Rob Tracinski
@tracinski.bsky.social
Candidate for Congress in Virginia's fifth district.
https://TracinskiForCongress.com
Author of "Dictator From Day One" https://amzn.to/3KaCKyZ
Other articles: https://www.tracinskiletter.com
https://TracinskiForCongress.com
Author of "Dictator From Day One" https://amzn.to/3KaCKyZ
Other articles: https://www.tracinskiletter.com
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BREAKING: DOJ moves to drop criminal charges in alleged shovel/broom attack in Minneapolis that led ICE to open fire. "Newly discovered evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations in the Complaint Affidavit," prosecutors say. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
February 12, 2026 at 11:47 PM
BREAKING: DOJ moves to drop criminal charges in alleged shovel/broom attack in Minneapolis that led ICE to open fire. "Newly discovered evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations in the Complaint Affidavit," prosecutors say. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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February 13, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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Not that I’m complaining, but Stephen Miller went from being on camera 24/7 to the MAGA Witness Protection Program.
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Not that I’m complaining, but Stephen Miller went from being on camera 24/7 to the MAGA Witness Protection Program.
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They are in fact concentration camps in the original usage of camps for concentrating a civilian population for control or collective punishment or to facilitate deportation or population transfer.
They are not concentration camps as a euphemism for extermination camps.
They are not concentration camps as a euphemism for extermination camps.
God the gall of @jaketapper.bsky.social lecturing that Minneapolis small business owner about the meaning of the word "concentration camp" while people are being crammed into poorly resourced buildings by the thousands and shuttled off never to be heard from again
February 12, 2026 at 11:37 PM
They are in fact concentration camps in the original usage of camps for concentrating a civilian population for control or collective punishment or to facilitate deportation or population transfer.
They are not concentration camps as a euphemism for extermination camps.
They are not concentration camps as a euphemism for extermination camps.
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Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
February 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
I mean, we sometimes shake our head at the seemingly uninformed American voter. But I think you also have to remember that Trump was a figure of popular culture for 30 years, and people process him with their pop-culture brain, as a TV character, not with their politics brain.
February 12, 2026 at 6:36 PM
I mean, we sometimes shake our head at the seemingly uninformed American voter. But I think you also have to remember that Trump was a figure of popular culture for 30 years, and people process him with their pop-culture brain, as a TV character, not with their politics brain.
"I really like Trump, except for his one central signature issue, which I hate."
“Everything he was doing to make America great I was cool with up until he started messing with the immigrants,” said Andre Lewis, 32, who lives in White Bear Lake.
Gotta love the American voter
www.startribune.com/minnesotas-s...
Gotta love the American voter
www.startribune.com/minnesotas-s...
Minnesota’s suburbs are an election battleground. Trump’s immigration surge is unpopular there.
A new poll shows suburban residents and independents aligning more with Twin Cities residents in opposing Trump’s crackdown and immigration agents’ tactics.
www.startribune.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:11 PM
"I really like Trump, except for his one central signature issue, which I hate."
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Believe that they're really ending the surge in Minnesota when people on the ground say it's happened but also *even* if this is nothing but more face saving, it's a huge acknowledgement that they know they're losing and that the people of Minnesota are never going to stop protecting their neighbors
February 12, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Believe that they're really ending the surge in Minnesota when people on the ground say it's happened but also *even* if this is nothing but more face saving, it's a huge acknowledgement that they know they're losing and that the people of Minnesota are never going to stop protecting their neighbors
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The presidential pardon authority must be eliminated. If that comes to pass much of this bullshit would stop.
All these people know they are going to receive pardons which they feel protects them to continue to hurt all Americans at their will.
All these people know they are going to receive pardons which they feel protects them to continue to hurt all Americans at their will.
February 12, 2026 at 4:08 PM
The presidential pardon authority must be eliminated. If that comes to pass much of this bullshit would stop.
All these people know they are going to receive pardons which they feel protects them to continue to hurt all Americans at their will.
All these people know they are going to receive pardons which they feel protects them to continue to hurt all Americans at their will.
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Walz: "The federal government needs to pay for what they broke here. There's going to be accountability on things that happened, but one of them is the incredible and immense cost borne by the people of this state. The federal government needs to be responsible."
February 12, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Walz: "The federal government needs to pay for what they broke here. There's going to be accountability on things that happened, but one of them is the incredible and immense cost borne by the people of this state. The federal government needs to be responsible."
You know, one of the first things they tell you in media school is not to repeat verbatim the accusation made against you.
This is also one of the unheralded lessons of "My Cousin Vinny." When the sheriff says you shot the clerk, don't repeat, "I shot the clerk?"
This is also one of the unheralded lessons of "My Cousin Vinny." When the sheriff says you shot the clerk, don't repeat, "I shot the clerk?"
February 12, 2026 at 5:55 PM
You know, one of the first things they tell you in media school is not to repeat verbatim the accusation made against you.
This is also one of the unheralded lessons of "My Cousin Vinny." When the sheriff says you shot the clerk, don't repeat, "I shot the clerk?"
This is also one of the unheralded lessons of "My Cousin Vinny." When the sheriff says you shot the clerk, don't repeat, "I shot the clerk?"
And also, look at polling on this issue now. Public opinion has flipped, despite Fox News. The whole mistake all along was assuming that the bigots and xenophobes are way stronger than they are.
February 12, 2026 at 5:38 PM
And also, look at polling on this issue now. Public opinion has flipped, despite Fox News. The whole mistake all along was assuming that the bigots and xenophobes are way stronger than they are.
The size of the megaphone is irrelevant if all you're offering is an echo.
February 12, 2026 at 5:36 PM
The size of the megaphone is irrelevant if all you're offering is an echo.
(But the role of the "centrist" pundit is not to figure out what is right or wrong, but to figure out what the two camps are and plunk yourself down at an imagined center between them, no matter what that is. And then imagine yourself superior and above the nastiness of politics.)
February 12, 2026 at 4:33 PM
(But the role of the "centrist" pundit is not to figure out what is right or wrong, but to figure out what the two camps are and plunk yourself down at an imagined center between them, no matter what that is. And then imagine yourself superior and above the nastiness of politics.)
The actual lesson is that if you try to engage in draconian immigration enforcement to appease the xenophobic right, you are just confirming to them that they are right and encouraging their xenophobia.
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
The actual lesson is that if you try to engage in draconian immigration enforcement to appease the xenophobic right, you are just confirming to them that they are right and encouraging their xenophobia.
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really interesting to me how many professional political commentators have basically retconned the draconian immigration enforcement policies of Obama and Biden out of existence and have completely swallowed the right wing narrative of immigration enforcement
Not going to read them all because jesus fucking christ but this is nasty work from Friedersdorf
February 12, 2026 at 4:29 PM
really interesting to me how many professional political commentators have basically retconned the draconian immigration enforcement policies of Obama and Biden out of existence and have completely swallowed the right wing narrative of immigration enforcement
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This episode has been a nightmare for my city and state, but I hope people realize it’s also a profound defeat and political catastrophe for Trump and DHS, who are slinking away having accomplished nothing. Minneapolis simply wouldn’t bend to them and they lost
Homan in Minnesota: "I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude. A significant drawdown has already been underway this week and will continue."
February 12, 2026 at 3:09 PM
This episode has been a nightmare for my city and state, but I hope people realize it’s also a profound defeat and political catastrophe for Trump and DHS, who are slinking away having accomplished nothing. Minneapolis simply wouldn’t bend to them and they lost
LOL, these idiots (meaning Johnson) are so bad at this.
RON JOHNSON: Did you ever encourage people to go out there and exercise their First Amendment rights?
KEITH ELLISON: I freely admit being in favor of the First Amendment
KEITH ELLISON: I freely admit being in favor of the First Amendment
February 12, 2026 at 3:33 PM
LOL, these idiots (meaning Johnson) are so bad at this.
On the contrary, there are million of us who have been prepared for this moment for forty years.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpu5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpu5...
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February 12, 2026 at 3:27 PM
On the contrary, there are million of us who have been prepared for this moment for forty years.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpu5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpu5...
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“my ‘we’re not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process’ shirt is raising a lot of questions that are answered by the shirt”
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
“my ‘we’re not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process’ shirt is raising a lot of questions that are answered by the shirt”
Methinks he doth protest too much.
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Methinks he doth protest too much.
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These dudes think this is so clever.
Beyond the difference in harms that accompanies the age limits for booze and voting, there were 26,000+ arrests of minors for liquor law violations in 2019. It’s a relatively common crime.
There are functionally no arrests each year for in-person voter fraud.
Beyond the difference in harms that accompanies the age limits for booze and voting, there were 26,000+ arrests of minors for liquor law violations in 2019. It’s a relatively common crime.
There are functionally no arrests each year for in-person voter fraud.
Rep. Brian Steil: "I flew home to my home state of Wisconsin, went to buy a 6 pack a beer, the clerk asked for my ID, confirmed it, and then I was allowed to buy the beer. I just think it's nuts that we protect our beer more than our ballots."
February 12, 2026 at 1:38 PM
These dudes think this is so clever.
Beyond the difference in harms that accompanies the age limits for booze and voting, there were 26,000+ arrests of minors for liquor law violations in 2019. It’s a relatively common crime.
There are functionally no arrests each year for in-person voter fraud.
Beyond the difference in harms that accompanies the age limits for booze and voting, there were 26,000+ arrests of minors for liquor law violations in 2019. It’s a relatively common crime.
There are functionally no arrests each year for in-person voter fraud.
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Our European mass psychosis continues.
Switzerland to vote on plan to cap population at 10mn
Country has 9.1mn permanent residents and experts fear the move will limit companies’ access to foreign talent
www.ft.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Our European mass psychosis continues.
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Massie going after Bondi et al is like when MattY would go after Musk, asking if he had any criticism at all of the Chinese Communist Party.
He’s not your friend and his motivations are bad but he’s chomping down on a soft spot of the real enemy so you sit back and watch
He’s not your friend and his motivations are bad but he’s chomping down on a soft spot of the real enemy so you sit back and watch
February 12, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Massie going after Bondi et al is like when MattY would go after Musk, asking if he had any criticism at all of the Chinese Communist Party.
He’s not your friend and his motivations are bad but he’s chomping down on a soft spot of the real enemy so you sit back and watch
He’s not your friend and his motivations are bad but he’s chomping down on a soft spot of the real enemy so you sit back and watch