Violet Gray
@violetgrey78.bsky.social
Shy hermit who loves animals and making stuff.
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Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in the last year had violent criminal records, analysis finds trib.al/KNUfukQ
Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE had violent criminal records
First direct confirmation from DHS data that officials are wrongly stating administration’s priority is those with criminal backgrounds
trib.al
February 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in the last year had violent criminal records, analysis finds trib.al/KNUfukQ
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Argentina in advanced talks to become destination for US deportations, NYT reports reut.rs/46l9Owo
Argentina in advanced talks to become destination for US deportations, NYT reports
The United States and Argentina are in advanced talks to sign an agreement that would allow the U.S. to deport immigrants from other countries to the South American nation, the New York Times reported on Friday.
reut.rs
January 30, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Argentina in advanced talks to become destination for US deportations, NYT reports reut.rs/46l9Owo
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In Opinion
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine schedule is an attack on our social safety net, David Wallace-Wells writes, from “health libertarians whose strategy for making America healthy again appears straightforwardly to mean letting more of the country’s weak and vulnerable suffer and die.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine schedule is an attack on our social safety net, David Wallace-Wells writes, from “health libertarians whose strategy for making America healthy again appears straightforwardly to mean letting more of the country’s weak and vulnerable suffer and die.”
Opinion | Kennedy Is Wrong to Make America Like Denmark on Vaccines
Vaccines are a social safety net, too.
nyti.ms
January 28, 2026 at 11:40 PM
In Opinion
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine schedule is an attack on our social safety net, David Wallace-Wells writes, from “health libertarians whose strategy for making America healthy again appears straightforwardly to mean letting more of the country’s weak and vulnerable suffer and die.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine schedule is an attack on our social safety net, David Wallace-Wells writes, from “health libertarians whose strategy for making America healthy again appears straightforwardly to mean letting more of the country’s weak and vulnerable suffer and die.”
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The man accused of squirting an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall in Minneapolis has a criminal history and has made online posts supportive of President Donald Trump. https://to.pbs.org/49Wyr3G
What we're learning about the man arrested in the attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar
Anthony Kazmierczak hadn't been formally charged or scheduled for an initial court appearance as of Wednesday morning.
www.pbs.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The man accused of squirting an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall in Minneapolis has a criminal history and has made online posts supportive of President Donald Trump. https://to.pbs.org/49Wyr3G
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Commentary: In 1968, the U.S. ratified the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, prohibiting returning refugees to persecution or torture. That promise is not symbolic; it's codified in U.S. law. To violate it is to violate our treaties and the law ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/28/r...
With the immigration crackdown, America risks violating its treaty obligations • Ohio Capital Journal
In 1968, the U.S. ratified the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, prohibiting the returning of refugees to persecution or torture. That promise is not symbolic; it is codified in U.S. law.…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Commentary: In 1968, the U.S. ratified the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, prohibiting returning refugees to persecution or torture. That promise is not symbolic; it's codified in U.S. law. To violate it is to violate our treaties and the law ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/28/r...
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Chad Little (American, b.1968)
"Ash on Her Lip," 2025
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Ash on Her Lip," 2025
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
January 24, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Chad Little (American, b.1968)
"Ash on Her Lip," 2025
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Ash on Her Lip," 2025
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Talk about a natural cosmic mood. Those vibrant, electric colors and floating shapes make this piece feel like a dreamscape.
Red Supergiant by Felicia Ann
#beautifulbizarre #surrealism #cosmicart #nature #vibrantpalette
Red Supergiant by Felicia Ann
#beautifulbizarre #surrealism #cosmicart #nature #vibrantpalette
January 24, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Talk about a natural cosmic mood. Those vibrant, electric colors and floating shapes make this piece feel like a dreamscape.
Red Supergiant by Felicia Ann
#beautifulbizarre #surrealism #cosmicart #nature #vibrantpalette
Red Supergiant by Felicia Ann
#beautifulbizarre #surrealism #cosmicart #nature #vibrantpalette
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Our online shop will be closed tomorrow in solidarity with Minnesota. If you’re able, we encourage you to join the economic shutdown in solidarity. ✊
January 22, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Our online shop will be closed tomorrow in solidarity with Minnesota. If you’re able, we encourage you to join the economic shutdown in solidarity. ✊
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This has to be criminal. ICE is out of control!
January 22, 2026 at 11:05 PM
This has to be criminal. ICE is out of control!
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🧵 Year 1 of Trump 2.0 has brought a constant barrage of norm-breaking aggressions against the press — from tightened access and investigations to lawsuits — aimed at those who dare to report unfavorably on the administration.
January 20, 2026 at 5:15 PM
🧵 Year 1 of Trump 2.0 has brought a constant barrage of norm-breaking aggressions against the press — from tightened access and investigations to lawsuits — aimed at those who dare to report unfavorably on the administration.
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Tear gas — currently being deployed in Minneapolis — can cause long-term health consequences by making people more susceptible to contracting respiratory illnesses.
The chemical agent can also hurt people inside their homes if it seeps into residential neighborhoods.
From our 2020 investigation:
The chemical agent can also hurt people inside their homes if it seeps into residential neighborhoods.
From our 2020 investigation:
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On — Especially During the Coronavirus Pandemic
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...
www.propublica.org
January 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Tear gas — currently being deployed in Minneapolis — can cause long-term health consequences by making people more susceptible to contracting respiratory illnesses.
The chemical agent can also hurt people inside their homes if it seeps into residential neighborhoods.
From our 2020 investigation:
The chemical agent can also hurt people inside their homes if it seeps into residential neighborhoods.
From our 2020 investigation:
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Protester permanently blinded after DHS agent fires nonlethal round at close range
Protester permanently blinded after DHS agent fires nonlethal round at close range
A young protester in Santa Ana is permanently blind in one eye after being hit in the face at close range by a “nonlethal” round fired by a Department of Homeland Security agent last week amid nationwide protests against an immigration agent’s killing of US citizen Renee Good in Minneapolis.Accordin...
bit.ly
January 14, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Protester permanently blinded after DHS agent fires nonlethal round at close range
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The Trump administration’s efforts to investigate Renee Good and others around her, and not the ICE officer who shot her in Minneapolis, is wreaking havoc on the US attorney’s office in Minnesota, which is leading the probe.
Trump administration efforts to shift blame for ICE shooting wreak havoc on Minnesota US attorney’s office | CNN Politics
The Trump administration’s efforts to investigate Renee Good and others around her, and not the ICE officer who shot her in Minneapolis, is wreaking havoc on the US attorney’s office in Minnesota, whi...
www.cnn.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:31 AM
The Trump administration’s efforts to investigate Renee Good and others around her, and not the ICE officer who shot her in Minneapolis, is wreaking havoc on the US attorney’s office in Minnesota, which is leading the probe.
Let's hope so.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's crusade to punish Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) for reminding military members they can refuse illegal orders is falling apart, and fast, legal experts say.
Hegseth warned 'outlandish' crusade is 'doomed to flame out'
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's crusade to punish Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) for reminding military members they can refuse illegal orders is falling apart, and fast, legal experts say.Controversy exploded in November when Kelly and five other military-veteran lawmakers released a 90-second video te...
bit.ly
January 14, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Let's hope so.
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The internet responded with outrage after a woman who was reportedly trying to drive to a doctor's appointment was pulled out of her vehicle by ICE agents and dragged into custody during a disturbing incident captured on video Tuesday in Minneapolis.
'Barbaric': Outrage after ICE agents drag screaming woman out of car window
The internet responded with outrage after a woman who was reportedly trying to drive to a doctor's appointment was pulled out of her vehicle by ICE agents and dragged into custody during a disturbing incident captured on video Tuesday in Minneapolis.The woman, whose name was not immediately known, w...
bit.ly
January 14, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The internet responded with outrage after a woman who was reportedly trying to drive to a doctor's appointment was pulled out of her vehicle by ICE agents and dragged into custody during a disturbing incident captured on video Tuesday in Minneapolis.
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The Pentagon is said to have used a plane that looked like a civilian aircraft in a boat strike. The law prohibits combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries, then attacking and killing them. That is a war crime called “perfidy.”
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
Even accepting the Trump administration’s claim that there is an armed conflict with suspected drug runners, the laws of war bar “perfidy.”
nyti.ms
January 13, 2026 at 1:00 AM
The Pentagon is said to have used a plane that looked like a civilian aircraft in a boat strike. The law prohibits combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries, then attacking and killing them. That is a war crime called “perfidy.”
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The Federal Reserve is the latest institution caught up in President Trump’s widening fight with critics.
Trump's list of targeted opponents grows longer with action against Powell and the Federal Reserve
Jerome Powell isn't the first high-profile official to find himself targeted by the Justice Department since Donald Trump returned to the White House.
bit.ly
January 13, 2026 at 1:00 AM
The Federal Reserve is the latest institution caught up in President Trump’s widening fight with critics.
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Kehinde Wiley (American, born 1977)
Saint Remi, 2014
Stained glass
96 × 43 1/2 in (243.8 × 110.5 cm)
Brooklyn Museum
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Saint Remi, 2014
Stained glass
96 × 43 1/2 in (243.8 × 110.5 cm)
Brooklyn Museum
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
January 12, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Kehinde Wiley (American, born 1977)
Saint Remi, 2014
Stained glass
96 × 43 1/2 in (243.8 × 110.5 cm)
Brooklyn Museum
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Saint Remi, 2014
Stained glass
96 × 43 1/2 in (243.8 × 110.5 cm)
Brooklyn Museum
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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WARNING to ST. Paul: ICE is going door to door with weapons drawn.
January 11, 2026 at 10:43 PM
WARNING to ST. Paul: ICE is going door to door with weapons drawn.
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Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June 2025)
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June 2025)
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
www.propublica.org
January 11, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June 2025)
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June 2025)
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls