Claire Oliphant
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I weave my fascination with #science and #mathematics into my #stainedglass art.
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"Let us go." Immigration attorney Eric Lee shares a drawing by his five-year-old client, stuck in an immigration prison.
January 27, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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If you’re Dems, please coalesce around Stephen Miller not having a job anymore.
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 2:17 PM
If you’re Dems, please coalesce around Stephen Miller not having a job anymore.
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In times like these, it is important to keep coming together as a community. Join me today at the Rockwood Market Hall for a community listening session. This is a space to share what's on your mind, ask questions, and be heard. I hope to see you there.
January 27, 2026 at 2:30 PM
In times like these, it is important to keep coming together as a community. Join me today at the Rockwood Market Hall for a community listening session. This is a space to share what's on your mind, ask questions, and be heard. I hope to see you there.
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"The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone."
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:11 PM
"The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone."
This is a beautiful story, and comforting at the moment.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
The image is not remotely related to the story.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
The image is not remotely related to the story.
The Year Without Sunshine - Uncanny Magazine
During one of the much smaller disasters that preceded the really big disaster, I met a lot of my neighbors online. I can’t remember if we set up the WhatsApp group because of the pandemic or the civi...
www.uncannymagazine.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:15 PM
This is a beautiful story, and comforting at the moment.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
The image is not remotely related to the story.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
The image is not remotely related to the story.
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The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.”
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
January 26, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.”
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
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Oh no, the poor little fash are sad.
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
www.independent.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Oh no, the poor little fash are sad.
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Ask yourself: what possible purpose does this kidnapping serve other than bigotry and terror?
January 26, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Ask yourself: what possible purpose does this kidnapping serve other than bigotry and terror?
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TONIGHT: Join the mass call on documenting and recording law enforcement encounters. We’ll discuss how you can keep taking action as federal agents terrorize our communities. Using our constitutional right to document and record ICE & CBP is more important than ever: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
January 26, 2026 at 1:27 PM
TONIGHT: Join the mass call on documenting and recording law enforcement encounters. We’ll discuss how you can keep taking action as federal agents terrorize our communities. Using our constitutional right to document and record ICE & CBP is more important than ever: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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I said what I said about the silly people who say, "But there has to be a path back for MAGA folk!🤡" There has always been a path back. It's never been an issue at all. Many anti-MAGA folk spent some part of their life on the hateful side.
But the path back involves repair. Undoing harm. Like this.
But the path back involves repair. Undoing harm. Like this.
He spent decades bringing the religious right to power. Now he's marching to undo it.
Rev. Rob Schenck spent decades helping build the Religious Right—commingling church and state to advance conservative causes. Now, he says he must confront the damage he helped cause.
Rev. Rob Schenck spent decades helping build the Religious Right—commingling church and state to advance conservative causes. Now, he says he must confront the damage he helped cause.
January 26, 2026 at 4:40 AM
I said what I said about the silly people who say, "But there has to be a path back for MAGA folk!🤡" There has always been a path back. It's never been an issue at all. Many anti-MAGA folk spent some part of their life on the hateful side.
But the path back involves repair. Undoing harm. Like this.
But the path back involves repair. Undoing harm. Like this.
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I continue to see an IG pattern of a private account with few followers posting comments like "he shouldn't have attacked the agents". Then all these people reply with facts but THAT ENGAGEMENT elevates the first post -- which is a troll bot built to frame narratives.
Block + move on, DON'T engage
Block + move on, DON'T engage
January 26, 2026 at 5:37 AM
I continue to see an IG pattern of a private account with few followers posting comments like "he shouldn't have attacked the agents". Then all these people reply with facts but THAT ENGAGEMENT elevates the first post -- which is a troll bot built to frame narratives.
Block + move on, DON'T engage
Block + move on, DON'T engage
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In the last month alone, Trump’s immigration machine has:
- Murdered two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis.
- Shot two people in Portland.
- Used a five-year-old as bait to carry out an immigration raid.
- Detained an entire Oregon family while they were taking their child to urgent care.
- Murdered two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis.
- Shot two people in Portland.
- Used a five-year-old as bait to carry out an immigration raid.
- Detained an entire Oregon family while they were taking their child to urgent care.
January 26, 2026 at 2:40 PM
In the last month alone, Trump’s immigration machine has:
- Murdered two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis.
- Shot two people in Portland.
- Used a five-year-old as bait to carry out an immigration raid.
- Detained an entire Oregon family while they were taking their child to urgent care.
- Murdered two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis.
- Shot two people in Portland.
- Used a five-year-old as bait to carry out an immigration raid.
- Detained an entire Oregon family while they were taking their child to urgent care.
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This is one of the things that I find is most shocking to people outside Minnesota who don’t realize it yet—the scale at which everyone who isn’t white has been forced into a spectrum of hiding.
Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.
Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.
January 26, 2026 at 4:01 AM
This is one of the things that I find is most shocking to people outside Minnesota who don’t realize it yet—the scale at which everyone who isn’t white has been forced into a spectrum of hiding.
Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.
Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.
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This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 AM
This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Good things are still happening. Make sure to recharge your soul by seeking them out.
Amazing:
“What started as a clean energy project is now quietly supporting marine recovery…In the North Sea, renewable power is no longer just reducing emissions. It’s showing that, with the right design, clean energy can also help life come back — not later, but at the same time.
#cleanEnergy
“What started as a clean energy project is now quietly supporting marine recovery…In the North Sea, renewable power is no longer just reducing emissions. It’s showing that, with the right design, clean energy can also help life come back — not later, but at the same time.
#cleanEnergy
They built wind turbines to make power — but under the sea, they “produce” something no one expected
www.ecoportal.net/en/turbines-...
www.ecoportal.net/en/turbines-...
January 26, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Good things are still happening. Make sure to recharge your soul by seeking them out.
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I think about this post a lot
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
I think about this post a lot
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Excellent. No notes.
January 25, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Excellent. No notes.
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Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.
January 25, 2026 at 11:00 PM
People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.
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#ImpeachNoem.
But also remove Bovino, #AbolishICE and the Border Patrol, #ImpeachBondi, and #ImpeachTrump.
This is not a matter of one person.
Do not let your members of Congress pretend otherwise, USA.
But also remove Bovino, #AbolishICE and the Border Patrol, #ImpeachBondi, and #ImpeachTrump.
This is not a matter of one person.
Do not let your members of Congress pretend otherwise, USA.
Kristi Noem and her department’s latest attempt to mislead the American public regarding the brutal and unjustified killing of Alex Pretti is deeply shameful, and she must be impeached and removed from office immediately.
January 26, 2026 at 1:41 AM
#ImpeachNoem.
But also remove Bovino, #AbolishICE and the Border Patrol, #ImpeachBondi, and #ImpeachTrump.
This is not a matter of one person.
Do not let your members of Congress pretend otherwise, USA.
But also remove Bovino, #AbolishICE and the Border Patrol, #ImpeachBondi, and #ImpeachTrump.
This is not a matter of one person.
Do not let your members of Congress pretend otherwise, USA.
This is an awesome resource, arborist's chips are the best for building soil while suppressing weeds! But keep in mind the SIZE of these dumps. 10-20yards of mulch is a lot. Connect with neighbors to spread the wealth.
If you aren't fussy about the color or variety of your wood chip mulch, you don't mind a few sticks, & you can take a delivery with little notice, I HIGHLY recommend ChipDrop if it is in your area. Absolutely free, unless you opt to pay the $20 to cover the arborist's fee for using the service. 🌱
January 26, 2026 at 2:46 AM
This is an awesome resource, arborist's chips are the best for building soil while suppressing weeds! But keep in mind the SIZE of these dumps. 10-20yards of mulch is a lot. Connect with neighbors to spread the wealth.
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Also him trying to make hand warmers, water, and milk -- and a box of Saltines -- sound SINISTER AND THREATENING is fucking hilarious.
January 25, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Also him trying to make hand warmers, water, and milk -- and a box of Saltines -- sound SINISTER AND THREATENING is fucking hilarious.
One of the things I'm seeing today is analysts saying "Law enforcement doesn't behave this way". And that's only been true if you're white.
The executions of Good and Pretti are making us face something black and brown folks have been dealing with for a long time.
The executions of Good and Pretti are making us face something black and brown folks have been dealing with for a long time.
January 25, 2026 at 4:35 PM
One of the things I'm seeing today is analysts saying "Law enforcement doesn't behave this way". And that's only been true if you're white.
The executions of Good and Pretti are making us face something black and brown folks have been dealing with for a long time.
The executions of Good and Pretti are making us face something black and brown folks have been dealing with for a long time.
You can get Shakespearean with it, CPB et al are "Most notable cowards, infinite and endless liars, hourly promise breakers, the owners of not one good quality"
Please stop saying F*%# 🧊. We love 🧊 and ❄️.
Instead, use more respectful language to relay your message, such as: “f%#^ those rascist, fascist, feeble minded, bootlicking f%ks who keep killing people and disappearing children.”
On behalf of the land that sustains us, the more specific the better
Instead, use more respectful language to relay your message, such as: “f%#^ those rascist, fascist, feeble minded, bootlicking f%ks who keep killing people and disappearing children.”
On behalf of the land that sustains us, the more specific the better
January 25, 2026 at 3:54 PM
You can get Shakespearean with it, CPB et al are "Most notable cowards, infinite and endless liars, hourly promise breakers, the owners of not one good quality"