Joan McCarter
@joanmccarter.com
Political writer, politician haranguer, senior pet caretaker, gardener
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Yes, voting against ICE funding is the morally right thing to do. But you can be the most heartless political consultant bastard out there - cutting ICE is still the smart play. That Schumer/Jeffries are silent right now is political malpractice (and morally reprehensible, if you care about that).
New poll from Navigator also with an incredible result; the largest drop in support for ICE since June was actually among *Republicans*, 25% of which now say they have an unfavorable opinion of the agency.
January 15, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Yes, voting against ICE funding is the morally right thing to do. But you can be the most heartless political consultant bastard out there - cutting ICE is still the smart play. That Schumer/Jeffries are silent right now is political malpractice (and morally reprehensible, if you care about that).
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New poll from Navigator also with an incredible result; the largest drop in support for ICE since June was actually among *Republicans*, 25% of which now say they have an unfavorable opinion of the agency.
January 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
New poll from Navigator also with an incredible result; the largest drop in support for ICE since June was actually among *Republicans*, 25% of which now say they have an unfavorable opinion of the agency.
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This dude is intense and correct
January 15, 2026 at 9:05 AM
This dude is intense and correct
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They (the feds) are not stopping:
🚨BREAKING: ICE/DHS agents launch flash bang grenades and tear gas at unarmed Minneapolis protesters in front of the federal building.
"We have a constitutional right to assemble here! You are committing treason!" protester screams amidst cloud of tear gas. LIVE NOW ⬇️
"We have a constitutional right to assemble here! You are committing treason!" protester screams amidst cloud of tear gas. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 7:30 PM
They (the feds) are not stopping:
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There's no evidence so far that he can make it actually work, but these ARE the guys who forged electoral college votes. And Trump clearly thought he could just call Republicans in Georgia and get the results changed.
He didn't make it work in his first term. But people are bending more often now.
He didn't make it work in his first term. But people are bending more often now.
the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 4:42 PM
There's no evidence so far that he can make it actually work, but these ARE the guys who forged electoral college votes. And Trump clearly thought he could just call Republicans in Georgia and get the results changed.
He didn't make it work in his first term. But people are bending more often now.
He didn't make it work in his first term. But people are bending more often now.
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Schumer as a major American metro is being brutally occupied by Trump goons: "The affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what the American people are demanding"
January 15, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Schumer as a major American metro is being brutally occupied by Trump goons: "The affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what the American people are demanding"
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A man who praises Hitler, says all migrants are criminals, & that "all Black people are foreign" continues to be an ICE prosecutor.
To say this system is rotten to the core is a dramatic understatement.
As always great reporting by @stevanzetti.bsky.social for the indefatigable @texasobserver.org
To say this system is rotten to the core is a dramatic understatement.
As always great reporting by @stevanzetti.bsky.social for the indefatigable @texasobserver.org
ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
James Rodden, identified by the Observer last year as the operator of an account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:36 PM
A man who praises Hitler, says all migrants are criminals, & that "all Black people are foreign" continues to be an ICE prosecutor.
To say this system is rotten to the core is a dramatic understatement.
As always great reporting by @stevanzetti.bsky.social for the indefatigable @texasobserver.org
To say this system is rotten to the core is a dramatic understatement.
As always great reporting by @stevanzetti.bsky.social for the indefatigable @texasobserver.org
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Polls show that only 12% of Americans support President Trump’s plan to seize Greenland. But in this CBS newsroom, that number feels much higher
January 14, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Polls show that only 12% of Americans support President Trump’s plan to seize Greenland. But in this CBS newsroom, that number feels much higher
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ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
January 14, 2026 at 1:09 PM
ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
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This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
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What could Hakeem Jeffries and the Dem leadership including @whipkclark.bsky.social do?
This. They could do this. This is being done against the wishes of the Dem leadership.
This. They could do this. This is being done against the wishes of the Dem leadership.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus, which has nearly 100 members, announced its members will oppose any new funding for immigration enforcement until "meaningful" reforms are put in place. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
Progressive Caucus To Oppose Any New Funding For Immigration Enforcement
www.huffpost.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:39 PM
What could Hakeem Jeffries and the Dem leadership including @whipkclark.bsky.social do?
This. They could do this. This is being done against the wishes of the Dem leadership.
This. They could do this. This is being done against the wishes of the Dem leadership.
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Oh my stars is every news anchor going to ask about civility now
Trump yells “fuck you” and flips off an auto worker in Michigan who yelled “pedophile protector” www.tmz.com/2026/01/13/t...
January 13, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Oh my stars is every news anchor going to ask about civility now
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This is completely fucking unacceptable. Shut this terrorist government down until it stops brutalizing its own citizens.
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 6:57 PM
This is completely fucking unacceptable. Shut this terrorist government down until it stops brutalizing its own citizens.
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3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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"Recording law enforcement is not illegal. It is not obstruction. It is a constitutionally-protected activity that district & appellate courts have affirmed." - @attorneynora.bsky.social
@timkarr.bsky.social's latest on Pressing Issues on the right to record:
pressingissues.org/recording-ic...
@timkarr.bsky.social's latest on Pressing Issues on the right to record:
pressingissues.org/recording-ic...
January 13, 2026 at 2:34 PM
"Recording law enforcement is not illegal. It is not obstruction. It is a constitutionally-protected activity that district & appellate courts have affirmed." - @attorneynora.bsky.social
@timkarr.bsky.social's latest on Pressing Issues on the right to record:
pressingissues.org/recording-ic...
@timkarr.bsky.social's latest on Pressing Issues on the right to record:
pressingissues.org/recording-ic...
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I am not sure who the left wing equivalent of randy fine would be, but I do know if they existed no one would put them on tv
Rep. Randy Fine on his bill to make Greenland the 51st state: "We need to make sure we assert our dominance over the Western Hemisphere ... the last thing we need is Greenland to become another Venezuela where we have huge problems we have to deal with in the future."
January 13, 2026 at 12:59 PM
I am not sure who the left wing equivalent of randy fine would be, but I do know if they existed no one would put them on tv
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Really can’t get over this video of more than a half dozen ICE agents forming a tactical perimeter at a suburban Minnesota Target so their commander can use the bathroom, cosplaying like they’re in Fallujah.
What an absurd waste of taxpayer dollars.
What an absurd waste of taxpayer dollars.
January 12, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Really can’t get over this video of more than a half dozen ICE agents forming a tactical perimeter at a suburban Minnesota Target so their commander can use the bathroom, cosplaying like they’re in Fallujah.
What an absurd waste of taxpayer dollars.
What an absurd waste of taxpayer dollars.
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It was gender.
January 12, 2026 at 6:01 PM
It was gender.
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I for one am ready for our society to see that men are too emotional to wield so much life & death power.
January 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM
I for one am ready for our society to see that men are too emotional to wield so much life & death power.
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Hard same.
to any politicians out there: the only metric by which i am deciding my votes in any future Democratic primary is how far they're willing to go in punishing this administration and i am far from the only one
January 12, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Hard same.
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According to email documentation in the Epstein files, Bill Pulte’s grandfather allegedly worked with Jeffrey Epstein in 2004 to help broker a real estate deal by which a Russian oligarch disguised a $100 million transfer to Donald Trump.
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte was a driving force behind the Trump administration’s decision to subpoena the Federal Reserve, according to people familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Bill Pulte Seen as Key Instigator Behind Powell Subpoena
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte was a driving force behind the Trump administration’s decision to subpoena the Federal Reserve, according to people familiar with the matter, intensi...
www.bloomberg.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:17 AM
According to email documentation in the Epstein files, Bill Pulte’s grandfather allegedly worked with Jeffrey Epstein in 2004 to help broker a real estate deal by which a Russian oligarch disguised a $100 million transfer to Donald Trump.
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This is what I heard checking in on friends yesterday. People are in hiding, or aren’t but are agonizing over whether they should be, or are trying to reassure terrified parents who want them to be
The scale of this doesn’t seem to be known to even newshound NYC friends w/o Minneapolis connections
The scale of this doesn’t seem to be known to even newshound NYC friends w/o Minneapolis connections
"The logical outcome of ICE’s siege is the fear that now grips Minneapolis immigrants, even those with U.S. citizenship, about sending their kids to school, going to work, buying groceries, or seeing a doctor when they’re sick." www.liberalcurrents.com/return-of-th...
Return of the Silver Shirts
In ICE's invasion of Minneapolis, an echo of a dark past.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:46 PM
This is what I heard checking in on friends yesterday. People are in hiding, or aren’t but are agonizing over whether they should be, or are trying to reassure terrified parents who want them to be
The scale of this doesn’t seem to be known to even newshound NYC friends w/o Minneapolis connections
The scale of this doesn’t seem to be known to even newshound NYC friends w/o Minneapolis connections
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Thread.
In 1999, a woman named Jessica Gonzales sought and obtained an order of protection against her physically abusive husband ("AH"), who had repeatedly threatened to kill her and their three children. The order included language specifically limiting when and where AH was allowed to see the children.
January 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Thread.
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The Church Committee's investigation into the crimes of the intelligence community is about as good a model as we have for the kind of investigation into the crimes of ICE and other agencies. This is really a must-read for understanding our own moment.
With MLK day approaching, worth reading what the official Senate investigation found about surveillance, sabotage, and blackmail as part of the FBI's "war" on Martin Luther King.
"No holds were barred. We have used [similar] techniques against Soviet agents...This is a rough, tough business."
"No holds were barred. We have used [similar] techniques against Soviet agents...This is a rough, tough business."
The Church Committee Report: Revelations from the Bombshell 1970s Investigation Into the National Security State
Revelations from the Bombshell 1970s Investigation Into the National Security State
bookshop.org
January 11, 2026 at 6:48 PM
The Church Committee's investigation into the crimes of the intelligence community is about as good a model as we have for the kind of investigation into the crimes of ICE and other agencies. This is really a must-read for understanding our own moment.