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@nathanhal.bsky.social

Media educator/artist/worker. New Orleans.

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National Guard members walking in front of the Department of Justice, which has a giant Trump banner hanging from it.

National Guard members walking in front of the Department of Justice, which has a giant Trump banner hanging from it.

Remember when all the hammerheads went nuts after Bill Clinton briefly exchanged pleasantries at an airport with AG Loretta Lynch during the insane "emails" investigation of Hillary Clinton? "HE'S SUBVERTING THE DOJ!!! they shrieked.
Well, now lookit.

Photo credit: AP

19.02.2026 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses

Facial recognition technology is dangerous when it works and when it doesn't.

The last thing we need is Big Tech, the government, or anyone else capturing our biometrics as we go about our lives.

Meta must not add this unreliable and invasive technology to its glasses.

18.02.2026 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 636    πŸ” 227    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 17
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This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.

His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.

Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.

17.02.2026 07:27 β€” πŸ‘ 12209    πŸ” 4882    πŸ’¬ 267    πŸ“Œ 307
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Kristi Noem Must Be Impeached Members of Congress have a constitutional duty to remove this gangster from office.

BREAKING: FBI notifies Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension that it won’t provide access to evidence it’s collected on the killing of Alex Pretti by armed and masked federal agents.

Perhaps this would be a good time to note that 187 members of Congress are signed on to Impeach Kristi Noem:

16.02.2026 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 507    πŸ” 219    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 18
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β€œI’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” πŸ˜•πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ’”

(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )

15.02.2026 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 28920    πŸ” 10008    πŸ’¬ 644    πŸ“Œ 589

Turns out β€œThey're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists…” was Trump introducing his own administration.

14.02.2026 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1971    πŸ” 481    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 17
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Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.

Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.

11.02.2026 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 13576    πŸ” 4825    πŸ’¬ 244    πŸ“Œ 276

Epstein is the central player in our current political nightmare. Rosetta Stone for understanding lack of accountability, garbage science to smart-wash white supremacy and patriarchy, Trump, even the AI bubble is in there somewhere, I think.

12.02.2026 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Rand Paul: "I see not even a hint here of anything aggressive on [Pretti's] part. I don't think this should take months and months. There needs to be a conclusion ... the public needs to know, if I go to a protest and shout something at people, could I be killed?"

12.02.2026 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3547    πŸ” 978    πŸ’¬ 134    πŸ“Œ 79

THEY ARE BUYING UP WAREHOUSES TO HOLD HUMAN BEINGS IN DETENTION INDEFINITELY.

I feel crazy at how everyone is acting like this is normal. These are concentration camps being built right before our eyes. These buildings are not meant to house human beings. People will be caged like cattle and die.

10.02.2026 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 6461    πŸ” 2414    πŸ’¬ 149    πŸ“Œ 71

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes.

We must not fund ICE. The Constitution gave Congress the power of the purse. Congress must use that power aggressively and fearlessly if our country is to survive.

11.02.2026 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3291    πŸ” 680    πŸ’¬ 75    πŸ“Œ 20

β€œIf passed, the SAVE Act will disenfranchise 20 million voters.”

Trump has pushed the Republicans to hold a vote in the House this week.

Call your Rep and your Senators.
202-224-3121

10.02.2026 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1221    πŸ” 807    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 39
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RFK Jr misled Senate during confirmation, Congress members and Hawaii governor say

Three members of Congress say US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr lied during his Senate confirmation hearings, that newly revealed emails undermine his testimony that a trip he took to Samoa ahead of a deadly measles outbreak had β€œnothing to do with vaccines”

09.02.2026 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 175    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 3
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Howard Lutnick faces bipartisan calls to resign over latest Epstein revelations Recently disclosed records suggest a closer relationship than the Commerce secretary previously indicated.

Secretary Howard Lutnick lied to the country about his ties to Epstein.

Now we learned that they were in business together.

He has no business being our Commerce Secretary.

He should resign.
www.politico.com/live-updates...

09.02.2026 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 13813    πŸ” 4577    πŸ’¬ 846    πŸ“Œ 265
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Federal judge rules DOJ can β€˜no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.

NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.

06.02.2026 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 25338    πŸ” 9769    πŸ’¬ 609    πŸ“Œ 482

Cmon now guys. If any Dem says anything besides shut down until this is all gone then there's no need for federal government at all. These are concentration camps. If you're too scared to say so then you're part of the problem.

09.02.2026 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2748    πŸ” 906    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 14
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Elon Musk Will Be Deposed Over What He Did With DOGE The former DOGE head will have to answer for what happened at USAID.

A federal court cleared way for us @democracydefendersfund.org to depose Elon Musk over the unconstitutional shutdown of USAID

Our case now moves into discovery

As our Legal Director Tianna Mays explains: accountability starts w/ factsπŸ‘‡ - TN

06.02.2026 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 5617    πŸ” 1627    πŸ’¬ 286    πŸ“Œ 121

"Ope," "Uff Da," "ICE Out"

β€”Traditional Minnesota sayings.

09.02.2026 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 404    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not β€œmove on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

08.02.2026 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 44543    πŸ” 16964    πŸ’¬ 971    πŸ“Œ 965

Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.

He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.

08.02.2026 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 38095    πŸ” 14369    πŸ’¬ 1386    πŸ“Œ 750
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A key measure of economic inequality called the Gini coefficient sits at 60-year highs after a reversal from multidecade lows seen amid the rollout of pandemic stimulus payments + expansions. We should have implemented universal basic income and healthcare during COVID.

www.cnbc.com/2026/01/30/w...

30.01.2026 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3
Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.)  If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.

Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

08.02.2026 05:06 β€” πŸ‘ 14977    πŸ” 8439    πŸ’¬ 158    πŸ“Œ 309
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Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.

07.02.2026 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 16784    πŸ” 5013    πŸ’¬ 307    πŸ“Œ 564
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At Whipple where expired dicks are being thrown at ICE vehicles and those believed to be agitators. The area has been a place of protest since thousands of federal agents arrived in the city.

Near Minneapolis February 7, 2026

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) β€” Alberto CastaΓ±eda MondragΓ³n says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance.

But the violence he endured last month in Minnesota while being detained is seared into his battered brain.

He remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friend’s car on Jan. 8 outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton. He remembers being dragged into an SUV and taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again.

He also remembers the emergency room and the intense pain from eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) β€” Alberto CastaΓ±eda MondragΓ³n says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance. But the violence he endured last month in Minnesota while being detained is seared into his battered brain. He remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friend’s car on Jan. 8 outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton. He remembers being dragged into an SUV and taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again. He also remembers the emergency room and the intense pain from eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages.

ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man β€œpurposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”

What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.

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208. The Fifth Circuit Jumps the Immigration Detention Shark Late Friday, two of the nation's most right-wing circuit judges adopted an odious legal claim that district court judges from across the country (and ideological spectrum) have overwhelmingly rejected

β€œLate Friday night, the Fifth Circuit adopted the extreme minority viewβ€”that the government can indefinitely detain without bond millions of non-citizens who have been here for generations; who have never committed a crime; and who pose neither a risk of flight nor any threat to public safety.”

07.02.2026 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2579    πŸ” 1385    πŸ’¬ 189    πŸ“Œ 139

Exactly. I have been accused repeatedly of just wanting to drag Jeffries (β€œDem-bash”) for clout.

No. I want the leaders to be better; to fight more.

And this is @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social responding appropriately. Good for him.

06.02.2026 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 110    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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go off jack white

06.02.2026 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 7826    πŸ” 1820    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 202
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Former NFL star Charles Tillman says he walked away from his FBI career after refusing to take part in an immigration operation he couldn’t stand behind.
β€œI want to be on the right side of history when it’s all said and done,” Tillman said
Read the full story: www.theqgentleman.com/post/2026-02...

06.02.2026 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 477    πŸ” 146    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 29

I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.

What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?

I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.

06.02.2026 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 31129    πŸ” 9142    πŸ’¬ 968    πŸ“Œ 318

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