Mark Hamann
@ki7bda.bsky.social
Badger in Seattle
Leukemia veteran
Beer drinker
Tech, math, reading, gaming
English, 日本語, Français
Leukemia veteran
Beer drinker
Tech, math, reading, gaming
English, 日本語, Français
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“Melania” is filled with bleakly funny moments, such as when she recollects her triumphs in the White House—“She redid the Rose Garden (now paved over). She fixed up the bowling alley (now demolished by her husband to make room for a ballroom)”—Alexandra Petri argues.
'Melania' Is a Horror Movie
The first lady is trapped, and she doesn’t seem to know it.
bit.ly
January 31, 2026 at 3:10 AM
“Melania” is filled with bleakly funny moments, such as when she recollects her triumphs in the White House—“She redid the Rose Garden (now paved over). She fixed up the bowling alley (now demolished by her husband to make room for a ballroom)”—Alexandra Petri argues.
I need AI to do my work so I have time to consume all the AI slop videos.... Right? AI is pretty good at some of what I do so long as I apply my discernment, and while I only knowingly watch human created videos, is getting harder to tell human generated from machine generated.
January 31, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I need AI to do my work so I have time to consume all the AI slop videos.... Right? AI is pretty good at some of what I do so long as I apply my discernment, and while I only knowingly watch human created videos, is getting harder to tell human generated from machine generated.
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The fragile head of the cop union may think the police department answers to no one, but "do your job, even when it's ICE who's breaking the law" is not a work condition subject to bargaining. (Content note, rightwing website)
seattlered.com/jason-rantz/...
seattlered.com/jason-rantz/...
SPOG president blasts mayor's plan to track ice
SPOG president Mike Solan criticizes Mayor Katie Wilson's plan requiring officers to track and document ICE immigration enforcement activity.
seattlered.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:01 AM
The fragile head of the cop union may think the police department answers to no one, but "do your job, even when it's ICE who's breaking the law" is not a work condition subject to bargaining. (Content note, rightwing website)
seattlered.com/jason-rantz/...
seattlered.com/jason-rantz/...
I can't imagine much can be more cringe than watching Melania with Melania also in attendance.
January 30, 2026 at 10:47 PM
I can't imagine much can be more cringe than watching Melania with Melania also in attendance.
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The charges against Don Lemon are ridiculous. He’s a target because he’s black, because he’s media, and because he’s a Trump critic, and because Trump and his minions cannot accept any dissent. It’s deeply pathetic, unamerican, and lawless.
January 30, 2026 at 2:19 PM
The charges against Don Lemon are ridiculous. He’s a target because he’s black, because he’s media, and because he’s a Trump critic, and because Trump and his minions cannot accept any dissent. It’s deeply pathetic, unamerican, and lawless.
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"A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol employee was charged with drunken driving in St. Paul after a state trooper found him passed out in a car Tuesday morning 'covered in vomit.'"
Border Patrol employee found ‘covered in vomit’ in St. Paul, charged with drunk driving
Border Patrol employee Alfredo Mancillas Jr. of Corpus Christi, Texas, was charged with drunk driving in St. Paul.
sahanjournal.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:04 PM
"A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol employee was charged with drunken driving in St. Paul after a state trooper found him passed out in a car Tuesday morning 'covered in vomit.'"
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What's morale like at CBP & ICE right now? New survey data are damning.
*21% of CBP respondents (9% of ICE respondents) believe their agencies' political leaders maintain high standards of integrity.
*Only 23% at CBP (18% at ICE) feel confident they could report illegal acts without retribution
*21% of CBP respondents (9% of ICE respondents) believe their agencies' political leaders maintain high standards of integrity.
*Only 23% at CBP (18% at ICE) feel confident they could report illegal acts without retribution
January 29, 2026 at 10:10 PM
What's morale like at CBP & ICE right now? New survey data are damning.
*21% of CBP respondents (9% of ICE respondents) believe their agencies' political leaders maintain high standards of integrity.
*Only 23% at CBP (18% at ICE) feel confident they could report illegal acts without retribution
*21% of CBP respondents (9% of ICE respondents) believe their agencies' political leaders maintain high standards of integrity.
*Only 23% at CBP (18% at ICE) feel confident they could report illegal acts without retribution
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"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
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Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
January 28, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
ICE is a jobs program for sadistic sociopaths who are recruited using white nationalist advertizing. It is not a professional organization that removes people who have deportation orders. It is Trump's and Miller's Gestapo.
January 27, 2026 at 2:29 AM
ICE is a jobs program for sadistic sociopaths who are recruited using white nationalist advertizing. It is not a professional organization that removes people who have deportation orders. It is Trump's and Miller's Gestapo.
Bovino may be out, but ICE and CBP are still the Gestapo.
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Bovino may be out, but ICE and CBP are still the Gestapo.
At the Federal Building.
January 27, 2026 at 1:02 AM
At the Federal Building.
Had some beer watching the Seahawks and YouTube serves up my music playlist. But it always forgets Buy For Me The Rain. My Dad was in agribusiness, YouTube! That song is always on my mind, even without the "From Iowa Public TV, this is Market to Market."
January 26, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Had some beer watching the Seahawks and YouTube serves up my music playlist. But it always forgets Buy For Me The Rain. My Dad was in agribusiness, YouTube! That song is always on my mind, even without the "From Iowa Public TV, this is Market to Market."
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oh commuters just found the motherlode of ice agents at a suburban hotel, including, potentially, bovino himself. a bunch of confirmed ICE and CBP cars from the bovino convoy there. spring hill suites in maple grove.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
January 26, 2026 at 3:44 AM
oh commuters just found the motherlode of ice agents at a suburban hotel, including, potentially, bovino himself. a bunch of confirmed ICE and CBP cars from the bovino convoy there. spring hill suites in maple grove.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
I feel like America started turning a corner with Renee Good, and Alex Pretti is completing that turn. I don't want progress coming from the deaths of good people at the hands of white nationalists, though.
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 AM
I feel like America started turning a corner with Renee Good, and Alex Pretti is completing that turn. I don't want progress coming from the deaths of good people at the hands of white nationalists, though.
And we "Seattle and/or Green Bay" go to the Superbowl!
January 26, 2026 at 2:53 AM
And we "Seattle and/or Green Bay" go to the Superbowl!
Popehat going even darker than JVL today... All while I'm on chapter XV of Stefan Zweig's The World of Yesterday...
January 25, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Popehat going even darker than JVL today... All while I'm on chapter XV of Stefan Zweig's The World of Yesterday...
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This is what secret police do and repressive regimes.
January 24, 2026 at 3:48 AM
This is what secret police do and repressive regimes.
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I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that JD Vance tried to "soften" things in Minneapolis. He blamed the left for ICE violence and called the 5-year-old's father an "illegal alien" even though he's lawfully applying for asylum.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
Trump’s ICE Goons Detained a 5-Year-Old. Then JD Vance Made It Worse.
Much of the media is treating the vice president’s Minneapolis visit as an attempt to lower the temperature. If anything, he raised it.
newrepublic.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that JD Vance tried to "soften" things in Minneapolis. He blamed the left for ICE violence and called the 5-year-old's father an "illegal alien" even though he's lawfully applying for asylum.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
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Why do I feel like every time one of these guys enters a guilty plea it’s only because they’ve lined up a future pardon from Trump for the standard fee.
January 24, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Why do I feel like every time one of these guys enters a guilty plea it’s only because they’ve lined up a future pardon from Trump for the standard fee.
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Please know that when JD Vance says "Americans" here, he means "women."
"To our fellow Americans, we say you’re never going to find great meaning in a cubicle or in front of a computer screen. But you will find great meaning if you dedicate yourself to the creation and sustenance of human life."
"To our fellow Americans, we say you’re never going to find great meaning in a cubicle or in front of a computer screen. But you will find great meaning if you dedicate yourself to the creation and sustenance of human life."
January 24, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Please know that when JD Vance says "Americans" here, he means "women."
"To our fellow Americans, we say you’re never going to find great meaning in a cubicle or in front of a computer screen. But you will find great meaning if you dedicate yourself to the creation and sustenance of human life."
"To our fellow Americans, we say you’re never going to find great meaning in a cubicle or in front of a computer screen. But you will find great meaning if you dedicate yourself to the creation and sustenance of human life."
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ICE just crashed a car at my intersection (due to their own shitty driving) and immediately got out and tear gassed observers.
January 23, 2026 at 7:38 PM
ICE just crashed a car at my intersection (due to their own shitty driving) and immediately got out and tear gassed observers.
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🚨 ICE is creating a watchlist of anyone and everyone who films them, DHS sources tell me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-making...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-making...
ICE Making List of Anyone Who Films Them
“We have a nice little database and now you’re considered a domestic terrorist.”
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:36 PM
🚨 ICE is creating a watchlist of anyone and everyone who films them, DHS sources tell me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-making...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-making...
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This ICE observer had her TSA-Pre-check revoked.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72047...
"Three days after the interaction, on January 13th, I received an email notice that my Global Entry/TSA-Pre Check privilege for passing through airport security had been revoked."
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72047...
"Three days after the interaction, on January 13th, I received an email notice that my Global Entry/TSA-Pre Check privilege for passing through airport security had been revoked."
January 22, 2026 at 7:45 PM
This ICE observer had her TSA-Pre-check revoked.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72047...
"Three days after the interaction, on January 13th, I received an email notice that my Global Entry/TSA-Pre Check privilege for passing through airport security had been revoked."
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72047...
"Three days after the interaction, on January 13th, I received an email notice that my Global Entry/TSA-Pre Check privilege for passing through airport security had been revoked."