Chris Daly
@profdaly.bsky.social
Journalist, historian.
Bostonian.
Birder. 🦉
Bostonian.
Birder. 🦉
Why send your "border czar" to Minneapolis, a city hundreds of miles from Canada and thousands of miles from Mexico???
January 27, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Why send your "border czar" to Minneapolis, a city hundreds of miles from Canada and thousands of miles from Mexico???
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It's not quite the most pressing issue at the moment, but the American people absolutely have a right to know the names of the federal officials who shot and killed a man peacefully protesting, who was on his knees, prone in the street when they shot him in the back.
January 27, 2026 at 1:58 PM
It's not quite the most pressing issue at the moment, but the American people absolutely have a right to know the names of the federal officials who shot and killed a man peacefully protesting, who was on his knees, prone in the street when they shot him in the back.
A theory: Trump wants bag-man Homan as a spokesman in Minnesota because Homan makes the president look good as a public speaker.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/26/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/26/p...
Who is Tom Homan, the White House border czar Trump is deploying to Minnesota? | CNN Politics
The White House border czar who President Donald Trump is dispatching to Minneapolis following the fatal shooting of two US citizens is a longtime law enforcement official who has pushed for some of t...
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:01 PM
A theory: Trump wants bag-man Homan as a spokesman in Minnesota because Homan makes the president look good as a public speaker.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/26/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/26/p...
This does not seem that complicated. The value proposition of journalism is that it supplies original, verified information about recent developments in the world. That is exactly what AI cannot do.
Media owners: Hire reporters, send them out to cover stuff.
www.cjr.org/feature/figh...
Media owners: Hire reporters, send them out to cover stuff.
www.cjr.org/feature/figh...
The fight over AI at McClatchy.
“Until we have solid language here, we’re not going to feel safe about the integrity of our jobs—or the language our readers read.”
www.cjr.org
January 27, 2026 at 2:57 PM
This does not seem that complicated. The value proposition of journalism is that it supplies original, verified information about recent developments in the world. That is exactly what AI cannot do.
Media owners: Hire reporters, send them out to cover stuff.
www.cjr.org/feature/figh...
Media owners: Hire reporters, send them out to cover stuff.
www.cjr.org/feature/figh...
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Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Abolish ICE and start over.
The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.”
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
January 27, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Abolish ICE and start over.
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The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.”
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
January 26, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.”
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
Oh, no. Free Liam!
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Oh, no. Free Liam!
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Greg Bovino and Kristi Noem being kicked out of Minnesota on the same day underscores how devastatingly bad the PR has been for the administration after it ham-handedly sent in hotheaded, untrained ICE goons to harass residents of Minneapolis. Because people across America saw it on video.
January 26, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Greg Bovino and Kristi Noem being kicked out of Minnesota on the same day underscores how devastatingly bad the PR has been for the administration after it ham-handedly sent in hotheaded, untrained ICE goons to harass residents of Minneapolis. Because people across America saw it on video.
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Pope Leo’s top U.S. ally — Cardinal Joseph Tobin — calls on Congress to defund ICE.
January 27, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Pope Leo’s top U.S. ally — Cardinal Joseph Tobin — calls on Congress to defund ICE.
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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
History teaches us that any time soldiers fire upon civilians, the violence ends up radicalizing the population and encouraging resistance to the occupiers. We know how this turns out.
Remembering the Boston Massacre as Minneapolis Writhes Under Occupation talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/remem...
Remembering the Boston Massacre as Minneapolis Writhes Under Occupation talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/remem...
Remembering the Boston Massacre as Minneapolis Writhes Under Occupation
Opposition to garrisoning soldiers in civilian towns was a cornerstone of the...
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January 26, 2026 at 10:58 PM
History teaches us that any time soldiers fire upon civilians, the violence ends up radicalizing the population and encouraging resistance to the occupiers. We know how this turns out.
Remembering the Boston Massacre as Minneapolis Writhes Under Occupation talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/remem...
Remembering the Boston Massacre as Minneapolis Writhes Under Occupation talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/remem...
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BREAKING: Calls For Kristi Noem’s Impeachment Grow As Trump Officials Push New Lies About Alex Pretti Shooting
open.substack.com/pub/demwinsm...
open.substack.com/pub/demwinsm...
BREAKING: Calls For Kristi Noem’s Impeachment Grow As Trump Officials Push New Lies About Alex Pretti Shooting
The administration is telling Americans not to believe what they can clearly see on video
open.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:28 PM
BREAKING: Calls For Kristi Noem’s Impeachment Grow As Trump Officials Push New Lies About Alex Pretti Shooting
open.substack.com/pub/demwinsm...
open.substack.com/pub/demwinsm...
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if Tom "Cava Bag" Homan is your emergency crisis comms guy, you're fucked
January 26, 2026 at 6:47 PM
if Tom "Cava Bag" Homan is your emergency crisis comms guy, you're fucked
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Gallego: I think it's ridiculous that Kristi Noem just went out right away and basically called this poor victim, a violent terrorist. That right there is impeachable. She lied about a citizen to justify his murder. The president should ask for her resignation.
January 26, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Gallego: I think it's ridiculous that Kristi Noem just went out right away and basically called this poor victim, a violent terrorist. That right there is impeachable. She lied about a citizen to justify his murder. The president should ask for her resignation.
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This sums it up.
January 26, 2026 at 12:37 PM
This sums it up.
WTAF???
Enough with the Gestapo cosplay and tactics.
Enough with the Gestapo cosplay and tactics.
an administration that understood it needed at least *some* public opinion on its side would dump bovino immediately
DHS is using explosives on people’s homes???
“Bovino has often used the phrase “turn and burn” to describe Border Patrol operations, a reference to actions like smashing windshields, using explosives to blow down the doors of homes and engaging in car chases.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
“Bovino has often used the phrase “turn and burn” to describe Border Patrol operations, a reference to actions like smashing windshields, using explosives to blow down the doors of homes and engaging in car chases.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
January 26, 2026 at 7:23 PM
WTAF???
Enough with the Gestapo cosplay and tactics.
Enough with the Gestapo cosplay and tactics.
Re White House "briefing":
Who's that guy who got to ask the first (loaded) question?
Who's that guy who got to ask the first (loaded) question?
January 26, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Re White House "briefing":
Who's that guy who got to ask the first (loaded) question?
Who's that guy who got to ask the first (loaded) question?
Why send your "border czar" to a city that is hundreds of miles from a border. Send Homan to Nome!
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
Live updates: Border czar is heading to Minnesota after second fatal shooting of a US citizen amid immigration enforcement crackdown | CNN
Tom Homan is headed to Minnesota after the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in an encounter Saturday with federal agents deepened outrage over the Trump administration’s surge, part of its nati...
www.cnn.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Why send your "border czar" to a city that is hundreds of miles from a border. Send Homan to Nome!
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
Homan: Go home, man!
January 26, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Homan: Go home, man!
What's the point of a news outlet having a rich outlet if he won't spend his own money for stuff like covering the Olympics. Bezos is just not worthy.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/b...
Washington Post Tears Up Plans to Cover Winter Olympics
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:19 PM
What's the point of a news outlet having a rich outlet if he won't spend his own money for stuff like covering the Olympics. Bezos is just not worthy.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/b...
Shame.
Statistic: 2/3rds of murders in Minneapolis so far in 2026 have been committed by DHS agents
January 26, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Shame.
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Roughly an hour after Brian Kilmeade said that "I would love to see Tom Homan just be asked to go" to Minneapolis, Trump says he's sending him there.
Left, Fox & Friends, 7:17 a.m.
Right, Trump, 8:31 a.m.
Do they have CAVA in Minnesota?
Left, Fox & Friends, 7:17 a.m.
Right, Trump, 8:31 a.m.
Do they have CAVA in Minnesota?
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Roughly an hour after Brian Kilmeade said that "I would love to see Tom Homan just be asked to go" to Minneapolis, Trump says he's sending him there.
Left, Fox & Friends, 7:17 a.m.
Right, Trump, 8:31 a.m.
Do they have CAVA in Minnesota?
Left, Fox & Friends, 7:17 a.m.
Right, Trump, 8:31 a.m.
Do they have CAVA in Minnesota?
Of course! FOX is a kind of state media just pushing the Trump administration line in all cases. They repeat denigrating phrases like "domestic terrorist" and "suspect" with no independent fact-checking. It's just not journalism.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Minneapolis Live Updates: Judge to Consider Legality of Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Of course! FOX is a kind of state media just pushing the Trump administration line in all cases. They repeat denigrating phrases like "domestic terrorist" and "suspect" with no independent fact-checking. It's just not journalism.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...