L. P. Forrester
@lpforrester.bsky.social
Anti-fascist birdwatcher, fiction writer, naturalist. Physics and space stuff, too.
iCE are all scumbags
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
iCE are all scumbags
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If you're a business owner interested in pushing back against ICE, this might be of interest. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘We’ll need to see a warrant’: the group teaching businesses a vital tool to fight ICE raids
Siembra in North Carolina gives owners fourth amendment rights trainings should federal agents show up at their door
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
If you're a business owner interested in pushing back against ICE, this might be of interest. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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EXCLUSIVE: We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
EXCLUSIVE: We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
Mount your security cameras where they can't be reached, deactivated, or removed.
WATCH: An ICE agent pushes away a home security camera as she approaches a house.
This is what a police state looks like.
This is what a police state looks like.
December 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Mount your security cameras where they can't be reached, deactivated, or removed.
WTF. Thos can't be legal. Why would a judge tolerate this?
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
WTF. Thos can't be legal. Why would a judge tolerate this?
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"'They all were scared, crying... they were pointing with the guns not to move,' he said.
He said all four are U.S. citizens..."
www.kare11.com/article/news...
He said all four are U.S. citizens..."
www.kare11.com/article/news...
Ring camera captures Burnsville ICE raid that leaves 7-year-old without parents, according to family
ICE agents detained four people from a Burnsville home, according to family members, including a 7-year-old's parents and the husband of a pregnant woman.
www.kare11.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"'They all were scared, crying... they were pointing with the guns not to move,' he said.
He said all four are U.S. citizens..."
www.kare11.com/article/news...
He said all four are U.S. citizens..."
www.kare11.com/article/news...
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If you read one thing today, please prioritize @atrupar.com's PN.
@nberlat.bsky.social writes: "For fascists like Trump, hatred is both a tactic and a goal. That’s why he defaults to bigotry whenever there is a crisis. Racism is his only tool and his only dream."
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-soma...
@nberlat.bsky.social writes: "For fascists like Trump, hatred is both a tactic and a goal. That’s why he defaults to bigotry whenever there is a crisis. Racism is his only tool and his only dream."
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-soma...
Let's call Trump's anti-Somali hate for what it is
It's not "heated" or "divisive." It's Nazi stuff.
www.publicnotice.co
December 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
If you read one thing today, please prioritize @atrupar.com's PN.
@nberlat.bsky.social writes: "For fascists like Trump, hatred is both a tactic and a goal. That’s why he defaults to bigotry whenever there is a crisis. Racism is his only tool and his only dream."
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-soma...
@nberlat.bsky.social writes: "For fascists like Trump, hatred is both a tactic and a goal. That’s why he defaults to bigotry whenever there is a crisis. Racism is his only tool and his only dream."
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-soma...
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AP finds federal and state authorities in Louisiana are monitoring the online activities of ICE critics. Chilling. apnews.com/article/immi...
Records reviewed by AP detail online monitoring, arrests in New Orleans immigration crackdown
State and federal authorities are monitoring online criticism and protests against the immigration crackdown in New Orleans.
apnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
AP finds federal and state authorities in Louisiana are monitoring the online activities of ICE critics. Chilling. apnews.com/article/immi...
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Kremlin hails Trump’s national security strategy as aligned with Russia’s vision www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Kremlin hails Trump’s national security strategy as aligned with Russia’s vision
Moscow welcomes White House document critical of the EU as talks to end the Ukraine war enter a key phase
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Kremlin hails Trump’s national security strategy as aligned with Russia’s vision www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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"The danger is once you compile all this information, then hackers only have to go to one place instead of going to all 50-plus jurisdictions that run elections... It’s a hacker’s dream to have all of this private, sensitive information collected somewhere..."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
www.motherjones.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"The danger is once you compile all this information, then hackers only have to go to one place instead of going to all 50-plus jurisdictions that run elections... It’s a hacker’s dream to have all of this private, sensitive information collected somewhere..."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"If you hold in your heart such complete disregard for millions of strangers whom you seek to eradicate from your neighborhood, I’m not sure “let every heart, prepare him room,” should be on your lips."
Christian, if you’re applauding the mass deportations of distraught, exhausted human beings seeking refuge, you probably shouldn’t be singing sweet songs about a baby with “no crib for a bed.”
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/christian-...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/christian-...
Christian, If You're Celebrating ICE, You Shouldn't Be Celebrating Christmas
Christian, I’m trying to reconcile two things I’ve seen this season, maybe you can help me make sense of them…
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"If you hold in your heart such complete disregard for millions of strangers whom you seek to eradicate from your neighborhood, I’m not sure “let every heart, prepare him room,” should be on your lips."
As always, this assholes are lying and everyday they're scrambling for an answer. But they're digging themselves further into a hole. They have absolutely no idea who the people on the boat were because they shot missles from a distance from an aircraft.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets
Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling ve...
www.nbcnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
As always, this assholes are lying and everyday they're scrambling for an answer. But they're digging themselves further into a hole. They have absolutely no idea who the people on the boat were because they shot missles from a distance from an aircraft.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Trump’s EPA is abandoning even current pollution regulations so businesses can make a buck. It's much worse than we thought. Are people really willing to sacrifice their lives and those of their families for a job.
Yale Climate Connections share.google/X85whqSRdrsi...
Yale Climate Connections share.google/X85whqSRdrsi...
The EPA let companies estimate their own pollution levels. We discovered real emissions are far worse. » Yale Climate Connections
'The more we learned, the more afraid we were.'
share.google
December 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Trump’s EPA is abandoning even current pollution regulations so businesses can make a buck. It's much worse than we thought. Are people really willing to sacrifice their lives and those of their families for a job.
Yale Climate Connections share.google/X85whqSRdrsi...
Yale Climate Connections share.google/X85whqSRdrsi...
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
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SCOTUS is allowing Texas to redistrict early.
Remember that California responded by passing Prop 50 last month.
Other states must also counteract Trump's attempt to steal the 2026 midterms.
This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom.
Remember that California responded by passing Prop 50 last month.
Other states must also counteract Trump's attempt to steal the 2026 midterms.
This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom.
Why I'm Voting YES On Prop 50
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
SCOTUS is allowing Texas to redistrict early.
Remember that California responded by passing Prop 50 last month.
Other states must also counteract Trump's attempt to steal the 2026 midterms.
This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom.
Remember that California responded by passing Prop 50 last month.
Other states must also counteract Trump's attempt to steal the 2026 midterms.
This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom.
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New in PN: A war criminal without a war
"We’re watching the flimsy justifications fall apart in real time. They can try to shift the blame. They can try to say that people clinging to wreckage for dear life are somehow an active threat. But in the end, it’s just murder."
"We’re watching the flimsy justifications fall apart in real time. They can try to shift the blame. They can try to say that people clinging to wreckage for dear life are somehow an active threat. But in the end, it’s just murder."
A war criminal without a war
It's just murder.
www.publicnotice.co
December 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
New in PN: A war criminal without a war
"We’re watching the flimsy justifications fall apart in real time. They can try to shift the blame. They can try to say that people clinging to wreckage for dear life are somehow an active threat. But in the end, it’s just murder."
"We’re watching the flimsy justifications fall apart in real time. They can try to shift the blame. They can try to say that people clinging to wreckage for dear life are somehow an active threat. But in the end, it’s just murder."
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This was never about targeting violent criminals. This was always a wind up to the full attack on Black, Brown and Muslim immigrants we’ve seen burst wide open this week. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
ICE Arrest Data Shows Many Immigrants With No Criminal Record
In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This was never about targeting violent criminals. This was always a wind up to the full attack on Black, Brown and Muslim immigrants we’ve seen burst wide open this week. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips
The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies,
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
In other words, honest people with morals and integrity are not welcome in the United States.
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
In other words, honest people with morals and integrity are not welcome in the United States.
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I mean, this French chick overstayed her visa by almost 140 years!
December 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I mean, this French chick overstayed her visa by almost 140 years!
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The New York Young Republicans chapter plans to host far-right German leader after ‘I love Hitler’ chat. Why, you may ask? Well, because they’re fucking Nazis themselves.
Young Republicans chapter plans to host far-right German leader after ‘I love Hitler’ chat
The New York Young Republican Club will host Markus Frohnmaier, an AfD deputy chair, at its annual gala after calling for a ‘new civic order’ in Germany.
www.politico.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The New York Young Republicans chapter plans to host far-right German leader after ‘I love Hitler’ chat. Why, you may ask? Well, because they’re fucking Nazis themselves.
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If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
www.thenation.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
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The GOP can spin last night all they want as a "win", but a 13-point shift to the Dems in a +22 Trump district is making them shit enough bricks to rebuild the East Wing.
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The GOP can spin last night all they want as a "win", but a 13-point shift to the Dems in a +22 Trump district is making them shit enough bricks to rebuild the East Wing.
Remember, Hitler didn't begin with gas chambers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the Country
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Remember, Hitler didn't begin with gas chambers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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ICE won’t tell anyone where 6-year-old Yuanxin is. He was separated from his dad at a mandatory check-in. The cruelty is unfathomable & makes us all unsafe. We must fight for freedom from fear & tyranny. We must abolish ICE & reunite all families separated by ICE.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...
December 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
ICE won’t tell anyone where 6-year-old Yuanxin is. He was separated from his dad at a mandatory check-in. The cruelty is unfathomable & makes us all unsafe. We must fight for freedom from fear & tyranny. We must abolish ICE & reunite all families separated by ICE.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...