F. Shoemaker
@underbrush.bsky.social
Believer in; the rule of law, tax the rich, public schools, human rights, the arts, intellectualism.
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If a university student group had celebrated Charlie Kirk being killed, complete with a graphic made from an actual picture of the killing, the whole lot of them would have been expelled before the ink on the digital story was dry.
University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme.
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‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid killings - The Daily Illini
In a post that included a graphic of a presumed officer holding a gun to someone's head, Illini Republicans stated that they “stand with ICE."
dailyillini.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:03 PM
If a university student group had celebrated Charlie Kirk being killed, complete with a graphic made from an actual picture of the killing, the whole lot of them would have been expelled before the ink on the digital story was dry.
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Deceased American financier Jeffrey #Epstein worked with Russian #intelligence to collect compromising material on influential politicians and business figures, and also planned a meeting with #Russia President Vladimir #Putin, the #DailyMail reported.
militarnyi.com/en/news/epst...
militarnyi.com/en/news/epst...
Epstein Carried Out Russia’s Largest Honey Trap Operation – Daily Mail - Militarnyi
Such operations involve creating situations in which a target enters into intimate contact with an operative, with conversations and actions secretly recorded.
militarnyi.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Deceased American financier Jeffrey #Epstein worked with Russian #intelligence to collect compromising material on influential politicians and business figures, and also planned a meeting with #Russia President Vladimir #Putin, the #DailyMail reported.
militarnyi.com/en/news/epst...
militarnyi.com/en/news/epst...
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Jeffries: "The administrative warrants aren't worth the paper they're written on. This is an extreme administration unleashing brutality on the American people using taxpayer dollars. So we absolutely as a condition of moving forward need judicial warrants."
February 1, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Jeffries: "The administrative warrants aren't worth the paper they're written on. This is an extreme administration unleashing brutality on the American people using taxpayer dollars. So we absolutely as a condition of moving forward need judicial warrants."
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I think it’s time we take weapons of war away from law enforcement.
No more tactical armor, chemical irritants, crowd control weapons, or high capacity guns.
Do it with a night stick and your charm.
No more tactical armor, chemical irritants, crowd control weapons, or high capacity guns.
Do it with a night stick and your charm.
February 1, 2026 at 1:15 PM
I think it’s time we take weapons of war away from law enforcement.
No more tactical armor, chemical irritants, crowd control weapons, or high capacity guns.
Do it with a night stick and your charm.
No more tactical armor, chemical irritants, crowd control weapons, or high capacity guns.
Do it with a night stick and your charm.
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reminder: Jeffrey Epstein invoked the Fifth when asked about Trump and underage girls
January 31, 2026 at 10:03 PM
reminder: Jeffrey Epstein invoked the Fifth when asked about Trump and underage girls
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Unbelievable how hard a time your average middle class yt has wrapping their heads around this fact. ICE are klanspeople, proud boys, 3%ers and f*ckups who couldn’t competently do the jobs of the people they’re murdering & abducting. Not soldiers. Not even cops
January 31, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Unbelievable how hard a time your average middle class yt has wrapping their heads around this fact. ICE are klanspeople, proud boys, 3%ers and f*ckups who couldn’t competently do the jobs of the people they’re murdering & abducting. Not soldiers. Not even cops
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THIS!
January 31, 2026 at 7:55 PM
THIS!
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I might believe these Epstein allegations about Trump if he was accused in the past by 27 different women of sexual assault, found liable for it, bragged on tape/video about grabbing women, going backstage while girls were changing at pageants, and how hot his daughter was.
January 31, 2026 at 2:01 AM
I might believe these Epstein allegations about Trump if he was accused in the past by 27 different women of sexual assault, found liable for it, bragged on tape/video about grabbing women, going backstage while girls were changing at pageants, and how hot his daughter was.
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Hmmm good point!
It's funny how all these billionaires started buying up all the social media apps, newspapers, and television networks right as all these revelations were starting to come out.
Elon Musk had more extensive ties to Epstein than previously known, emails show
Newly released files from DoJ show the pair making plans in 2012 and 2013 for the Tesla CEO to visit Epstein’s island
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Hmmm good point!
@chrislhayes.bsky.social If #Pretti was known to #ICE instead of just a "bad shoot" (and that's being extremely generous) it was an execution. A background check & they knew he might be carrying a gun.Perfect set up to shoot him with an "excuse". #ICE went for his gun like they knew it was there.
January 30, 2026 at 3:34 PM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social If #Pretti was known to #ICE instead of just a "bad shoot" (and that's being extremely generous) it was an execution. A background check & they knew he might be carrying a gun.Perfect set up to shoot him with an "excuse". #ICE went for his gun like they knew it was there.
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I rarely say this, but *this is a must-read.* Investigative journalist Greg Palast is the oracle of our times for U.S. voter suppression and election shenanigans. He warned us then; he's warning us now.
His latest film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Xd...
About him: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Pa...
His latest film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Xd...
About him: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Pa...
January 29, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I rarely say this, but *this is a must-read.* Investigative journalist Greg Palast is the oracle of our times for U.S. voter suppression and election shenanigans. He warned us then; he's warning us now.
His latest film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Xd...
About him: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Pa...
His latest film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Xd...
About him: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Pa...
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Francis Fukuyama: I would liken Donald Trump to a ten-year-old boy who has discovered a flame thrower in his parents’ backyard, and has come to realize that he can burn up anything he wants with it. He’s now actively looking for other things he can set on fire. open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...
After Davos
Trump chickened out. Now Europe needs to press its advantage.
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Francis Fukuyama: I would liken Donald Trump to a ten-year-old boy who has discovered a flame thrower in his parents’ backyard, and has come to realize that he can burn up anything he wants with it. He’s now actively looking for other things he can set on fire. open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...
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Freedom of speech, right to bear arms….we have an illegitimate government and Congress has been completely neutered.
January 30, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Freedom of speech, right to bear arms….we have an illegitimate government and Congress has been completely neutered.
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Deeply inevitable, entirely predicted, and the shit people running this country don't give a damn.
Gonna go ahead and say this was a) inevitable and b) widely predicted, but the subhuman shitstains involved in all this c) don't care.
Multiple Men Have Impersonated ICE Agents To Kidnap And Assault Women
In a letter shared with HuffPost, the Democratic Women’s Caucus urged DHS to mandate ICE agents to “visibly and clearly identify themselves" when making arrests.
ca.news.yahoo.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Deeply inevitable, entirely predicted, and the shit people running this country don't give a damn.
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Amd in case you need a refresher diagram on where fhe Italian satellites and Hugo Chavez fit in (I forgot Chinese bamboo, too)
January 29, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Amd in case you need a refresher diagram on where fhe Italian satellites and Hugo Chavez fit in (I forgot Chinese bamboo, too)
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The only reason Homan replaced Bovino as the face of the occupation is because his lies are more polished and he doesn’t dress like a member of the Third Reich in public. But the policies and the state instigated violence remain unchanged.
CNN: How did we get to a place where we had Bovino having Border Patrol agents stopping citizens in interior of the country, asking them ID, creating fear? Who made the decisions to allow this kind of operation to proceed?
HOMAN: The reason for the massive deployment is bc of the threats & violence
HOMAN: The reason for the massive deployment is bc of the threats & violence
January 29, 2026 at 4:20 PM
The only reason Homan replaced Bovino as the face of the occupation is because his lies are more polished and he doesn’t dress like a member of the Third Reich in public. But the policies and the state instigated violence remain unchanged.
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Omar: I instinctively tried to, like, punch him…, I was raised with three brothers who were older than me. You learn that maybe taking the first punch when somebody is bigger than you yields you better results.
January 29, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Omar: I instinctively tried to, like, punch him…, I was raised with three brothers who were older than me. You learn that maybe taking the first punch when somebody is bigger than you yields you better results.
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Donald Trump gave a bunch of murderers badges and guns and set them against the American people. He must be removed from office and our citizens protected. Abolish ICE.
January 28, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Donald Trump gave a bunch of murderers badges and guns and set them against the American people. He must be removed from office and our citizens protected. Abolish ICE.
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The federal government has no authority to demand confidential voter information from the states. Making it a bargaining tool to stem the violence in Minnesota is a gross abuse of power. bit.ly/4bj8dL3
Bondi Links Minneapolis Violence to Voter Data
The attorney general laid bare the administration’s plan to interfere with the midterms.
www.brennancenter.org
January 29, 2026 at 4:02 PM
The federal government has no authority to demand confidential voter information from the states. Making it a bargaining tool to stem the violence in Minnesota is a gross abuse of power. bit.ly/4bj8dL3
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They refer to Minnesota-St. Paul as a "theater" which is a military term for a geographical area of war -- the European Theater of Operations and the Pacific Theater in WW2. That's the Trump regime mindset of how it sees the nation, as theaters of war against people. Ethnic cleansing theaters.
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 3:16 PM
They refer to Minnesota-St. Paul as a "theater" which is a military term for a geographical area of war -- the European Theater of Operations and the Pacific Theater in WW2. That's the Trump regime mindset of how it sees the nation, as theaters of war against people. Ethnic cleansing theaters.
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ICE agents are scanning your face while hiding theirs.
Here’s the Company That Sold DHS ICE’s Notorious Face Recognition App
Immigration agents have used Mobile Fortify to scan the faces of countless people in the US—including many citizens.
www.wired.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:18 PM
ICE agents are scanning your face while hiding theirs.
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It's a war and the American people are the enemy. Can't do the fake "no they're just after the bad guys" after you shot two people for no good reason. bsky.app/profile/ndre...
“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 2:41 PM
It's a war and the American people are the enemy. Can't do the fake "no they're just after the bad guys" after you shot two people for no good reason. bsky.app/profile/ndre...