Howard Wilkins
@howardwilkins.bsky.social
Career management consultant. Privileged straight, middle-aged Jewish white guy, soccer nerd, nerd-culture nerd, proud dad, gun violence survivor. Pro women's rights, trans-rights, being kind and also calling out bad faith arguments. #ProtectTransKids
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Secret police put a beat down on a grandmother in Oregon, tearing her rotator cuff while pulling her from a car, before dumping out her purse and fleeing the scene after finding a US passport.
U.S. citizen injured by federal agents in Salem who demanded to see “papers,” union says - Salem Reporter
A home care worker and union worker was pulled from her car and injured by federal agents Thursday according to a statement by SEIU 503. To comment on this story, use the form at the end of the repor...
www.salemreporter.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Secret police put a beat down on a grandmother in Oregon, tearing her rotator cuff while pulling her from a car, before dumping out her purse and fleeing the scene after finding a US passport.
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A note from our editors:
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
A note from our editors:
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BREAN: “.. producer price inflation is still rising and there is a substantial amount of tariffs that could be passed through to the consumer. I continue, therefore, to stand by my forecast of 3% core inflation in 2026 with the balance of risks being to the upside.”
#PPI
#PPI
February 1, 2026 at 11:00 PM
BREAN: “.. producer price inflation is still rising and there is a substantial amount of tariffs that could be passed through to the consumer. I continue, therefore, to stand by my forecast of 3% core inflation in 2026 with the balance of risks being to the upside.”
#PPI
#PPI
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This article is a very good example of why "more training" and "more vetting" isn't the answer. Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez joined Border Patrol in 2018 and 2014 respectively. These aren't new agents. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 10:02 PM
This article is a very good example of why "more training" and "more vetting" isn't the answer. Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez joined Border Patrol in 2018 and 2014 respectively. These aren't new agents. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
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Elon Musk is claiming he’s risked everything to protect kids from sexual abuse mere weeks out from laughing while his AI chatbot was generating nearly 8,000 sexual abuse images per hour that overwhelmingly targeted girls and young women
February 1, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Elon Musk is claiming he’s risked everything to protect kids from sexual abuse mere weeks out from laughing while his AI chatbot was generating nearly 8,000 sexual abuse images per hour that overwhelmingly targeted girls and young women
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Federal paramilitaries running up on the rooftops to fire irritants and flash bangs down into a peaceable assembly full of little kids
I was there. They were indiscriminately firing multiple canisters into a huge peaceful crowd. Fucking cowards
February 1, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Federal paramilitaries running up on the rooftops to fire irritants and flash bangs down into a peaceable assembly full of little kids
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A little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.
February 1, 2026 at 2:14 AM
A little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.
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I was there. They were indiscriminately firing multiple canisters into a huge peaceful crowd. Fucking cowards
February 1, 2026 at 2:17 AM
I was there. They were indiscriminately firing multiple canisters into a huge peaceful crowd. Fucking cowards
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10/10 ICE protest sign
January 31, 2026 at 10:20 PM
10/10 ICE protest sign
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I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
February 1, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
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Unmarked car, no lights or police insignia. Masked armed men leap out. Victim not in the act of committing any crime. This is not how a serious federal law enforcement agency acts in a free society.
How is this not supposed to be a “right wing paramilitary force loyal to the regime”?
How is this not supposed to be a “right wing paramilitary force loyal to the regime”?
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Unmarked car, no lights or police insignia. Masked armed men leap out. Victim not in the act of committing any crime. This is not how a serious federal law enforcement agency acts in a free society.
How is this not supposed to be a “right wing paramilitary force loyal to the regime”?
How is this not supposed to be a “right wing paramilitary force loyal to the regime”?
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Elon made the world's most un-sellable "truck." He hasn't developed a new car in years. He just shut down production of two models and he can barely sell the cars he is making. So now it's the pipe dream of "automation" keeping his meme stock afloat 🙄 #TeslaTakedown
www.theverge.com/transportati...
www.theverge.com/transportati...
Tesla throws in the towel on car sales
You need to spend money to make money.
www.theverge.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Elon made the world's most un-sellable "truck." He hasn't developed a new car in years. He just shut down production of two models and he can barely sell the cars he is making. So now it's the pipe dream of "automation" keeping his meme stock afloat 🙄 #TeslaTakedown
www.theverge.com/transportati...
www.theverge.com/transportati...
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Imagine what the white collar crooks are getting away with as the DOJ is preoccupied with justifying state executions and child snatching.
January 31, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Imagine what the white collar crooks are getting away with as the DOJ is preoccupied with justifying state executions and child snatching.
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
December 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
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A year into the Trump administration it's impossible to see them as anything else but collaborators.
Target called the police on peaceful Minnesotans today, telling us we were on private property.
But when ICE comes to brutalize and abduct people in their stores, Target says it’s public space and can’t stop it.
Target needs to decide - do they stand with Minnesotans, or masked abductors? #ICEOut
But when ICE comes to brutalize and abduct people in their stores, Target says it’s public space and can’t stop it.
Target needs to decide - do they stand with Minnesotans, or masked abductors? #ICEOut
January 31, 2026 at 9:45 PM
A year into the Trump administration it's impossible to see them as anything else but collaborators.
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This incident alone would have triggered hearings and probably a senior-level resignation in another administration.
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 8:32 PM
This incident alone would have triggered hearings and probably a senior-level resignation in another administration.
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Just emailed this to the NYT reporter who published that credulous Ratner profile yesterday:
www.thedailybeast.com/melania-doc-...
www.thedailybeast.com/melania-doc-...
January 31, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Just emailed this to the NYT reporter who published that credulous Ratner profile yesterday:
www.thedailybeast.com/melania-doc-...
www.thedailybeast.com/melania-doc-...
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“My nation is under attack," Army vet Ian Austin told our @julialurie.bsky.social in a viral video last week.
NOW: Julia has learned Austin has been arrested. He was one of the protesters who interrupted a service at a church in St. Paul, where a local ICE official serves as a pastor.
WATCH:
NOW: Julia has learned Austin has been arrested. He was one of the protesters who interrupted a service at a church in St. Paul, where a local ICE official serves as a pastor.
WATCH:
January 31, 2026 at 8:46 PM
“My nation is under attack," Army vet Ian Austin told our @julialurie.bsky.social in a viral video last week.
NOW: Julia has learned Austin has been arrested. He was one of the protesters who interrupted a service at a church in St. Paul, where a local ICE official serves as a pastor.
WATCH:
NOW: Julia has learned Austin has been arrested. He was one of the protesters who interrupted a service at a church in St. Paul, where a local ICE official serves as a pastor.
WATCH:
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👀 Looks like the husband of the woman ICE abducted called his lawyer, lawyer called the cops, then the police chief went and got her & took her home
Article says it may be the first time local Minnesota PD "intervened in a federal law enforcement action" since Trump started terrorizing the state
Article says it may be the first time local Minnesota PD "intervened in a federal law enforcement action" since Trump started terrorizing the state
![Screenshot from the quote skeeted article reading as follows:
The husband told MPR News that after his wife was taken into custody, he called his attorney, and soon after, he got a call from St. Peter Chief of Police Matt Grochow, whom he said he has known for years.
“I was talking to him, kind of venting some of my frustrations,” the man said, adding that he urged the chief to have his officers just be more visible during the federal enforcement actions. “If [local police] were present and they could see you, I promise you their behavior more than likely, or hopefully, would, you know, be appropriate and law abiding.”
The husband says he talked to the chief for a while and “we had a good conversation.”
“He asked me, ‘what was your wife's name’? I told him my wife's name. He said, ‘was she picked up in a bronco?’ And I said, ‘I'm not sure, but it was an SUV, dark colored. I'd have to look at my video.’ He goes, ‘I think I got her. I'll call you back’.”
The husband said a few minutes later, the chief called again, “and said, I got her or I'm bringing her home.”
“I was just so relieved that she got released and was able to come home,” he said.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kjklbsuepdppuppsfluytydl/bafkreigyienimomaibubdhiar3ijsvfacklpw2tqbnjnbphxenb5yvegk4@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 4:29 PM
👀 Looks like the husband of the woman ICE abducted called his lawyer, lawyer called the cops, then the police chief went and got her & took her home
Article says it may be the first time local Minnesota PD "intervened in a federal law enforcement action" since Trump started terrorizing the state
Article says it may be the first time local Minnesota PD "intervened in a federal law enforcement action" since Trump started terrorizing the state
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I suck at pop culture and so don't know abt Brett Ratner or even his famous movies.
But it seems relevant to discussion of his ties to Epstein that the movie sort of arose out of effort to push back on Epstein-thru-Wolff claims that Epstein fucked Melania first.
But it seems relevant to discussion of his ties to Epstein that the movie sort of arose out of effort to push back on Epstein-thru-Wolff claims that Epstein fucked Melania first.
January 31, 2026 at 8:23 PM
I suck at pop culture and so don't know abt Brett Ratner or even his famous movies.
But it seems relevant to discussion of his ties to Epstein that the movie sort of arose out of effort to push back on Epstein-thru-Wolff claims that Epstein fucked Melania first.
But it seems relevant to discussion of his ties to Epstein that the movie sort of arose out of effort to push back on Epstein-thru-Wolff claims that Epstein fucked Melania first.
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Hey are you a lawyer who enjoys the fascist politicization of the justice dept, looking the other way, and eventually being disbarred and potentially criminally charged by a truth and reconciliation commission? hit me up in the DMs if so.
January 31, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Hey are you a lawyer who enjoys the fascist politicization of the justice dept, looking the other way, and eventually being disbarred and potentially criminally charged by a truth and reconciliation commission? hit me up in the DMs if so.
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Absolutely surreal to continue to hear about drawdowns and lowered temperatures and things calming down in Minneapolis when, as far as I can tell, literally nothing has changed on the ground
January 31, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Absolutely surreal to continue to hear about drawdowns and lowered temperatures and things calming down in Minneapolis when, as far as I can tell, literally nothing has changed on the ground
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Implicated in the Epstein files today:
- the President of the United States
- the Commerce Secretary
- the World’s Richest Person who is currently worth $777 Billion
- the new Federal Reserve Chair nominee
- a former World’s Richest person
- even the First Lady made it in there
among others
- the President of the United States
- the Commerce Secretary
- the World’s Richest Person who is currently worth $777 Billion
- the new Federal Reserve Chair nominee
- a former World’s Richest person
- even the First Lady made it in there
among others
There’s a reason why document dumps full of unsavory things implicating powerful men are released on Fridays
January 30, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Implicated in the Epstein files today:
- the President of the United States
- the Commerce Secretary
- the World’s Richest Person who is currently worth $777 Billion
- the new Federal Reserve Chair nominee
- a former World’s Richest person
- even the First Lady made it in there
among others
- the President of the United States
- the Commerce Secretary
- the World’s Richest Person who is currently worth $777 Billion
- the new Federal Reserve Chair nominee
- a former World’s Richest person
- even the First Lady made it in there
among others
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Now this is a movie review www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
![The UK's Independent gives the film one star out of five, saying: "[The] First Lady is a preening, scowling void of pure nothingness in this ghastly bit of propaganda ... Hitting cinemas as the streets of America remain filled with the angry and grieving - with the country on the verge of an irreparable schism - the vulgar, gilded lifestyle of the Trumps makes them look like Marie Antoinette skulking in her cake-filled chateau, or Hermann Göring's staring up at his looted Monet."
The publication continued: "The "film" is part propaganda, sure, and part sop to Big Tech companies who require constant regulatory approval for financial manoeuvrings. Even then, it is bad. It will exist as a striking artefact - like The Birth of a Nation or Triumph of the Will - of a time when Americans willingly subordinated themselves to a political and economic oligopoly."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tu4d43ehkpc6mg2tlsyepptn/bafkreihekdzwo5ahnlli7chkshunctsvxkrm6npngzw7ehvjmb6mzomyeu@jpeg)
January 30, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Now this is a movie review www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
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the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.
January 30, 2026 at 4:40 PM
the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.