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Emily 👩‍🦼‍➡️
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The Trump admin is scrambling because the secret police it sends out for kidnappings and rioting has been killing people on video then brazenly lying about it, but Schumer's instinct is to whip his caucus into taking a position *more conservative* than that held by the median voter.

He's got to go.
Majority of the country now wants to abolish and/or dismantle ICE and yet Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. told the caucus the message had to be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”

Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.

So pathetic and weak.
Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Two sources who were on a Democratic caucus strategy call Sunday said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the group the message must be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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All of this happened with basically no help from elected officials of the opposition party. This was entirely the people.
January 26, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.

His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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This is why following sports is helpful! This phrasing = she's about to be relieved of her duties on a Friday morning and assistant coach Kyle Neptune will be the interim coach for Sunday's game vs. the Pelicans.
Leavitt: "He still has confidence and trust in Secretary Noem"
January 26, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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Elected leaders left us to die and we the everyday people grew stronger. I hope people realize things are fundamentally different now and all politics will have to change or be left behind.
January 27, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE:
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
January 26, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month.

Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
January 26, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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If you’re feeling helpless amidst the ongoing horrors being perpetrated by ICE… engage in mutual aid.

Donate to someone in need. Give to a community library or food bank.

You could also help Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been held by ICE for a year.

His story is often forgotten:
Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE
Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.
www.disabledginger.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:37 AM
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these right wing clowns continuing to express absolute shock over the organizing of the left also reflects a deeply sexist ignorance of the fact that EXPERIENCED, INCREDIBLY EFFICIENT AND HARDWORKING VOLUNTEERS, PRIMARILY WOMEN, RUN THE FUCKING SHOW WITH ALMOST EVERYTHING GOOD IN THIS COUNTRY
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 26, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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it is impossible to miss the difference between the names you see in newspaper headlines and the names you don't see in newspaper headlines
Four months of shootings and deaths. This doesn't even count the neglect and death in their concentration camps. Fuck. This. Shit.
January 26, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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Before speaking with two armed men at the Pretti vigil last night, a man approached & asked if I was going to tell the truth. I said yes. He told me how frustrated he was at the media & the harm it’s causing to his community.

I asked if he wanted to share words for the media on camera, & he did:
January 25, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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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.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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just gonna throw out a quick reminder that in America police kill a yearly average of 3 civilians per day, routinely in situations very similar to these ICE killings, and decades of explicit support for police impunity by US politicians is why ICE feels theyre able to get away with this right now
Our government is murdering the citizens of this country. They are doing it without any checks on their violence
January 25, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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As we grieve for Alex Pretti and Renee Good in MN, please do not forget Victor Manuel Diaz, who died in ICE custody after being taken from here. And all others who have died in their custody.
36-year-old Nicaraguan national Victor Manuel Diaz died in ICE custody on Jan. 14 at Camp East Montana in El Paso.

The Texas Nicaraguan Community on FB reports that his mom last heard from him on Jan. 6, when he told her he was planning to go to Minneapolis to start work in a restaurant. 1/3
January 25, 2026 at 4:48 AM
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BTW when I say abolish ICE, I mean abolish it entirely and replace it with exactly nothing. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. That's it.
January 25, 2026 at 2:32 AM
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Marimar Martinez was the first US citizen shot by ICE.

They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon.

They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times.

He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”.

A 🧵 of ICE abuse
Text messages and a moved SUV: How the government’s case against a Chicago woman shot by a Border Patrol agent fell apart | CNN
A wide grin was plastered on Marimar Martinez’s face Thursday as she thanked her attorneys outside an Illinois courtroom and told reporters, “I’m just blessed. I’m happy.”
www.cnn.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:47 AM
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They are trophy hunting. That’s what this is.
January 25, 2026 at 3:02 AM
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I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal
January 25, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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No one deserves to be executed, which is exactly what ICE is doing to people.

No one deserves to be kidnapped and detained.

Deported without due process.

Sexually assaulted.

Denied accommodations and medical care.

Don’t fall into the “perfect victim” trap.

We all have rights or no one does.
January 25, 2026 at 3:28 AM
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Hundreds of Mothers and Children. HUNDREDS OF MOTHERS AND CHILDREN.
There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:
January 25, 2026 at 12:33 AM
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In case others want to use it, here is my standard reply to all fundraising texts and “tell us why you’re unsubscribing” boxes:

I have lost faith in the Democratic Party as an institution. I will resume contributing when Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, Ken Martin, and Jane Kleeb all resign.
January 24, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
January 24, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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It must be wild being a Republican. Literally no beliefs other than a burning desire to have a bigger, more confident man tell them what to do.
January 24, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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An ICU nurse does more in one day than an ICE officer does in their entire life
BREAKING:

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis protester fatally shot by a federal officer was ICU nurse Alex Pretti, his parents say.
January 24, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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Note how there's no violence or chaos when the cops aren't rioting.
Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.
January 23, 2026 at 8:42 PM