Ralf W
@raflw.bsky.social
The press, 2026: Everything Biden did was imputed to reflect how old and feeble he was. NOTHING Trump does is imputed to reflect his abhorrent personal character.
Peripatetic. Infuriated.
Hanger-on at Balloon Juice.
MSP / CO / WI
Peripatetic. Infuriated.
Hanger-on at Balloon Juice.
MSP / CO / WI
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Ralf W
@raflw.bsky.social
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I absolutely hate paragraphs like this. Seems to whom? What facts are being advanced here in the nations leading newspaper? This voiceless opinioning is shoddy, and gives cover to the deeply improper tactic the WH uses frequently.
Stick to reporting, dang it.
Stick to reporting, dang it.
They do this *all the time*. NYT finds whichever mealy-mouthed way they can to distance Trump from the things Trump explicitly does.
Everything Biden did was imputed to reflect how old and feeble he was. NOTHING Trump does is imputed to reflect his abhorrent personal charachter.
Everything Biden did was imputed to reflect how old and feeble he was. NOTHING Trump does is imputed to reflect his abhorrent personal charachter.
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i think this more than anything is what miller wants. vast detention camps with all of the suffering and death that means.
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:56 AM
i think this more than anything is what miller wants. vast detention camps with all of the suffering and death that means.
He's on Fox every weeknight with his own show! He's not niche.
February 11, 2026 at 12:46 AM
He's on Fox every weeknight with his own show! He's not niche.
This man is in national leadership.
And is, by his own CONSTANT admission, the least informed person in American.
And is, by his own CONSTANT admission, the least informed person in American.
February 11, 2026 at 12:44 AM
This man is in national leadership.
And is, by his own CONSTANT admission, the least informed person in American.
And is, by his own CONSTANT admission, the least informed person in American.
The right in this country has completely, utterly lost their collective minds.
February 11, 2026 at 12:37 AM
The right in this country has completely, utterly lost their collective minds.
Yet another aspect of science and innovation were just handing to other countries to beat our asses with.
It's violently stupid.
It's violently stupid.
February 11, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Yet another aspect of science and innovation were just handing to other countries to beat our asses with.
It's violently stupid.
It's violently stupid.
Erasure of LGBTQ history. Erasure of the history of slavery & emancipation. These & more negations are yet another warning siren.
Along w/ rush to build concentration camps (but inside giant warehouses where the captured cannot even be seen).
Predicates to literal erasure of human beings.
Along w/ rush to build concentration camps (but inside giant warehouses where the captured cannot even be seen).
Predicates to literal erasure of human beings.
February 11, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Erasure of LGBTQ history. Erasure of the history of slavery & emancipation. These & more negations are yet another warning siren.
Along w/ rush to build concentration camps (but inside giant warehouses where the captured cannot even be seen).
Predicates to literal erasure of human beings.
Along w/ rush to build concentration camps (but inside giant warehouses where the captured cannot even be seen).
Predicates to literal erasure of human beings.
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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
I believe this was warned about. But Trumpers don't listen to expertise.
February 10, 2026 at 11:33 PM
I believe this was warned about. But Trumpers don't listen to expertise.
ICE/DHS always lies on first pass. Always.
February 10, 2026 at 11:32 PM
ICE/DHS always lies on first pass. Always.
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After the Trump regime empties out its concentration camps by deporting all the dark-skinned immigrants it rounds up, those camps will still be operational and ready for use against the next groups of people the regime targets as enemies. Such as, perhaps, you.
February 10, 2026 at 11:19 PM
After the Trump regime empties out its concentration camps by deporting all the dark-skinned immigrants it rounds up, those camps will still be operational and ready for use against the next groups of people the regime targets as enemies. Such as, perhaps, you.
All these people making the claim are telling on themselves: "I don't care enough about my neighbors to lift a finger ... unless there's cash in it for me."
February 10, 2026 at 9:50 PM
All these people making the claim are telling on themselves: "I don't care enough about my neighbors to lift a finger ... unless there's cash in it for me."
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This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Police in Bloomington, MN just announced that one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting was a **background checker for ICE agents.**
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
February 10, 2026 at 9:26 PM
This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Instead we have socialized risk for banks, but private profit.
February 10, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Instead we have socialized risk for banks, but private profit.
Today? 13 months into his second presidency across 9 years, we have "a lot of communism"?
No, we have a little bit of pudding brain. In a critical location in government.
No, we have a little bit of pudding brain. In a critical location in government.
February 10, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Today? 13 months into his second presidency across 9 years, we have "a lot of communism"?
No, we have a little bit of pudding brain. In a critical location in government.
No, we have a little bit of pudding brain. In a critical location in government.
Man with a high security clearance is booked by local police as a sex offender.
Epstein is gone, but not the horrible people who traffic and abuse women.
Epstein is gone, but not the horrible people who traffic and abuse women.
Bloomington police announce arrests in sex trafficking bust: "Rashad Johnson out of Maple Grove. This is the most disturbing arrest that we've had here. He is a backgrounder for ICE, Homeland Security, and federal agencies."
February 10, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Man with a high security clearance is booked by local police as a sex offender.
Epstein is gone, but not the horrible people who traffic and abuse women.
Epstein is gone, but not the horrible people who traffic and abuse women.
Oh, for sure.
But the way "out" makes him look like a moron (or confirms prior suspicions).
But the way "out" makes him look like a moron (or confirms prior suspicions).
February 10, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Oh, for sure.
But the way "out" makes him look like a moron (or confirms prior suspicions).
But the way "out" makes him look like a moron (or confirms prior suspicions).
We also have to have real talk about what happens to our tax base and our sales tax revenues if a whole bunch of businesses close down, stop paying rent, lay off employees.
The cost six months from now from inaction could be far worse to the city & county budgets than the aid being discussed.
The cost six months from now from inaction could be far worse to the city & county budgets than the aid being discussed.
February 10, 2026 at 9:15 PM
We also have to have real talk about what happens to our tax base and our sales tax revenues if a whole bunch of businesses close down, stop paying rent, lay off employees.
The cost six months from now from inaction could be far worse to the city & county budgets than the aid being discussed.
The cost six months from now from inaction could be far worse to the city & county budgets than the aid being discussed.
From taxpayers. Like me.
And I say "Yes."
And I say "Yes."
February 10, 2026 at 9:12 PM
From taxpayers. Like me.
And I say "Yes."
And I say "Yes."
We could stop needing multi-million dollar police brutality payouts.
People rarely say "where's that money coming from?" (I have, but I'm an outlier).
People rarely say "where's that money coming from?" (I have, but I'm an outlier).
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
We could stop needing multi-million dollar police brutality payouts.
People rarely say "where's that money coming from?" (I have, but I'm an outlier).
People rarely say "where's that money coming from?" (I have, but I'm an outlier).
Of only venal lies caused smiting
February 10, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Of only venal lies caused smiting
Republican senators don't give a sh*t about poverty, so they're well-aligned anyway.
February 10, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Republican senators don't give a sh*t about poverty, so they're well-aligned anyway.
That seems improbably low.
February 10, 2026 at 6:36 PM
That seems improbably low.
"I'm a Kinsey 3, but project that onto everyone else" is a HILARIOUS flex.
February 10, 2026 at 5:37 PM
"I'm a Kinsey 3, but project that onto everyone else" is a HILARIOUS flex.
So he sucks at password management?
Or he was blackout drunk?
What's his message here other than "I'm a feckless turd."
Or he was blackout drunk?
What's his message here other than "I'm a feckless turd."
February 10, 2026 at 5:32 PM
So he sucks at password management?
Or he was blackout drunk?
What's his message here other than "I'm a feckless turd."
Or he was blackout drunk?
What's his message here other than "I'm a feckless turd."
To be clear I think the threat of de-naturalization is abhorrent. But it's bordering on Admin policy.
February 10, 2026 at 5:13 PM
To be clear I think the threat of de-naturalization is abhorrent. But it's bordering on Admin policy.