Sam Wollenberg
@samwollenberg.bsky.social
from each according to their ability, to each according to their needs
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There is no "immigration problem"
There is no migrant problem
There is no problem with illegals
There is no border crisis
Only a problem of the border and the machinery of death that upholds it.
There is no migrant problem
There is no problem with illegals
There is no border crisis
Only a problem of the border and the machinery of death that upholds it.
January 24, 2026 at 10:05 PM
There is no "immigration problem"
There is no migrant problem
There is no problem with illegals
There is no border crisis
Only a problem of the border and the machinery of death that upholds it.
There is no migrant problem
There is no problem with illegals
There is no border crisis
Only a problem of the border and the machinery of death that upholds it.
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Bellingcat took a very close look at the killing, which clearly contradicts the DHS narrative
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Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
January 24, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Bellingcat took a very close look at the killing, which clearly contradicts the DHS narrative
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An overhead view of protesters gathering at the scene of the shooting.
Live coverage: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
📽️ Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Live coverage: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
📽️ Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 24, 2026 at 9:46 PM
An overhead view of protesters gathering at the scene of the shooting.
Live coverage: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
📽️ Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Live coverage: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
📽️ Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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“He was just so sincere and very kind, just a sweet young man and eager to learn,” she told Zeteo.
DHS Shooting Victim in Minneapolis Was a ‘Sweet’ and ‘Principled Person’
Zeteo spoke with two doctors who worked with Alex Pretti, a nurse who is the latest victim of Trump’s violent invasion of Minnesota.
zeteo.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:18 PM
“He was just so sincere and very kind, just a sweet young man and eager to learn,” she told Zeteo.
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Immigration is a fake problem. We have politicians on the one hand who want to use immigrants as scapegoats for our real ones and politicians on the other who are too cowardly to stand against them and tell the truth. That is the entire situation. Until that changes, people will continue to die.
January 24, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Immigration is a fake problem. We have politicians on the one hand who want to use immigrants as scapegoats for our real ones and politicians on the other who are too cowardly to stand against them and tell the truth. That is the entire situation. Until that changes, people will continue to die.
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🚨 ICE is creating a watchlist of anyone and everyone who films them, DHS sources tell me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-making...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-making...
ICE Making List of Anyone Who Films Them
“We have a nice little database and now you’re considered a domestic terrorist.”
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:36 PM
🚨 ICE is creating a watchlist of anyone and everyone who films them, DHS sources tell me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-making...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-making...
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The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Analysis by The Marshall Project of ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project found that the Trump administration’s revival of family detention has swept thousands of children into ICE custody. At least 3,800 children under 18, including 20 infants, have been booked since Trump took office.
ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit
Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
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We need to document how this ownership change shifts the content. Would love to see scientists studying and reporting on this as it happens, as well as everyday people documenting the changes in their feeds with TikTok diaries or something similar. I’ll assume we won’t have much if any API access.
Trump's buddies now control TikTok in the U.S. www.cnn.com/2026/01/22/t...
The deal to secure TikTok’s future in the US has finally closed | CNN Business
The joint venture acquiring TikTok’s US assets has been formally established and has announced its leadership team, according to the company, one day before the deadline set by President Donald Trump ...
www.cnn.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:27 AM
We need to document how this ownership change shifts the content. Would love to see scientists studying and reporting on this as it happens, as well as everyday people documenting the changes in their feeds with TikTok diaries or something similar. I’ll assume we won’t have much if any API access.
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January 22, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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Included in Jared Kushner's hellish slide deck pitching Gaza as a real estate investment in Davos today was a plan to build data centers across the Strip. Because their hatred for life wasn't already abundantly clear
truthout.org/articles/kus...
truthout.org/articles/kus...
Kushner Reveals Dystopic Plan to Build Data Centers, Vacation Resort on Ruins of Gaza Genocide
The plan appears to be to finish Israel’s bulldozing of Gaza to make real estate opportunities for investors.
truthout.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Included in Jared Kushner's hellish slide deck pitching Gaza as a real estate investment in Davos today was a plan to build data centers across the Strip. Because their hatred for life wasn't already abundantly clear
truthout.org/articles/kus...
truthout.org/articles/kus...
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So we have figures now.
Grok created and shared 1.8m sexualised images of women between December 31 and January 8, after Elon Musk promoted the feature on X.
Overall, the Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4m images — 41% were sexualised images of women
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Grok created and shared 1.8m sexualised images of women between December 31 and January 8, after Elon Musk promoted the feature on X.
Overall, the Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4m images — 41% were sexualised images of women
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Musk’s Chatbot Flooded X With Millions of Sexualized Images in Days, New Estimates Show
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:58 PM
So we have figures now.
Grok created and shared 1.8m sexualised images of women between December 31 and January 8, after Elon Musk promoted the feature on X.
Overall, the Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4m images — 41% were sexualised images of women
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Grok created and shared 1.8m sexualised images of women between December 31 and January 8, after Elon Musk promoted the feature on X.
Overall, the Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4m images — 41% were sexualised images of women
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
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NEW: I tracked all Chinese lithium battery factories announced or built in the past decade 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 China's borders. The truth is, companies like CATL & BYD are so technologically advanced that there's little international competition. European and Asian countries are welcoming them with open arms.
January 21, 2026 at 9:40 PM
NEW: I tracked all Chinese lithium battery factories announced or built in the past decade 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 China's borders. The truth is, companies like CATL & BYD are so technologically advanced that there's little international competition. European and Asian countries are welcoming them with open arms.
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An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:18 PM
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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Trump at Davos: “We picked up 50M barrels from Venezuela alone.. we split it between us and them. Once the attack ended, they said - let’s make a deal. More people should do it.”
January 21, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Trump at Davos: “We picked up 50M barrels from Venezuela alone.. we split it between us and them. Once the attack ended, they said - let’s make a deal. More people should do it.”
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TODAY: Israeli authorities demolish the UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem.
January 20, 2026 at 11:51 AM
TODAY: Israeli authorities demolish the UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem.
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Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir destroyed the UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem this morning.
Israel’s attacks on international law will have grave consequences for the world.
Israel’s attacks on international law will have grave consequences for the world.
Israel's Ben Gvir leads demolition of Unrwa headquarters in Jerusalem
Agency’s spokesperson condemns ‘unprecedented attack’ after Israeli flag raised over remaining UN building
www.middleeasteye.net
January 20, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir destroyed the UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem this morning.
Israel’s attacks on international law will have grave consequences for the world.
Israel’s attacks on international law will have grave consequences for the world.
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Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has now signed the document on Belarus's accession to Trump's "Board of Peace."
Trump's "Board of Peace" currently consists of United States, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Albania, and Uzbekistan.
Trump's "Board of Peace" currently consists of United States, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Albania, and Uzbekistan.
January 20, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has now signed the document on Belarus's accession to Trump's "Board of Peace."
Trump's "Board of Peace" currently consists of United States, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Albania, and Uzbekistan.
Trump's "Board of Peace" currently consists of United States, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Albania, and Uzbekistan.
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Hootsuite has been pursuing business with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the United States, more than five years after employee backlash forced the Vancouver tech company to cancel a contract to provide social-media management services to the agency.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Vancouver company Hootsuite seeks business with ICE amid financial pressures
Company has secured a project with ICE that involves ‘social listening’ after cancelling a contract in 2020 over employee backlash
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Hootsuite has been pursuing business with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the United States, more than five years after employee backlash forced the Vancouver tech company to cancel a contract to provide social-media management services to the agency.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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all these thought pieces about Canadians going all guerrilla fighter and such falls apart the moment you realize that our entire civic infrastructure and mental models about governance are dependent on digital infrastructure that are monopolized by US tech firms that don't care about "human rights"
Its deal with #Microsoft on #AI development is not consistent with Canadian gov't policy to preserve "digital sovereignty" since the US gov't would gain control over Cdn data if it wanted to, argues @bhaggart.bsky.social
theconversation.com/microsofts-a...
theconversation.com/microsofts-a...
Microsoft’s AI deal promises Canada digital sovereignty, but is that a pledge it can keep?
As the U.S. government becomes increasingly authoritarian and issues threats to other countries, can Canadians trust U.S. tech companies with their data?
theconversation.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:28 PM
all these thought pieces about Canadians going all guerrilla fighter and such falls apart the moment you realize that our entire civic infrastructure and mental models about governance are dependent on digital infrastructure that are monopolized by US tech firms that don't care about "human rights"
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As a centrist, I think Donald Trump is bad, but the political and economic conditions that enabled him to become president twice are good
November 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
As a centrist, I think Donald Trump is bad, but the political and economic conditions that enabled him to become president twice are good
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“But what deeply troubles me now is that for all the steps we've taken toward integration, I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
January 20, 2026 at 3:40 AM
“But what deeply troubles me now is that for all the steps we've taken toward integration, I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
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🚨"I'm a nurse...my brown patients are choosing to stop chemo because they do not want to be abducted." -ICE protester tells JT Cestkowski about sick Minnesotans foregoing cancer treatment because of ICE terror. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 19, 2026 at 11:12 PM
🚨"I'm a nurse...my brown patients are choosing to stop chemo because they do not want to be abducted." -ICE protester tells JT Cestkowski about sick Minnesotans foregoing cancer treatment because of ICE terror. LIVE NOW ⬇️
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One year in, the Trump administration has rolled back civil rights enforcement wherever it could—removing Smithsonian exhibits, restoring Confederate monuments, and enabling employer discrimination, a law professor explains.
12 ways the Trump administration dismantled civil rights law and the foundations of inclusive democracy in its first year
At its one-year mark, the Trump administration is dismantling the systems that once helped the US move toward a more open and equal democracy.
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January 19, 2026 at 12:14 PM
One year in, the Trump administration has rolled back civil rights enforcement wherever it could—removing Smithsonian exhibits, restoring Confederate monuments, and enabling employer discrimination, a law professor explains.
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In a forthcoming paper, legal scholar Spencer Overton says the Trump administration's AI policy is another critical arena for its efforts to advance ethnonationalism, ensuring that problems such as algorithmic bias and discrimination are encoded into the systems that will shape the future:
How Trump's AI Policy Promotes Ethnonationalism
A conversation with George Washington University Law School scholar Spencer Overton about his forthcoming paper, "Ethnonationalism by Algorithm."
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January 19, 2026 at 1:48 PM
In a forthcoming paper, legal scholar Spencer Overton says the Trump administration's AI policy is another critical arena for its efforts to advance ethnonationalism, ensuring that problems such as algorithmic bias and discrimination are encoded into the systems that will shape the future:
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ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 5:41 AM
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.