Julian Sanchez
@normative.bsky.social
He sits motionless, like a spider in the center of its web, but that web has a thousand radiations, and he knows well every quiver of each of them. juliansanchez.com
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JUST IN: New ACLU class action lawsuit in Minnesota seeks to bar ICE from stopping Latino and Somali residents without probable cause. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
JUST IN: New ACLU class action lawsuit in Minnesota seeks to bar ICE from stopping Latino and Somali residents without probable cause. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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the problem with an untrained secret police squad that shoots people in their cars isn’t that they’re untrained
January 15, 2026 at 1:19 AM
the problem with an untrained secret police squad that shoots people in their cars isn’t that they’re untrained
Talking about “better training” for ICE really is a “let’s form a blue ribbon commission” move: It’s something you say when you want to appear to be doing something, but are afraid to do propose anything that might actually matter.
January 15, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Talking about “better training” for ICE really is a “let’s form a blue ribbon commission” move: It’s something you say when you want to appear to be doing something, but are afraid to do propose anything that might actually matter.
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“As a reasonable centrist, I think the paramilitary death squads need better training.”
January 15, 2026 at 4:04 PM
“As a reasonable centrist, I think the paramilitary death squads need better training.”
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ICE keeps saying the people protesting it are being paid without any evidence, but we have receipts showing that the people *defending* ICE are absolutely being paid.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
relevant to the debate over whether we should keep funding DHS without reforms and accountability for how out of control their spending is
January 15, 2026 at 4:28 PM
ICE keeps saying the people protesting it are being paid without any evidence, but we have receipts showing that the people *defending* ICE are absolutely being paid.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
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Introducing the highest U.S. tariffs since the Great Depression, President Trump made a clear promise in the spring: “Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country.”
They haven’t.
They haven’t.
Trump’s promised manufacturing boom is a bust so far
Manufacturing employment has declined every month since April, when the president said tariffs would bring factories “roaring back.”
wapo.st
January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Introducing the highest U.S. tariffs since the Great Depression, President Trump made a clear promise in the spring: “Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country.”
They haven’t.
They haven’t.
So, magic.
U.S. President Donald Trump has told his national security team that he would want any U.S. military action in Iran to deliver a swift and decisive blow to the regime and not spark a sustained war that dragged on for weeks or months. - NBC
January 15, 2026 at 5:32 PM
So, magic.
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Yeah, I think a lot about the choice the Trump admin has made to send film crews after everybody to show they're Doing Something.
Biden's DOJ (and Ellison's AG office) were rolling up fraudsters with convictions. But they didn't send influencers to advertise it. Cut to Rs saying Trump finally ACTED
Biden's DOJ (and Ellison's AG office) were rolling up fraudsters with convictions. But they didn't send influencers to advertise it. Cut to Rs saying Trump finally ACTED
The funny thing is they were. The 60 Minutes piece last fall with Homan ended with them on raids with ICE doing exactly what they are doing now but targeted. Biden just kept it quiet.
January 15, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Yeah, I think a lot about the choice the Trump admin has made to send film crews after everybody to show they're Doing Something.
Biden's DOJ (and Ellison's AG office) were rolling up fraudsters with convictions. But they didn't send influencers to advertise it. Cut to Rs saying Trump finally ACTED
Biden's DOJ (and Ellison's AG office) were rolling up fraudsters with convictions. But they didn't send influencers to advertise it. Cut to Rs saying Trump finally ACTED
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The import of this ruling: Foreign citizens in the United States—including green card holders—can be arrested for political speech and imprisoned for months or even years before being given a meaningful opportunity to challenge the constitutionality of their arrest and imprisonment.
Appeals Court Opens the Door to Mahmoud Khalil’s Rearrest
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The import of this ruling: Foreign citizens in the United States—including green card holders—can be arrested for political speech and imprisoned for months or even years before being given a meaningful opportunity to challenge the constitutionality of their arrest and imprisonment.
Yes, of course, thousands of people are out in the street to ... protect daycare fraudsters. Makes perfect sense.
Rep. Jim Jordan: "The people in Minnesota are trying to distract from the 15 year fraud scams that were going on. That's exactly what's going on."
January 15, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Yes, of course, thousands of people are out in the street to ... protect daycare fraudsters. Makes perfect sense.
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What a fucking clown.
Schumer as a major American metro is being brutally occupied by Trump goons: "The affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what the American people are demanding"
January 15, 2026 at 4:31 PM
What a fucking clown.
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the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
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Seems like calling the president a "pedophile protector" is really lucrative, more people should probably try it.
January 15, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Seems like calling the president a "pedophile protector" is really lucrative, more people should probably try it.
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View from Portugal @publico.pt:
“Europeus querem reforço da defesa perante divórcio atlântico.“
“Europeans want to strengthen [the continent’s] defences in the face of the Atlantic divorce.”
Just let “Atlantic divorce” sit for a bit. It’s not a trial separation or a bumpy patch.
“Europeus querem reforço da defesa perante divórcio atlântico.“
“Europeans want to strengthen [the continent’s] defences in the face of the Atlantic divorce.”
Just let “Atlantic divorce” sit for a bit. It’s not a trial separation or a bumpy patch.
January 15, 2026 at 8:10 AM
View from Portugal @publico.pt:
“Europeus querem reforço da defesa perante divórcio atlântico.“
“Europeans want to strengthen [the continent’s] defences in the face of the Atlantic divorce.”
Just let “Atlantic divorce” sit for a bit. It’s not a trial separation or a bumpy patch.
“Europeus querem reforço da defesa perante divórcio atlântico.“
“Europeans want to strengthen [the continent’s] defences in the face of the Atlantic divorce.”
Just let “Atlantic divorce” sit for a bit. It’s not a trial separation or a bumpy patch.
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I don’t know which conservative Democrats need to hear this history lesson, but the German elected officials who voted to fund the Gestapo were considered Nazi collaborators.
History is watching.
History is watching.
January 15, 2026 at 3:39 AM
I don’t know which conservative Democrats need to hear this history lesson, but the German elected officials who voted to fund the Gestapo were considered Nazi collaborators.
History is watching.
History is watching.
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Dem leaders forgetting there’s forms of peaceful resistance beyond “wait for the courts” or “bear witness” feels like a pretty grim indictment of institutional civil society
January 15, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Dem leaders forgetting there’s forms of peaceful resistance beyond “wait for the courts” or “bear witness” feels like a pretty grim indictment of institutional civil society
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This is the safest, most moderate course of action that offers some prospect of de-escalation. It is the only way for Democrats.
Don't do it and we're on a glide path toward brutal fascist dictatorship or civil war. This isn't going to just stop on its own.
Don't do it and we're on a glide path toward brutal fascist dictatorship or civil war. This isn't going to just stop on its own.
Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
January 15, 2026 at 3:53 AM
This is the safest, most moderate course of action that offers some prospect of de-escalation. It is the only way for Democrats.
Don't do it and we're on a glide path toward brutal fascist dictatorship or civil war. This isn't going to just stop on its own.
Don't do it and we're on a glide path toward brutal fascist dictatorship or civil war. This isn't going to just stop on its own.
Given how things ended for Lincoln when he WAS the president, I can.
People desperately need someone to focus their hope on and get behind. A lightning rod for all the rage.
Currently there is a "Do you want to be the next Lincoln?" advert in the papers and no one is answering it. I cannot understand it.
Currently there is a "Do you want to be the next Lincoln?" advert in the papers and no one is answering it. I cannot understand it.
January 15, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Given how things ended for Lincoln when he WAS the president, I can.
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People desperately need someone to focus their hope on and get behind. A lightning rod for all the rage.
Currently there is a "Do you want to be the next Lincoln?" advert in the papers and no one is answering it. I cannot understand it.
Currently there is a "Do you want to be the next Lincoln?" advert in the papers and no one is answering it. I cannot understand it.
January 15, 2026 at 7:06 AM
People desperately need someone to focus their hope on and get behind. A lightning rod for all the rage.
Currently there is a "Do you want to be the next Lincoln?" advert in the papers and no one is answering it. I cannot understand it.
Currently there is a "Do you want to be the next Lincoln?" advert in the papers and no one is answering it. I cannot understand it.
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so some news from the MPLS people in my group chats: ICE seems to be moving into the black/brown enclaves of North Minneapolis ahead of weather conditions that will likely hinder their movement; they want to spend this time making content specifically sparring with minorities, slave patrol shit
January 15, 2026 at 6:39 AM
so some news from the MPLS people in my group chats: ICE seems to be moving into the black/brown enclaves of North Minneapolis ahead of weather conditions that will likely hinder their movement; they want to spend this time making content specifically sparring with minorities, slave patrol shit
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between the lines the thing that no one is quite saying out loud is that the federal government seems to be shifting in the direction of deposing/abducting/(worse) Frey or Walz; Todd Blanche tonight is working to manufacture consent for the cessation of representative government in the city/state
January 15, 2026 at 6:39 AM
between the lines the thing that no one is quite saying out loud is that the federal government seems to be shifting in the direction of deposing/abducting/(worse) Frey or Walz; Todd Blanche tonight is working to manufacture consent for the cessation of representative government in the city/state
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On the ground here in Minnesota, it’s hard to reconcile the immense bonds of community that have been built in a week with the fact that we live in a country whose government appropriated billions of dollars to an unaccountable paramilitary force whose sole purpose is ethnic cleansing.
January 15, 2026 at 5:05 AM
On the ground here in Minnesota, it’s hard to reconcile the immense bonds of community that have been built in a week with the fact that we live in a country whose government appropriated billions of dollars to an unaccountable paramilitary force whose sole purpose is ethnic cleansing.
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It's bad enough that Trump is turning the USA into a global pariah, but it's even worse when you remember how he keeps insisting that "world leaders respect us again" now that he's in charge.
January 15, 2026 at 1:27 AM
It's bad enough that Trump is turning the USA into a global pariah, but it's even worse when you remember how he keeps insisting that "world leaders respect us again" now that he's in charge.
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I dunno man
What do YOU think are the conditions under which an American president would forfeit their legitimacy? How would you have answered that question ten years ago?
The inertia here is overwhelming, but we gotta start talking about it www.liberalcurrents.com/mamdani-teac...
What do YOU think are the conditions under which an American president would forfeit their legitimacy? How would you have answered that question ten years ago?
The inertia here is overwhelming, but we gotta start talking about it www.liberalcurrents.com/mamdani-teac...
Mamdani Teaches Us How to Speak the Language of Illegitimacy
How should the next Democratic government act on the belief that Trump's second term was lawless and illegitimate?
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:44 AM
I dunno man
What do YOU think are the conditions under which an American president would forfeit their legitimacy? How would you have answered that question ten years ago?
The inertia here is overwhelming, but we gotta start talking about it www.liberalcurrents.com/mamdani-teac...
What do YOU think are the conditions under which an American president would forfeit their legitimacy? How would you have answered that question ten years ago?
The inertia here is overwhelming, but we gotta start talking about it www.liberalcurrents.com/mamdani-teac...
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Does he really expect people to live under a brutal occupation for 3 more years while they wait for the chance to "vote it away"?
That is not realistic.
That is not realistic.
Tim Walz had made it clear he has nothing to offer but voting and the courts, but his people are being brutalized and murdered today
You cannot vote war out. You cannot make it go away in the courts or purge it with more training
You cannot even protest war away, when they wage it against you
You cannot vote war out. You cannot make it go away in the courts or purge it with more training
You cannot even protest war away, when they wage it against you
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
January 15, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Does he really expect people to live under a brutal occupation for 3 more years while they wait for the chance to "vote it away"?
That is not realistic.
That is not realistic.