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Our building has a handyman, an American citizen, who has been stopped by ICE so many times he isn't leaving his house anymore and the building of mostly senior citizens has started a fundraiser and sent out invite to a building wide meeting to discuss how to help him and others in community.
January 18, 2026 at 4:21 AM
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Just a reminder ▶️ Brett Kavanaugh did this. #KavanaughStops
How much more in your face can it be?

"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
January 17, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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How sad is this? The CDC closed its FOIA office, so this story could only be published because a Danish journalist provided Rolling Stone with the documents, after obtaining them through a freedom of information request to the University of Southern Denmark

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
HHS Gave a $1.6 Million Grant to a Controversial Vaccine Study. These Emails Show How That Happened
Two Danish researchers faced accusations of “questionable research practices” as RFK Jr.’s top appointees made their study a “funding priority.”
www.rollingstone.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:11 AM
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Training cannot correct for deficiencies resulting from a lack of vetting. Remember what federal LEOs are normally screened for (CARLA F. BAD):

Character
Associates
Reputation
Loyalty
Ability
Finances
Bias
Alcohol/Addictions
Drugs

ICE is not being vetted against any of these. Shut it down.
No. We don’t need to “modify ICE training.” We need to close DHS. Dismantle it. It’s an outdated expensive bureaucracy that’s been usurped by violent white supremacists. Shut it down.
January 18, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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If a Minnesotan says to you, "I don't plan to let you do that," run.
January 17, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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Minneapolis, not Fallujah
January 18, 2026 at 1:09 AM
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She is an expert on authoritarian regimes, in case you're wondering whether peaceful protests matter.
January 18, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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I wonder how long it will take the media to catch on to the fact that ICE’s recruiting spree has effectively deputized every white supremacist hate group out there.
January 17, 2026 at 5:32 AM
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this is the sickest shit ive ever seen
January 16, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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Some perspective on the recent massacre by the Islamic Republic of Iran
January 17, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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Performance perversity www.wsj.com/us-news/the-...
January 17, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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CBS News aired it in full. CBS never disclosed this threat. And it was a softball interview.

Legacy media is not going to protect us. It won't even defend itself. Support independent media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
January 17, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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This made me laugh out loud.
January 17, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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You know people are unpopular when corporate brands come along to personally disavow any connection.
January 17, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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The foreign intervention people should actually be talking about in regard to Iran is the fact that the government hires people from places like Iraq and Lebanon to come in and kill Iranians during protests. But instead, people just parrot regime talking points about the US and Isra3l.
Terror group hires Iraqi militias to suppress Iran protests | The Jerusalem Post
As reports of Iraqi fighters in Iran circulate, flight patterns and eyewitness descriptions suggest an organized pipeline
www.jpost.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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Swedish troops are mobilizing in Greenland. Canada denounces our every move. The entire world is taking Trump seriously.

Meanwhile, nearly half this country is like “ha ha no he is just joking it’s all good, I feel safer!”
January 17, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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🚨BREAKING: A right-wing agitator who was confronted by Minneapolis ICE protesters just hit someone with his car—and continued to drive off—from parking garage. It's unclear if it was an ICE protester he hit or their condition. "They just ran into somebody as they drove away." ⬇️
January 17, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 17, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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🚨"F*cking ICE is terrorizing our neighbors, they're kidnapping people, they're gassing schools, they're shooting people! We see ICE agents commit crimes on a daily basis and one of the f*cking cops just said to me that they can't do sh*t!". LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 17, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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1. For those of you who want to learn more about Iran, one book I always recommend is this biography of the Shah by Abbas Milani, the distinguished Iranian-American Stanford professor.

Amazon: tr.ee/AiD6ZQ

Bookshop: bit.ly/3Nzqsls
January 17, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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Colleges are closing as we hit the demographic cliff (people stopped having as many kids after the housing crisis and it’s now 18 years later) and they don’t have enough students. The Trump administration’s war on foreign students also doesn’t help.

Up to 400 expected to close over the decade.
Plunging US Birth Rate Pushes Colleges Off Enrollment Cliff
America’s tumbling birthrate is pushing colleges toward a “demographic cliff,” where a declining population in the late teens and early 20s could leave campuses empty
www.bloomberg.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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Naturalized U.S. citizen detained in front of his 5 year old daughter in Columbia Heights, Minn. after agent told him he spoke with an accent. Ironically, the agent speaks with a similar accent. "They don't care if you're a citizen or not."
Border Patrol agent questions if man is US citizen ‘because of your accent’ | CNN
Video shows the moment Ramon Menera was detained outside his home in a Minneapolis suburb on Wednesday in front of his 5-year-old daughter after a US Border Patrol agent accused him of not being a US ...
www.cnn.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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A really critical detail here is they are not testing pregnant people and therefore will randomize newborns with extremely high risk of getting Hep B at the time of birth (from the birthing parent), in a country with high rates of Hep B, to NOT GETTING THE VACCINE THAT CAN PREVENT TRANSMISSION.
January 17, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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California Launches Investigation Into Grok’s Nonconsensual Sexual Images
The AG said that "the avalanche of reports detailing the non-consensual, sexually explicit material that xAI has produced" is shocking.
gizmodo.com/california-i...
California Launches Investigation Into Grok's Nonconsensual Sexual Images
The AG said that "the avalanche of reports detailing the non-consensual, sexually explicit material that xAI has produced" is shocking.
gizmodo.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:08 PM