Eli Friedmann
@eligit.bsky.social
Guitar player/teacher/photographer in Manhattan.
Pro Trump and other annoying accounts blocked/muted on sight.
Pro Trump and other annoying accounts blocked/muted on sight.
This goes back to an earlier point.
You cannot abolish your way out of fascism.
Fascism at the top infects the entire power structure.
Voters have to do better.
They have to not elect fascists.
There's no other fix.
You cannot abolish your way out of fascism.
Fascism at the top infects the entire power structure.
Voters have to do better.
They have to not elect fascists.
There's no other fix.
They won’t investigate the murders of Good or Pretti, but they’ll investigate fake 2020 election fraud. www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
FBI executing search warrant at Georgia election office related to 2020 vote, law enforcement official says
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is executing a search warrant at a Fulton County election office in Georgia related to the 2020 election, a law enforcement official familiar with the matter said o...
www.reuters.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:14 PM
This goes back to an earlier point.
You cannot abolish your way out of fascism.
Fascism at the top infects the entire power structure.
Voters have to do better.
They have to not elect fascists.
There's no other fix.
You cannot abolish your way out of fascism.
Fascism at the top infects the entire power structure.
Voters have to do better.
They have to not elect fascists.
There's no other fix.
Reposted by Eli Friedmann
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
True that.
Certainly there are exceptions to the rule.
But the basic reality is that the most heavily armed second amendment fanatics are on trump's side.
Just a reality of american culture.
Certainly there are exceptions to the rule.
But the basic reality is that the most heavily armed second amendment fanatics are on trump's side.
Just a reality of american culture.
"The secret sauce of American gun-nuttery is that its largely white, rural, conservative exponents are wholly backed up by the very state that their Second Amendment ideology is supposed to oppose." www.liberalcurrents.com/dont-buy-a-g...
Don't Buy a Gun
Confrontational but nonviolent protest is more effective than the solipsistic comfort of an assault rifle.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:19 PM
True that.
Certainly there are exceptions to the rule.
But the basic reality is that the most heavily armed second amendment fanatics are on trump's side.
Just a reality of american culture.
Certainly there are exceptions to the rule.
But the basic reality is that the most heavily armed second amendment fanatics are on trump's side.
Just a reality of american culture.
The face of fascism.
The face of state sponsored murder.
Simple and clear.
The face of state sponsored murder.
Simple and clear.
January 28, 2026 at 5:15 PM
The face of fascism.
The face of state sponsored murder.
Simple and clear.
The face of state sponsored murder.
Simple and clear.
2/3rds of the film’s staff asking NOT to be credited.
😂
😂
Amazon’s MGM studios spent tens of millions, but the documentary is projected to make just $1M in its first week.
This comes as a new report from Rolling Stone details serious labor issues and two-thirds of the film’s staff requesting not to be credited at the end of the film. trib.al/Clr03cD
This comes as a new report from Rolling Stone details serious labor issues and two-thirds of the film’s staff requesting not to be credited at the end of the film. trib.al/Clr03cD
Melania Documentary Flops as Crew Reveals Behind-the-Scenes Chaos
The first lady’s documentary was a mess in production—and now it’s struggling at the box office.
trib.al
January 28, 2026 at 2:41 AM
2/3rds of the film’s staff asking NOT to be credited.
😂
😂
Good.
More of this.
No more playing nice with Trump poisoned institutions.
Just don't do the gig.
More of this.
No more playing nice with Trump poisoned institutions.
Just don't do the gig.
Philip Glass withdraws his ‘Lincoln’ symphony from the Kennedy Center, citing conflicting values--“Therefore, I feel an obligation to withdraw this Symphony premiere from the Kennedy Center under its current leadership.” #USA
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
Philip Glass withdraws his ‘Lincoln’ symphony from the Kennedy Center, citing conflicting values
Philip Glass has withdrawn his symphony based on Abraham Lincoln from the Kennedy Center, with the award-winning composer writing to the board of the arts institution that its values conflict with the...
www.ctvnews.ca
January 27, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Good.
More of this.
No more playing nice with Trump poisoned institutions.
Just don't do the gig.
More of this.
No more playing nice with Trump poisoned institutions.
Just don't do the gig.
This guy is a legend.
Deservedly.
Deservedly.
CNN reporting that a week before Alex Pretti was killed, 5 agents tackled him and he suffered a broken rib. CNN says he stopped his car after he saw ICE agents interacting with a family on foot and began to blow his whistle. Source tells CNN Pretti believed “That day he thought he was going to die”
January 27, 2026 at 6:36 PM
This guy is a legend.
Deservedly.
Deservedly.
I like what I'm hearing from Walz here.
youtu.be/Sn53Yjt9_gU?...
youtu.be/Sn53Yjt9_gU?...
BREAKING: Gov. Walz To Meet With Homan, Doesn’t Know Who Killed Pretti | The Bulwark Podcast
YouTube video by The Bulwark
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I like what I'm hearing from Walz here.
youtu.be/Sn53Yjt9_gU?...
youtu.be/Sn53Yjt9_gU?...
They recruited sex criminals to be ICE agents.
Going after the “worst of the worst”?
They ARE the worst of the worst.
Going after the “worst of the worst”?
They ARE the worst of the worst.
First, a report from the ACLU on detainees being beaten and tortured at the largest ICE detention facility in the country.
Now a report from the Ohio Immigrant Alliance on 30 identified ICE agents who were previously charged and convicted of violent and sexual crimes, most within the last 2 years.
Now a report from the Ohio Immigrant Alliance on 30 identified ICE agents who were previously charged and convicted of violent and sexual crimes, most within the last 2 years.
ICE is riddled with sex criminals.
A January 2026 report by the Pacific Antifascist Research Collective identified 30 ICE and CBP agents with documented convictions and arrests, some for serious violent and sexual crimes.
At least 20 committed offenses with underage victims.
A January 2026 report by the Pacific Antifascist Research Collective identified 30 ICE and CBP agents with documented convictions and arrests, some for serious violent and sexual crimes.
At least 20 committed offenses with underage victims.
January 27, 2026 at 5:28 AM
They recruited sex criminals to be ICE agents.
Going after the “worst of the worst”?
They ARE the worst of the worst.
Going after the “worst of the worst”?
They ARE the worst of the worst.
The trump administration is opening its arms wide for the next pandemic.
Last time, a million Americans died.
Next time?
With RFK jr on the team?
Sky’s the limit.
Last time, a million Americans died.
Next time?
With RFK jr on the team?
Sky’s the limit.
Nearly half of the databases that the CDC used to update regularly — surveillance systems that tracked public health information like Covid vaccination rates and hospitalizations for respiratory syncytial virus — have been paused without explanation, according to new research.
Dozens of CDC databases are not being updated — most related to vaccines, study finds
The agency plays a key role in tracking the disease spread and vaccination rates. Last year, it seemed to back away from some of that work, according to new research.
nbcnews.to
January 27, 2026 at 5:08 AM
The trump administration is opening its arms wide for the next pandemic.
Last time, a million Americans died.
Next time?
With RFK jr on the team?
Sky’s the limit.
Last time, a million Americans died.
Next time?
With RFK jr on the team?
Sky’s the limit.
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Honored to share the words of Former President Obama and Michelle Obama. Make your voice heard and contact your legislators at www.5calls.org.
Support with donations at standwithminnesota.com
Support with donations at standwithminnesota.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Honored to share the words of Former President Obama and Michelle Obama. Make your voice heard and contact your legislators at www.5calls.org.
Support with donations at standwithminnesota.com
Support with donations at standwithminnesota.com
180 degree lie.
Par for the course.
Par for the course.
Patel: We're not going after people and infringing on their freedom of speech, we're definitely not going after people and their second amendment right to bear arms.
January 27, 2026 at 2:37 AM
180 degree lie.
Par for the course.
Par for the course.
Non violent protest.
Video documentation.
These two things in tandem are incredibly powerful.
In the video internet age, this stuff can turn the tide.
We are watching it happen in real time.
Video documentation.
These two things in tandem are incredibly powerful.
In the video internet age, this stuff can turn the tide.
We are watching it happen in real time.
January 26, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Non violent protest.
Video documentation.
These two things in tandem are incredibly powerful.
In the video internet age, this stuff can turn the tide.
We are watching it happen in real time.
Video documentation.
These two things in tandem are incredibly powerful.
In the video internet age, this stuff can turn the tide.
We are watching it happen in real time.
this is the paradox of politics.
power attracts pathological personalities.
Not every time.
But often enough that some seriously bad outcomes result.
power attracts pathological personalities.
Not every time.
But often enough that some seriously bad outcomes result.
"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible."
— Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune
— Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune
January 26, 2026 at 9:34 PM
this is the paradox of politics.
power attracts pathological personalities.
Not every time.
But often enough that some seriously bad outcomes result.
power attracts pathological personalities.
Not every time.
But often enough that some seriously bad outcomes result.
Yep.
Exactly this.
Exactly this.
From WSJ today: "Health Insurance Is Now More Expensive Than the Mortgage for These Americans. Monthly health-insurance bills are rocketing higher for middle-income earners who rely on Obamacare." This is 100% because of Trump and GOP. This is how they paid for tax cut for their wealthy donors!!
January 26, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Yep.
Exactly this.
Exactly this.
The truth exists outside of your horserace both sides bullshit partisan media games.
Report the truth.
Not just the battle over predominant media narratives.
Do your JOB as journalists, in other words.
An unarmed american citizen was massacred in the street by Trumpist thugs.
That is what occurred.
Report the truth.
Not just the battle over predominant media narratives.
Do your JOB as journalists, in other words.
An unarmed american citizen was massacred in the street by Trumpist thugs.
That is what occurred.
A battle over the truth erupts after deadly Minneapolis shooting
A battle over the truth erupts after deadly Minneapolis shooting
Federal and local leaders are sharply divided over what happened and who is to blame.
dlvr.it
January 26, 2026 at 3:47 AM
The truth exists outside of your horserace both sides bullshit partisan media games.
Report the truth.
Not just the battle over predominant media narratives.
Do your JOB as journalists, in other words.
An unarmed american citizen was massacred in the street by Trumpist thugs.
That is what occurred.
Report the truth.
Not just the battle over predominant media narratives.
Do your JOB as journalists, in other words.
An unarmed american citizen was massacred in the street by Trumpist thugs.
That is what occurred.
Reposted by Eli Friedmann
NEWS from inside the Senate Dem meeting tonight:
1-Schumer has the votes to block the DHS funding bill
2-They're going to ask for real investigations into the murders (including an end to impeding the state/local investigations), an end to masks and arrest quotas.
(cont'd)
1-Schumer has the votes to block the DHS funding bill
2-They're going to ask for real investigations into the murders (including an end to impeding the state/local investigations), an end to masks and arrest quotas.
(cont'd)
January 26, 2026 at 3:02 AM
NEWS from inside the Senate Dem meeting tonight:
1-Schumer has the votes to block the DHS funding bill
2-They're going to ask for real investigations into the murders (including an end to impeding the state/local investigations), an end to masks and arrest quotas.
(cont'd)
1-Schumer has the votes to block the DHS funding bill
2-They're going to ask for real investigations into the murders (including an end to impeding the state/local investigations), an end to masks and arrest quotas.
(cont'd)
Trump is the king of vice signaling.
Giving people a reason to feel great about being the worst version of themselves.
Giving people a reason to feel great about being the worst version of themselves.
We are once again looking at the “night is day and day is night” principle.
Ideological division means what you consider evil they consider good.
And vice versa.
Ideological division means what you consider evil they consider good.
And vice versa.
January 26, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Trump is the king of vice signaling.
Giving people a reason to feel great about being the worst version of themselves.
Giving people a reason to feel great about being the worst version of themselves.
Truly insane.
What seems to have occurred here is they took this guy's gun off his belt.
And then accidentally discharged it.
And the rest of the thugs reacted to their fellow agent negligently shooting that gun by massacring the unarmed man.
An incredible combination of evil and incompetence.
What seems to have occurred here is they took this guy's gun off his belt.
And then accidentally discharged it.
And the rest of the thugs reacted to their fellow agent negligently shooting that gun by massacring the unarmed man.
An incredible combination of evil and incompetence.
January 25, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Truly insane.
What seems to have occurred here is they took this guy's gun off his belt.
And then accidentally discharged it.
And the rest of the thugs reacted to their fellow agent negligently shooting that gun by massacring the unarmed man.
An incredible combination of evil and incompetence.
What seems to have occurred here is they took this guy's gun off his belt.
And then accidentally discharged it.
And the rest of the thugs reacted to their fellow agent negligently shooting that gun by massacring the unarmed man.
An incredible combination of evil and incompetence.
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Goddamit I should have known it was too good to last. Some senior editor decided to both-sides it after all. Cowards! Charlatans!
January 25, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Goddamit I should have known it was too good to last. Some senior editor decided to both-sides it after all. Cowards! Charlatans!
Reposted by Eli Friedmann
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
Capture and/ or kill.
If this is true (and that’s not a small if), it is reasonable to posit that Bezos is trying to offload the Post. Or kill it altogether.
Sports is a top driver of traffic and subscriptions for most news sites.
And we’ve seen how Bezos and Lewis have mangled the Opinion section.
Sports is a top driver of traffic and subscriptions for most news sites.
And we’ve seen how Bezos and Lewis have mangled the Opinion section.
January 25, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Capture and/ or kill.
America the shameless.
An insane, perfect encapsulation of it all:
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
January 25, 2026 at 4:07 AM
America the shameless.