Jeffrey Vagle
@jvagle.me
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Jeffrey Vagle
@jvagle.me
· Nov 10
"I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I WILL HOLD."
-- 1LT Clifton Cates, Message to Battalion Headquarters, 19 Jul 1918, Battle of Soissons
-- 1LT Clifton Cates, Message to Battalion Headquarters, 19 Jul 1918, Battle of Soissons
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This is an incredible choice of art. Bravo. They have captured Cignetti at his most Cignetti
INDIANA DOMINATES OREGON.
The Hoosiers (15-0) are heading to the CFP National Championship for the first time in program history.
The Hoosiers (15-0) are heading to the CFP National Championship for the first time in program history.
January 10, 2026 at 4:19 AM
This is an incredible choice of art. Bravo. They have captured Cignetti at his most Cignetti
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Enough people have asked so I'm doing a PREORDER- $8 per shirt sold will go to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. Abolish ICE.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Enough people have asked so I'm doing a PREORDER- $8 per shirt sold will go to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. Abolish ICE.
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"They shot my dog. I say my dog because this experience taught me something about fascists: if you don't admit to owning the world's stray dogs, they'll shoot them. And one day they'll be back. For you. With the boxcars."
-William Gibson
-William Gibson
March 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"They shot my dog. I say my dog because this experience taught me something about fascists: if you don't admit to owning the world's stray dogs, they'll shoot them. And one day they'll be back. For you. With the boxcars."
-William Gibson
-William Gibson
The elite ICE Spoliation Squad snaps into action
It should be bigger news that masked agents were filmed hours ago removing potentially inculpatory evidence from the ICE shooter's house, clearly lacking evidence tags or chain of custody stickers.
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
January 10, 2026 at 3:36 AM
The elite ICE Spoliation Squad snaps into action
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ICE apparently lacks capacity to oppress more than one city at a time.
This is performative authoritarianism.
performative authoritarianism that has killed people, yes. It’s not a joke.
But it is also incapable of any sort of meaningful authoritarian consolidation.
They lack the numbers to win.
This is performative authoritarianism.
performative authoritarianism that has killed people, yes. It’s not a joke.
But it is also incapable of any sort of meaningful authoritarian consolidation.
They lack the numbers to win.
Federal immigration officers are pulling out of a Louisiana crackdown and heading to Minneapolis in an abrupt pivot from an operation that drew protests around New Orleans and aimed to make thousands of arrests, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
Federal officers are leaving Louisiana immigration crackdown for Minneapolis, documents show
Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that federal border agents are pulling out of a Louisiana immigration crackdown and heading to Minneapolis.
www.mprnews.org
January 10, 2026 at 1:19 AM
ICE apparently lacks capacity to oppress more than one city at a time.
This is performative authoritarianism.
performative authoritarianism that has killed people, yes. It’s not a joke.
But it is also incapable of any sort of meaningful authoritarian consolidation.
They lack the numbers to win.
This is performative authoritarianism.
performative authoritarianism that has killed people, yes. It’s not a joke.
But it is also incapable of any sort of meaningful authoritarian consolidation.
They lack the numbers to win.
It turns out gender studies explains everything.
January 10, 2026 at 2:43 AM
It turns out gender studies explains everything.
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Gender studies actually tell us everything.
We live in a world of tactical wipes, so men's insecurities are a guaranteed gangbuster business
January 9, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Gender studies actually tell us everything.
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See BS, only on Bari Weiss' CBS. www.patreon.com/BrianMcFadden
January 8, 2026 at 4:59 PM
See BS, only on Bari Weiss' CBS. www.patreon.com/BrianMcFadden
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Democrats should demand the dismantling of ICE, congressional hearings into its operations and prosecution of its worst offenders, but at the VERY least they must refuse to spend our tax money to fund these masked goons who are terrorizing our communities.
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Democrats should demand the dismantling of ICE, congressional hearings into its operations and prosecution of its worst offenders, but at the VERY least they must refuse to spend our tax money to fund these masked goons who are terrorizing our communities.
These are the values and actions that make a country great.
This morning, Ms. Rachel and I visited District 2 Pre-K Center, where we sang and read with the wonderful students and educators. We also discussed universal childcare - and how we're making it happen for NYC!
January 9, 2026 at 9:31 PM
These are the values and actions that make a country great.
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If you're wondering what kind of woman would marry Stephen Miller, here's your answer.
January 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
If you're wondering what kind of woman would marry Stephen Miller, here's your answer.
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/8 A huge part of what makes it very hard to convict Jonathan Ross for murder was baked into America generations before Trump was President. That’s the primary factor that lets law enforcement kill with impunity, not Trump.
Dick Wolf has killed more black men than Leopold II.
Dick Wolf has killed more black men than Leopold II.
January 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
/8 A huge part of what makes it very hard to convict Jonathan Ross for murder was baked into America generations before Trump was President. That’s the primary factor that lets law enforcement kill with impunity, not Trump.
Dick Wolf has killed more black men than Leopold II.
Dick Wolf has killed more black men than Leopold II.
This goes to the broader point that operations under the rule of law follow procedural rules and require levels of care which can slow things down, but are meant to protect everyone under the system.
Which is why this regime as adopted a move-fast-and-break-things approach, to foil this system.
Which is why this regime as adopted a move-fast-and-break-things approach, to foil this system.
Here’s a comment for the people who are upset that MN hasn’t charged Jonathan Ross already:
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
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If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
January 9, 2026 at 9:02 PM
This goes to the broader point that operations under the rule of law follow procedural rules and require levels of care which can slow things down, but are meant to protect everyone under the system.
Which is why this regime as adopted a move-fast-and-break-things approach, to foil this system.
Which is why this regime as adopted a move-fast-and-break-things approach, to foil this system.
A state of fear among their declared enemies and undesirables is exactly what Vance, Miller, and co. want to elicit.
January 9, 2026 at 8:54 PM
A state of fear among their declared enemies and undesirables is exactly what Vance, Miller, and co. want to elicit.
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Alpha News is a far-right site run by the wife of the former head of the Minneapolis police union.
Whoever leaked this to them thinks it makes Ross look good.
Which is just astonishing.
Whoever leaked this to them thinks it makes Ross look good.
Which is just astonishing.
Alpha News claims that it has obtained the cellphone video recorded by the ICE officer who shot and killed Renee Good.
(Warning: Disturbing.)
(Warning: Disturbing.)
January 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Alpha News is a far-right site run by the wife of the former head of the Minneapolis police union.
Whoever leaked this to them thinks it makes Ross look good.
Which is just astonishing.
Whoever leaked this to them thinks it makes Ross look good.
Which is just astonishing.
Watch European cop shows, especially those in the 80s-90s, & you will notice how so many of them do not rely on guns as plot devices or as inalienable parts of policing.
Now ponder how this administration is leaning into message that the ICE killing of an unarmed woman in her car was "justified."
Now ponder how this administration is leaning into message that the ICE killing of an unarmed woman in her car was "justified."
January 9, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Watch European cop shows, especially those in the 80s-90s, & you will notice how so many of them do not rely on guns as plot devices or as inalienable parts of policing.
Now ponder how this administration is leaning into message that the ICE killing of an unarmed woman in her car was "justified."
Now ponder how this administration is leaning into message that the ICE killing of an unarmed woman in her car was "justified."
How stressed am I? (part of an ongoing series):
The spring arm holding my book open while I write suddenly slipped off the page and I jumped in my chair so forcefully that I knocked over my coffee cup.
The spring arm holding my book open while I write suddenly slipped off the page and I jumped in my chair so forcefully that I knocked over my coffee cup.
January 9, 2026 at 7:33 PM
How stressed am I? (part of an ongoing series):
The spring arm holding my book open while I write suddenly slipped off the page and I jumped in my chair so forcefully that I knocked over my coffee cup.
The spring arm holding my book open while I write suddenly slipped off the page and I jumped in my chair so forcefully that I knocked over my coffee cup.
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If I'm not mistaken, this means that @jamellebouie.net has won the major public engagement prizes from APSA and AHA within a six-month period! And he more than deserves them both!
Mazel tov to Jamelle!
Mazel tov to Jamelle!
“He reads it. He cites it. And he makes it accessible to a national audience.” Very cool moment @historians.org #AHA26 recognizing @jamellebouie.net’s exceptional engagement w history and historians in his brilliant opinion writing.
January 9, 2026 at 4:04 PM
If I'm not mistaken, this means that @jamellebouie.net has won the major public engagement prizes from APSA and AHA within a six-month period! And he more than deserves them both!
Mazel tov to Jamelle!
Mazel tov to Jamelle!
"Since factual truths concern issues of immediate political relevance, there is more at stake...What is at stake here is this common and factual reality itself, and this is indeed a political problem of the first order."
-- H. Arendt, Truth and Politics
-- H. Arendt, Truth and Politics
Do Vance and DHS think we can't actually watch the video?
January 9, 2026 at 7:14 PM
"Since factual truths concern issues of immediate political relevance, there is more at stake...What is at stake here is this common and factual reality itself, and this is indeed a political problem of the first order."
-- H. Arendt, Truth and Politics
-- H. Arendt, Truth and Politics
"I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate... who is more devoted to 'order' than to justice."
-- MLK, Letter From a Birmingham Jail (1963)
-- MLK, Letter From a Birmingham Jail (1963)
Rep. Roger Williams: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
January 9, 2026 at 5:48 PM
"I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate... who is more devoted to 'order' than to justice."
-- MLK, Letter From a Birmingham Jail (1963)
-- MLK, Letter From a Birmingham Jail (1963)
There were stores called Radio Shack that had vacuum tube testing machines in the back.
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 9, 2026 at 5:39 PM
There were stores called Radio Shack that had vacuum tube testing machines in the back.