intangir.bsky.social
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Call me a commie, but I liked the old system where the president wasn't constantly using the law to threaten and extort people while also claiming he was entirely above the law.
NYT publishes audio of Karoline Leavitt threatening CBS over its Trump interview: “He said, ‘If it’s not out in full, we’ll sue your ass off.’” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/b...
‘We’ll Sue’: White House’s Warning to CBS Is Sign of a New Media Status Quo
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Call me a commie, but I liked the old system where the president wasn't constantly using the law to threaten and extort people while also claiming he was entirely above the law.
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That there’s not a massive, credible, instant, bipartisan impeachment/25th Amendment move over these senseless and destructive Greenland threats is a sign of how broken our politics are — and especially how broken the Republican Party is.
It's really impossible to overstate how much *everyone* is watching the US threats towards Greenland, not just Europe. If you want to break not just NATO but Five Eyes and maybe our Asian defense alliances too, taking Greenland is how you do it.
Forcibly annexing Greenland would be a strategic catastrophe—for Europe, for Canada, and perhaps most especially for the United States itself.
My latest in @foreignpolicy.com on how we're all sleep-walking into a disaster: foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/06/g...
My latest in @foreignpolicy.com on how we're all sleep-walking into a disaster: foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/06/g...
January 7, 2026 at 9:51 AM
That there’s not a massive, credible, instant, bipartisan impeachment/25th Amendment move over these senseless and destructive Greenland threats is a sign of how broken our politics are — and especially how broken the Republican Party is.
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I would like to think the Mad King proclaiming “I will continue to illegally raise taxes on the American people until the NATO alliance collapses” would be the type of statement to cause Congress to act, but I’m not sure there’s any red line the GOP Congress has anymore.
Trump says he'll impose a 10% tariff (rising to 25% in June) on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, because they've sent people to Greenland, until the US can buy Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I would like to think the Mad King proclaiming “I will continue to illegally raise taxes on the American people until the NATO alliance collapses” would be the type of statement to cause Congress to act, but I’m not sure there’s any red line the GOP Congress has anymore.
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If a conservative anywhere has to hear, encounter, or be subject to judgement based on an opinion they disagree with that’s maoism but if conservatives use state power to prosecute, defund, or censor you that’s fine because they’re just entitled to do that for reasons
January 17, 2026 at 3:17 PM
If a conservative anywhere has to hear, encounter, or be subject to judgement based on an opinion they disagree with that’s maoism but if conservatives use state power to prosecute, defund, or censor you that’s fine because they’re just entitled to do that for reasons
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I think it’s fair to say that under any previous president a White House staffer who spoke about a NATO ally like this would have been hog tied and throw bodily out over the White House fence in propitiation of the ravening congressional committees marching down Pennsylvania Ave to investigate.
Miller: Denmark is a tiny country with a tiny economy and a tiny military. They cannot defend Greenland… Under every understanding of law that has existed about territorial control for 500 years, to control a territory you have to be able to defend a territory…
January 17, 2026 at 3:11 PM
I think it’s fair to say that under any previous president a White House staffer who spoke about a NATO ally like this would have been hog tied and throw bodily out over the White House fence in propitiation of the ravening congressional committees marching down Pennsylvania Ave to investigate.
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I want Democratic candidates who will run on a basic moderate platform of “leading Trump, Miller, Vance, and the other demon-ghouls in chains through the streets of every American city, to be Judged by The People”
Profiles and perp walks every single day for all four years of the next administration, a sedition wall of shame. Everyone in this administration, many in congress, anyone who wore boots or suits for DOGE+ICE or participated in Jan 6th. It would only be 1460 people. Tell Their Stories (derogatory)
January 17, 2026 at 1:25 AM
I want Democratic candidates who will run on a basic moderate platform of “leading Trump, Miller, Vance, and the other demon-ghouls in chains through the streets of every American city, to be Judged by The People”
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I genuinely don't understood how America took the emoluments clause -- the common-sense bar on a president using his powers to line his own pockets, a law children can understand -- and just said, nah, that doesn't apply for our Very Special Boy.
He’s turned the presidency into the world’s largest ATM machine.
January 17, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I genuinely don't understood how America took the emoluments clause -- the common-sense bar on a president using his powers to line his own pockets, a law children can understand -- and just said, nah, that doesn't apply for our Very Special Boy.
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Can you imagine if we did this to Miller? His head would explode
"Bolsonaro ... is unlikely to appreciate the approved reading list. It includes Brazilian works on Indigenous rights, racism, the environment and the violence meted out by the country’s 1964-85 dictatorship – a regime Bolsonaro openly supported."
Brazil, you're doing amazing. This is inspired.
Brazil, you're doing amazing. This is inspired.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro finds novel way to reduce 27-year sentence: reading books
Former president convicted for coup plot to take advantage of law that knocks four days off jail term for each book read
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Can you imagine if we did this to Miller? His head would explode
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Can we start calling these Roberts Investigations?
Breaking: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey are being investigated by the Trump DOJ for allegedly obstructing law enforcement activities, two U.S. officials told WCCO.
It's unclear how Walz and Frey allegedly obstructed law enforcement or what they were allegedly obstructing.
It's unclear how Walz and Frey allegedly obstructed law enforcement or what they were allegedly obstructing.
Department of Justice investigating Gov. Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Frey, U.S. officials say
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey are under federal investigation, two U.S. officials told WCCO on Friday afternoon.
www.cbsnews.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Can we start calling these Roberts Investigations?
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I'm sorry, Appeasement Democrats, but we already tried your way. Working to hide Trump's malfeasance from the public, sanding off as many rough edges as possible, working to avoid confrontation under the theory that he wants confrontation, then trying to move on as if it didn't happen failed. Badly.
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 PM
I'm sorry, Appeasement Democrats, but we already tried your way. Working to hide Trump's malfeasance from the public, sanding off as many rough edges as possible, working to avoid confrontation under the theory that he wants confrontation, then trying to move on as if it didn't happen failed. Badly.
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He looks like a 79-year-old Make-A-Wish kid
January 16, 2026 at 2:46 AM
He looks like a 79-year-old Make-A-Wish kid
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So, if I'm following all this correctly, a bunch of internet shitposters who spent years screaming "don't tread on me" and warning about federal agents stomping out people's rights... have been hired as ICE agents to go around breaking into people's homes, kidnapping & shooting them
January 15, 2026 at 11:33 PM
So, if I'm following all this correctly, a bunch of internet shitposters who spent years screaming "don't tread on me" and warning about federal agents stomping out people's rights... have been hired as ICE agents to go around breaking into people's homes, kidnapping & shooting them
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Fundamentally this administration's problem is that it doesn't know how to deal with ordinary people who have real moral convictions, in part because they don't believe those people exist. They're strongest when they can just bully feckless elites.
For that matter, I'm having a hard time coming up with a good end game for them *in* Minneapolis. They're not going to be able to stop the demonstrations, but any sort of withdrawal while the demonstrations are ongoing looks like defeat, no matter how they spin it.
January 16, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Fundamentally this administration's problem is that it doesn't know how to deal with ordinary people who have real moral convictions, in part because they don't believe those people exist. They're strongest when they can just bully feckless elites.
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If you could go back in time a couple years and show people the sort of garbage official DHS accounts now routinely post, you'd be accused of having concocted some slanderous over-the-top parody. Just a constant stream of nakedly white supremacist imagery and rhetoric.
DHS and Patriot Front post the same white supremacist lyrics.
January 15, 2026 at 11:33 PM
If you could go back in time a couple years and show people the sort of garbage official DHS accounts now routinely post, you'd be accused of having concocted some slanderous over-the-top parody. Just a constant stream of nakedly white supremacist imagery and rhetoric.
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The core truth of the Trump era, and the one that journalism is forbidden from stating out loud, is that Trump has gathered around him a constituency of the country's worst people.
That's what most distinguishes them -- not economic status, age, where they live, anything else. It's shittiness.
That's what most distinguishes them -- not economic status, age, where they live, anything else. It's shittiness.
January 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
The core truth of the Trump era, and the one that journalism is forbidden from stating out loud, is that Trump has gathered around him a constituency of the country's worst people.
That's what most distinguishes them -- not economic status, age, where they live, anything else. It's shittiness.
That's what most distinguishes them -- not economic status, age, where they live, anything else. It's shittiness.
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It’s time to impeach. I have voted TWICE this year to advance Articles of Impeachment for Donald Trump. After a year of threats on our own soil and our allies—Republicans are finally talking about impeachment. It’s about damn time.
Mr. President, you have been duly warned—now by the GOP.
Mr. President, you have been duly warned—now by the GOP.
January 15, 2026 at 10:26 PM
It’s time to impeach. I have voted TWICE this year to advance Articles of Impeachment for Donald Trump. After a year of threats on our own soil and our allies—Republicans are finally talking about impeachment. It’s about damn time.
Mr. President, you have been duly warned—now by the GOP.
Mr. President, you have been duly warned—now by the GOP.
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Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
January 15, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
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conservatives: remote learning is the worst thing that ever happened
also conservatives: we will invade an american city and send armed goons to its campuses to the point that they are forced to reinstitute remote learning
also conservatives: we will invade an american city and send armed goons to its campuses to the point that they are forced to reinstitute remote learning
Annnnnddddd St Paul schools are closing next week for 2 days to prepare for virtual learning options.
January 15, 2026 at 1:42 AM
conservatives: remote learning is the worst thing that ever happened
also conservatives: we will invade an american city and send armed goons to its campuses to the point that they are forced to reinstitute remote learning
also conservatives: we will invade an american city and send armed goons to its campuses to the point that they are forced to reinstitute remote learning
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we should want to make it undeniable that there is no choice but to end ICE, prosecute its officers for lawbreaking, and fundamentally rethink immigration enforcement.
January 14, 2026 at 2:09 AM
we should want to make it undeniable that there is no choice but to end ICE, prosecute its officers for lawbreaking, and fundamentally rethink immigration enforcement.
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this is all to say that should democrats win the house and senate this november, they should hold similarly dramatic — which is to say televised and highly publicized — hearings on the conduct of ICE and CBP, with testimony from victims. we want as much of *this* as possible in the record. (3/?)
ICE detained Arlit Maria Martinez on her way to work. 2 days later, her 15 yo son died of cancer. They wouldn't let her out to say goodbye. The family had planned to move back to Mexico prior to the cancer diagnosis but stayed for his treatment. Now, Mr Martinez has lost his wife to ICE & his son.
Teen dies of cancer days after mother arrested by ICE: ‘She’s never gonna see him’
The mother's family pleaded with federal officers for her release from custody to say her final goodbyes to her son, but their requests went unanswered.
www.wsaz.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:09 AM
this is all to say that should democrats win the house and senate this november, they should hold similarly dramatic — which is to say televised and highly publicized — hearings on the conduct of ICE and CBP, with testimony from victims. we want as much of *this* as possible in the record. (3/?)
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Sometimes they just tell us they are weaponizing the criminal justice system to push their political agenda.
Sen. Kevin Cramer: "Maybe the point should be if you're the attorney for Jay Powell and you want to avoid an indictment, how about you go to Jeanine Pirro and say, 'I'll make a deal. I'll step down today if you drop the investigation today.' To me, that would be a win win for everybody."
January 13, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Sometimes they just tell us they are weaponizing the criminal justice system to push their political agenda.
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this kind of straightforwardly tyrannical behavior from government officials isn't, of course, unknown in US history, even recently, but it's worth saying again that it fundamentally violates the US's whole system of government, which binds agents of the state and citizens alike to the rule of law
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 7:40 PM
this kind of straightforwardly tyrannical behavior from government officials isn't, of course, unknown in US history, even recently, but it's worth saying again that it fundamentally violates the US's whole system of government, which binds agents of the state and citizens alike to the rule of law
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even aside from the casual racism this nitwit deploys, imagine how dumb you'd have to be to not understand why people might more readily protest a murder carried out by their government, for which their government is unrepentant, than than a murder by an individual.
Tricia McLaughlin on Renee Good: "I think if the individual was killed last week by an illegal alien, I don't think we would be seeing any protest."
January 13, 2026 at 6:53 PM
even aside from the casual racism this nitwit deploys, imagine how dumb you'd have to be to not understand why people might more readily protest a murder carried out by their government, for which their government is unrepentant, than than a murder by an individual.
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Trump’s line is that disrespect to law enforcement is punishable by death. Impeach and remove. This is not tolerable.
Q: "Do you believe that deadly force was necessary?"
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
January 12, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Trump’s line is that disrespect to law enforcement is punishable by death. Impeach and remove. This is not tolerable.