BeckyIB
@beckyib.bsky.social
We need Joy as we need air. We need Love as we need water. We need each other as we need the earth we share. ~ Maya Angelou
This moment demands discomfort.
ICE has killed 9 people so far in 2026.
Alex Pretti
Renee Good
Keith Porter
Heber Sanchaz Domínguez
Victor Manuel Diaz
Parady La
Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
Geraldo Lunas Campos
They all deserve remembrance.
They all deserve justice.
ICE has killed 9 people so far in 2026.
Alex Pretti
Renee Good
Keith Porter
Heber Sanchaz Domínguez
Victor Manuel Diaz
Parady La
Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
Geraldo Lunas Campos
They all deserve remembrance.
They all deserve justice.
January 27, 2026 at 10:37 PM
This moment demands discomfort.
ICE has killed 9 people so far in 2026.
Alex Pretti
Renee Good
Keith Porter
Heber Sanchaz Domínguez
Victor Manuel Diaz
Parady La
Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
Geraldo Lunas Campos
They all deserve remembrance.
They all deserve justice.
ICE has killed 9 people so far in 2026.
Alex Pretti
Renee Good
Keith Porter
Heber Sanchaz Domínguez
Victor Manuel Diaz
Parady La
Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
Geraldo Lunas Campos
They all deserve remembrance.
They all deserve justice.
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Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.
January 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.
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never been a better moment to go after qualified immunity for EVERYONE, not just ICE. Pressley never misses
There's no ICE accountability without ending qualified immunity.
They're murdering people. There won't be justice for the lives they've stolen, but there must be accountability.
My bill with @markey.senate.gov would ensure families can sue the agents murdering their loved ones.
They're murdering people. There won't be justice for the lives they've stolen, but there must be accountability.
My bill with @markey.senate.gov would ensure families can sue the agents murdering their loved ones.
January 27, 2026 at 10:04 PM
never been a better moment to go after qualified immunity for EVERYONE, not just ICE. Pressley never misses
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Cool. ICE is at my kids school.
January 27, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Cool. ICE is at my kids school.
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Just a generation ago in the United States, our parents could afford homes, cars, college, 2-3 children, annual vacations, and then retire on a middle-class salary. What happened?
January 27, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Just a generation ago in the United States, our parents could afford homes, cars, college, 2-3 children, annual vacations, and then retire on a middle-class salary. What happened?
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Informative (for me anyway!) primer on why it's so hard to sue federal officers for being shitbags.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/27/m...
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/27/m...
January 27, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Informative (for me anyway!) primer on why it's so hard to sue federal officers for being shitbags.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/27/m...
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/27/m...
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Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
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Florida is trying to do the same thing btw www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Florida Proposes H-1B Hiring Ban at All Public Universities
All Florida public universities would be banned from hiring foreign workers on H-1B visas under a policy change that the Florida Board of Governors will consider next week.
www.insidehighered.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Florida is trying to do the same thing btw www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
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one of the least-appreciated own-goals happening right now is the deliberate sabotage of our knowledge/research sector www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Texas Halts Hiring of H-1B Workers at State Colleges, Agencies
Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered state agencies and public universities to immediately freeze new H-1B visa petitions, curtailing a program that has also been overhauled by President Donald Trump.
www.bloomberg.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:06 PM
one of the least-appreciated own-goals happening right now is the deliberate sabotage of our knowledge/research sector www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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If I say the earth is round and you day the earth is flat, the "center" position is "Both sides make interesting arguments and there's no way to know who's right."
Pass.
Pass.
January 27, 2026 at 10:17 PM
If I say the earth is round and you day the earth is flat, the "center" position is "Both sides make interesting arguments and there's no way to know who's right."
Pass.
Pass.
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While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
January 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
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“US links security guarantees for Ukraine to peace deal ceding territory” - So Trump will only give security guarantees if Ukraine gives Putin the territory he invaded and wants… FT story.
January 27, 2026 at 8:05 PM
“US links security guarantees for Ukraine to peace deal ceding territory” - So Trump will only give security guarantees if Ukraine gives Putin the territory he invaded and wants… FT story.
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Breaking NBC:
Family members of two Trinidadian men who were killed in a U.S. boat strike in October have sued the U.S. government — accusing it of wrongful death and extrajudicial killings.
The lawsuit is the first of its kind to be filed against the Trump admin.
Family members of two Trinidadian men who were killed in a U.S. boat strike in October have sued the U.S. government — accusing it of wrongful death and extrajudicial killings.
The lawsuit is the first of its kind to be filed against the Trump admin.
January 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Breaking NBC:
Family members of two Trinidadian men who were killed in a U.S. boat strike in October have sued the U.S. government — accusing it of wrongful death and extrajudicial killings.
The lawsuit is the first of its kind to be filed against the Trump admin.
Family members of two Trinidadian men who were killed in a U.S. boat strike in October have sued the U.S. government — accusing it of wrongful death and extrajudicial killings.
The lawsuit is the first of its kind to be filed against the Trump admin.
"In his second term, President Trump has cut more than 300,000 federal employees and stripped more than a million workers of their collective-bargaining rights." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...
‘The Biggest Act of Union-Busting in U.S. History’: Trump’s War on Federal Workers
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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Remember when POTUS was threatening a NATO ally with territorial conquest?
When was that, like 5 years ago now?
When was that, like 5 years ago now?
January 27, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Remember when POTUS was threatening a NATO ally with territorial conquest?
When was that, like 5 years ago now?
When was that, like 5 years ago now?
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After Renee Good's killing, I kept thinking about Argentina -namely, how moms became a potent resistance force when the dictatorship started "disappearing" their kids. I asked an authoritarianism scholar who survived that regime what the U.S. could learn. It's hard reading but, I think, heartening.
Government Killings and Kidnappings in Argentina Drove Mothers to Revolt --- And Eventually Win
After the regime "disappeared" their children, Argentina’s Madres de la Plaza de Maya relentlessly demanded justice—and exposed the atrocities of a dictatorship.
rewirenewsgroup.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:10 PM
After Renee Good's killing, I kept thinking about Argentina -namely, how moms became a potent resistance force when the dictatorship started "disappearing" their kids. I asked an authoritarianism scholar who survived that regime what the U.S. could learn. It's hard reading but, I think, heartening.
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Trump and Epstein
January 27, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Trump and Epstein
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Finished up school patrol this morning and a Somali mother got out of her car to give us the biggest, longest hugs. She said she doesn't know Somalia, her kids don't speak Somali and showed us that she's carrying her passport with her everywhere. I lost count the number of times she thanked us. 🥹
January 26, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Finished up school patrol this morning and a Somali mother got out of her car to give us the biggest, longest hugs. She said she doesn't know Somalia, her kids don't speak Somali and showed us that she's carrying her passport with her everywhere. I lost count the number of times she thanked us. 🥹
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Most ppl are educated in school about the Shoah - when 6m Jews were murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust. There were also hundreds of thousands of Roma & tens of thousands* of Queer ppl. Each group, was chosen to be erased from Europe forever. Despite the slogan ‘never forget’, the… [1]
27th January: Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It was estimated that between 6,000 and 7,000 gay men were imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps and 98 of them were sent to Auschwitz. #OnThisDay #Queerstory 👉 buff.ly/8dPDaRg
January 27, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Most ppl are educated in school about the Shoah - when 6m Jews were murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust. There were also hundreds of thousands of Roma & tens of thousands* of Queer ppl. Each group, was chosen to be erased from Europe forever. Despite the slogan ‘never forget’, the… [1]
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NEW: Police officers are being told to “be as vague as permissible” about why they are using the Flock surveillance system in order to not leak sensitive information via public records requests, according to records obtained using a public records request.
Police Told to Be ‘as Vague as Permissible’ About Why They Use Flock
The documents show law enforcement sees themselves as being consistently and universally under threat from the people it is supposed to protect.
www.404media.co
January 27, 2026 at 2:46 PM
NEW: Police officers are being told to “be as vague as permissible” about why they are using the Flock surveillance system in order to not leak sensitive information via public records requests, according to records obtained using a public records request.
Fully half of these are already implicit. Abolishing ICE is the end goal.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Fully half of these are already implicit. Abolishing ICE is the end goal.
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“The court’s patience is at an end”
January 27, 2026 at 2:56 PM
“The court’s patience is at an end”
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As a Canadian, what I've learned so far:
- Minnesotans are very nice and VERY organized
- Mainers are aggressively xenophobic but in a way that lCE will not like
- Philadelphians crave the blood of their enemies
- LA is ground zero for chaos tactics that never lose
- New Yorkers love gay hockey
- Minnesotans are very nice and VERY organized
- Mainers are aggressively xenophobic but in a way that lCE will not like
- Philadelphians crave the blood of their enemies
- LA is ground zero for chaos tactics that never lose
- New Yorkers love gay hockey
January 27, 2026 at 3:07 AM
As a Canadian, what I've learned so far:
- Minnesotans are very nice and VERY organized
- Mainers are aggressively xenophobic but in a way that lCE will not like
- Philadelphians crave the blood of their enemies
- LA is ground zero for chaos tactics that never lose
- New Yorkers love gay hockey
- Minnesotans are very nice and VERY organized
- Mainers are aggressively xenophobic but in a way that lCE will not like
- Philadelphians crave the blood of their enemies
- LA is ground zero for chaos tactics that never lose
- New Yorkers love gay hockey
“A distraction for the distraction, for the distraction, for the distraction, for the distraction from the Epstein files.”
~ @jontyedwards.bsky.social
~ @jontyedwards.bsky.social
I suspect Trump's advisers are urging him to kill some foreigners to distract from his killing of Americans.
January 27, 2026 at 4:33 AM
“A distraction for the distraction, for the distraction, for the distraction, for the distraction from the Epstein files.”
~ @jontyedwards.bsky.social
~ @jontyedwards.bsky.social
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That's one down. Next: Noem
Keep up the pressure. It's working. The tide is turning.
Keep up the pressure. It's working. The tide is turning.
January 27, 2026 at 4:28 AM
That's one down. Next: Noem
Keep up the pressure. It's working. The tide is turning.
Keep up the pressure. It's working. The tide is turning.