When We Move, Things Move

Liam is home. The strike moved. The courts pushed back. Texas flipped.

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TL;DR

In the span of a few days, the country watched a child pulled into immigration detention get ordered released and return home; watched coordinated “no work / no school / no shopping” actions spread; watched a judicial misconduct complaint against Judge James E. Boasberg get tossed by a federal appellate chief judge; and watched Taylor Rehmet flip a Texas state senate seat Republicans thought was safely theirs. Public pressure, organizing, and accountability will always bend outcomes.

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Liam is home, and you helped do that

We’re incredibly grateful. Thank you to everyone who spoke up, called, wrote, and refused to let this simmer away into the background.

A judge ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father after they were detained and sent to a family detention facility in Dilley. They have now returned to Minnesota.

People made the cost of doing nothing too high. For officials, for institutions, for anyone hoping the public would stay quiet. If you need the simplest takeaway, it’s that the movement is strong and measurable by the people.

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JAN 30–31 ICE OUT EVERYWHERE OVERVIEW

On January 30, a national “shutdown” call spread: work stoppages, walkouts, and economic pressure actions across multiple cities and states.
By January 31, “ICE Out of Everywhere” demonstrations continued marches, vigils, and coordinated actions.

Did everyone participate the same way? No. That’s not the standard.

But people felt less alone, communities coordinated, and institutions felt pressure.

If you were part of a shutdown, walkout, vigil, or boycott: your action helped even if it didn’t trend on your feed. Civic power sometimes looks like thousands of small refusals happening at once.

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The courts are pushing back and DOJ’s complaint got tossed

A federal appellate chief judge dismissed a judicial misconduct complaint that U.S. Department of Justice officials lodged against Judge Boasberg after backlash from Donald Trump and supporters over Boasberg’s handling of litigation tied to the deportation of Venezuelan migrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.

According to Reuters, the dismissal came from Jeffrey Sutton, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and involved allegations tied to remarks reportedly made in a Judicial Conference setting.

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A win in Texas!

Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped a Texas state senate seat that had been in Republican hands, in a district Trump carried by a wide margin in 2024, an upset that underscores how volatile the political terrain is right now.

First, this shows that organizing and turnout can beat “safe seat” assumptions.
Second, it’s a sign that people are not accepting what’s happening. We’re turning our anger to votes.

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Wins continue to be proof of concept:

If you needed permission to believe collective action works, you really don’t. This weekend was reflected though court filings, in election returns, and in a child coming home.

What’s one concrete action you saw this weekend that worked, and something others could replicate safely in their own community?

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Sources

• Associated Press reporting on Liam’s release/return: AP report on Liam Conejo Ramos returning to Minnesota

• Reuters on the dismissal of the Boasberg misconduct complaint: Reuters report on complaint being tossed

• The Texas Tribune on the Texas flip: Texas Tribune report on Taylor Rehmet’s special election win

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