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Kevin M. Kruse

@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

The Secretary of Homeland Security is asserting that the Deputy White House Chief of Staff ultimately bears responsibility for the murder of two American citizens, which is something that would normally generate a dozen congressional inquiries.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"

January 28, 2026 at 2:11 PM

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WHO

@who.int

In 1922, insulin co-discoverer Frederick Banting refused to profit from the discovery and offered it to the world as a global public good.

Today, many people with diabetes still don't have access to affordable and quality treatment and care.

January 28, 2026 at 8:00 AM

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Will Saletan

@saletan.bsky.social

ICE agent barges into a consulate in Minneapolis (against U.S. treaty obligations) and when confronted says “If you touch me, I’ll grab you.”

This is a big part of what Congress must rein in: the agency’s sense of entitlement and unlimited power, coupled with its pursuit of physical escalation.

January 28, 2026 at 1:05 PM

Tyler Sork 🇨🇦

@tylersork.bsky.social

The only thing required to understand ICE can’t enter someone’s home without a judicial warrant is to read the plain text of the fourth amendment. The only thing required to understand that children born in the US are citizens is to read the plain text and history of the fourteenth amendment.

January 28, 2026 at 5:24 AM

Tyler Sork 🇨🇦

@tylersork.bsky.social

Grassley’s contempt for Americans is galling. You don’t need to be a lawyer to understand what the plain language of the fourth amendment means! ICE is straight up violating the constitution and he couldn’t care less.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

Suddenly republicans have forgotten what the constitution says 🤷🏼 🇺🇸

January 28, 2026 at 5:07 AM

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Clara Jeffery

@clarajeffery.bsky.social

California just prepping for the future www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

California bill would ban ICE agents from jobs in teaching and policing

ICE agents would be disqualified from working in California law enforcement and inside the public school system under a new bill introduced in the Legislature this week.

www.sfchronicle.com

January 28, 2026 at 4:27 AM

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Michael Harriot

@michaelharriot.bsky.social

Not only is he right, but we also need to have a conversation about reading comprehension, how analogies work & what “comparing” means.

USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 12h

The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.

Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank

The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.

bit.ly

January 28, 2026 at 4:49 AM

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Adam Serwer

@adamserwer.bsky.social

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs.

The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.

January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM

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Andrew Kurjata

@akurjata.ca

Statement from Jim Pattinson Developments on potential sale of building for use by ICE

STATEMENT FROM JIM PATTISON GROUP

Statement – January 27, 2026

In early 2024, Jim Pattison Developments completed construction of an industrial building inAshland, Virginia for company operations. When operating needs changed, the property was publicly listed for lease / sale, and an offer was accepted to sell the building to a U.S. government contractor. Some time later, we became aware of the ultimate owner and intended use of the building. This transaction is still subject to certain approvals and closing conditions. We remain committed to complying with all applicable laws and regulations as we work to divest this asset.
As a matter of policy, we do not comment on private transactions. However, we understand that the conversation around immigration policy and enforcement is particularly heated, and has become much more so over the past few weeks. We respect that this issue is deeply important to many people.

January 28, 2026 at 2:23 AM

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Andrew Kurjata

@akurjata.ca

"I think that calls on business leaders across this province... to think about their role in what is unfolding there, and to make decisions that would not lead to some of the outcomes that we're seeing unfold in the States"
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

B.C.'s attorney general urges Canadian businesses to 'think about their role' in supporting ICE operations | CBC News

B.C. billionaire Jim Pattison and Vancouver-based Hootsuite are among the Canadian companies facing backlash for business ties to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

www.cbc.ca

January 27, 2026 at 10:17 PM

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Los Angeles Times

@latimes.com

German soccer leader adds to calls for boycott of World Cup matches in United States

Calls for boycotting U.S. World Cup matches are surging after two ICE fatal shootings, aggressive immigration tactics and international hostility.

www.latimes.com

January 28, 2026 at 1:48 AM

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Ezra Levin ❌👑

@ezralevin.bsky.social

100%. I honestly believe political leaders ask too little of people. The thinking is you need an extraordinarily low bar - so ask people for money or to sign something. People want to be part of something and they're eager to do real meaningful work in defense of their community and their rights.

Juliette Kayyem @juliettekayyem.bsky.social · 20h

I have begun to think that Minnesota pushback to ICE was unique and a model because it gave people something to do. It wasn’t about just going out in streets for rallying purposes. People had a mission: videos, whistles, information and communication flow to communities. They had something to do.

January 28, 2026 at 3:10 AM

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Dana Stevens

@thehighsign.bsky.social

Fascinating writeup on how the German press has been covering Greg Bovino's, er, fash-ion sense. It's not just the SS-style greatcoat--the accessories are all vintage Nazi gear too!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Quote from linked article: "Topping off the ensemble was 'a black shirt with badges on the collar tips; and perhaps the most extravagant accessory: a Sam Browne belt held in place by a leater strap slung diagonally across the shoulder, an accessory of historical officer uniforms, but now mainly used in the BDSM scene."

January 27, 2026 at 11:23 PM

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jamelle

@jamellebouie.net

these people hate human beings and human life. cult worshippers of anti-life

January 28, 2026 at 12:24 AM

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jamelle

@jamellebouie.net

it is the same playbook everywhere. “vote for us! we will make you great again by punishing the people you hate! do not pay attention to the fact that we’re also shoveling your money into the pockets of the uber wealthy and building a giant boot to step on your face too (preferably forever)”

elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 2d

The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.

It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.

The Legislation
Upon winning a general election, a Reform government under Prime Minister Nigel Farage will:
1) Leave the ECHR
2.) Repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights.
3.) Pass The Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill:
This Bill will:
Create a legal duty to remove illegal migrants for the Home Secretary
The Bill opens with a blunt obligation for the Home Secretary: "The Secretary of State shall ensure the removal from the United Kingdom of each person who does not have extant leave to remain and is not an Irish citizen or otherwise protected by regulations made under this Act."
The following parts of the legislation are introduced on an emergency basis, with an in-built sunset clause after 5 years:
Disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture, the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention (ECAT)
Derogation is justified under the Vienna Convention doctrine of state of necessity: Britain faces a national emergency in which uncontrolled illegal migration undermines public order.
These treaties will otherwise be used by activist judges to frustrate deportations, even after the repeals of the HRA and ECHR.
Create Detention Power Without Hardial Singh Constraints
This means illegal migrants can be detained until they are deported. Activist lawyers routinely use Hardial Singh to secure their client's bail, after which the client absconds.
If you came to the UK illegally, you are ineligible for asylum. End of story
All asylum claims will become inadmissible if made by a person within the Act's scope. If you came to the country illegally, you are ineligible for asylum in the UK. This strips the Home Office, the immigration tribunals and the higher courts of jurisdiction to even consider claims. A claim that cannot be considered cannot suspend removal and therefore, cannot delay a flight.
Re-entering after deportation and destroying ID becomes a serious criminal offence
Re-entry after deportation will be…

The Operational Plan
We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command, including an Illegal Migrant Identification Centre - harnessing cutting edge data fusion
A Reform government will create a cutting edge enforcement data centre to relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK. Using powers granted by the new legislation, it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police. It will power bulk warrants, including mandatory biometric capture during any police encounter. Each power addresses a failure mode observed over the past decade - for example, banks and GP surgeries unaware of a customer's status, or overstayers slipping through because a warrant covered only a single property.
Secure Immigration Removal Centres (SIRC) will be built rapidly to detain up to 24,000
Detention capacity for up to 24,000 will be created within 18 months. The Home Office will build Secure Immigration Removal Centres. This will be modular accommodation built in remote parts of the country. Conditions are basic but not punitive: prefabricated two-person rooms, canteen catering, on-site medical suites. Robust perimeters and internal movement controls prevent escapes.
This enables detention-on-arrest: no more bail. This capacity would allow for up to 24,000 illegal migrants to be deported per month.
Initial Voluntary Return Window
A six-month Assisted Voluntary Return window precedes large-scale raids. Illegal migrants will be offered a financial incentive to self-deport. An app will be launched to facilitate this.
The Deportation Flights
The Home Office will scale up charters to 5 flights per day. To guard against last-minute aircraft unserviceability, the RAF will keep one Voyager aircraft on six-hour 'hot-spare' readiness. If a commercial charter breaks down, detainees can still be flown out that night, preserving operational integrity. The legal reset will mean activist lawyers will no longer be able preven…

January 28, 2026 at 12:23 AM

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Gillian Branstetter

@gbbranstetter.bsky.social

"The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone."

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

January 27, 2026 at 1:11 PM

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Jeremy Pober

@jpober.bsky.social

It's all great but it starts going *hard* at 1:18

Thomas [redacted] @tom.medsky.social · 1d

Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.

January 28, 2026 at 12:48 AM

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Kara Swisher

@karaswisher.bsky.social

They are illegally 40 days late

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14h

JUST IN: DOJ says its attorneys have reviewed and redacted “millions” of pages of Epstein Files material and should complete their review in the “near term.” But they say there’s no specific date or ballpark for the release. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

January 28, 2026 at 1:01 AM

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David Binnig

@binnig.bsky.social

Hard lesson for west coast cities but it’s okay for some things to be neither mandatory nor prohibited.

Dan Bertolet @danbertolet.bsky.social · 13d

To celebrate the possibility that SB 6026 will end mandates for apartment buildings to have commercial uses on their ground floors, here's a bunch of pics of empty retail spaces in Seattle's Capitol Hill, the most densely populated neighborhood in WA.

app.leg.wa.gov/BillSummary/...

January 27, 2026 at 4:33 PM

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Dave Weigel

@daveweigel.bsky.social

Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
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Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center

January 27, 2026 at 4:17 PM

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social

good time for all of us to revisit this thread

Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · Jun 7

It is hard to grasp but large masses of Americans are both racist/xenophobic AND not racist/xenophobic enough to applaud what Trump is doing. It's goldilocks shit, they want a level of racism/xenophobia calibrated exactly to their personal preferences, and you just can't make that policy. Don't try.

January 27, 2026 at 4:16 PM

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social

imo of all the formal political institutions in US life, the judiciary has given the best account of itself by a pretty large margin (with the obvious exception of SCOTUS) and a younger me was way more dismissive of the courts than history would prove deserved

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3d

A magistrate judge found no probable cause to support arrest warrants for 5 people involved in the St. Paul church protest.

DOJ appealed to the 8th Cir.

That appeal led to this remarkable letter from the Chief Judge of the Minnesota district court…

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Re:
In Re: United States of America
No. 26-1135
Dear Chief Judge Colloton,
I apologize for addressing this letter to you, but, for reasons I will describe, I do
not have any other option.
I am working from home today, as the program that my mentally disabled adult son attends each day is closed because of the extreme cold At 11:34 am, I received an email regarding Case No. 26-1135, entitled "In re: United States of America." The order in its entirety read:
The motion of the United States to seal is granted. The Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota is invited to file a response, at his discretion, to the petition for writ of mandamus. Any response is due by 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 23.
This is the first that I have heard of any petition for a writ of mandamus. The
United States did not have the courtesy to tell me that they would be filing such a petition, nor did the United States serve the petition on me. I am unable to access any documents in Case No. 26-1135 because, at the request of the United States, the case is sealed-apparently even from me. So I have been given about two-and-one-half hours to respond to a mandamus petition that I have not read and cannot read.
Apparently I am supposed to guess what the petition is about and guess what
the mandamus petition says and then respond. I will do so.

The Honorable Steven M. Colloton
January 23, 2026
Page 2
On the evening of Tuesday, January 20, the United States presented an application for eight arrest warrants to Magistrate Judge Douglas Micko in connection with the disruption of a religious service at Cities Church on Sunday, January 18. Judge Micko was the magistrate judge who was on duty at the time. Judge Micko found there was probable cause to issue warrants with respect to three of the suspects but not with respect to the other five.
Minutes after Judge Micko signed three arrest warrants, the U.S. Attorney
notified me that his office wanted a district judge to review Judge Micko's decision -either by hearing an appeal of that decision or by considering the application de novo. The first thing I did is ask our Clerk's Office to randomly assign a district judge to consider the government's request. I was the judge who was randomly assigned.
It is important to emphasize that what the U.S. Attorney requested is unheard of
in our district or, as best as I can tell, any other district in the Eighth Circuit. I have surveyed all of our judges — some of whom have been judges in our District for over 40 years —and no one can remember the government asking a district judge to review a magistrate judge's denial of an arrest warrant. I have also surveyed the chief judges of all of the districts in the Eighth Circuit. I have heard back from almost all of them, and all of those responding have said that, to their knowledge, no district judge has ever reviewed the decision of a magistrate judge to deny an arrest warrant. The reason why this never happens is likely that, if the government does not like the magistrate judge's decision, it can either improve the affidavit and present it again to the same magistrate judge or it can present its case to a grand jury and seek an indictment.
On Wednesday, January 21, I informed the U.S. Attorney that because he was asking me to do something that was unprecedented, and because m…

January 24, 2026 at 6:43 PM

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Garrett M. Graff

@vermontgmg.bsky.social

FBI historian here. Basically all of the FBI’s greatest scandals across history come from attempts to criminalize First Amendment rights. It never works out well for the bureau and ends a lot of careers.

Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 1d

I would like to know how my prior colleagues, who have chosen to pursue leadership positions under this charlatan, justify ordering agents to break their oaths of office and open investigations on people simply for exercising their legal rights.

Good luck gazing in the mirror when this is all over.

FBI investigating Minnesota Signal groups tracking ICE, Patel says

The statement from FBI Director Kash Patel comes after right-wing media figures said they joined the chats and claimed participants were obstructing law enforcement.

www.nbcnews.com

January 27, 2026 at 1:08 AM

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Kara Swisher

@karaswisher.bsky.social

Exactly the least innovative and most expected move.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

really quite funny that weiss is a one-trick pony and that trick is “give jobs to my dumbass friends”

Osita Nwanevu @ositanwanevu.com · 1d

Turns out that Bari Weiss's all hands at CBS today is to announce she's bringing on some anti-vax guys and Niall Ferguson. www.axios.com/2026/01/27/b...

January 27, 2026 at 2:48 PM