ptarnation
@ptarnation.bsky.social
rarely capitalized. i repost a lot, often about dogs, psychiatry, psychedelics but critical of the hypefest, large event medical, good books, low-key knitting, privacy
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I feel like it's an indication of how deep a hole the regime is in that they've tossed out an unrepentant fascist & replaced him with a CORRUPT unrepentant fascist.
While glad to see Bovino humbled, I really don’t have any higher opinion of Homan—a cruel, cold, corrupt, calculating bureaucrat who’s devoted more of his career to mass deportation than almost anyone. He’s the architect of child separation.
January 27, 2026 at 3:44 AM
I feel like it's an indication of how deep a hole the regime is in that they've tossed out an unrepentant fascist & replaced him with a CORRUPT unrepentant fascist.
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One armed goon loses his shit at an observer who's backing up, and then several more armed goons tackle the observer to the ground, and then even more armed goons form a protective shield around the armed goons handcuffing the observer for hurting an armed goon's feelings.
This can't be "reformed"
This can't be "reformed"
January 27, 2026 at 3:20 PM
One armed goon loses his shit at an observer who's backing up, and then several more armed goons tackle the observer to the ground, and then even more armed goons form a protective shield around the armed goons handcuffing the observer for hurting an armed goon's feelings.
This can't be "reformed"
This can't be "reformed"
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Breaking news: Composer Philip Glass withdrew his highly anticipated Symphony No. 15 from its scheduled Kennedy Center performance, saying “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony.”
Philip Glass pulls world premiere from Kennedy Center
The pioneering composer announced that “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message” of his Symphony No. 15: “Lincoln.”
wapo.st
January 27, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Breaking news: Composer Philip Glass withdrew his highly anticipated Symphony No. 15 from its scheduled Kennedy Center performance, saying “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony.”
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while i do appreciate a technical correction the proper response to "this is not like anne frank, actually" is "if you are making legalistic arguments to distinguish your actions from hitler you are already losing"
To avoid the possibility Holocaust remembrance might lead to empathy for migrants, Trump's antisemitism envoy claims Anne Frank "was in Amsterdam legally."
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
January 27, 2026 at 4:40 PM
while i do appreciate a technical correction the proper response to "this is not like anne frank, actually" is "if you are making legalistic arguments to distinguish your actions from hitler you are already losing"
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They aren't using the words 'abolish ICE' but this is a Laura Ingraham and Chip Roy saying it would be better if there was no such thing as ICE.
we are witnessing historic backpedaling here
January 27, 2026 at 7:34 AM
They aren't using the words 'abolish ICE' but this is a Laura Ingraham and Chip Roy saying it would be better if there was no such thing as ICE.
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I continue to believe that the fastest way to get Stephen Miller fired is to convince Trump that Miller's ICE operations are what cost him the Nobel Peace Prize.
January 27, 2026 at 4:54 AM
I continue to believe that the fastest way to get Stephen Miller fired is to convince Trump that Miller's ICE operations are what cost him the Nobel Peace Prize.
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I've been sent video from the end of the ICE raid at the Zipps on 32nd and Shea.
It shows protesters -- on the sidewalk, impeding no one -- getting drive-by maced by an ICE agent from a truck as it rolls away down the road.
Hard to see how such tactics are justifiable.
It shows protesters -- on the sidewalk, impeding no one -- getting drive-by maced by an ICE agent from a truck as it rolls away down the road.
Hard to see how such tactics are justifiable.
January 27, 2026 at 6:07 AM
I've been sent video from the end of the ICE raid at the Zipps on 32nd and Shea.
It shows protesters -- on the sidewalk, impeding no one -- getting drive-by maced by an ICE agent from a truck as it rolls away down the road.
Hard to see how such tactics are justifiable.
It shows protesters -- on the sidewalk, impeding no one -- getting drive-by maced by an ICE agent from a truck as it rolls away down the road.
Hard to see how such tactics are justifiable.
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look what world war 2 took
January 27, 2026 at 7:11 AM
look what world war 2 took
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cory lewandowski hanging up a call with trump and placing a $50k bet on the exact day and time noem will be fired
That would require a degree of self awareness she is incapable of, her fuck buddy though
January 27, 2026 at 12:23 AM
cory lewandowski hanging up a call with trump and placing a $50k bet on the exact day and time noem will be fired
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I've seen the pushback from DHS on the Bovino story and it makes it even better if nobody told Tricia McLaughlin or her vertical
January 27, 2026 at 12:26 AM
I've seen the pushback from DHS on the Bovino story and it makes it even better if nobody told Tricia McLaughlin or her vertical
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7: “Replace “ICE agents” with “occupying coalition forces” and the structure maps almost 1:1 to early-stage urban cells we hunted in the mid-2000s.”
Dude please I can only take so much bullshit in one morning lmao
Dude please I can only take so much bullshit in one morning lmao
January 26, 2026 at 3:51 PM
7: “Replace “ICE agents” with “occupying coalition forces” and the structure maps almost 1:1 to early-stage urban cells we hunted in the mid-2000s.”
Dude please I can only take so much bullshit in one morning lmao
Dude please I can only take so much bullshit in one morning lmao
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the assaults are punitive. the cops know that their critics have not done anything against the law. but the DOJ is Trump's personal law firm, and broken bones, hypothermia, and chemical attacks do not require a judge's sign-off. so ICE's victims get beaten and gassed and dropped in the wilderness.
January 27, 2026 at 6:12 AM
the assaults are punitive. the cops know that their critics have not done anything against the law. but the DOJ is Trump's personal law firm, and broken bones, hypothermia, and chemical attacks do not require a judge's sign-off. so ICE's victims get beaten and gassed and dropped in the wilderness.
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Silly word games. He hasn’t been fired from his actual job in CBP as chief of El Centro Sector; they’re letting him slink back to that while he runs out the clock on his retirement. “Commander at large” was a made-up assignment Noem gave him running the traveling circus. He’s been canned from that.
Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino has not been relieved of his duties, DHS says
From CNN's Aditi Sangal
From CNN's Aditi Sangal
Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino has not been relieved of his duties, DHS says
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 27, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Silly word games. He hasn’t been fired from his actual job in CBP as chief of El Centro Sector; they’re letting him slink back to that while he runs out the clock on his retirement. “Commander at large” was a made-up assignment Noem gave him running the traveling circus. He’s been canned from that.
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PSA: Greg Bovino won’t see all your jokes insulting his height but your short followers & loved ones will. So make them good, they want to laugh at fascists too
Bovino really got the short end of the stick, huh?
January 27, 2026 at 6:57 AM
PSA: Greg Bovino won’t see all your jokes insulting his height but your short followers & loved ones will. So make them good, they want to laugh at fascists too
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(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
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"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:51 AM
(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
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the murders have occupied all the attention but the indiscriminate assaults justified by no conceivable law enforcement purpose are another thing
It’s notable that both of the killers were, with varying degrees of success, spraying irritants in bystanders’ eyes seconds before the shooting.
A new Times video analysis breaks down the flawed and lethal actions by federal agents in the killing of Alex Pretti. Watch our visual investigation. nyti.ms/3YXeODB
January 27, 2026 at 6:09 AM
the murders have occupied all the attention but the indiscriminate assaults justified by no conceivable law enforcement purpose are another thing
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This exact phenomenon famously has never caused national catastrophe in the FBI before.
January 27, 2026 at 1:32 AM
This exact phenomenon famously has never caused national catastrophe in the FBI before.
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A guy I just met at a bar opposite the vigil, who lives right here, made a point that is both insanely obvious and yet also I haven't heard. Alex Pretti wasn't bringing a gun with him to a protest. He was "just a guy buying some fucking donuts" when CBP rocked up and got in *his* way
January 27, 2026 at 1:39 AM
A guy I just met at a bar opposite the vigil, who lives right here, made a point that is both insanely obvious and yet also I haven't heard. Alex Pretti wasn't bringing a gun with him to a protest. He was "just a guy buying some fucking donuts" when CBP rocked up and got in *his* way
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“What they don’t want you to know is that George Soros and his far-left billionaire friends hired Alex Pretti to act as a dependable, beloved pillar of his community for decades,” said President Donald Trump
Trump Alleges That Democrats Secretly Paid Alex Pretti To Be Model Citizen
WASHINGTON—Claiming that no one would realistically devote their life to serving others without being funded by nefarious actors, President Donald Trump alleged Monday that Democrats had secretly paid...
theonion.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:15 AM
“What they don’t want you to know is that George Soros and his far-left billionaire friends hired Alex Pretti to act as a dependable, beloved pillar of his community for decades,” said President Donald Trump
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it took longer than expected but this did eventually get to Trump re: Elon! it has the added benefit of being even more true for Miller than it was for Musk
he’s the shadow president and we should start saying it loud enough that Trump becomes Shakespearean tragedy level convinced of the truth that Miller is usurping him
January 27, 2026 at 12:55 AM
it took longer than expected but this did eventually get to Trump re: Elon! it has the added benefit of being even more true for Miller than it was for Musk
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Whiskey Friday with Greg Bovino
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 27, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Whiskey Friday with Greg Bovino
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I’m a doofus but in less than 2 years I’m gonna graduate law school. And then this doofus will go prove that what those federal agencies are doing in our name is immoral, unethical, & illegal…and within the statute of limitations. So i speak out now, so they will hear me then
January 27, 2026 at 2:21 AM
I’m a doofus but in less than 2 years I’m gonna graduate law school. And then this doofus will go prove that what those federal agencies are doing in our name is immoral, unethical, & illegal…and within the statute of limitations. So i speak out now, so they will hear me then
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If you can get your hands on a copy of the “talking points Trump needs to hear” that someone is passing to Fox and Friends hosts, you can probably get crazy rich in the prediction markets.
January 27, 2026 at 2:38 AM
If you can get your hands on a copy of the “talking points Trump needs to hear” that someone is passing to Fox and Friends hosts, you can probably get crazy rich in the prediction markets.
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Hey, let’s go to Maine in the dead of winter, a time of year that certainly won’t make us more recognizable to a populace that has the ability to spot an out-of-stater from 500 yards away.
January 27, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Hey, let’s go to Maine in the dead of winter, a time of year that certainly won’t make us more recognizable to a populace that has the ability to spot an out-of-stater from 500 yards away.