Michael Hale
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the thing about “ICE needs training” is that Jonathan Ross was a ten year DHS vet and a firearms instructor
he’s the kind of guy they get training from
the whole institution is rotten, throw it out
he’s the kind of guy they get training from
the whole institution is rotten, throw it out
Democrats officially going all in on the mealy mouthed “ICE needs training” narrative.
No. ABOLISH ICE.
No. ABOLISH ICE.
WARNER: It used to take 5 to 6 months to get trained. They've now lowered the training period to 47 days. Why 47 days? Because Donald Trump's the 47th president. Tell me that's a rational approach
KERNEN: I'm not taking that bait
WARNER: Joe! You can't pick your facts
KERNEN: I'm not taking that bait
WARNER: Joe! You can't pick your facts
January 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
the thing about “ICE needs training” is that Jonathan Ross was a ten year DHS vet and a firearms instructor
he’s the kind of guy they get training from
the whole institution is rotten, throw it out
he’s the kind of guy they get training from
the whole institution is rotten, throw it out
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This is how complex systems collapse. Not from a single failure, but when multiple stabilizing institutions are pressured at the same time.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/the-presid...
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The President of the United States Is Out of Control
President Donald Trump Has Threatened War Against Allies, Undermined Courts, and Menaced the Independence of the Federal Reserve. The United States Is in Free Fall.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:28 PM
This is how complex systems collapse. Not from a single failure, but when multiple stabilizing institutions are pressured at the same time.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/the-presid...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/the-presid...
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there is no coming back from this without prosecutions up and down the entire chain of command
A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis
The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway
They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway
They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
January 12, 2026 at 3:10 PM
there is no coming back from this without prosecutions up and down the entire chain of command
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Fed Chair Responds to Inquiry on Building Renovations www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
The convicted felon, rapist, pedophile is doing his best to bankrupt America!
Get rid of this thug squatting in our WH!
He’s running a vindictive reality show!
#Voices4Victory
#DemVoice1
#Pinks
#SheShed
The convicted felon, rapist, pedophile is doing his best to bankrupt America!
Get rid of this thug squatting in our WH!
He’s running a vindictive reality show!
#Voices4Victory
#DemVoice1
#Pinks
#SheShed
Video: Fed Chair Responds to Inquiry on Building Renovations
Federal prosecutors opened an investigation into whether Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, lied to Congress about the scope of renovations of the central bank’s buildings. He called the inv...
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Fed Chair Responds to Inquiry on Building Renovations www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
The convicted felon, rapist, pedophile is doing his best to bankrupt America!
Get rid of this thug squatting in our WH!
He’s running a vindictive reality show!
#Voices4Victory
#DemVoice1
#Pinks
#SheShed
The convicted felon, rapist, pedophile is doing his best to bankrupt America!
Get rid of this thug squatting in our WH!
He’s running a vindictive reality show!
#Voices4Victory
#DemVoice1
#Pinks
#SheShed
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Trump posts that he’s “Acting President of Venezuela”
January 12, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Trump posts that he’s “Acting President of Venezuela”
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President J6stein hopes we forgot.
Jack Smith:
“These are people who wanted to be electors for Donald Trump. [...] And so the fact that we had elector witnesses like that [...] I thought that was pretty powerful evidence.”
~ pages 109-110
#USDemocracy #MomSky
Jack Smith:
“These are people who wanted to be electors for Donald Trump. [...] And so the fact that we had elector witnesses like that [...] I thought that was pretty powerful evidence.”
~ pages 109-110
#USDemocracy #MomSky
Read Jack Smith's full deposition on the decision to indict Trump
The 255-page document, released on the last day of 2025, accounts for some eight hours of testimony.
www.pbs.org
January 12, 2026 at 3:11 AM
President J6stein hopes we forgot.
Jack Smith:
“These are people who wanted to be electors for Donald Trump. [...] And so the fact that we had elector witnesses like that [...] I thought that was pretty powerful evidence.”
~ pages 109-110
#USDemocracy #MomSky
Jack Smith:
“These are people who wanted to be electors for Donald Trump. [...] And so the fact that we had elector witnesses like that [...] I thought that was pretty powerful evidence.”
~ pages 109-110
#USDemocracy #MomSky
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Congrats Donald Trump, you just created 1 million Jerome Powells
Jerome Powell responds to Trump’s criminal investigation of him.
January 12, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Congrats Donald Trump, you just created 1 million Jerome Powells
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell announces that Trump has launched an extortion attempt against him, using his DOJ to do so.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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January 12, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Fed Chair Jerome Powell announces that Trump has launched an extortion attempt against him, using his DOJ to do so.
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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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This is what happens when a madman surrounded by fascist lackeys is given absolute unfettered power to do whatever the fuck he wants. Colbert is right. “obey or die” is the GOP response to the murder in Minneapolis. We will not obey. We will “Not Go Gently” as Trump demands. We Will Fight #ProudBlue
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 10:25 PM
This is what happens when a madman surrounded by fascist lackeys is given absolute unfettered power to do whatever the fuck he wants. Colbert is right. “obey or die” is the GOP response to the murder in Minneapolis. We will not obey. We will “Not Go Gently” as Trump demands. We Will Fight #ProudBlue
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Trump, in a sit down interview on Fox News aired just now, said the US will be conducting land strikes against the cartels.
"We are gonna start now hitting land, with regard to the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico."
"We are gonna start now hitting land, with regard to the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico."
January 9, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Trump, in a sit down interview on Fox News aired just now, said the US will be conducting land strikes against the cartels.
"We are gonna start now hitting land, with regard to the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico."
"We are gonna start now hitting land, with regard to the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico."
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Congratulations to John Roberts bsky.app/profile/larr...
Isn't there a word for a leader who thinks there are no meaningful legal constraints on his or her power and that "My own morality. My own mind" is "the only thing that can stop me"?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Congratulations to John Roberts bsky.app/profile/larr...
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New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
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Why are so many #ICE stormtroopers paranoid and why do they have such itchy trigger-fingers? Imagine waking up every work day, going to work and knowing that millions AND millions of Americans f'ing hate your Dear Leader and the cruel masked way you do his bidding.
January 8, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Why are so many #ICE stormtroopers paranoid and why do they have such itchy trigger-fingers? Imagine waking up every work day, going to work and knowing that millions AND millions of Americans f'ing hate your Dear Leader and the cruel masked way you do his bidding.
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The citizens of Minneapolis sound united.
Self-proclaimed, “right-leaning” eyewitness…
Self-proclaimed, “right-leaning” eyewitness…
January 7, 2026 at 7:20 PM
The citizens of Minneapolis sound united.
Self-proclaimed, “right-leaning” eyewitness…
Self-proclaimed, “right-leaning” eyewitness…
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NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
January 7, 2026 at 6:19 PM
NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
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A sitting member of Congress posted this vulgar lie.
See the REAL photos. What an anti-American hypocrite.
He's up for re-election now. Georgia, PLEASE do better. Your state has become an epicenter for change. Remove him. A person like this in Congress harms us ALL. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
See the REAL photos. What an anti-American hypocrite.
He's up for re-election now. Georgia, PLEASE do better. Your state has become an epicenter for change. Remove him. A person like this in Congress harms us ALL. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
January 7, 2026 at 3:36 PM
A sitting member of Congress posted this vulgar lie.
See the REAL photos. What an anti-American hypocrite.
He's up for re-election now. Georgia, PLEASE do better. Your state has become an epicenter for change. Remove him. A person like this in Congress harms us ALL. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
See the REAL photos. What an anti-American hypocrite.
He's up for re-election now. Georgia, PLEASE do better. Your state has become an epicenter for change. Remove him. A person like this in Congress harms us ALL. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Just adding the video version of the GOP's Disinformation Playbook. youtu.be/QZpttO-15CY
📘 The Disinformation Playbook: How the GOP Weaponizes Chaos
YouTube video by Daily MindBrew
youtu.be
May 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Just adding the video version of the GOP's Disinformation Playbook. youtu.be/QZpttO-15CY
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Son of a bitch is a blatant thief.
January 7, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Son of a bitch is a blatant thief.
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"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:36 AM
"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
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Date: January 6, 2021
Event: coup attempt
Law enforcement dead: 5
Law enforcement injured: 140-174
Trauma caused to law enforcement: incalculable
Cost to secure/refurbish Capitol: $2.1 billion
Punishment: 4 more years to destroy democracy
Location: The United States of Amnesia
Event: coup attempt
Law enforcement dead: 5
Law enforcement injured: 140-174
Trauma caused to law enforcement: incalculable
Cost to secure/refurbish Capitol: $2.1 billion
Punishment: 4 more years to destroy democracy
Location: The United States of Amnesia
January 7, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Date: January 6, 2021
Event: coup attempt
Law enforcement dead: 5
Law enforcement injured: 140-174
Trauma caused to law enforcement: incalculable
Cost to secure/refurbish Capitol: $2.1 billion
Punishment: 4 more years to destroy democracy
Location: The United States of Amnesia
Event: coup attempt
Law enforcement dead: 5
Law enforcement injured: 140-174
Trauma caused to law enforcement: incalculable
Cost to secure/refurbish Capitol: $2.1 billion
Punishment: 4 more years to destroy democracy
Location: The United States of Amnesia
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"2026 Midterms" Silver Bullet Photo
Trump's paradox. He sent the army to Maduro because of drugs, and recently pardoned the former president of Honduras.
The perfect rebuttal for any Republican argument.
#ImpeachTrumpAgain
#ConvictedFelon47
#TheEpsteinWars
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Trump's paradox. He sent the army to Maduro because of drugs, and recently pardoned the former president of Honduras.
The perfect rebuttal for any Republican argument.
#ImpeachTrumpAgain
#ConvictedFelon47
#TheEpsteinWars
Thread 1/6🧵
January 7, 2026 at 9:50 AM
"2026 Midterms" Silver Bullet Photo
Trump's paradox. He sent the army to Maduro because of drugs, and recently pardoned the former president of Honduras.
The perfect rebuttal for any Republican argument.
#ImpeachTrumpAgain
#ConvictedFelon47
#TheEpsteinWars
Thread 1/6🧵
Trump's paradox. He sent the army to Maduro because of drugs, and recently pardoned the former president of Honduras.
The perfect rebuttal for any Republican argument.
#ImpeachTrumpAgain
#ConvictedFelon47
#TheEpsteinWars
Thread 1/6🧵