Ora Tor
@splitrailfence.bsky.social
Civil War historian. Kind to nonhumans. CORE and NOW for ERA activist. Former union rep. Retired from social studies, financial analysis, & small business. Traveled over 50k US miles for my research. Nature knows best & intends no ill will.
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This DHS memorandum says that the DHS General Counsel's office has adopted a new position that the Fourth Amendment allows entry into the home to make an arrest just based on an administrative warrant.
I would like to see that argument.
documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I would like to see that argument.
documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 22, 2026 at 12:45 AM
This DHS memorandum says that the DHS General Counsel's office has adopted a new position that the Fourth Amendment allows entry into the home to make an arrest just based on an administrative warrant.
I would like to see that argument.
documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I would like to see that argument.
documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Pernicious wordplay by Vance.
Vance: "Nobody is talking about doing immigration enforcement without a warrant."
Truth 1:
DHS is doing immigration enforcement IN PEOPLE's HOMES without a JUDICIAL warrant.
Truth 2:
Our system - the Fourth Amendment - requires a judicial warrant.
Vance: "Nobody is talking about doing immigration enforcement without a warrant."
Truth 1:
DHS is doing immigration enforcement IN PEOPLE's HOMES without a JUDICIAL warrant.
Truth 2:
Our system - the Fourth Amendment - requires a judicial warrant.
JD Vance: "Nobody is talking about doing immigration enforcement without a warrant. We're talking about different types of warrants that exist in our system. Typically in the immigration system, those are handled by administrative law judges. So we're talking about getting warrants from them."
January 22, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Pernicious wordplay by Vance.
Vance: "Nobody is talking about doing immigration enforcement without a warrant."
Truth 1:
DHS is doing immigration enforcement IN PEOPLE's HOMES without a JUDICIAL warrant.
Truth 2:
Our system - the Fourth Amendment - requires a judicial warrant.
Vance: "Nobody is talking about doing immigration enforcement without a warrant."
Truth 1:
DHS is doing immigration enforcement IN PEOPLE's HOMES without a JUDICIAL warrant.
Truth 2:
Our system - the Fourth Amendment - requires a judicial warrant.
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“another”
This is also showing a reality of our economy. There are few employment opportunities and jails actively recruited immigrants. We need a just economy.
#AbolishICE
This is also showing a reality of our economy. There are few employment opportunities and jails actively recruited immigrants. We need a just economy.
#AbolishICE
Just confirmed: Another #Maine CO detained by #ICE, is in Plymouth, MA.
www.mainepublic.org/immigration/...
www.mainepublic.org/immigration/...
York County Jail corrections officer detained by ICE after routine immigration appointment
A York County Jail corrections officer was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement following a routine immigration appointment in Scarborough, according to York County Sheriff William King.
www.mainepublic.org
January 23, 2026 at 10:55 PM
“another”
This is also showing a reality of our economy. There are few employment opportunities and jails actively recruited immigrants. We need a just economy.
#AbolishICE
This is also showing a reality of our economy. There are few employment opportunities and jails actively recruited immigrants. We need a just economy.
#AbolishICE
East #Texas this time of year a decade ago.
#TX
#photo
#BlueSkyArtShow
#EastCoastKin
#sunset
#palmtree
#travel
#TX
#photo
#BlueSkyArtShow
#EastCoastKin
#sunset
#palmtree
#travel
January 23, 2026 at 10:53 PM
East #Texas this time of year a decade ago.
#TX
#photo
#BlueSkyArtShow
#EastCoastKin
#sunset
#palmtree
#travel
#TX
#photo
#BlueSkyArtShow
#EastCoastKin
#sunset
#palmtree
#travel
#SusanCollins responds to @janetmillsforme.bsky.social
by saying that Mills "makes no sense" because the ICE funding has already happened, it would be granted some other way, and pulling the funding would harm official immigration enforcement operations.
#mesen
#MEpolitics
by saying that Mills "makes no sense" because the ICE funding has already happened, it would be granted some other way, and pulling the funding would harm official immigration enforcement operations.
#mesen
#MEpolitics
January 23, 2026 at 10:45 PM
#SusanCollins responds to @janetmillsforme.bsky.social
by saying that Mills "makes no sense" because the ICE funding has already happened, it would be granted some other way, and pulling the funding would harm official immigration enforcement operations.
#mesen
#MEpolitics
by saying that Mills "makes no sense" because the ICE funding has already happened, it would be granted some other way, and pulling the funding would harm official immigration enforcement operations.
#mesen
#MEpolitics
Just confirmed: Another #Maine CO detained by #ICE, is in Plymouth, MA.
www.mainepublic.org/immigration/...
www.mainepublic.org/immigration/...
York County Jail corrections officer detained by ICE after routine immigration appointment
A York County Jail corrections officer was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement following a routine immigration appointment in Scarborough, according to York County Sheriff William King.
www.mainepublic.org
January 23, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Just confirmed: Another #Maine CO detained by #ICE, is in Plymouth, MA.
www.mainepublic.org/immigration/...
www.mainepublic.org/immigration/...
"Yanick Joao Carneiro asked a U.S. District Judge to order his release. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of #Maine asked that his request be dismissed."
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/22/a...
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/22/a...
Asylum seeker arrested at ICE field office in Scarborough now in Massachusetts
Yanick Joao Carneiro asked a U.S. District Judge to order his release. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maine asked that his request be dismissed.
www.pressherald.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:46 PM
"Yanick Joao Carneiro asked a U.S. District Judge to order his release. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of #Maine asked that his request be dismissed."
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/22/a...
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/22/a...
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered David Wesling, the acting director of ICE’s #Boston field office, to provide a cause for the detainment of Yanick Joao Carneiro in #Maine.
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/21/i...
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/21/i...
ICE ordered to explain why Portland resident was arrested during routine check-in
Yanick Joao Carneiro, an immigrant from Angola, was detained Tuesday when he went to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Scarborough, according to court documents.
www.pressherald.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:44 PM
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered David Wesling, the acting director of ICE’s #Boston field office, to provide a cause for the detainment of Yanick Joao Carneiro in #Maine.
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/21/i...
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/21/i...
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Mortality rates:
Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000
Penicillin 2/100K
Viagra 4/100K
Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K)
More people have died in ICE detention centers already in 2026 than will die from mifepristone all year. These politicians are extremely dangerous to women.
Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000
Penicillin 2/100K
Viagra 4/100K
Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K)
More people have died in ICE detention centers already in 2026 than will die from mifepristone all year. These politicians are extremely dangerous to women.
Rep. Chris Smith: "The abortion pill -- mifepristone -- is baby poison ... we now know that the abortion bill -- we've long expected this -- is extremely dangerous to women" (this is a lie)
January 23, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Mortality rates:
Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000
Penicillin 2/100K
Viagra 4/100K
Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K)
More people have died in ICE detention centers already in 2026 than will die from mifepristone all year. These politicians are extremely dangerous to women.
Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000
Penicillin 2/100K
Viagra 4/100K
Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K)
More people have died in ICE detention centers already in 2026 than will die from mifepristone all year. These politicians are extremely dangerous to women.
It seems worth noting that part of this is likely due to the admin's refusal to believe in or understand history. Minnesota has a long tradition of organized labor & progressive politics but what Miller et al. probably saw is a bunch of white folks with sizable non-white immigrant communities. [1/2]
If the admin's strategic goal was to break public resistance to immigration enforcement activities, it was a tactical mistake to go to the Twin Cities.
January 23, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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Found pics of a wee (5 mm.) strange bug from last July in Arizona that I'd forgotten about. I think it's a planthopper nymph (Mebracidae?). The fringed lobes around the abdomen look almost exactly like those on an owlfly larvae (which this definitely isn't). Bugs is weird, bugs is cool. 🐙🌿 #BugSky
January 23, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Found pics of a wee (5 mm.) strange bug from last July in Arizona that I'd forgotten about. I think it's a planthopper nymph (Mebracidae?). The fringed lobes around the abdomen look almost exactly like those on an owlfly larvae (which this definitely isn't). Bugs is weird, bugs is cool. 🐙🌿 #BugSky
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just going to leave this here www.propublica.org/series/life-...
January 23, 2026 at 6:25 PM
just going to leave this here www.propublica.org/series/life-...
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You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
January 23, 2026 at 2:57 AM
You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
Our Passamaquoddy sister has been harassed on her own soil by an invader not welcome here.
#Maine
#MEpolitics
#mesen
@shennabellows.bsky.social
@janetmillsforme.bsky.social
#Maine
#MEpolitics
#mesen
@shennabellows.bsky.social
@janetmillsforme.bsky.social
“We have a nice little database, now you’re considered a domestic terrorist.”
The woman taking the video is a Passamaquoddy indigenous woman.
We love our neighbors.
1/23/26 South Portland, Maine
ICE OUT HOTLINE: 207-544-9989
Iceout.org
#IceOutMaine
The woman taking the video is a Passamaquoddy indigenous woman.
We love our neighbors.
1/23/26 South Portland, Maine
ICE OUT HOTLINE: 207-544-9989
Iceout.org
#IceOutMaine
January 23, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Our Passamaquoddy sister has been harassed on her own soil by an invader not welcome here.
#Maine
#MEpolitics
#mesen
@shennabellows.bsky.social
@janetmillsforme.bsky.social
#Maine
#MEpolitics
#mesen
@shennabellows.bsky.social
@janetmillsforme.bsky.social
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1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10
January 23, 2026 at 11:30 AM
1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10
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#ICE near our kiddos in #Westbrook. A reminder: the state of #Maine provided more Civil War service per person than any other Union state. And don't our cemeteries full of GAR markers prove it? We must respect the fallen by not trampling on their hard work.
www.bangordailynews.com/2026/01/20/p...
www.bangordailynews.com/2026/01/20/p...
ICE agents leave Maine parking lot after reportedly watching kids board school bus
Federal immigration agents have been spotted in Westbrook, sparking concern among residents about potential immigration enforcement operation.
www.bangordailynews.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:21 AM
#ICE near our kiddos in #Westbrook. A reminder: the state of #Maine provided more Civil War service per person than any other Union state. And don't our cemeteries full of GAR markers prove it? We must respect the fallen by not trampling on their hard work.
www.bangordailynews.com/2026/01/20/p...
www.bangordailynews.com/2026/01/20/p...
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Two witnesses to alleged operations question ICE tactics
YouTube video by NEWS CENTER Maine
youtu.be
January 23, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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For anyone who's interested, James O'Brien is discussing Trump's comments about NATO on his programme this morning with traumtaised ex-military and bereaved families phoning in.
Callers in tears at the sense of betrayal and anger.
It makes for difficult listening.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Callers in tears at the sense of betrayal and anger.
It makes for difficult listening.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 10:55 AM
For anyone who's interested, James O'Brien is discussing Trump's comments about NATO on his programme this morning with traumtaised ex-military and bereaved families phoning in.
Callers in tears at the sense of betrayal and anger.
It makes for difficult listening.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Callers in tears at the sense of betrayal and anger.
It makes for difficult listening.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
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Populist, conspiratorial, & authoritarian stacks perform very well in the new information environment. They deliver speed, certainty, & identity coherence where traditional democratic institutions deliver delay, complexity, & opacity, assuming they're performing in a substantial way to being with.
January 23, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Populist, conspiratorial, & authoritarian stacks perform very well in the new information environment. They deliver speed, certainty, & identity coherence where traditional democratic institutions deliver delay, complexity, & opacity, assuming they're performing in a substantial way to being with.
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The seven layers are:
Moral Source: where authority comes from.
Epistemic Posture: how certainty and error are treated.
Verification Logic: what counts as evidence.
Deliberative Logic: how disagreement is bounded.
Accountability Direction: where consequences flow.
(cont)
Moral Source: where authority comes from.
Epistemic Posture: how certainty and error are treated.
Verification Logic: what counts as evidence.
Deliberative Logic: how disagreement is bounded.
Accountability Direction: where consequences flow.
(cont)
January 23, 2026 at 9:23 AM
The seven layers are:
Moral Source: where authority comes from.
Epistemic Posture: how certainty and error are treated.
Verification Logic: what counts as evidence.
Deliberative Logic: how disagreement is bounded.
Accountability Direction: where consequences flow.
(cont)
Moral Source: where authority comes from.
Epistemic Posture: how certainty and error are treated.
Verification Logic: what counts as evidence.
Deliberative Logic: how disagreement is bounded.
Accountability Direction: where consequences flow.
(cont)
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Identity Binding: how belief maps to belonging.
Failure Mode: how the system responds when it breaks.
Each relies on the next for defining the moral-epistemic system that creates an understanding of the world.
Failure Mode: how the system responds when it breaks.
Each relies on the next for defining the moral-epistemic system that creates an understanding of the world.
January 23, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Identity Binding: how belief maps to belonging.
Failure Mode: how the system responds when it breaks.
Each relies on the next for defining the moral-epistemic system that creates an understanding of the world.
Failure Mode: how the system responds when it breaks.
Each relies on the next for defining the moral-epistemic system that creates an understanding of the world.
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The new system is defined by information abundance and attention scarcity. It is fast, peer-to-peer, and real time. This shift is structural, not political. The public are not just recipients of information, but creators and distributors, competing for attention in the same spaces as institutions.
January 23, 2026 at 9:21 AM
The new system is defined by information abundance and attention scarcity. It is fast, peer-to-peer, and real time. This shift is structural, not political. The public are not just recipients of information, but creators and distributors, competing for attention in the same spaces as institutions.
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Verification (establishing truth), Deliberation (arguing about it), and Accountability (binding power to it). When these work, you have substance. When they break, you slide into performance, and eventually, simulation, and people recognise this, even if they don't use a shared terminology.
January 23, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Verification (establishing truth), Deliberation (arguing about it), and Accountability (binding power to it). When these work, you have substance. When they break, you slide into performance, and eventually, simulation, and people recognise this, even if they don't use a shared terminology.
Nothing out of Platner's mouth describes how he'll accomplish anything. He says all the right words to say back to us, but I keep waiting for the how, and all his talks and shows, never the how. Meanwhile, he's off in Norway as ICE is in our state.
#mesen
#MEpolitics
#mesen
#MEpolitics
At this very moment ICE is dragging Mainers out of their homes, terrorizing communities across the state. They're calling it "Operation Catch of the Day."
It is disgusting.
Maine will fight. We will fight for our neighbors and for the people we love.
It is disgusting.
Maine will fight. We will fight for our neighbors and for the people we love.
January 23, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Nothing out of Platner's mouth describes how he'll accomplish anything. He says all the right words to say back to us, but I keep waiting for the how, and all his talks and shows, never the how. Meanwhile, he's off in Norway as ICE is in our state.
#mesen
#MEpolitics
#mesen
#MEpolitics