Mac Rogers
@macrogers.bsky.social
Playwright, audio dramatist, screenwriter, good time charlie. Listen to my audio dramas at gideon-media.com. He/him
I really enjoyed the first nine-tenths of BUGONIA, and then I also really enjoyed the final tenth of BUGONIA, but I’m not convinced the former and latter have anything to do with each other.
January 22, 2026 at 3:17 AM
I really enjoyed the first nine-tenths of BUGONIA, and then I also really enjoyed the final tenth of BUGONIA, but I’m not convinced the former and latter have anything to do with each other.
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Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
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I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
![May 12, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR: All ICE Personnel
FROM: Todd Lyons Acting Director
SUBJECT: Utilizing Form I-205, Warrant of Removal
On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to "ensur[e] the successful enforcement of final orders of removal." 90 Fed. Reg. 8443, 8444 (Jan. 20, 2025) (E.O. 14159). Essential to the removal of aliens subject to final orders of removal is the ability to locate and arrest them. To this end, certain supervisory immigration officers within both Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are authorized to issue an administrative warrant, Form I-205, Warrant of Removal (Form 1-205), for the arrest of an alien with a final order of removal. 8 C.F.R. § 241.2(a)(1). All U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and deportation officers are authorized to execute Forms 1-205. 8 C.F.R. § 287.5(e)(3)(iii) - (y)
Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose. Accordingly, in light of this legal determination, ICE immigration officers may arrest and detain aliens subject to a final under of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), or a U.S.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifrzrvaszfhj4bzhgtyvx3fm6ht4kc2zrwtvozijyxl3zxgp7vx6a@jpeg)
January 21, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
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We have to get rid of Jeffries and Schumer. We have to. It’s unendurable that these men are the most prominent Democrats of the moment. They are two of the most broadly undistinguished men I could imagine in politics, zero fire, zero fight, zero zeal, machine politicians with sinecures.
January 21, 2026 at 1:30 PM
We have to get rid of Jeffries and Schumer. We have to. It’s unendurable that these men are the most prominent Democrats of the moment. They are two of the most broadly undistinguished men I could imagine in politics, zero fire, zero fight, zero zeal, machine politicians with sinecures.
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by the way, all of this, dozens of goons, weapons brandished massive teargassing of public space, people beaten in the street, destroying two intersections on either side of my neighborhood, horror, all seems to have been to create a distraction to abduct crying two teenagers who were here legally
look what they’re doing to my city. apologies for the camerawork
January 21, 2026 at 10:33 PM
by the way, all of this, dozens of goons, weapons brandished massive teargassing of public space, people beaten in the street, destroying two intersections on either side of my neighborhood, horror, all seems to have been to create a distraction to abduct crying two teenagers who were here legally
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If you're only reading headlines and see "Trump Says He Won't Use Force" it will give you a misimpression of both how bellicose this speech is and how dug in he is on Greenland.
January 21, 2026 at 2:16 PM
If you're only reading headlines and see "Trump Says He Won't Use Force" it will give you a misimpression of both how bellicose this speech is and how dug in he is on Greenland.
It's my old saw that I keep coming back to: the current working definition of "objectivity" means a journalist isn't allowed to describe what's obviously going on.
The important part is really the WaPo's mention of the "immediate negotiations to acquire Greenland." That is not something Europe/World can do without conceding it's for sale. It's as big a threat as any. Force is implicit and there is no diplomatic path to "buy" Greenland. 1/
Right on cue, here are the push alerts from the 3 major newspapers lmao
January 21, 2026 at 4:03 PM
It's my old saw that I keep coming back to: the current working definition of "objectivity" means a journalist isn't allowed to describe what's obviously going on.
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Greenland is not for sale, why are you accepting the premise that it is
Renaming the Department of Defense would cost taxpayers $125 million. Buying Greenland would cost $700 billion. Donald Trump just gave another $75 billion to ICE. They really don’t care about wasting your taxpayer dollars.
Renaming Defense Department Could Cost Taxpayers $125 Million
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Greenland is not for sale, why are you accepting the premise that it is
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On what would’ve been his 80th birthday, a still-heavy heart but raised (damn fine) cup of coffee to David Lynch, whose work smuggled more of the avant-garde into the mainstream than any other filmmaker. For my book THE DREAMER’S PATH, I unpack his life as a performer. www.amazon.com/dp/B0GGGDFCDK
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January 21, 2026 at 6:15 AM
On what would’ve been his 80th birthday, a still-heavy heart but raised (damn fine) cup of coffee to David Lynch, whose work smuggled more of the avant-garde into the mainstream than any other filmmaker. For my book THE DREAMER’S PATH, I unpack his life as a performer. www.amazon.com/dp/B0GGGDFCDK
Man they plucked super-hunk on Starfleet Academy out of nowhere; my man’s only other credit is a half-hour short.
January 21, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Man they plucked super-hunk on Starfleet Academy out of nowhere; my man’s only other credit is a half-hour short.
As always, too good to be true.
Turns out it was a "minor electrical issue" on Air Force One.
January 21, 2026 at 3:48 AM
As always, too good to be true.
Last RT: I have zero sense of how reliable the OP source is, I just thought the QT was funny.
January 21, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Last RT: I have zero sense of how reliable the OP source is, I just thought the QT was funny.
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i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
January 20, 2026 at 5:02 PM
i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
Never put together that this happened on Tom Baker's birthday; two reasons to smile on Jan 20, a date that can get pretty dicey sometimes.
Well, it’s the 9th anniversary of this today. No special reason for mentioning it now, obviously
January 20, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Never put together that this happened on Tom Baker's birthday; two reasons to smile on Jan 20, a date that can get pretty dicey sometimes.
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5x funnier than the "how much could a banana cost" joke but 10x more depressing, so it's not worth it
Bessent: "Someone, maybe your parents for their retirement have bought 5, 10, 12 homes."
January 20, 2026 at 4:32 PM
5x funnier than the "how much could a banana cost" joke but 10x more depressing, so it's not worth it
Definitely hit up this thread if you haven't already. A seriously upsetting real life experience, I don't mean to minimize, but it's also Bluesky's first claim to its own version of "Y'all wanna hear a story about why me and this bitch here fell out?"
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Definitely hit up this thread if you haven't already. A seriously upsetting real life experience, I don't mean to minimize, but it's also Bluesky's first claim to its own version of "Y'all wanna hear a story about why me and this bitch here fell out?"
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can't stop thinking about how any bus driver can just kidnap a fuckton of people and the only reason it doesn't happen all the time is because what the fuck do you want to do with a busload of people
January 20, 2026 at 4:41 PM
can't stop thinking about how any bus driver can just kidnap a fuckton of people and the only reason it doesn't happen all the time is because what the fuck do you want to do with a busload of people
Stoked to see a raft of Serious People who haven't said shit about Minnesota rend their garments over this.
January 20, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Stoked to see a raft of Serious People who haven't said shit about Minnesota rend their garments over this.
My explanation would be that they have slightly different jobs.
The pivot from "Mamdani is a political genius for focusing his message almost entirely on affordability" to "Schumer is a political moron for focusing his message almost entirely on affordability" is odd.
January 20, 2026 at 4:32 PM
My explanation would be that they have slightly different jobs.
It used to be, because I follow so many British accounts, that opening Bsky in the early morning meant a little break from my own country’s problems because most of the posts were about another country’s problems. But now, it’s pretty clear, my country’s problems are literally everyone’s problems.
January 20, 2026 at 4:25 PM
It used to be, because I follow so many British accounts, that opening Bsky in the early morning meant a little break from my own country’s problems because most of the posts were about another country’s problems. But now, it’s pretty clear, my country’s problems are literally everyone’s problems.
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All the way back to 2015, it’s the pretending that is killing us. We have the strength to stop this weak man and his deranged plans, but we won’t, because it would require us to drop all our self-praising little fictions about being masters of restraint and subtlety, and actually strike back.
January 20, 2026 at 2:18 PM
All the way back to 2015, it’s the pretending that is killing us. We have the strength to stop this weak man and his deranged plans, but we won’t, because it would require us to drop all our self-praising little fictions about being masters of restraint and subtlety, and actually strike back.
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Our worthless class of elites is responsible for Trump, not because they agree with him but because their affectation of seriousness has suffocated them and made it impossible to leverage their resources and platforms to stop or slow him. They’d have to break the pose, and REACT, and they will not.
January 20, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Our worthless class of elites is responsible for Trump, not because they agree with him but because their affectation of seriousness has suffocated them and made it impossible to leverage their resources and platforms to stop or slow him. They’d have to break the pose, and REACT, and they will not.
It’s true that the Democrats can’t currently impeach or invoke the 25th, but they can spend every day very publicly reminding the American people that the only reason this madness is still happening is because every day elected Republicans wake up and actively decide not to stop it.
January 20, 2026 at 10:12 AM
It’s true that the Democrats can’t currently impeach or invoke the 25th, but they can spend every day very publicly reminding the American people that the only reason this madness is still happening is because every day elected Republicans wake up and actively decide not to stop it.
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Happy birthday to the great and indefatigable Tom Baker.
"Maybe I am dead, Matthew? Maybe I am. How would one know? I remember, aaaah, I was in a taxi once, and the driver said, 'I thought you were dead, Tom!' and I felt so sorry for disappointing him I tipped him a fifty, aaaaah."
January 20, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Happy birthday to the great and indefatigable Tom Baker.