CBarberMD

Emergency Med physician (25 yrs) & science journalist | Contributor @fortune @time @SciAm. Author: Runaway Medicine. Championing evidence, truth & democracy.

CBarberMDcbarbermd
2026-01-27

đŸ’„HOLY COW. THIS is the mentality.

ICE agent threatens: “You raise your voice, I ERASE your voice.”

CBarberMDcbarbermd
2026-01-27

đŸ”„ “Patience is at an end.”
A federal judge ordered the acting ICE director to appear in court — under threat of contempt — after ICE ignored ‘dozens’ of court orders and failed to release detainees. Judge Schlitz called it an ‘extraordinary step’ because ICE’s violations were ‘likewise extraordinary’ and ‘lesser measures have failed.”

apple.news/Ay1UjqhdbTneWHb7d7w

CBarberMDcbarbermd
2026-01-27

Pepper-spraying peaceful protesters from a moving truck isn’t “order.” It’s authoritarianism — the feds flexing power simply because they can.

A government that treats its citizens like enemy combatants forfeits any claim to justice.

CBarberMDcbarbermd
2026-01-27

“(We have) very serious concerns that Pretti’s alleged firearm was not handled properly.”
Minnesota argues federal agents obstructed state investigators & withheld evidence.
Local officials: “Nothing about what is going on here is normal.”

CBarberMDcbarbermd
2026-01-27

Gov. Tim Walz says he had a “very good” call with Pres. Trump after weeks of tension in Minnesota.

Walz asked to reduce federal agents + include state investigators in the deaths of Alex Pretti & Renee Good. Trump said he’d consider it and will send Tom Homan to coordinate.

Major tone shift after backlash over the shootings and federal response.

CBarberMDcbarbermd
2026-01-27

It’s unconscionable that 5-yo Liam Conejo Ramos — taken from his family as he returned from preschool — has now been held for 5 DAYS in a Texas ICE detention center while his father pursues an active asylum case.

Detainees inside Dilley call the facility “a horrible, horrible place” with putrid water and meals with dirt and bugs, and say guards treat families like criminals. Can't imagine the trauma Liam's already experienced. This must stop.

CBarberMDcbarbermd
2026-01-27

BREAKING: Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as U.S. Border Patrol “commander at large” and will return to his former post in El Centro, Calif., where he is expected to retire soon, according to DHS sources and people with knowledge of the move. Bovino’s sudden demotion comes after the killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents under his command. đŸ‡ș🇾📉 Adios!

CBarberMDcbarbermd
2026-01-26

đŸ”„Let’s go Big Apple — Alex Pretti towering over Times Square for justice.

CBarberMDcbarbermd
2026-01-26

Just in: Border Patrol commander says the agents who murdered Alex Pretti are still working and have just been moved out of Minneapolis to “protect their safety.” No administrative leave. No accountability. Just protecting killers.

CBarberMDcbarbermd
2026-01-26

coercion
 violates the Tenth Amendment.” Courts & Congress must act now to protect our republic. Get ICE out.

notus.org/courts/federal-judge

CBarberMDcbarbermd
2026-01-26

"Shocking, Unusual Times": Federal Judge Weighs Constitutionality of Trump’s Surge:

Roving patrols of masked men. Kids tear-gassed. Schools locked down. “Troops” flooding MN at 10× Chicago’s numbers. Assaults. Arrests. Deaths. “Is there no limit to what the executive can do under the guise of enforcing immigration law?” Mendez asked the judge.

“They're trying to coerce plaintiffs to legislate the way they want..hijack the state’s legislative process
 demand voter rolls. This kind of 1/

CBarberMDcbarbermd
2026-01-26

Sen Rand Paul requests the heads of ICE, CBP & USCIS to testify before the Homeland Security Committee.

CBarberMDcbarbermd
2026-01-26

NEW: Minnesota’s Chris Madel just ended his GOP governor run — and did not hold back. “I cannot support retribution against citizens of my own state. US citizens are carrying papers to prove their citizenship. That's wrong. ICE agents with civil warrants are unconstitutional. That's wrong. I'm ending my campaign."

CBarberMDcbarbermd
2026-01-26

The NRA is attacking a Trump-appointed federal prosecutor who said armed protest creates “a high likelihood” that federal agents “will be legally justified” to shoot protesters.

If the NRA is spooked, pay attention.
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

CBarberMDcbarbermd
2026-01-26

RIP. Stay safe and warm.

CBarberMDcbarbermd
2026-01-26

The Thugs: BP agents pointed guns at people and screamed “Are you press? Get back, get the fuck back!” outside the Home2 Suites in MN. đŸ”„

A free press? This isn’t immigration control.

CBarberMDcbarbermd
2026-01-26

NEW: “US citizens, particularly those of color, live in fear
 carrying papers to prove their citizenship. That’s wrong.” — GOP’s Chris Madel, dropping out of the MN governor’s race amid national outrage over federal immigration shootings.

“I can’t look my daughters in the eye
 when they’re pulling over Hispanics and Asians because of the color of their skin.”

wsj.com/politics/policy/the-la

CBarberMDcbarbermd
2026-01-26

Last night, a Challenger 650 with 8 onboard crashed during takeoff in Bangor, Maine, shutting down the airport and canceling flights as first responders worked through the night.

FAA records show the aircraft went into service in April 2020 and is registered to a company that shares a Houston address with the law firm Arnold & Itki.

cbsnews.com/news/plane-with-8-

CBarberMDcbarbermd
2026-01-26

BREAKING: A woman was struck by “less-than-lethal” munitions, sustaining a serious injury to her hand. She collapsed to the ground as multiple bystanders called for a medic.

CBarberMDcbarbermd
2026-01-26

Timothy Snyder: People are dying in American concentration camps, unseen—and being executed on our streets, in plain sight.

This isn’t random, it’s a strategy: turn the “border” into a lawless zone, then expand it until the law means nothing. Make it normal with lies: call it “law enforcement,” call people “terrorists,” while masked men trespass, assault, & kill.

The border is the crack. The wedge is the lie & resisting the lawlessness is the only rt thing left to do. snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and

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