Judy Mernit
@robottwyla.bsky.social
Novelist, journalist, dog enthusiast. Minnesota native, Los Angeles escapee. Loving life and love by the beautiful Hudson River.
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The World Cup should be moved. This country is the last place where the games should be held, a country that brutalizes immigrants.
January 28, 2026 at 7:27 PM
The World Cup should be moved. This country is the last place where the games should be held, a country that brutalizes immigrants.
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A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 PM
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
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Surprise! Britain's most popular newspaper fervently believes that ICE are the good guys. By an extraordinary coincidence, the same newspaper supported the Nazis in the 1930s.
January 28, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Surprise! Britain's most popular newspaper fervently believes that ICE are the good guys. By an extraordinary coincidence, the same newspaper supported the Nazis in the 1930s.
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Springsteen speaking out, Billy Bragg going Clash mode, protest music is alive -- but it HAS been, you just have to look to Latinx and indigenous hip hop artists and queer folk singers and the Black and brown women who've been doing it all their lives. For example youtu.be/Pf3cbL-5ZNc?...
The Neighborhood Kids - BREAKING NEWS (Official Audio)
YouTube video by The Neighborhood Kids
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January 28, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Springsteen speaking out, Billy Bragg going Clash mode, protest music is alive -- but it HAS been, you just have to look to Latinx and indigenous hip hop artists and queer folk singers and the Black and brown women who've been doing it all their lives. For example youtu.be/Pf3cbL-5ZNc?...
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Hell yeah!
Spain’s decision to give legal residency to potentially half a million undocumented immigrants shows the country is an outlier among Western democracies in treating them as an asset.
Spain Moves to Legalize Migrants, Defying Europe’s Anti-Immigration Trend
Spaniards mostly view immigration as beneficial, although far-right opposition is rising.
on.wsj.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Hell yeah!
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Hi this is the place I grew up in and words fail me re: how wild this is
Holy shit, there's an open carry #2A protest of ICE happening in Douglas County Colorado -- a very wealthy and very red suburb county of Denver. (I lived there for 16 years.) The Trump Administration pissing off committed gun owners sufficiently for them to join the protests against ICE is wild.
January 28, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Hi this is the place I grew up in and words fail me re: how wild this is
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REPUBLICAN @SenThomTillis rips Noem & Stephen Miller — He says @KristiNoem is ignoring her job and the Trump regime isn’t helping Americans with disaster relief, and Stephen Miller “never fails to live up to my expectations of incompetence”
(From CNN)
(From CNN)
January 28, 2026 at 3:32 AM
REPUBLICAN @SenThomTillis rips Noem & Stephen Miller — He says @KristiNoem is ignoring her job and the Trump regime isn’t helping Americans with disaster relief, and Stephen Miller “never fails to live up to my expectations of incompetence”
(From CNN)
(From CNN)
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I voted against the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security and I was pleased to speak with Ta-Nehisi Coates @VanityFair about the mood surrounding that debate.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti
In the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact: The culture war is an actual war.
www.vanityfair.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I voted against the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security and I was pleased to speak with Ta-Nehisi Coates @VanityFair about the mood surrounding that debate.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
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💪💪💪
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
January 28, 2026 at 3:14 AM
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Do we really have to go through some mandatory period where we all pretend that Homan is ANY better than Bovino? The man’s a scumbag, literally the architect of the family separation policy that abducted 5 year old Liam Ramos from his community in MN and put him in a concentration camp in TX.
January 28, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Do we really have to go through some mandatory period where we all pretend that Homan is ANY better than Bovino? The man’s a scumbag, literally the architect of the family separation policy that abducted 5 year old Liam Ramos from his community in MN and put him in a concentration camp in TX.
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I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
January 28, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
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This is a more strongly worded post than you’d see about Trump and what his forces are actually doing.
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 3:18 AM
This is a more strongly worded post than you’d see about Trump and what his forces are actually doing.
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By god, King! He’s escalating a demand!
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., rolls out his demand for supporting a DHS appropriations bill: fire Stephen Miller
January 28, 2026 at 3:22 AM
By god, King! He’s escalating a demand!
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Are Americans “divided” or is a cruel and ruthless minority of Americans attempting to kill as many other Americans as it takes to further gain and entrench their power
January 27, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Are Americans “divided” or is a cruel and ruthless minority of Americans attempting to kill as many other Americans as it takes to further gain and entrench their power
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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
One agent took a photo of me and showed it to the others, laughing. Another called me ugly. His colleague, apparently referring to Renee Good, said, ‘You guys gotta stop obstructing us – that’s why that lesbian b---- is dead.’”
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
ICE arrested me without cause. What I saw will haunt me forever. | Opinion
One ICE agent, apparently referring to Renee Good, said, 'You guys gotta stop obstructing us — that's why that lesbian b---- is dead.'
www.usatoday.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
One agent took a photo of me and showed it to the others, laughing. Another called me ugly. His colleague, apparently referring to Renee Good, said, ‘You guys gotta stop obstructing us – that’s why that lesbian b---- is dead.’”
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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In its place they will present a special hour-long performance of John Cage's 4'33"
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
January 27, 2026 at 4:23 PM
In its place they will present a special hour-long performance of John Cage's 4'33"
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We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
Lies and Lawlessness
The Camps, the Executions, and the Future
snyder.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:26 PM
We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
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Once upon a time, this would be grounds for termination.
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Once upon a time, this would be grounds for termination.
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There are patterns the news cycle won't let you see, but it is worth looking for them.
flaminghydra.com/issue-488/
flaminghydra.com/issue-488/
Puppet show
Maria Bustillos looks back on the Republicans’ long love affair with Putin’s Russia
flaminghydra.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:18 PM
There are patterns the news cycle won't let you see, but it is worth looking for them.
flaminghydra.com/issue-488/
flaminghydra.com/issue-488/
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As a VA nurse, Alex Pretti was a member of AFGE. This union also reps Border Patrol, and may have repped Pretti's killer. I talked to VA workers who are furious and want Border Patrol out of AFGE. "For a union member to kill another is a fundamental betrayal of what a union is supposed to be.”
Alex Pretti’s Killer May Be Part of His Union
Border Patrol agents belong to the same federal workers union as VA nurses, a situation some of Pretti’s colleagues are determined to change.
jewishcurrents.org
January 26, 2026 at 11:06 PM
As a VA nurse, Alex Pretti was a member of AFGE. This union also reps Border Patrol, and may have repped Pretti's killer. I talked to VA workers who are furious and want Border Patrol out of AFGE. "For a union member to kill another is a fundamental betrayal of what a union is supposed to be.”
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Excellent redditor comment about why Bovino’s firing is irrelvant to the broader mission pushed by Peter Thiel and Musk. Scapegoats are useful because their firings look like capitulation. But they’re not.
www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/...
www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/...
nycdiveshack's comment on "Greg Bovino Loses His Job - The Atlantic"
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January 27, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Excellent redditor comment about why Bovino’s firing is irrelvant to the broader mission pushed by Peter Thiel and Musk. Scapegoats are useful because their firings look like capitulation. But they’re not.
www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/...
www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/...
Excellent redditor comment about why Bovino’s firing is irrelvant to the broader mission pushed by Peter Thiel and Musk. Scapegoats are useful because their firings look like capitulation. But they’re not.
www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/...
www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/...
nycdiveshack's comment on "Greg Bovino Loses His Job - The Atlantic"
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January 27, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Excellent redditor comment about why Bovino’s firing is irrelvant to the broader mission pushed by Peter Thiel and Musk. Scapegoats are useful because their firings look like capitulation. But they’re not.
www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/...
www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/...
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Here is the letter from a Minnesota police officer reflecting the values of law enforcement officers of integrity.
January 27, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Here is the letter from a Minnesota police officer reflecting the values of law enforcement officers of integrity.