Dan Mitchell
@danmitchell.bsky.social
Reporter based in Oakland. An American, Chicago-born.
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This visibly gets to him so people should keep doing it.
WATCH: Trump shows his middle finger and appears to say "fuck you" after Ford worker yells "pedophile protector" - TMZ
January 13, 2026 at 11:01 PM
This visibly gets to him so people should keep doing it.
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Van Hollen: We are here to say not one more dime for Donald Trump's ICE operations
January 13, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Van Hollen: We are here to say not one more dime for Donald Trump's ICE operations
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In a recent symposium on M&A, I heard something really striking: firms contemplating deals have created go-teams of lawyers in the event that Trump becomes interested. They’re ready to negotiate directly with the White House.
My brain kept picking over exactly what was wrong with this.
My brain kept picking over exactly what was wrong with this.
January 13, 2026 at 10:23 PM
In a recent symposium on M&A, I heard something really striking: firms contemplating deals have created go-teams of lawyers in the event that Trump becomes interested. They’re ready to negotiate directly with the White House.
My brain kept picking over exactly what was wrong with this.
My brain kept picking over exactly what was wrong with this.
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Murphy: The United States Congress should not fund a Department of Homeland Security that is not obeying the laws of the United States of America
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Murphy: The United States Congress should not fund a Department of Homeland Security that is not obeying the laws of the United States of America
This seems from left field!
January 13, 2026 at 11:01 PM
This seems from left field!
A remarkable, disturbing story and a fine piece of work. But something really jumped out at me: an ICE guy telling her "Some people are subject to due process."
Some people, I swear.
Some people, I swear.
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:19 PM
A remarkable, disturbing story and a fine piece of work. But something really jumped out at me: an ICE guy telling her "Some people are subject to due process."
Some people, I swear.
Some people, I swear.
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So, if I'm reading this right:
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
Federal prosecutors quit in protest over lack of investigation into ICE shooting
Six lawyers from US attorney’s office in Minnesota quit along with four leaders of DoJ’s civil rights division
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:35 PM
So, if I'm reading this right:
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
Seems elementary. And yet.
I think the use cases for gen AI are a bad solution to the very real problem -- human attention is a limited resource you can't scale in response to demand.
Because email AI-assistant tools right now are so poor, they're actually demanding more human attention & making the problem worse.
Because email AI-assistant tools right now are so poor, they're actually demanding more human attention & making the problem worse.
January 13, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Seems elementary. And yet.
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Gmail's AI-suggested email autocompletes continue to be hilariously wrong -- inserting the wrong dates/times & going with the exact opposite answer(as in "yes, I'd love to!" when I'm RSVP'ing no).
Undoing this crap means answering email takes longer. Go ahead, tell me about the productivity gains?
Undoing this crap means answering email takes longer. Go ahead, tell me about the productivity gains?
January 13, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Gmail's AI-suggested email autocompletes continue to be hilariously wrong -- inserting the wrong dates/times & going with the exact opposite answer(as in "yes, I'd love to!" when I'm RSVP'ing no).
Undoing this crap means answering email takes longer. Go ahead, tell me about the productivity gains?
Undoing this crap means answering email takes longer. Go ahead, tell me about the productivity gains?
This is is such a fetid pantload. Jesus Christ.
What's the essential, philosophical disagreement that cleaves the left from the right?
Some argue: There is none. "The left" and "the right" are just two contingent coalitions that propagandize for their members' interests.
I think they are 30% right
www.vox.com/the-highligh...
Some argue: There is none. "The left" and "the right" are just two contingent coalitions that propagandize for their members' interests.
I think they are 30% right
www.vox.com/the-highligh...
January 13, 2026 at 8:56 PM
This is is such a fetid pantload. Jesus Christ.
I think I'm more shocked by the fact that we're re-adjudicating whether Nazis are bad because of where I grew up: one of the most racist areas of the country, the SW side of Chicago. The question had been adjudicated so firmly by my time that even most of the vicious racists I knew were anti-Nazi.
January 13, 2026 at 8:37 PM
I think I'm more shocked by the fact that we're re-adjudicating whether Nazis are bad because of where I grew up: one of the most racist areas of the country, the SW side of Chicago. The question had been adjudicated so firmly by my time that even most of the vicious racists I knew were anti-Nazi.
"Brenda, you were a little off on your shames this time. Let's take it from the top, people: one, two, three, and...Shame! Shame! Shame! Kick! Now: Broken Doll Walk. Shame! Shame! Shame! Turn! Annnnnd jazz hands!"
January 13, 2026 at 8:07 PM
"Brenda, you were a little off on your shames this time. Let's take it from the top, people: one, two, three, and...Shame! Shame! Shame! Kick! Now: Broken Doll Walk. Shame! Shame! Shame! Turn! Annnnnd jazz hands!"
I often think of the mindless "liberal" Biden-haters of the sort who attacked @whstancil.bsky.social during the election for observing that the overall economy was doing better. They mocked him for noting that (as they put it) "line go up" is good. Just a grotesque display of anti-intellectualism.
Trump lies: "Grocery prices are starting to go rapidly down. Rent is down. Airfares are down. Hotel rates are down. Cell phone prices are down."
January 13, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I often think of the mindless "liberal" Biden-haters of the sort who attacked @whstancil.bsky.social during the election for observing that the overall economy was doing better. They mocked him for noting that (as they put it) "line go up" is good. Just a grotesque display of anti-intellectualism.
John Maynard Keynes is best known for explaining the inefficiencies of unregulated markets, but he also did a lot of important work on the time differential in swimming competitions between when the man comes in and the woman.
Trump's economic speech in Michigan: "How about the swimming records? I mean you could go to sleep during the time the man comes in and the woman. You could go take a nap for a little while. How about the long distance record that took place not so long ago?"
January 13, 2026 at 7:44 PM
John Maynard Keynes is best known for explaining the inefficiencies of unregulated markets, but he also did a lot of important work on the time differential in swimming competitions between when the man comes in and the woman.
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These are absolutely monstrous people
"Mr. Thompson’s resignation came after senior DOJ officials pressed for a criminal investigation into the actions of the widow of Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis woman killed by an ICE agent"
"Mr. Thompson’s resignation came after senior DOJ officials pressed for a criminal investigation into the actions of the widow of Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis woman killed by an ICE agent"
3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:04 PM
These are absolutely monstrous people
"Mr. Thompson’s resignation came after senior DOJ officials pressed for a criminal investigation into the actions of the widow of Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis woman killed by an ICE agent"
"Mr. Thompson’s resignation came after senior DOJ officials pressed for a criminal investigation into the actions of the widow of Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis woman killed by an ICE agent"
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While intelligence and education *might* give a person a better shot at avoiding the effects of goofy-ass media on their brains, it's far from a guarantee. The people who think the Atlantic is still a quality publication aren't any less benighted than the average Fox News viewer is.
January 4, 2026 at 3:14 PM
While intelligence and education *might* give a person a better shot at avoiding the effects of goofy-ass media on their brains, it's far from a guarantee. The people who think the Atlantic is still a quality publication aren't any less benighted than the average Fox News viewer is.
This is Thomas Edsall, who spent 2016 making excuses for Trump voters and denigrating Democrats at every turn. He’s this weird amalgam of post-leftist and reactionary centrist (though they’re increasingly hard to tell apart anyway). He’s mostly under the radar because he’s so incredibly dull.
January 13, 2026 at 6:46 PM
This is Thomas Edsall, who spent 2016 making excuses for Trump voters and denigrating Democrats at every turn. He’s this weird amalgam of post-leftist and reactionary centrist (though they’re increasingly hard to tell apart anyway). He’s mostly under the radar because he’s so incredibly dull.
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ICE murdered and smeared an innocent woman and now Trump's cronies are TRYING TO PROSECUTE HER WIFE www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:41 PM
ICE murdered and smeared an innocent woman and now Trump's cronies are TRYING TO PROSECUTE HER WIFE www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
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We don’t dance on the grave of NFTs enough. I had a year where I was repeatedly told by bozos I was going to be irrelevant and extinct for not embracing them, I should be allowed a victory lap.
January 13, 2026 at 7:49 AM
We don’t dance on the grave of NFTs enough. I had a year where I was repeatedly told by bozos I was going to be irrelevant and extinct for not embracing them, I should be allowed a victory lap.
The thing about sending violent terror squads into neighborhoods is that it necessarily invades the consciousnesses of a lot of people who otherwise don't give much of a shit about "politics."
"Trans Athlete Banned" and "Trump Cuts Science Funding" can be apprehended as abstractions. This can't.
"Trans Athlete Banned" and "Trump Cuts Science Funding" can be apprehended as abstractions. This can't.
January 13, 2026 at 6:25 PM
The thing about sending violent terror squads into neighborhoods is that it necessarily invades the consciousnesses of a lot of people who otherwise don't give much of a shit about "politics."
"Trans Athlete Banned" and "Trump Cuts Science Funding" can be apprehended as abstractions. This can't.
"Trans Athlete Banned" and "Trump Cuts Science Funding" can be apprehended as abstractions. This can't.
How anybody who said stuff like "the Democrats didn't offer people a reasonable alternative" and "not everything Trump does is bad" are able to live with themselves at this point, much less show their faces in public, much less continue saying shit like that, is totally beyond my conception.
January 13, 2026 at 5:48 PM
How anybody who said stuff like "the Democrats didn't offer people a reasonable alternative" and "not everything Trump does is bad" are able to live with themselves at this point, much less show their faces in public, much less continue saying shit like that, is totally beyond my conception.
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Federal prosecutors in the U.S. attorney's office in Minnesota are resigning after the DOJ is pushing the office to investigate the widow of Renee Good.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Federal prosecutors in the U.S. attorney's office in Minnesota are resigning after the DOJ is pushing the office to investigate the widow of Renee Good.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
The Good murder shows how far the ghouls are willing to go to gaslight us, but also how willing everyday MAGAs are to be gaslit. With (e.g.) George Floyd and Trayvon Martin, there was *something* they could use. It was total bullshit, but still. Here, it's just a straight-up murder, on video.
January 13, 2026 at 5:03 PM
The Good murder shows how far the ghouls are willing to go to gaslight us, but also how willing everyday MAGAs are to be gaslit. With (e.g.) George Floyd and Trayvon Martin, there was *something* they could use. It was total bullshit, but still. Here, it's just a straight-up murder, on video.
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This is Minneapolis:
Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city.
Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.
Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city.
Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.
January 13, 2026 at 4:38 PM
This is Minneapolis:
Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city.
Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.
Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city.
Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.