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I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.
January 26, 2026 at 1:40 AM
I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.
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Has anyone been able to identify the “if you raise your voice, I erase your voice” agent?
Because that’s someone who, for public safety, should be named and identified and warned about.
Because that’s someone who, for public safety, should be named and identified and warned about.
January 27, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Has anyone been able to identify the “if you raise your voice, I erase your voice” agent?
Because that’s someone who, for public safety, should be named and identified and warned about.
Because that’s someone who, for public safety, should be named and identified and warned about.
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The main issue the judge ruled on is: the state constitution requires that an amendment be passed *before* an election, and the judge sides with the GOP in taking issue with the fact that Democrats passed it last fall after early voting had begun.
January 27, 2026 at 9:52 PM
The main issue the judge ruled on is: the state constitution requires that an amendment be passed *before* an election, and the judge sides with the GOP in taking issue with the fact that Democrats passed it last fall after early voting had begun.
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A local judge in Virginia has *blocked* the constitutional amendment Democrats have been pushing forth to gerrymander the state.
Whether this is upheld on appeal, or whether it's reversed, will loom very large on House control.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Whether this is upheld on appeal, or whether it's reversed, will loom very large on House control.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Virginia state court blocks Democrats’ redistricting push
The ruling is a major setback for Democrats’ efforts to redraw the lines in the state.
www.politico.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:48 PM
A local judge in Virginia has *blocked* the constitutional amendment Democrats have been pushing forth to gerrymander the state.
Whether this is upheld on appeal, or whether it's reversed, will loom very large on House control.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Whether this is upheld on appeal, or whether it's reversed, will loom very large on House control.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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Rep. Veronica Escobar on a homicide in a Texas immigrant detention facility: "I've learned nothing else from DHS, and I think what's also very telling is DHS tried to deport the witnesses to this homicide"
January 27, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Rep. Veronica Escobar on a homicide in a Texas immigrant detention facility: "I've learned nothing else from DHS, and I think what's also very telling is DHS tried to deport the witnesses to this homicide"
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The march to fascism may pause or slow down briefly, but it doesn't end until Trump and his minions are totally and completely gone. He must be impeached and removed.
January 27, 2026 at 3:44 PM
The march to fascism may pause or slow down briefly, but it doesn't end until Trump and his minions are totally and completely gone. He must be impeached and removed.
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Just a quick note about Bovino being moved and the other aesthetic politicoplasty the Trump administration is undertaking:
Don't be fooled. Don't get all Susan Collins-y about it. Trump hasn't learned his lesson. He never will.
Don't be fooled. Don't get all Susan Collins-y about it. Trump hasn't learned his lesson. He never will.
January 27, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Just a quick note about Bovino being moved and the other aesthetic politicoplasty the Trump administration is undertaking:
Don't be fooled. Don't get all Susan Collins-y about it. Trump hasn't learned his lesson. He never will.
Don't be fooled. Don't get all Susan Collins-y about it. Trump hasn't learned his lesson. He never will.
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The office of U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff says it has identified more than 1,000 credible reports of human rights abuses inside the U.S. immigration detention system over the course of President Trump’s first year back in the White House.
www.ajc.com/news/2026/01...
www.ajc.com/news/2026/01...
More than 1,000 alleged rights abuses in immigration detention, Ossoff finds
The Georgia Democrat’s office has produced a report that describes “an undeniable pattern of human rights abuses in immigration detention.”
www.ajc.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:27 PM
The office of U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff says it has identified more than 1,000 credible reports of human rights abuses inside the U.S. immigration detention system over the course of President Trump’s first year back in the White House.
www.ajc.com/news/2026/01...
www.ajc.com/news/2026/01...
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I heard someone say it was “extreme” to demand the names of the ICE agents who murdered Alex Pretti.
No. Demanding government disclosure of the names of government agents when they kill Americans is moderate.
Wanting to read the names off the plaque at a mass grave would be, perhaps, extreme.
No. Demanding government disclosure of the names of government agents when they kill Americans is moderate.
Wanting to read the names off the plaque at a mass grave would be, perhaps, extreme.
January 27, 2026 at 3:33 PM
I heard someone say it was “extreme” to demand the names of the ICE agents who murdered Alex Pretti.
No. Demanding government disclosure of the names of government agents when they kill Americans is moderate.
Wanting to read the names off the plaque at a mass grave would be, perhaps, extreme.
No. Demanding government disclosure of the names of government agents when they kill Americans is moderate.
Wanting to read the names off the plaque at a mass grave would be, perhaps, extreme.
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Such extortion by a tyrannical President bent on undermining democracy is just what Our Federalism exists to prevent. 1/
January 27, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Such extortion by a tyrannical President bent on undermining democracy is just what Our Federalism exists to prevent. 1/
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Looks like Greg Bovino is the chosen fall guy as the Trump admin scrambles to navigate the anti-ICE backlash. Reportedly being "forced into retirement" and denied access to his social media accounts.
Don't accept it for a second. Keep pushing for full accountability.
Don't accept it for a second. Keep pushing for full accountability.
January 27, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Looks like Greg Bovino is the chosen fall guy as the Trump admin scrambles to navigate the anti-ICE backlash. Reportedly being "forced into retirement" and denied access to his social media accounts.
Don't accept it for a second. Keep pushing for full accountability.
Don't accept it for a second. Keep pushing for full accountability.
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The Red Hats Have Become The Red Coats.
The same movement that claims to be the heirs of the Founders vision for America are the greatest advocates for tyranny and authoritarianism.
open.substack.com/pub/greattra...
The same movement that claims to be the heirs of the Founders vision for America are the greatest advocates for tyranny and authoritarianism.
open.substack.com/pub/greattra...
The Red Hats Have Become The Red Coats
MAGA Republicans are the defenders of tyranny and the authoritarian state
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:41 PM
The Red Hats Have Become The Red Coats.
The same movement that claims to be the heirs of the Founders vision for America are the greatest advocates for tyranny and authoritarianism.
open.substack.com/pub/greattra...
The same movement that claims to be the heirs of the Founders vision for America are the greatest advocates for tyranny and authoritarianism.
open.substack.com/pub/greattra...
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If Trump is willing to remove ICE from Minnesota if they hand over their voter rolls, then there really isn't an "emergency" need for them to be there. www.cbsnews.com/news/bondi-m...
Bondi seeks Minnesota voter rolls, welfare data to "help bring back law and order" in wake of shootings
Attorney General Pam Bondi is pushing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to let the federal government access state voter rolls and welfare data, as tensions flare in Minneapolis after a man was shot and killed ...
www.cbsnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:58 PM
If Trump is willing to remove ICE from Minnesota if they hand over their voter rolls, then there really isn't an "emergency" need for them to be there. www.cbsnews.com/news/bondi-m...
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I just checked—it turns out that Art. II, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of the United States does *not* say "The executive Power shall be vested in a bunch of sociopaths who think they can do whatever the fuck they want and make shit up as they go along."
January 25, 2026 at 6:25 PM
I just checked—it turns out that Art. II, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of the United States does *not* say "The executive Power shall be vested in a bunch of sociopaths who think they can do whatever the fuck they want and make shit up as they go along."
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AND IMPEACH AND REMOVE.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
January 25, 2026 at 3:59 PM
AND IMPEACH AND REMOVE.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
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Enough Dems have made the funding bill dead in the water. Now we need Noem impeached and ICE dismantled.
Are there any folks outside Mike Johnson’s house?
Are there any folks outside Mike Johnson’s house?
There are about 100 protesters outside Schumer’s building in the middle of the blizzard urging him to whip Dem votes against any more ICE/CBP funding.
January 25, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Enough Dems have made the funding bill dead in the water. Now we need Noem impeached and ICE dismantled.
Are there any folks outside Mike Johnson’s house?
Are there any folks outside Mike Johnson’s house?
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"The right to 'bear arms' refers to the right to wear, bear, or carry . . . upon the person or in the clothing or in a pocket, for the purpose . . . of being armed and ready for offensive or defensive action in a case of conflict with another person." --Justice Thomas
Kash Patel: "You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple. You don't have a right to break the law." (Pretti was carrying a gun legally.)
January 25, 2026 at 7:52 PM
"The right to 'bear arms' refers to the right to wear, bear, or carry . . . upon the person or in the clothing or in a pocket, for the purpose . . . of being armed and ready for offensive or defensive action in a case of conflict with another person." --Justice Thomas
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TikTok is now under US ownership and their new ToS reads like a guide to giving fascists everything they need to put you on a list.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
January 23, 2026 at 9:11 PM
TikTok is now under US ownership and their new ToS reads like a guide to giving fascists everything they need to put you on a list.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
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The redacted complaint and affidavit are finally out. Normally you'd expect this sort of thing to be investigated by the FBI, since they have experience with civil rights statutes. Nope. It's an ICE guy. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Affidavit – #23, Att. #1 in United States v. SEALED (D. Minnesota, 0:26-mj-00040) – CourtListener.com
REDACTED COMPLAINT by USA Kristian Weir with redacted affidavit of Timothy Gruber(HSI) as to Nekima Valdez Levy-Armstrong, Chauntyll Louisa Allen, William Scott Kelly by Magistrate Judge Douglas L. Mi...
storage.courtlistener.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:28 PM
The redacted complaint and affidavit are finally out. Normally you'd expect this sort of thing to be investigated by the FBI, since they have experience with civil rights statutes. Nope. It's an ICE guy. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Big thanks to Amy Chua
JD Vance: "Nobody is talking about doing immigration enforcement without a warrant. We're talking about different types of warrants that exist in our system. Typically in the immigration system, those are handled by administrative law judges. So we're talking about getting warrants from them."
January 22, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Big thanks to Amy Chua
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This is 100% FALSE. Immigration judges do NOT play any role in issuing administrative warrants. They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves. ICE’s own training materials say they can’t be used for a search of a home!
Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.
Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.
January 22, 2026 at 8:05 PM
This is 100% FALSE. Immigration judges do NOT play any role in issuing administrative warrants. They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves. ICE’s own training materials say they can’t be used for a search of a home!
Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.
Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.
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This is quite literally one of the stupidest human beings alive
January 22, 2026 at 7:10 PM
This is quite literally one of the stupidest human beings alive
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I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.
January 22, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.
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kind of looks like greenland
January 22, 2026 at 5:39 PM
kind of looks like greenland
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"This is another place where the Supreme Court's gradual cutting back on the scope of the Bivens remedy—the civil action against federal agents for violating the Constitution, including the Fourth Amendment—may make the most obvious form of judicial review unavailable."
Can ICE enter a home to make an arrest with only an administrative warrant?
@orinkerr.bsky.social says DHS’s new policy is probably unconstitutional.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/can-...
@orinkerr.bsky.social says DHS’s new policy is probably unconstitutional.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/can-...
Can ICE Enter a Home to Make an Arrest With Only an Administrative Warrant?
A tentative take, on both the rights and the remedies.
www.lawfaremedia.org
January 22, 2026 at 5:17 PM
"This is another place where the Supreme Court's gradual cutting back on the scope of the Bivens remedy—the civil action against federal agents for violating the Constitution, including the Fourth Amendment—may make the most obvious form of judicial review unavailable."