Renee
@bippyboo1.bsky.social
Mom, wife, sister, gardener, animal lover; currently living in the Midwest; always & forever a Philly sports girl
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Robert Kagan says 2026 elections are doubtful.
A Stark Warning About the 2026 Election, with Robert Kagan
Can American democracy come back from the brink?
www.newyorker.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Robert Kagan says 2026 elections are doubtful.
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My life hack: put my rep and two senators in contacts on my phone. Every time I’m getting mad, leave a 1 minute message (they never answer). Share my short opinion. If I like how they voted, thank them. 5-6 minutes total, demonstrably effective politics, and good for mental health.
January 23, 2026 at 4:10 AM
My life hack: put my rep and two senators in contacts on my phone. Every time I’m getting mad, leave a 1 minute message (they never answer). Share my short opinion. If I like how they voted, thank them. 5-6 minutes total, demonstrably effective politics, and good for mental health.
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The death of Geraldo Lunas Campos "has been officially deemed a homicide, according to an autopsy report...[he] died during an interaction with guards after being placed into solitary confinement, according to the government." https://wapo.st/3LGjMSc
January 22, 2026 at 7:02 PM
The death of Geraldo Lunas Campos "has been officially deemed a homicide, according to an autopsy report...[he] died during an interaction with guards after being placed into solitary confinement, according to the government." https://wapo.st/3LGjMSc
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Our community is amazing! We are literally overwhelmed! Please consider sending help to one of Minnesota's many immigrant rights orgs such as www.ilcm.org.
January 21, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Our community is amazing! We are literally overwhelmed! Please consider sending help to one of Minnesota's many immigrant rights orgs such as www.ilcm.org.
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I am overwhelmed & exhausted by the amount of press we've gotten over this but also determined to continue speaking loudly against Trump's reign of cruelty & retribution. #AbolishICE
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
January 21, 2026 at 3:42 AM
I am overwhelmed & exhausted by the amount of press we've gotten over this but also determined to continue speaking loudly against Trump's reign of cruelty & retribution. #AbolishICE
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January 15, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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Donate to Monarca, the immigrant defense network, my only costs are gas money and maybe some car repairs and therapy at some point lol
January 14, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Donate to Monarca, the immigrant defense network, my only costs are gas money and maybe some car repairs and therapy at some point lol
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Your reps and senators will fall in line if you show them where exactly the line is. Most aren't smart or brave people but directionless bureaucrats with corporations and oligarchs stalking and hunting them. Replace those who need to be replaced and pressure those who need to find their spine.
January 14, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Your reps and senators will fall in line if you show them where exactly the line is. Most aren't smart or brave people but directionless bureaucrats with corporations and oligarchs stalking and hunting them. Replace those who need to be replaced and pressure those who need to find their spine.
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Rachel Maddow mentioned something about protest activity I had never heard before so I looked into it deeper.
What I found was illuminating
open.substack.com/pub/greattra...
What I found was illuminating
open.substack.com/pub/greattra...
Do Protests Work?
Rachel Maddow said something that made me stop in my tracks - So I dug a little deeper. What I found was illuminating.
open.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Rachel Maddow mentioned something about protest activity I had never heard before so I looked into it deeper.
What I found was illuminating
open.substack.com/pub/greattra...
What I found was illuminating
open.substack.com/pub/greattra...
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Noah way hotter than George was a plot twist neither I nor Nurse Carol Hathaway saw coming
Tfw your childhood pediatricians reunite to tell you that you have osteoporosis
January 11, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Noah way hotter than George was a plot twist neither I nor Nurse Carol Hathaway saw coming
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Hello from Soldier Field. It doesn’t usually look like this in Chicago on Jan. 10. We’re also not usually at a Bears game on Jan. 10.
Less than four hours until playoff football by the lake
Less than four hours until playoff football by the lake
January 10, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Hello from Soldier Field. It doesn’t usually look like this in Chicago on Jan. 10. We’re also not usually at a Bears game on Jan. 10.
Less than four hours until playoff football by the lake
Less than four hours until playoff football by the lake
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FUCK ICE. Hi, it’s your pal KG. I’m getting suppressed on threads b/c in addition to inappropriate jokes, I post a lot of political stuff. I wanna give this app a chance but just don’t know yet. Can u help me get a lot more followers, so I can do a test anti trump post to see if it gets traction?
January 10, 2026 at 6:02 PM
FUCK ICE. Hi, it’s your pal KG. I’m getting suppressed on threads b/c in addition to inappropriate jokes, I post a lot of political stuff. I wanna give this app a chance but just don’t know yet. Can u help me get a lot more followers, so I can do a test anti trump post to see if it gets traction?
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I am less concerned about punishing this particular officer than I am about holding accountable the government officials who put a gun in his hand and told him that immigrants and Trump’s political critics are fair game for violence.
January 10, 2026 at 6:08 PM
I am less concerned about punishing this particular officer than I am about holding accountable the government officials who put a gun in his hand and told him that immigrants and Trump’s political critics are fair game for violence.
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Hey Minneapolis ❄️—we're indie reporters here from Chicago. If there's anything you'd like us to know about community actions, vigils, or fed activity, please drop us a line on Signal at unraveled.66 📱
January 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Hey Minneapolis ❄️—we're indie reporters here from Chicago. If there's anything you'd like us to know about community actions, vigils, or fed activity, please drop us a line on Signal at unraveled.66 📱
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JONATHAN ROSS THREAD: 🧵 I think a certain # of women have seen the video from Ross’s cellphone showing the taunts that led to Renee’s murder.
And we feel in our bones that we’ve left immigration officer territory and entered domestic violence territory very quickly.
Here’s why: 👇🧵
And we feel in our bones that we’ve left immigration officer territory and entered domestic violence territory very quickly.
Here’s why: 👇🧵
January 10, 2026 at 12:04 AM
JONATHAN ROSS THREAD: 🧵 I think a certain # of women have seen the video from Ross’s cellphone showing the taunts that led to Renee’s murder.
And we feel in our bones that we’ve left immigration officer territory and entered domestic violence territory very quickly.
Here’s why: 👇🧵
And we feel in our bones that we’ve left immigration officer territory and entered domestic violence territory very quickly.
Here’s why: 👇🧵
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“Please don't tear this world asunder
Please take back this fear we're under
Please make sure we get tomorrow
All this pain, all this sorrow
I demand a better future”
- David Bowie, who would have turned 79 today and is missed every day.
Please take back this fear we're under
Please make sure we get tomorrow
All this pain, all this sorrow
I demand a better future”
- David Bowie, who would have turned 79 today and is missed every day.
January 9, 2026 at 12:19 AM
“Please don't tear this world asunder
Please take back this fear we're under
Please make sure we get tomorrow
All this pain, all this sorrow
I demand a better future”
- David Bowie, who would have turned 79 today and is missed every day.
Please take back this fear we're under
Please make sure we get tomorrow
All this pain, all this sorrow
I demand a better future”
- David Bowie, who would have turned 79 today and is missed every day.
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Better yet, disestablish all of DHS, and undo the nightmarish idiocies that we created in a panic 25 years ago. Reestablish the INS, get rid of ODNI, fix the damage from the Patriot Act, etc.
For the love of all that is decent and holy: abolish ICE
January 8, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Better yet, disestablish all of DHS, and undo the nightmarish idiocies that we created in a panic 25 years ago. Reestablish the INS, get rid of ODNI, fix the damage from the Patriot Act, etc.
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Can you accept - even w/o agreeing with all our positions - that Black people know profound truths about this country that are not on Schoolhouse Rock?
Now that the tactics they’ve used in our communities are becoming national policy, are you ready to concede that you need our “expertise” as well?
Now that the tactics they’ve used in our communities are becoming national policy, are you ready to concede that you need our “expertise” as well?
I’m glad to see Bill say this. But when after a century of just the type of abuse we saw today - relentless and cruel, ensnaring our children and intimidating our communities - young Black people said in frustration, anger, and demand for change “defund the police” - so many of you denounced them.
January 8, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Can you accept - even w/o agreeing with all our positions - that Black people know profound truths about this country that are not on Schoolhouse Rock?
Now that the tactics they’ve used in our communities are becoming national policy, are you ready to concede that you need our “expertise” as well?
Now that the tactics they’ve used in our communities are becoming national policy, are you ready to concede that you need our “expertise” as well?
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A US citizen was killed by ICE today. A new era is upon us.
The moment to speak out is now. The window is closing. open.substack.com/pub/greattra...
The moment to speak out is now. The window is closing. open.substack.com/pub/greattra...
In Cold Blood
An ICE agent has killed an American Citizen. A new era is upon us.
open.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM
A US citizen was killed by ICE today. A new era is upon us.
The moment to speak out is now. The window is closing. open.substack.com/pub/greattra...
The moment to speak out is now. The window is closing. open.substack.com/pub/greattra...
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Intolerable to spend even one more minute under this, to see my neighbors grappling with living under this, to make the little practical concessions and plans it requires. countless little tragedies all over the city
The ICE presence here is so loathsome it has basically foreclosed all other political or organizing thought for me. There is nothing more urgent than dismantling this. There is nothing good that can happen before doing so. it is an abomination and a stain on all of us every second it continues
January 7, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Intolerable to spend even one more minute under this, to see my neighbors grappling with living under this, to make the little practical concessions and plans it requires. countless little tragedies all over the city
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the racism coming from the entire conservative movement targeting the somali community is so goddam disgusting and its just being completely ignored
December 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
the racism coming from the entire conservative movement targeting the somali community is so goddam disgusting and its just being completely ignored
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China is on the move,not only in the South China Sea, but in the high north. Illegal “shadow fleets“ use these routes to move sanctioned oil from Iran, Russia, & Venezuela. NATO needs to increase its patrols and operations in the Arctic, led by the US www.wsj.com/world/china-...
China’s Push to Master the Arctic Opens an Alarming Shortcut to U.S.
National-security officials say Chinese submarines and icebreakers pose a new military threat from the High North.
www.wsj.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
China is on the move,not only in the South China Sea, but in the high north. Illegal “shadow fleets“ use these routes to move sanctioned oil from Iran, Russia, & Venezuela. NATO needs to increase its patrols and operations in the Arctic, led by the US www.wsj.com/world/china-...
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This from Iowa journalist @laurarbelin.bsky.social is so good. Belin - an actual journalist with years experience including covering Russia(!), spells out what it's really like trying to get the govt to comment for stories & why Bari Weiss screwed up.
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/25/o...
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/25/o...
On "fair" reporting and what happened at "60 Minutes"
Laura Belin: I was alarmed (though not surprised) when CBS News boss Bari Weiss intervened to stop “60 Minutes” from airing a segment.
www.bleedingheartland.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
This from Iowa journalist @laurarbelin.bsky.social is so good. Belin - an actual journalist with years experience including covering Russia(!), spells out what it's really like trying to get the govt to comment for stories & why Bari Weiss screwed up.
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/25/o...
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/25/o...
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I want to take a moment of reflection. I don’t post a lot of threads anymore (bc really who wants to read them) but this seems like a good time to make a few points about wins & losses & surviving & fighting during the Trump administration’s siege on democracy. Especially as 2025 comes to a close.
U.S. Supreme Court sides against Trump, won't lift block on National Guard deployment in Illinois
DEVELOPING from @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump...
DEVELOPING from @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump...
U.S. Supreme Court sides against Trump, won't lift block on National Guard deployment in Illinois
The decision, appearing on the high court’s “emergency” or “shadow” docket, is the first from the justices addressing President Donald Trump’s efforts to deploy National Guard troops into American cit...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I want to take a moment of reflection. I don’t post a lot of threads anymore (bc really who wants to read them) but this seems like a good time to make a few points about wins & losses & surviving & fighting during the Trump administration’s siege on democracy. Especially as 2025 comes to a close.
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Nico is taking a break from decorating to wish you all a very merry Christmas.
December 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Nico is taking a break from decorating to wish you all a very merry Christmas.