Ben Silverstein ❌👑
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I like burritos, dislike fascism, and do digital at @indivisible.org. Opinions my own.
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CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
The NRA is condemning *progressive politicians* for Border Patrol's murder of a citizen legally recording federal agents while carrying a permitted firearm.
January 25, 2026 at 1:55 AM
The NRA is condemning *progressive politicians* for Border Patrol's murder of a citizen legally recording federal agents while carrying a permitted firearm.
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Mood in minneapolis right now
January 24, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Mood in minneapolis right now
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I do not just throw out praise for Senate Dem leadership, but this is good. It’s what we need now - Dems using their leverage where they’ve got it and refusing to budge. Make GOP own this lawless goon squad. No Dem votes for it. Support Dems who are fighting back now regardless of past beefs.
Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.
January 25, 2026 at 12:32 AM
I do not just throw out praise for Senate Dem leadership, but this is good. It’s what we need now - Dems using their leverage where they’ve got it and refusing to budge. Make GOP own this lawless goon squad. No Dem votes for it. Support Dems who are fighting back now regardless of past beefs.
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ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA -- our latest on the murder of Alex Pretti and the actions we should take right now:
January 24, 2026 at 10:06 PM
ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA -- our latest on the murder of Alex Pretti and the actions we should take right now:
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Alex Pretti was a nurse who tried to help a woman attacked by a federal officer. They killed him for it.
January 24, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Alex Pretti was a nurse who tried to help a woman attacked by a federal officer. They killed him for it.
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this guy worked as a nurse and his final act was putting himself in harm's way to help a woman being brutalized by a gang of masked men
January 24, 2026 at 8:43 PM
this guy worked as a nurse and his final act was putting himself in harm's way to help a woman being brutalized by a gang of masked men
Stephen Miller doesn't lie to convince the public of anything. He lies to let his death squads know they can kill and beat people with impunity and their government will clap and cheer and always let them believe they're the good guys.
January 24, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Stephen Miller doesn't lie to convince the public of anything. He lies to let his death squads know they can kill and beat people with impunity and their government will clap and cheer and always let them believe they're the good guys.
There should be no future in the Democratic Party for any Member of Congress who votes to give more funding to these death squads.
January 24, 2026 at 5:14 PM
There should be no future in the Democratic Party for any Member of Congress who votes to give more funding to these death squads.
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THEY TRIED TO GET A WARRANT TO CRIMINALLY INVESTIGATE THE WOMAN THEY SHOT DEAD
January 24, 2026 at 12:07 AM
THEY TRIED TO GET A WARRANT TO CRIMINALLY INVESTIGATE THE WOMAN THEY SHOT DEAD
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Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.
January 23, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.
I didn't say it. The Germans did.
January 23, 2026 at 8:42 PM
I didn't say it. The Germans did.
Totally predictable and also: Absolutely fucking bananas. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...
Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Totally predictable and also: Absolutely fucking bananas. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...
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This sudden flip to ‘we’re just here to find the sex offenders’ is gaslighting at the highest level, and that’s before we even get to the fact that, if that were their goal, they never needed to leave the White House in the first place.
Vance in MN: "It's really cold outside. We in the Trump administration want to deport criminal aliens who are sex offenders. It takes a certain level of committed to sex offender criminal aliens to stand outside in -40 temperatures and attack the vice president, but they're committed to the bit."
January 23, 2026 at 2:55 PM
This sudden flip to ‘we’re just here to find the sex offenders’ is gaslighting at the highest level, and that’s before we even get to the fact that, if that were their goal, they never needed to leave the White House in the first place.
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Cynically, DeLauro issued blistering statements against ICE, then negotiated the ICE funding deal, then personally voted against it, then celebrated with Republicans after passage. She's 82, represents Yale, and has a primary challenger.
👀 House Approp. Committee’s “top Democrat” @delauro.house.gov takes a “victory photo” with the top Republican of the committee Tom Cole after passing massive bills to fund the Trump regime incl. its out of control DHS/ICE squads unleashed in MN and elsewhere (arresting 5 yr olds etc) @notus.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Cynically, DeLauro issued blistering statements against ICE, then negotiated the ICE funding deal, then personally voted against it, then celebrated with Republicans after passage. She's 82, represents Yale, and has a primary challenger.
Imagine how the media would react to any other president repeatedly confusing which ally he was threatening to invade in a speech to world leaders.
January 23, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Imagine how the media would react to any other president repeatedly confusing which ally he was threatening to invade in a speech to world leaders.
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Every representative who voted yes voted for more brutalization of our neighbors, more kidnapping of our children, more trampling of our rights, and more murder from this government.
January 22, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Every representative who voted yes voted for more brutalization of our neighbors, more kidnapping of our children, more trampling of our rights, and more murder from this government.
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Just sent an @indivisible.org note to every Senate Dem office, urging a NO vote on the DHS funding bill. We do vote recs often, but this one was different. This time we opened with a picture of 5 yr old Liam Conejo Ramos, who's been abducted by ICE. Liam, his hat, his bookbag, and his abductor.
January 22, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Just sent an @indivisible.org note to every Senate Dem office, urging a NO vote on the DHS funding bill. We do vote recs often, but this one was different. This time we opened with a picture of 5 yr old Liam Conejo Ramos, who's been abducted by ICE. Liam, his hat, his bookbag, and his abductor.
Maybe not my place to say this as a Jew, but Jesus pretty famously led a protest at a place of worship. One thing he didn't do was shoot clergy with chemical rounds or snatch up immigrants at their places of prayer.
January 22, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Maybe not my place to say this as a Jew, but Jesus pretty famously led a protest at a place of worship. One thing he didn't do was shoot clergy with chemical rounds or snatch up immigrants at their places of prayer.
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you just don't see language like this in right-wing spaces anymore, quite shocking to see it.
"This is a direct and profound violation of the Fourth Amendment ... The thought that ICE wants to break down doors without a search warrant is profoundly un-American, and has been un-American since the Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791." www.mediamatters.org/newsmax/news...
Newsmax's senior judicial analyst: "The thought that ICE wants to break down doors without a search warrant is profoundly un-American"
www.mediamatters.org
January 22, 2026 at 3:09 PM
you just don't see language like this in right-wing spaces anymore, quite shocking to see it.
They don't give a shit about protecting places of worship, ICE is detaining people on church grounds. This is just one more fascist attempt to make people afraid of defying ICE thugs.
BREAKING: A woman who led an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted service at a Minnesota church has been arrested, Attorney General Pam Bondi said.
The woman who led a protest at a Minnesota church service has been arrested, Bondi says
Attorney General Pam Bondi says a woman who led an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church has been arrested.
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January 22, 2026 at 3:35 PM
They don't give a shit about protecting places of worship, ICE is detaining people on church grounds. This is just one more fascist attempt to make people afraid of defying ICE thugs.
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He's just straight-up telling everyone that he's deployed a vicious occupying force to brutalize an American state and terrorize every non-white resident because they didn't vote for him
Trump: "MN is a very corrupt place & the elections are totally corrupt. I feel I won it all 3 times. Nobody has won it since Richard Nixon. It's a rigged state. The Somalians vote as one group even if they're not citizens. They all ought to get the hell out of here. They're bad for our country"
January 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM
He's just straight-up telling everyone that he's deployed a vicious occupying force to brutalize an American state and terrorize every non-white resident because they didn't vote for him
Attaining a Nobel Peace Prize in the classic fashion, hinting you'll install the actual recipient as the puppet leader of a country you just illegally bombed if they give you their medal and also the country's oil
January 16, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Attaining a Nobel Peace Prize in the classic fashion, hinting you'll install the actual recipient as the puppet leader of a country you just illegally bombed if they give you their medal and also the country's oil