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Abolish DHS. If you can imagine a world before Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, you can imagine a world without the Department of Homeland Security. My latest at @startribune.com. (gift link)
Perry: Abolish ICE? How about DHS altogether.
"We have models for how to structure federal immigration oversight that doesn't rely on an unaccountable masked secret police force running rampant in our streets," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Abolish DHS. If you can imagine a world before Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, you can imagine a world without the Department of Homeland Security. My latest at @startribune.com. (gift link)
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![VOLITION [Easy: Failure] – You wake up in your Hilton suite to a cacophony of whistles and horns. Half drunk and half hungover, you hastily throw on your tactical gear. It feels heavier than you remember. You stumble outside. The cold hits you like a brick. What are you doing here in this dismal city? Home is warm. Home is safe. Home is a thousand miles away. Tucking your shotgun between your legs, you fumble with a tear gas canister like a child learning how to tie their shoes. The gun goes off and you shoot yourself in the balls.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eqh433fdh2bqhvt455e3tg67/bafkreiahrbfuw4v4so56ikp2pxf5n253bs5pd5gq37l7nqsitkwynw56hy@jpeg)
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Republicans: everyone must be able to carry any gun at all times,
up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny
also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street
up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny
also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street
January 24, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Republicans: everyone must be able to carry any gun at all times,
up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny
also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street
up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny
also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street
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This random online comment from 2018 remains one of the last half-century's most important works of political commentary. crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
January 24, 2026 at 5:42 PM
This random online comment from 2018 remains one of the last half-century's most important works of political commentary. crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
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Gregory Bovino, leader of Trump’s LA and Chicago raids, personally testified that he saw a protestor strike a Border Patrol agent. The jury did not believe him and the protestor was acquitted.
The Trump admin is losing these cases left and right. Their credibility with jurors is virtually nil.
The Trump admin is losing these cases left and right. Their credibility with jurors is virtually nil.
September 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Gregory Bovino, leader of Trump’s LA and Chicago raids, personally testified that he saw a protestor strike a Border Patrol agent. The jury did not believe him and the protestor was acquitted.
The Trump admin is losing these cases left and right. Their credibility with jurors is virtually nil.
The Trump admin is losing these cases left and right. Their credibility with jurors is virtually nil.
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ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?
Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire
Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.
www.seattletimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?
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Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
February 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Faceless government goon arrests public official for refusing to hand over a vulnerable person without a warrant.
Guess the country.
Guess the country.
June 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Faceless government goon arrests public official for refusing to hand over a vulnerable person without a warrant.
Guess the country.
Guess the country.
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This is what fascism looks like - using a conspiracy theory about a dehumanized outgroup as a pretext for seizing political power and wielding arbitrary authority. What you read about in the history books is happening right here, right now.
Trump declares war on cities
“We must expand efforts to detain & deport Illegal Aliens in America’s largest Cities, such as LA, Chicago, & NY, where Millions of Illegal Aliens reside. These, & other Cities, are core of the Dem Power Center, where they use Illegal Aliens to expand their Voter Base”
“We must expand efforts to detain & deport Illegal Aliens in America’s largest Cities, such as LA, Chicago, & NY, where Millions of Illegal Aliens reside. These, & other Cities, are core of the Dem Power Center, where they use Illegal Aliens to expand their Voter Base”
June 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
This is what fascism looks like - using a conspiracy theory about a dehumanized outgroup as a pretext for seizing political power and wielding arbitrary authority. What you read about in the history books is happening right here, right now.
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What infuriates me so much about this new operation is that it is literally punishing people for following the rules and showing up to their court hearings. It is so toxic to the basic concept of following the rules.
It is an operation designed by people who hate the concept of the rule of law.
It is an operation designed by people who hate the concept of the rule of law.
These people were following the law and went to check in with immigration like they are supposed to.
This woman's immigration case was dismissed, which made her immediately undocumented.
So ICE took her into custody.
The air conditioning was off in the back of the truck.
"I can't breathe."
This woman's immigration case was dismissed, which made her immediately undocumented.
So ICE took her into custody.
The air conditioning was off in the back of the truck.
"I can't breathe."
June 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
What infuriates me so much about this new operation is that it is literally punishing people for following the rules and showing up to their court hearings. It is so toxic to the basic concept of following the rules.
It is an operation designed by people who hate the concept of the rule of law.
It is an operation designed by people who hate the concept of the rule of law.
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Honestly might be the most nakedly anti-democratic move to invalidate a free and fair election in NC since the Wilmington Race Massacre of 1898
BREAKING: Republican-majority panel of the Republican-majority NC Court of Appeals rules 2-1 that the Republican candidate for Supreme Court (their colleague on the Court of Appeals) wins the election even though he got several hundred fewer votes than the Dem
appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=...
appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=...
April 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Honestly might be the most nakedly anti-democratic move to invalidate a free and fair election in NC since the Wilmington Race Massacre of 1898
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Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on Mahmoud Khalil.
March 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on Mahmoud Khalil.
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kind of the bare minimum to stand up for a colleague when they're being verbally bullied but hell i'll take it
Texas Republican Keithself storms out of the meeting he's supposed to be running because a Democrat asked him to treat his colleague Sarah McBride with respect. These people would not last one day as a trans person.
March 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
kind of the bare minimum to stand up for a colleague when they're being verbally bullied but hell i'll take it
“the language House Republicans inserted in their measure on Tuesday declared that, ‘Each day for the remainder of the 119th Congress shall not constitute a calendar day’ for the purposes of the emergency that Mr. Trump declared on Feb. 1.”
wut?
wut?
Republicans Quietly Move to Relinquish Power to Undo Trump’s Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China
House G.O.P. leaders tucked the provision into a procedural measure needed to pass a government spending bill.
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
“the language House Republicans inserted in their measure on Tuesday declared that, ‘Each day for the remainder of the 119th Congress shall not constitute a calendar day’ for the purposes of the emergency that Mr. Trump declared on Feb. 1.”
wut?
wut?
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This is like Kendrick and Drake if both of them were Drake.
UPDATE: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman rejects Elon Musk-led bid
February 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This is like Kendrick and Drake if both of them were Drake.
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Breaking from me and @mjsdc.bsky.social : Newly installed AG Pam Bondi sent out more than a dozen memos in a 15 minute period on Wednesday. One of them told staffers to come up with "proposals for criminal investigations" of large companies that have DEIA initiatives. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Pam Bondi Instructs Trump DOJ to Criminally Investigate Companies That Do DEI
Civil rights advocates may well file suit immediately against the Justice Department to secure an injunction.
slate.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Breaking from me and @mjsdc.bsky.social : Newly installed AG Pam Bondi sent out more than a dozen memos in a 15 minute period on Wednesday. One of them told staffers to come up with "proposals for criminal investigations" of large companies that have DEIA initiatives. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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"It shouldn't be worthy of the attention it's getting. It should be standard practice," Sibley said. "I thought we had an agreement on this s--t 80 years ago."
You and me both my dude
www.chron.com/news/houston...
You and me both my dude
www.chron.com/news/houston...
Texas knife shop owner goes viral after rejecting Nazi work
Edom, Texas, bladesmith Johnathan Sibley recently said no to two folks who wanted to fix a Hitler Youth knife. He's amazed at how social media has responded.
www.chron.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM
"It shouldn't be worthy of the attention it's getting. It should be standard practice," Sibley said. "I thought we had an agreement on this s--t 80 years ago."
You and me both my dude
www.chron.com/news/houston...
You and me both my dude
www.chron.com/news/houston...
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People don’t actually want to Do Their Own Research, what they want is some entity that they consider credible to tell them what to think. We know this because this is what Doing Your Own Research actually translates to for most of the people that do it.
December 30, 2024 at 1:17 AM
People don’t actually want to Do Their Own Research, what they want is some entity that they consider credible to tell them what to think. We know this because this is what Doing Your Own Research actually translates to for most of the people that do it.
Gentleman! You can’t fight here, this is the military bowl!
December 29, 2024 at 6:38 AM
Gentleman! You can’t fight here, this is the military bowl!
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A couple people are like “she’s actually barely lost any net worth” and that’s kind of the point: you can do an incredible amount of stuff and give away billions of dollars and not even notice it and 95% of rich people won’t even do that because they’re nihilist assholes
December 22, 2024 at 6:52 PM
A couple people are like “she’s actually barely lost any net worth” and that’s kind of the point: you can do an incredible amount of stuff and give away billions of dollars and not even notice it and 95% of rich people won’t even do that because they’re nihilist assholes
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If you don’t know what this case is:
Woman gets restraining order against violent ex.
He violates it. She calls cops. They don’t come by.
Repeat several times.
Eventually, he murders her and daughters.
Family sues cops, said had obligation to respond and failed.
SCOTUS? “Nah, no obligation.”
Woman gets restraining order against violent ex.
He violates it. She calls cops. They don’t come by.
Repeat several times.
Eventually, he murders her and daughters.
Family sues cops, said had obligation to respond and failed.
SCOTUS? “Nah, no obligation.”
Castle Rock v Gonzalez
Dionel is now asking for the first few episodes he should listen to. What’s the intro 5-4 episode you recommend?
December 23, 2024 at 12:33 AM
If you don’t know what this case is:
Woman gets restraining order against violent ex.
He violates it. She calls cops. They don’t come by.
Repeat several times.
Eventually, he murders her and daughters.
Family sues cops, said had obligation to respond and failed.
SCOTUS? “Nah, no obligation.”
Woman gets restraining order against violent ex.
He violates it. She calls cops. They don’t come by.
Repeat several times.
Eventually, he murders her and daughters.
Family sues cops, said had obligation to respond and failed.
SCOTUS? “Nah, no obligation.”
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whether you think it’s fascism or “competitive authoritarianism” or whatever, this era will be characterized by Trump using state power to lean on his private sector enemies, and most of them will capitulate.
JUST IN: A day after Trump and George Stephanopoulos were ordered to appear for depositions, they settled the case.
ABC has agreed to make a $15 million contribution to Trump presidential museum/foundation and air an apology for mischaracterizing the E. Jean Carroll verdict.
ABC has agreed to make a $15 million contribution to Trump presidential museum/foundation and air an apology for mischaracterizing the E. Jean Carroll verdict.
December 14, 2024 at 10:14 PM
whether you think it’s fascism or “competitive authoritarianism” or whatever, this era will be characterized by Trump using state power to lean on his private sector enemies, and most of them will capitulate.
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One way you know "RFK Jr. is a good dude who just wants people to exercise and eat nutritious food" is bullshit is that Michelle Obama quite famously encouraged people to exercise and eat nutritious food and was quite famously relentlessly attacked for it by many of the same people who love RFK Jr.
There's a bizarre and ongoing mainstream effort to launder RFK Jr into someone who just wants to get Americans eating nutritious food and exercising again but that is not evidenced anywhere in his public statements or career in public life.
He is a liar and conspiracist.
He is a liar and conspiracist.
December 13, 2024 at 10:05 PM
One way you know "RFK Jr. is a good dude who just wants people to exercise and eat nutritious food" is bullshit is that Michelle Obama quite famously encouraged people to exercise and eat nutritious food and was quite famously relentlessly attacked for it by many of the same people who love RFK Jr.
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It's rare you get such a clear illustration of whose lives have value in America and whose don't
December 10, 2024 at 7:14 PM
It's rare you get such a clear illustration of whose lives have value in America and whose don't