Rusty Zimmerman
@rustyzimmerman.bsky.social
Founder/Artist: www.freeportraitproject.org
Exec. Director: Community Arts Brooklyn, Inc.
Portrait painter, unlicensed oral historian. Bikes all day / err' day. ♥️ Dogs and 🐻.
He/him/them/y'all
IG: @ wearesouthbrooklyn ; @rusty.zimm, @ communityartsbk
Exec. Director: Community Arts Brooklyn, Inc.
Portrait painter, unlicensed oral historian. Bikes all day / err' day. ♥️ Dogs and 🐻.
He/him/them/y'all
IG: @ wearesouthbrooklyn ; @rusty.zimm, @ communityartsbk
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I call on members of Law Enforcement to remember their duty to protect and serve the American People.
Those who know what this administration is really doing and stand up to the tyranny. Those members of the FBI and DOJ that can blow the whistle on the corruption and lies.
Those who know what this administration is really doing and stand up to the tyranny. Those members of the FBI and DOJ that can blow the whistle on the corruption and lies.
January 24, 2026 at 11:29 PM
I call on members of Law Enforcement to remember their duty to protect and serve the American People.
Those who know what this administration is really doing and stand up to the tyranny. Those members of the FBI and DOJ that can blow the whistle on the corruption and lies.
Those who know what this administration is really doing and stand up to the tyranny. Those members of the FBI and DOJ that can blow the whistle on the corruption and lies.
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Both of Nevada's senators--Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen--have officially come out against the DHS funding bill following the execution of Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis this morning. This effectively ends the DHS funding bill in the Senate.
January 24, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Both of Nevada's senators--Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen--have officially come out against the DHS funding bill following the execution of Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis this morning. This effectively ends the DHS funding bill in the Senate.
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Hey, Minnesota! Out in Las Vegas half the population drives around without a license plate. So many people do it they can catch them all. I'm sure it might throw a wrench into the ICE machine. It's breaking the law and I'd never advocate such things....
January 24, 2026 at 6:47 AM
Hey, Minnesota! Out in Las Vegas half the population drives around without a license plate. So many people do it they can catch them all. I'm sure it might throw a wrench into the ICE machine. It's breaking the law and I'd never advocate such things....
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from alex pretti’s parents:
January 25, 2026 at 3:02 AM
from alex pretti’s parents:
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Clarissa explains it all to the DHS Instagram account
January 24, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Clarissa explains it all to the DHS Instagram account
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they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
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I wish Democrats would start just speaking the truth:
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
January 24, 2026 at 6:08 PM
I wish Democrats would start just speaking the truth:
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
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For my fellow East Bay, CA folks, this is the number for the Alameda County emergency immigration legal defense group.
Program it into your phone now 💛
Program it into your phone now 💛
January 24, 2026 at 11:36 PM
For my fellow East Bay, CA folks, this is the number for the Alameda County emergency immigration legal defense group.
Program it into your phone now 💛
Program it into your phone now 💛
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We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC
You may also be interested in: A Guide to Nonviolent Activism (Ekta Parishad)Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoples’ movement for land rights with an active membership of 250,000 landless poor and is r...
www.nonviolent-conflict.org
January 24, 2026 at 7:54 PM
We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
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Companies helping deport migrants getting huge tax breaks. "The [ATF] report notes that... Amazon, AT&T, Home Depot, Microsoft & Palantir ‘helped ICE track, detain & deport families’ while [saving] a total of $19 billion in... corporate taxes under the OBBBA...’” www.commondreams.org/news/ice-cor...
5 Top ICE 'Corporate Collaborators' Saved $19 Billion in Taxes Under Trump: Report | Common Dreams
"While masked officers terrorize communities—smashing into cars, harassing citizens, and inflicting violence with impunity—Trump’s corporate backers are laughing their way to the bank."
www.commondreams.org
January 23, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Companies helping deport migrants getting huge tax breaks. "The [ATF] report notes that... Amazon, AT&T, Home Depot, Microsoft & Palantir ‘helped ICE track, detain & deport families’ while [saving] a total of $19 billion in... corporate taxes under the OBBBA...’” www.commondreams.org/news/ice-cor...
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I will just keep repeating. I have never never never seen anything like this. 30 years of reporting.
Have a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
January 23, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I will just keep repeating. I have never never never seen anything like this. 30 years of reporting.
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
January 23, 2026 at 10:20 PM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
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200+ UU colleagues are in #Minneapolis protesting ICE www.uuworld.org/articles/min...
The Day of Truth and Freedom: UU Clergy and Laypeople Join Multifaith March in Minneapolis Against ICE
Developing story: Follow UU World’s live updates, including dispatches from Minneapolis.
www.uuworld.org
January 23, 2026 at 10:47 PM
200+ UU colleagues are in #Minneapolis protesting ICE www.uuworld.org/articles/min...
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oof, i hope they don't kill him off in the first season
January 23, 2026 at 7:55 PM
oof, i hope they don't kill him off in the first season
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It’s actually so scary how easily the US government just lies and is not actually ever held accountable
January 22, 2026 at 8:39 PM
It’s actually so scary how easily the US government just lies and is not actually ever held accountable
I feel the same way about playing electric Bass guitar. The frequencies of the instrument against my body are so immediately soothing.
I remember why I wanted to play guitar in the first place. The frequencies are soothing.
January 22, 2026 at 2:27 PM
I feel the same way about playing electric Bass guitar. The frequencies of the instrument against my body are so immediately soothing.
It's none of our fucking business who governs another sovereign Nation.
House Foreign Affairs Members Call for Machado to Govern Venezuela - The New York Times share.google/0N4W9JmuuHTF...
House Foreign Affairs Members Call for Machado to Govern Venezuela - The New York Times share.google/0N4W9JmuuHTF...
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January 21, 2026 at 6:14 PM
It's none of our fucking business who governs another sovereign Nation.
House Foreign Affairs Members Call for Machado to Govern Venezuela - The New York Times share.google/0N4W9JmuuHTF...
House Foreign Affairs Members Call for Machado to Govern Venezuela - The New York Times share.google/0N4W9JmuuHTF...
Governor of New Jersey @mikiesherrill.bsky.social spitting Hot fire, and I am here for it all day:
Sherrill: "We see a POTUS illegally usurping power. He's unconstitutionally enacted a tariff regime to make billions for himself while everyone else's costs go higher. Here we demand people in public service actually serve the public instead of extorting money to benefit themselves & their cronies."
January 21, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Governor of New Jersey @mikiesherrill.bsky.social spitting Hot fire, and I am here for it all day:
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A single touch from a human can “kill” a cave formation that took millions of years to come into being. Our stomachs produce acid. Our own immune systems will cook us while fighting infections. We’re kind of nightmarish 😂
January 21, 2026 at 2:53 AM
A single touch from a human can “kill” a cave formation that took millions of years to come into being. Our stomachs produce acid. Our own immune systems will cook us while fighting infections. We’re kind of nightmarish 😂
Hell yeah, escape from New york!
Word is Air Force One has crashed in New York City, which as we all know, is now the world‘s largest maximum security prison.
January 21, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Hell yeah, escape from New york!
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Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
God, may this please be the thing that takes this woman down.
Kristi Noem has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters.
Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noem’s big donors make the ask.
(Published Sept. 2025)
Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noem’s big donors make the ask.
(Published Sept. 2025)
Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid to Florida Tourist Attraction After Campaign Donor Intervened
The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noe...
www.propublica.org
January 21, 2026 at 4:24 AM
God, may this please be the thing that takes this woman down.
Fuck yeah
Please enjoy this local news: “Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel said he is evicting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit from a county-owned building where it has occupied an office for about three years but never paid rent…
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
Lehigh County exec says he’s evicting ICE agents from Allentown office, citing 3 years of unpaid rent
Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel’s announcement to evict the ICE agents came shortly after the county’s financial watchdog revealed the agency owes more than $115,000 in rent.
www.mcall.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Fuck yeah
ICE is out here beating cops:
Moriarty: "A police officer of color who was off duty was boxed in by ICE - she's a citizen - they demanded to know who she was & see her papers. She was going to try to record it & they ripped the phone out of her hand. That happened to a cop. That's what's happening here on the streets of MN."
January 21, 2026 at 3:41 AM
ICE is out here beating cops: