ImDavidDunn
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It's hard for many ppl to believe that there are extraordinary things inside themselves. DC sports fanatic. Reality-based media/political/cultural/tech observer
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Changed my Avatar. I stand with Minneapolis/St Paul.
I hope you will do the same.
I hope you will do the same.
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imo of all the formal political institutions in US life, the judiciary has given the best account of itself by a pretty large margin (with the obvious exception of SCOTUS) and a younger me was way more dismissive of the courts than history would prove deserved
A magistrate judge found no probable cause to support arrest warrants for 5 people involved in the St. Paul church protest.
DOJ appealed to the 8th Cir.
That appeal led to this remarkable letter from the Chief Judge of the Minnesota district court…
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
DOJ appealed to the 8th Cir.
That appeal led to this remarkable letter from the Chief Judge of the Minnesota district court…
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 24, 2026 at 6:43 PM
imo of all the formal political institutions in US life, the judiciary has given the best account of itself by a pretty large margin (with the obvious exception of SCOTUS) and a younger me was way more dismissive of the courts than history would prove deserved
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And speaking of obscene.
Outrage is growing in Italy over the deployment ICE agents to assist US security operations at the Winter Olympics next month. https://cnn.it/3NJAMre
January 27, 2026 at 4:03 PM
And speaking of obscene.
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Needless to say that Renee Good and Alex Pretti will go down as heroes here in Minnesota and nationally, their names synonymous with sacrifice and caring for vulnerable neighbors even at the risk of your own life. And hopefully no more innocent lives are lost.
January 26, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Needless to say that Renee Good and Alex Pretti will go down as heroes here in Minnesota and nationally, their names synonymous with sacrifice and caring for vulnerable neighbors even at the risk of your own life. And hopefully no more innocent lives are lost.
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I mean honestly, the total reversal in a day may mean there is more to this than just polling.
Is it possible this agent is a proud boy or worse, a J6 pardon recipient?
Or is it just the attack on guns by the entire cabinet on Sunday?
Is it possible this agent is a proud boy or worse, a J6 pardon recipient?
Or is it just the attack on guns by the entire cabinet on Sunday?
we are witnessing historic backpedaling here
January 27, 2026 at 5:00 AM
I mean honestly, the total reversal in a day may mean there is more to this than just polling.
Is it possible this agent is a proud boy or worse, a J6 pardon recipient?
Or is it just the attack on guns by the entire cabinet on Sunday?
Is it possible this agent is a proud boy or worse, a J6 pardon recipient?
Or is it just the attack on guns by the entire cabinet on Sunday?
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Death by a thousand cuts still schedules a funeral at some point.
January 27, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Death by a thousand cuts still schedules a funeral at some point.
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Sometimes straddling the edge of a knife tends to do some uncomfortable surgery and excises your “courage” when you are a politician.
If you can’t do hard things in Congress why be there. I know why for Republicans. But Democrats, come on!
If you can’t do hard things in Congress why be there. I know why for Republicans. But Democrats, come on!
I will give Suozzi more credit than he gives himself. He knew what the vote was. He just figured the way to "win" was to support the funding because that's more "centrist" and buck the Democratic majority. But morally, he knew what this was about. He ended up wrong morally AND politically.
January 27, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Sometimes straddling the edge of a knife tends to do some uncomfortable surgery and excises your “courage” when you are a politician.
If you can’t do hard things in Congress why be there. I know why for Republicans. But Democrats, come on!
If you can’t do hard things in Congress why be there. I know why for Republicans. But Democrats, come on!
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Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Must read by Ta-Nehisi Coates on what happened on Minnesota.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
Paywall bypass here.
archive.ph/0TUGt
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
Paywall bypass here.
archive.ph/0TUGt
“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti
In the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact: The culture war is an actual war.
www.vanityfair.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Must read by Ta-Nehisi Coates on what happened on Minnesota.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
Paywall bypass here.
archive.ph/0TUGt
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
Paywall bypass here.
archive.ph/0TUGt
Laura Ingraham: What good is DHS
Chip Roy: Who really needs ICE.
Chuck Schumer: What about a few restrictions?
Chip Roy: Who really needs ICE.
Chuck Schumer: What about a few restrictions?
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 5:05 AM
Laura Ingraham: What good is DHS
Chip Roy: Who really needs ICE.
Chuck Schumer: What about a few restrictions?
Chip Roy: Who really needs ICE.
Chuck Schumer: What about a few restrictions?
I mean honestly, the total reversal in a day may mean there is more to this than just polling.
Is it possible this agent is a proud boy or worse, a J6 pardon recipient?
Or is it just the attack on guns by the entire cabinet on Sunday?
Is it possible this agent is a proud boy or worse, a J6 pardon recipient?
Or is it just the attack on guns by the entire cabinet on Sunday?
we are witnessing historic backpedaling here
January 27, 2026 at 5:00 AM
I mean honestly, the total reversal in a day may mean there is more to this than just polling.
Is it possible this agent is a proud boy or worse, a J6 pardon recipient?
Or is it just the attack on guns by the entire cabinet on Sunday?
Is it possible this agent is a proud boy or worse, a J6 pardon recipient?
Or is it just the attack on guns by the entire cabinet on Sunday?
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Also when CBP and ICE officers brag about their "bitch" victims "holes"
“I fired 5 rounds, and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”
he texted a group chat involving other agents
agent's own bodycam video showed him telling victim Marimar Martinez before opening fire, “Do something, bitch”
“I fired 5 rounds, and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”
he texted a group chat involving other agents
agent's own bodycam video showed him telling victim Marimar Martinez before opening fire, “Do something, bitch”
January 27, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Also when CBP and ICE officers brag about their "bitch" victims "holes"
“I fired 5 rounds, and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”
he texted a group chat involving other agents
agent's own bodycam video showed him telling victim Marimar Martinez before opening fire, “Do something, bitch”
“I fired 5 rounds, and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”
he texted a group chat involving other agents
agent's own bodycam video showed him telling victim Marimar Martinez before opening fire, “Do something, bitch”
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“Radical Marxists want ICE to be a federal law enforcement agency so the Deep State can force woke down our throats” in about a week
January 27, 2026 at 1:21 AM
“Radical Marxists want ICE to be a federal law enforcement agency so the Deep State can force woke down our throats” in about a week
The polls in ICE and DHS must be worse than the polls on Epstein.
The entire GOP right now…
The entire GOP right now…
January 27, 2026 at 4:57 AM
The polls in ICE and DHS must be worse than the polls on Epstein.
The entire GOP right now…
The entire GOP right now…
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This puts Chip Roy (R-TX) to the left of Chuck Schumer (D-NY).
we are witnessing historic backpedaling here
January 27, 2026 at 4:51 AM
This puts Chip Roy (R-TX) to the left of Chuck Schumer (D-NY).
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When you look at Noem, RFK Jr, Hegseth, Bovino, Bessent, it's pretty striking. Trump picked an entire cabinet whose only qualification is to be able to tell outlandish lies with a straight face.
January 27, 2026 at 2:54 AM
When you look at Noem, RFK Jr, Hegseth, Bovino, Bessent, it's pretty striking. Trump picked an entire cabinet whose only qualification is to be able to tell outlandish lies with a straight face.
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We need these kids to free and this shithole shut down. 👇
This is our government, United States of America. As taxpayers, we are complicit in funding this inhumane detention of immigrants. This is a drawing by a 5-year-old who has been detained 8 months inside a TX prison.
Shame on America.
I want to say this isn't who we are, but we are. This is real.
Shame on America.
I want to say this isn't who we are, but we are. This is real.
January 27, 2026 at 3:23 AM
We need these kids to free and this shithole shut down. 👇
Maybe the Senate should have taken their advise and consent responsibilities seriously 🙄
Instead everyone is forced to correct never ending lies…
“Minnesota Department of Corrections Releases New Evidence Showing DHS Is Publishing False Arrest Claims at Scale”
mn.gov/doc/about/ne...
Instead everyone is forced to correct never ending lies…
“Minnesota Department of Corrections Releases New Evidence Showing DHS Is Publishing False Arrest Claims at Scale”
mn.gov/doc/about/ne...
January 27, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Maybe the Senate should have taken their advise and consent responsibilities seriously 🙄
Instead everyone is forced to correct never ending lies…
“Minnesota Department of Corrections Releases New Evidence Showing DHS Is Publishing False Arrest Claims at Scale”
mn.gov/doc/about/ne...
Instead everyone is forced to correct never ending lies…
“Minnesota Department of Corrections Releases New Evidence Showing DHS Is Publishing False Arrest Claims at Scale”
mn.gov/doc/about/ne...
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It occurs to me that if “defending the 2nd amendment” is the only reason Republicans are turning on Noem/DHS/ICE, that suggests that the lesson many will take going forward is that the best way to AVOID getting shot will be…to carry a gun.
Which is troubling in & of itself.
Which is troubling in & of itself.
Blood in the water.
U.S. Sen. John Curtis: Republican of Utah
U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo: Republican of Idaho
U.S. Sen. John Curtis: Republican of Utah
U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo: Republican of Idaho
January 27, 2026 at 3:36 AM
It occurs to me that if “defending the 2nd amendment” is the only reason Republicans are turning on Noem/DHS/ICE, that suggests that the lesson many will take going forward is that the best way to AVOID getting shot will be…to carry a gun.
Which is troubling in & of itself.
Which is troubling in & of itself.
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Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
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While glad to see Bovino humbled, I really don’t have any higher opinion of Homan—a cruel, cold, corrupt, calculating bureaucrat who’s devoted more of his career to mass deportation than almost anyone. He’s the architect of child separation.
January 27, 2026 at 2:07 AM
While glad to see Bovino humbled, I really don’t have any higher opinion of Homan—a cruel, cold, corrupt, calculating bureaucrat who’s devoted more of his career to mass deportation than almost anyone. He’s the architect of child separation.
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Is Andor the show that is better than it needed to be by the widest margin ever?
January 27, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Is Andor the show that is better than it needed to be by the widest margin ever?
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The terror that ICE and CBP have inflicted on the children of the Twin Cities is, by itself, a crime of scandalous proportions that will forever stain this country's moral fabric, and all those responsible should never know another day of peace. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 26, 2026 at 9:43 PM
The terror that ICE and CBP have inflicted on the children of the Twin Cities is, by itself, a crime of scandalous proportions that will forever stain this country's moral fabric, and all those responsible should never know another day of peace. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 27, 2026 at 2:46 AM