Maximillian Potter
@maxpotter.bsky.social
Writer-editor @protectdemocracy.org
Contributing Editor @vanityfair.com
NYT & WSJ Best Wine Book: “Shadows in the Vineyard” http://amzn.to/2H5ikFW
Ghost in some memoirs.
Facts are facts.
My opinions are my own.
https://linktr.ee/maximillianpotter
Contributing Editor @vanityfair.com
NYT & WSJ Best Wine Book: “Shadows in the Vineyard” http://amzn.to/2H5ikFW
Ghost in some memoirs.
Facts are facts.
My opinions are my own.
https://linktr.ee/maximillianpotter
This witness is afraid the government will now come for her.
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 6:27 AM
This witness is afraid the government will now come for her.
We all saw a handful of masked men drag an American to the ground, beat him and fatally shoot him, in broad daylight on a street in America. Only 17 days ago we all saw a masked man fatally shoot an American, in broad daylight on a street in America. These men work for the president. He sent them.
January 25, 2026 at 5:59 AM
We all saw a handful of masked men drag an American to the ground, beat him and fatally shoot him, in broad daylight on a street in America. Only 17 days ago we all saw a masked man fatally shoot an American, in broad daylight on a street in America. These men work for the president. He sent them.
Reactive abuse. That’s what has been unfolding. It’s intentional. To fully understand what is happening, it is critical to understand the psychological manipulation or psyops at work.
January 25, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Reactive abuse. That’s what has been unfolding. It’s intentional. To fully understand what is happening, it is critical to understand the psychological manipulation or psyops at work.
“Please get the truth out about our son.”
January 25, 2026 at 1:17 AM
“Please get the truth out about our son.”
The volume of disinformation, misinformation, lies, hearsay that Fox News is "conversationally" pushing right now is staggering. It's psyops.
January 24, 2026 at 8:59 PM
The volume of disinformation, misinformation, lies, hearsay that Fox News is "conversationally" pushing right now is staggering. It's psyops.
Seems significant that at a critical moment in the press conference from Minneapolis that Fox News cut away saying it “lost the feed,” yet the conference continued uninterrupted on other outlets. The matter-of-fact address from PD chief & emergency management director was damning for the admin.
January 24, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Seems significant that at a critical moment in the press conference from Minneapolis that Fox News cut away saying it “lost the feed,” yet the conference continued uninterrupted on other outlets. The matter-of-fact address from PD chief & emergency management director was damning for the admin.
Here, at home, in own communities and abroad, this administration is already amassing a body count of extrajudicial killings.
Per this report ICE has detained several witnesses
ICE attempted to order local police from the scene of the Minneapolis shooting, but the police chief refused and instructed his officers to preserve the crime scene.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 24, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Here, at home, in own communities and abroad, this administration is already amassing a body count of extrajudicial killings.
Oh, please: this member of Congress means “bad” for his party, “bad” for the president and mostly “bad” for him. His primary concern is not for the child. Not for the lawlessness,
depravity that caused it, that led to a mother being fatally shot in the face. This guy is concerned about his…career.
depravity that caused it, that led to a mother being fatally shot in the face. This guy is concerned about his…career.
Mike Lawler: "The image of a 5-year-old being in any way detained is very bad"
January 24, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Oh, please: this member of Congress means “bad” for his party, “bad” for the president and mostly “bad” for him. His primary concern is not for the child. Not for the lawlessness,
depravity that caused it, that led to a mother being fatally shot in the face. This guy is concerned about his…career.
depravity that caused it, that led to a mother being fatally shot in the face. This guy is concerned about his…career.
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Yesterday's hearing with Jack Smith, Republicans didnt once try to challenge him on the merits of his findings. Their only argument was if Jack Smith spied on members or if he had a witness when he signed his oath. Eric Swalwell was right when he said they are lucky republicans aren't under oath.
January 24, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Yesterday's hearing with Jack Smith, Republicans didnt once try to challenge him on the merits of his findings. Their only argument was if Jack Smith spied on members or if he had a witness when he signed his oath. Eric Swalwell was right when he said they are lucky republicans aren't under oath.
I’m convinced that if you reported events that started 24 hours before this performance and wrapped 24 hours after, there’s a book and a movie worthy of comparisons to any Greek tragedy/comedy.
youtu.be/hgwLtvnLSh0?...
youtu.be/hgwLtvnLSh0?...
Mark Ronson "Ooh Wee" feat. Nate Dogg, Saigon, Rhymefest, Ozomatli...
YouTube video by vintagetubelug
youtu.be
January 24, 2026 at 12:27 AM
I’m convinced that if you reported events that started 24 hours before this performance and wrapped 24 hours after, there’s a book and a movie worthy of comparisons to any Greek tragedy/comedy.
youtu.be/hgwLtvnLSh0?...
youtu.be/hgwLtvnLSh0?...
FBI shows up on Marine vet’s doorstep to intimidate and scare the shit out of her because the admin doesn’t like truths she wrote.
www.military.com/feature/2026...
www.military.com/feature/2026...
Veteran Writer Says FBI Visit Followed Her Criticism of Student Veterans of America
Marine veteran writer Elizabeth Hartman says FBI visited her after she criticized Student Veterans of America leadership, raising concerns about using law enforcement to chill non-profit accountabilit...
www.military.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:00 PM
FBI shows up on Marine vet’s doorstep to intimidate and scare the shit out of her because the admin doesn’t like truths she wrote.
www.military.com/feature/2026...
www.military.com/feature/2026...
Real news. Clear headlines. Journalism. Editors matter.
January 23, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Real news. Clear headlines. Journalism. Editors matter.
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NEW: A watchdog group is seeking an inspector general investigation into Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche after ProPublica reported that he had ordered changes to crypto prosecutions while owning more than $150,000 in digital assets.
Complaint Accuses Trump’s Criminal Attorney of “Blatant” Crypto Conflict in His Role at DOJ
A watchdog group is seeking an inspector general investigation into Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche after ProPublica reported that he had ordered changes to crypto prosecutions while owning more ...
www.propublica.org
January 23, 2026 at 3:48 PM
NEW: A watchdog group is seeking an inspector general investigation into Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche after ProPublica reported that he had ordered changes to crypto prosecutions while owning more than $150,000 in digital assets.
“We will modernize its operations, refocus its content away from woke distractions that syphon morale…” Parnell wrote. The note came one day after The Post reported that applicants to Stars and Stripes were being asked how they would support the president’s policies.
Things a dictator does.
Things a dictator does.
Inside the effort to shield Stars and Stripes from Pentagon control
The Pentagon criticized the military newspaper as “woke.” Now the outlet’s leaders — and some members of Congress — are trying to assert its independence.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:32 PM
“We will modernize its operations, refocus its content away from woke distractions that syphon morale…” Parnell wrote. The note came one day after The Post reported that applicants to Stars and Stripes were being asked how they would support the president’s policies.
Things a dictator does.
Things a dictator does.
Does he not know how that one ended?
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 22, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Does he not know how that one ended?
@status.news is consistently great. Reports on what matters, does it well and frames the context exactly right. Here, the opening reporting about the @washingtonpost.com reporters stress juxtaposed against Will Lewis & execs at Davos is indeed the just-right split-screen to show that contrast.
January 22, 2026 at 3:41 AM
@status.news is consistently great. Reports on what matters, does it well and frames the context exactly right. Here, the opening reporting about the @washingtonpost.com reporters stress juxtaposed against Will Lewis & execs at Davos is indeed the just-right split-screen to show that contrast.
For the love of god—there is no foreign policy…only pathology. Keep trying to put what Trump does into conventional normalcy and see how that works out for all of us.
January 22, 2026 at 2:32 AM
For the love of god—there is no foreign policy…only pathology. Keep trying to put what Trump does into conventional normalcy and see how that works out for all of us.
Might be worth reporting out why Apollo Global Management, Cox Media Group and Cox Enterprises might be incentivized to frame it this way.
This is how Axios sums it up, by the way, if you're curious if anyone has learned anything.
January 22, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Might be worth reporting out why Apollo Global Management, Cox Media Group and Cox Enterprises might be incentivized to frame it this way.
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TODAY: We helped 41 retired admirals, generals, & service secretaries file an amicus brief supporting Navy veteran and US Senator Mark Kelly’s suit challenging the Defense Department’s efforts to penalize him for exercising his First Amendment right. They said this about the impact on our democracy:
January 20, 2026 at 4:29 PM
TODAY: We helped 41 retired admirals, generals, & service secretaries file an amicus brief supporting Navy veteran and US Senator Mark Kelly’s suit challenging the Defense Department’s efforts to penalize him for exercising his First Amendment right. They said this about the impact on our democracy:
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Call your reps. Let them know that if they vote for ICE funding, you will not vote for them ever again.
Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
So the House is going to vote TOMORROW on the DHS funding bill that includes funding for ICE.
There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.
Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.
24 hours. Go.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.
Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.
24 hours. Go.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
No Funding for ICE Surveillance Tech!
www.fightforthefuture.org
January 22, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Call your reps. Let them know that if they vote for ICE funding, you will not vote for them ever again.
Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
Would be a whole lot easier on all of us if he just abided by the law and released the Esptein files, but nope, instead he’s waging a war here in our own cities against our fellow Americans, and doing all he can to spark one abroad, even with our allies. Whatever is those files is bad for Trumpey.
January 22, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Would be a whole lot easier on all of us if he just abided by the law and released the Esptein files, but nope, instead he’s waging a war here in our own cities against our fellow Americans, and doing all he can to spark one abroad, even with our allies. Whatever is those files is bad for Trumpey.
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This DHS memorandum says that the DHS General Counsel's office has adopted a new position that the Fourth Amendment allows entry into the home to make an arrest just based on an administrative warrant.
I would like to see that argument.
documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I would like to see that argument.
documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 22, 2026 at 12:45 AM
This DHS memorandum says that the DHS General Counsel's office has adopted a new position that the Fourth Amendment allows entry into the home to make an arrest just based on an administrative warrant.
I would like to see that argument.
documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I would like to see that argument.
documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Another enduring metaphor for me is Trump is the insatiable Audrey II, the GOP and every appeaser is Seymour and thus this is The Little Shop of Horrors.
January 22, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Another enduring metaphor for me is Trump is the insatiable Audrey II, the GOP and every appeaser is Seymour and thus this is The Little Shop of Horrors.
Me talk gangster and want cookie.
Trump on Europe: "Between immigration and energy if they don't change, bad things will happen to them"
January 21, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Me talk gangster and want cookie.