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This is why I have real fucking problem with blithe criticisms of "polarization" or "congressional dysfunction." We have a Republican member blaming his colleague for being attacked.
The problem isn't polarization or dysfunction. It's the Republican Party.
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/26/t... - Op-Ed from Maine by my comrade @bmcquade.bsky.social
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
This is a portal to medieval times. I haven’t been through it but am assured it works. #PlayIsTheWay
🚨BREAKING: State election leaders and voting rights advocates across the country are blasting U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi for exploiting the killing of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis by a federal immigration officer to “blackmail” Minnesota into handing over access to its unredacted voter rolls.
Bluesky:
BREAKING: ICE killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, in Minneapolis today. American citizen. Registered nurse at the VA. No criminal record. Had legal carry permit, was filming ICE when approached. Video shows he never brandished his weapon. ICE disarmed him, then shot him multiple times. Murder.
A map of the United States with the name Minneapolis written across it, signaling solidarity with the shut down today
Respect & gratitude ✊️
Federal immigration officers are reportedly asserting the right to forcibly enter people’s homes without a warrant.
If ICE is operating with unchecked authority, oversight and transparency of its deployments become all the more essential.
Two Iranian men, who are gay, told their lawyer Bekah Wolf with the American Immigration Council that they were set to be deported on the Sunday flight. Homosexuality is illegal and punishable by death in Iran, which executed two gay men in 2022 and is considered one of the world's most repressive countries for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. "They're terrified," Wolf told MS NOW. One of her clients "calls every 45 minutes begging me to save his life." "We need a court of some sort to fully hear their claims before they're sent back to a country where being gay is punishable by death," said Wolf. She said her two clients have no criminal convictions and entered the U.S. in early 2025 on asylum claims. Both were in the middle of appeals though did not have stays of removal, Wolf said. Ultimately, Wolf said, "they did not have full hearings of their asylum claims in any meaningful way."
My org @immcouncil.org represents those two gay men. They had been arrested on charges of sodomy by Iranian moral police, and fled the country seeking asylum. They face the death penalty if returned, yet the Trump admin denied their asylum claims in a kangaroo court process.
They are terrified.
This isn’t the first time the administration has used language and imagery reminiscent of white nationalist and Nazi-linked propaganda.
#DepartmentOfLabor #NaziSlogan #USPolitics #Controversy #HistoricalMemory #SocialMediaBacklash #NewsAlert #CurrentEvents
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A U.S. Department of Labor social media post is sparking outrage for echoing a Nazi-era slogan
The post stated: “One Homeland. One People. One Heritage. Remember who you are, American.”
Note the chilling resemblance to the Nazi slogan: “One People, One Realm, One Leader.”https://tinyurl.com/23wpe4vm
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Standing in solidarity at today’s Home Depot anti-ICE demonstration! No more raids, no more silence. ✊🏽 #BoycottHomeDepot #ICEOutOfHomeDepot #AbolishICE #WeAintBuyingIt
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
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I was very moved by the testimony of the children whose family was kidnapped.
www.palmbeachpost.com/picture-gall...
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My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...
