Mando No. 5
Retired civil service. International affairs/national security nerd. Star Wars is life. She/her.
- Reposted by Mando No. 5Remembering those who perished on this day in 1958, when a flight carrying Manchester United players, staff and journalists crashed shortly after takeoff in Munich, West Germany. 23 of the 44 people on board lost their lives. The 'Busby Babes' were an exciting young team decimated on that day.
- Reposted by Mando No. 5Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
- Reposted by Mando No. 5NOT JUSTICE FOR THE CHILDREN: Brad Karp, chairman of law firm Paul Weiss, resigned Peter Mandelson, quit House of Lords Top Slovak official resigned Prince Andrew pushed out of royal residence Dept chair at NY School of Visual Arts stepped down NFL investigating Giants co-owner Tisch
- Reposted by Mando No. 5MEMPHIS: “Memphis Safe Task Force” (U.S. marshal) caught KICKING A PUPPY 😳 as they arrested a guy for on a drug warrant “He was harmless. There’s no reason he should’ve done that.” @GovBillLee this is what we’re paying $1 Million a day for?🤔 Full: wreg.com/news/video-u...
- Reposted by Mando No. 5They are advertising for ICE on the tv. Imagine having such a bad image you need to advertise a part of your government for the public to feel better about you. 🔄
- Reposted by Mando No. 5"This is a story about incompetent leadership that destroyed the paper’s economic viability. It’s a story of self-mutilation....What happened to the Washington Post over the last three years happened because Jeff Bezos wanted it to be so."
- Reposted by Mando No. 5Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
- Reposted by Mando No. 5Power, Sex, and Silence open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
- Reposted by Mando No. 5No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Reposted by Mando No. 5Pepper spray counts as force under the 4th Amendment. It’s only lawful if there’s an immediate threat, active resistance, or flight, and the force is proportional (Graham v. Connor). PAXIS reviewed the video—if those standards weren’t met, it may be unlawful. Support the work: paxis.app
- Reposted by Mando No. 5Ronald Lauder is the father-in-law of Trump's fed nominee, Kevin Warsh. Warsh looks reasonable and well-qualified compared to other options, but not unreasonable to assume that the guy who persuaded Trump to capture Greenland might also promote his son-in-law. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
- Reposted by Mando No. 5“Shocks the conscience” At BEST they knew what Epstein was and didn’t care. At worst they participated. Yet even now speaker Johnson and the gop don’t care.
- Reposted by Mando No. 5i can’t get over the way “small government conservatives” are strenuously defending the prerogative of federal officials to remain anonymous from the public over whom they exercise lethal state power
- Reposted by Mando No. 5Why am I not at all surprised?
- Reposted by Mando No. 5Federal judge Kate M. Menendez denied a request by officials in Minnesota to temporarily end Operation Metro Surge in the state.
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- Reposted by Mando No. 5Liam and his dad are home. (From @voteinorout.bsky.social )
- Reposted by Mando No. 5Keith Ellison: "The president is openly promoting authoritarianism and tyranny. That is what's happening in America. Most of us thought we would never see it, but here it is right in front of our eyes."
- Reposted by Mando No. 5Such blatant corruption — which the media will, of course, totally ignore.
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- Reposted by Mando No. 5I second this idea!
- Reposted by Mando No. 5ICE detainees describe conditions inside Whipple Federal Building in Minnesota share.google/R0HuwI4HfRSw...
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- Reposted by Mando No. 5Rep. Morrison on conditions at Whipple: "She said, 'they are treating us like animals in here. The women that are in this cell with me, we slept on a cold concrete floor last night. We were begging for a blanket, & guards were cruel'... we have to resolve that every single person deserves dignity"
- Reposted by Mando No. 5What's most amazing about this is the fact that the WSJ needed a “study” to figure it out.
- Reposted by Mando No. 55 year old Liam is home, according to @ilhanmn.bsky.social and @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social!
- Reposted by Mando No. 5🔥 ALHAMBRA, CA: “Don’t give up. Don’t give in. Don’t let the bastards grind you down.” Original: www.instagram.com/reel/DUI-mOZ...
- Reposted by Mando No. 5To all the Minnesotans who are making their voices heard and protesting peacefully: The world is watching, and when change comes, it will be because of you.
- Reposted by Mando No. 5Those who define as insurgency the invasion of cities by Dementia Don's personal army of mercenaries are wrong. Insurgency is rebellion by a non-ruling group seeking to subvert or abolish their government. This is our government against us, trying to separate us from democracy and our way of life.
- Reposted by Mando No. 5When I was getting my broken ankle x-rayed and booted in Bellevue, I walked by a lot of people carrying protest signs and I smiled at them through my grimaces of pain lol. I was with them in spirit with my sign.
- Reposted by Mando No. 5Kristol means Kristallnacht: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristal...
- Reposted by Mando No. 5Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
- Reposted by Mando No. 5Just kinda seems like refusing to tell us which ICE agents murdered Alex Pretti undercuts the idea that they’re wearing masks to protect themselves — rather than to be able to kill people with impunity.
- Reposted by Mando No. 5"Why is it so normal for law enforcement — those who are supposed to be keepers of law and order — to kill Americans? And why is the only question at the end of the day how much their victims deserved to die?" Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
- Reposted by Mando No. 5I won’t stop reporting on the Epstein survivors fight for transparency, no matter how loud the headlines get or how many they roll out.
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- Reposted by Mando No. 5Russia and the U.S. have made progress in relations and resumed working-level contacts in Moscow and Washington to address bilateral “irritants,” Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said. ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/25/v...
- Reposted by Mando No. 5Not a veteran. Not a politician, let alone POTUS. However my oath of office as a commissioner on a city board called for me to swear to “support & defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign & domestic.” I took that oath very seriously & still do. It is imperative.
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- Reposted by Mando No. 5This can’t be repeated enough. Not only won’t they investigate, they may never even tell us who did this. Think about the message that sends to the next ones. Nobody is safe.
- Reposted by Mando No. 5Apparently our electricity bills are going through the roof and this is partly related to data centers that hog huge amounts of electricity to generate information. I, for one, feel hopping mad about this. The companies that are using the data centers should bear the cost. time.com/7355839/why-...
- Reposted by Mando No. 5Went to my local library this morning to do a bit of research for my current book project and my goodness such a life-affirming space! There was an adult being taught to read on the next table, children enjoying story time, countless people taking out books. So grateful for our libraries ❤️
- Reposted by Mando No. 5I won’t frame this as a grand social necessity. I’ll just say that I, personally, need more people to make good and reliable YouTube content. I like watching YouTube videos but many of them are poor quality and more harmful than enlightening
- Reposted by Mando No. 5What else would we expect from a lying administration. Videos of the deadly Minneapolis shooting of Alex Pretti contradict government statements apnews.com/article/minn...
- Reposted by Mando No. 5Abolish ICE is not enough. Stern words for Greg Bovino or Kristi Noem is not enough. We need prosecutions and trials. Anything short of this position fails to address the gravity of this moment.
- Reposted by Mando No. 5NEW: In response to Alex Pretti's killing, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said that it was "really hard to watch" protesters carrying upside-down American flags. He called protesters "lawless hordes" and said they should go "back to Mogadishu." He also blamed Pretti for (legally) carrying a gun.
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- Reposted by Mando No. 5We are community or we are less. We are engines of kindness and connectivity or we are less. When decency is framed as a radical position we must remain who we are. Our resistance is also in refusing to be less openhearted and filled with compassion.
- Reposted by Mando No. 5AND IMPEACH AND REMOVE. We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
- Reposted by Mando No. 5Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)
