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mercot.bsky.social
@mercot.bsky.social
Portland, OR
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He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures …

For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us …

For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States.
The thing that really makes Minneapolis different, other than the fact that they straight up murdered someone, is that they've dropped all pretense that this is just about immigration. The state has declared war on its own people, or at least those people who live in cities.
January 14, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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I wrote about Renee Good, Venezuela, Greenland, and what it means to be a human being. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
January 14, 2026 at 3:26 PM
January 14, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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We didn’t have ICE for the first 200+ years in this country. Abolishing ICE isn’t the same as abolishing all law enforcement, and Slotkin’s conflation of ICE with all police is honestly just pretty stupid.
Slotkin back to blowing the assignment.
www.instagram.com/reel/DTTzX6G...
January 13, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
January 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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January 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Immigration officers received a "legal refresher" reminding them that personal insults and rude gestures are legal, per documents leaked to me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/immigratio...
January 13, 2026 at 2:37 AM
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hey if you like Jeff VanderMeer and very atmospheric electronic music but don't follow industrial music: you might not be aware that in 2022 there was this really cool interpretation of Annihilation released phasenmensch.bandcamp.com/album/a-pren...
A Prenatural Silence, by PHASENMENSCH + ANTOINE SAINT-MARTIN
11 track album
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January 12, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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Let us all stand with Chairman Powell.
January 12, 2026 at 2:36 AM
My hometown ✊🏻
#Fairbanks #Alaska at -30F protests against ICE. We remember Renee Good and the many, many hurt and stolen.

Standing here loving cold, not murder, not abductions, and not vice.
January 12, 2026 at 3:49 AM
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Would be great to see every Golden Globe winner end their speech with “abolish ice” tonight
January 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.

Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”

Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
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Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.

If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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The hearts and minds of the people are on our side. We will do everything we can to seek justice.

We will fight with peaceful expression, in court, through public debate, and at the ballot box.

Keep the peace. And keep the faith.
January 10, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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“The notion that [Trump] claims this is somehow making the country safer is absurd. It’s making the country more dangerous. The domestic terrorists are ICE. It’s hard to believe we have a criminal president running a lawless government trying to intimidate the people of this country through force.”
January 10, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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It is deeply counter to the whole very basic concept of this nation that its citizens can be taxed and then have funding withheld punitively because the person exercising the power of the presidency decides on a whim to do so.
at some point we're gonna have to have a real conversation about why we're still paying federal taxes to a regime that isn't using them to help anyone, but instead is using them to brutalize us
January 10, 2026 at 2:12 AM
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Native Americans are getting caught up in Trump’s racist goon squad invasion…
January 10, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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He’s right, but I’ve got a whole pile of those lines by now. I count them at night like Arya Stark.
It's time to state clearly that if MAGA and Republicans can't condemn any part of this shooting, continue to blame the victim for it, and even hint that it's a just outcome that others "deserve," that's a crossing of the line that the rest of us won't ever be able to forget.
Rep. Randy Fine: "If you impede the actions of our law enforcement as they seek to repel foreign invaders from our country, you get what's coming to you. I do not feel bad for the woman that was involved."
January 9, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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PORTLAND MAYOR: “There was a time when we could take the federal government at their word. That time is long past.”

As DHS tells the same exact story about a ‘weaponized’ vehicle— Mayor Wilson says they stand with Minnesota, and ICE agents must be investigated.
January 9, 2026 at 4:06 AM
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I invite all Americans to join Minnesota in a day of unity tomorrow.
January 9, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.
January 7, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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Make it viral.
January 8, 2026 at 3:22 AM
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This is very good from WaPo. Note position of officer's feet to side of car when first shot is fired. I think everyone defending this should be asked: Was it not even an *overreaction* to fire those shots, especially 2 & 3, into her face point-blank with the officer clearly not in danger? Really?
January 8, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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Walz: "I couldn't help but think, and it scares me a bit -- 'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most important directive.' It certainly feels like that in this moment."
January 8, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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The person who was shot in the face here is a local organizer who has been very active in the Movement for Black lives.
via Minneapolis photographer Chris Juhn on Facebook
January 8, 2026 at 5:53 PM