Veronica
@vmcombs.bsky.social
Parent, partner, reader, writer, knitter.
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I don’t know how to help people on this app understand that you can just let people have happy moments! and in fact you *should*
The world is shit, if someone is smiling for a second, AWESOME
The world is shit, if someone is smiling for a second, AWESOME
January 16, 2026 at 3:06 AM
I don’t know how to help people on this app understand that you can just let people have happy moments! and in fact you *should*
The world is shit, if someone is smiling for a second, AWESOME
The world is shit, if someone is smiling for a second, AWESOME
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Continue to think this man won't win the primary because he has the world's worst political instincts nine times out of 10.
very cool!
January 16, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Continue to think this man won't win the primary because he has the world's worst political instincts nine times out of 10.
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Part 5 – Activists Target Target’s Cop Collaboration details the voices of those who began blowing the whistle on Target Corporation’s decades of funding racialized surveillance and draconian law enforcement after George Floyd’s death. unicornriot.ninja/2021/activis...
Activists Target Target’s Cop Collaboration - UNICORN RIOT
Following the murder of George Floyd, activists began blowing the whistle on Target Corporation’s unprecedented partnership with police.
unicornriot.ninja
January 16, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Part 5 – Activists Target Target’s Cop Collaboration details the voices of those who began blowing the whistle on Target Corporation’s decades of funding racialized surveillance and draconian law enforcement after George Floyd’s death. unicornriot.ninja/2021/activis...
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Faith leaders pressed Target Corp to oppose ICE in MN today. Check out our 12 part series:
21st Century Jim Crow in the North Star City – A Series
How Target, Mpls, & Hennepin Co. Created a Domestic Spy Program that Rolled Back Civil Rights on its Black Population
unicornriot.ninja/21st-century...
21st Century Jim Crow in the North Star City – A Series
How Target, Mpls, & Hennepin Co. Created a Domestic Spy Program that Rolled Back Civil Rights on its Black Population
unicornriot.ninja/21st-century...
21st Century Jim Crow in the North Star City - A Series - UNICORN RIOT
These reports reveal that Minneapolis, Hennepin County and retail giant Target Corp. have engaged in a decades-long sweeping surveillance operation.
unicornriot.ninja
January 16, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Faith leaders pressed Target Corp to oppose ICE in MN today. Check out our 12 part series:
21st Century Jim Crow in the North Star City – A Series
How Target, Mpls, & Hennepin Co. Created a Domestic Spy Program that Rolled Back Civil Rights on its Black Population
unicornriot.ninja/21st-century...
21st Century Jim Crow in the North Star City – A Series
How Target, Mpls, & Hennepin Co. Created a Domestic Spy Program that Rolled Back Civil Rights on its Black Population
unicornriot.ninja/21st-century...
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i don't really give a shit if consultants think being anti-ICE is "good messaging" or whatever when people are actively being shot, beat, gassed and jailed.
January 15, 2026 at 7:42 PM
i don't really give a shit if consultants think being anti-ICE is "good messaging" or whatever when people are actively being shot, beat, gassed and jailed.
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this kid only narrowly missed being killed by this 'less lethal munition' as shards of debris were found 7mm away from a carotid artery.
The Trump-Vance administration just used your taxes to pay for an ICE agent to do this to a 21-year-old kid, who was only protesting because another ICE agent killed a mother of three, who was only there because ICE agents are kidnapping your neighbors
January 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM
this kid only narrowly missed being killed by this 'less lethal munition' as shards of debris were found 7mm away from a carotid artery.
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This is the truest truth of any creative career
Natural talent is nothing compared to the ability to keep making shit long after everyone else has given up
January 15, 2026 at 5:44 PM
This is the truest truth of any creative career
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This is Minneapolis:
You stop at one of the rotation of local coffee places you’re wanting to support through this. They have a “leave a message/take a message of encouragement for you neighbor in these hard times” jar on the counter. It’s next to the jar of whistles.
You stop at one of the rotation of local coffee places you’re wanting to support through this. They have a “leave a message/take a message of encouragement for you neighbor in these hard times” jar on the counter. It’s next to the jar of whistles.
This is Minneapolis:
Your heart is broken and repaired in equal measure every day. It is your home.
Your heart is broken and repaired in equal measure every day. It is your home.
This is Minneapolis:
I go to get some work done at the local coffee shop. They have an "ICE OUT MSP" sign in the window and a sign on the door barring entry to Federal Immigration Enforcement.
The place is much busier than normal.
I go to get some work done at the local coffee shop. They have an "ICE OUT MSP" sign in the window and a sign on the door barring entry to Federal Immigration Enforcement.
The place is much busier than normal.
January 15, 2026 at 9:02 PM
This is Minneapolis:
You stop at one of the rotation of local coffee places you’re wanting to support through this. They have a “leave a message/take a message of encouragement for you neighbor in these hard times” jar on the counter. It’s next to the jar of whistles.
You stop at one of the rotation of local coffee places you’re wanting to support through this. They have a “leave a message/take a message of encouragement for you neighbor in these hard times” jar on the counter. It’s next to the jar of whistles.
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I didn’t realize cassian andor was a real person bsky.app/profile/kevi...
Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:01 PM
I didn’t realize cassian andor was a real person bsky.app/profile/kevi...
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Nightmare psychedelic drug rotation.
Crypto lobbyist and former senator Kyrsten Sinema has been sued for having affair with her ex-bodyguard. She also allegedly encouraged him to take the psychedelic drug MDMA on a Senate work trip so she could guide him through it.
Kyrsten Sinema Accused of Having Affair With Ex-Bodyguard
Crypto lobbyist and former senator Kyrsten Sinema has been sued for having affair with her ex-bodyguard. She also allegedly encouraged him to take the psychedelic drug MDMA on a Senate work trip so she could guide him through it.
nymag.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Nightmare psychedelic drug rotation.
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just actually looked at the image properly here and it is wild how all the ICE tacticool LARP dipshits are lined up perfectly in a row
"What ICE is learning—at least to the extent that any of these bestial freaks are capable of reason—is that violently suppressing dissent is a tricky business." prospect.org/2026/01/15/t...
Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Campaign in Minneapolis - The American Prospect
There are reportedly about 3,000 federal immigration officers running riot in Minneapolis. They have been captured on video beating, gassing, and pepper-spraying bystanders and kidnapping people off t...
prospect.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:56 PM
just actually looked at the image properly here and it is wild how all the ICE tacticool LARP dipshits are lined up perfectly in a row
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Never forget that without Trump, these are people who would never have been within a million miles of any job that carries serious responsibilities - and they know it.
LEAVITT: Why was Renee Good unfortunately and tragically killed?
REPORTER: Because an ICE agent acted recklessly and killed her unjustifiably
LEAVITT: Oh, ok. So you're a biased reporters with a biased opinion. You're a left-wing hack.
REPORTER: Because an ICE agent acted recklessly and killed her unjustifiably
LEAVITT: Oh, ok. So you're a biased reporters with a biased opinion. You're a left-wing hack.
January 15, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Never forget that without Trump, these are people who would never have been within a million miles of any job that carries serious responsibilities - and they know it.
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Over the weekend, the White House and the Department of Homeland Security shared posts with a song, "We'll Have Our Home Again."
I dug into the group that performed and popularized it. Its cofounder said his goal was to create "the seed of an eventual government." www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...
I dug into the group that performed and popularized it. Its cofounder said his goal was to create "the seed of an eventual government." www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...
DHS, White House shared white nationalist song in ICE recruitment posts
Multiple accounts run by DHS share references to “We’ll have our home again” song, popularized by a white nationalist group, with a link to join ICE.
www.splcenter.org
January 15, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Over the weekend, the White House and the Department of Homeland Security shared posts with a song, "We'll Have Our Home Again."
I dug into the group that performed and popularized it. Its cofounder said his goal was to create "the seed of an eventual government." www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...
I dug into the group that performed and popularized it. Its cofounder said his goal was to create "the seed of an eventual government." www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...
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Those French Mountain Troop Uniforms are quite something
January 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Those French Mountain Troop Uniforms are quite something
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People really reacting to this without all the details. I am sure there are good and legitimate reasons why President Trump is taking the oil revenue ransom he extorted from Venezuela and is putting into a Middle Eastern bank account that Congress cannot control.
The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar
The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
www.semafor.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:13 PM
People really reacting to this without all the details. I am sure there are good and legitimate reasons why President Trump is taking the oil revenue ransom he extorted from Venezuela and is putting into a Middle Eastern bank account that Congress cannot control.
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Privatization of prison food isn’t a new phenomenon, but it’s growing substantially.
And the food in prison is, as a rule, bad.
And the food in prison is, as a rule, bad.
Prison Food Is a Growing Billion-Dollar Industry. Many Meals Are Inedible.
As private food providers' contracts grow, the meager and moldy portions behind bars have forced some people to eat toothpaste and toilet paper.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 15, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Privatization of prison food isn’t a new phenomenon, but it’s growing substantially.
And the food in prison is, as a rule, bad.
And the food in prison is, as a rule, bad.
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The first governor to find a way to eject ICE from their state is going to be the next president. The congressional candidates who show up on the front lines with the protestors are more likely to win.
That shit is scary, (more scary for ordinary folks!) but you'd think ambition would drive action.
That shit is scary, (more scary for ordinary folks!) but you'd think ambition would drive action.
January 15, 2026 at 2:12 PM
The first governor to find a way to eject ICE from their state is going to be the next president. The congressional candidates who show up on the front lines with the protestors are more likely to win.
That shit is scary, (more scary for ordinary folks!) but you'd think ambition would drive action.
That shit is scary, (more scary for ordinary folks!) but you'd think ambition would drive action.
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I can't believe that all of Minneapolis is rising up with magnificent courage in the face of *obviously thuggish trash* and no politician is smart enough to go be the face of that movement.
January 15, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I can't believe that all of Minneapolis is rising up with magnificent courage in the face of *obviously thuggish trash* and no politician is smart enough to go be the face of that movement.
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SCOOP: Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 2:05 PM
SCOOP: Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
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Nisswa's a resort town, wholly dependent on the economies and residents of the blue cities they claim to stand against. These people are jokes.
NYTimes has truly outdone itself with this latest in its "ask white guys in diner" genre. Thank goodness we get a perspective on what's happening in Minneapolis from people in **Nisswa** who probably mean Brainerd when they say they "prefer not to go the city anymore" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Nisswa's a resort town, wholly dependent on the economies and residents of the blue cities they claim to stand against. These people are jokes.
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It's 2026, we're done with "trying to understand" the Trump voter. All it did was get us another Trump administration. We're going back to not taking them seriously because thats what they deserve.
January 15, 2026 at 2:14 PM
It's 2026, we're done with "trying to understand" the Trump voter. All it did was get us another Trump administration. We're going back to not taking them seriously because thats what they deserve.
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Standing with our @nynurses.bsky.social nurses this morning alongside @darializaforny.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Standing with our @nynurses.bsky.social nurses this morning alongside @darializaforny.bsky.social
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They should lose just for this move only
May the Fates tip the scales of justice
May the Fates tip the scales of justice
America has tried to be a real multiracial democracy for just over 60 years and that attempt has been contested at every step along the way.
The dinner has been held every year, without fail, since 1969.
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
The dinner has been held every year, without fail, since 1969.
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Indiana University Cancels MLK Celebration Dinner
Indiana University in Indianapolis canceled a dinner in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. hosted annually in January by the Black Student Union, Mirror Indy reported.
www.insidehighered.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:12 PM
They should lose just for this move only
May the Fates tip the scales of justice
May the Fates tip the scales of justice
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State investigators have been on the scene in North Minneapolis.
I know you’re angry. I’m angry. What Donald Trump wants is violence in the streets.
But Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.
Don’t give him what he wants.
I know you’re angry. I’m angry. What Donald Trump wants is violence in the streets.
But Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.
Don’t give him what he wants.
January 15, 2026 at 5:06 AM
State investigators have been on the scene in North Minneapolis.
I know you’re angry. I’m angry. What Donald Trump wants is violence in the streets.
But Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.
Don’t give him what he wants.
I know you’re angry. I’m angry. What Donald Trump wants is violence in the streets.
But Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.
Don’t give him what he wants.
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looks like donald trump used the military to do a smash and grab for his personal benefit
Seizure ... by whom? If we're asserting that the money is safer in Qatar than the US, that suggests that it is being protected because Qatar has something the US lacks — presumably a lack of accountability to American courts and Congress. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
January 15, 2026 at 4:01 AM
looks like donald trump used the military to do a smash and grab for his personal benefit