Dag.
@3fecta.bsky.social
Politics, prose, pro soccer, pretty good cook. Petering out being alliterative presently. He/him/dude Pro Trans, Pro Palestinian Pro Jew, Pro Equality and if you aren't, you aren't welcome.
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Rahm and Gretch? Wow. Everybody pay attention now.
Trump is unpopular, but how do Democrats frame their arguments for a comeback?
Two veteran politicos, Rahm Emanuel and Gretchen Whitmer, have thoughts
In NPR video interviews. Worth watching on a snowy day.
Two veteran politicos, Rahm Emanuel and Gretchen Whitmer, have thoughts
In NPR video interviews. Worth watching on a snowy day.
January 25, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Rahm and Gretch? Wow. Everybody pay attention now.
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1. You can't adequately train people to morally follow an immoral doctrine.
2. You can't adequately train people who have no business being in "law enforcement" in the first place.
2. You can't adequately train people who have no business being in "law enforcement" in the first place.
January 25, 2026 at 1:39 PM
1. You can't adequately train people to morally follow an immoral doctrine.
2. You can't adequately train people who have no business being in "law enforcement" in the first place.
2. You can't adequately train people who have no business being in "law enforcement" in the first place.
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"bearing witness to events" literally just means recording what is happening so it cannot be elided or erased in the future, it does not mean you are required to watch execution videos as some duty, stop letting people who don't understand words tell you what to do
January 25, 2026 at 1:16 PM
"bearing witness to events" literally just means recording what is happening so it cannot be elided or erased in the future, it does not mean you are required to watch execution videos as some duty, stop letting people who don't understand words tell you what to do
The key test is if Jeff Bezos gets what he wants from the Trump administration with acquisitions and regulatory reviews.
Approximately $35 million has been spent on marketing "Melania," a film documenting the 20 days around Trump's return to the White House, according to a source familiar with the matter. https://cnn.it/4pTNPUl
January 25, 2026 at 1:03 PM
The key test is if Jeff Bezos gets what he wants from the Trump administration with acquisitions and regulatory reviews.
CBC getting to this story several months late, but they are getting there.
www.cbc.ca/news/ice-rec...
www.cbc.ca/news/ice-rec...
ICE nodding to far-right extremists in recruitment posts, experts say | CBC News
In its efforts to rapidly boost its ranks, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been making appeals on social media in language familiar to right-wing extremists.
www.cbc.ca
January 25, 2026 at 1:00 PM
CBC getting to this story several months late, but they are getting there.
www.cbc.ca/news/ice-rec...
www.cbc.ca/news/ice-rec...
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When I first met my wife, I showed her how to burn a wound in order to prevent infection. That’s how I cauterize😎
June 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
When I first met my wife, I showed her how to burn a wound in order to prevent infection. That’s how I cauterize😎
Sun's about to come up. Everything is a sheet of ice outside. Power company is not repairing any damage until the ice passes this afternoon so feeling blessed to be amongst those still with power.
I told my son in no uncertain terms he wasn't going in. The street is like glass. No job is worth it.
I told my son in no uncertain terms he wasn't going in. The street is like glass. No job is worth it.
January 25, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Sun's about to come up. Everything is a sheet of ice outside. Power company is not repairing any damage until the ice passes this afternoon so feeling blessed to be amongst those still with power.
I told my son in no uncertain terms he wasn't going in. The street is like glass. No job is worth it.
I told my son in no uncertain terms he wasn't going in. The street is like glass. No job is worth it.
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The depth of his hate for disabled people is and always has been breathtaking. It’s born of an arrogance I’ve rarely seen-he believes that he is some kind of ubermensch, and the only way he could ever become disabled is if some insidious conspiracy did it to him.
Evil, evil man.
Evil, evil man.
He just makes inane things up on the spot and children have to die and be disabled for his lies. www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...
RFK Jr. Links His Vocal Issues to Flu Shots
Kennedy says he 'can't rule out' flu jabs as culprit in his spasmodic dysphonia
www.medpagetoday.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:09 PM
The depth of his hate for disabled people is and always has been breathtaking. It’s born of an arrogance I’ve rarely seen-he believes that he is some kind of ubermensch, and the only way he could ever become disabled is if some insidious conspiracy did it to him.
Evil, evil man.
Evil, evil man.
One thing about this era I absolutely despise is the Orwellian use of language. Fake News! Hoax! Terrorist!
These fascists do not ever have 1 millisecond of a thought about how they are making things more terrible. No pangs of guilt, no self reflection. It's just their tribe and their enemies.
These fascists do not ever have 1 millisecond of a thought about how they are making things more terrible. No pangs of guilt, no self reflection. It's just their tribe and their enemies.
… Furthermore, according to two other sources with knowledge of the situation, top officials in the Trump White House reminded their federal colleagues in and outside the West Wing that Pretti should be referred to as a “terrorist” in written statements and public messaging, no matter his background
January 25, 2026 at 9:51 AM
One thing about this era I absolutely despise is the Orwellian use of language. Fake News! Hoax! Terrorist!
These fascists do not ever have 1 millisecond of a thought about how they are making things more terrible. No pangs of guilt, no self reflection. It's just their tribe and their enemies.
These fascists do not ever have 1 millisecond of a thought about how they are making things more terrible. No pangs of guilt, no self reflection. It's just their tribe and their enemies.
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This was Alex Pretti at work at the VA honoring a veteran who had passed.
This is who they're trying to falsely smear as a terrorist and assassin.
This is who they're trying to falsely smear as a terrorist and assassin.
January 25, 2026 at 1:27 AM
This was Alex Pretti at work at the VA honoring a veteran who had passed.
This is who they're trying to falsely smear as a terrorist and assassin.
This is who they're trying to falsely smear as a terrorist and assassin.
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It’s notable that eyewitness accounts perfectly match video evidence while DHS claims describe events completely refuted by video
A sworn eyewitness of the Pretti murder files a detailed sworn account about what happened in federal court. Devastating testimony against the DHS agents. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 25, 2026 at 1:27 AM
It’s notable that eyewitness accounts perfectly match video evidence while DHS claims describe events completely refuted by video
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
They must have had an expose of something really bad planned by the staff.
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• Timothée Chalamet
• Jamie Lee Curtis
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• Timothée Chalamet
• Jamie Lee Curtis
• Kate Winslet
January 25, 2026 at 12:56 AM
They must have had an expose of something really bad planned by the staff.
If you are in line to apologize to Conor Lamb, please stay in line.
January 25, 2026 at 12:02 AM
If you are in line to apologize to Conor Lamb, please stay in line.
The Baileys have had enough that goodness.
January 24, 2026 at 11:55 PM
The Baileys have had enough that goodness.
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When you realize you used your influential platform to make this version of our country happen
January 24, 2026 at 11:03 PM
When you realize you used your influential platform to make this version of our country happen
Minnesota deserves a better Governor.
Q: Are you willing to use every lever of power including a government shutdown to stop what's happening here?
KLOBUCHAR: Right now we're focused on getting ICE out of the state. Of course we will use every lever, but I do remind people that Trump runs the WH and sadly also seems to run Congress
KLOBUCHAR: Right now we're focused on getting ICE out of the state. Of course we will use every lever, but I do remind people that Trump runs the WH and sadly also seems to run Congress
January 24, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Minnesota deserves a better Governor.
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I keep thinking about how he was a federal employee too. Even that doesn’t stand in the way of the vicious posthumous defamation from Trump admin mouthpieces.
New: Alex Pretti, the man killed by the Trump-Vance mob of agents was an outdoorsmen, a mountain biker, an ICU nurse who "would go out of his way to help," say Veterans Affairs colleagues.
Cheerful. Funny. Gentle.
And still, per sources, Trump officials are urging staff to call him a "terrorist."
Cheerful. Funny. Gentle.
And still, per sources, Trump officials are urging staff to call him a "terrorist."
DHS Shooting Victim in Minneapolis Was a ‘Sweet’ and ‘Principled Person’
Zeteo spoke with two doctors who worked with Alex Pretti, a nurse who is the latest victim of Trump’s violent invasion of Minnesota.
zeteo.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:21 PM
I keep thinking about how he was a federal employee too. Even that doesn’t stand in the way of the vicious posthumous defamation from Trump admin mouthpieces.
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Slotkin says she's a "NO" on the DHS funding bill.
January 24, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Slotkin says she's a "NO" on the DHS funding bill.
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think we might need to start calling them Kavanaugh murders.
January 24, 2026 at 9:02 PM
think we might need to start calling them Kavanaugh murders.
Fetterman might be the only democrat who would vote for DHS funding in the senate at that point.
January 24, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Fetterman might be the only democrat who would vote for DHS funding in the senate at that point.
Just a reminder. Even though they are cosplay soldiers dressing up in tactical gear and weapons and camo, they are just regular government employees. They can give 2 weeks notice, cash out their vacation and sick leave and just go.
Their choice.
Their choice.
Where are the resignations from ICE and CBP??? I guarantee you there are at least *some* who know this is wrong but arectaking the path of least resistance (“following orders”). They need to step down and speak up
January 24, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Just a reminder. Even though they are cosplay soldiers dressing up in tactical gear and weapons and camo, they are just regular government employees. They can give 2 weeks notice, cash out their vacation and sick leave and just go.
Their choice.
Their choice.