@mmegaffee.bsky.social
Professor, sociology and criminology; medical researcher; author; grew up in US Air Force.
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Hegseth did what we all expected: risk U.S. security. This happens when an incompetent, psychotic leader purposefully staffs a cabinet with incompetent people so he can “look good” by comparison AND blame them for ensuing national tragedies. Their only “job” is praising Dear Leader. That’s it.
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It’s hard to know if people outside MN understand how much of life is grinding to a halt here because of Trump’s occupation. Schools have shut down, businesses are scaling back hours or closing because their employees aren’t safe. The whole city is weighted down.
January 10, 2026 at 4:36 AM
It’s hard to know if people outside MN understand how much of life is grinding to a halt here because of Trump’s occupation. Schools have shut down, businesses are scaling back hours or closing because their employees aren’t safe. The whole city is weighted down.
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“The ethic in some nations may be that might makes right, but not in the United States. Until Donald Trump, that is. Now everything is different,” Peter Wehner argues:
Trump’s Folly
The United States has turned dark, aggressive, and lawless.
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January 11, 2026 at 9:15 AM
“The ethic in some nations may be that might makes right, but not in the United States. Until Donald Trump, that is. Now everything is different,” Peter Wehner argues:
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Yes, it is beyond insanity. Luckily, the American people aren’t buying it.
January 10, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Yes, it is beyond insanity. Luckily, the American people aren’t buying it.
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In small town America, 138 patriots came out in Townsend MA -on short notice- with signs and United States flags to tell ICE: No more killing our neighbors. Leave our communities alone. We won't stand for ICE’s lawless operations and President Trump's abuse of power. #ICEOUTNOW #ICEOUTFORGOOD
January 10, 2026 at 8:35 PM
In small town America, 138 patriots came out in Townsend MA -on short notice- with signs and United States flags to tell ICE: No more killing our neighbors. Leave our communities alone. We won't stand for ICE’s lawless operations and President Trump's abuse of power. #ICEOUTNOW #ICEOUTFORGOOD
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There’s a legal backstory that helps explain why DHS is able to operate with the brutality and impunity we've seen many times now, most recently in Minnesota. We cover the loophole that helps make it so and how Minnesota elected officials — and all other states — can close it.
January 9, 2026 at 8:04 PM
There’s a legal backstory that helps explain why DHS is able to operate with the brutality and impunity we've seen many times now, most recently in Minnesota. We cover the loophole that helps make it so and how Minnesota elected officials — and all other states — can close it.
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“Restoring Venezuela’s oil industry is completely unrealistic in the short term and might not be in America’s economic and geopolitical interests at all,” Rogé Karma argues.
Big Oil Knows That Trump’s Venezuela Plans Are Delusional
The president’s thinking is stuck in the 1980s.
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January 10, 2026 at 9:15 PM
“Restoring Venezuela’s oil industry is completely unrealistic in the short term and might not be in America’s economic and geopolitical interests at all,” Rogé Karma argues.
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It's never been about safety. It's about punishing blue cities and states, cementing authoritarian control, and enshrining white supremacy.
I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 10, 2026 at 7:46 PM
It's never been about safety. It's about punishing blue cities and states, cementing authoritarian control, and enshrining white supremacy.
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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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New column today:
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January 9, 2026 at 3:23 AM
New column today:
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Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Saturday.
Rep. Angie Craig: "We were told because this facility is being funding by the 'Big Beautiful Bill,' not the congressional appropriations act, that we would not be allowed to enter the facility. That's complete nonsense ... I informed them they were violating the law. They said they didn't care."
January 10, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Saturday.
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i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed
January 10, 2026 at 5:44 PM
i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed
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Alex Jones has Kyle Rittenhouse on today to smear Renee Good with random shit he "heard on X." The man is chemically addicted to smearing the victims of tragedies.
January 9, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Alex Jones has Kyle Rittenhouse on today to smear Renee Good with random shit he "heard on X." The man is chemically addicted to smearing the victims of tragedies.
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Vance's stance is, almost literally, "Well, she shouldn't have mouthed off like that. She asked for it."
When Vance insists, contra the videos, that Good threatened the ICE agent and "had it coming", what he means is that he, like Ross, feels threatened by any woman who has the audacity to use her voice in the public sphere.
This deeply misogynist worldview is core to MAGA.
This deeply misogynist worldview is core to MAGA.
January 9, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Vance's stance is, almost literally, "Well, she shouldn't have mouthed off like that. She asked for it."
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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
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.
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Look at this shit!
Is it just me or does it seem like the Trump administration is looking to provoke violence so that they can create the conditions for a harsh crackdown? Be careful, everyone.
📌 500 ICE agents are being moved to Minneapolis from other cities.
Is it just me or does it seem like the Trump administration is looking to provoke violence so that they can create the conditions for a harsh crackdown? Be careful, everyone.
📌 500 ICE agents are being moved to Minneapolis from other cities.
January 9, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Look at this shit!
Is it just me or does it seem like the Trump administration is looking to provoke violence so that they can create the conditions for a harsh crackdown? Be careful, everyone.
📌 500 ICE agents are being moved to Minneapolis from other cities.
Is it just me or does it seem like the Trump administration is looking to provoke violence so that they can create the conditions for a harsh crackdown? Be careful, everyone.
📌 500 ICE agents are being moved to Minneapolis from other cities.
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Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
January 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
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The Department of Justice's effort to gain access to you sensitive personal information continues. DOJ wants this data to be able to suppress the vote and subvert election results next Fall. They are suing 24 states to gain access. My law firm and I are fighting them in court in every one of them.
January 9, 2026 at 10:49 PM
The Department of Justice's effort to gain access to you sensitive personal information continues. DOJ wants this data to be able to suppress the vote and subvert election results next Fall. They are suing 24 states to gain access. My law firm and I are fighting them in court in every one of them.
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at some point we're gonna have to have a real conversation about why we're still paying federal taxes to a regime that isn't using them to help anyone, but instead is using them to brutalize us
January 9, 2026 at 11:22 PM
at some point we're gonna have to have a real conversation about why we're still paying federal taxes to a regime that isn't using them to help anyone, but instead is using them to brutalize us
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You lying piece of shit. I chaired the Minnesota DFL for all three of your runs here. I watched you lose. Three times. Minnesota never bought your con. And now, as Chair of the DNC, I’m looking forward to ending Trumpism for good in 2028 — not with lies, but with votes. Again.
Trump: "I feel I won Minnesota. I think I won it all three times. Nobody has won it since Richard Nixon won it many many years ago. I won it all three times in my opinion. It's a corrupt state ... I did so well in that state. The people were crying every time after."
January 9, 2026 at 10:06 PM
You lying piece of shit. I chaired the Minnesota DFL for all three of your runs here. I watched you lose. Three times. Minnesota never bought your con. And now, as Chair of the DNC, I’m looking forward to ending Trumpism for good in 2028 — not with lies, but with votes. Again.
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One of the more surreal patterns in Trump's insane claims is that he loves insisting some catastrophic outcome will occur unless we immediately do X, without explaining why nothing bad happened for 250 years when we weren't doing X.
Trump: "If we don't take Greenland, you're gonna have Russia or China as your next door neighbor. That's not going to happen."
January 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
One of the more surreal patterns in Trump's insane claims is that he loves insisting some catastrophic outcome will occur unless we immediately do X, without explaining why nothing bad happened for 250 years when we weren't doing X.
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Markets run on trust. If the ref starts live-tweeting the score before kickoff, don’t be shocked when fans stop buying tickets—and investors stop buying stocks.
January 9, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Markets run on trust. If the ref starts live-tweeting the score before kickoff, don’t be shocked when fans stop buying tickets—and investors stop buying stocks.