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Great power suicide.
January 28, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Great power suicide.
Every time I see a turbo tax ad, I get irrationally angry in relation to the stimuli b/c I’m reminded that the US GOV created an easy e-filing system for personal taxes that this administration killed b/c corporations matter more than people.
January 28, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Every time I see a turbo tax ad, I get irrationally angry in relation to the stimuli b/c I’m reminded that the US GOV created an easy e-filing system for personal taxes that this administration killed b/c corporations matter more than people.
One would think this is an easy position for all democrats to assume. I can’t eat to see how @schumer.senate.gov thinks this is a step too far!
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., rolls out his demand for supporting a DHS appropriations bill: fire Stephen Miller
January 28, 2026 at 4:28 AM
One would think this is an easy position for all democrats to assume. I can’t eat to see how @schumer.senate.gov thinks this is a step too far!
There were a few BORTAC agents enrolled in JPME with me when I was stationed in SD. They were pulled off the CA/MEX border to respond to the antifa protests in Portland. I forget how the topic came up but remember one of them describing the protestors as evil personified with all seriousness.
January 28, 2026 at 3:57 AM
There were a few BORTAC agents enrolled in JPME with me when I was stationed in SD. They were pulled off the CA/MEX border to respond to the antifa protests in Portland. I forget how the topic came up but remember one of them describing the protestors as evil personified with all seriousness.
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The Trump admin is scrambling because the secret police it sends out for kidnappings and rioting has been killing people on video then brazenly lying about it, but Schumer's instinct is to whip his caucus into taking a position *more conservative* than that held by the median voter.
He's got to go.
He's got to go.
Majority of the country now wants to abolish and/or dismantle ICE and yet Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. told the caucus the message had to be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Two sources who were on a Democratic caucus strategy call Sunday said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the group the message must be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:48 AM
The Trump admin is scrambling because the secret police it sends out for kidnappings and rioting has been killing people on video then brazenly lying about it, but Schumer's instinct is to whip his caucus into taking a position *more conservative* than that held by the median voter.
He's got to go.
He's got to go.
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Republicans didn’t like the IRS and so they defunded it.
Republicans didn’t like the Dept of Education so when they had a chance they blew it up.
The whole country hates ICE and @schumer.senate.gov is giving us lame, weak, poll-tested pablum.
Seize the moment, my man!
Republicans didn’t like the Dept of Education so when they had a chance they blew it up.
The whole country hates ICE and @schumer.senate.gov is giving us lame, weak, poll-tested pablum.
Seize the moment, my man!
Majority of the country now wants to abolish and/or dismantle ICE and yet Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. told the caucus the message had to be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Two sources who were on a Democratic caucus strategy call Sunday said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the group the message must be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Republicans didn’t like the IRS and so they defunded it.
Republicans didn’t like the Dept of Education so when they had a chance they blew it up.
The whole country hates ICE and @schumer.senate.gov is giving us lame, weak, poll-tested pablum.
Seize the moment, my man!
Republicans didn’t like the Dept of Education so when they had a chance they blew it up.
The whole country hates ICE and @schumer.senate.gov is giving us lame, weak, poll-tested pablum.
Seize the moment, my man!
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The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.
We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
Lies and Lawlessness
The Camps, the Executions, and the Future
snyder.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:25 PM
The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.
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Did you know that 3 out of 8 of Minnesota's Congressional districts are competitive? And of those 3, two districts are currently Republican, MN-1 (Brad Finstad, R-inc) and MN-8 (Pete Stauber, R-inc).
January 15, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Did you know that 3 out of 8 of Minnesota's Congressional districts are competitive? And of those 3, two districts are currently Republican, MN-1 (Brad Finstad, R-inc) and MN-8 (Pete Stauber, R-inc).
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Kristi Noem Calls On Minneapolis Residents To Stop Obstructing Murders https://theonion.com/kristi-noem-calls-on-minneapolis-residents-to-stop-obstructing-murders/
January 26, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Kristi Noem Calls On Minneapolis Residents To Stop Obstructing Murders https://theonion.com/kristi-noem-calls-on-minneapolis-residents-to-stop-obstructing-murders/
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God, tired of working in mysterious ways:
January 25, 2026 at 7:03 PM
God, tired of working in mysterious ways:
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Hey an important memorial from someone who knew him
My friend wrote this about Alex. She was his last nursing student. He taught her lessons we all need right now.
Jessica Hauser
I was Alex Pretti’s final nursing student. He was my friend and my nursing mentor. For the past four months, I stood shoulder to shoulder with him during my capstone preceptorship at the Minneapolis.....
www.facebook.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Hey an important memorial from someone who knew him
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
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I love how they went from "Guns Don't Kill People" to "A Gun Can Kill People Even If You Don't Use It!"
Bessent: I'm sorry he is dead, but he did bring a semiautomatic weapon to what was supposed to be a peaceful protest.
Karl: There's no evidence that he brandished the gun whatsoever
Bessent: But he brought a gun!
Karl: We do have a second amendment in this country.
Karl: There's no evidence that he brandished the gun whatsoever
Bessent: But he brought a gun!
Karl: We do have a second amendment in this country.
January 25, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I love how they went from "Guns Don't Kill People" to "A Gun Can Kill People Even If You Don't Use It!"
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I keep thinking about this fact that his last words were are you okay and hers were I'm not mad at you and it feels like a weird coincidence but it's just a reflection of the fact that the people who are coming out to take care of their neighbors are good and the people who are after them are bad
His dying words were asking about the safety of someone next to him
Hero
Hero
By Saturday afternoon, some Trump admin. personnel had already begun scouring the internet and other resources trying to find information on Alex Pretti, including social media posts, that could tie him to what Team Trump call “extremists,” two sources familiar with the matter tell @zeteo.com …
January 25, 2026 at 2:22 PM
I keep thinking about this fact that his last words were are you okay and hers were I'm not mad at you and it feels like a weird coincidence but it's just a reflection of the fact that the people who are coming out to take care of their neighbors are good and the people who are after them are bad
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Thinking about how Rev James Reeb was 38 when he answered the call to march in Selma. Before he could march, white goons beat him so hard he died two days later. As a kid, 38 seemed a sort of abtract "that's a full adult life" and while it it is it is also so so young. Good and Pretti were both 37.
January 25, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Thinking about how Rev James Reeb was 38 when he answered the call to march in Selma. Before he could march, white goons beat him so hard he died two days later. As a kid, 38 seemed a sort of abtract "that's a full adult life" and while it it is it is also so so young. Good and Pretti were both 37.
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if I were a Democratic strategist, columnist, or politician, I would simply not be outflanked by Bill Kristol and this guy
January 25, 2026 at 5:45 AM
if I were a Democratic strategist, columnist, or politician, I would simply not be outflanked by Bill Kristol and this guy
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I'm seeing a lot of calls to block/report any and all "Alt" accounts in the replies, but I think it's worth saying that AltNPS is BY FAR the worst, most harmful, and most dangerous "Alt" account.
The others are generally pretty harmless, and I don't want to unnecessarily lump them in with AltNPS.
The others are generally pretty harmless, and I don't want to unnecessarily lump them in with AltNPS.
Completely insane. AltNPS claimed to know the name of Alex Pretti's killer, refused to say it because "the truth always comes out," and then just deleted the post.
A man was executed on the street in my hometown, and AltNPS is using that as an excuse to vaguepost for attention.
A man was executed on the street in my hometown, and AltNPS is using that as an excuse to vaguepost for attention.
January 24, 2026 at 11:55 PM
I'm seeing a lot of calls to block/report any and all "Alt" accounts in the replies, but I think it's worth saying that AltNPS is BY FAR the worst, most harmful, and most dangerous "Alt" account.
The others are generally pretty harmless, and I don't want to unnecessarily lump them in with AltNPS.
The others are generally pretty harmless, and I don't want to unnecessarily lump them in with AltNPS.
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Saying there must be trials isn't just an emotive aspiration.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
January 25, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Saying there must be trials isn't just an emotive aspiration.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
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I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
January 25, 2026 at 4:55 AM
I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
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The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 11:06 AM
The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.
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I’m not sure who needs to hear this, but what we are seeing is NOT (just) a training problem. It is a VETTING problem.
Law enforcement *disproportionately* attracts sociopaths. Layers of screening and oversight are needed to give the kind of power these goondas have. It’s broken.
Law enforcement *disproportionately* attracts sociopaths. Layers of screening and oversight are needed to give the kind of power these goondas have. It’s broken.
If I hear one more big name former prosecutor attorney call for better training of fascist military forces that are killing people, I am going to yeet my phone into the sun.
As I said yest, there are legal commentators who are built for this moment, and PLENTY, including those on MSM, who ARE NOT.
As I said yest, there are legal commentators who are built for this moment, and PLENTY, including those on MSM, who ARE NOT.
January 25, 2026 at 12:58 PM
I’m not sure who needs to hear this, but what we are seeing is NOT (just) a training problem. It is a VETTING problem.
Law enforcement *disproportionately* attracts sociopaths. Layers of screening and oversight are needed to give the kind of power these goondas have. It’s broken.
Law enforcement *disproportionately* attracts sociopaths. Layers of screening and oversight are needed to give the kind of power these goondas have. It’s broken.
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Yes, the GOP controls Congress. That's why it's key to show Congress COULD stop the madness. And it's not just the DHS bill. Congress could repeal the prior multi-year $75b for DHS; set up a special investigative committee (cf. Watergate); amend the Insurrection Act; etc.
January 25, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Yes, the GOP controls Congress. That's why it's key to show Congress COULD stop the madness. And it's not just the DHS bill. Congress could repeal the prior multi-year $75b for DHS; set up a special investigative committee (cf. Watergate); amend the Insurrection Act; etc.
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It's not inadequate training, they're just terrible people
Uncovered Emails Show Widespread Use Of Racial Slur By Government Agency
Documents obtained by HuffPost show that even some agents in supervisory roles used an ugly term that in some usages evokes violent assault.
www.huffpost.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:02 PM
It's not inadequate training, they're just terrible people
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“Why would you bring a gun to a protest?”
Pal, there are people who bring AR’s to the grocery store and you’re totally cool with that so maybe sit this one out.
Pal, there are people who bring AR’s to the grocery store and you’re totally cool with that so maybe sit this one out.
January 25, 2026 at 12:27 PM
“Why would you bring a gun to a protest?”
Pal, there are people who bring AR’s to the grocery store and you’re totally cool with that so maybe sit this one out.
Pal, there are people who bring AR’s to the grocery store and you’re totally cool with that so maybe sit this one out.
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I don't want to hear another word about "reforming" ICE.
I want you to run in the midterms on removing every dollar of funding for ICE and impeaching every fucking administration official you can get your hands on.
I want you to run in the midterms on removing every dollar of funding for ICE and impeaching every fucking administration official you can get your hands on.
January 25, 2026 at 3:33 AM
I don't want to hear another word about "reforming" ICE.
I want you to run in the midterms on removing every dollar of funding for ICE and impeaching every fucking administration official you can get your hands on.
I want you to run in the midterms on removing every dollar of funding for ICE and impeaching every fucking administration official you can get your hands on.