Gerry Doyle
@mgerrydoyle.bsky.social
Bloomberg News Global Defense Editor. Novelist, aviation geek, bartender, dad. Ex-NYT, Reuters. Grew up in Midwest, moved to Mideast. Views my own. Wrote a fun book about Chinese missiles: https://tinyurl.com/2p94pay6
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Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
I don’t think there was a clash though. I think people gathered there to yell at ICE and got tear gassed.
It has gotten so bad that the @nytimes.com has stopped using the passive voice to describe the violence.
January 24, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I don’t think there was a clash though. I think people gathered there to yell at ICE and got tear gassed.
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The StarTribune live blog is paywall free:
- The man shot by federal agents this morning has died
- Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building.
- ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
- The man shot by federal agents this morning has died
- Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building.
- ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 24, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The StarTribune live blog is paywall free:
- The man shot by federal agents this morning has died
- Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building.
- ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
- The man shot by federal agents this morning has died
- Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building.
- ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
you don’t have to write “police involved shooting.” use english. It’s not hard
January 24, 2026 at 4:54 PM
you don’t have to write “police involved shooting.” use english. It’s not hard
it’s easy to be angry online
I've seen this a lot and honestly, I don't care about the national politicians. Every Minnesota Democrat has explicitly supported the movement. Every one participated (Walz, I'm told, was in a church helping organize food donations, which is also the work), mostly in the streets.
Yes, and it’s amazing how little public expressions of support they get from elected officials.
January 24, 2026 at 4:39 PM
it’s easy to be angry online
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If press want to contact a firsthand witness, DM me
January 24, 2026 at 4:06 PM
If press want to contact a firsthand witness, DM me
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I think it’s at least partly true that all the abuses and violence are meant to provoke a violent response. but I think it’s mostly just abuse and violence for its own sake
January 24, 2026 at 4:23 PM
I think it’s at least partly true that all the abuses and violence are meant to provoke a violent response. but I think it’s mostly just abuse and violence for its own sake
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It feels sadly predictable that this government's response to massive peaceful protest would be more violence.
January 24, 2026 at 4:21 PM
It feels sadly predictable that this government's response to massive peaceful protest would be more violence.
very much so
If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week
January 24, 2026 at 4:21 PM
very much so
this is not a matter of training
January 24, 2026 at 4:21 PM
this is not a matter of training
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The share of Americans who disapprove of ICE tactics in polls: 60+ percent
New York Times: “it’s really too complicated to say whether Americans approve of ICE killing Renee Good or not”
New York Times: “it’s really too complicated to say whether Americans approve of ICE killing Renee Good or not”
January 24, 2026 at 12:22 PM
The share of Americans who disapprove of ICE tactics in polls: 60+ percent
New York Times: “it’s really too complicated to say whether Americans approve of ICE killing Renee Good or not”
New York Times: “it’s really too complicated to say whether Americans approve of ICE killing Renee Good or not”
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We’ve covered lots of losing local teams on the back page of this paper.
But none with a record as bad as the Chicago DOJ during Operation Midway Blitz:
0 convictions
11 charges dropped
3 no-billed cases
1 jury acquittal
But none with a record as bad as the Chicago DOJ during Operation Midway Blitz:
0 convictions
11 charges dropped
3 no-billed cases
1 jury acquittal
January 23, 2026 at 8:23 PM
We’ve covered lots of losing local teams on the back page of this paper.
But none with a record as bad as the Chicago DOJ during Operation Midway Blitz:
0 convictions
11 charges dropped
3 no-billed cases
1 jury acquittal
But none with a record as bad as the Chicago DOJ during Operation Midway Blitz:
0 convictions
11 charges dropped
3 no-billed cases
1 jury acquittal
just make dowsing rods, they're cheaper
CBP is looking for "quantum sensors" that it can use to detect fentanyl in cars. AI also obviously involved somehow some way. from @carolinehaskins.bsky.social
CBP Wants AI-Powered ‘Quantum Sensors’ for Finding Fentanyl in Cars
US Customs and Border Protection is paying General Dynamics to create prototype “quantum sensors,” to be used with an AI database to detect fentanyl and other narcotics.
www.wired.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:29 PM
just make dowsing rods, they're cheaper
I really am not That Guy, honest, but this protest is deliberate civil disobedience, no? blocking access to the airport? so most likely not a first amendment thing
another day, another mass violation of Americans' First Amendment right to assembly
As clergy pray, arrests begin
January 23, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I really am not That Guy, honest, but this protest is deliberate civil disobedience, no? blocking access to the airport? so most likely not a first amendment thing
I mean this is not a journalism show, but the french military is probably the best-equipped and most experienced in europe, they have a robust domestic defense industry (dassault, airbus, knds, etc) and of course
nuclear weapons
nuclear weapons
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 4:13 PM
I mean this is not a journalism show, but the french military is probably the best-equipped and most experienced in europe, they have a robust domestic defense industry (dassault, airbus, knds, etc) and of course
nuclear weapons
nuclear weapons
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I could have sworn that editorials and protests were protected speech under the first amendment. I stayed fully awake through con law www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
D.H.S. Cited Foreign Students’ Writings and Protests Before Their Arrests
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:56 PM
I could have sworn that editorials and protests were protected speech under the first amendment. I stayed fully awake through con law www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
stay fros-- wait no
January 23, 2026 at 11:32 AM
stay fros-- wait no
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Europe is ready to get back to work with the US, wary, frustrated and knowing it can’t trust an ally it’s relied on for decades
Europe Returns Focus to Ukraine After Fractious Week With Trump
Europe is ready to get back to work with the US, wary, frustrated and knowing it can’t trust an ally it’s relied on for decades.
bloom.bg
January 23, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Europe is ready to get back to work with the US, wary, frustrated and knowing it can’t trust an ally it’s relied on for decades
this goes well beyond alarming I think
January 23, 2026 at 10:52 AM
this goes well beyond alarming I think
ok but I would go see this movie
Inspector Clouseau will return in Avengers Doomsday
January 23, 2026 at 10:51 AM
ok but I would go see this movie
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The National Park Service dismantled exhibits about slavery at the President’s House Site in Independence National Historical Park, provoking a lawsuit from Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s administration.
The slavery exhibits at the President’s House have been removed following Trump administration push
President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered content at national parks that “inappropriately disparage” the U.S. to be reviewed and potentially removed.
www.inquirer.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:46 AM
The National Park Service dismantled exhibits about slavery at the President’s House Site in Independence National Historical Park, provoking a lawsuit from Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s administration.