Monte G
@monteg.bsky.social
You guys are in America now, and there's a lot of prejudism here.
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Schumer has to go. He has to go! The least thing required of him -- in terms of maintaining any relationship with our allies that Trump is desperately trying to alienate -- is to raise bloody hell about this, and he simply will not do it. A profound, existential failure of a man
The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
But Americans who want to save the alliance with Europe must have no illusions about how bad a condition this transatlantic partnership is in.
January 19, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Schumer has to go. He has to go! The least thing required of him -- in terms of maintaining any relationship with our allies that Trump is desperately trying to alienate -- is to raise bloody hell about this, and he simply will not do it. A profound, existential failure of a man
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Democrats should be the ultimate champions of immigration. “We won two world wars and invented the internet because immigrants get the job done.”
Instead they’ve squandered decades chasing the gop on “border security” shit.
Instead they’ve squandered decades chasing the gop on “border security” shit.
January 19, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Democrats should be the ultimate champions of immigration. “We won two world wars and invented the internet because immigrants get the job done.”
Instead they’ve squandered decades chasing the gop on “border security” shit.
Instead they’ve squandered decades chasing the gop on “border security” shit.
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Indeed, and it's tough to find any analogy to stress how absurd Trump's whole idea is. We can already use Greenland for any military purpose we want! Greenland is already defended by NATO, which includes us!
The only possible threat to any of that is... an inexplicably belligerent U.S. President.
The only possible threat to any of that is... an inexplicably belligerent U.S. President.
Good rule of thumb for friends is to imagine if China decided to start loudly discussing taking Hawaii, and how quickly you'd see red, and how unfunny you'd find it, and how belligerent your reaction to it would be. That is how Europeans and Canadians feel about this rhetoric from the US.
January 19, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Indeed, and it's tough to find any analogy to stress how absurd Trump's whole idea is. We can already use Greenland for any military purpose we want! Greenland is already defended by NATO, which includes us!
The only possible threat to any of that is... an inexplicably belligerent U.S. President.
The only possible threat to any of that is... an inexplicably belligerent U.S. President.
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The Prime Minister of Norway confirmed the letter is real.
Particularly dangerous time for the Alaska-based Arctic troops getting ready to deploy.
Particularly dangerous time for the Alaska-based Arctic troops getting ready to deploy.
January 19, 2026 at 7:57 AM
The Prime Minister of Norway confirmed the letter is real.
Particularly dangerous time for the Alaska-based Arctic troops getting ready to deploy.
Particularly dangerous time for the Alaska-based Arctic troops getting ready to deploy.
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Everything Trump says here is verifiably untrue. During this period of time the number of US installations on Greenland went from 17 to 1 as a result of US determinations that they were not needed.
Trump: "NATO has been telling Denmark, for 20 years, that “you have to get the Russian threat away from Greenland.” Unfortunately, Denmark has been unable to do anything about it. Now it is time, and it will be done!!! President Donald J. Trump"
January 19, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Everything Trump says here is verifiably untrue. During this period of time the number of US installations on Greenland went from 17 to 1 as a result of US determinations that they were not needed.
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We're so used to using terms like "crazy" and "insane" as terms of political abuse in a more metaphorical sense, I find myself coming back to "non compos mentis." He's literally not mentally competent, delusional and erratic to the point of being incapacitated under any reasonable standard.
Not the sort of letter committed to paper by a well man. "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 8:27 AM
We're so used to using terms like "crazy" and "insane" as terms of political abuse in a more metaphorical sense, I find myself coming back to "non compos mentis." He's literally not mentally competent, delusional and erratic to the point of being incapacitated under any reasonable standard.
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this Greenland shit is fucking insane. it’s fucking insane. the fact that anyone is humoring him is fucking insane. the biggest problem in the world today is that nobody is taking the president seriously for the fucking psychopath he is. this isn’t all some fucking joke
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 5:53 AM
this Greenland shit is fucking insane. it’s fucking insane. the fact that anyone is humoring him is fucking insane. the biggest problem in the world today is that nobody is taking the president seriously for the fucking psychopath he is. this isn’t all some fucking joke
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This, right here 🎯💯. I’ve been trying to communicate this to people, as a native 🇨🇦, for a year now. Again, the fact that this wasn’t immediately seen as a presidency-ending, beyond-the-pale thing for all 535 Congresspeople, the media, & the public is deeply ugly & shameful for us as a country.
Good rule of thumb for friends is to imagine if China decided to start loudly discussing taking Hawaii, and how quickly you'd see red, and how unfunny you'd find it, and how belligerent your reaction to it would be. That is how Europeans and Canadians feel about this rhetoric from the US.
January 19, 2026 at 4:21 AM
This, right here 🎯💯. I’ve been trying to communicate this to people, as a native 🇨🇦, for a year now. Again, the fact that this wasn’t immediately seen as a presidency-ending, beyond-the-pale thing for all 535 Congresspeople, the media, & the public is deeply ugly & shameful for us as a country.
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Good rule of thumb for friends is to imagine if China decided to start loudly discussing taking Hawaii, and how quickly you'd see red, and how unfunny you'd find it, and how belligerent your reaction to it would be. That is how Europeans and Canadians feel about this rhetoric from the US.
January 19, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Good rule of thumb for friends is to imagine if China decided to start loudly discussing taking Hawaii, and how quickly you'd see red, and how unfunny you'd find it, and how belligerent your reaction to it would be. That is how Europeans and Canadians feel about this rhetoric from the US.
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I know - I know! - that the nobel peace prize plays into this, that he's literally been demanding the Norwegian government force the nobel committee to give it to him
but I still can't actually believe that we're ending the post-WW2 Atlantic order because of that and the mercator projection
but I still can't actually believe that we're ending the post-WW2 Atlantic order because of that and the mercator projection
January 19, 2026 at 8:24 AM
I know - I know! - that the nobel peace prize plays into this, that he's literally been demanding the Norwegian government force the nobel committee to give it to him
but I still can't actually believe that we're ending the post-WW2 Atlantic order because of that and the mercator projection
but I still can't actually believe that we're ending the post-WW2 Atlantic order because of that and the mercator projection
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I’d like to go a whole night without my government doing something bonkers. I think that’s a reasonable request.
January 19, 2026 at 8:16 AM
I’d like to go a whole night without my government doing something bonkers. I think that’s a reasonable request.
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This is the sort of thing that is supposed to trigger the 25th Amendment and would, if the entire cabinet weren’t stocked with incompetent toadies and un-indicted coconspirators.
January 19, 2026 at 7:00 AM
This is the sort of thing that is supposed to trigger the 25th Amendment and would, if the entire cabinet weren’t stocked with incompetent toadies and un-indicted coconspirators.
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Attorneys are being denied access to their clients at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis. Attorney Robert Sicoli says an ICE agent told him letting lawyers see their clients would cause “chaos.” Another attorney reports being blocked from seeing a U.S. citizen war veteran. (ABC)
January 19, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Attorneys are being denied access to their clients at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis. Attorney Robert Sicoli says an ICE agent told him letting lawyers see their clients would cause “chaos.” Another attorney reports being blocked from seeing a U.S. citizen war veteran. (ABC)
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Look, you either invoke the 25th or someone’s gonna Praetorian Guard him when he keys in the nuclear codes with France as the target, and invoking the 25th is much safer for everyone on our planet.
January 19, 2026 at 6:07 AM
Look, you either invoke the 25th or someone’s gonna Praetorian Guard him when he keys in the nuclear codes with France as the target, and invoking the 25th is much safer for everyone on our planet.
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Pupdate! Our two foster pups are officially up for adoption. They're super cute, super fun, and super cuddly. Good with people. Not shy at all. Very playful.
Jif: www.dpsrescue.org/adopt/pet-de...
Skippy: www.dpsrescue.org/adopt/pet-de...
Jif: www.dpsrescue.org/adopt/pet-de...
Skippy: www.dpsrescue.org/adopt/pet-de...
January 19, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Pupdate! Our two foster pups are officially up for adoption. They're super cute, super fun, and super cuddly. Good with people. Not shy at all. Very playful.
Jif: www.dpsrescue.org/adopt/pet-de...
Skippy: www.dpsrescue.org/adopt/pet-de...
Jif: www.dpsrescue.org/adopt/pet-de...
Skippy: www.dpsrescue.org/adopt/pet-de...
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ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 5:41 AM
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
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We’re the bad guys now.
BREAKING: Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom:
January 18, 2026 at 11:37 PM
We’re the bad guys now.
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There is an area in the ICE detention center in Minneapolis designated specifically for American citizens. Contemplate that for a minute.
January 18, 2026 at 6:51 PM
There is an area in the ICE detention center in Minneapolis designated specifically for American citizens. Contemplate that for a minute.
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ICE kidnapped an elderly Hmong man in St. Paul, Minnesota. The temperature was sub-zero, and he was taken only wearing shorts and Crocs, and no shirt. (1/18/26)
January 18, 2026 at 8:32 PM
ICE kidnapped an elderly Hmong man in St. Paul, Minnesota. The temperature was sub-zero, and he was taken only wearing shorts and Crocs, and no shirt. (1/18/26)
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Given the open racism and rampant racial profiling by ICE, maybe this will be the first MLK Day in recent history where Republicans do *not* trot out the Only MLK Quote They Know
January 18, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Given the open racism and rampant racial profiling by ICE, maybe this will be the first MLK Day in recent history where Republicans do *not* trot out the Only MLK Quote They Know
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this is the most “no kink at pride”-level CIA shit i’ve ever seen lol
hi from Minneapolis. these folks are catastrophically overthinking it; the immediate need when agents hit a block is for people that speak *any* language to know it's not safe to go out. that need is far more pressing than whatever this infantilizing "actually it's racist to make noise" shit is.
January 19, 2026 at 12:48 AM
this is the most “no kink at pride”-level CIA shit i’ve ever seen lol
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This is probably the most accurate description.
Someone in their mid-50s today told me that this is the first time he had thought about or been affected by politics. And that guy is actively guarding buildings and his coworkers from ICE.
Someone in their mid-50s today told me that this is the first time he had thought about or been affected by politics. And that guy is actively guarding buildings and his coworkers from ICE.
Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.
This is so smart. I’m so impressed with all the different ways you’re helping your neighbors.
January 19, 2026 at 2:44 AM
This is probably the most accurate description.
Someone in their mid-50s today told me that this is the first time he had thought about or been affected by politics. And that guy is actively guarding buildings and his coworkers from ICE.
Someone in their mid-50s today told me that this is the first time he had thought about or been affected by politics. And that guy is actively guarding buildings and his coworkers from ICE.
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They really thought the people would be the same sort of cowards they themselves are, but you can see from the short history of ICE Surges that nothing has gone their way. In the end, they have maybe enough agents to pacify a few Midwest college towns but nothing more. They are failing.
January 19, 2026 at 3:02 AM
They really thought the people would be the same sort of cowards they themselves are, but you can see from the short history of ICE Surges that nothing has gone their way. In the end, they have maybe enough agents to pacify a few Midwest college towns but nothing more. They are failing.
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Hey Philly folks! My foster cats are available for adoption, if you're interested — or know someone who is.
You can find out more here: www.instagram.com/p/DTqQ1DBEfc...
Message me or email me at [email protected]
Share to Philly folks! Let's get these cats their forever home!
You can find out more here: www.instagram.com/p/DTqQ1DBEfc...
Message me or email me at [email protected]
Share to Philly folks! Let's get these cats their forever home!
January 18, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Hey Philly folks! My foster cats are available for adoption, if you're interested — or know someone who is.
You can find out more here: www.instagram.com/p/DTqQ1DBEfc...
Message me or email me at [email protected]
Share to Philly folks! Let's get these cats their forever home!
You can find out more here: www.instagram.com/p/DTqQ1DBEfc...
Message me or email me at [email protected]
Share to Philly folks! Let's get these cats their forever home!
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They're investigating the victim's wife, the victim's friends, the mayor and the governor too, but no, they're not even going to glance in the direction of the murderer.
BREAM: Is the FBI investigating the ICE agent who shot Renee Good?
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
January 18, 2026 at 10:16 PM
They're investigating the victim's wife, the victim's friends, the mayor and the governor too, but no, they're not even going to glance in the direction of the murderer.