Angelo Carusone
@goangelo.bsky.social
Chair & President, Media Matters. An all around good guy fueled by caffeine, candy and comeuppance. Posts are mine alone.
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NEW: A federal judge in Minnesota orders Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to appear IN PERSON this Friday and explain why he shouldn't be held in contempt.
"The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
"The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 27, 2026 at 11:58 AM
NEW: A federal judge in Minnesota orders Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to appear IN PERSON this Friday and explain why he shouldn't be held in contempt.
"The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
"The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
January 26, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
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Seems like a bad sign for the general competency level of federal law enforcement that the FBI director spends his time scouring the feeds of random MAGA influencers and launching investigations based on their posts. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...
January 26, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Seems like a bad sign for the general competency level of federal law enforcement that the FBI director spends his time scouring the feeds of random MAGA influencers and launching investigations based on their posts. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...
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Roughly an hour after Brian Kilmeade said that "I would love to see Tom Homan just be asked to go" to Minneapolis, Trump says he's sending him there.
Left, Fox & Friends, 7:17 a.m.
Right, Trump, 8:31 a.m.
Do they have CAVA in Minnesota?
Left, Fox & Friends, 7:17 a.m.
Right, Trump, 8:31 a.m.
Do they have CAVA in Minnesota?
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Roughly an hour after Brian Kilmeade said that "I would love to see Tom Homan just be asked to go" to Minneapolis, Trump says he's sending him there.
Left, Fox & Friends, 7:17 a.m.
Right, Trump, 8:31 a.m.
Do they have CAVA in Minnesota?
Left, Fox & Friends, 7:17 a.m.
Right, Trump, 8:31 a.m.
Do they have CAVA in Minnesota?
1/ I’ve been going back and watching rwm in initial hour after the murder shooting, before more videos came out
In this Bannon clip, Guest assumes a gun musta been was pulled: a) you don’t shoot unarmed people; b) there were multiple agents so lethal force wouldnt be needed unless extreme situation
In this Bannon clip, Guest assumes a gun musta been was pulled: a) you don’t shoot unarmed people; b) there were multiple agents so lethal force wouldnt be needed unless extreme situation
January 26, 2026 at 2:10 PM
1/ I’ve been going back and watching rwm in initial hour after the murder shooting, before more videos came out
In this Bannon clip, Guest assumes a gun musta been was pulled: a) you don’t shoot unarmed people; b) there were multiple agents so lethal force wouldnt be needed unless extreme situation
In this Bannon clip, Guest assumes a gun musta been was pulled: a) you don’t shoot unarmed people; b) there were multiple agents so lethal force wouldnt be needed unless extreme situation
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Editorial board of Murdoch’s WSJ also urging Trump to back down. www.wsj.com/opinion/time...
January 26, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Editorial board of Murdoch’s WSJ also urging Trump to back down. www.wsj.com/opinion/time...
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1) Melugin slips in here something Fox has repeatedly contradicted on-air: Pretti never drew his gun.
2) Melugin is on Homan’s side of his ongoing schism with Noem/Bovino over enforcement tactics, trying to preserve the mass deportation project.
2) Melugin is on Homan’s side of his ongoing schism with Noem/Bovino over enforcement tactics, trying to preserve the mass deportation project.
Bill Melugin of Fox News may be the best-sourced journalist within ICE and CBP. If he's hearing this, the administration has a real problem.
January 26, 2026 at 1:09 AM
1) Melugin slips in here something Fox has repeatedly contradicted on-air: Pretti never drew his gun.
2) Melugin is on Homan’s side of his ongoing schism with Noem/Bovino over enforcement tactics, trying to preserve the mass deportation project.
2) Melugin is on Homan’s side of his ongoing schism with Noem/Bovino over enforcement tactics, trying to preserve the mass deportation project.
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social here’s another example
This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
January 26, 2026 at 2:25 AM
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social here’s another example
Timeline palette cleanse. Keyo, who is now an old lady, appreciating the snow after initial skepticism of snow gear.
January 25, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Timeline palette cleanse. Keyo, who is now an old lady, appreciating the snow after initial skepticism of snow gear.
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ICE took the flower man in Echo Park 40 minutes ago. He’s at this corner every day. I’ve bought flowers from the man and woman here for anniversaries and birthdays. Lemmy loves to smell them whenever we walk by in the mornings. I was just at the street corner 15 minutes before it happened. Fuck.
January 25, 2026 at 5:50 PM
ICE took the flower man in Echo Park 40 minutes ago. He’s at this corner every day. I’ve bought flowers from the man and woman here for anniversaries and birthdays. Lemmy loves to smell them whenever we walk by in the mornings. I was just at the street corner 15 minutes before it happened. Fuck.
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They got Edina Moms excoriating the Administration and signing off with a a land acknowledgement. They are so fucked lol
January 25, 2026 at 2:13 PM
They got Edina Moms excoriating the Administration and signing off with a a land acknowledgement. They are so fucked lol
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Flashback to earlier this week:
Nick Fuentes urging Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota: "Bro, do it. Do something. Just stop chickening out. I'm just tired of the idle threats... Please pull the trigger. Please kill them, Mr. President. Please just kill them."
www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
Nick Fuentes: “Please pull the trigger. Please kill them, Mr. President. … I'm not actually wishing for violence, but please send in the military and restore order.”
www.mediamatters.org
January 25, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Flashback to earlier this week:
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Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
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The success of this caption may unfortunately prove that this site is all aging millennials (I’m fine with that)
January 24, 2026 at 10:40 PM
The success of this caption may unfortunately prove that this site is all aging millennials (I’m fine with that)
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Clarissa explains it all to the DHS Instagram account
January 24, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Clarissa explains it all to the DHS Instagram account
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all i have to say is that certainly the mind behind dhs' social posts, and the mindset of a lot of people in this admin, the online nazi mindset, is "there is a plague on this country we must eliminate and anyone who stands against us is a brainwashed race traitor," and theyre acting accordingly
January 24, 2026 at 8:24 PM
all i have to say is that certainly the mind behind dhs' social posts, and the mindset of a lot of people in this admin, the online nazi mindset, is "there is a plague on this country we must eliminate and anyone who stands against us is a brainwashed race traitor," and theyre acting accordingly
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Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.
January 24, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.
I really do feel like we don’t talk about this enough. Literally civil.
It’s the equivalent of heavily arming traffic cops and having them go around beating and killing people that parked somewhere they shouldn’t have 5 years ago and also doing it to the people around them for good measure.
It’s the equivalent of heavily arming traffic cops and having them go around beating and killing people that parked somewhere they shouldn’t have 5 years ago and also doing it to the people around them for good measure.
Also, ICE shouldn't have firearms at all in this context! They are a civil/regulatory enforcement agency. When they are doing domestic immigration enforcement, they don't even enforce criminal law!
My take on what is clearly murder: a bunch of insufficiently-trained ICE agents dog-pile — and subdue — the victim with multiple guns drawn (why were the guns out?!). One of agents accidentally discharges his improperly-drawn gun, spooks the rest, and then they all unload in to the unarmed victim.
January 24, 2026 at 8:46 PM
I really do feel like we don’t talk about this enough. Literally civil.
It’s the equivalent of heavily arming traffic cops and having them go around beating and killing people that parked somewhere they shouldn’t have 5 years ago and also doing it to the people around them for good measure.
It’s the equivalent of heavily arming traffic cops and having them go around beating and killing people that parked somewhere they shouldn’t have 5 years ago and also doing it to the people around them for good measure.
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Also, ICE shouldn't have firearms at all in this context! They are a civil/regulatory enforcement agency. When they are doing domestic immigration enforcement, they don't even enforce criminal law!
My take on what is clearly murder: a bunch of insufficiently-trained ICE agents dog-pile — and subdue — the victim with multiple guns drawn (why were the guns out?!). One of agents accidentally discharges his improperly-drawn gun, spooks the rest, and then they all unload in to the unarmed victim.
January 24, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Also, ICE shouldn't have firearms at all in this context! They are a civil/regulatory enforcement agency. When they are doing domestic immigration enforcement, they don't even enforce criminal law!
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My take on what is clearly murder: a bunch of insufficiently-trained ICE agents dog-pile — and subdue — the victim with multiple guns drawn (why were the guns out?!). One of agents accidentally discharges his improperly-drawn gun, spooks the rest, and then they all unload in to the unarmed victim.
January 24, 2026 at 4:29 PM
My take on what is clearly murder: a bunch of insufficiently-trained ICE agents dog-pile — and subdue — the victim with multiple guns drawn (why were the guns out?!). One of agents accidentally discharges his improperly-drawn gun, spooks the rest, and then they all unload in to the unarmed victim.
Seems like they’re pretty committed to doing this again and again and again.
Bondi: "We are going to protect our churches. We are going to protect our great men and women in law enforcement, who were out there doing their jobs today. They were arresting a violent offender, and then this guy comes up. We will support the men and women in law enforcement."
January 24, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Seems like they’re pretty committed to doing this again and again and again.
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ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
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“… armed person …”
The news already accepted the propaganda. The executions will continue.
The news already accepted the propaganda. The executions will continue.
January 24, 2026 at 6:04 PM
“… armed person …”
The news already accepted the propaganda. The executions will continue.
The news already accepted the propaganda. The executions will continue.
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He was filming him with the phone in his right hand. Hard to threaten anyone with a gun in that position.
January 24, 2026 at 6:12 PM
He was filming him with the phone in his right hand. Hard to threaten anyone with a gun in that position.