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There are so many with retrospectives on today who are saying very good things. One thing I’ll add is that as today is also Epiphany, the celebration of Jesus ministry, this is a counter example to the rising fascism we’re living through;
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Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
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I’ve read Left Behind—professional obligation—and this is true. Cc @petermanseau.bsky.social
it's incredible how if you put this entire dialog into the Left Behind series, it would basically work, but instead it's just IRL MN
!["Sir! This is a warning!" the agent yelled as he punched the man's vehicle window. "Stop f—king following us! You are impeding operations! This is the United States federal government!"
"I live over here," the driver explained. "I got to get to my house."
"This is your warning!" the officer exclaimed.
"I serve the Lord; go to church," the resident replied.
"I will arrest you!" the officer threatened.
"Don't make a bad decision," another agent warned.
"I serve the Lord," the driver repeated. "Not a draft-dodging coward."
"Let these people go to church," the driver added. "Let these people serve the Lord and worship."
"You're not going to like the outcome of this, sir," the first officer said. "I guarantee that... Did you not learn from what just happened [when Renee Good was killed]?"
"Learn what?" the driver asked. "I serve the Lord, not a draft-dodging coward. I can't believe you'd take orders from a draft dodger."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreibjwvcxk2ptdafgbwfhk4rjalweyoz3d55gl72qhwhiudhu6aywcm@jpeg)
January 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
I’ve read Left Behind—professional obligation—and this is true. Cc @petermanseau.bsky.social
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Generally try to avoid reposting the clips that have been reposted a thousand times—think fifth graders “Didja-know-ing” each other about movie they all saw—but I’ll join chorus here. Homan is issuing a violent threat.
Homan: "There will be more bloodshed unless we decrease the hateful rhetoric"
January 11, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Generally try to avoid reposting the clips that have been reposted a thousand times—think fifth graders “Didja-know-ing” each other about movie they all saw—but I’ll join chorus here. Homan is issuing a violent threat.
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It will surprise few to hear me say that I very much agree!
As I said in December, pushback to ICE/DHS has triggered “one of the largest surges of faith-based organizing in recent history.” www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n...
As I said in December, pushback to ICE/DHS has triggered “one of the largest surges of faith-based organizing in recent history.” www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n...
January 11, 2026 at 1:58 AM
It will surprise few to hear me say that I very much agree!
As I said in December, pushback to ICE/DHS has triggered “one of the largest surges of faith-based organizing in recent history.” www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n...
As I said in December, pushback to ICE/DHS has triggered “one of the largest surges of faith-based organizing in recent history.” www.npr.org/2025/12/24/n...
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Leaving my house with the ‘don’t tread on me’ flag on it, putting on my mask and tactical gear, strapping on my weapon, and roaming the cities and towns that didn’t vote for my favorite candidate as an armed anonymous agent of the state kidnapping and shooting people who I don’t like the look of.
ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who shot and killed an unarmed civilian, flew a don't-tread-on-me Gadsden flag at his house, per the Daily Mail.
January 9, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Leaving my house with the ‘don’t tread on me’ flag on it, putting on my mask and tactical gear, strapping on my weapon, and roaming the cities and towns that didn’t vote for my favorite candidate as an armed anonymous agent of the state kidnapping and shooting people who I don’t like the look of.
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Worth noting: mission trips to Northern Ireland are a whole thing for Presbyterians in particular (which appear to be the churches Good worked with here).
The woman killed in Minneapolis- whom Vance described as a "domestic terrorist"- had done youth work in Presbyterian churches during two trips to Northern Ireland
ICE killed a really lovely lady. Such a loss 💔 www.bbc.com/news/article...
January 9, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Worth noting: mission trips to Northern Ireland are a whole thing for Presbyterians in particular (which appear to be the churches Good worked with here).
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Here is a poem Renee Good, under her earlier name Renee Macklin, wrote, "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs." It won a prize. It's really good. "it’s the ruler by which i reduce all things now; hard-edged & splintering from knowledge." poets.org/2020-on-lear...
2020 Academy of American Poets Prize
On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin
poets.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Here is a poem Renee Good, under her earlier name Renee Macklin, wrote, "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs." It won a prize. It's really good. "it’s the ruler by which i reduce all things now; hard-edged & splintering from knowledge." poets.org/2020-on-lear...
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Not even 7 days in to 2026, and we're already seeing this again:
January 8, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Not even 7 days in to 2026, and we're already seeing this again:
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Rev. Susie Hayward, a UCC pastor who was shoved by agents and exposed to pepper spray at the site of the ICE shooting in MN today shortly after it occurred, just sent me this from tonight’s vigil for the woman killed.
(She said sign’s design isn’t hers, crediting instead the artist Libby Kercher.)
(She said sign’s design isn’t hers, crediting instead the artist Libby Kercher.)
January 8, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Rev. Susie Hayward, a UCC pastor who was shoved by agents and exposed to pepper spray at the site of the ICE shooting in MN today shortly after it occurred, just sent me this from tonight’s vigil for the woman killed.
(She said sign’s design isn’t hers, crediting instead the artist Libby Kercher.)
(She said sign’s design isn’t hers, crediting instead the artist Libby Kercher.)
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If you knew Renee Nicole Good - the 37 year old killed by ICE in Minneapolis today - please text me at 202-510-1268. You can remain anonymous
January 7, 2026 at 11:50 PM
If you knew Renee Nicole Good - the 37 year old killed by ICE in Minneapolis today - please text me at 202-510-1268. You can remain anonymous
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The reality of a police state is that most protesters will flee before police violence gets extreme. That's what Renee Good, very sensibly, was trying to do. The killer prevented her from doing so, stepped in the way to hold her there so he could kill. That's a murder state.
January 7, 2026 at 11:43 PM
The reality of a police state is that most protesters will flee before police violence gets extreme. That's what Renee Good, very sensibly, was trying to do. The killer prevented her from doing so, stepped in the way to hold her there so he could kill. That's a murder state.
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Murder. That is the word for what has happened.
January 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Murder. That is the word for what has happened.
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Hearing reports from people on the ground about this incident in Minnesota, where tear gas and pepper spray were used against protesters who responded to an ICE-involved shooting.
Can confirm at least one clergymember, in a clerical collar, was among those pepper-sprayed.
Can confirm at least one clergymember, in a clerical collar, was among those pepper-sprayed.
ICE agents stopped by protesters after the shooting an observer in Minneapolis, according to witnesse. ICE deployed pepper spray and tear gas.
January 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Hearing reports from people on the ground about this incident in Minnesota, where tear gas and pepper spray were used against protesters who responded to an ICE-involved shooting.
Can confirm at least one clergymember, in a clerical collar, was among those pepper-sprayed.
Can confirm at least one clergymember, in a clerical collar, was among those pepper-sprayed.
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Note: ICE just released its own statement, insisting ICE agents were at risk during the incident.
That is directly contradicted by this eyewitness account, and the reporter just said: "I've talked to five eyewitnesses. All of them contradict the ICE statement that their lives were at risk."
That is directly contradicted by this eyewitness account, and the reporter just said: "I've talked to five eyewitnesses. All of them contradict the ICE statement that their lives were at risk."
If you back up a minute or two in this livestream, you'll hear an eyewitness account of someone who says he witnessed the ICE-involved shooting in Minnesota.
The witness describes what he say in a dry, even-keeled voice.
And it is haunting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL3D...
The witness describes what he say in a dry, even-keeled voice.
And it is haunting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL3D...
LIVE NEWS: FOX LOCAL Minnesota 24/7 Live Stream
YouTube video by FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
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January 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Note: ICE just released its own statement, insisting ICE agents were at risk during the incident.
That is directly contradicted by this eyewitness account, and the reporter just said: "I've talked to five eyewitnesses. All of them contradict the ICE statement that their lives were at risk."
That is directly contradicted by this eyewitness account, and the reporter just said: "I've talked to five eyewitnesses. All of them contradict the ICE statement that their lives were at risk."
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“We shld impeach him” or “world shld sanction US” amount to saying “I don’t want to do—or don’t think I can—do anything.” Impeachment shld happen; it won’t; so what’s next? All the world powers are drifting same fascist direction or well ahead; so what’s next? Local action is what we have.
January 3, 2026 at 6:18 PM
“We shld impeach him” or “world shld sanction US” amount to saying “I don’t want to do—or don’t think I can—do anything.” Impeachment shld happen; it won’t; so what’s next? All the world powers are drifting same fascist direction or well ahead; so what’s next? Local action is what we have.
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Enshittification.
January 3, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Enshittification.
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Important not just to name media fails but to specify how. Asking Q’s now about operational details is waste of time: the immediate questions are about Trump’s occupation plans. The investigative questions about Trump business allies remain the same.
January 3, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Important not just to name media fails but to specify how. Asking Q’s now about operational details is waste of time: the immediate questions are about Trump’s occupation plans. The investigative questions about Trump business allies remain the same.
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Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
January 3, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
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Again, the man who’s next in line for the presidency after this walking corpse has said he’s deeply influenced by this outright Nazi, so maybe we could get a little more attention on that?
Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.”
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
January 1, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Again, the man who’s next in line for the presidency after this walking corpse has said he’s deeply influenced by this outright Nazi, so maybe we could get a little more attention on that?
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A thing to watch: In my reporting this year, ICE/DHS’s enhanced presence in cities was clearly spurring significant organizing among many liberals — and some not-so-liberals.
The Trump admin may not care, but curious to see if *further* ramping up that effort will backfire come, say, the midterms.
The Trump admin may not care, but curious to see if *further* ramping up that effort will backfire come, say, the midterms.
New: We got an internal ICE document revealing its $100 million ad plan to bring in 14,000 new hires: deals with "tactical" influencers; ads to gun & military buffs; and geo-targeting phones around NASCAR races and gun shows.
A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j
A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j
ICE plans $100 million ‘wartime recruitment’ push targeting gun shows, military fans for hires
An internal ICE document shared among immigration officials details plans to use influencers and geo-targeted ads to rapidly hire thousands of deportation officers.
wapo.st
December 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A thing to watch: In my reporting this year, ICE/DHS’s enhanced presence in cities was clearly spurring significant organizing among many liberals — and some not-so-liberals.
The Trump admin may not care, but curious to see if *further* ramping up that effort will backfire come, say, the midterms.
The Trump admin may not care, but curious to see if *further* ramping up that effort will backfire come, say, the midterms.
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My Cassandra cred's pretty solid--20+ years on far right beat, ten on Trump, nobody ever accused me of being a ray of sunshine. But at the end of this bad year, I think this too is true: fascism took so much, & yet nowhere near all it could & wants. There's so much left to fight for.
December 31, 2025 at 1:59 AM
My Cassandra cred's pretty solid--20+ years on far right beat, ten on Trump, nobody ever accused me of being a ray of sunshine. But at the end of this bad year, I think this too is true: fascism took so much, & yet nowhere near all it could & wants. There's so much left to fight for.