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Everyone involved in this needs to face criminal charges
ICYMI — In negative degrees weather they took a LEGAL naturalized citizen out in his underwear, after trashing his house.
They released him an hour later.
The cruelty is the point. (From @thejfreakinc.bsky.social )
They released him an hour later.
The cruelty is the point. (From @thejfreakinc.bsky.social )
January 20, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Everyone involved in this needs to face criminal charges
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‘The family said no warrant was presented, agents did not ask for Thao’s ID, but they “nevertheless forcibly entered the home with weapons drawn.” ‘
Utter lawlessness. One of the few things holding it to account is great reporting as @marisakabas.bsky.social is doing
Utter lawlessness. One of the few things holding it to account is great reporting as @marisakabas.bsky.social is doing
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 3:45 AM
‘The family said no warrant was presented, agents did not ask for Thao’s ID, but they “nevertheless forcibly entered the home with weapons drawn.” ‘
Utter lawlessness. One of the few things holding it to account is great reporting as @marisakabas.bsky.social is doing
Utter lawlessness. One of the few things holding it to account is great reporting as @marisakabas.bsky.social is doing
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An FBI agent conducted an initial review of the Renee Good killing and determined sufficient grounds existed to open a civil rights probe into the actions of the ICE officer who shot her. Justice Department says no inquiry is warranted. @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
FBI opened probe on Minneapolis shooting; none exists now, Justice Dept. says
After the death of Renée Good in Minneapolis, FBI agents launched a civil rights probe into the shooting. The Justice Department says no such case now exists.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:59 PM
An FBI agent conducted an initial review of the Renee Good killing and determined sufficient grounds existed to open a civil rights probe into the actions of the ICE officer who shot her. Justice Department says no inquiry is warranted. @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 AM
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
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people.com/nj-girl-foun...
"6 years old... walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'..."
"6 years old... walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'..."
January 19, 2026 at 11:05 PM
people.com/nj-girl-foun...
"6 years old... walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'..."
"6 years old... walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'..."
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Pretty strong elsewhere (I'm in Hopkins). Got pulled over twice, guns drawn both times, to give me "final warnings" to stop following them.
January 19, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Pretty strong elsewhere (I'm in Hopkins). Got pulled over twice, guns drawn both times, to give me "final warnings" to stop following them.
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Minneapolis observers: our signal channels are not secret, unvetted, or unmonitored. Please assume the feds (and police) are on all of them. What you are doing is incredibly courageous but not risk-free and they likely know who most or all of us are. Strength in numbers, not anonymity.
January 19, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Minneapolis observers: our signal channels are not secret, unvetted, or unmonitored. Please assume the feds (and police) are on all of them. What you are doing is incredibly courageous but not risk-free and they likely know who most or all of us are. Strength in numbers, not anonymity.
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i think it is simply true that for all intents and purposes stephen miller is the president of the united states
The Wrath of Stephen Miller
The man who turns President Trump’s most incendiary impulses into policy
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:06 PM
i think it is simply true that for all intents and purposes stephen miller is the president of the united states
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This is a very big deal. And Powell is a mensch. If democracy survives, he should get a presidential medal of freedom.
BREAKING: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will attend the Supreme Court's hearing on Trump's attempted firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook, an unusual show of support by the central bank chair.
AP Source: Fed Chair Powell to attend Supreme Court argument on Cook case
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will attend the Supreme Court’s oral arguments Wednesday in a case involving the attempted firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook, an unusual show of support by the central bank chair.
bit.ly
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
This is a very big deal. And Powell is a mensch. If democracy survives, he should get a presidential medal of freedom.
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BREAKING: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will attend the Supreme Court's hearing on Trump's attempted firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook, an unusual show of support by the central bank chair.
AP Source: Fed Chair Powell to attend Supreme Court argument on Cook case
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will attend the Supreme Court’s oral arguments Wednesday in a case involving the attempted firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook, an unusual show of support by the central bank chair.
bit.ly
January 19, 2026 at 5:16 PM
BREAKING: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will attend the Supreme Court's hearing on Trump's attempted firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook, an unusual show of support by the central bank chair.
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This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
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Folks, I need your help. idk if this account is on staff at DHS or just making pocket money. But, they need to be banished.
It's easy. Here's profile URL:
bsky.app/profile/kain...
Go to "Replies." See how they keep spamming the same X screenshot about an elderly Hmong man? Report each instance. 🙏🏼
It's easy. Here's profile URL:
bsky.app/profile/kain...
Go to "Replies." See how they keep spamming the same X screenshot about an elderly Hmong man? Report each instance. 🙏🏼
January 19, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Folks, I need your help. idk if this account is on staff at DHS or just making pocket money. But, they need to be banished.
It's easy. Here's profile URL:
bsky.app/profile/kain...
Go to "Replies." See how they keep spamming the same X screenshot about an elderly Hmong man? Report each instance. 🙏🏼
It's easy. Here's profile URL:
bsky.app/profile/kain...
Go to "Replies." See how they keep spamming the same X screenshot about an elderly Hmong man? Report each instance. 🙏🏼
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If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
January 19, 2026 at 7:23 PM
If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
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I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:56 PM
I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
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Never forget that billionaires spend billions to convince you that voting doesn't matter. Don't help them. Voting isn't the ONLY thing we can do, but it is the most powerful check on the executive. "Don't bother voting because there'll be no free elections" is oligarch propaganda.
January 19, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Never forget that billionaires spend billions to convince you that voting doesn't matter. Don't help them. Voting isn't the ONLY thing we can do, but it is the most powerful check on the executive. "Don't bother voting because there'll be no free elections" is oligarch propaganda.
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Good Neighbors: @crimethinc.com has an incredible library of resources to help your communities safe.
Rachel Maddow is sharing CrimeThinc articles.
Democrats message on affordability in response to invading Greenland.
Elected Democrats are pushing their voters into the leftist coalition.
Rachel Maddow is sharing CrimeThinc articles.
Democrats message on affordability in response to invading Greenland.
Elected Democrats are pushing their voters into the leftist coalition.
January 19, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Good Neighbors: @crimethinc.com has an incredible library of resources to help your communities safe.
Rachel Maddow is sharing CrimeThinc articles.
Democrats message on affordability in response to invading Greenland.
Elected Democrats are pushing their voters into the leftist coalition.
Rachel Maddow is sharing CrimeThinc articles.
Democrats message on affordability in response to invading Greenland.
Elected Democrats are pushing their voters into the leftist coalition.
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This is really bad.
January 19, 2026 at 3:14 PM
This is really bad.
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DHS said in October that "comparing ICE day-in and day-out to the Nazi gestapo, the Secret Police, and slave patrols has consequences."
After I found one of their lawyers for ICE is a racist and a self-described fascist who has praised Hitler, there have been no consequences.
After I found one of their lawyers for ICE is a racist and a self-described fascist who has praised Hitler, there have been no consequences.
January 18, 2026 at 3:50 PM
DHS said in October that "comparing ICE day-in and day-out to the Nazi gestapo, the Secret Police, and slave patrols has consequences."
After I found one of their lawyers for ICE is a racist and a self-described fascist who has praised Hitler, there have been no consequences.
After I found one of their lawyers for ICE is a racist and a self-described fascist who has praised Hitler, there have been no consequences.
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Will you also investigate the ICE agent who played a noisemaker over Catholic prayer for immigrants? Or times when I & other clergy & lay have been tear-gassed, assaulted, insulted, stalked, & in the case of professed Christian Renee Good, murdered, for living Jesus’ command to love God & neighbor?
January 19, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Will you also investigate the ICE agent who played a noisemaker over Catholic prayer for immigrants? Or times when I & other clergy & lay have been tear-gassed, assaulted, insulted, stalked, & in the case of professed Christian Renee Good, murdered, for living Jesus’ command to love God & neighbor?
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Folks, if Richard Hanania now wants to fight the administration, racism and fascism, you let him do it and don't grind his nose in all the shit he did to make it happen until after the fight is won.
You don't trust him, you don't rely on him. But you don't shit on his claimed conversion. Yet.
You don't trust him, you don't rely on him. But you don't shit on his claimed conversion. Yet.
January 19, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Folks, if Richard Hanania now wants to fight the administration, racism and fascism, you let him do it and don't grind his nose in all the shit he did to make it happen until after the fight is won.
You don't trust him, you don't rely on him. But you don't shit on his claimed conversion. Yet.
You don't trust him, you don't rely on him. But you don't shit on his claimed conversion. Yet.
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Good morning members of the GOP in Congress. Today would be a good day for you to wake up.
January 19, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Good morning members of the GOP in Congress. Today would be a good day for you to wake up.
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A comrade asked me to share this invitation for faith leaders to get to Minneapolis. Encourage all who feel called to attend!
A multiracial, pro-queer coalition of clergy is convening a 2-day call rooted in accountability & preparation for sustained action in Minneapolis.
👉 www.marchminnesota.org
A multiracial, pro-queer coalition of clergy is convening a 2-day call rooted in accountability & preparation for sustained action in Minneapolis.
👉 www.marchminnesota.org
MARCH
www.marchminnesota.org
January 16, 2026 at 7:35 PM
A comrade asked me to share this invitation for faith leaders to get to Minneapolis. Encourage all who feel called to attend!
A multiracial, pro-queer coalition of clergy is convening a 2-day call rooted in accountability & preparation for sustained action in Minneapolis.
👉 www.marchminnesota.org
A multiracial, pro-queer coalition of clergy is convening a 2-day call rooted in accountability & preparation for sustained action in Minneapolis.
👉 www.marchminnesota.org
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per the story, the “Abolish ICE is bad” dude is also a “former Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection official”
The author of a controversial memo from centrist think tank Searchlight telling Democrats to abandon the slogan “Abolish ICE” is a senior advisor for WestExec, a D.C. shadow lobbyist for corporations in the defense, surveillance, and immigration enforcement industries.
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
Author of ‘Don’t Say Abolish ICE’ Memo Is a Corporate Consultant - The American Prospect
Blas Nuñez-Neto is a senior adviser to WestExec, a shadow lobbyist for defense and tech firms.
prospect.org
January 19, 2026 at 2:58 PM
per the story, the “Abolish ICE is bad” dude is also a “former Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection official”
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NEW: Three top U.S. Catholic clerics — Cardinals Cupich (Chicago), McElroy (Washington DC) and Tobin (Newark) — have issued a joint statement railing against recent U.S. foreign policy moves regarding Ukraine, Venezuela, and Greenland.
January 19, 2026 at 3:36 PM
NEW: Three top U.S. Catholic clerics — Cardinals Cupich (Chicago), McElroy (Washington DC) and Tobin (Newark) — have issued a joint statement railing against recent U.S. foreign policy moves regarding Ukraine, Venezuela, and Greenland.
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Tfw the dog won’t wag
January 19, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Tfw the dog won’t wag