Pam Brisse
@pamdorra.bsky.social
Artist, quilter, crazy cat (and dog) lady. GenX mom to GenZ kid. Team Democracy. In my rage era. Pacific NW.
Fifty-nine-year-old Pejman Karshenas Najafabadi is currently the 11th person to have died while in ICE custody this year that we know of, and the 17th ICE-related death since the killing of Keith Porter on December 31, 2025. Story lataco.com/iranian-ice-...
never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.
Leah McElrath@leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 5mo agoPreliminary Pentagon cost estimate of the war in Iran is $1 BILLION a day. So far.
"I need you to think about why you’d do this in a Democratic primary... You weaken whoever comes out of it. You damage the eventual nominee. You shape the field. You get a test run for your playbook."
Eliza Orlins@elizaorlins.bsky.social · 5mo agoWhat just happened in Dallas County is one of the most blatant voter suppression operations I've ever seen—and it happened in a *primary*. In March. Imagine November. I broke it down here: open.substack.com/pub/objectio...
“.. Nearly 680 data centers are being planned in the United States, according to the data firm Cleanview, requiring the energy-equivalent of 186 large nuclear power plants.” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
@egrattan.bsky.social People have been talking about how administration insiders bet in prediction markets on this sort of shit. It is a comment about corruption.
Republicans clapping for Donald Trump bragging about taking away food stamps from poor folks is grotesque.
The State of the Union: the president is a corrupt demented sex criminal who tried to overthrow the constitution.
Incredible opinion. It holds that the common ICE tactic of jumping out of an unidentified rental vehicle and seizing suspected noncitizens while masked violates the Fourth Amendment because the *manner* of the seizure is incompatible with a free society governed by the rule of law.
Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · 6mo ago👀The federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics. "It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- pass a law that requires IDs and passports to vote - use the State Department to stop passport processing This is the end of free and fair elections in America.
The halftime show is a joyful explosion of cultures that is what America should be. At its best it’s what we can be. When everyone stops being a stupid fascist bigot.
Bad Bunny just abolished ICE through relentless fuck you pride and joy
Another resistance quilt finished this week. The eye is my own design, the letters are a fpp pattern by QuiltByNight, the rounded corners and black binding are meant to resemble the phones we the people are using to document the horrors and disprove the government’s lies about what they are doing.
just saw 4 ice agents go up to a house and knock and within 1 minute there were 30 people out whistling and they left. we will not take our foot off the gas
Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.
Minnesota Rebel Alliance quilt block, free pattern by QuiltByNight. Made with love for the people of Minnesota, their courage and strength are an inspiration. #abolishICE 🩵💙🩵
If you’re a Democrat looking to run for president in 2028, now would be a good time to find the nearest microphone and state clearly that you will prosecute every Trump Administration official enabling this state sponsored terrorism to the fullest extent of the law.
The work being done by these observers of ICE to document, illuminate, and share what is being done in Minneapolis, in below freezing temperatures, given all that has transpired is so remarkably courageous. They are being killed for that courage, as ICE further reveals their cruelty and cowardice.
People are rolling trash bins down the street toward the federal agents and leaving them in the middle of the street, apparently creating a barricade.
I'm on site where a federal agent shot a Minneapolis man this morning. It's bad. Dozens of federal agents are facing off with hundreds of outraged residents. People being tear gassed, helicopters above, I keep hearing pops, and lots of loud BANGS. This smoke is from tear gas:
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
"Oh my gosh, it was so nice to see you! Have a lovely day, fuck ICE!" "Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!' - two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest
On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”
One of the green shoots of hope emerging from Trump’s oppression is a movement to make boards of directors more responsive to their constituents — especially university boards. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/opening-boards
Opening boards
One of many green shoots sprouting up in response to Trump’s oppression
robertreich.substack.com
In case you missed it: One of the ICE observers was pulled out of her car by CBP, who used facial recognition on her. Three days later, she learned her TSA-Pre clearance had been revoked.
Julie DiCaro@juliedicaro.bsky.social · 7mo agoThis ICE observer had her TSA-Pre-check revoked. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72047... "Three days after the interaction, on January 13th, I received an email notice that my Global Entry/TSA-Pre Check privilege for passing through airport security had been revoked."