Julie Fieber

Screenshot of an X post by HasanAbi commenting on how to discuss trans issues with median voters. The post quotes Marco Foster, who says the anti-trans campaign in Maine is funded by an out-of-state billionaire to distract from tax discussions and notes that very few trans kids compete in high school sports there. Below is a podcast-style video still of a man speaking into a microphone.

When you hear them target any vulnerable community—immigrants, trans people, refugees—ask first why they're trying to distract and divide us. Don't fall for it.

The cover of this week's Economist: War Without Strategy

So we’re just going to forget all about this and never ask Trump, Leavitt or Hegseth about it again after the first day because this is totally normal so who cares.

Trump seems too comfortable with US deaths in his futile Iran war | Opinion Announcing the deaths of three U.S. soldiers following his attack on Iran, President Donald Trump said 'that’s the way it is.' Good lord.

The essential @rexhuppke.bsky.social on our flippant, nonchalant commander-in-chief www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

JUST IN: Judge Murphy has ruled that the Trump administration's policy of sending deported immigrants to third countries without notice or a chance to challenge is illegal and unconstitutional.

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Trump admin issues new policy aimed at ending transgender-related care in federal prisons "It's a really dangerous policy,” an ACLU lawyer representing trans people in federal prison suing the Trump administration tells Law Dork of the new Bureau of Prisons policy.

More than a year after the Trump administration was first sued over its anti-transgender prison policies, DOJ literally showed up in court Thursday morning with a new policy — and it is even more anti-trans, aiming to end trans-related care in federal prisons altogether.

After Wicked Ways, join us to brainstorm talks for the May and June salons: "Full Bloom" and "Lock Horns"! RSVP required, at www.eventbrite.com/e/brainstorm...

We are living through dark, disturbing and dangerous times, but do not despair — the cavalry is coming! Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will be taking the stage this spring from Minneapolis to California to Texas to Washington, D.C. for the Land of Hope And Dreams American Tour.

Agent investigated in Chicago woman’s shooting, her lawyer says The attorney for Marimar Martinez says prosecutors told him the agent who shot her five times is facing a criminal probe.

NEW @ms.now: The lawyer representing the woman who was shot 5x by a Border Patrol agent in Chicago in Oct says the agent is the subject of a criminal investigation by the US Attorneys Office. This would be a remarkable shift in a case that started w/ the gov’t trying to prosecute the woman he shot ⬇️

Happy #Lawyercat Anniversary for all who celebrate! It's been four years since the kitten appeared in my Zoom courtroom, and I released the 48 second video that made the whole world laugh. Here is the full video showing the big reveal at the end (in two parts because Blue sky). Enjoy!

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alberto Castañeda Mondragón 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 “purposefully 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.

“.. This is a 37 point shift left.”

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This whole heap is gonna go public soon. So he made twitter investors whole with AI venture money and soon he’ll make the AI investors whole with public equity market money, on the back of an enterprise the US government won’t allow to fail.

Update: My TikTok account is still being silenced. A post I made criticizing ICE shortly after Trump’s TikTok takeover is still at 0 views. Since then, multiple unrelated videos are also stuck at zero. This isn’t a glitch. It’s censorship.

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

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This mid-afternoon Alex Pretti vigil at the Portland VA was not heavily promoted. But the crowd probably stretches a quarter mile or more. Americans are galvanized and grieving.

“I just made my daily call to Senator Susan Collins and I called the Augusta office and spoke to a man asked him to define ice in border control. He started giving me a hard time about defunding border control would mean that illegal aliens could come in you do realize that right he said I said listen don’t give me your Nazi speak… He then said don’t call me a Nazi you fucking bitch and hung up on me. I’m horrified.”

Report from a user calling the Augusta office of Senator Susan Collins...

If you're a Mainer calling Collins, maybe add that her staff shouldn't be arguing with a constituent. Or calling them a fucking bitch.

Two Republican senators call for Kristi Noem to resign as DHS secretary Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Thom Tillis are the first GOP members of Congress to call for Noem to step down as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

BREAKING: Two Republican senators, Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski, call for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to resign.

Nurses union calls ICE agents a “public health threat” after Alex Pretti killing Colleagues remembered Pretti as a kind and dedicated ICU nurse at the VA.

“Make no mistake, the terror we are experiencing is being subsidized by our own government. Nurses, know that our vision for a healthy society is possible and we will not stop fighting until it is a reality.”

The thief of tens of millions of dollars in crypto from the United States' stash of seized crypto assets is allegedly the son of the owner of a company that contracts with the US Marshals to manage said seized crypto.

Pope Leo’s top U.S. ally — Cardinal Joseph Tobin — calls on Congress to defund ICE.

STATEMENT REGARDING DETENTION OF STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE MEMBER IN MINNESOTA JANUARY 24, 2026 I was notified today, January 24, 2026, that a Standing Rock Sioux Tribe member has been detained by the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the state of Minnesota. Tribal leadership is actively working to locate the individual, gather accurate information, and coordinate with the appropriate authorities to secure their release. At this time, details surrounding the detention remain limited. I urge the public to refrain from spreading unverified information while this matter is being reviewed. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe will continue to advocate for the protection of our citizen's rights and will provide updates as appropriate.

ICE has kidnapped another Indigenous person in Minneapolis. This is the fifth member of the Očhéthi Šakówinnto be taken this month.

Statement from Standing Rock:

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

JUST IN: In a new lawsuit, Minnesota officials say DHS mishandled evidence from today's crime scene and made "astonishing" law enforcement decisions. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

It just get worse. Instead of administering CPR to a man who might still be alive, DHS officers were leering over the body, counting the bullet holes.

Don’t let this White House lie to you. Believe what you see.

Alex Pretti was trying to help a woman off the ground. Then immigration agents tackled, shot, and killed him.

It’s time for them to get the hell out of MN.