Adam Conner-Sax
@adamcs.bsky.social
He/Him Using data-science to empower progressives and make things better, especially by making them more blue.
https://blueripplepolitics.org
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A reminder from Huffington Post that DHS and ICE have opened fire on unarmed civilians 16 times since Trump took office, killing 4 people. In every case, DHS claims that the victims "assaulted officers" and/or tried to ram them with cars. In every case, evidence proves they are lying. Every time.
A Disturbing Pattern Has Emerged In Trump's Second Term — And It's Playing Out With Renee Good
“How else do you justify shooting a stay-at-home mom with stuffed animals in her car?” the attorney for one woman who survived a federal agent’s gunfire told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:56 AM
A reminder from Huffington Post that DHS and ICE have opened fire on unarmed civilians 16 times since Trump took office, killing 4 people. In every case, DHS claims that the victims "assaulted officers" and/or tried to ram them with cars. In every case, evidence proves they are lying. Every time.
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Federal agents killing people, getting institutional support from POTUS, VP, other politicians, and media, while facing no consequences is not the same as some random guy killing someone, getting vocal support from a handful of posters, and facing murder charges. Those don’t cancel each other out.
It’s useful to condemn the discourse of excusing murder. We are all discourse professionals. But it is also fair for commenters to demand clarity that excusing murder by ICE is part of the systematic advance of an authoritarian far-right state. While say defending Luigi is immoral but irrelevant.
January 11, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Federal agents killing people, getting institutional support from POTUS, VP, other politicians, and media, while facing no consequences is not the same as some random guy killing someone, getting vocal support from a handful of posters, and facing murder charges. Those don’t cancel each other out.
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Today’s “living in my brain rent-free” paragraph www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/b...
January 11, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Today’s “living in my brain rent-free” paragraph www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/b...
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Please join me in praying for my city's only synagogue, Congregation Beth Israel, which was set on fire in the early morning hours, yesterday.
Nobody was hurt and a suspect has been caught and charged with arson, but not much is public. Beth Israel is part of JXN's long tradition of racial justice.
Nobody was hurt and a suspect has been caught and charged with arson, but not much is public. Beth Israel is part of JXN's long tradition of racial justice.
January 11, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Please join me in praying for my city's only synagogue, Congregation Beth Israel, which was set on fire in the early morning hours, yesterday.
Nobody was hurt and a suspect has been caught and charged with arson, but not much is public. Beth Israel is part of JXN's long tradition of racial justice.
Nobody was hurt and a suspect has been caught and charged with arson, but not much is public. Beth Israel is part of JXN's long tradition of racial justice.
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NEW: It appears billionaire Bill Ackman has donated $10k to a GoFundMe for Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good.
Ackman has reposted the fundraiser but hasn’t posted about his own donation.
Ackman has reposted the fundraiser but hasn’t posted about his own donation.
January 11, 2026 at 1:02 PM
NEW: It appears billionaire Bill Ackman has donated $10k to a GoFundMe for Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good.
Ackman has reposted the fundraiser but hasn’t posted about his own donation.
Ackman has reposted the fundraiser but hasn’t posted about his own donation.
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This rationale is exhausting. You don’t need to make your last stand at the Nazi bar.
www.independent.co.uk/voices/grok-...
www.independent.co.uk/voices/grok-...
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
As women abandon X because of its use to generate non-consensual sexual imagery, the danger is not just what happens to those who stay, but what happens when abusers are left alone on the platform, sa...
www.independent.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 1:48 PM
This rationale is exhausting. You don’t need to make your last stand at the Nazi bar.
www.independent.co.uk/voices/grok-...
www.independent.co.uk/voices/grok-...
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How many women have died with “fucking bitch” ringing in their ears? Don’t let the misogyny get erased here
January 10, 2026 at 5:21 AM
How many women have died with “fucking bitch” ringing in their ears? Don’t let the misogyny get erased here
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We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 1:47 AM
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
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It’s hard to know if people outside MN understand how much of life is grinding to a halt here because of Trump’s occupation. Schools have shut down, businesses are scaling back hours or closing because their employees aren’t safe. The whole city is weighted down.
January 10, 2026 at 4:36 AM
It’s hard to know if people outside MN understand how much of life is grinding to a halt here because of Trump’s occupation. Schools have shut down, businesses are scaling back hours or closing because their employees aren’t safe. The whole city is weighted down.
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Michigan’s one and only Shri Thanedar is on the list voting to thank ICE. He’s the one that just introduced ‘abolish ICE’ legislation. He is scum and holds no principles. Haley Steven’s is also on this list. She introduces impeachment articles against RFK and is running for senate. She is also scum.
love to vote to thank ICE then try to abolish ICE when you have a primary challenge lol
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These 75 Democrats joined Republicans to "express gratitude" to ICE agents and call for greater local and state collaboration with ICE.
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January 10, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Michigan’s one and only Shri Thanedar is on the list voting to thank ICE. He’s the one that just introduced ‘abolish ICE’ legislation. He is scum and holds no principles. Haley Steven’s is also on this list. She introduces impeachment articles against RFK and is running for senate. She is also scum.
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People are mobilizing around demanding that airline "Avelo drop its contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to fly [deportation] charters from an airport in Mesa, Ariz." Like #TeslaTakedown, this is something that could easily grow and spread. www.nhregister.com/news/article...
Hundreds rally at Tweed in New Haven to protest Avelo ICE deportation flights: 'They know it's wrong'
Some 150 people attended a rally outside Tweed New Haven Airport Thursday to protest Avelo's new contract to fly ICE charters out of Arizona.
www.nhregister.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Utah commissioned it's department of health to do a systematic review of gender affirming care for trans youth. In a 1000 page plus report found it was beneficial and the evidence was substantial. The lawmakers rejected it anyways.
www.deseret.com/politics/202...
www.deseret.com/politics/202...
Utah debate over transgender treatments for minors divides policymakers, experts over state 'systematic review'
Do No Harm alleges Utah Department of Health and Human Services "systematic review" misleads on transgender outcomes.
www.deseret.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Utah commissioned it's department of health to do a systematic review of gender affirming care for trans youth. In a 1000 page plus report found it was beneficial and the evidence was substantial. The lawmakers rejected it anyways.
www.deseret.com/politics/202...
www.deseret.com/politics/202...
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NEWS --> Reps Eric Swalwell and Dan Goldman are introducing a new bill to strip ICE officers of qualified immunity, making lawsuits and prosecutions easier. They also say agent who killed Renee Good should be prosecuted in Minnesota.
They break this news on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
They break this news on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
Trump Shooting Fiasco Worsens as Dems Find Fresh Line of Attack on ICE
As the Minneapolis killing gets darker for Trump, Representatives Eric Swalwell and Dan Goldman talk to us about their plan to rein in ICE—and about Trumpworld’s broader plunge into violence and lawl...
newrepublic.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:00 PM
NEWS --> Reps Eric Swalwell and Dan Goldman are introducing a new bill to strip ICE officers of qualified immunity, making lawsuits and prosecutions easier. They also say agent who killed Renee Good should be prosecuted in Minnesota.
They break this news on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
They break this news on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
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I think, every so often, about how the student protesters in South Korea figured out there was a finite supply of tear gas, and then staged retreating marches that caused police to burn off most of it, before the big "bring your auntie and kids" marches that ultimately toppled the dictatorship.
September 18, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I think, every so often, about how the student protesters in South Korea figured out there was a finite supply of tear gas, and then staged retreating marches that caused police to burn off most of it, before the big "bring your auntie and kids" marches that ultimately toppled the dictatorship.
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Absolutely useless opposition party
Top Democrats decline to say if they would rein in ICE after Minnesota shooting
Top Democrats decline to say if they would rein in ICE after Minnesota shooting
Top Democrats decline to say if they would rein in ICE after Minnesota shooting
www.independent.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Absolutely useless opposition party
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"FBI is leading the investigation."
State and local electeds, law enforcement, and prosecutors need to come up with a plan to prosecute and charge murder by the feds because this federal jurisdiction loophole they've invented cannot hold as a means of avoiding accountability. People won't have it.
State and local electeds, law enforcement, and prosecutors need to come up with a plan to prosecute and charge murder by the feds because this federal jurisdiction loophole they've invented cannot hold as a means of avoiding accountability. People won't have it.
ICE/CBP just shot two people in Portland.
January 9, 2026 at 12:04 AM
"FBI is leading the investigation."
State and local electeds, law enforcement, and prosecutors need to come up with a plan to prosecute and charge murder by the feds because this federal jurisdiction loophole they've invented cannot hold as a means of avoiding accountability. People won't have it.
State and local electeds, law enforcement, and prosecutors need to come up with a plan to prosecute and charge murder by the feds because this federal jurisdiction loophole they've invented cannot hold as a means of avoiding accountability. People won't have it.
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Danish guy gets it
January 7, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Danish guy gets it
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What a f-ing second - the President will use money extorted from a foreign government to fund spending without any congressional approval? Forget the impact on Venezuela, this is full-blown dictatorship in the USA.
January 7, 2026 at 12:07 AM
What a f-ing second - the President will use money extorted from a foreign government to fund spending without any congressional approval? Forget the impact on Venezuela, this is full-blown dictatorship in the USA.
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If the biggest donor to the DCCC/DNC ran a website where you could use AI to take women's clothes off I feel like there'd be a demand for Dems to give the money back.
January 5, 2026 at 11:14 PM
If the biggest donor to the DCCC/DNC ran a website where you could use AI to take women's clothes off I feel like there'd be a demand for Dems to give the money back.
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It has been 5 years since Jan. 6, 2021. Never forget that the thugs who attacked police officers and did millions of dollars worth of damage to the people's house were criminals who should still be in prison, just as the man who incited them should be. They are traitors.
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January 6, 2026 at 12:48 AM
It has been 5 years since Jan. 6, 2021. Never forget that the thugs who attacked police officers and did millions of dollars worth of damage to the people's house were criminals who should still be in prison, just as the man who incited them should be. They are traitors.
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Whenever I see someone getting out over their skis on a foreign policy take I remember Caitlin Flanagan confusing Ayatollah Khamenei with Ayatollah Khomeini and then claiming she was actually expressing a profound truth.
January 4, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Whenever I see someone getting out over their skis on a foreign policy take I remember Caitlin Flanagan confusing Ayatollah Khamenei with Ayatollah Khomeini and then claiming she was actually expressing a profound truth.
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Excellent reporting.
This is the precisely the purpose of algorithms that displace human labor and human interaction; it’s not a glitch, and rather than focus on hypothetical harms and doomsday scenarios that only serve as PR for how powerful “AI” is, look at the harms it’s doing right now.
This is the precisely the purpose of algorithms that displace human labor and human interaction; it’s not a glitch, and rather than focus on hypothetical harms and doomsday scenarios that only serve as PR for how powerful “AI” is, look at the harms it’s doing right now.
You've probably been following the story about fraud in MN. I wrote about the people who provide services who are being driven into bankruptcy, thanks to the Walz' administration decision to hire Optum AI to screen all payments. It's a disaster.
Perry: Trusted providers are being unfairly swept up in Minnesota’s fraud crackdown
As the state's new anti-fraud screening system went into effect, the Holland Center expected to receive $212,000 in payments. It instead received $22,000, David M. Perry writes. If nothing changes soo...
www.startribune.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Excellent reporting.
This is the precisely the purpose of algorithms that displace human labor and human interaction; it’s not a glitch, and rather than focus on hypothetical harms and doomsday scenarios that only serve as PR for how powerful “AI” is, look at the harms it’s doing right now.
This is the precisely the purpose of algorithms that displace human labor and human interaction; it’s not a glitch, and rather than focus on hypothetical harms and doomsday scenarios that only serve as PR for how powerful “AI” is, look at the harms it’s doing right now.