MarkHaag
@milwmark.bsky.social
Bicycle Rider-Outdoor Plodder-Fiction Reader-Retired Teacher-Vet-Ponderer-Urbanist-Milwaukee Guy
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Look, if you had a party scheduled at your house, and the pipes broke and the floor was covered in raw sewage, you’d tell your friends not to come over.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
January 27, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Look, if you had a party scheduled at your house, and the pipes broke and the floor was covered in raw sewage, you’d tell your friends not to come over.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
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I hate this but on strategy and viciousness I really need Democrats to listen to Bill Kristol, Conway, and some of the Lincoln Project guys. Don't let them set the policy, but listen to how they would implement it
The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
January 26, 2026 at 11:52 PM
I hate this but on strategy and viciousness I really need Democrats to listen to Bill Kristol, Conway, and some of the Lincoln Project guys. Don't let them set the policy, but listen to how they would implement it
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As bad as today's Washington Post is sometimes, it is also sometimes great. Sports and Foreign are some of the best things they do. Bezos should give the Post to a nonprofit instead of destroying it. #SavethePost presswatchers.org/2024/10/the-...
I grew up reading the Washington Post. I spent 12 years working for the Washington Post. I grieve for the Washington Post.
My God this is lame. The reporters should resign in shame. The editors should be outed and shunned. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/24/federal-agents-minneapolis-shooting-investigation/
January 26, 2026 at 10:29 PM
As bad as today's Washington Post is sometimes, it is also sometimes great. Sports and Foreign are some of the best things they do. Bezos should give the Post to a nonprofit instead of destroying it. #SavethePost presswatchers.org/2024/10/the-...
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"PEACE ISN'T WHAT YOU ASK FOR WHEN THE BOOT IS ALREADY ON SOMEONE'S NECK.
PEACE IS WHAT THE POWERFUL ASK FOR WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INTERRUPTED."
PEACE IS WHAT THE POWERFUL ASK FOR WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INTERRUPTED."
January 25, 2026 at 11:44 PM
"PEACE ISN'T WHAT YOU ASK FOR WHEN THE BOOT IS ALREADY ON SOMEONE'S NECK.
PEACE IS WHAT THE POWERFUL ASK FOR WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INTERRUPTED."
PEACE IS WHAT THE POWERFUL ASK FOR WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INTERRUPTED."
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Trump will continue to MURDER as many people as he can to distract from the EPSTEIN FILES.
We cannot let him succeed.
Whoever leaks the EPSTEIN FILES will save countless lives end undue suffering brought about by the heritage foundation, the gop and trump.
We cannot let him succeed.
Whoever leaks the EPSTEIN FILES will save countless lives end undue suffering brought about by the heritage foundation, the gop and trump.
January 24, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Trump will continue to MURDER as many people as he can to distract from the EPSTEIN FILES.
We cannot let him succeed.
Whoever leaks the EPSTEIN FILES will save countless lives end undue suffering brought about by the heritage foundation, the gop and trump.
We cannot let him succeed.
Whoever leaks the EPSTEIN FILES will save countless lives end undue suffering brought about by the heritage foundation, the gop and trump.
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we will be tread upon and like it
January 25, 2026 at 1:27 AM
we will be tread upon and like it
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i am at a unitarian universalist meeting. the attendance is fifty fifty retirees and college students. everyone here knows who alex pretti is and everyone here is pissed beyond belief
and none of us are afraid
and none of us are afraid
January 25, 2026 at 12:17 AM
i am at a unitarian universalist meeting. the attendance is fifty fifty retirees and college students. everyone here knows who alex pretti is and everyone here is pissed beyond belief
and none of us are afraid
and none of us are afraid
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So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
Media: do not lead with the false government framing of what happened
January 25, 2026 at 12:05 AM
So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
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I'm not sure Democrats in D.C. are aware that their base's rage against ICE has reached a level of blinding white-hot intensity.
They're worried about "looking weak" for voting "against law enforcement" when they should be worried a mob of housewives is going to come beat them to death if they do.
They're worried about "looking weak" for voting "against law enforcement" when they should be worried a mob of housewives is going to come beat them to death if they do.
January 24, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I'm not sure Democrats in D.C. are aware that their base's rage against ICE has reached a level of blinding white-hot intensity.
They're worried about "looking weak" for voting "against law enforcement" when they should be worried a mob of housewives is going to come beat them to death if they do.
They're worried about "looking weak" for voting "against law enforcement" when they should be worried a mob of housewives is going to come beat them to death if they do.
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
Everyone in Wisconsin needs to call Senator Baldwin and tell her to vote NO on the bill that will increase ICE funding. Better to shut down the government than be complicit.
January 24, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Everyone in Wisconsin needs to call Senator Baldwin and tell her to vote NO on the bill that will increase ICE funding. Better to shut down the government than be complicit.
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Idk man if you’re a journalist working for a news outlet right now and you are echoing words like “protestor” or using the power of your organization to repeat the govt’s explanation as true I think you’re bad at your job and you should quit
January 24, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Idk man if you’re a journalist working for a news outlet right now and you are echoing words like “protestor” or using the power of your organization to repeat the govt’s explanation as true I think you’re bad at your job and you should quit
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What-the-actual-f*ck have we boomers wrought???
Our parents, the Greatest Generation, gave us a free world, affordable college; everything to make our lives easier. We are now a debtor nation (1985), value tax cuts, (mostly for the rich), over an educated populace, etc.
I am appalled and ashamed.
Our parents, the Greatest Generation, gave us a free world, affordable college; everything to make our lives easier. We are now a debtor nation (1985), value tax cuts, (mostly for the rich), over an educated populace, etc.
I am appalled and ashamed.
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks honestly and directly.🇨🇦
Someone will have to translate this to the Toddler-in-chief
Someone will have to translate this to the Toddler-in-chief
January 22, 2026 at 1:19 AM
What-the-actual-f*ck have we boomers wrought???
Our parents, the Greatest Generation, gave us a free world, affordable college; everything to make our lives easier. We are now a debtor nation (1985), value tax cuts, (mostly for the rich), over an educated populace, etc.
I am appalled and ashamed.
Our parents, the Greatest Generation, gave us a free world, affordable college; everything to make our lives easier. We are now a debtor nation (1985), value tax cuts, (mostly for the rich), over an educated populace, etc.
I am appalled and ashamed.
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"Aides to Todd Blanche directed the U.S. Atty’s office and FBI agents based in MN to shut down a civil rights investigation into an officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Good and instead alter it to probe Good for possible criminal liability, according to three people briefed on the discussions."
"Aides to Todd Blanche directed the U.S. Atty’s office and FBI agents based in MN to shut down a civil rights investigation into an officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Good and instead alter it to probe Good for possible criminal liability, according to three people briefed on the discussions."
January 24, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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"Aides to Todd Blanche directed the U.S. Atty’s office and FBI agents based in MN to shut down a civil rights investigation into an officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Good and instead alter it to probe Good for possible criminal liability, according to three people briefed on the discussions."
"Aides to Todd Blanche directed the U.S. Atty’s office and FBI agents based in MN to shut down a civil rights investigation into an officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Good and instead alter it to probe Good for possible criminal liability, according to three people briefed on the discussions."
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Yes. I haven’t seen everything but I’ve seen a lot and this is wholly new to me. It just pervasive in way that looks more like disaster relief than activism, which I suppose it is.
I keep seeing leftists from outside of Minneapolis say they’ve seen all this before, and no, you haven’t. I’ve been at this for 30+ years and I haven’t either. It’s not what you’re picturing. This is something else
I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.
January 22, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Yes. I haven’t seen everything but I’ve seen a lot and this is wholly new to me. It just pervasive in way that looks more like disaster relief than activism, which I suppose it is.
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Stop what you’re doing and read this whistleblower report. ICE has been training its agents that they don’t need a judicial warrant to break down your door - a blatant violation of the 4th Amendment. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
DHS ICE memo 1-21-26
www.documentcloud.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Stop what you’re doing and read this whistleblower report. ICE has been training its agents that they don’t need a judicial warrant to break down your door - a blatant violation of the 4th Amendment. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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I genuinely think one thing that trips up folks on the left is that they can't imagine not sharing certain core values. Lemme explain. Here's an intuition pump:
Say you're in negotiations with counterparty X. And there are two possible deals on the table ...
Say you're in negotiations with counterparty X. And there are two possible deals on the table ...
August 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I genuinely think one thing that trips up folks on the left is that they can't imagine not sharing certain core values. Lemme explain. Here's an intuition pump:
Say you're in negotiations with counterparty X. And there are two possible deals on the table ...
Say you're in negotiations with counterparty X. And there are two possible deals on the table ...
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Every time Trump breaks the clear letter of the law, the NYT and WaPo write a story about how he’s “pushing boundaries” or “testing the limits of his authority”
He's not Chuck Yeager, guys. He's a crook.
He's not Chuck Yeager, guys. He's a crook.
January 19, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Every time Trump breaks the clear letter of the law, the NYT and WaPo write a story about how he’s “pushing boundaries” or “testing the limits of his authority”
He's not Chuck Yeager, guys. He's a crook.
He's not Chuck Yeager, guys. He's a crook.
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Community leaders and advocacy organizations in Milwaukee are urging residents to prepare for the possibility of increased ICE activity in Wisconsin, following recent unrest in Minneapolis and the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent.
Read the story here:
milwaukeenns.org/2026/01/18/f...
Read the story here:
milwaukeenns.org/2026/01/18/f...
January 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Community leaders and advocacy organizations in Milwaukee are urging residents to prepare for the possibility of increased ICE activity in Wisconsin, following recent unrest in Minneapolis and the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent.
Read the story here:
milwaukeenns.org/2026/01/18/f...
Read the story here:
milwaukeenns.org/2026/01/18/f...
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www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Atlantic's story profiling government employees is heartbreaking. One was working on an artificial retina. One was a technical wizard in the Space Force with an advanced education paid for by you and me but was transgender.
The Atlantic's story profiling government employees is heartbreaking. One was working on an artificial retina. One was a technical wizard in the Space Force with an advanced education paid for by you and me but was transgender.
The Purged
Donald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation.
www.theatlantic.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:22 AM
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Atlantic's story profiling government employees is heartbreaking. One was working on an artificial retina. One was a technical wizard in the Space Force with an advanced education paid for by you and me but was transgender.
The Atlantic's story profiling government employees is heartbreaking. One was working on an artificial retina. One was a technical wizard in the Space Force with an advanced education paid for by you and me but was transgender.
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"When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression." - Franklin Leonard
January 12, 2026 at 10:09 PM
"When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression." - Franklin Leonard
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January 13, 2026 at 5:51 PM
I am not an expert on basketball, but is it a rule that bench players aren't allowed to score any points?
January 14, 2026 at 1:43 AM
I am not an expert on basketball, but is it a rule that bench players aren't allowed to score any points?
This is going to come down to a fumble or interception once again, isn't it?
January 11, 2026 at 3:39 AM
This is going to come down to a fumble or interception once again, isn't it?
Packers doing their best to let the Bears back in the game.
January 11, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Packers doing their best to let the Bears back in the game.