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Mostly on here to get independent political news.
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ICE has zero statutory authority to control a public roadway, direct civilian movement, or use chemical agents for crowd compliance.
The memo’s narrative tries to retrofit legitimacy onto actions that fall outside ICE’s legal mandate.
The memo’s narrative tries to retrofit legitimacy onto actions that fall outside ICE’s legal mandate.
January 28, 2026 at 7:59 PM
ICE has zero statutory authority to control a public roadway, direct civilian movement, or use chemical agents for crowd compliance.
The memo’s narrative tries to retrofit legitimacy onto actions that fall outside ICE’s legal mandate.
The memo’s narrative tries to retrofit legitimacy onto actions that fall outside ICE’s legal mandate.
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Read this. Reread it. Reread it until it sinks in.
January 28, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Read this. Reread it. Reread it until it sinks in.
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Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., rolls out his demand for supporting a DHS appropriations bill: fire Stephen Miller
January 28, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., rolls out his demand for supporting a DHS appropriations bill: fire Stephen Miller
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan.
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
January 26, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan.
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
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I have pretzel sticks and cheese and happy kids and the Gestapo are murdering people in the streets and I don't know how to feel so many different things at once.
If you grew up listening to punk, remember not to despair. This is what they were getting us ready for. This is the moment.
If you grew up listening to punk, remember not to despair. This is what they were getting us ready for. This is the moment.
January 24, 2026 at 6:47 PM
I have pretzel sticks and cheese and happy kids and the Gestapo are murdering people in the streets and I don't know how to feel so many different things at once.
If you grew up listening to punk, remember not to despair. This is what they were getting us ready for. This is the moment.
If you grew up listening to punk, remember not to despair. This is what they were getting us ready for. This is the moment.
If there is a Heaven, Alex Pretti is there 💔
A life well lived, taken too soon.
A life well lived, taken too soon.
January 25, 2026 at 12:21 AM
If there is a Heaven, Alex Pretti is there 💔
A life well lived, taken too soon.
A life well lived, taken too soon.
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We see you Minnesota 👏🏽
January 23, 2026 at 11:04 PM
We see you Minnesota 👏🏽
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Many people said we were exaggerating and called us liars. As we warned (and as many expected) the DOJ has now acknowledged misconduct by the Trump administration and DOGE employees.
January 22, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Many people said we were exaggerating and called us liars. As we warned (and as many expected) the DOJ has now acknowledged misconduct by the Trump administration and DOGE employees.
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This week marked renewed escalation by Trump and his regime, both internationally and at home. Nothing feels safe or stable. One pollster found that 71% of Americans said the country feels out of control. Catch up on all you need to know!
open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...
open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...
Week 63 - The Return
Trump escalates conflicts at home and abroad
open.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:28 PM
This week marked renewed escalation by Trump and his regime, both internationally and at home. Nothing feels safe or stable. One pollster found that 71% of Americans said the country feels out of control. Catch up on all you need to know!
open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...
open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...
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You cant buy a house because our president is really mad he didn’t get a Nobel peace prize and so he is threatening Greenland.
January 21, 2026 at 12:59 PM
You cant buy a house because our president is really mad he didn’t get a Nobel peace prize and so he is threatening Greenland.
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." —MLK Jr.
January 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." —MLK Jr.
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we all keep finding various ways to make the same point: the US right’s preoccupation with liberty was never intended or imagined to conflict with the domination, oppression, or extermination of a subaltern racialized and gendered Other
January 17, 2026 at 10:09 PM
we all keep finding various ways to make the same point: the US right’s preoccupation with liberty was never intended or imagined to conflict with the domination, oppression, or extermination of a subaltern racialized and gendered Other
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Even though there have been many criticisms of the Supreme Court, a higher percentage of our current problems are the fault of the Supreme Court and elites’ refusal to reform it than we typically acknowledge.
I genuinely don't understood how America took the emoluments clause -- the common-sense bar on a president using his powers to line his own pockets, a law children can understand -- and just said, nah, that doesn't apply for our Very Special Boy.
He’s turned the presidency into the world’s largest ATM machine.
January 17, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Even though there have been many criticisms of the Supreme Court, a higher percentage of our current problems are the fault of the Supreme Court and elites’ refusal to reform it than we typically acknowledge.
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“The United States will not let men steal trophies from women…”
- says guy who happily took the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a woman
- says guy who happily took the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a woman
January 17, 2026 at 8:58 AM
“The United States will not let men steal trophies from women…”
- says guy who happily took the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a woman
- says guy who happily took the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a woman
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boy that gyre sure keeps getting wider
January 14, 2026 at 3:35 PM
boy that gyre sure keeps getting wider
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It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
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Their GoFundMe
Donate to Support for Renee Good’s wife and son, organized by Mattie Weiss
Please support the wife and son of Renee Good as they grapple with the devastating … Mattie Weiss needs your support for Support for Renee Good’s wife and son
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January 9, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:
archive.is/ur35j
archive.is/ur35j
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:
archive.is/ur35j
archive.is/ur35j
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The state-killing of Renee Good *could be* a real opportunity for mobilizing white women to take down this regime.
January 9, 2026 at 4:56 PM
The state-killing of Renee Good *could be* a real opportunity for mobilizing white women to take down this regime.
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He didn't kill her because he felt threatened; he killed her because she didn't submit. Abuser logic.
January 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
He didn't kill her because he felt threatened; he killed her because she didn't submit. Abuser logic.
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they’re abducting our neighbors and putting them in concentration camps and they’ll shoot you in the fucking face if you don’t cheer them on while they’re doing it.
January 7, 2026 at 6:08 PM
they’re abducting our neighbors and putting them in concentration camps and they’ll shoot you in the fucking face if you don’t cheer them on while they’re doing it.
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DHS now confirming in a. statement that an ICE officer did shoot and kill someone at the site of a raid.
January 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
DHS now confirming in a. statement that an ICE officer did shoot and kill someone at the site of a raid.
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The 100K price tag is such a deeply insulting gesture.
The point of H1B is to retain exceptional talent, but this administration wants to privilege the wealthy, not enrich the talent pool of the nation.
The point of H1B is to retain exceptional talent, but this administration wants to privilege the wealthy, not enrich the talent pool of the nation.
September 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The 100K price tag is such a deeply insulting gesture.
The point of H1B is to retain exceptional talent, but this administration wants to privilege the wealthy, not enrich the talent pool of the nation.
The point of H1B is to retain exceptional talent, but this administration wants to privilege the wealthy, not enrich the talent pool of the nation.