Sam Brasel
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The only thing that would make this more of a Congressional Democratic proposal is if they figured out a way to means-test not being shot.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:24 PM
The only thing that would make this more of a Congressional Democratic proposal is if they figured out a way to means-test not being shot.
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We have to keep pushing for a better country than Trump’s out-of-control ICE is inflicting in Minneapolis.
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again – I am NOT voting to fund DHS under these current conditions.
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again – I am NOT voting to fund DHS under these current conditions.
January 26, 2026 at 6:41 PM
We have to keep pushing for a better country than Trump’s out-of-control ICE is inflicting in Minneapolis.
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again – I am NOT voting to fund DHS under these current conditions.
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again – I am NOT voting to fund DHS under these current conditions.
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If you are a federal agent for the Trump regime you can shoot and kill someone while wearing a mask and you will never be prosecuted, fired or disciplined and nobody will be allowed to know your name. You are free to carry on like nothing happened. That’s Trump’s America.
January 26, 2026 at 5:53 PM
If you are a federal agent for the Trump regime you can shoot and kill someone while wearing a mask and you will never be prosecuted, fired or disciplined and nobody will be allowed to know your name. You are free to carry on like nothing happened. That’s Trump’s America.
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Their fiscal year 2026 budget is already 5 months late. A long govt shutdown already happened. Last week The Cowardly Speaker passed appropriations bills and then sent the House home until Feb 3rd, making it impossible for Senate to make changes this week. It's recklessness beyond words.
January 26, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Their fiscal year 2026 budget is already 5 months late. A long govt shutdown already happened. Last week The Cowardly Speaker passed appropriations bills and then sent the House home until Feb 3rd, making it impossible for Senate to make changes this week. It's recklessness beyond words.
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"And because we had no assistance from the state of Minnesota, our semi-literate army of misfit goons is obviously now allowed to murder the citizens of that state at will."
Blanche: "Remember, what we all saw in that 10 or second video is not the full story. Every American should know that. The story goes way beyond that. It starts with the fact that literally for months we have received 0 assistance from the state of Minnesota."
January 26, 2026 at 1:11 PM
"And because we had no assistance from the state of Minnesota, our semi-literate army of misfit goons is obviously now allowed to murder the citizens of that state at will."
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Leaving this here...
January 26, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Leaving this here...
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Shooting a nurse and former Boy Scout in the back while he was helping/shielding a woman knocked down by the paramilitary secret police.
Seems a little tricky to spin that.
Seems a little tricky to spin that.
January 25, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Shooting a nurse and former Boy Scout in the back while he was helping/shielding a woman knocked down by the paramilitary secret police.
Seems a little tricky to spin that.
Seems a little tricky to spin that.
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Huge scandal that Minneapolis has been crawling with terrorists this whole time. They've been living among us undercover as poets and nurses. And would've continued to, had it not been for the work of our bravest child kidnappers
January 25, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Huge scandal that Minneapolis has been crawling with terrorists this whole time. They've been living among us undercover as poets and nurses. And would've continued to, had it not been for the work of our bravest child kidnappers
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I just checked—it turns out that Art. II, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of the United States does *not* say "The executive Power shall be vested in a bunch of sociopaths who think they can do whatever the fuck they want and make shit up as they go along."
January 25, 2026 at 6:25 PM
I just checked—it turns out that Art. II, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of the United States does *not* say "The executive Power shall be vested in a bunch of sociopaths who think they can do whatever the fuck they want and make shit up as they go along."
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While the pasty incels who work the federal agencies continue to churn out feeble, bloodless AI pastiches of Axis propaganda, here’s how a living breathing artist powerfully invokes design history. This is by illustrator Emily K in South Philly, a free poster-sized download on her website: →
January 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
While the pasty incels who work the federal agencies continue to churn out feeble, bloodless AI pastiches of Axis propaganda, here’s how a living breathing artist powerfully invokes design history. This is by illustrator Emily K in South Philly, a free poster-sized download on her website: →
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When is your network, CNN, going to fire professional liars David Urban and Scott Jennings, who helped bring about this situation by shilling for Trump in 2024?
January 25, 2026 at 5:10 PM
When is your network, CNN, going to fire professional liars David Urban and Scott Jennings, who helped bring about this situation by shilling for Trump in 2024?
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tfw when the imperialism is boomeranging
January 25, 2026 at 1:42 PM
tfw when the imperialism is boomeranging
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It was an extrajudicial execution. Anyone who defends this is defending a police state.
January 25, 2026 at 1:49 PM
It was an extrajudicial execution. Anyone who defends this is defending a police state.
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So, this is three lies:
- The Jan. 7 lie, about "absolute immunity".
- The false denial re the above lie.
- The false account of what he said on Jan. 7.
And always with an air of indignation.
- The Jan. 7 lie, about "absolute immunity".
- The false denial re the above lie.
- The false account of what he said on Jan. 7.
And always with an air of indignation.
January 24, 2026 at 3:44 PM
So, this is three lies:
- The Jan. 7 lie, about "absolute immunity".
- The false denial re the above lie.
- The false account of what he said on Jan. 7.
And always with an air of indignation.
- The Jan. 7 lie, about "absolute immunity".
- The false denial re the above lie.
- The false account of what he said on Jan. 7.
And always with an air of indignation.
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It is genuinely insane to watch capital decide that allowing this shit to go on is better for them than having to allow the FTC to do mild monopoly investigations and require cancellation buttons on websites.
January 24, 2026 at 5:18 PM
It is genuinely insane to watch capital decide that allowing this shit to go on is better for them than having to allow the FTC to do mild monopoly investigations and require cancellation buttons on websites.
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The killings will continue until you give us the state voter rolls
Fox News: "I've gotten my hands that AG Bondi said she sent to Gov. Tim Walz. It is strongly worded. The AG calls for the governor to support the men and women of ICE, to repeal the state's sanctuary policies, and to allow the DOJ to access state voter rolls."
January 24, 2026 at 7:44 PM
The killings will continue until you give us the state voter rolls
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The same people who have long said people need guns to protect themselves from the government now seem to think it's OK for the government to shoot people if they have guns.
January 24, 2026 at 7:21 PM
The same people who have long said people need guns to protect themselves from the government now seem to think it's OK for the government to shoot people if they have guns.
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So. No particular order…
Tell me again we’re still the dependable nation. He’s proving Carney’s point from that speech in Davos
Convenient the markets are closed, no?
The President of the United States is a chaos agent.
Republicans in Congress endorse this with their silence.
Tell me again we’re still the dependable nation. He’s proving Carney’s point from that speech in Davos
Convenient the markets are closed, no?
The President of the United States is a chaos agent.
Republicans in Congress endorse this with their silence.
January 24, 2026 at 2:19 PM
So. No particular order…
Tell me again we’re still the dependable nation. He’s proving Carney’s point from that speech in Davos
Convenient the markets are closed, no?
The President of the United States is a chaos agent.
Republicans in Congress endorse this with their silence.
Tell me again we’re still the dependable nation. He’s proving Carney’s point from that speech in Davos
Convenient the markets are closed, no?
The President of the United States is a chaos agent.
Republicans in Congress endorse this with their silence.
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This is an extremely articulate and concise counter.
January 24, 2026 at 2:22 PM
This is an extremely articulate and concise counter.
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This is a goddamn nightmare.
ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement.
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
January 23, 2026 at 7:01 PM
This is a goddamn nightmare.
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Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster.
His not being impeached by the end of the business day as a result of this threat is as much a problem as the threat itself. It’s not just Trump that the world has to worry about, it’s a GOP that supports him and Democrats who suck their thumbs and refuse to even discuss pushing to remove him
January 21, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster.
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"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace."
January 19, 2026 at 12:17 PM
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace."
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Four GOP Senators.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
I can't repeat this enough.
I've said this before and I'll say it again.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
January 17, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Four GOP Senators.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
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“Do not engage in a winter campaign in bitterly cold areas. You will lose not just your army, but most likely your throne.” - literally every military historian ever
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
January 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
“Do not engage in a winter campaign in bitterly cold areas. You will lose not just your army, but most likely your throne.” - literally every military historian ever
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration