@mnemosynec.bsky.social
STEM. Love books and libraries. Disrespect ad hominem and BS. Stanford grad. Degrees in Geology and Environmental Earth Sciences. Medical Doctor (MD)
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This is so bleak.
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ICE detains 4 Columbia Heights students, including 5- and 10-year-olds sent to Texas
Columbia Heights Public Schools leaders addressed the ICE surge into the district, saying the community is "shattered."
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January 22, 2026 at 1:06 AM
This is so bleak.
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“He Can’t Do That” Is a Hope, Not a Strategy open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
"The question is are we prepared to respond when [Constitutional] limits are tested, ignored, or broken. History suggests that waiting until the law is fully cast aside is always too late."
"The question is are we prepared to respond when [Constitutional] limits are tested, ignored, or broken. History suggests that waiting until the law is fully cast aside is always too late."
“He Can’t Do That” Is a Hope, Not a Strategy
The Steady State |by Steven A. Cash
open.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:55 PM
“He Can’t Do That” Is a Hope, Not a Strategy open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
"The question is are we prepared to respond when [Constitutional] limits are tested, ignored, or broken. History suggests that waiting until the law is fully cast aside is always too late."
"The question is are we prepared to respond when [Constitutional] limits are tested, ignored, or broken. History suggests that waiting until the law is fully cast aside is always too late."
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You know, as someone who did grad school work on Arctic warfare, reformed DoD policy and readiness on the Arctic on the hill, and even advised OSD on Arctic policy matters….the Arctic is supposed to be the place where all of NATO is in firmest agreement. To call this insanity is to undersell it.
January 19, 2026 at 3:21 PM
You know, as someone who did grad school work on Arctic warfare, reformed DoD policy and readiness on the Arctic on the hill, and even advised OSD on Arctic policy matters….the Arctic is supposed to be the place where all of NATO is in firmest agreement. To call this insanity is to undersell it.
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One of the first things anyone learns about facial recognition is that it is often wrong and that it is biased. And yet ICE is using it all day every day to determine legal status & who to detain. And now we have a high-profile example of it being flat out wrong:
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
ICE’s Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman. Twice
In testimony from a CBP official obtained by 404 Media, the official described how Mobile Fortify returned two different names after scanning a woman's face during an immigration raid. ICE has said th...
www.404media.co
January 19, 2026 at 3:55 PM
One of the first things anyone learns about facial recognition is that it is often wrong and that it is biased. And yet ICE is using it all day every day to determine legal status & who to detain. And now we have a high-profile example of it being flat out wrong:
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
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I would like to think the Mad King proclaiming “I will continue to illegally raise taxes on the American people until the NATO alliance collapses” would be the type of statement to cause Congress to act, but I’m not sure there’s any red line the GOP Congress has anymore.
Trump says he'll impose a 10% tariff (rising to 25% in June) on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, because they've sent people to Greenland, until the US can buy Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I would like to think the Mad King proclaiming “I will continue to illegally raise taxes on the American people until the NATO alliance collapses” would be the type of statement to cause Congress to act, but I’m not sure there’s any red line the GOP Congress has anymore.
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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"There’s an old episode of The Twilight Zone, “It’s a Good Life,” that centers on a six-year-old boy, Anthony Freemont, who has the powers of a god." You can probably see where this is going.
The People Are Turning Against ICE. Will the Politicians Take Notice?
Strongly worded statements will not stop the terrorization of the country.
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January 17, 2026 at 5:00 AM
"There’s an old episode of The Twilight Zone, “It’s a Good Life,” that centers on a six-year-old boy, Anthony Freemont, who has the powers of a god." You can probably see where this is going.
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This is a crucible moment. If this killing is allowed to pass, not because it has been fully investigated & found justified, but because it has been waved away, it will be a grave injustice to Good but also the nation.
A Prosecutor's Take on the Minnesota Shooting
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A Prosecutor's Take on the Minnesota Shooting
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A Prosecutor's Take on the Minnesota Shooting
I worked on the Rodney King case. Here’s how I see the Good Case.
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January 16, 2026 at 10:34 PM
This is a crucible moment. If this killing is allowed to pass, not because it has been fully investigated & found justified, but because it has been waved away, it will be a grave injustice to Good but also the nation.
A Prosecutor's Take on the Minnesota Shooting
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
A Prosecutor's Take on the Minnesota Shooting
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
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pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
January 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
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January 14, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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The State of the OSINT Community,
a message to the 'OSINT' accounts.
Let’s all take a step back and look at the broader “OSINT” community.
What do we actually see?
--Read our statement placed on X--
x.com/GeoConfirmed...
Or below in the printscreens. 👇
a message to the 'OSINT' accounts.
Let’s all take a step back and look at the broader “OSINT” community.
What do we actually see?
--Read our statement placed on X--
x.com/GeoConfirmed...
Or below in the printscreens. 👇
January 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM
The State of the OSINT Community,
a message to the 'OSINT' accounts.
Let’s all take a step back and look at the broader “OSINT” community.
What do we actually see?
--Read our statement placed on X--
x.com/GeoConfirmed...
Or below in the printscreens. 👇
a message to the 'OSINT' accounts.
Let’s all take a step back and look at the broader “OSINT” community.
What do we actually see?
--Read our statement placed on X--
x.com/GeoConfirmed...
Or below in the printscreens. 👇
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Many of you have asked whether this week’s mass resignations of DOJ prosecutors will only make things worse. I’m sharing my thoughts on that good question. #begood #justiceforrenee youtube.com/shorts/wBZdr...
Thoughts on this week’s mass resignations of DOJ prosecutors
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Many of you have asked whether this week’s mass resignations of DOJ prosecutors will only make things worse. I’m sharing my thoughts on that good question. #begood #justiceforrenee youtube.com/shorts/wBZdr...
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Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
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people no longer need to wonder in the abstract why ALPRs (automated license plate readers) are such a threat to fundamental rights.
These peaceful observers I spoke to had ICE show up at their homes in what they see as attempts at intimidation. ICE has somehow been accessing Minnesotans' private data in likely violation of state law, according to privacy advocates.
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Privacy advocates: ICE using private data to intimidate observers and activists
MPR News has looked into reports that federal agents have accessed private data to track and intimidate anti-ICE activists since the immigration crackdown surged in Minnesota in December. Privacy advo...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
people no longer need to wonder in the abstract why ALPRs (automated license plate readers) are such a threat to fundamental rights.
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
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Last week, I looked into the record of the federal prosecutor in Minnesota who was leading the work on the Somali daycare fraud case.
He struck me as a straight shooter, not a partisan hack.
Well here's confirmation: He has quit after DOJ pressure to investigate Renee Good's widow. (#giftlink 🎁)
He struck me as a straight shooter, not a partisan hack.
Well here's confirmation: He has quit after DOJ pressure to investigate Renee Good's widow. (#giftlink 🎁)
3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Last week, I looked into the record of the federal prosecutor in Minnesota who was leading the work on the Somali daycare fraud case.
He struck me as a straight shooter, not a partisan hack.
Well here's confirmation: He has quit after DOJ pressure to investigate Renee Good's widow. (#giftlink 🎁)
He struck me as a straight shooter, not a partisan hack.
Well here's confirmation: He has quit after DOJ pressure to investigate Renee Good's widow. (#giftlink 🎁)
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The Minnesota shooting case is now metastasizing unlike any i've ever seen. The successive resignations of heads of the crim section at CRD and 3 top career prosecutors in Minn -- who had hung in all this year n/w/stg multiple outrages-- means the Department is in open revolt in DC and the field.
January 13, 2026 at 5:47 PM
The Minnesota shooting case is now metastasizing unlike any i've ever seen. The successive resignations of heads of the crim section at CRD and 3 top career prosecutors in Minn -- who had hung in all this year n/w/stg multiple outrages-- means the Department is in open revolt in DC and the field.
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Shocking news that is not getting out: the Justice Department’s civil rights office has refused to investigate the killing of Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross. This is a huge deal because this is the unit that investigates and prosecutes law enforcement misconduct. youtube.com/shorts/44an_...
DOJ civil rights office refuses to investigate Renee Good killing
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
youtube.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Shocking news that is not getting out: the Justice Department’s civil rights office has refused to investigate the killing of Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross. This is a huge deal because this is the unit that investigates and prosecutes law enforcement misconduct. youtube.com/shorts/44an_...
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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.
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
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.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
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I wrote up my analysis of what Ross's movements and actions reveal about whether or not he had a "reasonable belief that he was in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury" (the legal standard). I list 7 crucial moments that suggest he did not. asharangappa.substack.com/p/friday-rou...
Friday Round Up! 1/9/26
It was a bad shoot.
asharangappa.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:57 PM
I wrote up my analysis of what Ross's movements and actions reveal about whether or not he had a "reasonable belief that he was in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury" (the legal standard). I list 7 crucial moments that suggest he did not. asharangappa.substack.com/p/friday-rou...
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Here's' an analysis of Jonathan Ross's actions by Asha Rangappa, who has had LEO firearms training.
Friday Round Up! 1/9/26
It was a bad shoot.
asharangappa.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Here's' an analysis of Jonathan Ross's actions by Asha Rangappa, who has had LEO firearms training.
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Peter Wehner is channeling Pontifex maximus “The United States under Trump is dark, aggressive, and lawless. It has become…a predator nation. This period of our history will eventually be judged, and the verdict will be unforgiving” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s Folly
The United States has turned dark, aggressive, and lawless.
www.theatlantic.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Peter Wehner is channeling Pontifex maximus “The United States under Trump is dark, aggressive, and lawless. It has become…a predator nation. This period of our history will eventually be judged, and the verdict will be unforgiving” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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IJ files comments: DHS’s sweeping proposal to compel DNA and biometrics submissions from citizens "is exactly the kind of generalized, future-facing data collection that the
Fourth Amendment is meant to guard against" and has never been authorized by Congress. ij.org/wp-content/u...
Fourth Amendment is meant to guard against" and has never been authorized by Congress. ij.org/wp-content/u...
January 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
IJ files comments: DHS’s sweeping proposal to compel DNA and biometrics submissions from citizens "is exactly the kind of generalized, future-facing data collection that the
Fourth Amendment is meant to guard against" and has never been authorized by Congress. ij.org/wp-content/u...
Fourth Amendment is meant to guard against" and has never been authorized by Congress. ij.org/wp-content/u...