Steve Loiaconi
@sloiaconi.bsky.social
Journalist, television producer, and writer.
Then: HLN
Now: Firing Line on PBS
Read my stories: https://steveloiaconi.wordpress.com/
Then: HLN
Now: Firing Line on PBS
Read my stories: https://steveloiaconi.wordpress.com/
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The same DOJ that backed Bovino is also attacking universities around claims of anti-semitism, but this is the type of shit that would get you quickly punished at a university.
January 31, 2026 at 4:49 PM
The same DOJ that backed Bovino is also attacking universities around claims of anti-semitism, but this is the type of shit that would get you quickly punished at a university.
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Brutal column in the Kansas City Star about a local real estate company trying to avoid public scrutiny for selling ICE a property for a massive prison camp:
www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
January 30, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Brutal column in the Kansas City Star about a local real estate company trying to avoid public scrutiny for selling ICE a property for a massive prison camp:
www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
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Mockler: Do you agree with Kristi Noem’s characterization that she made, like an hour after Alex Pretti was murdered?
Seat: Can you just wait until the investigation is done?
Mockler: That's such a good point. Can you say that to Kristi Noem?
Seat: Can you just wait until the investigation is done?
Mockler: That's such a good point. Can you say that to Kristi Noem?
January 31, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Mockler: Do you agree with Kristi Noem’s characterization that she made, like an hour after Alex Pretti was murdered?
Seat: Can you just wait until the investigation is done?
Mockler: That's such a good point. Can you say that to Kristi Noem?
Seat: Can you just wait until the investigation is done?
Mockler: That's such a good point. Can you say that to Kristi Noem?
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Beyond this one post, I am not wasting time on “I don’t like him, but”
This is not the time to give an inch. This is an emergency. This is not reporter gets wh press credential vindictively pulled
This is different and not the time for even mild fucking-around
This is not the time to give an inch. This is an emergency. This is not reporter gets wh press credential vindictively pulled
This is different and not the time for even mild fucking-around
“… exercising their rights over the next three years. This is especially true of instances where Trump’s government is eager to criminalize forms of speech, activism, and support for immigrants as “terrorism.””
zeteo.com/p/don-lemon-...
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With Don Lemon’s Shocking Arrest, Trump Expands His Total War on Free Speech
The rabidly anti-First Amendment administration plans to keep escalating its fascist assault on journalists, activists, and ordinary Americans too.
zeteo.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Beyond this one post, I am not wasting time on “I don’t like him, but”
This is not the time to give an inch. This is an emergency. This is not reporter gets wh press credential vindictively pulled
This is different and not the time for even mild fucking-around
This is not the time to give an inch. This is an emergency. This is not reporter gets wh press credential vindictively pulled
This is different and not the time for even mild fucking-around
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the answer is that jennings performance of smug dishonesty reliably generates viral clips, so they continue to have him on even though he is a shameless liar
CNN employees can’t understand why Scott Jennings isn't required to adhere to the network’s editorial and ethics standards which are b binding on them and other opinion journalists. CNN can't explain why. www.thedailybeast.com/cnn-boss-con...
CNN Boss Confronted by Staff Over MAGA Pundit’s On-Air Behavior
Network employees can’t understand why Scott Jennings is not required to abide by the network’s editorial standards.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:31 PM
the answer is that jennings performance of smug dishonesty reliably generates viral clips, so they continue to have him on even though he is a shameless liar
Again, am I missing something, or has there essentially been no consequence for all of these violations?
NEW: It's not just Minnesota, judges across the country are calling out ICE for violating court orders with regularity.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 31, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Again, am I missing something, or has there essentially been no consequence for all of these violations?
Everything else aside, this seems like an extraordinary waste of law enforcement resources
January 30, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Everything else aside, this seems like an extraordinary waste of law enforcement resources
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
Just so I’m clear—Trump wants the American people to give him $10 billion because HIS OWN administration failed to adequately protect HIS OWN tax records?
Let’s give him credit…. At least the corruption isn’t hidden. He’s doing it right out in the open. The name “Trump” will be treated like Benedict Arnold’s name within the decade
January 30, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Just so I’m clear—Trump wants the American people to give him $10 billion because HIS OWN administration failed to adequately protect HIS OWN tax records?
Yeah, it’s a real mystery why so many people think the Kennedy Center has become too partisan and politicized
January 30, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Yeah, it’s a real mystery why so many people think the Kennedy Center has become too partisan and politicized
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“in theater” is a crazy way to describe minneapolis
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 2:20 PM
“in theater” is a crazy way to describe minneapolis
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"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
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ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.
A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
January 29, 2026 at 4:58 PM
ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.
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If you think a bunch of conspiracy theorists will look at evidence an then say “oh, we were wrong” then you don’t know how conspiracy theories working. Having actual evidence they can misrepresent is key to building the conspiracy theory.
So...... this seems real bad.
The FBI executed a sealed search warrant today on a key Atlanta area election office - and wouldn't say what that warrant was for.
"A source told FOX the FBI was there to take custody of Fulton County election ballots from 2020."
www.fox5atlanta.com/news/fbi-exe...
The FBI executed a sealed search warrant today on a key Atlanta area election office - and wouldn't say what that warrant was for.
"A source told FOX the FBI was there to take custody of Fulton County election ballots from 2020."
www.fox5atlanta.com/news/fbi-exe...
FBI executing sealed search warrant at Fulton County election facility
Federal agents carried out a law enforcement action Wednesday at a Fulton County election facility located in Fairburn.
www.fox5atlanta.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:18 PM
If you think a bunch of conspiracy theorists will look at evidence an then say “oh, we were wrong” then you don’t know how conspiracy theories working. Having actual evidence they can misrepresent is key to building the conspiracy theory.
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I cannot stress how completely bizarre & unheard of it is for the DNI to be personally present for a search warrant execution, never mind this one.
“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:10 AM
I cannot stress how completely bizarre & unheard of it is for the DNI to be personally present for a search warrant execution, never mind this one.
How is there no consequence for violating 100 court orders?
NEW: Judge Schiltz thrashed ICE for unprecedented defiance of court orders, often at the expense people's liberty from detention.
But for now, he has withdrawn threat to haul ICE leader Todd Lyons into court for potential sanctions
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
But for now, he has withdrawn threat to haul ICE leader Todd Lyons into court for potential sanctions
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 29, 2026 at 3:49 AM
How is there no consequence for violating 100 court orders?
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
See, it’s funny because ICE killed a guy a few days ago
Trump’s fundraisers are now using the threat of dispatching ICE against citizens as an email engagement tactic.
January 28, 2026 at 4:03 PM
See, it’s funny because ICE killed a guy a few days ago
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Yes, but what this graph does not show you is the US government has rapidly expanded its cohort of poster employees
How many STEM Ph.D.s were lost from the U.S. federal government last year?
My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive.
www.science.org/content/arti...
My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive.
www.science.org/content/arti...
January 28, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Yes, but what this graph does not show you is the US government has rapidly expanded its cohort of poster employees
I don’t even know what to do with that.
While talking about Alex Pretti, Trump suggests he feels even worse about Renee Good because her parents were Trump fans.
January 28, 2026 at 2:03 PM
I don’t even know what to do with that.
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Eric Garcia: Should Kristi Noem resign?
Murkowski: I voted for her. I would not support her again, and I think it’s probably time for her to step down.
Murkowski: I voted for her. I would not support her again, and I think it’s probably time for her to step down.
January 28, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Eric Garcia: Should Kristi Noem resign?
Murkowski: I voted for her. I would not support her again, and I think it’s probably time for her to step down.
Murkowski: I voted for her. I would not support her again, and I think it’s probably time for her to step down.
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need a lot more of this.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
January 27, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need a lot more of this.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...