Nikki Baszynski
@ntbaszynski.bsky.social
Attorney and former public defender working to shrink carceral systems and create real safety
Now: Wren Collective
Then: OJPC, TJC, OPD
Signal: ntb.28
*Opinions are my own*
Now: Wren Collective
Then: OJPC, TJC, OPD
Signal: ntb.28
*Opinions are my own*
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This is accurate. Trump has not changed course. He is trying to contain political damage. That's it. There is not pivot. There is no shift at this point. Past experience shows the "new tone," if you can call it that, will be temporary.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
January 28, 2026 at 3:16 PM
This is accurate. Trump has not changed course. He is trying to contain political damage. That's it. There is not pivot. There is no shift at this point. Past experience shows the "new tone," if you can call it that, will be temporary.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
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personally, the fact that children were protesting their detention and violence, yet there's nothing about not putting people in jail, is pretty bad. people are in detention and lost.
So...nothing on a reduction in funding, nothing on reducing detention, nothing on, idk, firing people?
January 26, 2026 at 10:46 PM
personally, the fact that children were protesting their detention and violence, yet there's nothing about not putting people in jail, is pretty bad. people are in detention and lost.
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👀 Judge Schlitz, the chief federal judge in Minnesota, has ordered the head of ICE, Todd Lyons, to appeal personally in court Friday and threatened him with contempt for the agency’s repeated violation of court orders.
“The court’s patience is at an end.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
“The court’s patience is at an end.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 27, 2026 at 11:34 AM
👀 Judge Schlitz, the chief federal judge in Minnesota, has ordered the head of ICE, Todd Lyons, to appeal personally in court Friday and threatened him with contempt for the agency’s repeated violation of court orders.
“The court’s patience is at an end.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
“The court’s patience is at an end.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Advocates behind the Washington bill say restricting incarcerated people from voting while they’re completing their felony sentences undermines the state’s constitutional values and perpetuates racial injustices imbued in the criminal legal system.
15,000 people in WA prisons can't vote. A new bill aims to change that
Advocates say restricting incarcerated people from voting while they’re completing felony sentences undercuts constitutional values and enables racial injustices.
bit.ly
January 27, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Advocates behind the Washington bill say restricting incarcerated people from voting while they’re completing their felony sentences undermines the state’s constitutional values and perpetuates racial injustices imbued in the criminal legal system.
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"The largest nurses' union in the U.S. has demanded the abolition of" ICE.
"'Nurses demand the immediate abolition of ICE,' the group said. 'Abolish ICE now.'"
"NNU called on the Senate to block the funding package for" DHS.
#Minnesota #USA #Healthcare #Labour #Voting #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"'Nurses demand the immediate abolition of ICE,' the group said. 'Abolish ICE now.'"
"NNU called on the Senate to block the funding package for" DHS.
#Minnesota #USA #Healthcare #Labour #Voting #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
US's Largest Nurses' Union Demands Abolition of ICE After Alex Pretti Killing
The union vowed to do everything in its power to ensure Congress members who vote to fund DHS are voted out.
truthout.org
January 26, 2026 at 9:05 PM
"The largest nurses' union in the U.S. has demanded the abolition of" ICE.
"'Nurses demand the immediate abolition of ICE,' the group said. 'Abolish ICE now.'"
"NNU called on the Senate to block the funding package for" DHS.
#Minnesota #USA #Healthcare #Labour #Voting #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"'Nurses demand the immediate abolition of ICE,' the group said. 'Abolish ICE now.'"
"NNU called on the Senate to block the funding package for" DHS.
#Minnesota #USA #Healthcare #Labour #Voting #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
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The auditor of the state of Ohio, who is running to be the state's next attorney general, wrote an oped this morning that the Columbus Dispatch published on how Renee Good is to blame for her death.
The subheadline alone is already chilling.
www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
The subheadline alone is already chilling.
www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
January 26, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The auditor of the state of Ohio, who is running to be the state's next attorney general, wrote an oped this morning that the Columbus Dispatch published on how Renee Good is to blame for her death.
The subheadline alone is already chilling.
www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
The subheadline alone is already chilling.
www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
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The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.”
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
January 26, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.”
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
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ICE has kidnapped another Indigenous person in Minneapolis. This is the fifth member of the Očhéthi Šakówinnto be taken this month.
Statement from Standing Rock:
Statement from Standing Rock:
January 25, 2026 at 9:03 PM
ICE has kidnapped another Indigenous person in Minneapolis. This is the fifth member of the Očhéthi Šakówinnto be taken this month.
Statement from Standing Rock:
Statement from Standing Rock:
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Just say the government is lying. The goal of journalism should be to inform, not gaslight.
A battle over the truth erupts after deadly Minneapolis shooting
A battle over the truth erupts after deadly Minneapolis shooting
Federal and local leaders are sharply divided over what happened and who is to blame.
dlvr.it
January 26, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Just say the government is lying. The goal of journalism should be to inform, not gaslight.
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A groundbreaking decision this week from a federal district court in Virginia enjoining enforcement of the state’s lifetime ban on voting for citizens convicted of felonies,on the grounds that the law conflicts w/the conditions imposed by the 1870 Congressional statute readmitting VA to the Union!
January 25, 2026 at 11:13 PM
A groundbreaking decision this week from a federal district court in Virginia enjoining enforcement of the state’s lifetime ban on voting for citizens convicted of felonies,on the grounds that the law conflicts w/the conditions imposed by the 1870 Congressional statute readmitting VA to the Union!
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INTERVIEW: Newspaper Guild–CWA President Jon Schleuss on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Shutdown | “If you can reduce the amount of news, and the free flow of information, you can reduce democratic rights,” Schleuss told @fairmediawatch.bsky.social's Janine Jackson.
INTERVIEW: Newspaper Guild–CWA President Jon Schleuss on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Shutdown - Bucks County Beacon
“If you can reduce the amount of news, and the free flow of information, you can reduce democratic rights,” Schleuss told FAIR's Janine Jackson.
buckscountybeacon.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:59 AM
INTERVIEW: Newspaper Guild–CWA President Jon Schleuss on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Shutdown | “If you can reduce the amount of news, and the free flow of information, you can reduce democratic rights,” Schleuss told @fairmediawatch.bsky.social's Janine Jackson.
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Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
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They murdered Good and Pretti, a poet and a nurse, one whose last words were “I’m not mad,” another whose last act was shielding another. Because of course that’s who they killed. Everyday people.
January 24, 2026 at 9:30 PM
They murdered Good and Pretti, a poet and a nurse, one whose last words were “I’m not mad,” another whose last act was shielding another. Because of course that’s who they killed. Everyday people.
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"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 PM
"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
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Alex Pretti took care of veterans as an ICU nurse. “He was a super nice, super helpful guy – looked after his patients," said @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social, who worked with Pretti both at the hospital and on scientific research. "I’m just stunned.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Man shot in Minneapolis by federal agents identified as VA nurse: ‘He wanted to help people’
Alex Pretti, 37, worked in the ICU at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and had assisted on scientific research
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Alex Pretti took care of veterans as an ICU nurse. “He was a super nice, super helpful guy – looked after his patients," said @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social, who worked with Pretti both at the hospital and on scientific research. "I’m just stunned.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Message to fellow journalists (and anyone claiming to be one): do not “police-involved shooting” executions in broad daylight.
Obfuscating language like that is completely journalistically unnecessary and, even worse, sanitizes reality.
Words have meaning. Use the right ones.
Obfuscating language like that is completely journalistically unnecessary and, even worse, sanitizes reality.
Words have meaning. Use the right ones.
January 24, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Message to fellow journalists (and anyone claiming to be one): do not “police-involved shooting” executions in broad daylight.
Obfuscating language like that is completely journalistically unnecessary and, even worse, sanitizes reality.
Words have meaning. Use the right ones.
Obfuscating language like that is completely journalistically unnecessary and, even worse, sanitizes reality.
Words have meaning. Use the right ones.
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The speed at which they got this picture to a fox news reporter means this was entirely about creating the narrative they want. The truth no longer matters, just being able to set the narrative.
This post sums up the strategy.
bsky.app/profile/bryn...
This post sums up the strategy.
bsky.app/profile/bryn...
It's not incompetence: Patel and Bongino know truth is irrelevant, and all that matters is what people believe to be true. Research shows that whatever people hear FIRST is what they will believe going forward, regardless if they hear corrected information later. They shape reality deliberately.
not surprising and yet still jarring to read ex-FBI agents describing how Kash Patel and Bongino reacted to Charlie Kirk's murder while running the agency. truly the content creator administration/podcast govt www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 24, 2026 at 4:58 PM
The speed at which they got this picture to a fox news reporter means this was entirely about creating the narrative they want. The truth no longer matters, just being able to set the narrative.
This post sums up the strategy.
bsky.app/profile/bryn...
This post sums up the strategy.
bsky.app/profile/bryn...
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Even presuming this is true, possessing a gun is completely legal if he had the appropriate permit. They're not even claiming he pulled it or brandished it, just that he had one. That's no reason to execute someone.
January 24, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Even presuming this is true, possessing a gun is completely legal if he had the appropriate permit. They're not even claiming he pulled it or brandished it, just that he had one. That's no reason to execute someone.
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They're already rushing to lie about why they executed a man.
January 24, 2026 at 4:46 PM
They're already rushing to lie about why they executed a man.
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I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity
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The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."
Live: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning, police chief says
A video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."
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The supporting affidavit is an appalling document on many fronts.
As part of its describing Don Lemon's livestream at length, the affidavit from HSI Special Agent Timothy Gerber describes the ICE killing of Renee Good as follows:
As part of its describing Don Lemon's livestream at length, the affidavit from HSI Special Agent Timothy Gerber describes the ICE killing of Renee Good as follows:
January 23, 2026 at 11:52 PM
The supporting affidavit is an appalling document on many fronts.
As part of its describing Don Lemon's livestream at length, the affidavit from HSI Special Agent Timothy Gerber describes the ICE killing of Renee Good as follows:
As part of its describing Don Lemon's livestream at length, the affidavit from HSI Special Agent Timothy Gerber describes the ICE killing of Renee Good as follows:
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So, I moderated a local history panel last weekend. An organizer just sent me a "summary" to approve. They uploaded the audio to some AI, which fabricated an outline and "pull quotes." The quotes are fake. No one on the panel said any of that.
It had the full audio and STILL made up quotes.
It had the full audio and STILL made up quotes.
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 PM
So, I moderated a local history panel last weekend. An organizer just sent me a "summary" to approve. They uploaded the audio to some AI, which fabricated an outline and "pull quotes." The quotes are fake. No one on the panel said any of that.
It had the full audio and STILL made up quotes.
It had the full audio and STILL made up quotes.
Willie's case is a perfect example of how absurd Ohio sentencing is. As it stands right now, he will serve more time for robbery than other people serve for murder. He will be 81 years old when he gets out of prison.
‘Willie got screwed’ | Prosecutors offered him 3 years. Now, a Cincinnati man is serving 52 years for robbery
‘Willie got screwed’ | Prosecutors offered him 3 years. Now, a Cincinnati man is serving 52 years for robbery
Willie Harris says he didn't commit the crimes he's served more than two decades in prison for. His attorney tells us his story is about more than guilt or innocence. It's about Ohio's justice system.
www.wcpo.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Willie's case is a perfect example of how absurd Ohio sentencing is. As it stands right now, he will serve more time for robbery than other people serve for murder. He will be 81 years old when he gets out of prison.