Brian
@hobbestoo.bsky.social
40-something bicoastal. Love dogs. 🐕 Friend to cats. 🐈🐈⬛ Twitter refugee. Слава Україні 🇺🇦
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FUCK ICE 😡 😡 😡
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“A diplomatic source said: 'The generals think Trump's Greenland plan is crazy and illegal. So they are trying to deflect him with other major military operations. They say it's like dealing with a five-year-old'.”
Other military operations? 😬
Other military operations? 😬
I think we’re at the Rubicon.
Who knows, of course, but it feels like what happens over the next few weeks will define the rest of our lives.
Who knows, of course, but it feels like what happens over the next few weeks will define the rest of our lives.
Trump 'orders US army chiefs to draw up plan to invade Greenland'
Donald Trump has ordered his special forces commanders to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greenland - but is being resisted by senior military figures, The Mail on Sunday has learned.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 3:18 AM
“A diplomatic source said: 'The generals think Trump's Greenland plan is crazy and illegal. So they are trying to deflect him with other major military operations. They say it's like dealing with a five-year-old'.”
Other military operations? 😬
Other military operations? 😬
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The MAGA regime is currently doubling down on its tactical stance of “we will kill women like dogs for merely displeasing us.”
January 10, 2026 at 12:12 AM
The MAGA regime is currently doubling down on its tactical stance of “we will kill women like dogs for merely displeasing us.”
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Chants of “ICE get out” at a protest in Encinitas, California
January 10, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Chants of “ICE get out” at a protest in Encinitas, California
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The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
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This is insane. Brooks says everyone is too blinded by ideology to see the truth of what the video shows. Then the host asks him what it shows and he refuses to answer.
“Left and right are equally to blame for everything all the time” is also an ideology!
“Left and right are equally to blame for everything all the time” is also an ideology!
sounds like david f’ing brooks
Brooks and Capehart on the response to the Minnesota ICE shooting
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 11:02 PM
This is insane. Brooks says everyone is too blinded by ideology to see the truth of what the video shows. Then the host asks him what it shows and he refuses to answer.
“Left and right are equally to blame for everything all the time” is also an ideology!
“Left and right are equally to blame for everything all the time” is also an ideology!
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This guy is in Minneapolis standing before an American citizen in an SUV.
The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence.
This is not protection. This is occupation.
The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence.
This is not protection. This is occupation.
January 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM
This guy is in Minneapolis standing before an American citizen in an SUV.
The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence.
This is not protection. This is occupation.
The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence.
This is not protection. This is occupation.
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The goal here is martial law. It’s martial law. Let’s be clear about that.
January 10, 2026 at 6:22 PM
The goal here is martial law. It’s martial law. Let’s be clear about that.
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He kidnapped the president of Venezuela for them
And oil companies are like
Meh
And oil companies are like
Meh
January 10, 2026 at 6:41 PM
He kidnapped the president of Venezuela for them
And oil companies are like
Meh
And oil companies are like
Meh
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ICE shows up masked, no warrant, claiming “harboring” after a food delivery. That’s false.
🚫 No judicial warrant? No entry.
✅ Letting someone visit is not harboring.
🛡️ You’re protected by the 4th Amendment.
📚 Know the law: www.PAXIS.app
🚫 No judicial warrant? No entry.
✅ Letting someone visit is not harboring.
🛡️ You’re protected by the 4th Amendment.
📚 Know the law: www.PAXIS.app
January 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
ICE shows up masked, no warrant, claiming “harboring” after a food delivery. That’s false.
🚫 No judicial warrant? No entry.
✅ Letting someone visit is not harboring.
🛡️ You’re protected by the 4th Amendment.
📚 Know the law: www.PAXIS.app
🚫 No judicial warrant? No entry.
✅ Letting someone visit is not harboring.
🛡️ You’re protected by the 4th Amendment.
📚 Know the law: www.PAXIS.app
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Mental note -- when mentioning the Washington Post's past reporting in lecture, be sure to add as an aside that it was once an outlet with a good reputation, otherwise students will be confused.
In which the English editors that Jeff Bezos hired from Rupert Murdoch to run WaPo demonstrate (1) that they don't understand the First Amendment and how it works and (2) that they're also basically illiterate.
January 10, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Mental note -- when mentioning the Washington Post's past reporting in lecture, be sure to add as an aside that it was once an outlet with a good reputation, otherwise students will be confused.
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A Civiqs Poll this week revealed that support for abolishing ICE is at an all time high among Americans.
Support for Abolishing ICE at All Time High: Poll
Abolition of the out-of-control federal agency now has mainstream support
meidasnews.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
A Civiqs Poll this week revealed that support for abolishing ICE is at an all time high among Americans.
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I sat in a fucking court room and heard Apple imply that a naked cartoon banana was somehow inappropriate but somehow Grok non consensually undressing women and children is ok?? www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards
Once you’ve traded your principles for proximity to power, do you even run your own company?
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
I sat in a fucking court room and heard Apple imply that a naked cartoon banana was somehow inappropriate but somehow Grok non consensually undressing women and children is ok?? www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
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To no one's surprise ICE Thugs are barely literate, poorly trained & prone to violence
"Many recruits have criminal backgrounds or can’t pass open-book exams on officer conduct, yet they’re allowed to tear children from their beds at night"
-Charlie Pierce
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
#AbolishICE
"Many recruits have criminal backgrounds or can’t pass open-book exams on officer conduct, yet they’re allowed to tear children from their beds at night"
-Charlie Pierce
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
#AbolishICE
January 9, 2026 at 2:44 PM
To no one's surprise ICE Thugs are barely literate, poorly trained & prone to violence
"Many recruits have criminal backgrounds or can’t pass open-book exams on officer conduct, yet they’re allowed to tear children from their beds at night"
-Charlie Pierce
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
#AbolishICE
"Many recruits have criminal backgrounds or can’t pass open-book exams on officer conduct, yet they’re allowed to tear children from their beds at night"
-Charlie Pierce
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
#AbolishICE
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I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
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Police officers are not immune from criminal laws. Being a law enforcement officer is not a license to kill.
Q: Is this ICE officer immune to charges?
HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY MORIARTY: I can't speak to why the Trump administration says what it says. I can say the ICE officer does not have complete immunity here.
HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY MORIARTY: I can't speak to why the Trump administration says what it says. I can say the ICE officer does not have complete immunity here.
January 9, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Police officers are not immune from criminal laws. Being a law enforcement officer is not a license to kill.
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Shooting an unarmed civilian then calling her a “fucking bitch” after you shot her shows malicious intent and lack of remorse.
If Alpha News thought this was good for ICE, they’ve just made the inevitable day in court so much worse legally for the agent.
This now looks like a hate crime.
If Alpha News thought this was good for ICE, they’ve just made the inevitable day in court so much worse legally for the agent.
This now looks like a hate crime.
January 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Shooting an unarmed civilian then calling her a “fucking bitch” after you shot her shows malicious intent and lack of remorse.
If Alpha News thought this was good for ICE, they’ve just made the inevitable day in court so much worse legally for the agent.
This now looks like a hate crime.
If Alpha News thought this was good for ICE, they’ve just made the inevitable day in court so much worse legally for the agent.
This now looks like a hate crime.
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In this latest New York Times report, Donald Trump was asked if there is anything stopping or checking his power, globally.
He said, his own morality is the only thing that checks him.
Not the U.S. Constitution, nor international laws, just his own morality.
Dictator.
He said, his own morality is the only thing that checks him.
Not the U.S. Constitution, nor international laws, just his own morality.
Dictator.
January 9, 2026 at 5:43 PM
In this latest New York Times report, Donald Trump was asked if there is anything stopping or checking his power, globally.
He said, his own morality is the only thing that checks him.
Not the U.S. Constitution, nor international laws, just his own morality.
Dictator.
He said, his own morality is the only thing that checks him.
Not the U.S. Constitution, nor international laws, just his own morality.
Dictator.
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Even if someone gave me their Superbowl ring, I would still not be a football player.
Trump tells Hannity he will accept Machado’s Nobel Prize when she gives it to him.
So embarrassing.
So embarrassing.
January 9, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Even if someone gave me their Superbowl ring, I would still not be a football player.
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In Normal Times™ this disclosure of potentially market-moving data prior to official release would be a major scandal prompting an investigation of the admin for possible felony insider trading and/or market manipulation.
In the Dark Times™ under the Trump regime, this is just another Thursday.
In the Dark Times™ under the Trump regime, this is just another Thursday.
First found by @bharatkumarmd.bsky.social on the extremely bad site: yesterday at 8:20 pm, Trump tweeted out jobs numbers that included data that weren’t released until 8:30 am today. It was a copy of a presentation with CEA letterhead.
January 9, 2026 at 4:18 PM
In Normal Times™ this disclosure of potentially market-moving data prior to official release would be a major scandal prompting an investigation of the admin for possible felony insider trading and/or market manipulation.
In the Dark Times™ under the Trump regime, this is just another Thursday.
In the Dark Times™ under the Trump regime, this is just another Thursday.
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This is…
A) …market-moving information. And, in fact, it appears there was action on Polymarket around the time of this post
B) …another attack on the (still reliable) work of the professionals at BLS.
C) …yet another example of him not believing the rules apply to him, and getting away w it
A) …market-moving information. And, in fact, it appears there was action on Polymarket around the time of this post
B) …another attack on the (still reliable) work of the professionals at BLS.
C) …yet another example of him not believing the rules apply to him, and getting away w it
Kai, could you educate us with a few sentences why?
January 9, 2026 at 4:31 PM
This is…
A) …market-moving information. And, in fact, it appears there was action on Polymarket around the time of this post
B) …another attack on the (still reliable) work of the professionals at BLS.
C) …yet another example of him not believing the rules apply to him, and getting away w it
A) …market-moving information. And, in fact, it appears there was action on Polymarket around the time of this post
B) …another attack on the (still reliable) work of the professionals at BLS.
C) …yet another example of him not believing the rules apply to him, and getting away w it
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before murdering renee good, the ice goon was frightened for his life, we’re told
It’s meant to justify the murder
nobody telling us this ever seems to wonder whether the woman who was murdered might have been afraid for her life
killing because you’re afraid is only for cops, it seems
It’s meant to justify the murder
nobody telling us this ever seems to wonder whether the woman who was murdered might have been afraid for her life
killing because you’re afraid is only for cops, it seems
January 9, 2026 at 5:20 AM
before murdering renee good, the ice goon was frightened for his life, we’re told
It’s meant to justify the murder
nobody telling us this ever seems to wonder whether the woman who was murdered might have been afraid for her life
killing because you’re afraid is only for cops, it seems
It’s meant to justify the murder
nobody telling us this ever seems to wonder whether the woman who was murdered might have been afraid for her life
killing because you’re afraid is only for cops, it seems
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ICE agents killing people in the streets. The naked extortion of a sovereign state. The National Guard unleashed in American cities. The Justice Department weaponized to prosecute political opponents.
The tyranny is on full display — and it's waking America up.
The tyranny is on full display — and it's waking America up.
January 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM
ICE agents killing people in the streets. The naked extortion of a sovereign state. The National Guard unleashed in American cities. The Justice Department weaponized to prosecute political opponents.
The tyranny is on full display — and it's waking America up.
The tyranny is on full display — and it's waking America up.
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Trump has turned federal law enforcement into a gang of thugs.
Having dedicated my professional career to the Department of Justice, it is heartbreaking to watch.
Having dedicated my professional career to the Department of Justice, it is heartbreaking to watch.
January 8, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Trump has turned federal law enforcement into a gang of thugs.
Having dedicated my professional career to the Department of Justice, it is heartbreaking to watch.
Having dedicated my professional career to the Department of Justice, it is heartbreaking to watch.
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i love the idea of a guy who’s still been on the edge of getting into jeopardy after 61 years of it airing
January 8, 2026 at 8:42 PM
i love the idea of a guy who’s still been on the edge of getting into jeopardy after 61 years of it airing
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“For decades now, officers have been trained that they can avoid being run over if they just don’t position themselves in a vehicle’s path of travel.” Good Q&A with law prof/former police officer on how ICE is not following best policing practices by repeatedly shooting into cars
Cops are taught to avoid shooting into cars, for all the obvious reasons, but ICE has shot NINE people in cars since September. Great reporting from @nlanard.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Cops are taught not to shoot into cars. ICE keeps doing it anyway.
Immigration agents have shot at least 9 people since September. All of them have been in cars.
www.motherjones.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:03 PM
“For decades now, officers have been trained that they can avoid being run over if they just don’t position themselves in a vehicle’s path of travel.” Good Q&A with law prof/former police officer on how ICE is not following best policing practices by repeatedly shooting into cars