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b. rubrecht
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writer focusing on grief, haunting, mental health, & history. migration & int’l politics enthusiast. here sharing poetry & moments of humanity amidst the wreck.
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bbrecht23.bsky.social
See what’s happening in real time, and support the students doing this critical data mapping ⬇️
denisedwheeler.bsky.social Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 14h
College money well spent and needed.

Rice students created an interactive map exposing ICE raids across the country as they're unfolding.

Soon it will be a map of ICE raids and ICE murders.

Keep reminding Schumer and Dems.
Rice students expose ICE raids with new interactive map
It's a nationwide digital spotlight on ICE arrests and detention centers.
www.chron.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:30 AM
bbrecht23.bsky.social
The wins just keep coming. If you weren’t convinced before about Jeffries leadership, this should really be a breaking point.
kgetnews.bsky.social KGET 17 News @kgetnews.bsky.social · 14h
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation fun…
www.kget.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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kgetnews.bsky.social
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation fun…
www.kget.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:00 AM
bbrecht23.bsky.social
ngl—the photos and article hit different in print than online. Many thanks to @vanityfair.com for boldly showing the truth of this administration through their journalism. Best subscription money I’ve ever spent. Support their work.
January 30, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
An extraordinary document. Read it.

“Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
On January 8, 2026, petitioner Juan T.R. filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.' The Court issued an order requiring respondents to file an answer no later than January 12, 2026. See 28 U.S.C. § 2243 (requiring judges to either "forthwith award the writ" or order the respondent to show cause, within three days, why the writ should not be granted). Respondents failed to answer. Accordingly, the Court granted the writ in part and ordered respondents to afford Juan a bond hearing within seven days or, failing that, to immediately release him from detention. ECF No. 4. Respondents neither held a bond hearing within the required time nor released Juan. ECF No. 6. The Court then issued a show-cause order and scheduled a hearing at which it ordered the personal appearance of Todd Lyons, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE"). ECF No. 7. The Court noted, however, that if the parties filed a stipulation indicating that Juan had been released, the Court would cancel the hearing and would not require Lyons to appear. Id. The parties have now filed such a stipulation (ECF No. 9), and thus, as promised, the Court will cancel the hearing, and Lyons will not be required to appear. That does not end the Court's concerns, however. Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. The extent of ICE's noncompliance is almost certainly substantially understated. This list is confined to orders issued since January 1, 2026, and the list was hurriedly compiled by extraordinarily busy judges. Undoubtedly, mistakes were made, and orders that should have appeared on this list were omitted. This list should give pause to anyone —no matter his or her political beliefs— who cares about the rule of law. ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence. The Court warns ICE that future noncompliance with court orders may result in future show-cause orders requiring the personal appearances of Lyons or other government officials. ICE is not a law unto itself. ICE has every right to challenge the orders of this Court, but, like any litigant, ICE must follow those orders unless and until they are overturned or vacated Juan asks that the Court schedule a hearing at which he may present evidence and argument concerning the hardships that he has suffered as a result of respondents' failure to abide by the January 14 order. See In re Tetracycline Cases, 927 F.2d 411, 413 (8th Cir. 1991) ("Civil contempt sanctions may be imposed for either or both of two distinct purposes, to coerce compliance with a court order, and to compensate the complainant for actual losses sustained by him as a result of the defendants' contumacy." (quoting In re Chase & Sanborn Corp., 872 F.2d 397, 400-01 (11th Cir.1989))). The Court will not schedule a hearing at this time. If Juan wants to seek monetary sanctions, he may file a properly supported motion to that effect. ORDER Based on the foregoing, and on all of the files, records, and proceedings herein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the hearing currently scheduled for Friday, January 30, 2026, at 1:00 pm in Courtroom 15 (MPLS) is CANCELED.
January 28, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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govpritzker.illinois.gov
Who’s next?

One demotion cannot detract from accountability.

Greg Bovino and Trump’s agents must still be held responsible for the killings and the damage they’ve done to America.
Greg Bovino Loses His Job
The Border Patrol chief has been ousted from his role as “commander at large,” and will return to El Centro.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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esqueer.net
New video shows the man who was killed moments before the shooting.

He was peacefully standing in the street observing before ICE agents started pushing him for no reason.
January 24, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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startribune.com
Anti-ICE protesters fill the streets of downtown Minneapolis during an "ICE Out" rally on Jan. 23.

📷️ Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Continuing coverage: bit.ly/3ZsrBxQ
January 23, 2026 at 9:40 PM
bbrecht23.bsky.social
Heartbreaking. Subscribe to @nymag.com to support them and this kind of reporting. Without stories like thos, people arent moved to act.

nymag.com/intelligence...
“I am Puerto Rican," she says. "I send my kids with their passports to school. I'm having conversations with them about safety: Am I safe at school? A week ago we had an incident where there was a school bus with the STOP sign open and kids were getting on the bus and it was surrounded by ICE agents. And this is 7:20 in the morning and — just — you get that fight-or-flight response." At first her 9-year-old was carrying her passport in her backpack; now it's in her back pocket. "I have to prepare them for it if they get stopped," she says. "I said, Do not engage. This is not the time to be cussing at anyone. But she said, Mom, if I create enough noise, my friends can get arvay."
January 23, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
NEW: MN judges continue to reject arrest warrants in ICE protests. Sources tell @ms.now feds aren’t providing evidence that protestors are committing the crimes of which they’re accused. First byline with the great @carolleonnig.bsky.social and Alex Tabet. www.ms.now/news/minneso...
Minnesota judges continue to reject arrest warrants in ICE protests
Sources say federal agents aren’t providing evidence that protestors are committing the crimes of which they’re accused.
www.ms.now
January 23, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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atrupar.com
The reality is that 2024 was a fundamental test of the moral character of the nation and we failed spectacularly. We’re living with the consequences now. Maybe we improve. I hope so.
January 23, 2026 at 4:14 AM
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phillipcrymble.bsky.social
Denise Levertov, from Candles in Babylon (1982)
Concurrence Each day's terror, almost a form of boredom--madmen at the wheel and stepping on the gas and the brakes no good-- and each day one, sometimes two, morning-glories, faultless, blue, blue sometimes flecked with magenta, each lit from within with the first sunlight.
January 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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jamellebouie.net
wrote about the occupation in minnesota with a closing note on how the white house has exactly one tactic — repression with goons — but no particular strategy for dealing with entrenched resistance. gift link.
Opinion | This Is the Only Card Trump Can Play
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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onestpress.onestnetwork.com
Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide: "International law is universal and binding for all states. The American intervention in Venezuela is not in accordance with international law."
January 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
bbrecht23.bsky.social
Resharing from Maya Popa’s Threads, Happy 2026
January 1, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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phdhurtbrain.bsky.social
Always worth a post
i am running into a new year By Lucille Clifton i am running into a new year and the old years blow back like a wind that i catch in my hair like strong fingers like all my old promises and it will be hard to let go of what i said to myself about myself when i was sixteen and twenty-six and thirty-six even thirty-six but i am running into a new year and i beg what i love and i leave to forgive me
December 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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themountaingoats.bsky.social
I wish you, and me, and all of us, strength & solidarity & joy in the new year as we find our way together: which we have done this year already, and will arise tomorrow to do again. /thread
December 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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connieschultz.bsky.social
May 2026 surprise you in the kindest ways.

On we go, friends and kind strangers.
A grandfather, grandchild and family dog walk as the snow falls.
January 1, 2026 at 3:10 AM
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jeantrounstine.com
This is really good. Pass it on.

"‘You don’t have to do it alone’: how US cities are helping each other resist ICE. From LA to Charlotte, organizers are learning from others’ strategies to protect residents amid federal crackdowns"
‘You don’t have to do it alone’: how US cities are helping each other resist ICE
From LA to Charlotte, organizers are learning from others’ strategies to protect residents amid federal crackdowns
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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lataco.bsky.social
Federal immigration agencies were involved in at least 33 deaths this year.

The full story: lataco.com/33-deaths-fe...

By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
A side view of an ICE agent in uniform carrying a gun. Headline at the bottom reads “Seven deaths in December marks the deadliest month and year in decades for in-custody deaths”
December 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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timdickinson.bsky.social
Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
bbrecht23.bsky.social
#nottheOnion
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Dec 19
Tapper: This is one of the documents the DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. It’s all black. That’s the transparency we’re getting.
December 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
vanity fair photographer christopher anderson posts this story on his instagram, suggesting he intentionally posed stephen miller underneath a painting of native americans
December 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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propublica.org
Read @nicolefoy.bsky.social's investigation that prompted the congressional probe.

We found that agents had detained >170 Americans this year. More than 20 citizens said they were held for at least a day without being able to contact a lawyer or their loved ones.
December 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
bbrecht23.bsky.social
What a time to be alive. New levels of inhumanity on a daily basis.
December 4, 2025 at 6:39 AM