Terry McKenzie
@terrymckenzie.bsky.social
Accomplice. Rust belt born and bred. Chicagoan. Former "Detroiter." Crone? Or Hag? Culture vulture. Good governance type. I cook. I read books. I have thoughts. And cats. Antisocial sometimes. Antifascist always. We keep us safe. #MutualAid
Definitely worth reading.
I testified Friday before Gov. Pritzker's commission studying abuses of ICE and CBP and tried to explain how the agencies went so far off track. It's actually way worse than I ever realized. Please read and share my testimony as Congress considers reform: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
Accountability for ICE and CBP
However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 2, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Definitely worth reading.
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A note from our editors:
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
A note from our editors:
Out of El Paso, where Greg Bovino and Jonathan Ross both started their CBP careers.
NEWS from @propublica.org: The two federal agents who killed Alex Pretti are Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez. Ochoa joined CBP in 2018. Gutierrez joined in 2014. Both are from south Texas.
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Out of El Paso, where Greg Bovino and Jonathan Ross both started their CBP careers.
Why would ANYONE who actually wants to win give the DNC a dime? Yes, we all want this regime gone, but how long do they think they can expect donations from people they utterly refuse to actually represent? Where is the 2024 Post Mortem? I'm guessing AIPAC & the tech & crypto bros wouldn't like it.
R.N.C. Enters 2026 With Nearly $100 Million Edge on D.N.C.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Why would ANYONE who actually wants to win give the DNC a dime? Yes, we all want this regime gone, but how long do they think they can expect donations from people they utterly refuse to actually represent? Where is the 2024 Post Mortem? I'm guessing AIPAC & the tech & crypto bros wouldn't like it.
@booker.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @murray.senate.gov @amyklobuchar.com @smith.senate.gov
These are NOT REFORMS. This is theater. Vaguely defined "goals" are not enforceable policies. This helps NO-ONE. We, the people, KNOW.
These are NOT REFORMS. This is theater. Vaguely defined "goals" are not enforceable policies. This helps NO-ONE. We, the people, KNOW.
January 30, 2026 at 6:46 PM
@booker.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @murray.senate.gov @amyklobuchar.com @smith.senate.gov
These are NOT REFORMS. This is theater. Vaguely defined "goals" are not enforceable policies. This helps NO-ONE. We, the people, KNOW.
These are NOT REFORMS. This is theater. Vaguely defined "goals" are not enforceable policies. This helps NO-ONE. We, the people, KNOW.
But, but, but...It's not "censorship." It's a glitchiness...it's lost of power to a data center owned by a partner --Oracle--which just happens to be Larry Ellison's company.
Bisan has humanized the genocide for millions of people since the start.
Bisan has humanized the genocide for millions of people since the start.
“TikTok deleted my account. I had 1.4 Million followers.”
🇵🇸 Journalist Bisan Owda loses her TikTok Account to platform censorship — which she points out Netanyahu openly said would come.
Why is the TikTok discourse ignoring this part?🤔
🇵🇸 Journalist Bisan Owda loses her TikTok Account to platform censorship — which she points out Netanyahu openly said would come.
Why is the TikTok discourse ignoring this part?🤔
January 29, 2026 at 6:32 PM
But, but, but...It's not "censorship." It's a glitchiness...it's lost of power to a data center owned by a partner --Oracle--which just happens to be Larry Ellison's company.
Bisan has humanized the genocide for millions of people since the start.
Bisan has humanized the genocide for millions of people since the start.
Opinion | The Border Patrol Is the Problem. It Always Has Been.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:17 PM
@govpritzker.illinois.gov, @tonipreckwinkle.bsky.social
@senmikesimmons.bsky.social, @andrefor40th.bsky.social
@ilattygeneral.bsky.social, @danielbiss.bsky.social
@chialderwoman.bsky.social, @ward33chicago.bsky.social, @leniann.bsky.social,
Can we get State/County officials on board?
@senmikesimmons.bsky.social, @andrefor40th.bsky.social
@ilattygeneral.bsky.social, @danielbiss.bsky.social
@chialderwoman.bsky.social, @ward33chicago.bsky.social, @leniann.bsky.social,
Can we get State/County officials on board?
Fight Against Federal Overreach
The Fight Against Federal Overreach (FAFO) is a national coalition of District Attorneys collaborating to ensure federal officials are held accountable when they exceed their lawful authority.
federaloverreach.org
January 29, 2026 at 4:46 AM
@govpritzker.illinois.gov, @tonipreckwinkle.bsky.social
@senmikesimmons.bsky.social, @andrefor40th.bsky.social
@ilattygeneral.bsky.social, @danielbiss.bsky.social
@chialderwoman.bsky.social, @ward33chicago.bsky.social, @leniann.bsky.social,
Can we get State/County officials on board?
@senmikesimmons.bsky.social, @andrefor40th.bsky.social
@ilattygeneral.bsky.social, @danielbiss.bsky.social
@chialderwoman.bsky.social, @ward33chicago.bsky.social, @leniann.bsky.social,
Can we get State/County officials on board?
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finally a good dating app
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 27, 2026 at 8:52 PM
finally a good dating app
Voting begins Sunday! Link to ballot is in the article.
'Abolish ICE' Submitted 9,200 Times For Chicago Snowplow Naming Contest, Records Show blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/28/a...
'Abolish ICE' Submitted 9,200 Times For Chicago Snowplow Naming Contest, Records Show blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/28/a...
'Abolish ICE' Submitted 9,200 Times For Chicago Snowplow Naming Contest, Records Show
Anti-ICE sentiments made up nearly 80 percent of submissions. Voting for the top six names opens Sunday and runs through Feb. 14.
blockclubchicago.org
January 28, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Voting begins Sunday! Link to ballot is in the article.
'Abolish ICE' Submitted 9,200 Times For Chicago Snowplow Naming Contest, Records Show blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/28/a...
'Abolish ICE' Submitted 9,200 Times For Chicago Snowplow Naming Contest, Records Show blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/28/a...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Thoughts on Minnesota: Laws, Language, and Leadership.
YouTube video by Timothy Snyder
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Dem leadership needs to be made to understand that "training" is not the issue. The mission is.
House Democrat Says Abolishing ICE Isn’t Enough — DHS Must Go, Too truthout.org/articles/hou...
House Democrat Says Abolishing ICE Isn’t Enough — DHS Must Go, Too truthout.org/articles/hou...
House Democrat Says Abolishing ICE Isn’t Enough — DHS Must Go, Too
“The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights,” said Rep. Delia C. Ramirez.
truthout.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Dem leadership needs to be made to understand that "training" is not the issue. The mission is.
House Democrat Says Abolishing ICE Isn’t Enough — DHS Must Go, Too truthout.org/articles/hou...
House Democrat Says Abolishing ICE Isn’t Enough — DHS Must Go, Too truthout.org/articles/hou...
OK, Cook County. Eileen Burke needs to get with the program.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
City Prosecutors Join Forces to Bring Charges Against Federal Agents
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:16 AM
OK, Cook County. Eileen Burke needs to get with the program.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
The CBS headline here is deceptive. Dayanne Figueroa was not "arrested." She was dragged from her car by several agents, guns drawn, one filming her, after DHS agents sideswiped her. No charges were filed. She had to be taken to the hospital by ambulance when the FBI released her.
How a collision with Border Patrol led to a Chicago woman's arrest
In her first on-camera interview, Dayanne Figueroa, a U.S. citizen, described what happened when her car collided with a Border Patrol vehicle in October. The situation escalated: agents drew their gu...
www.cbsnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:06 PM
The CBS headline here is deceptive. Dayanne Figueroa was not "arrested." She was dragged from her car by several agents, guns drawn, one filming her, after DHS agents sideswiped her. No charges were filed. She had to be taken to the hospital by ambulance when the FBI released her.
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Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Reposted by Terry McKenzie
ICE isn't law enforcement without training; ICE is white nationalism with guns.
January 24, 2026 at 6:25 PM
ICE isn't law enforcement without training; ICE is white nationalism with guns.
Reposted by Terry McKenzie
JD Vance Places Candle Outside Hooters Where ICE Agents Were Heckled
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
JD Vance Places Candle Outside Hooters Where ICE Agents Were Heckled
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Good on Marimar Martinez! I have long been INCENSED about the lack of investigation into her shooting by CBP and the murder of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, a few weeks prior. They were both smeared and falsely accused by DHS's propaganda pipeline to the fever swamps of right wing media.
Woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidence
Marimar Martinez is blocked from releasing evidence in her case by what's known as a "protective order." Though standard, her attorney says it's “become an albatross” around her neck and “keeps the en...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Good on Marimar Martinez! I have long been INCENSED about the lack of investigation into her shooting by CBP and the murder of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, a few weeks prior. They were both smeared and falsely accused by DHS's propaganda pipeline to the fever swamps of right wing media.
Other people we've had enough of: All of the "moderate" Dems who have no moral center--who ingnored, denied, and funded the genocide in Gaza, voted for ANY of the obviously unqualified & sychophantic cabinet members, voted to fund DHS at this level, ignored the warnings of L.A., Chicago, DC, etc.
January 27, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Other people we've had enough of: All of the "moderate" Dems who have no moral center--who ingnored, denied, and funded the genocide in Gaza, voted for ANY of the obviously unqualified & sychophantic cabinet members, voted to fund DHS at this level, ignored the warnings of L.A., Chicago, DC, etc.
While we are having a moment of moral clarity, Dems need to clean house, too. Schumer, Jeffries & their deputies need to be replaced in leadership. ICE murdered and defamed Silverio Villegas Gonzalez in Sept. CBP Shot Marimar Martinez 5 times in October. CHICAGO WARNED YOU. We got silence.
January 27, 2026 at 4:23 PM
While we are having a moment of moral clarity, Dems need to clean house, too. Schumer, Jeffries & their deputies need to be replaced in leadership. ICE murdered and defamed Silverio Villegas Gonzalez in Sept. CBP Shot Marimar Martinez 5 times in October. CHICAGO WARNED YOU. We got silence.