@mikeolkin.bsky.social
Leguminati 🫘
I’m a runner and a baseball fan. We need to thwart the Mump agenda.
I’m a runner and a baseball fan. We need to thwart the Mump agenda.
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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“What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants-it's f*cking anybody!" credit: @StatusCoup
ICE is over immigration, NOT citizens. They are shooting & detaining citizens. We are paying for Trump’s secret police in more ways than one.
ICE is over immigration, NOT citizens. They are shooting & detaining citizens. We are paying for Trump’s secret police in more ways than one.
January 16, 2026 at 4:17 PM
“What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants-it's f*cking anybody!" credit: @StatusCoup
ICE is over immigration, NOT citizens. They are shooting & detaining citizens. We are paying for Trump’s secret police in more ways than one.
ICE is over immigration, NOT citizens. They are shooting & detaining citizens. We are paying for Trump’s secret police in more ways than one.
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He’d prefer Right
(Everyone groans)
(Everyone groans)
January 15, 2026 at 11:31 PM
He’d prefer Right
(Everyone groans)
(Everyone groans)
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Just heard The National News Desk refer to Nick Shirley as an independent journalist. He’s the YOUTUBER who spread misinformation about the fraud in MN & now he’s spreading even more crap. Every actual independent journalist should be insulted. @muellershewrote.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Just heard The National News Desk refer to Nick Shirley as an independent journalist. He’s the YOUTUBER who spread misinformation about the fraud in MN & now he’s spreading even more crap. Every actual independent journalist should be insulted. @muellershewrote.com
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The Nobel Peace Prize, 1974 Topps Traded
January 16, 2026 at 7:33 AM
The Nobel Peace Prize, 1974 Topps Traded
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The people of Minnesota are gonna win
January 16, 2026 at 12:42 AM
The people of Minnesota are gonna win
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The professional agitator: This is Nick Shirley. Social engineer behind the situation in Minneapolis. He is an agent provocateur for the Kremlin and Republican Political Party. Heavily endorsed by JD Vance, Sen Mike Lee and Elon Musk. He is costing tax payers millions, engineering chaos & division.
January 15, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The professional agitator: This is Nick Shirley. Social engineer behind the situation in Minneapolis. He is an agent provocateur for the Kremlin and Republican Political Party. Heavily endorsed by JD Vance, Sen Mike Lee and Elon Musk. He is costing tax payers millions, engineering chaos & division.
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This is what leadership looks like. ⚖️🇺🇸
VoteVets-endorsed Sheriff Danny Ceisler is putting safety over politics. He withdrew Bucks County, PA, from its ICE agreement & prohibited deputies from questioning victims on immigration status.
Trust is being restored.
VoteVets-endorsed Sheriff Danny Ceisler is putting safety over politics. He withdrew Bucks County, PA, from its ICE agreement & prohibited deputies from questioning victims on immigration status.
Trust is being restored.
January 15, 2026 at 5:40 PM
This is what leadership looks like. ⚖️🇺🇸
VoteVets-endorsed Sheriff Danny Ceisler is putting safety over politics. He withdrew Bucks County, PA, from its ICE agreement & prohibited deputies from questioning victims on immigration status.
Trust is being restored.
VoteVets-endorsed Sheriff Danny Ceisler is putting safety over politics. He withdrew Bucks County, PA, from its ICE agreement & prohibited deputies from questioning victims on immigration status.
Trust is being restored.
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Poland failed to win the Hitler team over
Denmark, Greenland failed to win the Trump team over
Denmark, Greenland failed to win the Trump team over
The U.S. allies hoped meeting senior Trump officials would diffuse tensions and tough talk on Greenland. It didn’t.
dlvr.it
January 14, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Poland failed to win the Hitler team over
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A Massachusetts bakery made "Fuck ICE" cookies and Republicans were of course very normal about it.
www.masslive.com/news/2026/01...
www.masslive.com/news/2026/01...
January 14, 2026 at 1:55 AM
A Massachusetts bakery made "Fuck ICE" cookies and Republicans were of course very normal about it.
www.masslive.com/news/2026/01...
www.masslive.com/news/2026/01...
The Red Sox don’t have Bregman, but at least they have this guy. www.mlb.com/news/payton-...
How many bananas did he eat?? Tolle has stories, sound effects at Fenway Fest
Payton Tolle held court at the Red Sox Fenway Fest this weekend, and it's easy to see why he's quickly becoming a fan favorite in Boston.
Tolle, ranked by MLB Pipeline as the club's No. 2 prospect and...
www.mlb.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:45 AM
The Red Sox don’t have Bregman, but at least they have this guy. www.mlb.com/news/payton-...
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BREAKING: The EEOC wants UPenn to hand over lists of Jewish students & faculty
@DDFund_ is stepping in to stop this chilling violation of the First Amendment
Religious freedom & privacy are non-negotiable 👇 - TN
@DDFund_ is stepping in to stop this chilling violation of the First Amendment
Religious freedom & privacy are non-negotiable 👇 - TN
Press Release | January 13, 2026
Today, the ACLU of Pennsylvania, Democracy Defenders Fund, and Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin and Schiller filed a motion to intervene in EEOC v. The University of Pennsylvania on behalf of five organ...
www.democracydefendersfund.org
January 13, 2026 at 8:49 PM
BREAKING: The EEOC wants UPenn to hand over lists of Jewish students & faculty
@DDFund_ is stepping in to stop this chilling violation of the First Amendment
Religious freedom & privacy are non-negotiable 👇 - TN
@DDFund_ is stepping in to stop this chilling violation of the First Amendment
Religious freedom & privacy are non-negotiable 👇 - TN
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BREAKING:
Former special counsel Jack Smith will testify publicly on January 22 before the House Judiciary Committee.
Former special counsel Jack Smith will testify publicly on January 22 before the House Judiciary Committee.
January 13, 2026 at 3:10 AM
BREAKING:
Former special counsel Jack Smith will testify publicly on January 22 before the House Judiciary Committee.
Former special counsel Jack Smith will testify publicly on January 22 before the House Judiciary Committee.
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I wrote all of this up (including how we got to this point doctrinally) in a recent issue of my newsletter. Here's the non-paywalled version:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-182-...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-182-...
Bonus 182: Damages as a (Missing) Deterrent
It's worth reflecting on how different things might look right now if federal officers—or the federal government itself—faced a meaningful specter of monetary liability for constitutional violations.
www.stevevladeck.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I wrote all of this up (including how we got to this point doctrinally) in a recent issue of my newsletter. Here's the non-paywalled version:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-182-...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-182-...
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I wonder why this is so relevant tonight ... hmmm ....
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 12, 2026 at 4:09 AM
I wonder why this is so relevant tonight ... hmmm ....
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Trump forcing Europeans to use limited resources on Greenland, when we should be focusing on Ukraine, is exactly what Russia and China want
January 11, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Trump forcing Europeans to use limited resources on Greenland, when we should be focusing on Ukraine, is exactly what Russia and China want
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NEW: Statement of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Trump’s criminal investigation into him. He says they are seeking an indictment over his Congressional testimony, but calls it pretext to pressure him into lowering interest rates.
January 12, 2026 at 1:07 AM
NEW: Statement of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Trump’s criminal investigation into him. He says they are seeking an indictment over his Congressional testimony, but calls it pretext to pressure him into lowering interest rates.
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"At schools, volunteers are forming human chains as students and employees enter and leave, with whistles to blow if ICE shows up.
Volunteers—many of them moms already involved at their schools—divvy up tasks, such as delivering groceries to immigrant families..."
www.wsj.com/us-news/insi...
Volunteers—many of them moms already involved at their schools—divvy up tasks, such as delivering groceries to immigrant families..."
www.wsj.com/us-news/insi...
Inside Minneapolis’s Sprawling Network of ICE Watchers
Renee Nicole Good lived in a community where residents by the thousands are using text alerts, whistles and Google documents to shadow federal agents
www.wsj.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:54 PM
"At schools, volunteers are forming human chains as students and employees enter and leave, with whistles to blow if ICE shows up.
Volunteers—many of them moms already involved at their schools—divvy up tasks, such as delivering groceries to immigrant families..."
www.wsj.com/us-news/insi...
Volunteers—many of them moms already involved at their schools—divvy up tasks, such as delivering groceries to immigrant families..."
www.wsj.com/us-news/insi...
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There are more of us than there are of them.
"At schools, volunteers are forming human chains as students and employees enter and leave, with whistles to blow if ICE shows up.
Volunteers—many of them moms already involved at their schools—divvy up tasks, such as delivering groceries to immigrant families..."
www.wsj.com/us-news/insi...
Volunteers—many of them moms already involved at their schools—divvy up tasks, such as delivering groceries to immigrant families..."
www.wsj.com/us-news/insi...
Inside Minneapolis’s Sprawling Network of ICE Watchers
Renee Nicole Good lived in a community where residents by the thousands are using text alerts, whistles and Google documents to shadow federal agents
www.wsj.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:26 PM
There are more of us than there are of them.
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At the end of Donald Trump’s first year back in office, roughly 300,000 fewer Americans worked for the government. Franklin Foer spoke with 50 federal employees who were either fired or forced out:
The Purged
Donald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation.
bit.ly
January 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
At the end of Donald Trump’s first year back in office, roughly 300,000 fewer Americans worked for the government. Franklin Foer spoke with 50 federal employees who were either fired or forced out:
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Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
www.reddit.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
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ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/...
www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/...
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
www.reddit.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:30 AM
ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/...
www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/...
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Holy cow: TRUMP LEAKED THIS MORNING'S PAYROLL NUMBERS.
At 8:20pm last night he posted a photo of a briefing he received from his CEA. It reveals market-moving numbers that were officially released at 8:30am this morning.
(Note: CEA receives the data—confidentially—on Thursday evening.)
At 8:20pm last night he posted a photo of a briefing he received from his CEA. It reveals market-moving numbers that were officially released at 8:30am this morning.
(Note: CEA receives the data—confidentially—on Thursday evening.)
January 9, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Holy cow: TRUMP LEAKED THIS MORNING'S PAYROLL NUMBERS.
At 8:20pm last night he posted a photo of a briefing he received from his CEA. It reveals market-moving numbers that were officially released at 8:30am this morning.
(Note: CEA receives the data—confidentially—on Thursday evening.)
At 8:20pm last night he posted a photo of a briefing he received from his CEA. It reveals market-moving numbers that were officially released at 8:30am this morning.
(Note: CEA receives the data—confidentially—on Thursday evening.)