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demoerke.bsky.social
@demoerke.bsky.social
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Husband, father, grandpa, survivor, retired meatpacker/labor activist, USAF veteran, bird lover, gardener, Minnesotan He/him. Dx #MS 2018
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santiagomayer.com
It doesn't actually matter if Chuck Schumer votes for this or not.

If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.

Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I'm told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the ICE Chiefs will likely be replaced by Border Patrol & CBP officials, some of whom will be hand-picked by aggressive & controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. I'm told some of the ICE leadership removed from their positions include the ICE Field Office Directors in: - Los Angeles - Phoenix - Philadelphia - Denver - El Paso - San Diego - Seattle/Portland - New Orleans Border Patrol officials taking over ICE leadership positions would be extremely significant, as Border Patrol and ICE do different things, and I've done numerous ride-alongs/embeds with both. Generally speaking, ICE typically conducts very targeted operations, largely going after criminal illegal aliens or those with deportation orders, but almost always knowing who they are targeting for arrest, often conducting surveillance to learn their schedules before and waiting hours before arresting them if needed. Border Patrol, under Trump 2.0, while sometimes doing their own targeted operations, has been extremely aggressive and has been at the forefront of some of the most controversial immigration enforcement operations we've seen so far, carrying out roving patrols in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc, often at Home Depot, car washes, flea markets etc, leading to a handful of federal judges around the country issuing injunctions against them. A majority of the viral videos you see online are Border Patrol agents, including the use of a Trojan horse style Penske moving truck at a Los Angeles Home Depot, an operation organized by Bovino. ICE often gets blamed for what Border Patrol does, as the media and activists often cannot tell the difference between federal agents, and everyone is called "ICE". I'm told there are growing concerns about the political and PR fallout associated with some of the roving patrols Border Patrol is conducting as lawsuits continue to stack up and mid-terms approach next year. I'm told there is significant friction within different wings of DHS and the administration, with Border Czar Tom Homan & ICE Director Todd Lyons preferring to prioritize targeting criminal aliens & the "worst of the worst" or those with deportation orders, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and BP Commander Bovino prefer to use aggressive tactics to arrest anyone in the US illegally, including but not limited to criminals, to ramp up deportation numbers and achieve President Trump's promises of mass deportations. I am hearing from both sides of this friction. One senior DHS official tells me: "ICE started with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol started in LA in June, we've (DHS) lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization. It's getting numbers, but at what cost?". Border Patrol agents I've talked to defend their tactics, with one telling me: "What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table." It's quite a situation, as both sides of this are on the same team, with the same end goals, but different perspectives on how to get there. Another DHS official confirmed the personnel changes to me on deep background, adding that the moves are based on performance and doing what is needed to achieve the best results. Official statement to @FoxNews via @TriciaOhio : "While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump Administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country." 7:57 PM · Oct 27, 2025 · 29.6K Views
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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southdakotasearchlight.com
“There’s a sense of commitment in this crowd that we haven’t felt before,” said an organizer of the #NoKings protest in Sioux Falls, which drew an estimated 3,000-plus attendees. buff.ly/qByEak3
Crowd of thousands for No Kings protest in Sioux Falls shows ‘sense of commitment,’ organizer says • South Dakota Searchlight
More than 3,000 people gathered in downtown Sioux Falls for the latest No Kings protest – making it the city’s largest protest of the year.
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October 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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kyivindependent.com
These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Oct. 16, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
October 16, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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ohrobin.bsky.social
“Put that on the news.”

Fuck yes.
lorennacleary.bsky.social LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · Oct 16
She gets all the flowers. I mean ALL of them. If we see her, we immediately have to give her flowers.
October 16, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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meidastouch.com
SF Chronicle joins the LA Times in confirming MeidasTouch’s reporting
October 16, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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ocasio-cortez.house.gov
House Republicans are saying that they are doing all of this work, but they are twiddling their thumbs and refusing to negotiate.

I have never seen people who hate working this much. They need to pick up the phone.
October 16, 2025 at 3:23 AM
demoerke.bsky.social
When they Bukele the Courts
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When they Bukele the Courts
When Kilmar Abrego Garcia was first deported to El Salvador and his lawyers went to court, arguing an immigration judge had previously prohibited it, Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff,...
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October 12, 2025 at 2:20 AM
demoerke.bsky.social
Senator Warns of Trump's Secret Watchlist for Americans
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Senator Warns of Trump's Secret Watchlist for Americans
NSPM-7 finally gets Congressional attention
www.kenklippenstein.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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elivalley.bsky.social
More history from this Nazi adulated by the Trump team. These are explicit, proud Nazis who scream and cry and call every referee they can find when you quote their Nazism back to them.
Multiple tweets from Nazi Jack Posobiec in 2016 making "jokes" involving the Nazi code "1488."
October 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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muellershewrote.com
NOW: Starting a new thread on the Portland National Guard hearing happening now. We're in the hearing. 1/
muellershewrote.com Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Oct 6
NEW: Judge Immergut - a trump appointee - has called an emergency hearing tonight because the administration appears to have tried to circumvent her order by calling in the California guard after she blocked the Oregon guard deployment with a temporary restraining order yesterday. 1/
October 6, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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atrupar.com
Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
September 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
demoerke.bsky.social
I've probably watched this 30 times😆
wutangforchildren.bsky.social WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · Sep 29
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the University of South Dakota to reinstate a professor who posted criticism of Charlie Kirk on his Facebook page the day of the shooting, finding the action likely violated the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
demoerke.bsky.social
Wisconsin Rep. Derrick Van Orden threatens to withold entire city of Ellsworth's federal funding and grants unless a single teacher doxxed by LibsOfTiktok is fired for her views.
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September 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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mnaflcio.org
“Going forward, we want working Minnesotans to know the law is on their side should they choose not to attend these meetings, and we urge all Minnesota employers to follow the law and to respect their employees’ freedom of conscience and freedom to organize.” #BetterInAUnion #mnleg
Court dismisses challenge to captive audience meeting ban
Minnesota AFL-CIO President Benrie Burnham made the following statement on Wednesday’s ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit dismissing a challenge to Minnesota’s 2023 law preventing
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September 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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50501movement.bsky.social
It's a legit news site but reads like an article from The Onion. www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/mil...
The National Guard, DC landscaping and the great pursuit of lethality
Few training methods guarantee a better fighting force than boredom-induced annoyance.
www.militarytimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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wisdems.org
Wisconsinites are hurting because of Republicans.

https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/government-politics/article_dca5148d-b565-4104-9cbc-58c6b2d8c6f0.html
Kenosha News HEADLINE "Locals speak out as federal food assistance cut in budget" A program to help low income individuals and families buy food will be ending or reduced for thousands in Wisconsin, including Kenosha County, following federal budget cuts. At a round table discussion with U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin D-Wisconsin on Thursday, representatives of the Boys and Girls Club of Kenosha and others said they are already feeling the effects from reeducations to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. SWIPE FOR THEIR STORIES Kenosha News HEADLINE "Locals speak out as federal food assistance cut in budget" Talib Young, the Boys and Girls' Club of Wisconsin's Youth of the Year, who works two jobs to support his mother, who is battling Stage 4 cancer, said he no longer qualifies for food stamps. "She had to take me off of her food stamps and medical...What did we do? Where did we go wrong? Apparently I was making too much income," Young said, who was among those who spoke at the Kenosha Emerging Leaders Academy. "Me, trying to support my single mother...with what, five kids in the house?" Kenosha News HEADLINE "Locals speak out as federal food assistance cut in budget" Nicole Washpun, the club's teen service director, said a BGCK program teaches teens how to shop for and prepare nutritious meals. However, because the center of Kenosha is essentially in a "food desert," they have to travel 15-20 minutes to a grocery store, and often parents have no transportation to get to those groceries. Washpun said she helps pay out of her own pocket "just because I know how much the kids are being affected from now being able to actually eat." Kenosha News HEADLINE "Locals speak out as federal food assistance cut in budget" Tamarra Coleman, former executive director of the Shalom Center before taking over as CEO of Racine Family YMCA, said the federal cuts will affect many - from veterans to seniors who will be choosing whether to pay rent or buy medication. While she doesn't envision a repeal of the bill, she's hoping her Republican colleagues listen to people in their home states who question why they voted for it. "Maybe some of them will have a change of heart," she said. "We also have an election and maybe we'll change the faces of those whose minds we can't change." In read" We also have an election and maybe we'll change the faces of those whose minds we can't change."
August 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
demoerke.bsky.social
How is the far-right outrage machine going to pivot away from gun policy this time? minnesotareformer.com/2025/08/29/h...
How is the far-right outrage machine going to pivot away from gun policy this time? • Minnesota Reformer
Policy changes work, if we ever develop the political will to stop this senseless tide of bloodshed.
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August 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Okay, my 101-year-old grandfather is really enjoying the responses he’s gotten here, so I’ve finally convinced him to let me share something he’s been working on for years; a series of sculptures he calls “Trumpinnochios.”

Here’s one of his best. I’ll share a few more in this thread.
A picture of a sculpture. A wooden carving of Trump with a long red tie stands atop a miniature skyscraper labeled Trump Tower. He is holding a mini Statute of Liberty in one hand and a large American flag in the other. The flag has “January 6, 2021” written on it. Three miniature fighter planes are circling the figure, a la King Kong. At the base of the tower are multiple sheep figures looking up at him, all wearing red hats. On his leg is another sheep, with a label saying “It’s me, JD” written on it. A zoomed in picture of the top of the tower, showing all the details.
August 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
demoerke.bsky.social
Buying His Way Into Heaven
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Buying His Way Into Heaven
Weird days, y'all.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
August 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
demoerke.bsky.social
Six Killed in Confined Space Catastrophe jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
Six Killed in Confined Space Catastrophe - Confined Space
6 dairy workers were killed in a confined space tragedy in Keenesburg, CO. OSHA has no confined space standard that protects farmworkers.
jordanbarab.com
August 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
demoerke.bsky.social
#FFS

My chronic disease now has its own logo.🙄🤪😬

#msnow #ThisIsMS #FUMS #disability

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August 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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gerikatz.bsky.social
It was never about crime, it was about giving our tax dollars to private prisons. They’re destroying families and detaining human beings because they’re a profit driver for private prisons.
boltsmag.org Bolts @boltsmag.org · Aug 9
"90% of people who are in immigration detention are in a facility operated by a private detention corporation... We’ve heard from their earnings calls that they’re very excited about getting more money and to expand detention," says an immigration expert.

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How the GOP Megabill Would Turbocharge Local Immigration Enforcement
Congress is pouring tens of billions of dollars into more immigration detention, private jails, and border operations, plus new ICE partnerships with local police and sheriffs.
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August 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
demoerke.bsky.social
Defense Chief Boosts Extremist Pastor
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Defense Chief Boosts Extremist Pastor
From repealing women’s suffrage to defending slavery, Pastor Doug Wilson’s views are influencing the Pentagon.
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August 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM