Dave Bartel
Canadian, he/him, cat lover, book lover, BLM, Trans right are human rights, IT worker, liberal Christian, socialist, cyclist, the list goes on.
- Reposted by Dave BartelI’m having a hard time thinking of an interview between two human beings I enjoyed more than tonight’s interview of the great Ian McKellen by the great Stephen Colbert. Every moment of it was a pleasure that I highly recommend… but then came the most REMARKABLE ending that you really HAVE to watch.
- Reposted by Dave BartelIf you can, take a few minutes to watch us run through the parade of lies from DHS.
- Reposted by Dave BartelWatch this.
- Reposted by Dave BartelThe billionaire media is laying off great tech journalists in crazy quantities this year - replacing them with AI and sycophants. This would be a great time to throw some dollars, euros, pounds, or dollarydoos to @404media.co, @propublica.org or another independent outlet.
- Reposted by Dave BartelThese people are terrorists. Full stop.
- Reposted by Dave BartelI have a de-escalation training tonight and I'm honestly curious how the hell we de-escalate as observers when the people we're watching are committed to escalating every situation
- Reposted by Dave BartelThat was an easy buy.
- Reposted by Dave BartelSometimes I get a really good quote in. “Pointing out that AI is prone to giving ICE bad information is missing the entire point of ICE,” EFF’s @evacide told @RollingStone. “They don’t care if the information they have is good.” www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
- Reposted by Dave BartelMy latest In Gaza, an ‘apocalyptic wasteland’ foretold wapo.st/4rrkWAb
- Reposted by Dave BartelGTFO Supremies!
- Reposted by Dave BartelThe GOP’s priorities in a nutshell.
- Reposted by Dave BartelDoes anyone know the name of this Minneapolis immigration lawyer? She makes very clear statements about what's going on. It's zero due process. ICE is denying people access to their attorneys by phone or IRL. She has a habeas order to get a client released. ICE claims they can't locate them.
- Reposted by Dave BartelImportant NYT piece by a lawyer who works with families in ICE detention. Note that ICE could release the kids (and past programs for undocumented families to avoid detention had compliance rates of 99%). They choose to keep them trapped in “hellhole” camps. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
- Reposted by Dave BartelUnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate. ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs. Here’s what we found. (Published Nov. 2024)
- Reposted by Dave BartelThey stole his rabbit ear hat. His middle name means "rabbit." 😢
- Reposted by Dave BartelBreaking: The special agent in charge of the FBI's Atlanta field office was forced out this month after questioning the Trump Justice Department's renewed push to probe Fulton County's role in the 2020 election, two people familiar with the matter told MS NOW. www.ms.now/news/atlanta...
- Reposted by Dave BartelLeading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year. Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
- Reposted by Dave BartelIf you haven't read this yet you should. And you should show it to everyone who refuses to use the word concentration camp or who tries to argue that "detention" camps are fine if we just do it "humanely." There's no such thing as a humane concentration camp and you can't reform them.
- Reposted by Dave BartelNowhere in this article does @nbcnews.com note that all 4 journalists arrested today by the federal regime are Black. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
- Reposted by Dave BartelSince I'm pretty sure this administration doesn't realize this document exists, it would be worth downloading the 2020 Intelligence Community Assessment on foreign threats to the U.S. elections before it disappears, which includes the following finding: www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...
- Reposted by Dave BartelIt's like living in Czechoslovakia in 1938 up here. Every day there is a new threat from the Reich next door.
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- Reposted by Dave Bartel"Anyone who supports funding DHS and ICE is supporting the murder of Americans."
- Reposted by Dave BartelApple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores. TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti. Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret. Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
- Reposted by Dave BartelIt’s the 1990s. I’m trying to explain many abuses we see at Ruby Ridge and Waco reflect entrenched practices of law enforcement. It’s the 2000s. I’m trying to explain many abuses we see under the PATRIOT ACT reflect entrenched practices of American law enforcement. It’s 2025. Guess the fuck what.
- Reposted by Dave BartelFive of Louisiana’s seven parole board members were appointed by Gov. Jeff Landry, including ex-Sheriff Steve Prator, who once said prior criminal justice reforms would release “good” inmates whom prisons depended on “to wash cars” and “cook in the kitchen.” With @veritenews.org
- Reposted by Dave BartelSUfS is the real deal. Check them out, attend rallies, promote them!
- ‘For Alex’ Alex Jeffrey Pretti 1988 - 2026 RIP Beautiful tribute by illustrator MJ.Hiblen (mjhiblenart.bsky.social here, or @mjhiblenart on Instagram).
- Reposted by Dave BartelTrump and his thugs can do a great deal of damage if not stopped. We must not succumb to fear or despair. What can we do now? A few action items occur to me: robertreich.substack.com/p/mourning-in-america
- Reposted by Dave Bartelwe recognize that amazon is NOT AN IDEAL TOOL for this moment, so for those who don't want to give them money (fair!!!) please visit standwithminnesota.com and pick someone from the MANY OPTIONS. There are so many folks who need help! 💓
- Reposted by Dave BartelTrump's continued threats to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota make this video I filmed a few months ago all the more timely. Please watch.
- Reposted by Dave BartelAlex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
- Reposted by Dave BartelHere is a good opinion:
- Reposted by Dave BartelAbolish DHS. Prosecute collaborators. Imprison ICE.
- Reposted by Dave BartelLet's say this were happening for a "good" reason. Ordinary police do not capture a person and leave their empty car in the middle of an intersection or street, or even dead end. This is a hazard! How about a modicum of law enforcement to prevent even more people from getting hurt?
- What a clown car of an administration...
- Reposted by Dave BartelABC Indigenous doesn’t mince words
- Reposted by Dave BartelLatest work by the public interest law whistleblower group I co-founded in 2017. This is quite significant.
- Reposted by Dave BartelThis is an excellent explainer. 👀 quote: “In rough terms, the workforce of CBP officers and Border Patrol agents commit crimes at an equal or even greater rate PER CAPITA than the population of undocumented immigrants do in the United States.”
- This is insane. That bus driver needs to be more than fired.
- Reposted by Dave BartelJankowicz lays out how we got to widespread sexual abuse via images online. The scale of abuse wouldn't be impossible without Silicon Valley – thousands of women, girls, and men (!) per hour. Which companies make $ from this? Meta via ads X/Grok Paypal Stripe Apple in App Store Google Player
- Reposted by Dave BartelOMFG! lolsob "'One ICE agent said if we let you see your clients, we would have to let all the attorneys see their clients, and imagine the chaos,' said another attorney who asked not to be named."
- Reposted by Dave Bartel“I started screaming with everything I had, because I couldn’t even breathe,” 10th grader Arnoldo Bazan told ProPublica, showing where the agent’s hands had closed around his throat. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die.” By @nicolefoy.bsky.social and @mckenziefunk.com
- Reposted by Dave BartelMartin Luther King Jr. understood better than almost anyone that racial justice and economic justice are inextricably intertwined. Watch his powerful call to end poverty from his final Sunday Sermon.
- Reposted by Dave Bartel‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
- Reposted by Dave BartelWe must continue the work to abolish ICE. But right now, Congress can stop ICE’s violent reign of terror. Tell them to do it today: (202) 224-3121
- Reposted by Dave BartelWell, that took no time at all, did it
- Reposted by Dave BartelApropos of nothing in particular, reminder that there is a deal where you can get 440 Aura N95 respirators for $34.95 here. They are real, shipped from 3M and the box is comically gigantic. Breathe well
- Reposted by Dave BartelFlash-bang grenades and tear-gas grenades are both pyrotechnic. The chemical reactions inside them generate very high temperatures. Burn your house down types of fires? YES! This is very well-known.
- Reposted by Dave BartelThere is no reforming this.
- Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center. Read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/vide...
- Reposted by Dave BartelI remember when the line was you can’t vote for Democrats because they would come and take your guns, stoves, etc. It’s always projection
- Reposted by Dave BartelLast January, one plane forced to reroute because of a SpaceX explosion was running low on fuel, prompting the pilot to declare an emergency and fly the jet and its 283 passengers through a designated debris zone to reach an airport.
- Reposted by Dave Bartel3D PRINTED VUVUZELAS. Minnesota, you know what to do www.printables.com/model/441398...
