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Matt
@mattaiesi.bsky.social
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Dad, husband, noted round-Earther and mediocre lawyer.

I think Russian propaganda is bad.

All views + opinions are my own.

Posts, likes, RT do not imply USG endorsement.
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dumbrunner.bsky.social
I saw it too:
February 1, 2026 at 2:08 AM
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gbrockell.bsky.social
NEW: Meet the private-equity firm -- and its billionaire immigrant CEO -- making millions off some of ICE's cruelest deportation flights.

After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler
A private equity-owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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shashj.bsky.social
"At least 32 people died in ICE custody last year, the highest number since 2004. An autopsy... showed that Geraldo Lunas Campos, a Cuban migrant held at Fort Bliss in Texas, was killed by his jailers. ICE had previously said he had committed suicide." www.economist.com/briefing/202...
Immigration agents have become Donald Trump’s personal posse
That is a liability for America and, increasingly, for him
www.economist.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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anthonymkreis.bsky.social
Ilan Wurman's anti-birthright citizenship Supreme Court amicus. I won't mince words. He bastardizes the common law. It is a methodologically bankrupt approach to the history of Anglo-American constitutionalism. It is little more than preening to gain someone's favor, but certainly not a scholar's.
January 28, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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jotatx.bsky.social
US government accounts have been posting white nationalist and neo-Nazi content for months. Some of it is obvious even to laypeople, while other codes are less noticeable. My analysis—with insights from, among others, @bildoperationen.bsky.social and @mikesenters.bsky.social—examines this.
January 27, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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eliothiggins.bsky.social
There's a predictable approach to denial that we're already seeing, which I call the Four Pillars of Disordered Doubt, which allows actors to constantly question evidence that don't fit their preferred narratives.
January 27, 2026 at 12:10 PM
mattaiesi.bsky.social
This is a pretty disturbing report.

www.aclu.org/news/immigra...
Immigrants Detained at Fort Bliss in Texas Report Abuse and Inhumane Conditions
Detained people at largest immigration detention facility in the country report accounts of physical and sexual abuse.
www.aclu.org
January 27, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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stevevladeck.bsky.social
This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.

Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.

Well, here’s a link:

georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Screenshot of a TikTok video with error message at top saying “your video is under review and can’t be shared right now.”
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 AM
mattaiesi.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 10:37 PM
mattaiesi.bsky.social
Spreading disinformation targeting the Second Lady… like anyone else… is harmful to our nation.
January 25, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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theatlantic.com
"Hegseth’s apparent desire to get involved in the Minnesota debacle is dangerous not only to the lives of innocent Americans, but to American democracy itself," argues @radiofreetom.bsky.social: theatln.tc/EcRpz1b2
January 25, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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bellingcat.com
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
January 24, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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badideas.bsky.social
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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mjsdc.bsky.social
Reminder: If the Supreme Court upholds Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship, some of the ICE officers currently brutalizing Minnesotans may be reassigned to apprehend newborns from the hospital for immediate deportation. Just read the Trump administration’s own memo. slate.com/news-and-pol...
To that end, USCIS declared flatly that the children of immigrants who are "unlawfully present" will "no longer be U.S. citizens at birth." They will, instead, inherit the status of their parents, rendering them detainable and deportable as infants and throughout their lives. There is no indication that the government will provide some grace period before snatching up and imprisoning this new underclass of noncitizen babies; they are apparently subject to arrest from the moment of birth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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antongerashchenko.bsky.social
Friends,

A small reminder that we are still raising money for a medical evacuation vehicle for these Ukrainian Defenders from the 104th Territorial Defense unit,currently in Sumy region. It is very cold at the frontlines.We are very close to reaching our goal

Please help complete the fundraiser.
January 23, 2026 at 7:42 AM
mattaiesi.bsky.social
If what this obviously poorly trained agent said is remotely true, this is a serious constitutional problem.
kenklippenstein.bsky.social Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 8d
ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
January 23, 2026 at 6:48 PM
mattaiesi.bsky.social
Because it’s so common place, it’s easy to overlook Russia’s policy war crimes by trying to kill Ukrainian civilians by freezing them to death.

Russia is deliberately inflicting suffering on the most vulnerable… newborns, children, the sick + injured, and elderly.

Russia is a terrorist state.

🇺🇦
kyivindependent.com The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 9d
⚡️'Extremely serious' — Ukraine's battered energy system faces worst day in 3 years, Shmyhal says.

"Today in Ukraine was the most difficult day for the energy system since the blackout in November 2022," Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Jan. 22, 2026.
'Extremely serious' — Ukraine's battered energy system faces worst day in 3 years, Shmyhal says
"Today in Ukraine was the most difficult day for the energy system since the blackout in November 2022," Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Jan. 22, 2026.
kyivindependent.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.
January 22, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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portlandken.bsky.social
No American journalist does a better job of tracking Russian state media and Kremlin insiders than @juliadavisnews.bsky.social. In today's column, she describes Kremlin propagandists as absolutely giddy over Trump's destruction of Western alliances.

Putin is the winner in Trump's Greenland fiasco.
Putin’s Pals Have a Secret New Mission for ‘Our Agent Trump’
The Kremlin is thrilled by Trump’s latest NATO-sabotage move and Putin’s favorite propagandists have a new mission for him.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:27 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!

ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
The Gravamen of the Disclosure 4. The gravamen of the disclosure is as follows: a. By memorandum dated May 12, 2025 (“the May 12 Memo”), Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons authorizes ICE agents to forcibly enter into certain people’s homes without a judicial warrant, consent, or an emergency. b. Specifically, in the May 12 Memo, the Acting ICE Director authorized ICE Agents to rely on Form I-205 (which is not a judicial warrant) to enter the residence of an alien subject to a final order of deportation, without consent, including by “a necessary and reasonable amount of force.”2c. While addressed to “All ICE Personnel,” in practice the May 12 Memo has not been formally distributed to all personnel. Instead, the May 12 Memo has been provided to select DHS officials who are then directed to verbally brief the new policy for action. Those supervisors then show the Memo to some employees, like our clients, and direct them to read the Memo and return it to the supervisor.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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crampell.bsky.social
Last year a whistleblower said DOGE had illegally accessed a Social Security database. SSA now acknowledges it's true—& that DOGE employees had secret agreement w/ unidentified political advocacy group to use SocSec data to help overturn election results. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
January 21, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy
Frodo: I wish so much unbelievably stupid shit had not happened in my time Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. This is all exceptionally stupid, though
January 19, 2026 at 8:04 PM
mattaiesi.bsky.social
A few months ago, US Soldiers were on their hands and knees rolling out a red carpet for a war criminal who put bounties on Servicemembers heads.

Now, NATO is broadcasting troop deployments to deter US aggression.

All the while, Ukraine and her many heroes are keeping the free world safe. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
noelreports.com NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 12d
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 20, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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portlandken.bsky.social
According to a new Quinipiac poll, a whopping 86% of Americans oppose military action to take over Greenland.

Not only are 95% of Democrats and 94% of Independents opposed to Trump's quest for war, so are 68% of Republicans.
January 18, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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adambonica.bsky.social
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:

America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.

What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
Screenshot of a data visualization titled “The Cost of American Exceptionalism,” subtitled “What would change if the U.S. matched the OECD average?” The page explains that each card shows how outcomes would change if the U.S. matched the average of 31 peer democracies. Below, a section labeled “Economy & Inequality” displays eight cards comparing U.S. figures to OECD averages. Highlights include: +$19K per household per year in redistributed income and +$96K in redistributed wealth if the top 1% matched OECD shares; a 71% lower CEO-to-worker pay ratio (from 354× to 101×); 50 million more workers with union coverage; 26 million more people with health insurance; $2.1 trillion saved annually in healthcare spending; $691 less per person per year in prescription drug costs; and intergenerational economic mobility being twice as high. Each card shows the U.S. value alongside the OECD average.
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM