Eric Beaumont (Eric Blowtorch)
@ericblowtorch.bsky.social
Musician/DJ/writer/paralegal
Some of the mass media coverage I’m seeing has Joan Sebastian Guerrero’s country of origin, Colombia, in the first sentence, first paragraph, or headline. The New York Times headline says “person in vehicle.” The AP headline says “motorist.” I’ve yet to see the word *unarmed* or *innocent*.
July 14, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Some of the mass media coverage I’m seeing has Joan Sebastian Guerrero’s country of origin, Colombia, in the first sentence, first paragraph, or headline. The New York Times headline says “person in vehicle.” The AP headline says “motorist.” I’ve yet to see the word *unarmed* or *innocent*.
Folks facing homelessness, trying to escape an abuser, or dealing with other civil legal issues -- aren't guaranteed an attorney. If you'd like to help, Legal Action of Wisconsin is a good place to start.
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I need your help in supporting Legal Action of Wisconsin so we can provide even more free legal help to people living in poverty. I am fundraising for Legal Action because I believe that a person's in...
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May 20, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Folks facing homelessness, trying to escape an abuser, or dealing with other civil legal issues -- aren't guaranteed an attorney. If you'd like to help, Legal Action of Wisconsin is a good place to start.
legalaction.donordrive.com/team/5003
legalaction.donordrive.com/team/5003
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Trump breezed through the 60-day deadline for getting congressional authorization for the attacks on Iran, compounding the illegality of this disastrous war.
Trump is brazenly defying congressional authority, and it’s time for Congress to take their power back. Email your elected officials.
Trump is brazenly defying congressional authority, and it’s time for Congress to take their power back. Email your elected officials.
Tell Congress: End the Illegal War on Iran
Trump's unauthorized, unprovoked war in Iran has cost the lives of US service members and thousands of civilians in Iran and across the Middle East. And now, Trump is threatening a ground invasion and...
act.indivisible.org
May 5, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Trump breezed through the 60-day deadline for getting congressional authorization for the attacks on Iran, compounding the illegality of this disastrous war.
Trump is brazenly defying congressional authority, and it’s time for Congress to take their power back. Email your elected officials.
Trump is brazenly defying congressional authority, and it’s time for Congress to take their power back. Email your elected officials.
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TODAY: The House is expected to vote on reauthorizing a little-known law that lets the government sidestep the Constitution and spy on US citizens.
Tell your representative to vote NO and stop the regime from gobbling up mass surveillance data to punish Trump’s enemies and round up immigrants. 👇
Tell your representative to vote NO and stop the regime from gobbling up mass surveillance data to punish Trump’s enemies and round up immigrants. 👇
Demand Representatives to Say No to AI Warrantless Mass Surveillance | Indivisible
War on Terror-era legislation that authorized decades of civil liberties-eroding mass surveillance expires on April 19. Let your Representatives know you expect them to reject reauthorization without ...
indivisible.org
April 15, 2026 at 12:11 PM
TODAY: The House is expected to vote on reauthorizing a little-known law that lets the government sidestep the Constitution and spy on US citizens.
Tell your representative to vote NO and stop the regime from gobbling up mass surveillance data to punish Trump’s enemies and round up immigrants. 👇
Tell your representative to vote NO and stop the regime from gobbling up mass surveillance data to punish Trump’s enemies and round up immigrants. 👇
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Whether you’re represented by Democrats or Republicans, it’s extra important for your Members of Congress to hear from you right now.
Urge your elected officials to use every lever in their toolbox to put an immediate stop to Trump’s illegal war with Iran.
Urge your elected officials to use every lever in their toolbox to put an immediate stop to Trump’s illegal war with Iran.
Tell Congress: No War with Iran
Trump has launched unauthorized military strikes on Iran, dragging the United States into yet another war without approval from Congress. This reckless escalation is putting U.S. servicemembers, Ameri...
act.indivisible.org
March 2, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Whether you’re represented by Democrats or Republicans, it’s extra important for your Members of Congress to hear from you right now.
Urge your elected officials to use every lever in their toolbox to put an immediate stop to Trump’s illegal war with Iran.
Urge your elected officials to use every lever in their toolbox to put an immediate stop to Trump’s illegal war with Iran.
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"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government.
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
Warehouse owner won’t sell Dallas County property to ICE for migrant detention center
The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or...
www.dallasnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government.
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
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"The new law forbids counties and local law enforcement from contracting with ICE. It mandates that public bodies terminate any existing immigration detention agreements and prohibits the use of public property for federal civil immigration detention..."
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kfoxtv.com/news/local/n...
New Mexico governor signs Immigrant Safety Act among other bills into law
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed four bipartisan bills into law, focusing on improving health care access, investing in statewide infrastructur
kfoxtv.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:05 PM
"The new law forbids counties and local law enforcement from contracting with ICE. It mandates that public bodies terminate any existing immigration detention agreements and prohibits the use of public property for federal civil immigration detention..."
kfoxtv.com/news/local/n...
kfoxtv.com/news/local/n...
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Trump's DOJ Violates Epstein Transparency Law, Re-Victimizing the Victims
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Trump's DOJ Violates Epstein Transparency Law, Re-Victimizing the Victims
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
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February 5, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Trump's DOJ Violates Epstein Transparency Law, Re-Victimizing the Victims
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President Donald Trump urged Republicans to seize control of elections and place voting under national authority Monday — one of his most explicit signals yet that he plans to interfere with the workings of democracy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump: ‘We should take over the voting’
Trump, as usual, offered no evidence for any of his claims.
www.democracydocket.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:57 AM
President Donald Trump urged Republicans to seize control of elections and place voting under national authority Monday — one of his most explicit signals yet that he plans to interfere with the workings of democracy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Renee Nicole Good was killed for going out in the streets to protect her community.
Thousands more people in Minneapolis are going out in the streets to protect their community.
Thousands more people in Minneapolis are going out in the streets to protect their community.
January 23, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Renee Nicole Good was killed for going out in the streets to protect her community.
Thousands more people in Minneapolis are going out in the streets to protect their community.
Thousands more people in Minneapolis are going out in the streets to protect their community.
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they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:06 AM
they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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As the bill moves to the Senate, Democrats have a responsibility to draw a line. Putting actual guardrails on ICE is the bare minimum here. Allowing Trump’s brutal secret police force to operate with essentially a blank check is unacceptable.
January 23, 2026 at 1:26 AM
As the bill moves to the Senate, Democrats have a responsibility to draw a line. Putting actual guardrails on ICE is the bare minimum here. Allowing Trump’s brutal secret police force to operate with essentially a blank check is unacceptable.
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School officials say ICE agents have detained four children in the Minneapolis area in recent weeks, including a 5-year-old boy named Liam Ramos, who was detained on Tuesday along with his father as he returned home from preschool.
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
School officials say ICE agents have detained four children in the Minneapolis area in recent weeks, including a 5-year-old boy named Liam Ramos, who was detained on Tuesday along with his father as he returned home from preschool.
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"Liam, age 5, was the fourth child in the district to be detained by immigration agents in the past two weeks, school officials said.
"Two of them are high-schoolers.
"One is a 10-year-old girl who was apprehended on her way to school..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
"Two of them are high-schoolers.
"One is a 10-year-old girl who was apprehended on her way to school..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
Detention of 5-Year-Old by Federal Agents Incenses Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:50 PM
"Liam, age 5, was the fourth child in the district to be detained by immigration agents in the past two weeks, school officials said.
"Two of them are high-schoolers.
"One is a 10-year-old girl who was apprehended on her way to school..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
"Two of them are high-schoolers.
"One is a 10-year-old girl who was apprehended on her way to school..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
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Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder.
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
Alabama uses Japanese American Internment era law to charge immigrants who don’t self-register
Alabama is finding new ways to criminally charge undocumented immigrants
www.al.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder.
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
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In 2007, when Chrysler fired 12,000 workers, we wrote this because it felt more than ominous. We all know what happened the following year. And the people responsible called themselves the proper stewards of our tax dollars. And here we are. Again.
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12,000 Criminals, by Eric Blowtorch and the Welders
from the album The Alphabet
ericblowtorch.bandcamp.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:45 AM
In 2007, when Chrysler fired 12,000 workers, we wrote this because it felt more than ominous. We all know what happened the following year. And the people responsible called themselves the proper stewards of our tax dollars. And here we are. Again.
ericblowtorch.bandcamp.com/track/12000-...
ericblowtorch.bandcamp.com/track/12000-...
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“Even after having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians,” says Israeli American human rights lawyer Sari Bashi. “Only about a thousand of them have actually been convicted of any crime."
The Forgotten Captives: Israel Still Imprisoning 9,000 Palestinians Even After Hostage Deal
“Even after having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians, in what it calls security prisoners or detainees,” says Sari Bashi, an Israel...
www.democracynow.org
October 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
“Even after having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians,” says Israeli American human rights lawyer Sari Bashi. “Only about a thousand of them have actually been convicted of any crime."
Got Your Back, by Lincoln Arcade Singers
3 track album
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October 6, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Trump’s regime is deploying unaccountable masked men into the hearts of our communities to spread fear.
We must stand together against fascist ICE raids. Join an event near you for the biggest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
We must stand together against fascist ICE raids. Join an event near you for the biggest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls
Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...
people.com
October 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump’s regime is deploying unaccountable masked men into the hearts of our communities to spread fear.
We must stand together against fascist ICE raids. Join an event near you for the biggest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
We must stand together against fascist ICE raids. Join an event near you for the biggest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
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@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "He's a wartime president. He's the head of a war party. War on women. War on voting rights. War on Hispanics. A war on this state. War on institutions. Now he wants war on history."
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "This guy is trying to get a Nobel Peace Prize? When he's bringing war to the American people? He sent the United States Marines into the United States of America."
August 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "He's a wartime president. He's the head of a war party. War on women. War on voting rights. War on Hispanics. A war on this state. War on institutions. Now he wants war on history."
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1/ "We’re on the edge of the most far-reaching technological & economic transition in 250 yrs—since we began burning the coal + gas + oil that’s killing us now. Energy from the sun (& from the wind, just another form of solar power) is now cheaper than any other power."
Free link.
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Free link.
archive.ph/kYEn5
July 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
1/ "We’re on the edge of the most far-reaching technological & economic transition in 250 yrs—since we began burning the coal + gas + oil that’s killing us now. Energy from the sun (& from the wind, just another form of solar power) is now cheaper than any other power."
Free link.
archive.ph/kYEn5
Free link.
archive.ph/kYEn5
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Isaiah has been dragged to the ground and arrested inside of the Texas State Capitol for speaking out against Greg Abbott and Donald Trump’s illegal gerrymandering. We are waiting for more information as it develops.
July 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Isaiah has been dragged to the ground and arrested inside of the Texas State Capitol for speaking out against Greg Abbott and Donald Trump’s illegal gerrymandering. We are waiting for more information as it develops.
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The speech Republicans are still seething over
July 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The speech Republicans are still seething over
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WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽
July 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽