Gretchen Perkins
@gretch-27.bsky.social
I never know what to write in these profiles. Interests too numerous to mention. Love to laugh (who doesn’t) and find it more elusive than it used to be. Love democracy.
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🧊✈️ TEXAS TORTURE CAMP⁉️😲
Most of the ICE Air planes departing from Minneapolis are going to El Paso, where the captives are transferred to the notorious Camp East Montana on the Army's Fort Bliss.
Former prisoners have reported torture ⤵️
Link: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Most of the ICE Air planes departing from Minneapolis are going to El Paso, where the captives are transferred to the notorious Camp East Montana on the Army's Fort Bliss.
Former prisoners have reported torture ⤵️
Link: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
January 14, 2026 at 6:05 PM
🧊✈️ TEXAS TORTURE CAMP⁉️😲
Most of the ICE Air planes departing from Minneapolis are going to El Paso, where the captives are transferred to the notorious Camp East Montana on the Army's Fort Bliss.
Former prisoners have reported torture ⤵️
Link: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Most of the ICE Air planes departing from Minneapolis are going to El Paso, where the captives are transferred to the notorious Camp East Montana on the Army's Fort Bliss.
Former prisoners have reported torture ⤵️
Link: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“The most frightened people are the people who don’t travel,” Rick Steves told Rachel Syme, in 2021. “Fear is for people who don’t get out very much.” Revisit their conversation: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/8yP_em
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
“The most frightened people are the people who don’t travel,” Rick Steves told Rachel Syme, in 2021. “Fear is for people who don’t get out very much.” Revisit their conversation: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/8yP_em
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Everyone start jugging up just in case
Lmao someone threw an open bottle of piss into an ICE vehicle that was driving by
January 15, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Everyone start jugging up just in case
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More feds showed up. Crowd chanting, "fuck ICE!"
These vehicles also reversing out now.
These vehicles also reversing out now.
January 15, 2026 at 2:26 AM
More feds showed up. Crowd chanting, "fuck ICE!"
These vehicles also reversing out now.
These vehicles also reversing out now.
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forever war…
i want to be… forever war
do you really want to live forever (forever war)
i want to be… forever war
do you really want to live forever (forever war)
January 15, 2026 at 1:06 AM
forever war…
i want to be… forever war
do you really want to live forever (forever war)
i want to be… forever war
do you really want to live forever (forever war)
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I know this won’t get a lot of attention beyond “well it’s New Hampshire, what did you expect” but I want you all to know there are a lot of kids and families of color here and we all deserve better than this kind of garbage representation
Leaked Signal chat shows NH House education chair advocating whites-only schools
The group chat allegedly shows NH House Education Committee Chair Kristin Noble suggesting test scores would rise if students were split into white and
granitepostnews.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:43 AM
I know this won’t get a lot of attention beyond “well it’s New Hampshire, what did you expect” but I want you all to know there are a lot of kids and families of color here and we all deserve better than this kind of garbage representation
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration on Tuesday night canceled some 2,000 grants representing nearly $2 billion in funding, according to an administration official with knowledge of the cuts who was not authorized to discuss them publicly.
Trump administration slashes funding for substance abuse and mental health programs nationwide | CNN
The Trump administration has made abrupt and sweeping cuts to substance abuse and mental health programs across the country in a move that advocates said will jeopardize the lives of some of the count...
www.cnn.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:09 AM
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration on Tuesday night canceled some 2,000 grants representing nearly $2 billion in funding, according to an administration official with knowledge of the cuts who was not authorized to discuss them publicly.
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grew up hearing this argument in my family for years. mom loved america; dad felt the american dream was a farce. wonder if this is a common experience among non-white immigrants
January 14, 2026 at 9:59 PM
grew up hearing this argument in my family for years. mom loved america; dad felt the american dream was a farce. wonder if this is a common experience among non-white immigrants
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#Ice #dhs #farmers #Minnesota #iceberg #trump #noem #MinnesotaAgriculture #MinnesotaEconomy
Fox 9 Twin Cities:
youtu.be/dfRd5CiYXn0?...
Fox 9 Twin Cities:
youtu.be/dfRd5CiYXn0?...
Minnesota farmers fear ICE surge could cause economic damage
YouTube video by FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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16-year-old Arnoldo Bazan and his father were getting McDonald’s before school when immigration agents pulled them over.
They slammed his father to the ground and put the teen in a chokehold. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” he said.
Read the full story: https://propub.li/4qSnVkQ
They slammed his father to the ground and put the teen in a chokehold. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” he said.
Read the full story: https://propub.li/4qSnVkQ
January 15, 2026 at 1:16 AM
16-year-old Arnoldo Bazan and his father were getting McDonald’s before school when immigration agents pulled them over.
They slammed his father to the ground and put the teen in a chokehold. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” he said.
Read the full story: https://propub.li/4qSnVkQ
They slammed his father to the ground and put the teen in a chokehold. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” he said.
Read the full story: https://propub.li/4qSnVkQ
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We are entirely unafraid of ICE here in Minnesota. We had record-breaking attendance this evening for @indivisiblemn03.org's Minnetonka protest, and we will be back next week. Trump will leave office before we stop protesting. We aren't afraid of cold and certainly aren't afraid of Trump.
January 15, 2026 at 1:16 AM
We are entirely unafraid of ICE here in Minnesota. We had record-breaking attendance this evening for @indivisiblemn03.org's Minnetonka protest, and we will be back next week. Trump will leave office before we stop protesting. We aren't afraid of cold and certainly aren't afraid of Trump.
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Uh-huh.
CAIN: Trump came at you hard the other day, saying you "should never be elected to office again." You changed your vote on war powers after that. Why?
JOSH HAWLEY: I talked to the president and secretary of state and he said we're not gonna occupy Venezuela, and that's good enough for me
JOSH HAWLEY: I talked to the president and secretary of state and he said we're not gonna occupy Venezuela, and that's good enough for me
January 15, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Uh-huh.
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Senile Satan is demanding that Ilhan Omar be deported to Somalia.
www.thedailybeast.com//raging-dona...
www.thedailybeast.com//raging-dona...
Raging Trump Demands Dem Nemesis Be Thrown Out of the Country
There’s just one small problem.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Senile Satan is demanding that Ilhan Omar be deported to Somalia.
www.thedailybeast.com//raging-dona...
www.thedailybeast.com//raging-dona...
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This is the great thought leader of the far-right? www.mediamatters.org/patrick-bet-...
January 14, 2026 at 7:37 PM
This is the great thought leader of the far-right? www.mediamatters.org/patrick-bet-...
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I’m glad @liberalcurrents.com ran this from a father in ICE occupied Minnesota. He acknowledges that he’s in a better situation than lots of folks while analyzing the situation with insight and in solidarity with those in the federal government’s crosshairs.
So, How’s the Occupation Going for You?
What’s it like to live in America with a domestic military occupation? Minnesota has the answer.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:47 PM
I’m glad @liberalcurrents.com ran this from a father in ICE occupied Minnesota. He acknowledges that he’s in a better situation than lots of folks while analyzing the situation with insight and in solidarity with those in the federal government’s crosshairs.
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“Zeigen Sie uns, wo die Juden wohnen.”
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
January 14, 2026 at 4:33 PM
“Zeigen Sie uns, wo die Juden wohnen.”
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We are so far beyond "show us your papers." They don't want to see the papers. We are now into the "give us the names" stage of the occupation.
January 14, 2026 at 4:18 PM
We are so far beyond "show us your papers." They don't want to see the papers. We are now into the "give us the names" stage of the occupation.
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I can’t help but wonder if the parents who enroll their kids in a Spanish immersion preschool might be universally more intelligent than ice goons. Look directly into their cameras and proclaim: Donald Trump rapes little girls.
Apparently ICE goons in multi-car caravans are circling Spanish immersion preschools in the city taunting and photographing the parents and neighbors who are patrolling the school perimeter to keep kids safe.
January 14, 2026 at 4:24 PM
I can’t help but wonder if the parents who enroll their kids in a Spanish immersion preschool might be universally more intelligent than ice goons. Look directly into their cameras and proclaim: Donald Trump rapes little girls.
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And I am headed to MSP next week and honestly in my head it feels like I'm going behind enemy lines. I hope to BUILD ON and DRAW ATTENTION TO the work already being done. Again:
@mprnews.org
@startribune.com
@minnesotareformer.com
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January 14, 2026 at 4:32 PM
And I am headed to MSP next week and honestly in my head it feels like I'm going behind enemy lines. I hope to BUILD ON and DRAW ATTENTION TO the work already being done. Again:
@mprnews.org
@startribune.com
@minnesotareformer.com
Support/click/share
@mprnews.org
@startribune.com
@minnesotareformer.com
Support/click/share
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Footnote for the Democrats and Republicans; Congrats. Trump just destroyed an 80 year alliance; and that what you have destroyed will not be back just bc of a flipped election.
You just lost the Entire EU. Well minus orban. Maybe you can Occupy his ass. Saves us the trouble @barackobama.bsky.social
You just lost the Entire EU. Well minus orban. Maybe you can Occupy his ass. Saves us the trouble @barackobama.bsky.social
Government of Greenland: “Starting today, the military presence will be strengthened on the island and its surrounding areas in close cooperation with allies.”
January 14, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Footnote for the Democrats and Republicans; Congrats. Trump just destroyed an 80 year alliance; and that what you have destroyed will not be back just bc of a flipped election.
You just lost the Entire EU. Well minus orban. Maybe you can Occupy his ass. Saves us the trouble @barackobama.bsky.social
You just lost the Entire EU. Well minus orban. Maybe you can Occupy his ass. Saves us the trouble @barackobama.bsky.social
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From @josephinelee.bsky.social: 92% of private schools already enrolled in Texas’ voucher programs serving kids beyond kindergarten are religious. Our investigation found many of these exclude non-Christian and LGBTQ+ kids.
Texas Taxpayers Will Fund Dozens of Private Schools that Openly Discriminate
The state has signed off on voucher funds for schools that exclude non-Christian and LGBTQ+ kids.
www.texasobserver.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM
From @josephinelee.bsky.social: 92% of private schools already enrolled in Texas’ voucher programs serving kids beyond kindergarten are religious. Our investigation found many of these exclude non-Christian and LGBTQ+ kids.
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She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..."
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
‘I was flooded with fear’: Minnesotans describe their encounters with ICE, being detained
From an Uber driver to a school drop off, MPR News spoke with Minnesotans who were stopped or detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:42 PM
She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..."
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...