Floof
@hbean.bsky.social
Writer/editor, parent, she/her. Old enough to probably have a lot of lead in me.
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My law firm is currently litigation 81 voting and election cases in 40 states. This includes 11 redistricting lawsuits. It also includes 26 cases where we are litigating against the DOJ.
Elias Law Group only has 60 lawyers. Big Law firms have 1,000-2,000 lawyers. Where are they in this fight?
Elias Law Group only has 60 lawyers. Big Law firms have 1,000-2,000 lawyers. Where are they in this fight?
January 18, 2026 at 9:14 PM
My law firm is currently litigation 81 voting and election cases in 40 states. This includes 11 redistricting lawsuits. It also includes 26 cases where we are litigating against the DOJ.
Elias Law Group only has 60 lawyers. Big Law firms have 1,000-2,000 lawyers. Where are they in this fight?
Elias Law Group only has 60 lawyers. Big Law firms have 1,000-2,000 lawyers. Where are they in this fight?
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🚨Common Wealth is hiring a Production Officer.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:45 PM
🚨Common Wealth is hiring a Production Officer.
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Find out more and apply 👇
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The fundraiser for the ICE agent in the Renee Good killing has stayed online in seeming breach of GoFundMe’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.
GoFundMe Ignores Own Rules by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good
The fundraiser for the ICE agent in the Renee Good killing has stayed online in seeming breach of GoFundMe’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.
wrd.cm
January 18, 2026 at 9:05 PM
The fundraiser for the ICE agent in the Renee Good killing has stayed online in seeming breach of GoFundMe’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.
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CONFIRMED:
Earlier today Don Lemon reported a protest at Cities Church in St. Paul, MN where they said pastor David Easterwood is Acting Director of the ICE Field Office.
They were 100% right.
https://www.c-span.org/program/news-conference/homeland-security-secretary-noem-on-ice-operations/667821
Earlier today Don Lemon reported a protest at Cities Church in St. Paul, MN where they said pastor David Easterwood is Acting Director of the ICE Field Office.
They were 100% right.
https://www.c-span.org/program/news-conference/homeland-security-secretary-noem-on-ice-operations/667821
January 18, 2026 at 7:04 PM
CONFIRMED:
Earlier today Don Lemon reported a protest at Cities Church in St. Paul, MN where they said pastor David Easterwood is Acting Director of the ICE Field Office.
They were 100% right.
https://www.c-span.org/program/news-conference/homeland-security-secretary-noem-on-ice-operations/667821
Earlier today Don Lemon reported a protest at Cities Church in St. Paul, MN where they said pastor David Easterwood is Acting Director of the ICE Field Office.
They were 100% right.
https://www.c-span.org/program/news-conference/homeland-security-secretary-noem-on-ice-operations/667821
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ICE are bog standard child kidnappers.
Thanks. We have folks in our community giving vulnerable students rides to school, and a teacher shared that they were putting small stuffed animals on their dashboards to help kids identify safe cars. ICE picked up on it and started doing the same. Horrifying.
January 18, 2026 at 7:42 PM
ICE are bog standard child kidnappers.
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Thanks. We have folks in our community giving vulnerable students rides to school, and a teacher shared that they were putting small stuffed animals on their dashboards to help kids identify safe cars. ICE picked up on it and started doing the same. Horrifying.
January 16, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Thanks. We have folks in our community giving vulnerable students rides to school, and a teacher shared that they were putting small stuffed animals on their dashboards to help kids identify safe cars. ICE picked up on it and started doing the same. Horrifying.
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It's a sure sign of the right-wing capture of mainstream media outlets that not a single major publication, aside from the Philadelphia Inquirer, has published an editorial calling on Trump to resign.
The president
-Is occupying a major city with armed paramilitiaries
-Is blackmailing treaty allies to hand over their sovereign territory
-Is trying to set himself up as chairman for life of a UN rival with $1B fees for permanent membership
-Is talking about canceling elections
-Is occupying a major city with armed paramilitiaries
-Is blackmailing treaty allies to hand over their sovereign territory
-Is trying to set himself up as chairman for life of a UN rival with $1B fees for permanent membership
-Is talking about canceling elections
January 18, 2026 at 6:08 PM
It's a sure sign of the right-wing capture of mainstream media outlets that not a single major publication, aside from the Philadelphia Inquirer, has published an editorial calling on Trump to resign.
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The president
-Is occupying a major city with armed paramilitiaries
-Is blackmailing treaty allies to hand over their sovereign territory
-Is trying to set himself up as chairman for life of a UN rival with $1B fees for permanent membership
-Is talking about canceling elections
-Is occupying a major city with armed paramilitiaries
-Is blackmailing treaty allies to hand over their sovereign territory
-Is trying to set himself up as chairman for life of a UN rival with $1B fees for permanent membership
-Is talking about canceling elections
January 18, 2026 at 5:45 PM
The president
-Is occupying a major city with armed paramilitiaries
-Is blackmailing treaty allies to hand over their sovereign territory
-Is trying to set himself up as chairman for life of a UN rival with $1B fees for permanent membership
-Is talking about canceling elections
-Is occupying a major city with armed paramilitiaries
-Is blackmailing treaty allies to hand over their sovereign territory
-Is trying to set himself up as chairman for life of a UN rival with $1B fees for permanent membership
-Is talking about canceling elections
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The incredible thing about this is that there IS a big story in Nisswa - the Republican mayor has vote of no confidence against her on Tuesday: lptv.org/nisswa-city-...
But I guess it's more important to hear what some drunks in a bar at TEN IN THE MORNING think about a murder 150 miles away?
But I guess it's more important to hear what some drunks in a bar at TEN IN THE MORNING think about a murder 150 miles away?
January 18, 2026 at 6:21 PM
The incredible thing about this is that there IS a big story in Nisswa - the Republican mayor has vote of no confidence against her on Tuesday: lptv.org/nisswa-city-...
But I guess it's more important to hear what some drunks in a bar at TEN IN THE MORNING think about a murder 150 miles away?
But I guess it's more important to hear what some drunks in a bar at TEN IN THE MORNING think about a murder 150 miles away?
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There's a reason why Fred Rogers used the word "neighbor." The older I get, the more powerful I realize "being a good neighbor" is... and I'm not talking about some damn State Farm.
January 18, 2026 at 5:51 PM
There's a reason why Fred Rogers used the word "neighbor." The older I get, the more powerful I realize "being a good neighbor" is... and I'm not talking about some damn State Farm.
Oof, here we go
President Donald Trump is privately ramping up his focus on another target in the Western Hemisphere, increasingly complaining to aides in recent weeks about Canada’s vulnerability to U.S. adversaries in the Arctic, according to two U.S. officials.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
Trump's latest Western Hemisphere fixation: Canada
The president has intensified his criticism of Canada in private conversations with aides in recent weeks over what he sees as the country's vulnerability to U.S. adversaries in the Arctic.
www.nbcnews.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Oof, here we go
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If you're a millionaire tax cheat who spent years defrauding Canada by avoiding taxes, the government will bend over backwards to give you amnesty and even forgive your penalties.
If you're poor and took COVID money you believed you were entitled to in good faith, the government will destroy you.
If you're poor and took COVID money you believed you were entitled to in good faith, the government will destroy you.
Alberta couple fighting the CRA after being asked to repay $33K in COVID benefits
An Alberta couple says Canada’s tax agency is trying to recoup tens of thousands of dollars in COVID supports, years after the claims were cleared.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 18, 2026 at 5:22 PM
If you're a millionaire tax cheat who spent years defrauding Canada by avoiding taxes, the government will bend over backwards to give you amnesty and even forgive your penalties.
If you're poor and took COVID money you believed you were entitled to in good faith, the government will destroy you.
If you're poor and took COVID money you believed you were entitled to in good faith, the government will destroy you.
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Hi it's me, author of "Fuck Unions: Why Dems Need To Destroy Those Dirty Sweaty Hogpeople" back with my latest book, "Gone Woke: How Democrats Lost Their Connection To The Working Class"
January 18, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Hi it's me, author of "Fuck Unions: Why Dems Need To Destroy Those Dirty Sweaty Hogpeople" back with my latest book, "Gone Woke: How Democrats Lost Their Connection To The Working Class"
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2026 is seeing that the U.S. Army is mobilizing a unit specialized for winter conditions, but not knowing if the intended mission is violent repression of an American city or stealing territory from a U.S. treaty ally.
January 18, 2026 at 3:29 PM
2026 is seeing that the U.S. Army is mobilizing a unit specialized for winter conditions, but not knowing if the intended mission is violent repression of an American city or stealing territory from a U.S. treaty ally.
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Gallego: "I think ICE needs to be totally torn down. People want immigration enforcement that goes after criminals and focuses on criminals, not the goon squad that has come from Stephen Miller and Donald Trump."
January 18, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Gallego: "I think ICE needs to be totally torn down. People want immigration enforcement that goes after criminals and focuses on criminals, not the goon squad that has come from Stephen Miller and Donald Trump."
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January 16, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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An election was fought and won on "elbows up" without ever defining what we meant and now Canada appears poised to outsource drug decisions to foreign regulators. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
The Carney government is about to give up a vital bit of sovereignty. Worse, it could harm Canadians’ health
The lessons of the tainted blood scandal appear to be forgotten.
www.thestar.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:55 PM
An election was fought and won on "elbows up" without ever defining what we meant and now Canada appears poised to outsource drug decisions to foreign regulators. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Four GOP Senators.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
I can't repeat this enough.
I've said this before and I'll say it again.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
January 17, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Four GOP Senators.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
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I am really interested in what federal officers’ daily quotas in Minnesota are www.wsj.com/us-news/the-...
January 18, 2026 at 1:24 PM
I am really interested in what federal officers’ daily quotas in Minnesota are www.wsj.com/us-news/the-...
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Current Readings: M. Gessen in the @nytimes.com: "Ask anyone who has lived in a country that became an autocracy, and they will tell you some version of a story about walls closing in on them, about space getting smaller and smaller. The space they are talking about is freedom."
Opinion | One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can.
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Current Readings: M. Gessen in the @nytimes.com: "Ask anyone who has lived in a country that became an autocracy, and they will tell you some version of a story about walls closing in on them, about space getting smaller and smaller. The space they are talking about is freedom."
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"'The key here,' Huq writes, 'is that this prerogative state does not immediately and completely overrun the normative state. Rather...dictatorships create a lawless zone that runs alongside the normative state.'
It’s the continued existence of the normative state that lulls a population to sleep."
It’s the continued existence of the normative state that lulls a population to sleep."
January 18, 2026 at 1:46 PM
"'The key here,' Huq writes, 'is that this prerogative state does not immediately and completely overrun the normative state. Rather...dictatorships create a lawless zone that runs alongside the normative state.'
It’s the continued existence of the normative state that lulls a population to sleep."
It’s the continued existence of the normative state that lulls a population to sleep."
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Trump will likely try to make Denmark choose between NATO and Greenland, and wider Europe between Greenland and Ukraine.
But luckily Trump has also demonstrated that under his leadership, any US security guarantee won’t be worth much. So the choice should be simple.
But luckily Trump has also demonstrated that under his leadership, any US security guarantee won’t be worth much. So the choice should be simple.
What European leaders have been most nervous about is the US pulling back on NATO or Ukraine… but how can Europe trust the US will come to its defense if its trying to seize territory from a NATO country. They can’t. So why cave to keep a security commitment that is not real. 6/
January 18, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Trump will likely try to make Denmark choose between NATO and Greenland, and wider Europe between Greenland and Ukraine.
But luckily Trump has also demonstrated that under his leadership, any US security guarantee won’t be worth much. So the choice should be simple.
But luckily Trump has also demonstrated that under his leadership, any US security guarantee won’t be worth much. So the choice should be simple.
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Also, if anyone can direct me to a feminist reading of the anti-colonial movement in the period that Getachew and @hofrench.bsky.social focus on, I'd appreciate it. I'm looking for both critiques of the male-dominated intellectual corpus and works that restore women into the historical record.
January 18, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Also, if anyone can direct me to a feminist reading of the anti-colonial movement in the period that Getachew and @hofrench.bsky.social focus on, I'd appreciate it. I'm looking for both critiques of the male-dominated intellectual corpus and works that restore women into the historical record.