Aaron Hammer
@cityinahole.bsky.social
Pseudonymous ex-attorney living in the Twin Cities.
Too well.
Poles know the meaning of appeasement
Quite the statement from the Prime Minister of Poland
January 20, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Too well.
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We shall lie down pleasantly dreaming that the people of Missouri are on the verge of making their State free; and we shall awake to the reality, instead, that the Supreme Court has made Illinois a slave State
Supreme Court seems likely to rule that Hawaii's "vampire rule" that restricts people bringing guns onto private property without permission infringes on the Second Amendment:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court skeptical of Hawaii's 'vampire rule' for gun owners
Justices are weighing the state's requirement that people with firearms seek consent from owners before entering private property — much like Dracula.
www.nbcnews.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:43 PM
We shall lie down pleasantly dreaming that the people of Missouri are on the verge of making their State free; and we shall awake to the reality, instead, that the Supreme Court has made Illinois a slave State
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A small note: terrible things are happening in Minneapolis. But also in Saint Paul. And in the suburbs. And though most of the push is in the metro, things are happening all over the state.
I've been trying to refer to the events as happening in the Twin Cities or in Minnesota.
I've been trying to refer to the events as happening in the Twin Cities or in Minnesota.
January 20, 2026 at 4:08 PM
A small note: terrible things are happening in Minneapolis. But also in Saint Paul. And in the suburbs. And though most of the push is in the metro, things are happening all over the state.
I've been trying to refer to the events as happening in the Twin Cities or in Minnesota.
I've been trying to refer to the events as happening in the Twin Cities or in Minnesota.
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i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
January 20, 2026 at 5:02 PM
i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
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THE GOOD SHEPHERD SCHOOL.
January 20, 2026 at 3:59 PM
THE GOOD SHEPHERD SCHOOL.
ICE is camping out at Spanish speaking churches in my neighborhood and terrorizing above who looks a certain way. They arrested my American born neighbor's cousin in front of her church last week. Why won't anyone talk about that?!
Rep. Keith Self on anti-ICE protesters who disrupted a church service in the Twin Cities: "I compare them to Hamas who live-streamed the attack in Israel that killed hundreds of people. They want to instill terror."
January 20, 2026 at 3:16 PM
ICE is camping out at Spanish speaking churches in my neighborhood and terrorizing above who looks a certain way. They arrested my American born neighbor's cousin in front of her church last week. Why won't anyone talk about that?!
Russian peasants with the Tsar. "If only he knew!"
To be clear--this is beyond pathetic.
Tillis: "To be clear -- I'm not critical of the president. I'm critical of the bad advice he's getting on Greenland."
January 20, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Russian peasants with the Tsar. "If only he knew!"
Everyone really thought he was talking about someone else. They all thought the boot would go on someone else's neck.
I guess they thought they were special since the Cuban-American community largely supports Trump.
January 20, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Everyone really thought he was talking about someone else. They all thought the boot would go on someone else's neck.
I just yelled at some poor guy who was just trying to check on his friend, my neighbor. We both took turns apologizing in the Minnesotan fashion because we're both just trying to keep our friends and neighbors safe.
It's a small thing, but it fills me with civic pride to walk through the giant park near my house and see Hmong families having cookouts, Somali parents pushing their laughing kids on the swings.
Like, here are people who've endured horrors, and my city has welcomed them in to build peaceful lives.
Like, here are people who've endured horrors, and my city has welcomed them in to build peaceful lives.
Yes. My theory of the moment is Miller/Vance thought their view that immigrants threaten social solidarity would be widely shared. But ICE raids are driving native-born Americans to show solidarity with immigrants quite courageously. Now Miller is trying to disrupt that alliance with state violence.
January 19, 2026 at 11:55 PM
I just yelled at some poor guy who was just trying to check on his friend, my neighbor. We both took turns apologizing in the Minnesotan fashion because we're both just trying to keep our friends and neighbors safe.
Hey @cityofsaintpaul.bsky.social @governorwalz.mn.gov There's no way this window tint is legal! Cite these bastards!
ICE is at my house I'm assuming to intimidate my wife or terrorize my legal naturalized neighbor's. East Saint Paul. FUCK ICE!
January 19, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Hey @cityofsaintpaul.bsky.social @governorwalz.mn.gov There's no way this window tint is legal! Cite these bastards!
ICE is at my house I'm assuming to intimidate my wife or terrorize my legal naturalized neighbor's. East Saint Paul. FUCK ICE!
January 19, 2026 at 10:31 PM
ICE is at my house I'm assuming to intimidate my wife or terrorize my legal naturalized neighbor's. East Saint Paul. FUCK ICE!
I checked out FdB way back when andrew sullivan still had a decent blog, and the first essay I found was him complaining that TNC was a fool because he thought the Civil War was justified, and how he was too lazy to consider pacifism. Last time I took him seriously.
last time i interacted with him his posts were all about how he could do my job better than i could. it's like oh yeah there's that deboer magic
January 19, 2026 at 10:22 PM
I checked out FdB way back when andrew sullivan still had a decent blog, and the first essay I found was him complaining that TNC was a fool because he thought the Civil War was justified, and how he was too lazy to consider pacifism. Last time I took him seriously.
Buddy, Minnesota is in the midwest, and we are currently sheltering record numbers of trans people and gay people. The biggest MAGA chud of all is from New York City. Your enemy isn't hiding in the parts of the country you don't like, they are your neighbors.
January 19, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Buddy, Minnesota is in the midwest, and we are currently sheltering record numbers of trans people and gay people. The biggest MAGA chud of all is from New York City. Your enemy isn't hiding in the parts of the country you don't like, they are your neighbors.
My YMCA used to have a lot of enthusiastic Republican Hmong guys, the kind that wear t-shirts with Hillary in Joker makeup. I was always tempted to tell them that no matter how much they loved them, the GOP would never love them back. I wonder how they're doing these days. I wonder how they feel.
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 6:39 AM
My YMCA used to have a lot of enthusiastic Republican Hmong guys, the kind that wear t-shirts with Hillary in Joker makeup. I was always tempted to tell them that no matter how much they loved them, the GOP would never love them back. I wonder how they're doing these days. I wonder how they feel.
My wife is out tracking ICE and i'm having a tiny panic attack, and trying to convince myself that bravery is what your do when you are afraid.
January 18, 2026 at 9:38 PM
My wife is out tracking ICE and i'm having a tiny panic attack, and trying to convince myself that bravery is what your do when you are afraid.
I love how all of these guys talk like Russian peasants about the tsar.
Louisiana senator John Kennedy said: “To invade Greenland & attack its sovereignty, a fellow Nato country, would be weapons-grade stupid. President Trump is not weapons-grade stupid.”
To which I say - “Ah - yeah he is”
Bottom line - even Rethuglicans are saying no to attacking Greenland
To which I say - “Ah - yeah he is”
Bottom line - even Rethuglicans are saying no to attacking Greenland
Republican dissent as key figures warn Trump against Greenland pursuit
Congressional Republicans criticize ‘absurd’ idea as polls show most Americans oppose taking control of territory
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I love how all of these guys talk like Russian peasants about the tsar.
The vast majority of their fundraising goes automatically to the spam filters of my email and text. I don't have to do anything, they are so bad at their jobs that the automatic filters catch it for me. Parasites screaming that they are actually symbiotic
it’s hard to have standout delusions of grandeur in democratic politics but holy hell
I work with state parties every single day. There are only a handful of national leaders who actually raise real money for the year organizing state parties do--Ken Martin (dnc chair), Simon Rosenberg (Hopium), Sen. Warren and Actblue. Come for Simon and you come for all of us.
January 18, 2026 at 8:46 PM
The vast majority of their fundraising goes automatically to the spam filters of my email and text. I don't have to do anything, they are so bad at their jobs that the automatic filters catch it for me. Parasites screaming that they are actually symbiotic
I left the church because while most people professed to believe certain things, it became painfully obvious they didn't really believe them. But i get it.
utmost respect for the bishop and all willing to make that choice but some sympathy for martyr guy
January 18, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I left the church because while most people professed to believe certain things, it became painfully obvious they didn't really believe them. But i get it.
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can u imagine being not only a baptized christian but an ordained priest and then, when NPR asks you about the Bishop of New Hampshire's comments last week, what you find to say is "I didn't sign up to be a martyr"??
January 18, 2026 at 1:20 PM
can u imagine being not only a baptized christian but an ordained priest and then, when NPR asks you about the Bishop of New Hampshire's comments last week, what you find to say is "I didn't sign up to be a martyr"??
You can't hate these un-American fascist pricks enough. The one thing I need to hear from leadership in MN is that we won't forget them. That we will pursue them. That we will seek to extradite them and bring them to justice no matter how long the wait.
How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
January 17, 2026 at 11:13 PM
You can't hate these un-American fascist pricks enough. The one thing I need to hear from leadership in MN is that we won't forget them. That we will pursue them. That we will seek to extradite them and bring them to justice no matter how long the wait.
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Good summary of “don’t give him what he wants” from relatively comfortable white liberals.
January 17, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Good summary of “don’t give him what he wants” from relatively comfortable white liberals.
I just figured out that Asmond Gold and Penguinz0 are different people and I am very very old now.
January 17, 2026 at 6:14 PM
I just figured out that Asmond Gold and Penguinz0 are different people and I am very very old now.
My kid's piano lessons in Minneapolis got canceled, small fry in the wider scope of what is going on, but it's still because our cities are under siege by fucking ICE.
One day I hope we get a chance to extradite every last one of these motherfuckers to Minnesota to face justice for what they did.
One day I hope we get a chance to extradite every last one of these motherfuckers to Minnesota to face justice for what they did.
January 17, 2026 at 5:25 PM
My kid's piano lessons in Minneapolis got canceled, small fry in the wider scope of what is going on, but it's still because our cities are under siege by fucking ICE.
One day I hope we get a chance to extradite every last one of these motherfuckers to Minnesota to face justice for what they did.
One day I hope we get a chance to extradite every last one of these motherfuckers to Minnesota to face justice for what they did.
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Two industries that need to be eradicated to cleanse the country - crypto and gambling.
January 17, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Two industries that need to be eradicated to cleanse the country - crypto and gambling.