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Diane Fitz
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Mom of four amazing humans and two gorgeous pups!
Let’s save our country! 🇺🇸
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We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.

This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
noelreports.com NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 1d
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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ofthebraveusa.bsky.social
ICE Associate Director Marcos Charles says that any individual that ICE agents encounter in, around, or in-route to a "target" is fair game for an interrogation, leaving the interviewer stunned.
January 20, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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Every time Trump breaks the clear letter of the law, the NYT and WaPo write a story about how he’s “pushing boundaries” or “testing the limits of his authority”

He's not Chuck Yeager, guys. He's a crook.
January 19, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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Fukuyama: Trump is a bully who wants to dominate everyone around him. Trying to placate him with concessions is a fool’s errand. He despises weakness.

As an American, I say to my European friends: do not back down. Appeasing Trump with flattery has failed and must stop.

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January 19, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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Congratulations, MAGAs, you’ve thoroughly and completely owned the Libs—and all it’s cost you is a working democracy, human rights, national peace, economic stability, affordable groceries, affordable healthcare, qualified leaders, and global standing.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/congratula...
Congratulations, Trump Supporters, You've Owned the Libs
Well, Trump Supporters, as a member of the woke, radical Left, it kills me to say this, but you win.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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mollyjongfast.bsky.social
Time to shutdown ice

youtu.be/TP5TmVRJhCI
January 19, 2026 at 2:56 AM
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January 19, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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“I think more than 350 of those cameras have gone out and are already deployed in the community now,” he said...

www.404media.co/how-one-guy-...
How One Guy Crowdsourced More Than 500 Dashcams for Minneapolis to Film ICE
‘We have to make sure people are watching. We have to make sure we’re keeping track of our community members.’
www.404media.co
January 18, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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Now the crime boss wants other countries to pay him protection money.
fortune.com/2026/01/17/t...
Trump wants nations to pay $1 billion to stay on his peace board | Fortune
Critics are worried that Trump is trying to build an alternative, or rival, to the United Nations, which he has long criticized.
fortune.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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ICYMI: In a late night filing, DOJ argues the federal courts cannot force them to comply with the law requiring release of all the Epstein files.
January 17, 2026 at 4:55 AM
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Gov. Josh Shapiro: "I know what it takes to reduce crime in a community and to build trust in a community…What President Trump has done by sending ICE into Minneapolis has been to erode that trust and make it harder for people to feel safe in their communities."
January 16, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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Gov. Josh Shapiro: "I think if the White House really wants to address immigration reform…then of course we can. But I think this administration has not shown a desire for reform, but rather just a desire to rip apart communities, to make people less safe."
January 16, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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FOURTEEN TIMES since July, ICE has shot at people in their cars. Madness.
January 16, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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January 17, 2026 at 4:45 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
UPDATE: “A US regulator ruled Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI acted illegally by using dozens of methane gas turbines to power huge datacenters in MEMPHIS.”

As the people told @mayorpaulyoung @MemphisChamber — who allowed it to happen.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
January 17, 2026 at 5:31 AM
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Having the President use the Declaration of Independence’s grievances against King George as a script wasn’t on my bingo card.
bencollins.bsky.social Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6d
He really is doing all of it.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
January 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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beyerstein.bsky.social
Qatar bribed Donald Trump with a jet.
katiephang.bsky.social Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 6d
The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.

“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar
The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
www.semafor.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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Trump is going full Nazi playbook with the ICE gestapo and terrorizing our cities. If you are sitting back and saying “Well, it’s not affecting me”, you are complicit with enabling this in America. Stand up for everyone’s rights! #FDT #DV1 #ProudBlue
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Before The Scream Echoes Again
From inherited Holocaust trauma to ICE raids and Nazi-echoing slogans, America’s warning sirens are screaming again; and this time the uniforms say “homeland security.”
open.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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published this and was then immediately without internet for 3+ hours to share it so please read 🙏
ICE is headed to Maine
The Mayors of Portland and Lewiston confirmed Wednesday ICE's imminent presence.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 15, 2026 at 2:42 AM
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🎁 Article

"The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first attack on a boat...killing 11 people... The aircraft also carried its munitions inside the fuselage, rather than visibly under its wings..."

Yet another war crime, tricking targets this way.

#Pinks
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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ecmclaughlin.bsky.social
Knew this was coming, and he should win it.
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 8d
BREAKING: Senator Mark Kelly sues Pete Hegseth, DOD, and others over Hegseth's censure of Kelly and effort to reduce his retirement grade, alleging violations of the First Amendment, due process, Speech & Debate Clause, and federal laws.

Kelly is represented by Arnold & Porter.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MARK KELLY, United States Senator representing the State of Arizona, 120 Constitution Ave NE, Suite 516 Washington, D.C. 20002 Plaintiff, V. PETE HEGSETH, in his official capacity as Secretary of Defense, 1600 Defense Pentagon Washington, D.C. 20301 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, 1600 Defense Pentagon Washington, D.C. 20301 JOHN PHELAN, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Navy, 1000 Navy Pentagon Washington, D.C. 20350 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, 1000 Navy Pentagon Washington, D.C. 20350 Defendants. Case No._ COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF 9. If permitted to stand, the Secretary's censure and the grade-determination proceedings that he has directed will inflict immediate and irreparable harm. The censure, the grade-reduction process, and its inevitable outcome impose official punishment for protected speech, chill legislative oversight, and threaten reductions in rank and pay. Each of these actions also signals to retired service members and Members of Congress that criticism of the Executive's use of the armed forces may be met with retaliation through military channels. The Constitution does not leave such injuries to be remedied after the fact. Speech or Debate, First Amendment, separation-of-powers, and due-process protections must be vindicated at the outset, before the Senator is forced to submit to an unconstitutional and legally baseless proceeding. Senator Kelly therefore brings this complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief. Defendants' actions violate the First Amendment, the Speech or Debate Clause, the separation of powers, due process, 10 U.S.C. § 1370, and the Administrative Procedure Act. 11. In particular, Senator Kelly respectfully asks this Court to declare the censure letter, reopening determination, retirement grade determination proceedings, and related actions unlawful and unconstitutional; to vacate those actions; to enjoin their enforcement; and to preserve the status of a coequal Congress and an apolitical military. PRAYER FOR RELIEF For these reasons, Plaintiff respectfully requests an order: a) declaring Defendants' actions unlawful; b) enjoining the enforcement of Defendants' actions; c) vacating and setting aside Defendants' actions under 5 U.S.C. § 706; d) staying the effective date of Defendants' actions under 5 U.S.C. § 705; e) preliminarily and permanently enjoining Defendants, their agents, employees, appointees, successors, and anyone acting in concert or participation with Defendants from 45 Case 1:26-cv-00081 Document 1 Filed 01/12/26 Page 46 of 46 implementing, maintaining, or giving effect to Defendants' actions, including the Secretary of Defense's determinations and threats of further criminal or administrative action; f) awarding Plaintiff reasonable costs and attorney's fees in accordance with law, including but not limited to 28 U.S.C. § 2412; and g) issuing any and all other such relief as the Court deems just and proper.
January 12, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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News --> Senator Mark Kelly just filed a lawsuit against Pete Hegseth, alleging that his campaign of retribution violates the First Amendment and is designed to silence congressional criticism of Trump. He calls on the court to end this harassment.

Strong stuff here:
January 12, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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I was the first member of Congress to call for abolishing ICE. Turns out I was on to something.
McGovern backs movement to abolish ICE - Daily Hampshire Gazette
NORTHAMPTON — Saying that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has evolved into an agency that’s “ripping families apart,” U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern has become one of the first members of Congress to...
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January 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
January 8, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.
January 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM