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We Are Witnessing the self-immolation of America Thanks to Donald Trump
Authoritarians abroad are joyous as Trump has voluntarily chosen to destroy America's reputation, strength, & post WW2 alliances, ushering in an era of violence, chaos, & weakness.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Authoritarians abroad are joyous as Trump has voluntarily chosen to destroy America's reputation, strength, & post WW2 alliances, ushering in an era of violence, chaos, & weakness.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
January 27, 2026 at 1:41 AM
We Are Witnessing the self-immolation of America Thanks to Donald Trump
Authoritarians abroad are joyous as Trump has voluntarily chosen to destroy America's reputation, strength, & post WW2 alliances, ushering in an era of violence, chaos, & weakness.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Authoritarians abroad are joyous as Trump has voluntarily chosen to destroy America's reputation, strength, & post WW2 alliances, ushering in an era of violence, chaos, & weakness.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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Bovino doesn't just go home. Kristi Noem doesn't get to ride off into the sunset with Corey Lewandowski on her horse. Stephen Miller doesn't get to order federal agencies to break the law and then move over to Fox News. Investigate, prosecute, punish. No one is above the law.
Kristi Noem is an absolute disgrace. Tell your representatives in Congress it’s time to impeach!
Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
January 27, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Bovino doesn't just go home. Kristi Noem doesn't get to ride off into the sunset with Corey Lewandowski on her horse. Stephen Miller doesn't get to order federal agencies to break the law and then move over to Fox News. Investigate, prosecute, punish. No one is above the law.
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It’s time to stop wasting billions on ICE and to give people more affordable healthcare. Period.
#FundHealthCareStopICE
#FundHealthCareStopICE
January 27, 2026 at 1:43 AM
It’s time to stop wasting billions on ICE and to give people more affordable healthcare. Period.
#FundHealthCareStopICE
#FundHealthCareStopICE
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Who’s next?
One demotion cannot detract from accountability.
Greg Bovino and Trump’s agents must still be held responsible for the killings and the damage they’ve done to America.
One demotion cannot detract from accountability.
Greg Bovino and Trump’s agents must still be held responsible for the killings and the damage they’ve done to America.
Greg Bovino Loses His Job
The Border Patrol chief has been ousted from his role as “commander at large,” and will return to El Centro.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Who’s next?
One demotion cannot detract from accountability.
Greg Bovino and Trump’s agents must still be held responsible for the killings and the damage they’ve done to America.
One demotion cannot detract from accountability.
Greg Bovino and Trump’s agents must still be held responsible for the killings and the damage they’ve done to America.
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Until Miller’s gone these are just gestural purges to sanitize and consolidate his reign of terror.
BREAKING: The Border Patrol's Greg Bovino has been ousted from his role of "Commander at Large"—and Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski could be next to lose their jobs, sources tell @nickmiroff.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 27, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Until Miller’s gone these are just gestural purges to sanitize and consolidate his reign of terror.
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This should be big news, but it’s barely a whisper.
The Trump admin is focusing on the wrong problem. The fraud isn’t w/SNAP recipients, it’s with outside scammers.
USDA let outdated SNAP cards stay vulnerable, and families lost about $555 million in food benefits, not to “cheating,” but to theft.
The Trump admin is focusing on the wrong problem. The fraud isn’t w/SNAP recipients, it’s with outside scammers.
USDA let outdated SNAP cards stay vulnerable, and families lost about $555 million in food benefits, not to “cheating,” but to theft.
January 25, 2026 at 10:00 PM
This should be big news, but it’s barely a whisper.
The Trump admin is focusing on the wrong problem. The fraud isn’t w/SNAP recipients, it’s with outside scammers.
USDA let outdated SNAP cards stay vulnerable, and families lost about $555 million in food benefits, not to “cheating,” but to theft.
The Trump admin is focusing on the wrong problem. The fraud isn’t w/SNAP recipients, it’s with outside scammers.
USDA let outdated SNAP cards stay vulnerable, and families lost about $555 million in food benefits, not to “cheating,” but to theft.
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Again, I know it’s persnickety, but I want to emphasize that Alex Pretti was not “showing up at a protest,” he was driving around the city as part of a community-led first responder network. He was likely carrying a gun the same reason anyone does: he felt like he might encounter an unsafe situation
The party that has spent unlimited resources and energy getting states to pass laws to allow citizens to openly carry loaded weapons anywhere - now believes that exercising this right is permission for law enforcement to murder you.
Honestly, how dumb do they think we are?
Honestly, how dumb do they think we are?
January 25, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Again, I know it’s persnickety, but I want to emphasize that Alex Pretti was not “showing up at a protest,” he was driving around the city as part of a community-led first responder network. He was likely carrying a gun the same reason anyone does: he felt like he might encounter an unsafe situation
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When you're a paramilitary force, they let you do it
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 9:48 PM
When you're a paramilitary force, they let you do it
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"ICE, CBP, and Border Patrol have proven themselves incapable of obeying the law, let alone enforcing it for others; unable to self-soothe, let alone keep the peace. ICE and its ilk are ... a problem with only one solution. They are malignant, they are worthless, and they should not exist."
I don't think it matters whether or not Alex Pretti had a gun www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
It doesn’t matter if Alex Pretti had a gun
Nonviolence is a double standard
www.theverge.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:39 PM
"ICE, CBP, and Border Patrol have proven themselves incapable of obeying the law, let alone enforcing it for others; unable to self-soothe, let alone keep the peace. ICE and its ilk are ... a problem with only one solution. They are malignant, they are worthless, and they should not exist."
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A utterly unhinged thing to say. But if they can get this to catch on as a part of the MAGA they will achieved victory beyond their wildest dreams. America at 250!
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "Our country was founded on law enforcement"
Bondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"
January 25, 2026 at 1:33 AM
A utterly unhinged thing to say. But if they can get this to catch on as a part of the MAGA they will achieved victory beyond their wildest dreams. America at 250!
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No pretext any more -
Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
January 25, 2026 at 1:40 AM
No pretext any more -
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Every Democratic Senator must vote NO on DHS/ICE funding. Continuing to fund this agency that is terrorizing and murdering our people makes you complicit. They EXECUTED Alex Pretti.
Every Senator must draw a line in the stand here.
Every Senator must draw a line in the stand here.
January 24, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Every Democratic Senator must vote NO on DHS/ICE funding. Continuing to fund this agency that is terrorizing and murdering our people makes you complicit. They EXECUTED Alex Pretti.
Every Senator must draw a line in the stand here.
Every Senator must draw a line in the stand here.
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MAGA brains breaking everywhere trying to decide if the Second Amendment means more to them than ICE and Border Patrol.
January 24, 2026 at 9:24 PM
MAGA brains breaking everywhere trying to decide if the Second Amendment means more to them than ICE and Border Patrol.
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"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 PM
"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
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This situation is not, in fact, evolving. It’s over. This is not fog of war. It’s “who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes?”
Q: It doesn't seem like he pulled a weapon at any point. So does that account come from the agent? When does it come out?
BOVINO: This situation is evolving. Those facts will come to light. But let's take a look at the gun.
BOVINO: This situation is evolving. Those facts will come to light. But let's take a look at the gun.
January 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
This situation is not, in fact, evolving. It’s over. This is not fog of war. It’s “who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes?”
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it is a sign of the total absence of trump from political decision making that they are letting this guy go out and say stuff that dramatically worsens their political position
January 24, 2026 at 7:13 PM
it is a sign of the total absence of trump from political decision making that they are letting this guy go out and say stuff that dramatically worsens their political position
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We hope you’re staying warm ahead of the storm’s arrival tonight.
What’s changed about our storm forecast since Friday? Not much. The forecast has largely locked in, with no change to our map of snow/sleet amounts at this time.
Still uncertainty as to when Sunday morning the snow changes to sleet.
What’s changed about our storm forecast since Friday? Not much. The forecast has largely locked in, with no change to our map of snow/sleet amounts at this time.
Still uncertainty as to when Sunday morning the snow changes to sleet.
January 24, 2026 at 7:45 PM
We hope you’re staying warm ahead of the storm’s arrival tonight.
What’s changed about our storm forecast since Friday? Not much. The forecast has largely locked in, with no change to our map of snow/sleet amounts at this time.
Still uncertainty as to when Sunday morning the snow changes to sleet.
What’s changed about our storm forecast since Friday? Not much. The forecast has largely locked in, with no change to our map of snow/sleet amounts at this time.
Still uncertainty as to when Sunday morning the snow changes to sleet.
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Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
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To put a finer point on it: Republicans have embraced the “insurrectionist theory” of the Second Amendment—the notion that you have a constitutional right to stage an armed rebellion against the government if it becomes tyrannical.
Now they’re lining up to say ICE can shoot any armed protester?
Now they’re lining up to say ICE can shoot any armed protester?
I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
January 24, 2026 at 7:12 PM
To put a finer point on it: Republicans have embraced the “insurrectionist theory” of the Second Amendment—the notion that you have a constitutional right to stage an armed rebellion against the government if it becomes tyrannical.
Now they’re lining up to say ICE can shoot any armed protester?
Now they’re lining up to say ICE can shoot any armed protester?
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Watch the video below with your own eyes.⤵️
Note: DHS had earlier come out claiming, "an individual approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun."
Does DHS mean?
"approached" = came toward with a camera?
"with" = on his person while filming?
Note: DHS had earlier come out claiming, "an individual approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun."
Does DHS mean?
"approached" = came toward with a camera?
"with" = on his person while filming?
Video before it happens is showing this guy they shot in the head in Minneapolis was just standing there videoing them before and they got out to push him back and then murder him.
January 24, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Watch the video below with your own eyes.⤵️
Note: DHS had earlier come out claiming, "an individual approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun."
Does DHS mean?
"approached" = came toward with a camera?
"with" = on his person while filming?
Note: DHS had earlier come out claiming, "an individual approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun."
Does DHS mean?
"approached" = came toward with a camera?
"with" = on his person while filming?
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I'm old enough to remember when law enforcement didn't publish crime scene evidence in advance of legal proceedings.
In other words, I'm more than a year old.
In other words, I'm more than a year old.
January 24, 2026 at 6:38 PM
I'm old enough to remember when law enforcement didn't publish crime scene evidence in advance of legal proceedings.
In other words, I'm more than a year old.
In other words, I'm more than a year old.
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The right is arguing that federal agents should be allowed to summarily execute you if you are carrying a firearm—after years of warning crazy people that federal agents would come and seize your guns.
January 24, 2026 at 5:50 PM
The right is arguing that federal agents should be allowed to summarily execute you if you are carrying a firearm—after years of warning crazy people that federal agents would come and seize your guns.
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The federal government’s official story—which is of course likely a lie—is that DHS killed a guy for simply having a gun.
This is the gun rights lobby’s nightmare scenario, and they likely won’t utter a mumbling word of opposition.
This is the gun rights lobby’s nightmare scenario, and they likely won’t utter a mumbling word of opposition.
January 24, 2026 at 5:50 PM
The federal government’s official story—which is of course likely a lie—is that DHS killed a guy for simply having a gun.
This is the gun rights lobby’s nightmare scenario, and they likely won’t utter a mumbling word of opposition.
This is the gun rights lobby’s nightmare scenario, and they likely won’t utter a mumbling word of opposition.
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Dems have to vote this down
this might not be the fight you want but this is the fight you have, they’re killing people in the streets and smearing the victims, they are totally out of control
meet the moment because it is coming to meet you whether you like it or not
this might not be the fight you want but this is the fight you have, they’re killing people in the streets and smearing the victims, they are totally out of control
meet the moment because it is coming to meet you whether you like it or not
Reminder: DHS legislation that funds ICE at current levels without policy restrictions is in the Senate and needs 60 votes to pass. Deadline is next Friday.
January 24, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Dems have to vote this down
this might not be the fight you want but this is the fight you have, they’re killing people in the streets and smearing the victims, they are totally out of control
meet the moment because it is coming to meet you whether you like it or not
this might not be the fight you want but this is the fight you have, they’re killing people in the streets and smearing the victims, they are totally out of control
meet the moment because it is coming to meet you whether you like it or not
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“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
January 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment