dave
dbernat.bsky.social
dave
@dbernat.bsky.social
he/him - immune to taunt - retire hanlon’s razor - pack the court - outstanding online acquaintance
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sorry, folks, it *is* actually a big fucking scandal that ICE have arbitrarily truncated their training to *explicitly to honor donald trump*, that does actually matter, and if you think murphy's main point was that they need more training, i don't know what to tell you
January 11, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Slightly diminish a band:

Spandau Valet
Slightly diminish a band:

UB39
slightly diminish a band:

U1.5
January 11, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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ICE cannot be reformed. It must be abolished.
January 11, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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It is impossible to overstate the degree to which the entire national political media's coverage of the 2024 presidential campaign, especially once Harris won the nomination, was deeply, fundamentally, shamefully unserious about the stakes & the candidates.
I can still recall all the tut-tutting from the media when Harris made this argument.
Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally:

"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
January 11, 2026 at 5:55 AM
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The only ax to grind that I have is against lazy thinking, of which this post is great example. You are equating the lionization of Mangione by a small number of Americans — in a manner no different from classic veneration of the outlaw — with propaganda in defense of state-sanctioned murder.
Anyone without a strange axe to grind (even that journeyman @jodyrosen.bsky.social) knows there’s nothing remotely objectionable about advocating for basic decency in a country where Good’s murder is welcomed and Luigi Mangione is lionized.
January 11, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Turns out I’m still hulk-level enraged about this
Mangione was the subject of an immediate and far-sweeping manhunt and is currently sitting trial for his alleged crime.

Renee Good's murderer is being defended with vile lies by the president of the united states and his entire fascist propaganda apparatus; her murderer is known and walks free.
January 11, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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Mangione was the subject of an immediate and far-sweeping manhunt and is currently sitting trial for his alleged crime.

Renee Good's murderer is being defended with vile lies by the president of the united states and his entire fascist propaganda apparatus; her murderer is known and walks free.
January 11, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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“i think ‘no kings’ is too nice a slogan”
—old lady at protest today
January 10, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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I’m sorry I made fun of you so much, Dave Matthew’s Band. I secretly like that one ants marching song.
DAVE MATTHEWS: “I don’t want my taxes to pay for masked thugs to roam our streets & terrorize our communities... She was trying to get away. He shot her 3x in the head. Murdered in cold blood. They’re trying to tell us not to believe what we see. FUCK ICE.”

(H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )
January 10, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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Posted by @liminalwarmth.bsky.social:

“Someone I personally know in Minneapolis posted this to Facebook a few hours ago. This isn’t what orderly law enforcement looks like. No charge, no location info? How do you even know citizens are getting due process here?”
January 10, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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In case you’re wondering whether the pro-ICE reactions to Renee Nicole Good’s murder are natural, here’s a comment that was just left on my video. My video about anti-transgender bias at the BBC. I haven’t made a video about Good yet.
youtu.be/pWm3dK8tPto
January 10, 2026 at 5:07 PM
evergreen
*what fuck actual fuck
January 10, 2026 at 5:33 PM
i thought it was satire
January 10, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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It should be bigger news that masked agents were filmed hours ago removing potentially inculpatory evidence from the ICE shooter's house, clearly lacking evidence tags or chain of custody stickers.

Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
January 9, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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Taunting is not a justification for arbitrary executions. Collective guilt is contrary to the rule of the law. Resisting the state— even if unlawful and prosecutable—doesn’t justify a death sentence. Our colonial ancestors rejected that agents of the state are absolutely immune for their wrongdoing.
January 10, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."

The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"

"Learned what?" she asks

Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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“They need better training” is just the liberal way of wanting nothing to change but also wanting to feel good about nothing changing
January 10, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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This is a really big deal.
NEW: These are ICE agents removing evidence from the shooter's home. They are not DOJ, they are Jonathan Ross's friends and coworkers, not DOJ.

This agent removing Ross's personal computer was reported yesterday Jan 9 for boxing in a volunteer and telling them "I'll dedicate my next arrest to you"
January 10, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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Good. Shun all Nazis forever.
The Washington National Opera has approved a resolution to leave the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, with its board voting January 9 to pursue early termination of an affiliation that has lasted more than five decade
January 10, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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I can't believe J.D. Vance went on TV and said "Ich bin Evil! Ich bin Evil!!! Ich bin der Evil kleine Chocolate Boy!!" with chocolate smeared all over his mouth and lederhosen. But he did. And we all saw it
January 9, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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Vance's conduct this week is obviously impeachable. I'm talking about his public conduct. Whatever private murder coverup he's participating in is what you find out once you start impeachment.
January 9, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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I don't know what her religious views were and of course that's not the point, but this is what actual Christian martyrdom looks like.
And Renee Good’s last words appear to be “We’re not mad at you.”
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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oh my god this truly could have been any of us
SHOCK CELL PHONE VIDEO: Renee Good's final words to her murderer: “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.”

ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.”

Via Alpha News
January 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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I shouldn't have watched the new video of the shooting
January 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM