Rob Fardon
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“Everyone says he is crazy – which maybe he is – but the scarier thing about him is that he is stupid. You do not know anyone as stupid as Donald Trump. You just don’t.” --Fran Lebowitz
JFC
January 24, 2026 at 3:07 AM
JFC
We've known they lie systematically about this for a while. Thanks to everyone videoing them
🚨 #ICE/Border Patrol agents were caught on camera committing a 'hit-and-run' in #Minneapolis.
In the video, an unmarked federal vehicle is stopped in the road. A legal observer is sitting in a car behind them, not violating the law, just observing.
In the video, an unmarked federal vehicle is stopped in the road. A legal observer is sitting in a car behind them, not violating the law, just observing.
January 24, 2026 at 3:05 AM
We've known they lie systematically about this for a while. Thanks to everyone videoing them
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Scenes from Minneapolis are hope giving
January 23, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Scenes from Minneapolis are hope giving
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Still decent people in the feds, but they’re leaving.
Breaking NYT:
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Still decent people in the feds, but they’re leaving.
ABC World News reported that at least 20,000 people protested in Minneapolis, including at the airport, and that *this was in a windchill of minus 40 degrees.* Minnesotans, you are the best of us. DAMN that makes me proud. Minus 40
Minnesota, man
Minnesota is the best of us.
January 24, 2026 at 12:05 AM
ABC World News reported that at least 20,000 people protested in Minneapolis, including at the airport, and that *this was in a windchill of minus 40 degrees.* Minnesotans, you are the best of us. DAMN that makes me proud. Minus 40
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This is a broader problem laid out in a slightly outdated but still excellent book by Harvey Silverglate, "Three Felonies a Day": federal criminal law is now so swollen and byzantine that you can plausibly argue virtually anybody is guilty of SOME sort of crime if you're willing to dig enough.
Fun example: the (revised) federal Gun-Free School Zones Act. If you've ever bought a hunting rifle (say) or shotgun that came in a cardboard box, and you drove it home from the store and passed within 1,000 feet of a K-12 without having it in a locked container, that was a federal felony. [...]
January 23, 2026 at 9:53 PM
This is a broader problem laid out in a slightly outdated but still excellent book by Harvey Silverglate, "Three Felonies a Day": federal criminal law is now so swollen and byzantine that you can plausibly argue virtually anybody is guilty of SOME sort of crime if you're willing to dig enough.
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An exchange from the series Firefly between one of the protagonists and a mercenary bounty hunter has lived rent free in my head for 20+ years, and has sadly been on my mind a lot recently--
River: You like to hurt folk.
Jubal Early: It's part of the job.
River: It's why you took the job.
River: You like to hurt folk.
Jubal Early: It's part of the job.
River: It's why you took the job.
January 23, 2026 at 10:13 PM
An exchange from the series Firefly between one of the protagonists and a mercenary bounty hunter has lived rent free in my head for 20+ years, and has sadly been on my mind a lot recently--
River: You like to hurt folk.
Jubal Early: It's part of the job.
River: It's why you took the job.
River: You like to hurt folk.
Jubal Early: It's part of the job.
River: It's why you took the job.
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Breaking NYT:
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Breaking NYT:
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
Minnesota, man
January 23, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Minnesota, man
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POPEHAT SIGNAL: Pro Bono counsel sought in Chicago, for the cause of right over the cause of evil. Potential client is out-of-state and indigent. Opponent is abusing Illinois’ pre-litigation discovery process to harass and abuse her and likely to dox her. The details are insane.
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January 23, 2026 at 7:51 PM
POPEHAT SIGNAL: Pro Bono counsel sought in Chicago, for the cause of right over the cause of evil. Potential client is out-of-state and indigent. Opponent is abusing Illinois’ pre-litigation discovery process to harass and abuse her and likely to dox her. The details are insane.
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It’s like some weird fucking experiment to see how obvious you can make it before Americans have an “Are we the baddies?” moment, and a third of the population just cannot get there.
January 23, 2026 at 5:28 PM
It’s like some weird fucking experiment to see how obvious you can make it before Americans have an “Are we the baddies?” moment, and a third of the population just cannot get there.
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The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
January 23, 2026 at 1:57 AM
The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
Trump wouldn't understand the movie. He doesn't understand why people serve in the U.S. military. He knows zero history. He had to ask what happened at Pearl Harbor. Frankly, understanding the strength and value of an alliance with other countries is completely beyond him
January 23, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Trump wouldn't understand the movie. He doesn't understand why people serve in the U.S. military. He knows zero history. He had to ask what happened at Pearl Harbor. Frankly, understanding the strength and value of an alliance with other countries is completely beyond him
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The law firm where my mom works is closed and in the 25 years she worked there have never taken a stand on anything.
January 22, 2026 at 9:39 PM
The law firm where my mom works is closed and in the 25 years she worked there have never taken a stand on anything.
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Both of my local liquor stores are closed. Liquor stores. In winter. In Minnesota. On a Friday.
January 22, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Both of my local liquor stores are closed. Liquor stores. In winter. In Minnesota. On a Friday.
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National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
I used to like the idea of prediction markets. I'm changing my mind. Too many corrupt people in too many countries can make serious money on events they have the power to decide
January 23, 2026 at 3:30 AM
I used to like the idea of prediction markets. I'm changing my mind. Too many corrupt people in too many countries can make serious money on events they have the power to decide
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Noticing a trend from my Facebook feed: Lots of Republicans/conservatives in cities subjected to Trump's occupations (L.A., Minneapolis, Charlotte, Chicago) are angry and turning radically anti-ICE.
But Republicans/conservatives everywhere else don't believe them.
But Republicans/conservatives everywhere else don't believe them.
January 22, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Noticing a trend from my Facebook feed: Lots of Republicans/conservatives in cities subjected to Trump's occupations (L.A., Minneapolis, Charlotte, Chicago) are angry and turning radically anti-ICE.
But Republicans/conservatives everywhere else don't believe them.
But Republicans/conservatives everywhere else don't believe them.
Every Minnesotan I know in Minnesota is involved in this and it makes me savagely proud
I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.
January 23, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Every Minnesotan I know in Minnesota is involved in this and it makes me savagely proud
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I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.
January 22, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.
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ICE is underwater with noncollege whites, god damn
January 22, 2026 at 5:49 PM
ICE is underwater with noncollege whites, god damn
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Here in Minneapolis, hundreds of clergy from all over the country have been deployed into the streets to participate in ICE/DHS watch.
The hail from a range of religious traditions, and have come from all over.
This particular group is in a heavily immigrant neighborhood.
The hail from a range of religious traditions, and have come from all over.
This particular group is in a heavily immigrant neighborhood.
January 22, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Here in Minneapolis, hundreds of clergy from all over the country have been deployed into the streets to participate in ICE/DHS watch.
The hail from a range of religious traditions, and have come from all over.
This particular group is in a heavily immigrant neighborhood.
The hail from a range of religious traditions, and have come from all over.
This particular group is in a heavily immigrant neighborhood.
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Congrats RFK Jr
January 22, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Congrats RFK Jr
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ICE Deems Being In Privacy Of Own Home Obstruction Of Justice https://theonion.com/ice-deems-being-in-privacy-of-own-home-obstruction-of-justice/
January 22, 2026 at 9:27 PM
ICE Deems Being In Privacy Of Own Home Obstruction Of Justice https://theonion.com/ice-deems-being-in-privacy-of-own-home-obstruction-of-justice/