@baronblakley.bsky.social
Ok, one last try at this damn social media thing
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This is what fascism looks like. Use the word. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/immigration-officers-claim-sweeping-power-to-enter-homes-without-a-judges-warrant-memo-says
Immigration officers claim sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
The memo authorizes ICE officers to use force to enter a residence based solely on a more narrow administrative warrant
www.pbs.org
January 22, 2026 at 7:31 PM
This is what fascism looks like. Use the word. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/immigration-officers-claim-sweeping-power-to-enter-homes-without-a-judges-warrant-memo-says
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We really need a fed law that makes it nearly impossible for federal law enforcement officers to dress like this. Not just the masks, all of it. And those who do cannot be dispatched absent some sort of statutorily-defined exigent circumstances, set at a high bar. No routine work like this. Ever.
Border Commander Greg Bovino stands outside a South Minneapolis gas station this morning with BORTAC officers in what seemed like an effort to draw more and more people to the scene as other agents shoot high resolution video of the crowd yelling and blowing whistles.
January 21, 2026 at 8:19 PM
We really need a fed law that makes it nearly impossible for federal law enforcement officers to dress like this. Not just the masks, all of it. And those who do cannot be dispatched absent some sort of statutorily-defined exigent circumstances, set at a high bar. No routine work like this. Ever.
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I wrote about the limits of the authoritarian assault – and the need to push back against the idea that America is inevitably and irresistibly marching towards a Trump dictatorship.
Trump’s authoritarian desires are limitless. But his ability to impose them on America is not.
Resistance matters.
Trump’s authoritarian desires are limitless. But his ability to impose them on America is not.
Resistance matters.
The Limits of Violent Authoritarianism
Trump’s authoritarian desires are boundless. But the past year proves that his ability to impose them on America is not.
steady.page
January 21, 2026 at 2:13 PM
I wrote about the limits of the authoritarian assault – and the need to push back against the idea that America is inevitably and irresistibly marching towards a Trump dictatorship.
Trump’s authoritarian desires are limitless. But his ability to impose them on America is not.
Resistance matters.
Trump’s authoritarian desires are limitless. But his ability to impose them on America is not.
Resistance matters.
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If you, like me, had been wondering how the MN GOP congressional delegation has been dealing with the crisis in their state.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 21, 2026 at 2:03 PM
If you, like me, had been wondering how the MN GOP congressional delegation has been dealing with the crisis in their state.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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The 25th Amendment must be invoked by the cabinet. I’m all for pressuring them. Congressional Dems should lead the charge. Not on Bluesky or Threads. Let’s do it.
January 19, 2026 at 10:28 PM
The 25th Amendment must be invoked by the cabinet. I’m all for pressuring them. Congressional Dems should lead the charge. Not on Bluesky or Threads. Let’s do it.
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what do you say when things are at the point where your abuela is now calling you just to check in and ask that you don’t get disappeared by the secret police because she knows you’re trying to organize and she keeps seeing what is happening on the news
January 19, 2026 at 9:02 PM
what do you say when things are at the point where your abuela is now calling you just to check in and ask that you don’t get disappeared by the secret police because she knows you’re trying to organize and she keeps seeing what is happening on the news
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This is pure, unabashed bigotry.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
January 19, 2026 at 7:42 PM
This is pure, unabashed bigotry.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
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So sick of Democrats blithering about how there's nothing they can do to stop this hell. Here's an idea...
Introduce legislation to REPEAL THE INSURRECTION ACT!
This will make it COMPLETELY clear to the military that any order deploying them against Americans is UNLAWFUL... no excuses!
Introduce legislation to REPEAL THE INSURRECTION ACT!
This will make it COMPLETELY clear to the military that any order deploying them against Americans is UNLAWFUL... no excuses!
January 18, 2026 at 6:45 PM
So sick of Democrats blithering about how there's nothing they can do to stop this hell. Here's an idea...
Introduce legislation to REPEAL THE INSURRECTION ACT!
This will make it COMPLETELY clear to the military that any order deploying them against Americans is UNLAWFUL... no excuses!
Introduce legislation to REPEAL THE INSURRECTION ACT!
This will make it COMPLETELY clear to the military that any order deploying them against Americans is UNLAWFUL... no excuses!
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I'm seeing a lot of sweaty, galaxy brained takes about what kinds of sanctions should be imposed on Americans by the EU to inflict maximum, deterrent pain, and I regret to inform these people that this violently misunderstands the problem on two levels.
January 19, 2026 at 12:08 PM
I'm seeing a lot of sweaty, galaxy brained takes about what kinds of sanctions should be imposed on Americans by the EU to inflict maximum, deterrent pain, and I regret to inform these people that this violently misunderstands the problem on two levels.
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Whether it’s Donald Trump tanking the economy, shredding the Constitution, and executing civilians or Joe Biden having a raspy voice at a debate, both men have defiled all that is sacred about about our nation.
January 18, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Whether it’s Donald Trump tanking the economy, shredding the Constitution, and executing civilians or Joe Biden having a raspy voice at a debate, both men have defiled all that is sacred about about our nation.
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ICE and MAGA really did bet the farm on all of Minneapolis’s white people going “oh yes, please take away our disgusting, evil non-white-foreigner neighbors, oh thank you so much.”
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
January 18, 2026 at 2:39 AM
ICE and MAGA really did bet the farm on all of Minneapolis’s white people going “oh yes, please take away our disgusting, evil non-white-foreigner neighbors, oh thank you so much.”
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
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Wut?!?!?!?!
About 1,500 soldiers w/ 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been placed on prepare-to-deploy orders with a mission in Minnesota in mind, defense officials tell me tonight. Unclear if some or all of them ultimately will go.
News reported tonight by ABC News, too.
News reported tonight by ABC News, too.
January 18, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Wut?!?!?!?!
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Yesssss we’re doing it
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 18, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Yesssss we’re doing it
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Straight up malpractice that no one has introduced an impeachment article against Trump for Minnesota. There should be multiple ones because he’s committed multiple offenses.
January 18, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Straight up malpractice that no one has introduced an impeachment article against Trump for Minnesota. There should be multiple ones because he’s committed multiple offenses.
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Brief operational term of art 🧵 to help better define what we're experiencing. What we're experiencing is state terror. I've seen a lot of terms thrown around for what the Trump admin is doing w/ICE, CBP, & other federal law enforcement (LE). The now largely out of use term is state terror. 1/
January 17, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Brief operational term of art 🧵 to help better define what we're experiencing. What we're experiencing is state terror. I've seen a lot of terms thrown around for what the Trump admin is doing w/ICE, CBP, & other federal law enforcement (LE). The now largely out of use term is state terror. 1/
It seems that way sometimes but I think there’s some connection to the foods I eat
‘Gas’ comes from an alteration of the Latin word for "chaos."
January 16, 2026 at 3:49 PM
It seems that way sometimes but I think there’s some connection to the foods I eat
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“Lifeless… foam around his mouth. Nobody wants to see their kids like that.”
ICE attacked a family trying to LEAVE the besieged neighborhood and hospitalized a 6 month old baby that couldn’t breathe.
ICE attacked a family trying to LEAVE the besieged neighborhood and hospitalized a 6 month old baby that couldn’t breathe.
January 16, 2026 at 2:14 PM
“Lifeless… foam around his mouth. Nobody wants to see their kids like that.”
ICE attacked a family trying to LEAVE the besieged neighborhood and hospitalized a 6 month old baby that couldn’t breathe.
ICE attacked a family trying to LEAVE the besieged neighborhood and hospitalized a 6 month old baby that couldn’t breathe.
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I find it necessary these days to affirm the obvious because the descent into fascism is mostly a continuous, not discrete, process so here it goes:
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
ICE agents to begin checking documents at MSP airport, patrol jet bridges - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will begin checking documents of travelers and workers at MSP airport, with patrols inside jet bridges.
www.bizjournals.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I find it necessary these days to affirm the obvious because the descent into fascism is mostly a continuous, not discrete, process so here it goes:
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
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cold-blooded murder by the state.
Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:09 PM
cold-blooded murder by the state.
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The NYT has a new video analysis of Renee Good's shooting which is careful, accurate, and clear - he walked across the path of a moving car, then leaned in and shot her with his feet well clear of the vehicle. 1/
Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:05 AM
The NYT has a new video analysis of Renee Good's shooting which is careful, accurate, and clear - he walked across the path of a moving car, then leaned in and shot her with his feet well clear of the vehicle. 1/
It’s the real reason they fight efforts to slow climate change, they’re afraid of the cold
DHS is actually leaning into the argument that icy pavement is violence against ICE.
Icy pavement in Minnesota in January—truly outrageous.
Icy pavement in Minnesota in January—truly outrageous.
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin on "acts of violence" against ICE agents in Minnesota: "Pouring water on the ground so that it would freeze the ground in front of our federal law enforcement vehicles so that they would potentially slide, crash, and potentially kill them"
January 16, 2026 at 2:41 AM
It’s the real reason they fight efforts to slow climate change, they’re afraid of the cold
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I’m one of the ProPublica reporters who has been documenting the aggressive tactics federal agents are using against immigrants & U.S. citizens
All eyes are on Minnesota right now, but I want to tell you about Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-YO citizen in Houston who was choked by immigration agents in October
All eyes are on Minnesota right now, but I want to tell you about Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-YO citizen in Houston who was choked by immigration agents in October
January 15, 2026 at 9:31 PM
I’m one of the ProPublica reporters who has been documenting the aggressive tactics federal agents are using against immigrants & U.S. citizens
All eyes are on Minnesota right now, but I want to tell you about Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-YO citizen in Houston who was choked by immigration agents in October
All eyes are on Minnesota right now, but I want to tell you about Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-YO citizen in Houston who was choked by immigration agents in October
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I cannot stress enough that it is not a small thing that Trump did an insurrection.
This is cartoonishly and unfathomably illegal and the penalties it carries include notably the inability to hold any office under the United States. It is in our Constitution and it is also a criminal statute.
This is cartoonishly and unfathomably illegal and the penalties it carries include notably the inability to hold any office under the United States. It is in our Constitution and it is also a criminal statute.
January 15, 2026 at 1:52 PM
I cannot stress enough that it is not a small thing that Trump did an insurrection.
This is cartoonishly and unfathomably illegal and the penalties it carries include notably the inability to hold any office under the United States. It is in our Constitution and it is also a criminal statute.
This is cartoonishly and unfathomably illegal and the penalties it carries include notably the inability to hold any office under the United States. It is in our Constitution and it is also a criminal statute.