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That’s the start of a fave old bartending joke. I watch Jeopardy the way most people watch football. I’ve been everything from warehouse rat to corporate drone to singing telegram performer to medical courier. Retirement means crocheting & watching hockey.
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What USA thinks it's #1 in (and its actual rankings):
Life Expectancy: 46th
FreePress: 42nd
Healthcare: 30th
Education: 26th
Happiness: 23rd
Freedom: 17th
What the USA is #1 in:
Military Spending
Number of Billionaires
Incarceration
Bankruptcy filings
Medical debt
Gun deaths
Funding israel
Life Expectancy: 46th
FreePress: 42nd
Healthcare: 30th
Education: 26th
Happiness: 23rd
Freedom: 17th
What the USA is #1 in:
Military Spending
Number of Billionaires
Incarceration
Bankruptcy filings
Medical debt
Gun deaths
Funding israel
February 5, 2026 at 2:17 AM
What USA thinks it's #1 in (and its actual rankings):
Life Expectancy: 46th
FreePress: 42nd
Healthcare: 30th
Education: 26th
Happiness: 23rd
Freedom: 17th
What the USA is #1 in:
Military Spending
Number of Billionaires
Incarceration
Bankruptcy filings
Medical debt
Gun deaths
Funding israel
Life Expectancy: 46th
FreePress: 42nd
Healthcare: 30th
Education: 26th
Happiness: 23rd
Freedom: 17th
What the USA is #1 in:
Military Spending
Number of Billionaires
Incarceration
Bankruptcy filings
Medical debt
Gun deaths
Funding israel
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The way DOJ is handling the Epstein files reminds me of the 1889 Cleveland Street scandal in England over a male brothel. Its customers, including a royal, were protected & files were destroyed. But the working-class boys who worked in the brothel were sent to prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf1Z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf1Z...
The Male Brothel SCANDAL Britain Tried to Bury
YouTube video by CrownSecrets
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:18 AM
The way DOJ is handling the Epstein files reminds me of the 1889 Cleveland Street scandal in England over a male brothel. Its customers, including a royal, were protected & files were destroyed. But the working-class boys who worked in the brothel were sent to prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf1Z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf1Z...
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WE BELIEVE THE WOMEN !.......
February 3, 2026 at 10:51 AM
WE BELIEVE THE WOMEN !.......
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Anyone with a heart and soul should agree that children and babies do not belong behind bars. Thousands of kids will carry a lifetime of trauma and PTSD, done in our name, funded by our tax dollars.
February 3, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Anyone with a heart and soul should agree that children and babies do not belong behind bars. Thousands of kids will carry a lifetime of trauma and PTSD, done in our name, funded by our tax dollars.
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We didn't say body cams on ICE. Their murders are already on video. We said no more ICE.
February 2, 2026 at 10:16 PM
We didn't say body cams on ICE. Their murders are already on video. We said no more ICE.
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DHS said that the woman CBP shot in the chest in Portland was “involved” in a gang shooting.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
After Border Patrol shot two people in Portland, DHS claimed they were "vicious gang members" tied to a past shooting.
But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’
Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:02 AM
DHS said that the woman CBP shot in the chest in Portland was “involved” in a gang shooting.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
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“It’s just weird to see a toddler in a pink onesie getting their eyes washed out from tear gas, you know?”
New — I spoke to eight people who were present at the ICE protest on Saturday in Portland, Oregon when federal agents deployed tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of families, children, elderly and disabled people, and their pets.
These are their stories:
These are their stories:
What it's like to see ICE tear gas kids
Attendees at a Portland, OR protest describe a vicious, unprovoked and sudden attack
www.thehandbasket.co
February 3, 2026 at 2:08 AM
“It’s just weird to see a toddler in a pink onesie getting their eyes washed out from tear gas, you know?”
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Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
www.pressherald.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
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ICE agent in a private chat with colleagues: "Ten versus one and somehow they couldn’t find a way to subdue the guy...They all carry belts and vests with 9,000 pieces of equipment on them and the best they can do is shoot a guy in the back?”
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-secre...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-secre...
Exclusive: ICE's Secret Watchlists of Americans
Sparta, Reaper and Grapevine track protesters, their friends (+ others)
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:19 PM
ICE agent in a private chat with colleagues: "Ten versus one and somehow they couldn’t find a way to subdue the guy...They all carry belts and vests with 9,000 pieces of equipment on them and the best they can do is shoot a guy in the back?”
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-secre...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-secre...
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Imagine this: Masked agents storm your neighborhood. No identification. No warrant. They shoot a nurse in his own community.
Then investigate themselves. This is Trump's America.
#ICEoffOurStreets demands: Independent investigations NOW. Senate Dems: HOLD THE LINE.
Then investigate themselves. This is Trump's America.
#ICEoffOurStreets demands: Independent investigations NOW. Senate Dems: HOLD THE LINE.
January 29, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Imagine this: Masked agents storm your neighborhood. No identification. No warrant. They shoot a nurse in his own community.
Then investigate themselves. This is Trump's America.
#ICEoffOurStreets demands: Independent investigations NOW. Senate Dems: HOLD THE LINE.
Then investigate themselves. This is Trump's America.
#ICEoffOurStreets demands: Independent investigations NOW. Senate Dems: HOLD THE LINE.
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A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
January 27, 2026 at 7:57 PM
A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
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Jesus. 30 people with violent or sexual crime records; 20 of whom have records involving sex with minors.
January 29, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Jesus. 30 people with violent or sexual crime records; 20 of whom have records involving sex with minors.
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WARNING: The Trump regime's seizure of voting data in Fulton County yesterday is a practice run for they plan to do during and after the 2026 midterms. They will have Trump's FBI and Tulsi Gabbard seize all the voting data before ballots can be counted and declare the GOP the winner.
January 29, 2026 at 5:20 PM
WARNING: The Trump regime's seizure of voting data in Fulton County yesterday is a practice run for they plan to do during and after the 2026 midterms. They will have Trump's FBI and Tulsi Gabbard seize all the voting data before ballots can be counted and declare the GOP the winner.
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This needs to happen at the very least
January 28, 2026 at 4:56 PM
This needs to happen at the very least
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please remember that no matter how many “ICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
January 28, 2026 at 2:55 PM
please remember that no matter how many “ICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
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My operating assumption is that he tried to do a hasty coup in 2020 that failed, and so everything he does in his second term should be understood as laying the groundwork for a second coup to succeed.
January 28, 2026 at 4:59 PM
My operating assumption is that he tried to do a hasty coup in 2020 that failed, and so everything he does in his second term should be understood as laying the groundwork for a second coup to succeed.
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you cannot reform or retrain an utterly sociopathic contempt for human life like this
abolish and prosecute ICE
abolish and prosecute ICE
“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:23 PM
you cannot reform or retrain an utterly sociopathic contempt for human life like this
abolish and prosecute ICE
abolish and prosecute ICE
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The agents who beat and then killed Alex Pretti after they took his gun - they were wearing body cams.
That did not stop them.
Unmasking them might. Not every time. But it might stop some of them.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
That did not stop them.
Unmasking them might. Not every time. But it might stop some of them.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Alex Pretti's killing was recorded on body-camera videos, DHS says
Investigators are reviewing videos of the shooting from multiple angles, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:27 PM
The agents who beat and then killed Alex Pretti after they took his gun - they were wearing body cams.
That did not stop them.
Unmasking them might. Not every time. But it might stop some of them.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
That did not stop them.
Unmasking them might. Not every time. But it might stop some of them.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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You can’t reform this.
Throw the whole department away.
Throw the whole department away.
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 27, 2026 at 9:23 PM
You can’t reform this.
Throw the whole department away.
Throw the whole department away.
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We should have all known that the moment progressives pulled out their own guns and the black panthers were back in the news defending their communities, that would be the time for common sense gun control. Not 20 some school shootings back, don't be silly.
January 27, 2026 at 12:26 PM
We should have all known that the moment progressives pulled out their own guns and the black panthers were back in the news defending their communities, that would be the time for common sense gun control. Not 20 some school shootings back, don't be silly.
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couldn’t hack it at ups. well time to be a nazi
January 28, 2026 at 2:32 AM
couldn’t hack it at ups. well time to be a nazi
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Surprise! #ICE Breaking another law
Sound cannons can cause permanent hearing loss, nausea, vertigo, and dizziness.
In 2021, a U.S. Court of Appeals ruled using them on nonviolent protesters can cause injury & violates the Fourteenth Amendment.
DO NOT Fund Ice
Sound cannons can cause permanent hearing loss, nausea, vertigo, and dizziness.
In 2021, a U.S. Court of Appeals ruled using them on nonviolent protesters can cause injury & violates the Fourteenth Amendment.
DO NOT Fund Ice
January 27, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Surprise! #ICE Breaking another law
Sound cannons can cause permanent hearing loss, nausea, vertigo, and dizziness.
In 2021, a U.S. Court of Appeals ruled using them on nonviolent protesters can cause injury & violates the Fourteenth Amendment.
DO NOT Fund Ice
Sound cannons can cause permanent hearing loss, nausea, vertigo, and dizziness.
In 2021, a U.S. Court of Appeals ruled using them on nonviolent protesters can cause injury & violates the Fourteenth Amendment.
DO NOT Fund Ice
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January 26, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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NEW: In a court hearing for a TRO against the feds in Minneapolis, the plaintiffs just said one of their exhibits contains a recording of a federal agent saying "Well, this person is gonna have a hard time traveling from now on" after taking a photo of an ICE observer's license plate. 1/
January 26, 2026 at 3:25 PM
NEW: In a court hearing for a TRO against the feds in Minneapolis, the plaintiffs just said one of their exhibits contains a recording of a federal agent saying "Well, this person is gonna have a hard time traveling from now on" after taking a photo of an ICE observer's license plate. 1/