Circlesquared
@wamckee.bsky.social
Reposted by Circlesquared
Damn proud of Minnesota.
January 26, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Damn proud of Minnesota.
Reposted by Circlesquared
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
January 25, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
Reposted by Circlesquared
This apotheosis has been a long time coming. Ronald Reagan was a huge driver of it. Here's a piece of mine about how, when Black people who opposed him starting carrying guns, he came out firmly for gun control...
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
How the NRA Became an Organization for Aspiring Vigilantes (Part 1)
The turn in American firearms culture from the province of sportsman to one of macho revenge fantasies started in the 1960s.
www.thenation.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:12 PM
This apotheosis has been a long time coming. Ronald Reagan was a huge driver of it. Here's a piece of mine about how, when Black people who opposed him starting carrying guns, he came out firmly for gun control...
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
www.thenation.com/article/arch...
Remember that scene in The Return of the King, when the chief orc besieging Gondor looks to see the Rohirrim charging his flank, and a look of fear crosses his ugly mug? This is like that.
Comer: "If I were President Trump I would almost think about, if the mayor and governor are gonna be put ICE officials in harm's way and there's a chance of losing more innocent lives, then maybe go to another city and let the people of Minneapolis decide."
January 25, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Remember that scene in The Return of the King, when the chief orc besieging Gondor looks to see the Rohirrim charging his flank, and a look of fear crosses his ugly mug? This is like that.
Reposted by Circlesquared
WSJ says ICE is lying.
Read that again…. The Wall Street Journal is calling out the lies
Read that again…. The Wall Street Journal is calling out the lies
January 25, 2026 at 3:03 PM
WSJ says ICE is lying.
Read that again…. The Wall Street Journal is calling out the lies
Read that again…. The Wall Street Journal is calling out the lies
Reposted by Circlesquared
Well said.
I guess it’s good for the networks to have all the Trump apparatchiks on to lie, so we can see how despicable they are. I admire the anchors who ask them tough questions. I couldn’t be in the same room as them. And if I were on a panel afterwards, all I would say is: “They lie. They lie. They lie.”
January 25, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Well said.
Reposted by Circlesquared
Minnesota's state FBI-like bureau is suing Noem. It says before pre-emptively declaring the killing righteous and abandoning the crime scene, feds took exclusive custody of evidence, including "apparently seized cellphones."
MN asserts a sovereign right to investigate crimes within its borders.
MN asserts a sovereign right to investigate crimes within its borders.
#1 in Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension v. Noem (D. Minnesota, 0:26-cv-00628) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT against All Defendants (filing fee $ 405, receipt number AMNDC-12575332) filed by Hennepin County Attorney's Office, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Filer requests summons issued....
storage.courtlistener.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Minnesota's state FBI-like bureau is suing Noem. It says before pre-emptively declaring the killing righteous and abandoning the crime scene, feds took exclusive custody of evidence, including "apparently seized cellphones."
MN asserts a sovereign right to investigate crimes within its borders.
MN asserts a sovereign right to investigate crimes within its borders.
X-rays reveal faint signs of MAGA fracture. Useful 🧵 👇
1/8 I'm noticing something in the online discourse. There was plenty of discussion about the shooting of Renee Good in conservative spaces, but not much disagreement about whether it was lawful. That is not the case with Alex Pretti.
January 25, 2026 at 12:37 PM
X-rays reveal faint signs of MAGA fracture. Useful 🧵 👇
Reposted by Circlesquared
Please note that NYT is leading with what the videos show, not the lies from the feds. This is what every news organization should be doing. This is how you cover a government that lies as it breathes. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice
Minneapolis Live Updates: Man Killed by Federal Agents Was Holding a Phone, Not a Gun
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Please note that NYT is leading with what the videos show, not the lies from the feds. This is what every news organization should be doing. This is how you cover a government that lies as it breathes. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice
Reposted by Circlesquared
Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
Do you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win
How's your non-violent working Mr Gandhi stancil? They will kill each and everyone of you right if they had the chance and you will still be writing Kumbaya.
January 24, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
Reposted by Circlesquared
Today, out-of-control masked federal agents killed another American, Alex Pretti, a VA ICU nurse.
Trump needs to end this chaos and withdraw his ICE battalions from Minneapolis.
The Senate must vote down funding this slaughter of our people.
January 25, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Today, out-of-control masked federal agents killed another American, Alex Pretti, a VA ICU nurse.
Trump needs to end this chaos and withdraw his ICE battalions from Minneapolis.
The Senate must vote down funding this slaughter of our people.
Reposted by Circlesquared
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Reposted by Circlesquared
Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
Reposted by Circlesquared
The Trump administration called for the accelerated disposal of a corridor inside the Social Security building that contains more than 1,800 square feet of art.
The stunning art trove hidden in a D.C. building marked by Trump for disposal
Packed with frescoes, paintings and reliefs, the federal government’s Cohen Building has been called “the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal.” Advocates fear these works could be at risk.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:00 PM
The Trump administration called for the accelerated disposal of a corridor inside the Social Security building that contains more than 1,800 square feet of art.
Reposted by Circlesquared
my Blackest opinion is that the presumption of conflict between "America has a long and deeply rooted history of violence" and "we can and should fight against today's version of that, as did those who came before us" is less a philosophical debate about how to treat the past and more a skill issue
January 22, 2026 at 5:38 PM
my Blackest opinion is that the presumption of conflict between "America has a long and deeply rooted history of violence" and "we can and should fight against today's version of that, as did those who came before us" is less a philosophical debate about how to treat the past and more a skill issue
Reposted by Circlesquared
state-sponsored child trafficking
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:25 PM
state-sponsored child trafficking
Reposted by Circlesquared
I strongly condemn the Islamophobic and anti-Palestinian message spray-painted on the walls of Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda.
Hate has no place in Maryland. We and the MCPS community share a commitment to ensuring everyone feels safe, seen, and heard.
Hate has no place in Maryland. We and the MCPS community share a commitment to ensuring everyone feels safe, seen, and heard.
January 20, 2026 at 5:11 PM
I strongly condemn the Islamophobic and anti-Palestinian message spray-painted on the walls of Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda.
Hate has no place in Maryland. We and the MCPS community share a commitment to ensuring everyone feels safe, seen, and heard.
Hate has no place in Maryland. We and the MCPS community share a commitment to ensuring everyone feels safe, seen, and heard.
Reposted by Circlesquared
what they understand about authoritarianism they have gotten from movies and YA novels
How is it that so many people think that authoritarianism is a way to bypass completely public opinion?
January 19, 2026 at 8:15 PM
what they understand about authoritarianism they have gotten from movies and YA novels
Reposted by Circlesquared
Fukuyama: Trump is a bully who wants to dominate everyone around him. Trying to placate him with concessions is a fool’s errand. He despises weakness.
As an American, I say to my European friends: do not back down. Appeasing Trump with flattery has failed and must stop.
1/3
As an American, I say to my European friends: do not back down. Appeasing Trump with flattery has failed and must stop.
1/3
January 19, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Fukuyama: Trump is a bully who wants to dominate everyone around him. Trying to placate him with concessions is a fool’s errand. He despises weakness.
As an American, I say to my European friends: do not back down. Appeasing Trump with flattery has failed and must stop.
1/3
As an American, I say to my European friends: do not back down. Appeasing Trump with flattery has failed and must stop.
1/3
Reposted by Circlesquared
An FBI agent conducted an initial review of the Renee Good killing and determined sufficient grounds existed to open a civil rights probe into the actions of the ICE officer who shot her. Justice Department says no inquiry is warranted. @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
FBI opened probe on Minneapolis shooting; none exists now, Justice Dept. says
After the death of Renée Good in Minneapolis, FBI agents launched a civil rights probe into the shooting. The Justice Department says no such case now exists.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:59 PM
An FBI agent conducted an initial review of the Renee Good killing and determined sufficient grounds existed to open a civil rights probe into the actions of the ICE officer who shot her. Justice Department says no inquiry is warranted. @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Reposted by Circlesquared
Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Photo via Reuters)
(Photo via Reuters)
January 19, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Photo via Reuters)
(Photo via Reuters)
Reposted by Circlesquared
Philadelphia Parking Authority getting 3-to-1 odds against ICE as betting opens.
January 18, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Philadelphia Parking Authority getting 3-to-1 odds against ICE as betting opens.
Reposted by Circlesquared
ICE agents at a hotel in St. Paul woke up this morning to news that they’re getting kicked out of their hotel today at noon.
January 18, 2026 at 4:42 PM
ICE agents at a hotel in St. Paul woke up this morning to news that they’re getting kicked out of their hotel today at noon.
Reposted by Circlesquared
Every time someone says "well, it's not an absurd idea," they're normalizing an absurd idea. We have everything we want from Greenland, and Trump isn't thinking about strategy, he's thinking about vanity and conquest.
From Phila. Inquirer this morning….“Fetterman and McCormick both rejected the idea, proposed by President Donald Trump, that the U.S. may use military force to acquire Greenland. It's also undeniable, that this is not a brand-new conversation, so it's not an absurd idea."
share.inquirer.com/zb5sfp
share.inquirer.com/zb5sfp
Asked about anti-ICE protests, McCormick says ‘dehumanizing language’ is leading to violence
Pennsylvania's two U.S. Senators discussed anti-ICE protests, Greenland, data centers, and other topics in a wide-ranging interview on CBS Evening News.
share.inquirer.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Every time someone says "well, it's not an absurd idea," they're normalizing an absurd idea. We have everything we want from Greenland, and Trump isn't thinking about strategy, he's thinking about vanity and conquest.