Ben the Hammerhead
@benhammerhead.bsky.social
Young Boomer-Old Gen Xer, polyglot, former exPat, multi-cultural. Love most shit posting snark & will otherwise call out bullshit. Also a news junkie. He/him cis gay(bi) partnered. +18 only
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Let me be extra clear
The ~only~ thing we have is
Non violent large scale mass protests
The ~only~ thing we have is
Non violent large scale mass protests
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ACLU files another emergency motion to lift the stay imposed by the 8th Circuit on the restraining order against ICE using force against demonstrators.
"Every hour that a stay remains in place presents new opportunities for irreparable injury."
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"Every hour that a stay remains in place presents new opportunities for irreparable injury."
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8th circuit gives ICE go ahead to use force against peaceful demonstrators, a decision which will immediately lead to injury.
US appeals court pauses lower court order restraining immigration agents' use of force against Minnesota protesters
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals paused a lower court's order on Wednesday that had restrained federal immigration agents' use of force against peaceful protesters.
www.reuters.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:14 AM
ACLU files another emergency motion to lift the stay imposed by the 8th Circuit on the restraining order against ICE using force against demonstrators.
"Every hour that a stay remains in place presents new opportunities for irreparable injury."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"Every hour that a stay remains in place presents new opportunities for irreparable injury."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Just providing this affidavit is an act of bravery by this woman. She knows ICE agents are looking for her. I’ll never forgive the fucks who turned our country into this.
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Just providing this affidavit is an act of bravery by this woman. She knows ICE agents are looking for her. I’ll never forgive the fucks who turned our country into this.
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Stephen Miller is a very sick person, more so, IMO, than the president. And he is calling the shots.
I remember when Terry Moran dared to make this observation and got fired from ABC for it.
I remember when Terry Moran dared to make this observation and got fired from ABC for it.
January 25, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Stephen Miller is a very sick person, more so, IMO, than the president. And he is calling the shots.
I remember when Terry Moran dared to make this observation and got fired from ABC for it.
I remember when Terry Moran dared to make this observation and got fired from ABC for it.
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We are observers, not protestors. We show up to document and film the atrocities ICE is committing. Using 5 year olds as bait. Kidnapping senior citizens. Breaking down doors without warrants. Murdering poets and nurses. Media has all of that information because *observers* were there to document it
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
We are observers, not protestors. We show up to document and film the atrocities ICE is committing. Using 5 year olds as bait. Kidnapping senior citizens. Breaking down doors without warrants. Murdering poets and nurses. Media has all of that information because *observers* were there to document it
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they’re pulling career FBI agents off of child trafficking and terrorism cases to go hassle day laborers. this is all hands on deck
January 24, 2026 at 11:37 PM
they’re pulling career FBI agents off of child trafficking and terrorism cases to go hassle day laborers. this is all hands on deck
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Solidarity, particularly across race and class, is Kryptonite for authoritarian regimes. They can only thrive when their us v. them framing is adopted by society at large, and they join as active or passive collaborators with the regime. So the only response they have is to raise the cost of unity
They are telling us in unequivocal terms that if you show solidarity with immigrants who are in the literal crosshairs of Trump/MAGA, you're risking a death sentence.
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
January 24, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Solidarity, particularly across race and class, is Kryptonite for authoritarian regimes. They can only thrive when their us v. them framing is adopted by society at large, and they join as active or passive collaborators with the regime. So the only response they have is to raise the cost of unity
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This is really something. Mark Warner, one of the more moderate and cautious senators in the Dem caucus, says he'll vote No on ICE funding:
January 25, 2026 at 12:30 AM
This is really something. Mark Warner, one of the more moderate and cautious senators in the Dem caucus, says he'll vote No on ICE funding:
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I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”
January 24, 2026 at 11:56 PM
I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”
Wow
🔥REP. @aoc.bsky.social : “How rich @KristiNoem says showing up with a legal firearm is grounds for execution when they support Rittenhouse & pardon protestors… we cannot go down this road, countryman against countryman… they’re trying to keep us divided so they can line their own pockets.”
January 25, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Wow
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Imagine what’s happening in the camps.
Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.
January 24, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Imagine what’s happening in the camps.
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I know it feels like hopium (and I often think it probably is) but in my life even conservatives are getting fed up with this shit.
I try to think about how fast this moved in a month. We weren't at Abolish ICE is mainstream in December.
I try to think about how fast this moved in a month. We weren't at Abolish ICE is mainstream in December.
Wow, the MAGA pigs really have lost even the Reddit conservative community now - the one that WAS on board with “well, killing Renee Good was justified because she was a lesbian bitch”
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January 25, 2026 at 12:11 AM
I know it feels like hopium (and I often think it probably is) but in my life even conservatives are getting fed up with this shit.
I try to think about how fast this moved in a month. We weren't at Abolish ICE is mainstream in December.
I try to think about how fast this moved in a month. We weren't at Abolish ICE is mainstream in December.
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that seemed pretty strongly implied but glad to have it explicit
🚨 SCHUMER just now: “Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.”
January 25, 2026 at 12:10 AM
that seemed pretty strongly implied but glad to have it explicit
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DHS is telling us not to believe our own eyes. They are counting on the fact that some new outlets will air this disinformation without pointing out the contradictory evidence, and plenty of viewers will never learn the truth. We deserve better from our government.
Noem's lies are mind blowing: "This individual attacked those officers, had a weapon on him and multiple, dozens of rounds of ammunition, wishing to inflict harm on these officers, coming, brandishing like that.
January 24, 2026 at 11:47 PM
DHS is telling us not to believe our own eyes. They are counting on the fact that some new outlets will air this disinformation without pointing out the contradictory evidence, and plenty of viewers will never learn the truth. We deserve better from our government.
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In times like these, I remind myself he’s not actually a Texan, just a bootlicker from Bethesda.
January 25, 2026 at 12:12 AM
In times like these, I remind myself he’s not actually a Texan, just a bootlicker from Bethesda.
We want more than renaming roads after him
Alex Jeffrey Pretti was an ICU nurse at a VA hospital. His life, through his profession, was dedicated to serving his community and our country.
As so many have now seen on video, his final act before he was killed by federal agents was doing everything in his power to protect his community.
As so many have now seen on video, his final act before he was killed by federal agents was doing everything in his power to protect his community.
January 25, 2026 at 12:12 AM
We want more than renaming roads after him
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a civil engineer
valid work visa
master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Maine in May 2023
in June 2023, started work at GEI Consultants in Portland
no criminal record
themainemonitor.org/masked-agent...
valid work visa
master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Maine in May 2023
in June 2023, started work at GEI Consultants in Portland
no criminal record
themainemonitor.org/masked-agent...
Masked agents detain civil engineer in Portland
The man is in the U.S. on a work visa after receiving a master’s degree. Agents left his car running in the street with a smashed window.
themainemonitor.org
January 24, 2026 at 11:50 PM
a civil engineer
valid work visa
master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Maine in May 2023
in June 2023, started work at GEI Consultants in Portland
no criminal record
themainemonitor.org/masked-agent...
valid work visa
master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Maine in May 2023
in June 2023, started work at GEI Consultants in Portland
no criminal record
themainemonitor.org/masked-agent...
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BARKLEY: “It’s sad. It’s scary. Somebody’s gotta step up and be adults. 2 people have died for no reason.”
The Minnesota Timberwolves game was postponed.
The Minnesota Timberwolves game was postponed.
January 24, 2026 at 11:59 PM
BARKLEY: “It’s sad. It’s scary. Somebody’s gotta step up and be adults. 2 people have died for no reason.”
The Minnesota Timberwolves game was postponed.
The Minnesota Timberwolves game was postponed.
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The evil of Marketing on steroids
New: Amid the escalating situation in Minneapolis, ICE posted in the Federal Register asking companies to provide info about “commercial Big Data and Ad Tech” products that would “directly support investigations activities”
www.wired.com/story/ice-as...
www.wired.com/story/ice-as...
ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations
A new federal filing from ICE demonstrates how commercial tools are increasingly being considered by the government for law enforcement and surveillance.
www.wired.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:33 PM
The evil of Marketing on steroids
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So how will John Fetterman, who pulled a gun on a jogger back in the day, vote on the DHS bill?
January 24, 2026 at 11:19 PM
So how will John Fetterman, who pulled a gun on a jogger back in the day, vote on the DHS bill?
I do worry about this aspect
my gut tells me american politics are about to shift radically within the next few days, as this rubicon crossing event occurs with both sides heading toward snowstorm-induced isolation and online algorithms
January 24, 2026 at 10:53 PM
I do worry about this aspect
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This is about immigration enforcement like Montgomery was about transit policy
Federal agents once again fire flash bangs and tear gas into the crowd of protesters to push them back
January 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
This is about immigration enforcement like Montgomery was about transit policy
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State investigators blocked from the crime scene despite a warrant. Cover-up.
A lawless regime.
abcnews.go.com/US/live-upda...
A lawless regime.
abcnews.go.com/US/live-upda...
January 24, 2026 at 9:55 PM
State investigators blocked from the crime scene despite a warrant. Cover-up.
A lawless regime.
abcnews.go.com/US/live-upda...
A lawless regime.
abcnews.go.com/US/live-upda...
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Wanna know what Stephen Miller's dick looks like?
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Wanna know what Stephen Miller's dick looks like?
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