Ben K.
@benjaminkabak.com
Lawyer.
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Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE:
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
January 10, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE:
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
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I can help clarify things for David French.
Jonathan Ross is a human. Renee Good was a human. Then Ross shot her three times.
Good is dead and Ross, while still a human, is a murderer. The only person who failed to recognize their humanity is Ross, not the people outraged by his violence.
Jonathan Ross is a human. Renee Good was a human. Then Ross shot her three times.
Good is dead and Ross, while still a human, is a murderer. The only person who failed to recognize their humanity is Ross, not the people outraged by his violence.
French another moralist who can’t go beyond both-sides in this moment
January 11, 2026 at 12:58 AM
I can help clarify things for David French.
Jonathan Ross is a human. Renee Good was a human. Then Ross shot her three times.
Good is dead and Ross, while still a human, is a murderer. The only person who failed to recognize their humanity is Ross, not the people outraged by his violence.
Jonathan Ross is a human. Renee Good was a human. Then Ross shot her three times.
Good is dead and Ross, while still a human, is a murderer. The only person who failed to recognize their humanity is Ross, not the people outraged by his violence.
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aaand this is how Frey came shockingly close to losing as an incumbent to a little-known Somali-American state senator last November
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says 29 people were arrested in downtown last night during a noise demonstration at a hotel reportedly housing ICE agents: "For those that are taking the bait and causing property damage or otherwise, there are consequences. We're holding the line here all the way."
January 10, 2026 at 9:48 PM
aaand this is how Frey came shockingly close to losing as an incumbent to a little-known Somali-American state senator last November
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This is assault btw, and the state should have this officer arrested and prosecuted
Cops are great
Cops are great
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 4:40 PM
This is assault btw, and the state should have this officer arrested and prosecuted
Cops are great
Cops are great
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the same midwestern politicians who looked really good compared to the crypto-republicans and compulsive centrists in blue states are still institutionalists, and our institutions are in a state of constant failure to adapt
January 10, 2026 at 6:08 PM
the same midwestern politicians who looked really good compared to the crypto-republicans and compulsive centrists in blue states are still institutionalists, and our institutions are in a state of constant failure to adapt
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what we keep confronting over and over again is that Doing Politics in the Trump Era and effectively governing are two mostly exclusive skillsets
One weird thing is how up until yesterday people on here were like “midwestern democrats are fighters and the model for how to govern with slim majorities” and today it’s like “midwestern democrats are simply cowards with no ability or inclination to fight.”
January 10, 2026 at 6:07 PM
what we keep confronting over and over again is that Doing Politics in the Trump Era and effectively governing are two mostly exclusive skillsets
The article Kate wrote was headlined “racy images.” Maybe reporters should talk to their editors about downplaying the horrors of Grok, the CSAM machine.
Grok's representation of my undressed body, I will say, is spookily accurate. The only way to tell they are fake is that I am heavily tattooed and pictures of my tattoos aren't online, so Grok is generating images of me without them.
January 10, 2026 at 6:07 PM
The article Kate wrote was headlined “racy images.” Maybe reporters should talk to their editors about downplaying the horrors of Grok, the CSAM machine.
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January 10, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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it's truly wild how "MAHA" is totally owned and likely created by the beef industry
New federal dietary guidelines give federal approval to beef tallow, a fat that both cardiologists and the U.S. government told Americans to avoid for nearly half a century.
Beef Tallow Rises to the Top of the U.S. Food Pyramid
The new dietary guidelines give federal approval to a fat that has slowly caught on with consumers, even as doctors have warned against it.
nyti.ms
January 10, 2026 at 5:29 PM
it's truly wild how "MAHA" is totally owned and likely created by the beef industry
This is going to come to a head fast and it would behoove blue city mayors to get a handle on what side cops will be on. Time to buckle up and fire cops who won’t follow mayoral orders.
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
This is going to come to a head fast and it would behoove blue city mayors to get a handle on what side cops will be on. Time to buckle up and fire cops who won’t follow mayoral orders.
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Worth bearing in mind: Police forces aren’t political monoliths. They’re institutionally right wing but they still need baseline public support to do their work. And at an individual level, cops often have personal and community ties that can put them at odd with national-level political regimes.
January 10, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Worth bearing in mind: Police forces aren’t political monoliths. They’re institutionally right wing but they still need baseline public support to do their work. And at an individual level, cops often have personal and community ties that can put them at odd with national-level political regimes.
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And at that point you should be rallying residents and businesses for a citywide strike and mass resistance until the occupation ends, in addition to e.g. cutting off municipal services to whatever buildings the feds are using.
January 10, 2026 at 1:56 PM
And at that point you should be rallying residents and businesses for a citywide strike and mass resistance until the occupation ends, in addition to e.g. cutting off municipal services to whatever buildings the feds are using.
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This is a bullshit answer. With very few exceptions the ICE guys do not want to die for this regime. Conceding the law to the imagined threat of violence is asinine. If “your” cops feel this way that’s their problem, too.
@mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social
@mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social
"The question that you're basically asking is, can our cops arrest them? From a legal perspective, yes. From a practical perspective...they have bigger guns than we do." That's where we're at.
Look out for @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast with @timmiller.bsky.social!
Look out for @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast with @timmiller.bsky.social!
January 10, 2026 at 1:20 PM
This is a bullshit answer. With very few exceptions the ICE guys do not want to die for this regime. Conceding the law to the imagined threat of violence is asinine. If “your” cops feel this way that’s their problem, too.
@mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social
@mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social
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if you want to know what it is like in minneapolis, I don’t even have to scroll on facebook to find a horror story. it’s basically my whole feed.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
January 10, 2026 at 2:12 PM
if you want to know what it is like in minneapolis, I don’t even have to scroll on facebook to find a horror story. it’s basically my whole feed.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
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Thank you for telling us you neither serve nor protect. Thank you for saying the quiet part out loud. That was state murder in broad daylight, captured from multiple angles by multiple witnesses, and the people of Minneapolis have eyes.
You support murder.
You support murder.
January 9, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Thank you for telling us you neither serve nor protect. Thank you for saying the quiet part out loud. That was state murder in broad daylight, captured from multiple angles by multiple witnesses, and the people of Minneapolis have eyes.
You support murder.
You support murder.
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The president of @thenation.com (who happens to be a Yankee fan) on a GOP candidate for Congress in TX-21 (who happens to have played first base for the Yankees).
January 9, 2026 at 5:13 PM
The president of @thenation.com (who happens to be a Yankee fan) on a GOP candidate for Congress in TX-21 (who happens to have played first base for the Yankees).
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This is a really big deal.
NEW: These are ICE agents removing evidence from the shooter's home. They are not DOJ, they are Jonathan Ross's friends and coworkers, not DOJ.
This agent removing Ross's personal computer was reported yesterday Jan 9 for boxing in a volunteer and telling them "I'll dedicate my next arrest to you"
This agent removing Ross's personal computer was reported yesterday Jan 9 for boxing in a volunteer and telling them "I'll dedicate my next arrest to you"
January 10, 2026 at 1:24 AM
This is a really big deal.
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"It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying."
Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Here are his full comments:
Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Here are his full comments:
January 10, 2026 at 1:45 AM
"It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying."
Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Here are his full comments:
Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Here are his full comments:
I declare bankruptcy.
Anyway any coverage of this boating begins and ends with “they dismantled the CFPB.”
Anyway any coverage of this boating begins and ends with “they dismantled the CFPB.”
January 10, 2026 at 3:04 AM
I declare bankruptcy.
Anyway any coverage of this boating begins and ends with “they dismantled the CFPB.”
Anyway any coverage of this boating begins and ends with “they dismantled the CFPB.”
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If the executive branch can unilaterally cut off federal funding to specific states the union has already been dissolved.
January 10, 2026 at 1:34 AM
If the executive branch can unilaterally cut off federal funding to specific states the union has already been dissolved.
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When I said that one of the things that's going to happen is that regular state and local law enforcement are going to be partially valorized as part of the project of dismantling ICE and CBP, this is what I was talking about
Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal:
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
January 10, 2026 at 12:59 AM
When I said that one of the things that's going to happen is that regular state and local law enforcement are going to be partially valorized as part of the project of dismantling ICE and CBP, this is what I was talking about
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You have GOT to remove this fucking app from your life. I am serious. Delete all your posts and get the hell off of X right now, or be branded as a fascist supporting bigot. It's done. Get off.
New from @kattenbarge.bsky.social: X influencers are using Grok to unveil Muslim women in hijabs and show them being beaten by men. Women in sarees are also being stripped: www.wired.com/story/grok-i...
Grok Is Being Used to Mock and Strip Women in Hijabs and Sarees
A substantial number of AI images generated or edited with Grok are targeting women in religious and cultural clothing.
www.wired.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:53 AM
You have GOT to remove this fucking app from your life. I am serious. Delete all your posts and get the hell off of X right now, or be branded as a fascist supporting bigot. It's done. Get off.
Oregon Ducks is one of those team names that's also a complete sentence. I love that for them.
January 10, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Oregon Ducks is one of those team names that's also a complete sentence. I love that for them.
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Cook’s cowardice is especially egregious when you remember that, 11 years ago, he famously summoned Travis Kalanick to Cupertino to threaten removing Uber from the app store unless Kalanick stopped breaking Apple’s rules.
And it worked!
And it worked!
January 10, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Cook’s cowardice is especially egregious when you remember that, 11 years ago, he famously summoned Travis Kalanick to Cupertino to threaten removing Uber from the app store unless Kalanick stopped breaking Apple’s rules.
And it worked!
And it worked!