Michael E. Carter
@deckofcarterhist.bsky.social
Americanist Military Historian & Genocide Scholar.
Kean University History Adjunct.
Expat Twitterstorian. Skystorian.
Cancer Survivor. He/Him.
https://linktr.ee/deckofcarterhistory
Kean University History Adjunct.
Expat Twitterstorian. Skystorian.
Cancer Survivor. He/Him.
https://linktr.ee/deckofcarterhistory
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Shot, smoke, and snowballs.
History echoes.
History echoes.
ICE doesn't just need to go. Homeland Security needs to go.
Majority of the country now wants to abolish and/or dismantle ICE and yet Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. told the caucus the message had to be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Two sources who were on a Democratic caucus strategy call Sunday said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the group the message must be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:11 PM
ICE doesn't just need to go. Homeland Security needs to go.
"I am the one stomping..." from a guy like Pool brings the same insecure energy as "But I was pitching so..."
Tim Pool is…a YouTuber who never finished high school.
Why do we give a single fuck what he thinks?
Why do we give a single fuck what he thinks?
Tim Pool: “I’m not licking the boot. It’s my boot. I voted for it. I’m the one stomping…”
This mindset is genuinely pathetic.
It’s an alpha fantasy: watching state violence and imagining you’re exercising power rather than the one submitting to it.
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This mindset is genuinely pathetic.
It’s an alpha fantasy: watching state violence and imagining you’re exercising power rather than the one submitting to it.
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January 27, 2026 at 5:10 PM
"I am the one stomping..." from a guy like Pool brings the same insecure energy as "But I was pitching so..."
"I'm against the violence, so please, if you protest, protest in peace."
Look who suddenly cares when the admin goes into full retreat.
Look who suddenly cares when the admin goes into full retreat.
Melania Trump issues rare statement after shootings in Minnesota
First Lady Melania Trump made a rare political statement on Tuesday calling for 'unity' amid weeks of unrest in Minnesota.
www-dailymail-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org
January 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM
"I'm against the violence, so please, if you protest, protest in peace."
Look who suddenly cares when the admin goes into full retreat.
Look who suddenly cares when the admin goes into full retreat.
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We owe it to videos taken by brave Minnesotan eyewitnesses for exposing the lies of Kristi Noem, Greg Bovino, Kash Patel, Stephen Miller & Karoline Leavitt.
While these often anonymous bystanders have the right to record, they do so at great risk; Pretti was initially targeted for recording ICE.
While these often anonymous bystanders have the right to record, they do so at great risk; Pretti was initially targeted for recording ICE.
How bystander video and newsroom analysis undercut the White House narrative on Alex Pretti - Poynter
The administration tried to shape the story, but evidence and detailed analysis appear to have forced a rare recalibration
www.poynter.org
January 27, 2026 at 12:47 PM
We owe it to videos taken by brave Minnesotan eyewitnesses for exposing the lies of Kristi Noem, Greg Bovino, Kash Patel, Stephen Miller & Karoline Leavitt.
While these often anonymous bystanders have the right to record, they do so at great risk; Pretti was initially targeted for recording ICE.
While these often anonymous bystanders have the right to record, they do so at great risk; Pretti was initially targeted for recording ICE.
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Bovino is just the patsy - a noxious and odious fall guy. Stephen Miller is the architect and prime mover of the whole thing. Everything they do is at his direction - often after his threats. As long as he runs policy in the WH, nothing will change no matter how many Bovinos come and go.
January 27, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Bovino is just the patsy - a noxious and odious fall guy. Stephen Miller is the architect and prime mover of the whole thing. Everything they do is at his direction - often after his threats. As long as he runs policy in the WH, nothing will change no matter how many Bovinos come and go.
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The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired
January 27, 2026 at 2:07 AM
The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired
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This is the coolest fucking form of solidarity I have ever seen.
Bravo.
Bravo.
The ocean freighting industry is woke now (the containers spell Renee, for Renee Good).
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January 27, 2026 at 4:23 AM
This is the coolest fucking form of solidarity I have ever seen.
Bravo.
Bravo.
God damn it...
January 27, 2026 at 1:47 AM
God damn it...
This man should be Vice President. If this country cared enough about how serious the moment was, he would have been.
America's Governor.
America's Governor.
I’ve never been prouder to be a Minnesotan.
January 27, 2026 at 12:42 AM
This man should be Vice President. If this country cared enough about how serious the moment was, he would have been.
America's Governor.
America's Governor.
Dude is literally being sacked because Americans remembered who they were and that scared the hell out of them.
Do not stop.
Do not stop.
"DHS has suspended Gregory Bovino’s access to his social media accounts effective immediately," CNN reports
January 27, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Dude is literally being sacked because Americans remembered who they were and that scared the hell out of them.
Do not stop.
Do not stop.
He is being dismissed for not terrorizing Americans well enough.
I wish him a long walk off a step ladder.
I wish him a long walk off a step ladder.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:06 AM
He is being dismissed for not terrorizing Americans well enough.
I wish him a long walk off a step ladder.
I wish him a long walk off a step ladder.
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Bovino will now report to Oberkommando des Heeres to do his penance against the Red Army.
January 26, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Bovino will now report to Oberkommando des Heeres to do his penance against the Red Army.
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He celebrates Confederate Heritage Month. Sit down, Tate.
NEW: In response to Alex Pretti's killing, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said that it was "really hard to watch" protesters carrying upside-down American flags.
He called protesters "lawless hordes" and said they should go "back to Mogadishu."
He also blamed Pretti for (legally) carrying a gun.
He called protesters "lawless hordes" and said they should go "back to Mogadishu."
He also blamed Pretti for (legally) carrying a gun.
Mississippi Governor Defends Federal Agents After Alex Pretti Killing
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves suggested Alex Pretti may have been to blame for his own killing because he had been legally carrying a holstered gun.
www.mississippifreepress.org
January 26, 2026 at 11:11 PM
He celebrates Confederate Heritage Month. Sit down, Tate.
Good.
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
www.independent.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Good.
Trump drew a red line in the sand with Iranian blood & hope then his inner coward called.
Say what you want about the President's right to carry out such actions but we have been doing it and he sent out his threats, he gave them hope, and he lied.
Another President failed the Iranian people.
Say what you want about the President's right to carry out such actions but we have been doing it and he sent out his threats, he gave them hope, and he lied.
Another President failed the Iranian people.
Trump says the situation with Iran is “in flux”. He’s looking for a deal over nuclear processing, that’s it.
He has a lot of blood on his hands there, all those poor Iranian protesters he called out on to the streets saying help was on the way. They were slaughtered by the regime.
He has a lot of blood on his hands there, all those poor Iranian protesters he called out on to the streets saying help was on the way. They were slaughtered by the regime.
January 26, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Trump drew a red line in the sand with Iranian blood & hope then his inner coward called.
Say what you want about the President's right to carry out such actions but we have been doing it and he sent out his threats, he gave them hope, and he lied.
Another President failed the Iranian people.
Say what you want about the President's right to carry out such actions but we have been doing it and he sent out his threats, he gave them hope, and he lied.
Another President failed the Iranian people.
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When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take)
YouTube video by Lizzy & the Triggermen
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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I've seen two different "I am sorry for voting for funding" Democrats so far today.
Just resign. You'll do more for this country without power than you clearly could with it.
Just resign. You'll do more for this country without power than you clearly could with it.
January 26, 2026 at 6:15 PM
I've seen two different "I am sorry for voting for funding" Democrats so far today.
Just resign. You'll do more for this country without power than you clearly could with it.
Just resign. You'll do more for this country without power than you clearly could with it.
I literally just had the thought of "I better not spill this tea on myself while recording the class. Who knows what swear will end up on the recording" immediately followed by hitting my side table, knocking over the tea onto my class notes, and, reader, the swearing was off the recording.
January 26, 2026 at 3:58 PM
I literally just had the thought of "I better not spill this tea on myself while recording the class. Who knows what swear will end up on the recording" immediately followed by hitting my side table, knocking over the tea onto my class notes, and, reader, the swearing was off the recording.
Who could have foreseen this and, perhaps, understood that voting for murderous thugs led by incompotent sycophants would result in more murderous thuggery?
A few days ago, Rep. Laura Gillen was one of 7 House Democrats who voted with Republicans to fund DHS without the policy changes most Dems wanted. Now she’s calling for impeaching Kristi Noem. Politics are rapidly shifting here.
January 26, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Who could have foreseen this and, perhaps, understood that voting for murderous thugs led by incompotent sycophants would result in more murderous thuggery?
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Art can be intimidating when you think you need collector money to enjoy it. So I went to Canyon Road and found… liberation?
jasonherbert.substack.com/p/canyon-roa...
jasonherbert.substack.com/p/canyon-roa...
Canyon Road Is Not A Museum
Notes from a wandering afternoon in Santa Fe
jasonherbert.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Art can be intimidating when you think you need collector money to enjoy it. So I went to Canyon Road and found… liberation?
jasonherbert.substack.com/p/canyon-roa...
jasonherbert.substack.com/p/canyon-roa...
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Nothing can prepare your soul for the first image ever transmitted onto a television
January 26, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Nothing can prepare your soul for the first image ever transmitted onto a television
Twelve days.
January 26, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Twelve days.
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May he be the start of a Republican wave of dissent and protest.
BREAKING via Star-Tribune: GOP gubernatorial candidate ends bid, says he can’t support "stated retribution on the citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so.”
Read more www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
Read more www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
Chris Madel ends GOP bid for governor, says he can’t support federal ‘retribution’ against Minnesota
His exit comes as some other Republicans have started to distance themselves from the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the state.
www.startribune.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:54 PM
May he be the start of a Republican wave of dissent and protest.
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A martyr for freedom and liberty. Say what you will about the VA, but this is the way.
Rest in Peace Alex Jeffrey Pretti🙏🏾 The VA ICU Nurses send him off right 💔
January 26, 2026 at 1:08 PM
A martyr for freedom and liberty. Say what you will about the VA, but this is the way.