nigerianmedicine
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"That is nothing", boasted the doctor. "I once treated an armed cattle thief from Katsina State, head taken clean off by cutlass. So we nailed a football on, and elected him President."
(just a smart-aleck oyibo with no medical credentials)
(just a smart-aleck oyibo with no medical credentials)
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Basically, 2024 was viewed, perhaps understandably, by elites as a referendum on public morality and interpreted the results, again perhaps not without justification, as “Piggies go oink.”
Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis.
Say bad things are bad.
Say bad things are bad.
January 9, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Basically, 2024 was viewed, perhaps understandably, by elites as a referendum on public morality and interpreted the results, again perhaps not without justification, as “Piggies go oink.”
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Important context to "more/better training" arguments: the murder of Renée Good was a product of that training by someone who has trained others.
(I've seen same in civil rights cases; by moving where he did, he was intentionally generating a pretext to shoot her without genuine risk to himself.)
(I've seen same in civil rights cases; by moving where he did, he was intentionally generating a pretext to shoot her without genuine risk to himself.)
NEW: Jonathan Ross is former National Guard and Border Patrol and has been part of ICE's SWAT equivalent, a team leader overseeing FBI, ATF, and IRS agents, and a firearms instructor, according to testimony obtained by WIRED. This is from @hudsongiles.bsky.social and me:
ICE Agent Who Reportedly Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer, Per Testimony
Jonathan Ross told a federal court in December about his professional background, including “hundreds” of encounters with drivers during enforcement actions, according to testimony obtained by WIRED.
www.wired.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Important context to "more/better training" arguments: the murder of Renée Good was a product of that training by someone who has trained others.
(I've seen same in civil rights cases; by moving where he did, he was intentionally generating a pretext to shoot her without genuine risk to himself.)
(I've seen same in civil rights cases; by moving where he did, he was intentionally generating a pretext to shoot her without genuine risk to himself.)
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"We've take over a whole country" sir your underlings are insisting that this was all just a police action narrowly targeted against the kingpin of a cartel
Trump on Venezuela: "That was a perfect attack. We've taken over a whole country. We've taken $4 billion of oil in one day. That will increase."
January 9, 2026 at 12:32 PM
"We've take over a whole country" sir your underlings are insisting that this was all just a police action narrowly targeted against the kingpin of a cartel
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Next time @ezraklein.bsky.social has a conversation with Ben Shapiro about civility and tolerance and building bridges across the ideological divide, maybe he could ask him about his employees?
This is the median conservative microblogger and intellectual btw, not even remotely close to an outlier
January 9, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Next time @ezraklein.bsky.social has a conversation with Ben Shapiro about civility and tolerance and building bridges across the ideological divide, maybe he could ask him about his employees?
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"A trial court officer grabbed Margaret’s unlocked iPhone, stopped the recording, opened her Photos app and deleted the video."
Boston bystander phone seized during ICE arrest adds to growing alarm after Minneapolis shooting
Advocates say recording ICE conflicts is key to oversight — but bans inside courthouses leave the public in the dark.
www.masslive.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:32 PM
"A trial court officer grabbed Margaret’s unlocked iPhone, stopped the recording, opened her Photos app and deleted the video."
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It's really great that even asking the question "does the US need a massive, heavily-armed internal security state with sweeping and arbitrary powers?" is treated as definitionally absurd by everybody serious in public life.
I think it’s silly to force a false choice between “continue to fund ICE at unprecedented levels” or “abolish internal immigration enforcement.”
But also, Dems are wimpy and scared to come up w a plan, bc they’ll get yelled at for not doing abolish.
But also, Dems are wimpy and scared to come up w a plan, bc they’ll get yelled at for not doing abolish.
January 9, 2026 at 8:59 AM
It's really great that even asking the question "does the US need a massive, heavily-armed internal security state with sweeping and arbitrary powers?" is treated as definitionally absurd by everybody serious in public life.
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trained police are allowed to react with unpredictable lethal violence and untrained civilians are obligated to behave entirely predictably to the threat of lethal violence
January 9, 2026 at 4:52 AM
trained police are allowed to react with unpredictable lethal violence and untrained civilians are obligated to behave entirely predictably to the threat of lethal violence
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ICE are state-sponsored terrorists.
January 9, 2026 at 12:03 AM
ICE are state-sponsored terrorists.
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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 1:59 PM
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.
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no no don't tread on ME, you see. I of course am going to tread the shit out of YOU
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 2:31 PM
no no don't tread on ME, you see. I of course am going to tread the shit out of YOU
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The evidence is increasingly pointing to the probability that an ICE agent killed a woman after misreading her as a threat because he was distracted by his simultaneous effort to record her so he could upload her image to a facial recognition database.
We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
January 9, 2026 at 1:19 PM
The evidence is increasingly pointing to the probability that an ICE agent killed a woman after misreading her as a threat because he was distracted by his simultaneous effort to record her so he could upload her image to a facial recognition database.
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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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would be amusing if Iran and the USA have popular revolutions in the same year
January 9, 2026 at 12:12 AM
would be amusing if Iran and the USA have popular revolutions in the same year
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I’ve heard from multiple friends today about daycares being raided and parents being ripped out of cars (in one case with a child left behind in the backseat). Grim times here.
The situation in Minneapolis is insane: seemingly many large convoys of heavily armed masked men, blocking off streets at random, grabbing people nearly at random, racing around the city with no discernible plan or aim. Under attack by our own government the day after it killed someone
January 8, 2026 at 11:12 PM
I’ve heard from multiple friends today about daycares being raided and parents being ripped out of cars (in one case with a child left behind in the backseat). Grim times here.
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do you know the story of sophie scholl? that woman the middle--that's sophie scholl. six months after this photo is taken she and everyone else in it will be dead.
January 8, 2026 at 11:20 PM
do you know the story of sophie scholl? that woman the middle--that's sophie scholl. six months after this photo is taken she and everyone else in it will be dead.
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It sure sounds like some CBP dipshit panicked, opened fire, and then ran away, which is exactly the level of professionalism that I would expect.
shot two people, PPB were called to emergency medical assistance, and they weren’t taken into custody? what in the fuck?
January 9, 2026 at 12:46 AM
It sure sounds like some CBP dipshit panicked, opened fire, and then ran away, which is exactly the level of professionalism that I would expect.
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THEY SHOT THEM IN A FUCKING HOSPITAL FUCKING PARKING LOT
Federal agents shoot 2 people in East Portland, police confirm
In a statement, Mayor Keith Wilson called for a halt on ICE operations in Portland, asking Portlanders to show up with "calm and purpose" after the shooting.
www.kgw.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:37 AM
THEY SHOT THEM IN A FUCKING HOSPITAL FUCKING PARKING LOT
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The thing about saying that this is just the college-educated liberal cosmopolitan urban middle-class is that that's still a pretty sizable percentage of the country, and a political strategy that depends on them not having any kind of active voice or influence is one doomed to failure.
elites have got no idea just how apocalyptically angry ordinary people are about this shit
January 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The thing about saying that this is just the college-educated liberal cosmopolitan urban middle-class is that that's still a pretty sizable percentage of the country, and a political strategy that depends on them not having any kind of active voice or influence is one doomed to failure.
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JD Vance supports murdering American citizens. He's made that perfectly clear today. If he's willing to defend the murder of Renee Good, he would defend your murder, too.
JD Vance accuses the slain Renee Good of perpetrating "an attack on federal law enforcement, an attack on law and order, and attack on the American people"
"That woman was there to interfere with a legitimate law enforcement operation," he adds, repeatedly referring to her as "that woman"
"That woman was there to interfere with a legitimate law enforcement operation," he adds, repeatedly referring to her as "that woman"
January 8, 2026 at 6:52 PM
JD Vance supports murdering American citizens. He's made that perfectly clear today. If he's willing to defend the murder of Renee Good, he would defend your murder, too.
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the more I learn about JD Vance, the more surprised I am there was someone who thought he was worth giving up their valuable percs for
JD Vance on Renee Good: "I think she's a victim of left-wing ideology. What young mother shows up and decides they're gonna throw their car in front of ICE officers who are enforcing law? You've got to be a little brainwashed."
January 8, 2026 at 7:34 PM
the more I learn about JD Vance, the more surprised I am there was someone who thought he was worth giving up their valuable percs for
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"the guys who were going door to door to find undesirables murdered someone"
do you hear what you're saying JD. do you hear the words that are coming out of your mouth
do you hear what you're saying JD. do you hear the words that are coming out of your mouth
JD Vance: "It was a legitimate law enforcement operation. We were going door to door to try to find criminal illegal aliens and deport them from the United States ... say a prayer for that agent ... he deserves a debt of gratitude."
January 8, 2026 at 7:52 PM
"the guys who were going door to door to find undesirables murdered someone"
do you hear what you're saying JD. do you hear the words that are coming out of your mouth
do you hear what you're saying JD. do you hear the words that are coming out of your mouth
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Veteran: My oath impels me to be here. I took an oath in 1969 to defend this country against all enemies, foreign and domestic. I had to be here to make sure that no one else was killed the way Renee Nicole Good was killed yesterday.
January 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Veteran: My oath impels me to be here. I took an oath in 1969 to defend this country against all enemies, foreign and domestic. I had to be here to make sure that no one else was killed the way Renee Nicole Good was killed yesterday.