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Greg Basta

@gregtbasta.bsky.social

Do my best to support organizers fighting for racial, economic and climate justice. Insanely lucky husband and papa. Native Brooklynite/Current Minnesotan. Gooner.

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Local Prosecutors Join Forces to Bring Charges Against Federal Agents

Oops, already announced:

The new organization is called the Project for the Fight Against Federal Overreach. "Its acronym, F.A.F.O., references a slang term for negative consequences..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...

29.01.2026 05:25 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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29.01.2026 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4101    πŸ” 1157    πŸ’¬ 78    πŸ“Œ 170

Shows the fascist creep in media that the framing "But does this video of a guy flipping off ICE agents justify their summary execution of him a week later?" is even remotely entertained.

29.01.2026 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.

28.01.2026 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 11519    πŸ” 2409    πŸ’¬ 93    πŸ“Œ 79
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One Last Trip To Philadelphia’s Department Store Of Dreams | Defector My son was on a mission. Simon has been walking since December, and he’s getting more confident each day. He’d spotted something, and was scooting down the aisle as fast as he could towards it. He wan...

We're going to be featuring a lot of Dan's work the rest of this week, but this is one I especially enjoyed and which no one else could have written. He had a lot of those. defector.com/one-last-tri...

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one of the agents said β€œokay we know” when we were whistling so i leaned in and whistled louder and he threatened to pepper spray me. i then said β€œare you scared of a fucking whistle dawg” and he very meekly said β€œno i’m not scared of a whistle”

28.01.2026 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 7858    πŸ” 1391    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 78

Premier League teams finished 1,3,4,6,8,12 in the Champions League table.

28.01.2026 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3
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5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.

NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...

28.01.2026 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4835    πŸ” 2897    πŸ’¬ 173    πŸ“Œ 473

If you’re on here reading Arsenal fans reactions to the Champions League game that just wrapped you might be surprised to find out that 1) this was a relatively meaningless game for Arsenal and 2) Arsenal won the game.

28.01.2026 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

FT Arsenal 3, Kairat 2 - Mikel Arteta's side become the first to go 8-0-0 in the league phase.

But the real headline? The champions of Kazakhstan have scored as many goals against Arsenal as Bayern, Inter Atletico, Brugge, Slavia Prague, Olympiacos and Athletic combined.

28.01.2026 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m only mad because this was right there for the taking

28.01.2026 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We’ve been on the streets all day with @bradlander.bsky.social and because we had so many patrols out, multiple abductions were prevented.

The world is looking to us for inspiration, and we will keep showing them how we show up for our neighbors.

28.01.2026 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1440    πŸ” 351    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 43

Just came here to see if anyone is posting about this and you’re the only one, and that’s wild. His body was wobbling like he was drunk. Damn.

28.01.2026 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You guys I don’t think Bayern is gonna catch Arsenal in the CL standings

28.01.2026 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Every syllable of this but with one friendly amendment: The political press still doesn't understand Project 2025 and they still don't understand what is going on in front of their own faces. It defies the entire tidy political narrative that has been their roadmap for decades. Now they are lost.

28.01.2026 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 273    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe instead of a post you could really make an impact in Alex Pretti’s honor by signing an eviction moratorium.

Alex is a hero who laid his life down for our country, our state, our neighbors. He deserves more than a post. We all deserve more than a post.

Take. Some. Action. Enough. Talk.

28.01.2026 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.

"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."

"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."

ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social

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additional credits & lyric sheetπŸ‘‡. (Black and Tans refers to the uniforms of British soldiers who formed the Royal Irish Constabulary, it does NOT refer to people with Black or tan skin. In fact It's got an verse about solidarity with Africans & Arabs. TLDR an Irish anti-cop/anti-colonialsim song)

28.01.2026 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

please remember that no matter how many β€œICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota.

people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.

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Is that ... is that a Kai Havertz-shaped light I see? I've been stuck in this tunnel so long I daren't allow myself to dream.

28.01.2026 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m loading a crib and groceries into a car right now to drop off to a family who’s too paralyzed in fear to leave their house, I bet if you spend just 2 minutes looking at social media for legal aid networks to donate to you can find it!

28.01.2026 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t mean to sound ungrateful but a growing pet peeve for me is people outside Minnesota basically asking people in Minnesota to do some work for them to help THEM help people in Minnesota. Like, man, you’re smart, you can look around and find out the answers to your questions!

28.01.2026 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Northfield is a town of 20,000 people in southeast #Minnesota, outside of the metro region. That 20,000 people includes two college populations. Agents in plain clothes raided a local bakery this morning, and masked agents continue to raid local apartment complexes. That's where we're at.

28.01.2026 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 587    πŸ” 311    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

TIM WALZ JUST TEXTED ME TO FUNDRAISE FOR HIS LEGAL DEFENSE FUND WHEN I AM HEMORRHAGING MONEY SO MY NEIGHBORS DONT GET EVICTED BECAUSE THEY CANT LEAVE THEIR HOUSE TO WORK

GO
FUCK
YOURSELF
TIM
WALZ

EVICTION MORATORIUM NOW

28.01.2026 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1565    πŸ” 410    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 7

Very little if anything seems to have changed on the ground. ICE is still out there terrorizing neighborhoods and trying to disappear neighbors. None of us on the ground are buying this bullshit. We will keep organizing and fighting.

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Under Biden Administration, Justice Dept. Began Examining Ilhan Omar’s Finances

What the fuck even is this party?

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I am so god damn proud to be able to call her my representative

28.01.2026 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Welcome, glad you’re here, but just know it was 20 degrees colder during the march last Friday.

27.01.2026 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't mean this in a β€œtold you so” way, but the day after the β€œwinning in MN” chatter started up we've had an absolutely brutal day of raids and abductions today

27.01.2026 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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