Susan Welsh
@susanwelsh.bsky.social
I want to get back to that “luxe, calme, et volupté.”
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After training was cut from five months to 42 days, 1,200 new ICE officers with no prior LEO experience have already gotten their badge and a gun.
ICE had ~6,000 deportation officers in Jan. 2025. A year later, 4,200 new deportation officers have since completed training and 800 retirees came back.
ICE had ~6,000 deportation officers in Jan. 2025. A year later, 4,200 new deportation officers have since completed training and 800 retirees came back.
January 26, 2026 at 10:56 PM
After training was cut from five months to 42 days, 1,200 new ICE officers with no prior LEO experience have already gotten their badge and a gun.
ICE had ~6,000 deportation officers in Jan. 2025. A year later, 4,200 new deportation officers have since completed training and 800 retirees came back.
ICE had ~6,000 deportation officers in Jan. 2025. A year later, 4,200 new deportation officers have since completed training and 800 retirees came back.
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Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
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Aliya Rahman, the autistic woman who was on the way to the doctor when she was violently dragged from her car, was interviewed today
She said she was subjected to "dehumanizing treatment"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=icoN...
She said she was subjected to "dehumanizing treatment"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=icoN...
Woman dragged from car by ICE agents speaks out for first time
YouTube video by CNN
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Aliya Rahman, the autistic woman who was on the way to the doctor when she was violently dragged from her car, was interviewed today
She said she was subjected to "dehumanizing treatment"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=icoN...
She said she was subjected to "dehumanizing treatment"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=icoN...
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Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, tells the UK parliament, "All men are created equal.. Every person has dignity and value.. We built an entire nation on that premise"
Right: RawStory, "ICE forces showering citizen outside into freezing weather in his underwear"
Right: RawStory, "ICE forces showering citizen outside into freezing weather in his underwear"
January 20, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, tells the UK parliament, "All men are created equal.. Every person has dignity and value.. We built an entire nation on that premise"
Right: RawStory, "ICE forces showering citizen outside into freezing weather in his underwear"
Right: RawStory, "ICE forces showering citizen outside into freezing weather in his underwear"
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BRENNAN: What percentage of those you have in custody have committed crimes?
NOEM: 70% of them
B: It's not 70%
N: Yes it is. You guys pick and choose numbers
B: Your agency says 47% have criminal convictions
N: Wrong again. We'll get you the correct numbers
B: Well, that's from your agency
NOEM: 70% of them
B: It's not 70%
N: Yes it is. You guys pick and choose numbers
B: Your agency says 47% have criminal convictions
N: Wrong again. We'll get you the correct numbers
B: Well, that's from your agency
January 18, 2026 at 3:42 PM
BRENNAN: What percentage of those you have in custody have committed crimes?
NOEM: 70% of them
B: It's not 70%
N: Yes it is. You guys pick and choose numbers
B: Your agency says 47% have criminal convictions
N: Wrong again. We'll get you the correct numbers
B: Well, that's from your agency
NOEM: 70% of them
B: It's not 70%
N: Yes it is. You guys pick and choose numbers
B: Your agency says 47% have criminal convictions
N: Wrong again. We'll get you the correct numbers
B: Well, that's from your agency
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Reminder that in the UK an incoming radical, populist government would have immediate access to immense, unchecked executive power.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
NEW
The UK constitution is even more vulnerable than the US constitution
In the face of an illiberal radical assault, what has happened politically in America could easily happen in the UK
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The UK constitution is even more vulnerable than the US constitution
In the face of an illiberal radical assault, what has happened politically in America could easily happen in the UK
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
January 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Reminder that in the UK an incoming radical, populist government would have immediate access to immense, unchecked executive power.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
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Like, I'm not realistically expecting journalists to use the term "state terror" but using terms like "deportation agenda" or "immigration crackdown" or "immigration enforcement" obfuscate what is really happening
January 13, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Like, I'm not realistically expecting journalists to use the term "state terror" but using terms like "deportation agenda" or "immigration crackdown" or "immigration enforcement" obfuscate what is really happening
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They then proceeded to lie
January 12, 2026 at 10:51 PM
They then proceeded to lie
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Farage wants UK ICE. Shouldn't we just be saying this over and over? Anyone voting for ReformUK will be voting for the introduction of a UK SS, armed to the teeth and ready to terrorise.
January 8, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Farage wants UK ICE. Shouldn't we just be saying this over and over? Anyone voting for ReformUK will be voting for the introduction of a UK SS, armed to the teeth and ready to terrorise.
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Boosting Venezuela’s oil output by 500,000 barrels a day would cost $10bn and take 2 yrs
Raising production to 1.5mn barrels of oil a day (from current 1mn) would produce 550mn tons of CO2 a year
That's more CO2 than is emitted by countries like UK & Brazil
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Raising production to 1.5mn barrels of oil a day (from current 1mn) would produce 550mn tons of CO2 a year
That's more CO2 than is emitted by countries like UK & Brazil
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump taking ‘drill, baby, drill’ plan to Venezuela ‘terrible’ for climate, experts warn
‘Everybody loses’ if production supercharged in country with largest known oil reserves, critics say
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Boosting Venezuela’s oil output by 500,000 barrels a day would cost $10bn and take 2 yrs
Raising production to 1.5mn barrels of oil a day (from current 1mn) would produce 550mn tons of CO2 a year
That's more CO2 than is emitted by countries like UK & Brazil
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Raising production to 1.5mn barrels of oil a day (from current 1mn) would produce 550mn tons of CO2 a year
That's more CO2 than is emitted by countries like UK & Brazil
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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here's the 60 minutes cecot video part 1 of 5 - recorded/uploaded by and all credit to @jasonparis.bsky.social
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
December 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
here's the 60 minutes cecot video part 1 of 5 - recorded/uploaded by and all credit to @jasonparis.bsky.social
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
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"Ukrainians have one wish - for peace to finally come to us."
Kyiv residents shared Ukrainians' greatest wishes for Christmas.
📹: hromadske
Kyiv residents shared Ukrainians' greatest wishes for Christmas.
📹: hromadske
December 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"Ukrainians have one wish - for peace to finally come to us."
Kyiv residents shared Ukrainians' greatest wishes for Christmas.
📹: hromadske
Kyiv residents shared Ukrainians' greatest wishes for Christmas.
📹: hromadske
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“Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. But teach a man how to fish and Pete Hegseth will murder him.”
December 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. But teach a man how to fish and Pete Hegseth will murder him.”
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A🧵
This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds.
The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful.
THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die.
1/n
This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds.
The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful.
THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die.
1/n
November 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A🧵
This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds.
The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful.
THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die.
1/n
This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds.
The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful.
THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die.
1/n
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Many newspapers and politicians have been calling yesterday's fiscal statement a 'Budget for Benefits Street'. Here's three reasons why that is not accurate 🧵
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Many newspapers and politicians have been calling yesterday's fiscal statement a 'Budget for Benefits Street'. Here's three reasons why that is not accurate 🧵
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Big big big big big news. Texas's attempt to redistrict has been blocked in federal court.
BREAKING: In a 2-1 decision, the three-judge panel in Texas has blocked the state's new congressional map and ordered the state to use the 2021 map for next's year's midterms.
Opinion here:
drive.google.com/file/d/1Af-Q...
#txlege
Opinion here:
drive.google.com/file/d/1Af-Q...
#txlege
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Big big big big big news. Texas's attempt to redistrict has been blocked in federal court.
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
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Democrats should just start rolling out ad after ad of Reagan voiceovers.
October 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Democrats should just start rolling out ad after ad of Reagan voiceovers.
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A 14-word replacement for most op-eds, substacks, etc about this moment.
The GOP could stop ALL of this, right now—if a handful of Sens or Reps could step outside the cult.
It would take four in the Senate, four (maybe five) in the House, to change history.
Until then, they're all to blame.
The GOP could stop ALL of this, right now—if a handful of Sens or Reps could step outside the cult.
It would take four in the Senate, four (maybe five) in the House, to change history.
Until then, they're all to blame.
October 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
A 14-word replacement for most op-eds, substacks, etc about this moment.
The GOP could stop ALL of this, right now—if a handful of Sens or Reps could step outside the cult.
It would take four in the Senate, four (maybe five) in the House, to change history.
Until then, they're all to blame.
The GOP could stop ALL of this, right now—if a handful of Sens or Reps could step outside the cult.
It would take four in the Senate, four (maybe five) in the House, to change history.
Until then, they're all to blame.
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Retired journalism prof here to fix this headline
(🚨) BREAKING: Leader of Democratic Country Posts Video of Himself As King Bombing His Own Citizens With Diarrhea-Filed Bioweapons on Same Day Millions of Citizens Protest Him Being a Vile and Incontinent Piece of Shit Who's Plotting a Dictatorship
(🚨) BREAKING: Leader of Democratic Country Posts Video of Himself As King Bombing His Own Citizens With Diarrhea-Filed Bioweapons on Same Day Millions of Citizens Protest Him Being a Vile and Incontinent Piece of Shit Who's Plotting a Dictatorship
President Trump posted what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media showing him wearing a crown and flying a jet labeled “King Trump” that dumps brown liquid on protesters. He shared the video on Saturday, the same day that protesters participated in mass “No Kings” demonstrations.
Trump Posts Fake A.I. Video of Himself Flying a ‘King Trump’ Jet Over Protesters
President Trump shared what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media. It shows Mr. Trump wearing a crown and flying a jet that dumps brown liquid on demonstrators.
nyti.ms
October 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Retired journalism prof here to fix this headline
(🚨) BREAKING: Leader of Democratic Country Posts Video of Himself As King Bombing His Own Citizens With Diarrhea-Filed Bioweapons on Same Day Millions of Citizens Protest Him Being a Vile and Incontinent Piece of Shit Who's Plotting a Dictatorship
(🚨) BREAKING: Leader of Democratic Country Posts Video of Himself As King Bombing His Own Citizens With Diarrhea-Filed Bioweapons on Same Day Millions of Citizens Protest Him Being a Vile and Incontinent Piece of Shit Who's Plotting a Dictatorship
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🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2
October 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2
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wait how many frogs are there
is it frog season in portland
is it frog season in portland
Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
October 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
wait how many frogs are there
is it frog season in portland
is it frog season in portland
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BBC News, "President Trump has announced 100% tariffs on all goods from China"
"That's over and above any tariffs already in place"
"That's over and above any tariffs already in place"
October 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
BBC News, "President Trump has announced 100% tariffs on all goods from China"
"That's over and above any tariffs already in place"
"That's over and above any tariffs already in place"
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
bit.ly
October 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.