Patrick Hruby
@patrickhruby.bsky.social
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Not really the best sign when newspapers are having to run this infographic to explain to Americans what the paramilitary government force is gassing them with
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Not really the best sign when newspapers are having to run this infographic to explain to Americans what the paramilitary government force is gassing them with
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“It’s a shakedown. They’re trying to use the power of the federal government to scare Minnesota officials into handing over voter rolls... Trump wants that state voter data so that he has the ability to interfere with the upcoming midterm elections.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
DOJ’s “ransom” letter to Minnesota reveals how Trump plans to rig the midterms
After a Border Patrol agent killed Alex Pretti, Attorney General Pam Bondi tells Minnesota to hand over its voter roll to “bring an end to the chaos.”
www.motherjones.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:57 PM
“It’s a shakedown. They’re trying to use the power of the federal government to scare Minnesota officials into handing over voter rolls... Trump wants that state voter data so that he has the ability to interfere with the upcoming midterm elections.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Labor Secretary Frances Perkins’ first challenge in office was figuring out what to do with Section 24, a gang of immigration agents who were causing chaos with “highly visible and extreme” raids on immigrant communities.
So she defunded them.
More @thebaffler.com
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So she defunded them.
More @thebaffler.com
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A Piece of Work | Kim Kelly
Workers can no longer count on the Department of Labor.
thebaffler.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Labor Secretary Frances Perkins’ first challenge in office was figuring out what to do with Section 24, a gang of immigration agents who were causing chaos with “highly visible and extreme” raids on immigrant communities.
So she defunded them.
More @thebaffler.com
thebaffler.com/latest/a-pie...
So she defunded them.
More @thebaffler.com
thebaffler.com/latest/a-pie...
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Bias declared but I think this @revealnews.org interview between @alletson.bsky.social and @radleybalko.bsky.social is maybe your best one-stop shopping to understand what's happening with federal law enforcement in MN and also how it is connected to...Venezuela!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
How ICE Became Trump’s Very Own Paramilitary Force
Podcast Episode · Reveal · 01/21/2026 · 38m
podcasts.apple.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Bias declared but I think this @revealnews.org interview between @alletson.bsky.social and @radleybalko.bsky.social is maybe your best one-stop shopping to understand what's happening with federal law enforcement in MN and also how it is connected to...Venezuela!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
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We are proud to introduce Whiskey Everyday with Joseph Goebbels
NEWS: Bari Weiss will hold an all-hands meeting to discuss the future of CBS News tomorrow, per note that just went out to employees.
January 26, 2026 at 4:20 PM
We are proud to introduce Whiskey Everyday with Joseph Goebbels
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It seems like a lot of the readership is Trump fans who are a little ashamed to be Trump fans and want to seem like intellectuals (but are not)
January 26, 2026 at 5:11 PM
It seems like a lot of the readership is Trump fans who are a little ashamed to be Trump fans and want to seem like intellectuals (but are not)
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The Free Press put out a piece calling out Noem's lies about Alex Pretti's murder, and the comment section is absolutely furious.
January 26, 2026 at 5:07 PM
The Free Press put out a piece calling out Noem's lies about Alex Pretti's murder, and the comment section is absolutely furious.
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We need to get it broadly understood that Stephen Miller's ethnic cleansing will result in a permanent metastasized immigrant carceral state and paramilitary warfare on US streets that goes on *for years.*
The internal logic of his agenda dictates this of necessity.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
The internal logic of his agenda dictates this of necessity.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
January 26, 2026 at 1:07 PM
We need to get it broadly understood that Stephen Miller's ethnic cleansing will result in a permanent metastasized immigrant carceral state and paramilitary warfare on US streets that goes on *for years.*
The internal logic of his agenda dictates this of necessity.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
The internal logic of his agenda dictates this of necessity.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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Pro tip: freedom from dictators comes from phasing out fossil fuels.
January 26, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Pro tip: freedom from dictators comes from phasing out fossil fuels.
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Trump is such a transparent asshole but there’s something so evil about how JD Vance hides incredibly callous politics behind that nauseating “well now good sir” faux civility.
January 26, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Trump is such a transparent asshole but there’s something so evil about how JD Vance hides incredibly callous politics behind that nauseating “well now good sir” faux civility.
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Every American Democratic nominee for President since 1952 has stood steadfastly against universal healthcare and taken actions in whatever offices they held, to oppose universal healthcare. The idea there has ever been a Democratic attempt at universality is frankly crackpot, pay it no heed.
Because we're all trapped in the event horizon of the 2016 primary we have to pretend that "universal healthcare", something that every Democratic administration has worked to expand since Truman, is something that "liberalism" has fought against, instead of a bog-standard part of the platform.
January 26, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Every American Democratic nominee for President since 1952 has stood steadfastly against universal healthcare and taken actions in whatever offices they held, to oppose universal healthcare. The idea there has ever been a Democratic attempt at universality is frankly crackpot, pay it no heed.
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DC also remains an occupied city with National Guard troops roaming around ad infinitum, though that seems to be getting far less coverage than it deserves now.
January 26, 2026 at 12:55 PM
DC also remains an occupied city with National Guard troops roaming around ad infinitum, though that seems to be getting far less coverage than it deserves now.
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I worked on the tennis court maintenance crew in the early 90s at the NACC. When Wexner would come for lunch on the patio we were made to stay in the tools shed until he left. Didn’t know if we’d be there for 1 hour or three. No phones then. Just sit there.
January 26, 2026 at 1:00 PM
I worked on the tennis court maintenance crew in the early 90s at the NACC. When Wexner would come for lunch on the patio we were made to stay in the tools shed until he left. Didn’t know if we’d be there for 1 hour or three. No phones then. Just sit there.
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CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
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A lot of Americans seem to have the idea that Jim Crow regimes were simply flawed democracies. They were authoritarian states that violently enforced caste, disenfranchisement and racial conformity. Nonviolence was the only effective tool. And it turned out to be revolutionary.
Many replies seem to underestimate the violence of colonial rule in arguing nonviolence can’t work against brutality. That’s understandable, especially if your idea of empire comes from glossy British portrayals. But the US civil rights movement has already made the case for it v. homegrown fascists
January 25, 2026 at 9:29 PM
A lot of Americans seem to have the idea that Jim Crow regimes were simply flawed democracies. They were authoritarian states that violently enforced caste, disenfranchisement and racial conformity. Nonviolence was the only effective tool. And it turned out to be revolutionary.
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I'm not going to post screenshots for obvious reasons but I have been alerted that a bunch of the top posts in r/MassiveCock are anti-ICE now and anyone who defends ICE in comments is getting yelled down lol
January 25, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I'm not going to post screenshots for obvious reasons but I have been alerted that a bunch of the top posts in r/MassiveCock are anti-ICE now and anyone who defends ICE in comments is getting yelled down lol
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Well the easiest way to get a meeting with Bolsonaro is getting sent to the hospital
January 25, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Well the easiest way to get a meeting with Bolsonaro is getting sent to the hospital
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HORRIFIC: the Trump admin is reportedly planning to dump hundreds of parents and children arrested in the interior (including Minneapolis) into extraordinarily dangerous Mexican border towns, and make them run a gauntlet of kidnappers if they want kangaroo court hearings.
Scoop: Trump admin plans to remove ~400 individuals, including children and families, to Mexico in first known restart of controversial “Remain in Mexico” policy during Trump’s 2nd term, sources tell me and Jake Traylor @ms.now
They’re set to be removed as early as Tuesday from TX and AZ to Mexico
They’re set to be removed as early as Tuesday from TX and AZ to Mexico
January 25, 2026 at 5:40 PM
HORRIFIC: the Trump admin is reportedly planning to dump hundreds of parents and children arrested in the interior (including Minneapolis) into extraordinarily dangerous Mexican border towns, and make them run a gauntlet of kidnappers if they want kangaroo court hearings.
This is so gross
Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:40 PM
This is so gross
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...but, to the maximal extent possibly (and also often quiteincoherently) ALWAYS encodes a narrative that good guys get to use guns, and bad guys get to have guns used upon them. (Wilhoit's Law: Google it.) The NRA statement the sin qua non of this logic.
www.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/u...
Zimmerman Is Acquitted in Trayvon Martin Killing (Published 2013)
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:09 PM
...but, to the maximal extent possibly (and also often quiteincoherently) ALWAYS encodes a narrative that good guys get to use guns, and bad guys get to have guns used upon them. (Wilhoit's Law: Google it.) The NRA statement the sin qua non of this logic.
www.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/u...
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it's equal parts great and bizarre to see someone in office who seems genuinely proud to be a public servant
We're getting a snowstorm tomorrow. But New York City is prepared.
January 25, 2026 at 4:50 PM
it's equal parts great and bizarre to see someone in office who seems genuinely proud to be a public servant
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Congressional Republicans gave Trump a slush fund for ICE and CBP in the "Big Beautiful Bill." Tens of billions of dollars that is still usable even during a shutdown.
Democrats must make rescinding that money the price of any future govt funding, as Republicans did with IRS money from the IRA.
Democrats must make rescinding that money the price of any future govt funding, as Republicans did with IRS money from the IRA.
January 25, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Congressional Republicans gave Trump a slush fund for ICE and CBP in the "Big Beautiful Bill." Tens of billions of dollars that is still usable even during a shutdown.
Democrats must make rescinding that money the price of any future govt funding, as Republicans did with IRS money from the IRA.
Democrats must make rescinding that money the price of any future govt funding, as Republicans did with IRS money from the IRA.
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I actually think it's pretty easy to explain.
Younger people didn't buy into an older neoliberal elite's prejudices, the older neoliberal elite absolutely lost their shit at the notion that they might be called on to change, and fascists exploited that reactionary moment
Younger people didn't buy into an older neoliberal elite's prejudices, the older neoliberal elite absolutely lost their shit at the notion that they might be called on to change, and fascists exploited that reactionary moment
Years from now, it'll be difficult to explain the things people in media were wailing about before all this. Sophomores writing underconsidered op-eds about cultural appropriation. Protests against demagogues on campus. YA drama. "Mobs" on Twitter. These were the threats to free society.
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I actually think it's pretty easy to explain.
Younger people didn't buy into an older neoliberal elite's prejudices, the older neoliberal elite absolutely lost their shit at the notion that they might be called on to change, and fascists exploited that reactionary moment
Younger people didn't buy into an older neoliberal elite's prejudices, the older neoliberal elite absolutely lost their shit at the notion that they might be called on to change, and fascists exploited that reactionary moment
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"What can Democrats actually do?"
- Vote against funding for ICE and DHS
- State that any ICE officers who commit crimes under Trump will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law
- Encourage cities and states to refuse to cooperate with ICE
- Explain ICE is part of Trump's tyranny
- Vote against funding for ICE and DHS
- State that any ICE officers who commit crimes under Trump will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law
- Encourage cities and states to refuse to cooperate with ICE
- Explain ICE is part of Trump's tyranny
January 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM
"What can Democrats actually do?"
- Vote against funding for ICE and DHS
- State that any ICE officers who commit crimes under Trump will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law
- Encourage cities and states to refuse to cooperate with ICE
- Explain ICE is part of Trump's tyranny
- Vote against funding for ICE and DHS
- State that any ICE officers who commit crimes under Trump will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law
- Encourage cities and states to refuse to cooperate with ICE
- Explain ICE is part of Trump's tyranny