Alex Bigelow
@ambig.bsky.social
Former active Republican. Early and consistent Trump hater and have never second guessed myself. This stain on America won’t wash away easily.
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I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
January 31, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
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BREAKING: Democrat Christian Menefee wins special election for Texas U.S. House seat, narrowing GOP's slim majority.
Democrat Christian Menefee wins election for US House, narrowing GOP's slim majority
Democrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election that will narrow Republicans’ already-slim majority.
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February 1, 2026 at 4:06 AM
BREAKING: Democrat Christian Menefee wins special election for Texas U.S. House seat, narrowing GOP's slim majority.
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Lawyers can't reach clients in ICE detention. I've heard it anecdotally, but scale of issue is horrifying.
Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
January 31, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Lawyers can't reach clients in ICE detention. I've heard it anecdotally, but scale of issue is horrifying.
Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
Bloomberg Law is a legal trade pub so many may miss this. Screenshot from their CA newsletter summarizes "bleak" situation for justice and rule of law.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/l...
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This is corruption on a breathtaking level. Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, an Abu Dhabi royal nicknamed the "spy sheikh", pumped $187mn into Trump family businesses. A WSJ team has the whole story, reported here for the first time. Remember: Jimmy Carter had to sell his peanut farm.
‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company
$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
www.wsj.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:30 AM
This is corruption on a breathtaking level. Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, an Abu Dhabi royal nicknamed the "spy sheikh", pumped $187mn into Trump family businesses. A WSJ team has the whole story, reported here for the first time. Remember: Jimmy Carter had to sell his peanut farm.
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He's looting the U.S. Treasury, people. Most crooked dictators find covert ways to get rich. Trump intends to simply order his government to transfer money into his bank account.
Trump on his multiple suits against the federal government: "I'm supposed to work out a settlement with myself ... We could make it a substantial amount, nobody would care, because it's gonna go to numerous, very good charities."
February 1, 2026 at 2:49 AM
He's looting the U.S. Treasury, people. Most crooked dictators find covert ways to get rich. Trump intends to simply order his government to transfer money into his bank account.
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WSJ: “.. The deal marked something unprecedented in American politics: a foreign government official taking a major ownership stake in an incoming U.S. president's company."
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February 1, 2026 at 1:49 PM
WSJ: “.. The deal marked something unprecedented in American politics: a foreign government official taking a major ownership stake in an incoming U.S. president's company."
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“.. At least $31 million was also slated to flow to entities affiliated with the family of Steve Witkoff ..”
WSJ: “.. The deal marked something unprecedented in American politics: a foreign government official taking a major ownership stake in an incoming U.S. president's company."
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
February 1, 2026 at 1:52 PM
“.. At least $31 million was also slated to flow to entities affiliated with the family of Steve Witkoff ..”
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What America will read this weekend while in line at the grocery checkout:
@peoplemag.bsky.social #ICE
people.com/ice-detains-...
@peoplemag.bsky.social #ICE
people.com/ice-detains-...
January 22, 2026 at 4:33 PM
What America will read this weekend while in line at the grocery checkout:
@peoplemag.bsky.social #ICE
people.com/ice-detains-...
@peoplemag.bsky.social #ICE
people.com/ice-detains-...
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Incompetent, unsafe, and cruel.
They literally dragged an innocent Hmong elder out of his house half naked in the cold in front of his family because they were looking for someone who was already in jail.
They literally dragged an innocent Hmong elder out of his house half naked in the cold in front of his family because they were looking for someone who was already in jail.
BREAKING: When ICE agents dragged out ChongLy Thao half-naked in the snow, they were looking for a man named Lue Moua. He was already in prison. bit.ly/3ZwwVjK
Target of Viral Botched ICE Raid Was Already in Prison
When ICE agents dragged out ChongLy Thao half-naked in the snow, they were looking for a man named Lue Moua. They should have known exactly where to find him.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Incompetent, unsafe, and cruel.
They literally dragged an innocent Hmong elder out of his house half naked in the cold in front of his family because they were looking for someone who was already in jail.
They literally dragged an innocent Hmong elder out of his house half naked in the cold in front of his family because they were looking for someone who was already in jail.
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Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
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Federal jury rejects Bovino murder plot after attorney calls on it to 'stop the overreaching government'
UPDATED @chicago.suntimes.com story on today's not guilty verdict in the Bovino murder-for-hire trial: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
UPDATED @chicago.suntimes.com story on today's not guilty verdict in the Bovino murder-for-hire trial: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Federal jury rejects Bovino murder plot after attorney calls on it to 'stop the overreaching government'
It took jurors roughly three hours to acquit Juan Espinoza Martinez of a murder-for-hire aimed at U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino, the face of Operation Midway Blitz.
chicago.suntimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Federal jury rejects Bovino murder plot after attorney calls on it to 'stop the overreaching government'
UPDATED @chicago.suntimes.com story on today's not guilty verdict in the Bovino murder-for-hire trial: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
UPDATED @chicago.suntimes.com story on today's not guilty verdict in the Bovino murder-for-hire trial: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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These type of people are America's only shot at ever being great. In other words, they are the opposite of empathy-free Donald Trump and his terrorizing Gestapo goons who are destroying our country. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
Volunteers in Minnesota Deliver Groceries So Immigrants Can Hide at Home
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:51 AM
These type of people are America's only shot at ever being great. In other words, they are the opposite of empathy-free Donald Trump and his terrorizing Gestapo goons who are destroying our country. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
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Expecting moms are skipping prenatal care and considering unsafe home births because they're terrified of ICE.
January 23, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Expecting moms are skipping prenatal care and considering unsafe home births because they're terrified of ICE.
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The DHS and ICE have insisted this family was following them. They were coming back from a kids' basketball game when ICE agents saw Black people and attacked them, nearly killing an infant. www.startribune.com/family-recou...
Family recounts being caught in unrest after man is shot by federal agent
The family’s 6-month-old baby was unconscious and foaming at the mouth after federal agents threw tear gas and flash-bangs under their SUV, according to the child’s parents.
www.startribune.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:52 AM
The DHS and ICE have insisted this family was following them. They were coming back from a kids' basketball game when ICE agents saw Black people and attacked them, nearly killing an infant. www.startribune.com/family-recou...
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🚨The US 30-yr yield is starting to fly this morning.
No-one in America is getting a cheaper mortgage any time soon.
Congress may lack the backbone to stop the madman. But markets are not servile, they have no loyalty and will never bend the knee.
Global crash anyone?
No-one in America is getting a cheaper mortgage any time soon.
Congress may lack the backbone to stop the madman. But markets are not servile, they have no loyalty and will never bend the knee.
Global crash anyone?
January 20, 2026 at 12:12 PM
🚨The US 30-yr yield is starting to fly this morning.
No-one in America is getting a cheaper mortgage any time soon.
Congress may lack the backbone to stop the madman. But markets are not servile, they have no loyalty and will never bend the knee.
Global crash anyone?
No-one in America is getting a cheaper mortgage any time soon.
Congress may lack the backbone to stop the madman. But markets are not servile, they have no loyalty and will never bend the knee.
Global crash anyone?
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After 9/11, George W. Bush created the Department of Homeland Security to prevent future terror strikes. @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports on how DHS shifted from defending the country against foreign terrorists to deploying agents on American streets:
‘Maybe DHS Was a Bad Idea’
Two decades after its founding, the department has become what its critics feared.
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January 20, 2026 at 12:15 PM
After 9/11, George W. Bush created the Department of Homeland Security to prevent future terror strikes. @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports on how DHS shifted from defending the country against foreign terrorists to deploying agents on American streets:
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Internal documents: Instagram execs have waged an aggressive campaign to win back teens, boosting teen-friendly influencers, adjusting its algorithm, and more (Naomi Nix/Washington Post)
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December 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Internal documents: Instagram execs have waged an aggressive campaign to win back teens, boosting teen-friendly influencers, adjusting its algorithm, and more (Naomi Nix/Washington Post)
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Merry Christmas! Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with light and joy.
December 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Merry Christmas! Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with light and joy.
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If you ever ask yourself-
“What the heck is wrong with people?
How have we gotten here?”
Here’s how..
This is f**king insane!
“What the heck is wrong with people?
How have we gotten here?”
Here’s how..
This is f**king insane!
December 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
If you ever ask yourself-
“What the heck is wrong with people?
How have we gotten here?”
Here’s how..
This is f**king insane!
“What the heck is wrong with people?
How have we gotten here?”
Here’s how..
This is f**king insane!
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LUHAN: Is the FCC an independent agency?
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
December 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
LUHAN: Is the FCC an independent agency?
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
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I don’t know, maybe it wasn’t the best idea to appoint a right-wing conspiracy theorist nut job podcaster as deputy director of the FBI.
December 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I don’t know, maybe it wasn’t the best idea to appoint a right-wing conspiracy theorist nut job podcaster as deputy director of the FBI.