Rick Spies
@rickspies.bsky.social
Charity gamer, soccer fanatic, and certified poli sci nerd. Displaced Cajun living in Colorado.
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shocking that the member of the Trump regime whose defining personality trait was "Cosplaying Reinhard Heydrich" was the first to get canned
January 27, 2026 at 1:12 AM
shocking that the member of the Trump regime whose defining personality trait was "Cosplaying Reinhard Heydrich" was the first to get canned
Ya don't say.
Former DHS Asst. Secretary: “To suddenly see DHS become this kind of mechanism of authoritarian intimidation and incipient fascism is disorienting, and frightening.”
‘Maybe DHS Was a Bad Idea’
Two decades after its founding, the department has become what its critics feared.
www.theatlantic.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Ya don't say.
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“I just had a conversation with my dad who has been a citizen here for 30+ years - he doesn’t feel welcome or safe here in 🇺🇸 anymore. He’s going back to Chile.”
(H/T @voteinorout.bsky.social )
(H/T @voteinorout.bsky.social )
January 18, 2026 at 4:18 PM
“I just had a conversation with my dad who has been a citizen here for 30+ years - he doesn’t feel welcome or safe here in 🇺🇸 anymore. He’s going back to Chile.”
(H/T @voteinorout.bsky.social )
(H/T @voteinorout.bsky.social )
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We are NOT THE SAME...
January 18, 2026 at 7:42 PM
We are NOT THE SAME...
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This is why what happens in Minneapolis is so consequential, we don’t want to become like Iran…
January 18, 2026 at 7:45 PM
This is why what happens in Minneapolis is so consequential, we don’t want to become like Iran…
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Whew, this new CNN poll is brutal....
58% say first year was a failure. Net approval on key issues:
- Venezuela: -16
- Immigration: -16 (was +3 in Mar)
- Economy: -21
- Foreign affairs: -21
- Job approval: -22 (39-61)
- Tariffs: -25 (new low)
- Healthcare: -27 (new low)
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...
58% say first year was a failure. Net approval on key issues:
- Venezuela: -16
- Immigration: -16 (was +3 in Mar)
- Economy: -21
- Foreign affairs: -21
- Job approval: -22 (39-61)
- Tariffs: -25 (new low)
- Healthcare: -27 (new low)
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...
January 16, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Whew, this new CNN poll is brutal....
58% say first year was a failure. Net approval on key issues:
- Venezuela: -16
- Immigration: -16 (was +3 in Mar)
- Economy: -21
- Foreign affairs: -21
- Job approval: -22 (39-61)
- Tariffs: -25 (new low)
- Healthcare: -27 (new low)
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...
58% say first year was a failure. Net approval on key issues:
- Venezuela: -16
- Immigration: -16 (was +3 in Mar)
- Economy: -21
- Foreign affairs: -21
- Job approval: -22 (39-61)
- Tariffs: -25 (new low)
- Healthcare: -27 (new low)
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...
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They have quite an operation going.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
Minneapolis church has delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hiding
DHH church has hundreds of volunteers packing and delivering groceries to families who have been too scared to leave their homes during the immigration operation.
www.mprnews.org
January 16, 2026 at 1:02 PM
They have quite an operation going.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
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Minnesota nice is out the window now. Fuck ICE.
January 15, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Minnesota nice is out the window now. Fuck ICE.
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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...aaaaand we're back to not staying at Hilton. apnews.com/article/ice-...
Hilton, Minnesota hotel apologize for email canceling immigration agents' rooms
A Minnesota hotel that wouldn’t allow federal immigration agents to stay there this month is apologizing and saying the refusal violated its own policies.
apnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
...aaaaand we're back to not staying at Hilton. apnews.com/article/ice-...
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Former cult member reveals how to get through to MAGA relatives on Thanksgiving
www.alternet.org
Former cult member reveals how to get through to MAGA relatives on Thanksgiving
twp.ai
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Former cult member reveals how to get through to MAGA relatives on Thanksgiving
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Trump orders review of all green card holders from countries "of concern" after D.C. attack
www.axios.com
Trump orders review of all green card holders from countries "of concern" after D.C. attack
twp.ai
November 27, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Trump orders review of all green card holders from countries "of concern" after D.C. attack
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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The guy from my AP English class who passionately argued about how Jean Valjean was not wrong to steal food for his niece just posted an anti-SNAP rant on FB.
November 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The guy from my AP English class who passionately argued about how Jean Valjean was not wrong to steal food for his niece just posted an anti-SNAP rant on FB.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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November 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Yeah, I went trick or treating with my kids.
November 1, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Yeah, I went trick or treating with my kids.
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If someone wanted to harm USA agriculture they'd do 5 things.
1. Deport labor, make work in USA inhospitable
2. Start tariff wars that end US commodity crop exports
3. Fire experts in transmissible livestock disease
4. Invite/subsidize foreign meat competition
5. Tell farmers how much I love them.
1. Deport labor, make work in USA inhospitable
2. Start tariff wars that end US commodity crop exports
3. Fire experts in transmissible livestock disease
4. Invite/subsidize foreign meat competition
5. Tell farmers how much I love them.
October 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
If someone wanted to harm USA agriculture they'd do 5 things.
1. Deport labor, make work in USA inhospitable
2. Start tariff wars that end US commodity crop exports
3. Fire experts in transmissible livestock disease
4. Invite/subsidize foreign meat competition
5. Tell farmers how much I love them.
1. Deport labor, make work in USA inhospitable
2. Start tariff wars that end US commodity crop exports
3. Fire experts in transmissible livestock disease
4. Invite/subsidize foreign meat competition
5. Tell farmers how much I love them.
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Challenge Accepted...? 🥧
If this post hits 1,000 likes, we’re pie-ing Adam in the face. On camera.
Smash that ❤️, tag a teammate, and share this post with your friends! The sooner we get those likes, the sooner your favorite community manager will be covered in pie. 😈
If this post hits 1,000 likes, we’re pie-ing Adam in the face. On camera.
Smash that ❤️, tag a teammate, and share this post with your friends! The sooner we get those likes, the sooner your favorite community manager will be covered in pie. 😈
October 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Challenge Accepted...? 🥧
If this post hits 1,000 likes, we’re pie-ing Adam in the face. On camera.
Smash that ❤️, tag a teammate, and share this post with your friends! The sooner we get those likes, the sooner your favorite community manager will be covered in pie. 😈
If this post hits 1,000 likes, we’re pie-ing Adam in the face. On camera.
Smash that ❤️, tag a teammate, and share this post with your friends! The sooner we get those likes, the sooner your favorite community manager will be covered in pie. 😈
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Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
September 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.