LindaG23
@lindag23.bsky.social
I am one of those people that know a little bit about a lot of things, but not a lot on any of them. I am just curious and like to know stuff.
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It’s so heavy when you are going to get groceries and you find a car sitting with its windows broken out and it’s empty but still running and someone’s stuffed animals or pictures or papers are just laying all over the road. I have personally seen at least five of these in the last three days alone
ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.
A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
January 29, 2026 at 6:29 PM
It’s so heavy when you are going to get groceries and you find a car sitting with its windows broken out and it’s empty but still running and someone’s stuffed animals or pictures or papers are just laying all over the road. I have personally seen at least five of these in the last three days alone
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Finally got around to a bit of research I'd been meaning to explore, and: There is no documented instance of an ICE officer being identified and assaulted while off duty because he wasn't masked. www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...
ICE’s excuse for wearing masks has never actually manifested
There have been incidents of harassment and threats. But there are no apparent incidents in which identified ICE officers have been assaulted off-duty.
www.pbump.net
January 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Finally got around to a bit of research I'd been meaning to explore, and: There is no documented instance of an ICE officer being identified and assaulted while off duty because he wasn't masked. www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...
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if ice shouldn't be in minnesota, presumably they shouldn't be in any other state, right?
Alex Pretti did not deserve to die.
Renee Nicole Good did not deserve to die.
Enough is enough.
ALL of ICE out of Minnesota now.
Renee Nicole Good did not deserve to die.
Enough is enough.
ALL of ICE out of Minnesota now.
January 28, 2026 at 9:02 PM
if ice shouldn't be in minnesota, presumably they shouldn't be in any other state, right?
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I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
January 28, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
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“.. the hearing suggests the real possibility that Trump will be unable to construct anything in the East Wing’s place, leaving just an empty site ..
Destruction followed by stagnation seems to be something of an MO ..”
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Destruction followed by stagnation seems to be something of an MO ..”
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
January 29, 2026 at 12:00 AM
“.. the hearing suggests the real possibility that Trump will be unable to construct anything in the East Wing’s place, leaving just an empty site ..
Destruction followed by stagnation seems to be something of an MO ..”
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Destruction followed by stagnation seems to be something of an MO ..”
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Guy is offering free media training for ICE observers! TAKE HIM UP ON IT, WE NEED MORE/BETTER MEDIA CONTACT
For the amazing on-the-ground heroes in MN: it would be sooo valuable for you talk to media. We need to show that it’s just regular folks who are standing up for their neighbors.
If you would like media training to help you feel comfortable doing that, please hmu
If you would like media training to help you feel comfortable doing that, please hmu
January 28, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Guy is offering free media training for ICE observers! TAKE HIM UP ON IT, WE NEED MORE/BETTER MEDIA CONTACT
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Similar achievable demands (the only limit is character counts):
- End courthouse arrests for people following the rules
- Protect churches, schools, hospitals etc
- End restraints on ORR handoffs of unaccompanied kids
- Get FBI/HSI/DEA/ATF etc out of immigration enforcement
The list writes itself
- End courthouse arrests for people following the rules
- Protect churches, schools, hospitals etc
- End restraints on ORR handoffs of unaccompanied kids
- Get FBI/HSI/DEA/ATF etc out of immigration enforcement
The list writes itself
January 28, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Similar achievable demands (the only limit is character counts):
- End courthouse arrests for people following the rules
- Protect churches, schools, hospitals etc
- End restraints on ORR handoffs of unaccompanied kids
- Get FBI/HSI/DEA/ATF etc out of immigration enforcement
The list writes itself
- End courthouse arrests for people following the rules
- Protect churches, schools, hospitals etc
- End restraints on ORR handoffs of unaccompanied kids
- Get FBI/HSI/DEA/ATF etc out of immigration enforcement
The list writes itself
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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."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"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."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"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."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
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From what I'm hearing from folks on the ground, this is exactly correct. This regime does nothing but lie, and they respond to nothing but strength. Dems and other leaders should recognize they're weak now - ignore the propaganda and go on offense.
I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:27 PM
From what I'm hearing from folks on the ground, this is exactly correct. This regime does nothing but lie, and they respond to nothing but strength. Dems and other leaders should recognize they're weak now - ignore the propaganda and go on offense.
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He’s full of shit- Hegseth just authorized the use of Ft Snelling as a staging site for CBP up to 800 individual agents and up to 500 vehicles and they need a magazine for weapons storage- this is ramping up and Homan is full of shit www.sfchronicle.com/us-world/art...
Exclusive: Hegseth boosts Minneapolis immigration siege, approving use of military base
In an email obtained by the Chronicle, U.S. Customs and Border Protection asked for use of Fort Snelling to house federal immigration agents, weapons, vehicles and aircraft.
www.sfchronicle.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:05 PM
He’s full of shit- Hegseth just authorized the use of Ft Snelling as a staging site for CBP up to 800 individual agents and up to 500 vehicles and they need a magazine for weapons storage- this is ramping up and Homan is full of shit www.sfchronicle.com/us-world/art...
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Legitimately a feat of carefully calculated writing to issue a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement of this length without mentioning either (1) the people who perpetrated the Holocaust or (2) the people against whom they perpetrated it
January 28, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Legitimately a feat of carefully calculated writing to issue a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement of this length without mentioning either (1) the people who perpetrated the Holocaust or (2) the people against whom they perpetrated it
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"Its acronym, F.A.F.O., references a slang term for negative consequences." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 28, 2026 at 1:07 AM
"Its acronym, F.A.F.O., references a slang term for negative consequences." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
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i would personally love to see noem drag miller down with her
"Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen," Noem told a person who relayed her remarks to Axios.""
Anyone paying attentions - it's been President Miler calling the shots.
Now the vipers are going after each other. 🐍🐍🐍
Anyone paying attentions - it's been President Miler calling the shots.
Now the vipers are going after each other. 🐍🐍🐍
January 27, 2026 at 9:08 PM
i would personally love to see noem drag miller down with her
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Having hopelessly corrupt DHS agents investigate their buddies will not result in anything but a whitewash and destruction of evidence.
The county or the state is going to have to act because what the Regime is proposing to do here will only protect the guilty.
bsky.app/profile/kyle...
The county or the state is going to have to act because what the Regime is proposing to do here will only protect the guilty.
bsky.app/profile/kyle...
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 8:03 PM
Having hopelessly corrupt DHS agents investigate their buddies will not result in anything but a whitewash and destruction of evidence.
The county or the state is going to have to act because what the Regime is proposing to do here will only protect the guilty.
bsky.app/profile/kyle...
The county or the state is going to have to act because what the Regime is proposing to do here will only protect the guilty.
bsky.app/profile/kyle...
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After executing Alex Pretti on Saturday, ICE has shifted to primarily targeting bus stops and elementary schools in my community this week. I cannot overstate how much of the ICE activity in my community is just targeting places where little kids are.
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 27, 2026 at 8:17 PM
After executing Alex Pretti on Saturday, ICE has shifted to primarily targeting bus stops and elementary schools in my community this week. I cannot overstate how much of the ICE activity in my community is just targeting places where little kids are.
Holy shit.
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 27, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Holy shit.
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This does not sound good: "Bari Weiss to cut staff, add commentators at CBS News." By @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 4:22 PM
This does not sound good: "Bari Weiss to cut staff, add commentators at CBS News." By @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
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The ocean freighting industry is woke now (the containers spell Renee, for Renee Good).
www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 AM
The ocean freighting industry is woke now (the containers spell Renee, for Renee Good).
www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
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He’s sweating so much right now but if he escapes this it will only embolden him.
if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 AM
He’s sweating so much right now but if he escapes this it will only embolden him.
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The Bovino demotion is seriously welcome news, but please keep up your calls to your Senators.
DO NOT let any of them point at his demotion as a sign of reform/justification to go ahead w/ supporting DHS.
DO NOT let any of them point at his demotion as a sign of reform/justification to go ahead w/ supporting DHS.
January 27, 2026 at 1:01 AM
The Bovino demotion is seriously welcome news, but please keep up your calls to your Senators.
DO NOT let any of them point at his demotion as a sign of reform/justification to go ahead w/ supporting DHS.
DO NOT let any of them point at his demotion as a sign of reform/justification to go ahead w/ supporting DHS.
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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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Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Dan Froomkin, "Moments of bravery and cowardice in the news coverage of Alex Pretti’s killing." presswatchers.org/2026/01/mome... [no paywall]
January 27, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Dan Froomkin, "Moments of bravery and cowardice in the news coverage of Alex Pretti’s killing." presswatchers.org/2026/01/mome... [no paywall]
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The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
January 26, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.