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Amanda Lanigan
@laniganamanda.bsky.social
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PhD Candidate at DPCR Uppsala (@uupeace.bsky.social). Independent reviewer of Schengen area Dunkin’ franchises. Mainly here to lurk.
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jeffrueter.bsky.social
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."
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. 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. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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hebagowayed.bsky.social
Liam Ramos. Five years old. Just starting to understand temporality, to read, to tell stories about the world around him.

The world should come to a screeching halt.
January 22, 2026 at 5:01 PM
laniganamanda.bsky.social
You should be very wary of friends, family, and coworkers who do not fully support abolishing ICE. They are revealing exactly how conditional their support for human rights really is, and where they’ll stand when this shit comes for you.
joealv.bsky.social Joe @joealv.bsky.social · 12d
Here’s the report from KARE. The boy is five-year-old Liam Ramos.
January 22, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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victorerikray.bsky.social
Black folks and immigrants have long lived in a "perogative state" when it comes to law enforcement, and maybe pundits at the largest national outlets should recognize that their past support for punitive policing and immigration enforcement laid the groundwork for the current moment.
January 18, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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hebagowayed.bsky.social
“Abolish ICE” isn’t radical, it doesn’t go far enough.

Latest in @theguardian.com written with my friend @victorerikray.bsky.social.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Abolishing ICE isn’t enough – it’s time to center people’s humanity | Heba Gowayed and Victor Ray
It’s far from radical to reject a system predicated on violence – despite what thinktanks might claim
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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himbobottomus.bsky.social
this is the sickest shit ive ever seen
January 16, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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electerika.bsky.social
I need to apologize for something I did. The @bostonherald.com is right, there is no place for profanities in politics.
January 16, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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chicagotribune.com
From the Editorial Board: Data centers are coming. Existing homes and businesses cannot be made to suffer for power hogs.
Editorial: Ready or not, the data centers are coming. We must keep our electric bills from soaring.
ComEd let the public know last week that the power demand from new data centers indeed will be huge.
trib.al
January 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
One of the core purposes of right-wing media is to rewrite your memory and reprogram your moral response to an event you saw with your own eyes. George Floyd died of a heart attack. Jan 6 was a peaceful picnic. This process has already begun
pervocracy.bsky.social Cliff Pervocracy @pervocracy.bsky.social · 25d
THERE IS VIDEO

I really do not want to recommend to everyone a video of a person being shot but there is video from multiple angles

why not cut the crap and just publish "this paper supports random state murder, it makes us feel good, kill kill kill"? same exact meaning, less embarrassing
January 8, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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bft.wtf
Supporting the continued existence of ICE is a radical position that should make everyone keep an eye on you
June 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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charlesornstein.bsky.social
NEW: “I Don’t Feel Safe.” Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force, by @wendicthomas.bsky.social @katieburgess.bsky.social w/ @mlk50.com
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Our article wt @laniganamanda.bsky.social is out in Political Research Quarterly!

Using a natural experiment & interviews, we find that police recertification reform in Massachusetts prompt a recalibration of officer behavior, though not a full transformation.

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October 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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metacurity.com
We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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cengizyar.com
shocking details out of an ICE raid on an apartment building in South Shore area of Chicago on September 30th abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
October 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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thecanaryuk.bsky.social
Water crisis and toxic waste: Israel is committing an 'environmental genocide' in Gaza as part of the erasure of Palestinian life

Alongside the genocide of Palestinians throughout Gaza, Israel is committing an environmental genocide on an unprecedented scale.
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Water crisis and toxic waste: Israel is committing an 'environmental genocide' in Gaza as part of the erasure of Palestinian life
Alongside the genocide of Palestinians throughout Gaza, Israel is committing an environmental genocide on an unprecedented scale.
www.thecanary.co
September 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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blockclubchi.bsky.social
A journalist was arrested as ICE ramped up its use of tear gas and other non-lethal weapons against protesters in Broadview Saturday.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/28/i...
ICE Escalates Violence Against Protesters In Broadview, Journalist Arrested
The use of tear gas, flash bang grenades and other weapons against protesters and members of the press ramped up Saturday after Broadview's mayor spoke out against ICE's tactics.
blockclubchicago.org
September 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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wdlr.bsky.social
Oh hey, that’s us!
September 24, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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democracynow.org
Have Trump's immigrant jails become "black sites"?
Where Are The Detainees? Hundreds of “Alligator Alcatraz” Prisoners Disappear from ICE Database
Hundreds of people who were once detained at the troubled immigration jail in the Florida Everglades, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” have disappeared. Democracy Now! speaks with Shirsho Dasgupta, a Miam...
www.democracynow.org
September 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
Students being progressive is not a bigger problem than a sustained assault by an authoritarian president, please get a grip
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Higher Ed Has a Bigger Problem Than Trump Universities should see the president’s interventions as a wake-up call, not the root of their troubles. By E. Thomas Finan Universities can begin to assuage this skepticism by committing to addressing America’s biggest problems, starting with polarization. American colleges must become a venue for the frank but charitable exchange of ideas. College is not simply a debating society, yet many schools risk stifling dialogue, even if unintentionally. A recent study of University of Michigan and Northwestern University students by the psychology researchers Kevin Waldman and Forest Romm found that 72 percent reported self-censoring their political beliefs. Perhaps more troubling, 82 percent had turned in work that misrepresented their beliefs “to align with a professor’s expectations.” Such pervasive self-censorship not only undercuts universities’ academic mission—it also validates the widespread suspicion that campuses replicate bias instead of challenging it.
September 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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owillis.bsky.social
NY Times showing how to both sides the secret police abduction squads story
Should ICE Agents Be Allowed to Wear Masks? It Depends Whom You Ask. Los Angeles’s mayor said Sunday that masked immigration agents helped create a “reign of terror.” ICE’s director said agents could wear masks to “keep them and their families safe.”
July 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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theguardian.com
Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | Sally Rooney
Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | Sally Rooney
If Palestine Action becomes a proscribed group, writing these words of support could become a serious offence. It’s vital we fight this alarming attack on free speech, says writer Sally Rooney
www.theguardian.com
June 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
laniganamanda.bsky.social
What in the semantic gymnastics is this?
June 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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lindsaypcohn.bsky.social
Ok, I’m no @profpaulpoast.bsky.social but I shall try to do a thread on militaries and protests. Apologies up front to all the brilliant scholars I accidentally leave out - am doing this from memory.
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June 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM