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February 12, 2026

Becca Balint, (D, VT): ." She (AG Repug Pam Bondi) got her training at the knee of Donald Trump"

I have seen-heard a lot of good stuff about Becca Balint lately.
She sure said it loud and clear today

Acyn
@Acyn
·
2h
Balint: She even went so far as to accuse me of antisemitism when my own grandfather was killed in a concentration camp. Everybody saw what she’s about: never admitting that she’s wrong. She got her training at the knee of Donald Trump.
https://x.com/Acyn/status/2021732085460033746?s=20


**I looked her up because I know little of her:

Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Becca_Balint
Rebecca A. Balint is an American politician who is a member of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont's at-large congressional district.

What is Becca Balint's background?
She was educated at Walter Panas High School, Smith College, Harvard University, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She moved to Vermont in 1994 where she was active in local politics, and worked as a teacher, rock-climbing instructor, and columnist for the Brattleboro Reformer.

February 11, 2026

@RepCohen just told Pam Bondi that ICE is executing Americans like Kristi Noem executed her dog.

whow.

Ed Krassenstein
@EdKrassen
·
53m
BREAKING: @RepCohen
just told Pam Bondi that ICE is executing Americans like Kristi Noem executed her dog.

“When they killed Mr. Pretti and Miss Good, that was an execution and you did not investigate it. And you tried to investigate Miss Good’s widow and Mr. Pretti. They were executed like Kristi Noem executed her dog.”
Ed Krassenstein
@EdKrassen
·
53m
BREAKING: @RepCohen
just told Pam Bondi that ICE is executing Americans like Kristi Noem executed her dog.

“When they killed Mr. Pretti and Miss Good, that was an execution and you did not investigate it. And you tried to investigate Miss Good’s widow and Mr. Pretti. They were executed like Kristi Noem executed her dog.”

https://x.com/EdKrassen/status/2021621492006424781?s=20

February 11, 2026

**NONE of the victims of Epstein have been able to meet with Bondi's DOJ--

I make the assumption that the Epstein survivors have tried to in talk with Bondi!!
Bondi is a disgrace to our Justice system--what we have left of it!!

Jayapal asks Epstein survivors in the hearing room to stand and raise their hand if they still haven't been able to meet with Bondi's DOJ. Every single one of them does so. Jayapal then gives Bondi an opportunity to apologize to survivors. Bondi responds by trying to attack Jayapal and Merrick Garland but doesn't apologize.
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021612309169258635?s=20





February 11, 2026

...aftermath of an ICE kidnapping...street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars...ambulance took person.

As you know, ICE has been ramming cars........no one stops them--they have continued to do it--time after time.


Andrew Karre‬
‪@andrewkarre.bsky.social‬
· 1h
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

Andrew Karre (@andrewkarre.bsky.social) 2026-02-11T16:46:14.007Z
February 11, 2026

Pam Bondi keeps interrupting speakers, and almost yelling. She is

really making a fool of herself on national tv. mn now.

February 11, 2026

ICE is cracking down on US citizen protesters with charges, tracking February 10, 2026 A Reuters analysis




ICE is cracking down on US citizen protesters with charges, tracking
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idRW346306022026RP1/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us


February 10, 2026

A Reuters analysis found that the Trump administration has charged at least 655 people with assaulting a federal officer or impeding law enforcement operations since launching a series of city‑focused crackdowns last summer. The government has charged more people with breaking that law over the past 12 months than it did after Trump supporters besieged the U.S. Capitol in 2021. Ryan Brooks reports.
Reuters Media
February 11, 2026

Now we know why Tesla moved from California to Texas so they can dump waste water on their neighbors without fear of ret



Republicans are never the solution!
@Youtalkingtume
·
Now we know why Tesla moved from California to Texas so they can dump waste water on their neighbors without fear of retribution.
https://x.com/Youtalkingtume/status/2021422065920901490?s=20

https://x.com/peterc596/status/2021445256047362220?s=20



February 11, 2026

ICE Detention Center Located On Indigenous Concentration Camp




ICE Detention Center Located On Indigenous Concentration Camp
Feb 8, 2026
#ictnews #immigrationnews #indigenous
A sacred Dakota site and former 19th century concentration camp lie underneath a building that is being used to house immigration detainees

youtu.be/oQgPgnkjQYM?...

(@oceancalm.bsky.social) 2026-02-11T09:30:21.654Z



Feb 8, 2026 #ictnews #immigrationnews #indigenous
A sacred Dakota site and former 19th century concentration camp lie underneath a building that is being used to house immigration detainees. Dakota leaders and historians warn that current detention practices echo a violent past, raising fears that history could repeat itself at a place central to Dakota creation, memory, and survival.

February 11, 2026

Al Franken: Don't look away from Minnesota. ICE is still wreaking havoc across the state - changing their



Al Franken
@alfranken
·
5h
Don’t look away from Minnesota. ICE is still wreaking havoc across the state - changing their tactics to deceive Minnesotans - pretending to be construction workers or folks delivering groceries. There’s still over 2,000 ICE agents in the state. They’re not going anywhere, your anger and outrage shouldn’t either.

https://x.com/alfranken/status/2021298757191848264?s=20


Fight for Minnesota.

So, this won't spread and you'll be fighting for
your OWN community.

Minnesota is America.
Minnesota IS OUR Community.

KIM F-M (@kimf-m.bsky.social) 2026-02-11T03:10:47.882Z

February 11, 2026

NEW: American curler Rich Ruohonen criticizes ICE at the Winter Olympics, says it has been a really "tough" time for peo

It does take courage to speak out of what is happening in Minnesota.
Good work Mr. Ruohonen




Liberal Lisa in Oklahoma reposted
Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
·
8h
NEW: American curler Rich Ruohonen criticizes ICE at the Winter Olympics, says it has been a really “tough” time for people in Minnesota.

“We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota…”

“I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution… and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear.”
https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/2021257851856175199?s=20





https://x.com/statesman04/status/2021260088812417514?s=20





https://x.com/libertyLense/status/2021259558467866749?s=20





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