Manolito
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Dems do not have a majority and ICE has $75 billion outside of normal appropriations that it can spend even if DHS shuts down. Some of these asks would make actual, tangible difference (the warrant requirement being a huge one to correct an egregious illegality), but it wouldn't stop ICE in general.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Dems do not have a majority and ICE has $75 billion outside of normal appropriations that it can spend even if DHS shuts down. Some of these asks would make actual, tangible difference (the warrant requirement being a huge one to correct an egregious illegality), but it wouldn't stop ICE in general.
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I need an interview with this person immediately
what is it like to be the one and only Londoner to go see the Melania movie? and why?
what is it like to be the one and only Londoner to go see the Melania movie? and why?
January 27, 2026 at 3:00 AM
I need an interview with this person immediately
what is it like to be the one and only Londoner to go see the Melania movie? and why?
what is it like to be the one and only Londoner to go see the Melania movie? and why?
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Wrote about him in TNR, prior to Renee Good. Remarkably similar incident. He’d just dropped off his kid. They rushed his car. He tried to flee. Cops then claimed he tried to run them over, despite video evidence to the contrary.
Should’ve been a warning.
Should’ve been a warning.
January 26, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Wrote about him in TNR, prior to Renee Good. Remarkably similar incident. He’d just dropped off his kid. They rushed his car. He tried to flee. Cops then claimed he tried to run them over, despite video evidence to the contrary.
Should’ve been a warning.
Should’ve been a warning.
Evil lost the bit of mysticism he had by being a serious dude with a scythe when he was put on BC to act like every other stooge in that group.
I stand by that Evil at one time was good and its largely been the booking that ruined him
January 26, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Evil lost the bit of mysticism he had by being a serious dude with a scythe when he was put on BC to act like every other stooge in that group.
Finally watched Sentimental Value and wow😭
January 26, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Finally watched Sentimental Value and wow😭
We’ll be back stronger
January 25, 2026 at 11:06 PM
We’ll be back stronger
oh brother
Taika Waititi says his upcoming Star Wars movie will “harness a little more of the fun from the original films”
“The stakes are very high, and there are serious things going on, but there’s also a lot of fun to be had”
(Source: @variety.com)
“The stakes are very high, and there are serious things going on, but there’s also a lot of fun to be had”
(Source: @variety.com)
January 25, 2026 at 10:56 PM
oh brother
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CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
That’s the type of plays we want from Stidham🔥
January 25, 2026 at 8:16 PM
That’s the type of plays we want from Stidham🔥
If ww want to win Stidham has to throw that ball, running isn’t going to be enough.
January 25, 2026 at 8:09 PM
If ww want to win Stidham has to throw that ball, running isn’t going to be enough.
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"Our agents can kill people on weekends, but you can't serve us 'til Monday."
Update: In the evidence preservation lawsuit, the current Civil Chief at the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office (who appears to be Ana Voss, based on the letter), refused to accept email service of the lawsuit last night and then refused to accept in-person service until Monday.
Ridiculous behavior.
Ridiculous behavior.
January 25, 2026 at 6:38 PM
"Our agents can kill people on weekends, but you can't serve us 'til Monday."
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Operation PARRIS is one of the most heinous things this administration has done yet. Trump’s people ordered ICE to round up 5,600 legally present refugees, people who have done NOTHING wrong, with no warning, and jailed them in Texas to be interrogated about their status.
January 25, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Operation PARRIS is one of the most heinous things this administration has done yet. Trump’s people ordered ICE to round up 5,600 legally present refugees, people who have done NOTHING wrong, with no warning, and jailed them in Texas to be interrogated about their status.
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Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Enjoy Saturday Night's Main Event!
January 24, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Enjoy Saturday Night's Main Event!
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Lmao, the justice of São Paulo just ordered Twitter to pay compensation for victims of deepfake grok AI porn.
Avarage Brazil W
@sapphic-film-nerd.bsky.social
Avarage Brazil W
@sapphic-film-nerd.bsky.social
X é condenado a indenizar quadrinista por manter deepfakes de nudez ⬇️
Justiça de São Paulo considerou que plataforma foi omissa ao não apagar imagens que promovem violência de gênero; rede social tenta recorrer
Justiça de São Paulo considerou que plataforma foi omissa ao não apagar imagens que promovem violência de gênero; rede social tenta recorrer
X é condenado a indenizar quadrinista por manter deepfakes de nudez
Justiça de São Paulo considerou que plataforma foi omissa ao não apagar imagens que promovem violência de gênero; rede social tenta recorrer
nucleo.jor.br
January 24, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Lmao, the justice of São Paulo just ordered Twitter to pay compensation for victims of deepfake grok AI porn.
Avarage Brazil W
@sapphic-film-nerd.bsky.social
Avarage Brazil W
@sapphic-film-nerd.bsky.social
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Stand up, fight back.
January 24, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Stand up, fight back.
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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."
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An Iranian man being deported last fall told NYT he was so afraid of returning to Iran that tried to slit his wrists on the tarmac before being loaded onto an ICE flight. He soon escaped Iran again, and his family was being harassed by the revolutionary guard.
My org @immcouncil.org represents those two gay men. They had been arrested on charges of sodomy by Iranian moral police, and fled the country seeking asylum. They face the death penalty if returned, yet the Trump admin denied their asylum claims in a kangaroo court process.
They are terrified.
They are terrified.
January 23, 2026 at 2:50 PM
An Iranian man being deported last fall told NYT he was so afraid of returning to Iran that tried to slit his wrists on the tarmac before being loaded onto an ICE flight. He soon escaped Iran again, and his family was being harassed by the revolutionary guard.
Okay that episode of Dynamite was🔥
January 22, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Okay that episode of Dynamite was🔥
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we will greet them as liberators
January 22, 2026 at 2:41 AM
we will greet them as liberators
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I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
![May 12, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR: All ICE Personnel
FROM: Todd Lyons Acting Director
SUBJECT: Utilizing Form I-205, Warrant of Removal
On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to "ensur[e] the successful enforcement of final orders of removal." 90 Fed. Reg. 8443, 8444 (Jan. 20, 2025) (E.O. 14159). Essential to the removal of aliens subject to final orders of removal is the ability to locate and arrest them. To this end, certain supervisory immigration officers within both Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are authorized to issue an administrative warrant, Form I-205, Warrant of Removal (Form 1-205), for the arrest of an alien with a final order of removal. 8 C.F.R. § 241.2(a)(1). All U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and deportation officers are authorized to execute Forms 1-205. 8 C.F.R. § 287.5(e)(3)(iii) - (y)
Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose. Accordingly, in light of this legal determination, ICE immigration officers may arrest and detain aliens subject to a final under of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), or a U.S.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifrzrvaszfhj4bzhgtyvx3fm6ht4kc2zrwtvozijyxl3zxgp7vx6a@jpeg)
January 21, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
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Last week, in response to international pressure, X announced it was restricting Grok's ability to edit people into revealing clothes. That has not stopped the rampant trend of sexual harassment via Grok edits. The culture around GenAI is firmly rooted in abuse.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-will-...
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-will-...
Grok will always be a harassment tool
GenAI and gender-based violence are inextricably linked, well beyond bikinis on X.
spitfirenews.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Last week, in response to international pressure, X announced it was restricting Grok's ability to edit people into revealing clothes. That has not stopped the rampant trend of sexual harassment via Grok edits. The culture around GenAI is firmly rooted in abuse.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-will-...
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-will-...