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Heard of the Nuclear Option? How it works? You’re welcome. https://preview.tinyurl.com/y3drq9j3

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lol mandamus
BREAKING

The Eighth Circuit REJECTED Pam Bondi's mandamus request to issue more arrests warrants in the St. Paul church protest.

At the district court level, the chief judge found "no evidence" Don Lemon and his producer "engaged in criminal behavior."
January 24, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Help! Conservatives! Ruby Ridge!
ICE agent: "We're gonna come back for your whole family, okay?"
January 24, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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As you encounter Trump regime defenses of summarily executing a man on the streets of America because he was (supposedly) armed, I invite you to recall the Bundy Ranch standoff, and the Right’s celebration of a man who aimed a rifle at law enforcement.

www.findinggravity.net/the-next-tim...
The Next Time Will Be Worse
If we don't disincentivize right-wing political violence, we will get more of it.
www.findinggravity.net
January 24, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Oh yeah. Me too! I’m totally credentialed. And I say you’re free to go. Credentials are great! Especially if you don’t have to show them to anybody.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has announced "Every OHP trooper has completed the process to become credentialed by ICE as a designated immigration officer"

"Operation Guardian" has begun, setting up checkpoints throughout the state
January 24, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.
January 24, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This is what they meant by #dotard.
Trump 8 Days Ago: "If Canada can get a trade deal with China, they should do that."
Trump Today: "If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% tariff." #cdnpoli
January 24, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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January 24, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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I'm really looking forward to hearing from the same people who have spent decades yelling about the Second Amendment that this shooting was somehow justified because the observer (allegedly) had a gun.

It turns out, it was never about *all* of our liberty.
January 24, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Does this idea about “better training” include shock collars? I just want to know what we’re talking about here.
January 24, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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O'Hara refusing to step away from the scene is something to keep an eye on
BREAKING: The Tribune confirmed on Instagram that the man shot has died, according to two sources with knowledge of the incident.

ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but Chief Brian O'Hara refused, sources also told the Tribune. O'Hara instructed his officers to preserve the scene.
Man shot by federal agent in south Minneapolis www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 24, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Remember when these guys lied that they were preserving Confederate monuments because you had to leave up the whole messy contested historical record rather than erasing history?
More than 400 years of history and a decade of advocacy were torn down Thursday afternoon when National Park Service employees removed every single display at the President’s House.

🔗 What's next? We explain: www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
January 24, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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If there is no legal recourse for the summary execution of Americans by secret police, Americans will seek extralegal recourses.

This isn’t advocacy. I’m just stating facts.
January 24, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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We live in a heavily armed society. If members of the public lose faith in legal and political processes of accountability, things will spiral. We really do not want that.
January 24, 2026 at 4:34 PM
January 24, 2026 at 4:06 PM
They’re not police. They’re not law enforcement. And if your fear of reining them in comes from mistaking them for law enforcement, you need to get over it.

ICE never got a kitten down from a tree. ICE never helped a little old lady cross the street. They have no positive tradition to stand on.
Nothing complicated or subtle or hard to understand about what is happening:
-"forcibly entered homes without a judge’s warrant"
-"interrogated people because of their ethnicity or accents"
-"broke windows and dragged occupants from their cars"
-"used force on people who were already restrained"
Videos From Minnesota Show How Aggressive ICE Has Gotten During Arrests and Encounters With Protesters
For weeks, residents have documented the impact of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign and captured many violent confrontations on camera.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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January 23, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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So… what’s the strategic goal for the administration in Minnesota, exactly?

I’m not being cute, I don’t understand the theory of victory here and want someone to explain it to me.
January 24, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Hey, man! Kristi Noem just got done telling me she was gonna crack heads if anyone violated people's constitutional rights!
This is shocking! Sen. Blumenthal exposes a secret ICE memo ordering agents to disregard the Fourth Amendment and force entry into homes without a judicial warrant. That’s an assault on constitutional rights, executed in the dark.
January 23, 2026 at 7:07 PM
The reason it's politically fraught to call for defunding or even reining in traditional law enforcfement is... that tradition.

The friendly neighborhood cop may be a relic, but ICE & CBP have NEVER been seen that way.

They're not a part of this tradition. They're chaos agents, not LEOs.
January 23, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Bondi: “Listen loud and clear: WE DO NOT TOLERATE ATTACKS ON PLACES OF WORSHIP."
As clergy pray, arrests begin
January 23, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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> trump threatens military aggression to seize a danish territory
> key european states send a tripfire force, implying a willingeness to escalate if the US attempts to militarily seize the island
> mark rutte gives trump an off ramp by rebranding status quo
> stupid libs panicked for nothing
January 23, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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New — As DHS may get even more money as ICE terrorizes people in towns across America, one DHS agency just filed a contract to spend $60,000 on… two printers to print out Trump’s Gold Cards
Elder Abuse of Power
Donald Trump decays before our very eyes, Jared Kushner unveils his plan for ‘New Gaza,’ and Democrats vote to fund the president’s junta of 4Chan fascists.
zeteo.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:07 PM
I was told the other day that it was a federal offense to interrupt a prayer service.
Police have arrived. Arrests seem imminent. The crowd chants “let them pray” and “Minnesota nice means prosecute ICE”
January 23, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Comment coming in from AllLivesMatterstan: I would love to see American and French troops killing one another. Over Greenland. Because although “All Lives Matter,” it’s ok to kill small numbers of people if it looks tacticool and I’m not in any danger from it.
Rep. Greg Steube: "You see Macron and the French sending troops to Greenland. I would love to see the US military up against French troops in Greenland, because it would not last very long. It would be a very small skirmish ... we don't care about what Macron and the French want."
January 23, 2026 at 4:27 PM