Joe Cockman
@joecockman.bsky.social
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land of the free, home of the brave.
land of the free, home of the brave.
This testimony is powerful and harrowing and brings such clarity to what we all watched happen. Someone must be held accountable for these obvious crimes against our country.
This is incredibly powerful testimony.
Ms. Rahman is very tough and clear and was treated horribly.
Warning: I can't watch it without tears of rage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrcW...
Ms. Rahman is very tough and clear and was treated horribly.
Warning: I can't watch it without tears of rage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrcW...
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:03 PM
This testimony is powerful and harrowing and brings such clarity to what we all watched happen. Someone must be held accountable for these obvious crimes against our country.
Good God.
Mike Johnson speaks out against the use of judicial warrants in immigration cases:
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
February 3, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Good God.
To call this "pathetic" is an understatement. What a sad & weird fool.
Sen. Graham: “Donald Trump is suing the IRS for $10 billion because somebody at the IRS may have leaked his records. You should sue. If our government can only be sued by people not in it, then people like us are lambs to the slaughter.”
January 30, 2026 at 10:15 PM
To call this "pathetic" is an understatement. What a sad & weird fool.
Good Lord. That's almost 1.5 crappy ballrooms.
New CBO analysis reveals the Trump administration spent about $496 million last year to deploy the National Guard to six cities.
January 28, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Good Lord. That's almost 1.5 crappy ballrooms.
Watching this infuriates me, just as every posted violent kidnapping infuriates me. Firing some officials won't change this crap. Something has to change in *our* Federal Government, and *fast*. Moral leaders, stand up.
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
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"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
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January 28, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Watching this infuriates me, just as every posted violent kidnapping infuriates me. Firing some officials won't change this crap. Something has to change in *our* Federal Government, and *fast*. Moral leaders, stand up.
Hard agree💪🏽
This woman has more courage than every member of the Democratic leadership caucuses in Washington combined. And there are tens of thousands of everyday people just like her who are finding courage to confront evil face to face while our "leaders" dither and argue over semantics.
CNN interviews the 'woman in the pink jacket,' aka Stella Carlson: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 28, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Hard agree💪🏽
The Iowa I know ⬇️💪🏽
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Thousands protest immigration enforcement as Trump visits Iowa
January 28, 2026 at 1:52 AM
The Iowa I know ⬇️💪🏽
More evidence of the deep mental and moral rot in the Iowa GOP and its supporters. I was an intern for this fool. What a disgrace.
January 28, 2026 at 1:34 AM
More evidence of the deep mental and moral rot in the Iowa GOP and its supporters. I was an intern for this fool. What a disgrace.
I am from Iowa, and proud of my upbringing. To witness the total mental and moral collapse of so many there is shocking and deeply disgusting. There is rot in these minds and souls, as they ignore the cries of their neighbors to the North. Shame. I hope the Iowa I know stands up again, and soon.
January 28, 2026 at 1:30 AM
I am from Iowa, and proud of my upbringing. To witness the total mental and moral collapse of so many there is shocking and deeply disgusting. There is rot in these minds and souls, as they ignore the cries of their neighbors to the North. Shame. I hope the Iowa I know stands up again, and soon.
Unacceptable and outrageous.
Breaking MS NOW:
Trump's Justice Department has decided there will be no civil rights investigation of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, and instead two units of DHS will investigate their own officers and the man they killed.
Trump's Justice Department has decided there will be no civil rights investigation of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, and instead two units of DHS will investigate their own officers and the man they killed.
No civil rights violation probe into latest MN shooting, sources tell MS NOW
As DHS takes over the federal investigation, current and former law enforcement agents warn that Trump’s DOJ isn’t committed to facts or fairness.
www.ms.now
January 27, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Unacceptable and outrageous.
Oh my god. All of these monsters all need to go. Don't let up.
January 27, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Oh my god. All of these monsters all need to go. Don't let up.
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The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced the Democrats have to push their hand immediately. The parallels with the delays and subsequent failures after January 6th are blaring warning signs about what will happen if they don’t go after the issues with ICE and CBP at the root RIGHT NOW.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced the Democrats have to push their hand immediately. The parallels with the delays and subsequent failures after January 6th are blaring warning signs about what will happen if they don’t go after the issues with ICE and CBP at the root RIGHT NOW.
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“Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.”
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Family of Alex Pretti, who was shot dead in Minneapolis today, releases statement:
"The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump's murdering and cowardly ICE thugs."
"The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump's murdering and cowardly ICE thugs."
January 25, 2026 at 4:10 AM
“Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.”
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
Bondi is plain stupid. The DOJ leader brings deep, daily shame to all patriotic lawyers in this country.
Bondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"
January 24, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Bondi is plain stupid. The DOJ leader brings deep, daily shame to all patriotic lawyers in this country.
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All those people downtown yesterday, no ICE involvement, and not one incident. ICE shows up in a neighborhood and now another Minnesotan is dead. It's pretty obvious who the violent outside agitators are.
January 24, 2026 at 4:09 PM
All those people downtown yesterday, no ICE involvement, and not one incident. ICE shows up in a neighborhood and now another Minnesotan is dead. It's pretty obvious who the violent outside agitators are.
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If only we as a country, as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of our independence, had some historical events from our founding era that might help us understand why agents of a distant government shouldn’t murder protesters on the streets of the city where they live.
January 24, 2026 at 5:09 PM
If only we as a country, as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of our independence, had some historical events from our founding era that might help us understand why agents of a distant government shouldn’t murder protesters on the streets of the city where they live.
The President has lost control and must be removed from office.
All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
January 24, 2026 at 5:08 PM
The President has lost control and must be removed from office.
The real and serious damage being done to our nation extends to all Americans, regardless of your power, wealth or party. A must read piece from @vermontgmg.bsky.social
With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States. www.wired.com/story/donald...
We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower
With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.
www.wired.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:32 PM
The real and serious damage being done to our nation extends to all Americans, regardless of your power, wealth or party. A must read piece from @vermontgmg.bsky.social
💯. And "collective commitment" means we apply and seek it out in a fair and objective way, without fear or favor.
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
January 22, 2026 at 3:57 PM
💯. And "collective commitment" means we apply and seek it out in a fair and objective way, without fear or favor.
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are they not monsters?
January 22, 2026 at 12:08 AM
are they not monsters?
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WATER IN CALIFORNIA DOES NOT COME FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
January 20, 2026 at 10:35 PM
WATER IN CALIFORNIA DOES NOT COME FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
The man is insane.
Trump: “We cut millions of people off the federal payroll…They hated Trump…And now they ended up with a job where they get paid 3 times more money. They're ending up buying houses. They went from not liking me to liking me a lot.”
January 20, 2026 at 9:22 PM
The man is insane.
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CARNEY: “.. You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.” 🔥
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 3:56 PM
CARNEY: “.. You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.” 🔥