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?
To pick out one of a large number of things that are horrendously wrong with this, you believe liberals feel "compelled" to be "anti-gun" and pro-environment? Compelled by what? Tribalism? There should be one particular "principle" that directly applies to how they must think about both of those?
January 13, 2026 at 9:02 PM
To pick out one of a large number of things that are horrendously wrong with this, you believe liberals feel "compelled" to be "anti-gun" and pro-environment? Compelled by what? Tribalism? There should be one particular "principle" that directly applies to how they must think about both of those?
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.
Or are "just as bad" as liberals, which is basically the same thing. It's a social pathology, and we have to start talking about it as such. It's much worse than just media inanity.
January 13, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Or are "just as bad" as liberals, which is basically the same thing. It's a social pathology, and we have to start talking about it as such. It's much worse than just media inanity.
It's straight up delusional. Endorsing "30%" of it is even worse than just buying it wholesale, because it reveals that he put some kind of mental effort into forming that conclusion. They're just constantly scrounging for any tidbit that will help them conclude that "conservatives" aren't so bad.
January 13, 2026 at 8:52 PM
It's straight up delusional. Endorsing "30%" of it is even worse than just buying it wholesale, because it reveals that he put some kind of mental effort into forming that conclusion. They're just constantly scrounging for any tidbit that will help them conclude that "conservatives" aren't so bad.
That changed after we decided at around that time that conservatives shouldn't be held accountable "just because they have different views" (but liberals could). It took ~40 years of that being the central tenet of media and discourse, and the "views" getting worse and worse, to bring us here.
January 13, 2026 at 8:37 PM
That changed after we decided at around that time that conservatives shouldn't be held accountable "just because they have different views" (but liberals could). It took ~40 years of that being the central tenet of media and discourse, and the "views" getting worse and worse, to bring us here.
Many of them no doubt *were* sympathetic with the Nazis, and held fascist beliefs (I heard it leak out here and there). But they kept that to themselves because they didn't want to be outcast and ridiculed.
January 13, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Many of them no doubt *were* sympathetic with the Nazis, and held fascist beliefs (I heard it leak out here and there). But they kept that to themselves because they didn't want to be outcast and ridiculed.
Not all of them were, but most. The "Illinois Nazis" scene from "The Blues Brothers" (filmed in my neighborhood and based on real events) necessarily overplayed the local negative reaction. But the number of people who outright endorsed and even defended Nazis or fascism was minuscule.
January 13, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Not all of them were, but most. The "Illinois Nazis" scene from "The Blues Brothers" (filmed in my neighborhood and based on real events) necessarily overplayed the local negative reaction. But the number of people who outright endorsed and even defended Nazis or fascism was minuscule.
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.
Clearly!
I only mention their degrees as a way to put the situation into stark relief, and to highlight that secondary degrees by themselves don't mean anything. But nobody who has even just a GED certificate should be so dense as to conclude "My rent went up, so the economy is bad."
I only mention their degrees as a way to put the situation into stark relief, and to highlight that secondary degrees by themselves don't mean anything. But nobody who has even just a GED certificate should be so dense as to conclude "My rent went up, so the economy is bad."
January 13, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Clearly!
I only mention their degrees as a way to put the situation into stark relief, and to highlight that secondary degrees by themselves don't mean anything. But nobody who has even just a GED certificate should be so dense as to conclude "My rent went up, so the economy is bad."
I only mention their degrees as a way to put the situation into stark relief, and to highlight that secondary degrees by themselves don't mean anything. But nobody who has even just a GED certificate should be so dense as to conclude "My rent went up, so the economy is bad."
"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!"
And the pathological solipsism. "Oh, prices are easing, you say? Well, MY LANDLORD doesn't agree, ok?"
In college, most of them took courses that involved applying basic statistics, rhetorical logic and argumentation, persuasive writing, economics.
In college, most of them took courses that involved applying basic statistics, rhetorical logic and argumentation, persuasive writing, economics.
January 13, 2026 at 7:59 PM
And the pathological solipsism. "Oh, prices are easing, you say? Well, MY LANDLORD doesn't agree, ok?"
In college, most of them took courses that involved applying basic statistics, rhetorical logic and argumentation, persuasive writing, economics.
In college, most of them took courses that involved applying basic statistics, rhetorical logic and argumentation, persuasive writing, economics.
And the whole scoffing presentation, based on the assumption that it's indisputably and obviously idiotic to cite economic indicators at all. I'd bet money that at least 80 percent of those people had college degrees.
January 13, 2026 at 7:55 PM
And the whole scoffing presentation, based on the assumption that it's indisputably and obviously idiotic to cite economic indicators at all. I'd bet money that at least 80 percent of those people had college degrees.
That shit was as reactionary as anything MAGA says. Not as foul or cruel in many cases, but just as reactionary.
January 13, 2026 at 7:53 PM
That shit was as reactionary as anything MAGA says. Not as foul or cruel in many cases, but just as reactionary.
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"