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Ossoff: "POTUS called for this man [Mark Kelly] to be hanged. A combat veteran, naval aviator, astronaut, senator. He demanded his execution bc he stated a principle enshrined in uniform code of military justice. If we become numb to that we lose sight of how extraordinary our obligations are."

UK Armed Forces Undersecretary Alistair Carns on Trump’s statement that they stayed behind the front lines in Afghanistan: “I served 5 tours alongside Americans. We shed blood, sweat and tears together. There’s only one thing worse than working with allies - and that is working without them.”

All part of “the club”…

Sarah Matthews: “[Trump’s] going to go out there and declare triumph on the economy and praise ICE and all of these things, even though we're seeing in the latest NYT poll that 61% of Americans think ICE has gone too far. The White House is certainly worried."

On December 26th 1941 prime minister Winston Churchill was given the very rare and privileged opportunity to speak at a joint session of Congress. He spoke about the anticipated joint effort between the United States and Great Britain in defeating fascism. These are the final words of his speech.

“I consider President Trump’s remarks to be insulting, and frankly appalling.” 🇬🇧 Prime Minister @keirstarmer demands an apology for Trump minimizing the sacrifices of troops who fought and died alongside us in Afghanistan.

It boils down to this: They want the founding without the violence that made it possible.

Shuler: The economy isn’t working for working people right now. We have inequality at its highest levels. People are working harder and harder for less. They’re working two and three jobs just to keep up. In the U.S., 40 percent of workers do not have $400 for an emergency Now put AI on top of that

Blumenthal: "I'm a no vote on that spending bill unless there are conditions that require ICE to go to a judge, to get a warrant, as well as other kinds of constraints -- the use of masks, the non-identification, the unmarked cars. These secret police, totalitarian tactics need to be stopped."

Not even law enforcement officers are safe from ICE's dragnet. Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce: " I can confirm last night around 5PM-6PM that ICE arrested one of our corrections officer recruits. He was hired in February of last year & underwent a rigorous hiring process."

"Trump is out there giving speeches saying 'We defeated inflation,' and 'The economy is great.' How do you square that circle with voters who aren't experiencing those things?"

TRUMP TO AMERICANS: “Here’s $1000 to buy healthcare that costs you $3,000/month.” That’s $36,000/year. Awesome plan 🙄 #RepublicanHealthcareDisaster

Trump tries the pride-of-ownership angle in his pitch to annex Greenland, and @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social kinda gets it

Rep. Madeleine Dean on Greenland: "What Trump got in this framework of a deal is nothing…Denmark has said for years, please come back, reinvest…So the president got nothing really. They just allowed him to save face, I suppose."

ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."

WATCH — @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “WSJ reported there are incentives for ICE agents to bring in people even if they get released to meet Stephen Miller’s 3000/day quota… a 🇺🇸 veteran was raided on a cruise… don’t act like ICE isn’t making X mistakes a day.” ( 🎥 from @acyn.bsky.social )

Sunday, at least 7 ICE agents stormed a house and took an elderly man out into the freezing cold, wearing only his underwear and a blanket. He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War. Notice the suppressors 1/2

U.S. defense officials are saying 1,500 active-duty soldiers are on standby in Alaska for possible deployment to Minneapolis. That’s on top of the 3,000+ ICE agents already in the area. We don’t really believe this is about undocumented immigrant crime in Minneapolis, do we?

Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland

“They’re starting to resist more. We’re gonna end up shooting some of them.” — leaked ICE footage

The folks on Fox & Friends were trying to signal to Trump that voters care about the economy, not foreign policy. In the giant graphic of a CNN poll producers included foreign policy was only important to 2% of voters. This is likely too subtle to get Trump's attention.

The next government shutdown could hit at the end of this month, and if the budget bill includes more funding for ICE — shut it down! ICE is a horror show of abuse, violence, and human rights violations. Every Dem in Congress should be talking about it like @repespaillat.bsky.social 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽

BRENNAN: What percentage of those you have in custody have committed crimes? NOEM: 70% of them B: It's not 70% N: Yes it is. You guys pick and choose numbers B: Your agency says 47% have criminal convictions N: Wrong again. We'll get you the correct numbers B: Well, that's from your agency

This isn’t immigration policy. It’s a business model. ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.

Minnesota is a powder keg. Here’s a guy just standing watch with his rifle. I’ve expected this to happen; these ICE holes are just lucky it hasn’t happened earlier. It’s usually not guys like this you have to worry about; it’s the guy on a rooftop or in a window with a scope. #FuckICE #Resist

The app ICE agents use taps into a master database of everyone in the US, citizens and non citizens alike. That means you and me in the system, our social media linked, searchable and treated as potential threats to the state. Yo, FUCK ICE! This is what DOGE was doing while MAGA screamed “Freedom!”

Time to shutdown ice youtu.be/TP5TmVRJhCI

Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Democrats who want to block DHS funding until ICE stops brutalizing and killing people: "Democrats are right now pretty much unhappy about anything, and Trump derangement syndrome is the big cause of that...obviously the ICE agents are enforcing immigration laws"

 Michael Fanone: "This exact scenario is not an uncommon scenario for most law enforcement officers. I came across it countless times in my career. The amount of times that I fired my weapon is zero… There's no way that you can justify what this agent did."

A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you." The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?" "Learned what?" she asks Then he knocks her phone out of her hand

Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE: "No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested". "Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".

Gifford: This ridiculous rhetoric by the president—it’s going to impact every single American because it makes them lose faith in us. That makes them less likely to travel here, buy American products, or invest here. This broken trust—the work of diplomacy—is very hard to build back.

COACH KERR: "It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying."

Frey: "I think the initial impetus to come to MN was to arrest & deport a bunch of Somali people. They got here & realized the Somali people that would be deported are all citizens. Then they turned their ire toward our Latino community & others. These are communities that make Mpls a better place."

What have we become?

Happening now: “ICE out” protests from East Coast to West Coast in solidarity 🔥

🚨"It's the kind of energy that ICE gives; it's the guys that were nerds in high school and they're trying to make up for their lack of manhood," -Minneapolis protester Kevin holding up giant MICRO PENIS sign to describe ICE. LIVE NOW⬇️

More than 1,000 “ICE out” rallies planned across the U.S. today. NYC: chanting the name Renée Good. Signs reading “Abolish ICE.” A sign even calling for Trump to be put in jail. Anti-ICE marches are making it clear, people are done being scared, done being erased, done pretending this is normal.

👏Footage from London shows the moment activists removed the Islamic Republic’s flag from the Iranian embassy balcony and raised the Lion and Sun flag instead.

Renee Good should still be here. She was a beloved child of God, with inherent value and infinite worth. She was murdered by her own government in broad daylight in what is supposed to be the greatest democracy on the planet.

Maybe now is a good time to remind folks that Elissa Slotkin was one of the 7 Senate Democrats who voted to confirm Kristi Noem. Once you remember that, the fact that she’s making excuses for ICE and equating them with law enforcement makes a lot more sense. @slotkin.senate.gov

DAVID LETTERMAN ON CBS NEWS(MAX): “It has been trampled on, pissed on, and eviscerated by these idiots that have taken it over.” He also says we’re far over the cliff, and the midterms may not save us. 😕🇺🇸 (H/T @mikesington.bsky.social )

"It's horrible, it's terrifying, it should never happen, it feels like we're not in the United States, they're trying to spread fear—people are standing up and saying no," -one of thousands of Minneapolis ICE protesters after ICE murdered Renee Good. LIVE NOW ⬇️

Johnson: It is equally inappropriate for ICE agents to just throw teargas out of a window because people are yelling at them. It is unacceptable for ICE agents to go up and threaten to arrest and harm people because they are honking a horn or exercising a protest, that is unacceptable.

ABBY PHILLIP: “Scott, do you really think she meant to kill him?” SMUG SCOTT JENNINGS: “I don’t know, Abby.” ABBY PHILLIP: “Don’t you think that’s important? SMUG SCOTT JENNINGS: “Actually, no. I don’t.” 🤔 (They know their “domestic terrorist” narrative has been shattered)

Kelly Morrison on a Twin Cities ICE facility she & other members of Congress tried to visit: "We were told to leave. We met with 2 of the commanding officers & they told us the reason we were not able to stay & meet with detainees is because the funding for ICE came from the 'Big Beautiful Bill.'"

Minnesota today

GREENLANDERS: “Trump, if you’re watching this— don’t come. Don’t buy Greenland. Greenland is not for sale.” (From Sky News) Again: Putin wants NATO to evaporate. Too much *analysis* ignores the potential of his hand in making Trump do this to hurt our interests and help his.