime to sustain itself.
We aren't nonviolent for the regime. We're nonviolent for each other.
The goal of #NonviolentCivilResistance is to convince the people to work together to make it impossible for the regime to sustain itself.
We aren't nonviolent for the regime. We're nonviolent for each other.
CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC
You may also be interested in: A Guide to Nonviolent Activism (Ekta Parishad)Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoples’ movement for land rights with an active membership of 250,000 landless poor and is r...
www.nonviolent-conflict.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:41 AM
The goal of nonviolent civil resistance is not to convince the regime they're wrong.
The goal of #NonviolentCivilResistance is to convince the people to work together to make it impossible for the regime to sustain itself.
We aren't nonviolent for the regime. We're nonviolent for each other.
The goal of #NonviolentCivilResistance is to convince the people to work together to make it impossible for the regime to sustain itself.
We aren't nonviolent for the regime. We're nonviolent for each other.
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A low hanging fruit idea for Democrats: champion creating a new federal law enforcement agency dedicated to stopping child sex abuse. Call it the Terminate Rape of Underage Minors Protection act or TRUMP act
January 31, 2026 at 1:29 PM
A low hanging fruit idea for Democrats: champion creating a new federal law enforcement agency dedicated to stopping child sex abuse. Call it the Terminate Rape of Underage Minors Protection act or TRUMP act
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Thank You Rosanne Cash.......
January 31, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Thank You Rosanne Cash.......
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The Religious Right has launched a new effort to pressure SCOTUS to reverse Obergefell. The coalition includes Evangelicals (eg, Al Mohler, Tony Perkins, Dusty Deevers), Catholics (eg Leonard Leo’s pal Robert George), Jews (Josh Hammer), FRC, members of FRC’s “State Policy Council” network, etc. 1/
January 29, 2026 at 5:24 PM
The Religious Right has launched a new effort to pressure SCOTUS to reverse Obergefell. The coalition includes Evangelicals (eg, Al Mohler, Tony Perkins, Dusty Deevers), Catholics (eg Leonard Leo’s pal Robert George), Jews (Josh Hammer), FRC, members of FRC’s “State Policy Council” network, etc. 1/
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"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
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Hussien’s detention has reverberated through the tight-knit Somali community and beyond, alarming his children’s teachers and neighbors who have known his family for years.
ICE Detains Somali Taxi Driver in Burlington Amid Crackdown | Seven Days
Hussien Noor Hussien, 63, was working at the Burlington Airport on New Year’s Day when federal immigration agents detained him.
www.sevendaysvt.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Hussien’s detention has reverberated through the tight-knit Somali community and beyond, alarming his children’s teachers and neighbors who have known his family for years.
MAGA and non-voters, THIS is on YOU too.
Seriously GFY!
Seriously GFY!
If you didn't catch this segment of @maddow.bsky.social's tonight, I recommend you watch the whole thing. We're seeing both utterly sadistic mass scale horror alongside incredibly inspiring mass displays of humanity. The regime is weak. The people will win.
IMMORAL…
This drawing was made by one of the 5 year old El Gamal twins. It shows children behind bars with the caption, “I’m 5 years old.”
An immigration judge denied them bond, citing “insufficient assets.” These children could remain in detention for years while their case is appealed.
This drawing was made by one of the 5 year old El Gamal twins. It shows children behind bars with the caption, “I’m 5 years old.”
An immigration judge denied them bond, citing “insufficient assets.” These children could remain in detention for years while their case is appealed.
January 27, 2026 at 2:55 PM
MAGA and non-voters, THIS is on YOU too.
Seriously GFY!
Seriously GFY!
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“He’s killing us in the streets and we still have to pay our taxes in April” is an incredibly compelling point.
Before speaking with two armed men at the Pretti vigil last night, a man approached & asked if I was going to tell the truth. I said yes. He told me how frustrated he was at the media & the harm it’s causing to his community.
I asked if he wanted to share words for the media on camera, & he did:
I asked if he wanted to share words for the media on camera, & he did:
January 26, 2026 at 12:40 AM
“He’s killing us in the streets and we still have to pay our taxes in April” is an incredibly compelling point.