Aaron Knight
@farktal.com
Associate Director, Web Services at SUNY ESF; immed. past President & board member of Digital Collegium; Alpha Phi Omega alum volunteer. Geek, cook, and political junkie. @farktal from the bird app. Views are my own. he/him
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“You stole a fucking flower from a dead woman. Like, are any of you human anymore?”👇
January 27, 2026 at 12:47 PM
“You stole a fucking flower from a dead woman. Like, are any of you human anymore?”👇
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To avoid the possibility Holocaust remembrance might lead to empathy for migrants, Trump's antisemitism envoy claims Anne Frank "was in Amsterdam legally."
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
January 27, 2026 at 3:28 PM
To avoid the possibility Holocaust remembrance might lead to empathy for migrants, Trump's antisemitism envoy claims Anne Frank "was in Amsterdam legally."
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
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The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired
January 27, 2026 at 2:07 AM
The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired
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Bovino has worked so hard at being Nazi, I hope for all the effort he gets the full experience.
January 26, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Bovino has worked so hard at being Nazi, I hope for all the effort he gets the full experience.
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It can get lower!
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 6:43 PM
It can get lower!
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"We'll take it from here, Alex"
signs left at alex pretti’s memorial in minneapolis: “i love you so much / i’ll miss you forever” photo with a friend, “i would have done the same. RIP alex,” a stethoscope and “we’ll take it from here, alex” and a tshirt for the minnesota nurses association
January 26, 2026 at 8:58 PM
"We'll take it from here, Alex"
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Lot of conservative dudes out there telling on themselves by being astounded by a level of ”logistics” that the average mom has to manage every fucking day
January 26, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Lot of conservative dudes out there telling on themselves by being astounded by a level of ”logistics” that the average mom has to manage every fucking day
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“Don’t call us the Gestapo or we’ll have to summarily execute people.”
Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
January 26, 2026 at 12:25 AM
“Don’t call us the Gestapo or we’ll have to summarily execute people.”
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“you seem to be getting radicalized by this”
you mean the government executing peaceful protesters and then lying about it and trying to destroy the evidence? yeah a bit
you mean the government executing peaceful protesters and then lying about it and trying to destroy the evidence? yeah a bit
January 25, 2026 at 5:19 PM
“you seem to be getting radicalized by this”
you mean the government executing peaceful protesters and then lying about it and trying to destroy the evidence? yeah a bit
you mean the government executing peaceful protesters and then lying about it and trying to destroy the evidence? yeah a bit
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Those blaming failure to "reduce tensions" by telling protestors to stay home want you to be ok with/forget that masked federal thugs just murdered a man in broad daylight
It's not a time to reduce tension. It's a time to stand up in overwhelming numbers
They SHOULD be afraid of what happens next
It's not a time to reduce tension. It's a time to stand up in overwhelming numbers
They SHOULD be afraid of what happens next
January 25, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Those blaming failure to "reduce tensions" by telling protestors to stay home want you to be ok with/forget that masked federal thugs just murdered a man in broad daylight
It's not a time to reduce tension. It's a time to stand up in overwhelming numbers
They SHOULD be afraid of what happens next
It's not a time to reduce tension. It's a time to stand up in overwhelming numbers
They SHOULD be afraid of what happens next
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"He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper-sprayed," Alex’s family continued. "Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you."
"Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends, and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact."
Family of ICU Nurse Killed by Federal Agents Remember His 'Kindhearted Soul,' Call DHS' Account of Shooting 'Sickening Lies'
The family of Alex Pretti, the man who was shot and killed by federal officers in Minneapolis on Jan. 24, has spoken out, remembering him as a 'kindhearted soul' while also hitting back at claims made...
people.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:57 PM
"He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper-sprayed," Alex’s family continued. "Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you."
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AND IMPEACH AND REMOVE.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
January 25, 2026 at 3:59 PM
AND IMPEACH AND REMOVE.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
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When your life is a never-ending grift hard to recognize what actual civic behavior looks like
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 4:52 AM
When your life is a never-ending grift hard to recognize what actual civic behavior looks like
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Miller is as mentally ill as Trump is. He no longer can distinguish between the dark fantasies that bounce around in his mind and the real world around him.
Stephen Miller calls the deceased “a domestic terrorist.”
January 24, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Miller is as mentally ill as Trump is. He no longer can distinguish between the dark fantasies that bounce around in his mind and the real world around him.
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I thought about the passion and devotion it took for all those people to be out there. And then I walked my dog this morning in the -5 wind chill and realized they're absolute warriors and ICE is fucked.
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
January 24, 2026 at 3:33 PM
I thought about the passion and devotion it took for all those people to be out there. And then I walked my dog this morning in the -5 wind chill and realized they're absolute warriors and ICE is fucked.
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As you can see here, they entered *legally*. These are *legal immigrants*. They did things "the right way." This administration then either changes the law or violates the law to call people "illegal." This is unconscionable, but most people don't understand this...
The parents of a 7 year old, all of whom are in the process of applying for asylum, took their daughter to the ER when her nose wouldn't stop bleeding. ICE picked them up near the hospital and they are now in detention in Texas, presumably awaiting deportation. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:32 PM
As you can see here, they entered *legally*. These are *legal immigrants*. They did things "the right way." This administration then either changes the law or violates the law to call people "illegal." This is unconscionable, but most people don't understand this...
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This is such an important point. That 5-year-old and his dad should never been detained in the first place! That's because they were already in the system and going through the legal process to seek asylum — and their arrest was seemingly just to juice ICE's numbers.
This kid and his father entered via CBP One app. It's just absurd and monumentally unfair for people who availed themselves of lawful channels when they existed by following government processes to suddenly get detained and deported to a third country.
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
January 23, 2026 at 6:44 PM
This is such an important point. That 5-year-old and his dad should never been detained in the first place! That's because they were already in the system and going through the legal process to seek asylum — and their arrest was seemingly just to juice ICE's numbers.
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📌The thing about Jack Smith's testimony today is that it is easily corroborated because we all watched the attack on TV, including the guy behind it, who did nothing about it for three hours.
January 23, 2026 at 1:25 AM
📌The thing about Jack Smith's testimony today is that it is easily corroborated because we all watched the attack on TV, including the guy behind it, who did nothing about it for three hours.
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"There is a procedure for deporting people who are undocumented. Obama did it and Biden did it. It’s the law. There is not a legal procedure for these heavily armed, masked, no-identification thugs to run around neighborhoods and terrorize preschools." trib.al/82lrVX8
Transcript: Mike Johnson’s Gaslighting on ICE Takes Truly Vile Turn
As the House Speaker offers disgusting comments about ICE and Renee Good, a scholar of the religious right explains how it is that evangelicals like him see no evil whatsoever in ICE’s violent attacks on Americans.
trib.al
January 22, 2026 at 9:20 PM
"There is a procedure for deporting people who are undocumented. Obama did it and Biden did it. It’s the law. There is not a legal procedure for these heavily armed, masked, no-identification thugs to run around neighborhoods and terrorize preschools." trib.al/82lrVX8
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permanently seared into my mind is when colbert at the bush whcd said the admin was soaring like the hindenburg, but turns out vance did it himself. really incredible stuff here.
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 22, 2026 at 6:24 PM
permanently seared into my mind is when colbert at the bush whcd said the admin was soaring like the hindenburg, but turns out vance did it himself. really incredible stuff here.
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I was told by the noisy Do Somethings that Democrats weren't fighting, though.
"The HHS and Education bills once contained the most sweeping anti-trans provisions in congressional history. Now they contain none."
www.erininthemorning.com/p/democrats-...
"The HHS and Education bills once contained the most sweeping anti-trans provisions in congressional history. Now they contain none."
www.erininthemorning.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Successfully Strip All Anti-Trans Riders From Final Appropriations Bills
The HHS and Education bills once contained the most sweeping anti-trans provisions in congressional history. Now they contain none.
www.erininthemorning.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:48 AM
I was told by the noisy Do Somethings that Democrats weren't fighting, though.
"The HHS and Education bills once contained the most sweeping anti-trans provisions in congressional history. Now they contain none."
www.erininthemorning.com/p/democrats-...
"The HHS and Education bills once contained the most sweeping anti-trans provisions in congressional history. Now they contain none."
www.erininthemorning.com/p/democrats-...
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I would argue that the case for dismantling ICE has, at this point, virtually nothing to do with larger questions of immigration enforcement and reform, it's just clearly incompatible with a free and democratic society to maintain a secret police force with sweeping and arbitrary authority.
Senator Gallego weighs in as well. Note that at the start of 2025 he was considered a *moderate* on immigration and co-sponsored the Laken Riley Act. Him and many other Dems have been increasingly horrified at what ICE is doing and shifted away from a "more enforcement" focus.
January 21, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I would argue that the case for dismantling ICE has, at this point, virtually nothing to do with larger questions of immigration enforcement and reform, it's just clearly incompatible with a free and democratic society to maintain a secret police force with sweeping and arbitrary authority.
Charge and imprison the entire chain of command that signed off on this unconstitutional bullshit. Today. JFC.
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Charge and imprison the entire chain of command that signed off on this unconstitutional bullshit. Today. JFC.
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This is insane not just the explicit "go break the 4A" substance but how they knew how bad it was, acting in guilty paranoia to cover it up and suppress the written evidence.
This isn't how running a government agency works. This is what a criminal conspiracy looks like, because that's what it is.
This isn't how running a government agency works. This is what a criminal conspiracy looks like, because that's what it is.
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 11:03 PM
This is insane not just the explicit "go break the 4A" substance but how they knew how bad it was, acting in guilty paranoia to cover it up and suppress the written evidence.
This isn't how running a government agency works. This is what a criminal conspiracy looks like, because that's what it is.
This isn't how running a government agency works. This is what a criminal conspiracy looks like, because that's what it is.