Maggie
@maggiepdx.bsky.social
Many more questions than answers. Public education is the key to healthy democracy. Libraries are the bulwark of the republic.
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CS, OC, green and orange smoke, and various other spent munitions all over the ground. So many canisters. People were choking on gas over 6 blocks away.
February 2, 2026 at 4:15 AM
CS, OC, green and orange smoke, and various other spent munitions all over the ground. So many canisters. People were choking on gas over 6 blocks away.
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As I've considered writing a book, I've gotten clear messages about this agency (sharing a link someone else provided that does a good summary)
newrepublic.com/article/1548...
newrepublic.com/article/1548...
February 1, 2026 at 10:55 PM
As I've considered writing a book, I've gotten clear messages about this agency (sharing a link someone else provided that does a good summary)
newrepublic.com/article/1548...
newrepublic.com/article/1548...
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the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability
February 1, 2026 at 9:27 PM
the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability
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BREAKING: 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 Raymundo Gutierrez.
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 9:10 PM
BREAKING: 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 Raymundo Gutierrez.
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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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Remember that Tom Barrack was prosecuted (but acquitted) for being the foreign agent of these folks.
This is corruption on a breathtaking level. Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, an Abu Dhabi royal nicknamed the "spy sheikh", pumped $187mn into Trump family businesses. A WSJ team has the whole story, reported here for the first time. Remember: Jimmy Carter had to sell his peanut farm.
‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company
$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
www.wsj.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Remember that Tom Barrack was prosecuted (but acquitted) for being the foreign agent of these folks.
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Conservative columnist @davidmastio.bsky.social on Don Lemon vs "wannabe authoritarian" Donald Trump: "The government running roughshod over the First Amendment is a far more serious affront to constitutional norms than protestors peacefully breaking the law."🎁
www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-...
www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-...
Don Lemon arrest gives Trump just the culture war drama he likes | Opinion
Practicing a questionable kind of journalism that blurs lines between activist and reporter, Lemon’s First Amendment rights are harder to defend. From David Mastio:
www.kansascity.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Conservative columnist @davidmastio.bsky.social on Don Lemon vs "wannabe authoritarian" Donald Trump: "The government running roughshod over the First Amendment is a far more serious affront to constitutional norms than protestors peacefully breaking the law."🎁
www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-...
www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-...
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Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
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This will make you cry. Fellow students of Liam, the little boy in the bunny hat, have messages for ICE. 💔
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
Video: Opinion | Dear ICE: Letters From Students Living in Fear
ICE took their classmate. They started writing letters.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:30 AM
This will make you cry. Fellow students of Liam, the little boy in the bunny hat, have messages for ICE. 💔
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
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The EPA is proposing to roll back decades of progress on attacking water pollution — abandoning their responsibility to protect water quality and limiting the effectiveness of the Clean Water Act.
We cannot revert back to a time when pollution caused our rivers to catch fire.
We cannot revert back to a time when pollution caused our rivers to catch fire.
February 1, 2026 at 12:48 AM
The EPA is proposing to roll back decades of progress on attacking water pollution — abandoning their responsibility to protect water quality and limiting the effectiveness of the Clean Water Act.
We cannot revert back to a time when pollution caused our rivers to catch fire.
We cannot revert back to a time when pollution caused our rivers to catch fire.
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This would be a totally natural response — and clear that ICE is trying to provoke further violence.
If that were me, the second I saw armed men jump out of the car, my instinct would be to hit the gas, try to duck and get the fuck out of there... and I'd probably either be killed or arrested for attempted homicide, all because I had no idea who they were or what they were doing.
January 31, 2026 at 11:50 PM
This would be a totally natural response — and clear that ICE is trying to provoke further violence.
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Absolutely packed here by the South Waterfront #Portland #AlexPretti
January 31, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Absolutely packed here by the South Waterfront #Portland #AlexPretti
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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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NEW: As he released 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, Judge Biery warned of vast lawlessness and inhumanity in the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts. He said courts amounted to “a judicial finger in the dike.”
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 31, 2026 at 10:45 PM
NEW: As he released 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, Judge Biery warned of vast lawlessness and inhumanity in the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts. He said courts amounted to “a judicial finger in the dike.”
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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Man the "gamergate destroyed society" ppl have been vindicated like a zillion times over the past year
January 31, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Man the "gamergate destroyed society" ppl have been vindicated like a zillion times over the past year
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And for those asking why/how Roberts got involved, the order explains that the Chief Judge of the D.C. Circuit asked the Chief Justice to transfer the complaint to another circuit because it relates to ongoing litigation *in* the D.C. Circuit.
Totally by the book.
Totally by the book.
January 31, 2026 at 8:05 PM
And for those asking why/how Roberts got involved, the order explains that the Chief Judge of the D.C. Circuit asked the Chief Justice to transfer the complaint to another circuit because it relates to ongoing litigation *in* the D.C. Circuit.
Totally by the book.
Totally by the book.
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We finally know what happened to DOJ's (frivolous) misconduct complaint against Chief Judge Boasberg:
It was transferred by Chief Justice Roberts from the D.C. Circuit to Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Jeff Sutton, and Sutton dismissed it in a ... direct ... memorandum and order just two weeks later:
It was transferred by Chief Justice Roberts from the D.C. Circuit to Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Jeff Sutton, and Sutton dismissed it in a ... direct ... memorandum and order just two weeks later:
www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov
January 31, 2026 at 8:01 PM
We finally know what happened to DOJ's (frivolous) misconduct complaint against Chief Judge Boasberg:
It was transferred by Chief Justice Roberts from the D.C. Circuit to Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Jeff Sutton, and Sutton dismissed it in a ... direct ... memorandum and order just two weeks later:
It was transferred by Chief Justice Roberts from the D.C. Circuit to Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Jeff Sutton, and Sutton dismissed it in a ... direct ... memorandum and order just two weeks later:
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It is going to take years---years!---to rebuild the United States Department of Justice after Trump is gone from office. A jewel of the justice system has been emptied out of institutional knowledge and wisdom.
This rules so hard. In law school I remember people who wanted to be federal prosecutors spending three years doing everything they could to be maybe, possibly be competitive for an AUSA job someday. Now you just need to hop on X the everything app and DM a guy named Chad.
January 31, 2026 at 11:09 PM
It is going to take years---years!---to rebuild the United States Department of Justice after Trump is gone from office. A jewel of the justice system has been emptied out of institutional knowledge and wisdom.
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“We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.”
Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
www.anthropic.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:50 AM
“We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.”
Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
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A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today.
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co
January 31, 2026 at 3:37 AM
A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today.
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
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Trump’s fundraisers are now using the threat of dispatching ICE against citizens as an email engagement tactic.
January 28, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Trump’s fundraisers are now using the threat of dispatching ICE against citizens as an email engagement tactic.
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George Washington University, 1970 student protest against the shootings at Kent State and Jackson State.
January 31, 2026 at 2:22 AM
George Washington University, 1970 student protest against the shootings at Kent State and Jackson State.
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Melania’s first screening in Times Square draws four people, at least three of them professional critics. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
January 30, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Melania’s first screening in Times Square draws four people, at least three of them professional critics. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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Trump’s right hand cannot be responsible for investigating his left hand. We need an independent, impartial investigation now.
www.cbsnews.com/news/alex-pr...
www.cbsnews.com/news/alex-pr...
FBI now leading investigation into fatal shooting of Alex Pretti
Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations branch had been leading the investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
www.cbsnews.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Trump’s right hand cannot be responsible for investigating his left hand. We need an independent, impartial investigation now.
www.cbsnews.com/news/alex-pr...
www.cbsnews.com/news/alex-pr...
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On Don Lemon and Georgia Fort
The Case Against Don Lemon Is Junk, and Dangerous
If the Cities Church case falls apart, it will not be the first such embarrassment for Trump’s Justice Department.
www.theatlantic.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:29 PM
On Don Lemon and Georgia Fort