this is immoral and obscene

When New Yorkers look to government, they want to see public servants fixing their problems - not masked agents hiding their faces in shame. City Hall will work tirelessly to improve New Yorkers' lives, and we will protect our neighbors from ICE's campaign of violence and fear.

One thing I will say, having knocked on thousands of doors in my lifetime, (most recently ~1000 for Zohran), it is very, very consistent that a single conversation massively increases the chances of a person connecting with a campaign & voting if they're a person who is not engaged with politics.

I will never get over the fact that the Republican Party chose as its standard-bearer, and this country elected as its President, quite possibly the worst human being on the planet.

For the first time in history, the archbishop responsible for U.S. service members said officers may be morally obligated to disobey a sitting president’s orders. Broglio said a Trump-ordered invasion of Greenland would violate Catholic teaching and that Catholic troops could refuse to comply.

... pay a $185 fine. That's $548 today, adjusting for inflation. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/reagan...

More and more people are saying it... we should do comprehensive immigration reform that provides a pathway to citizenship. You came. You contributed. You didn't hurt anyone. Welcome to our American Dream. www.osvnews.com/minnesota-ar...

An astonishing factoid from @vermontgmg.bsky.social, looking at data over the last decade: "the workforce of CBP officers and Border Patrol agents commit crimes at an equal or even greater rate PER CAPITA than the population of undocumented immigrants do in the United States."

Not a projection. 450 Torches. Carried up the mountain and place correctly by 10 residents.

Section 1250A of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, a law that passed with broad bipartisan support, explicitly prohibits Trump for suspending or terminating US participation in NATO. Nor can he denounce NATO. Nor can he withdraw from it.

Minnesota's Republican House Speaker Lisa Demuth made a Facebook post critical of an anti-ICE protest at a church, and got ratioed by her own daughter in the comments www.facebook.com/LisaforMN/po...

Reps. Khanna and Massie: The judges presiding over the Epstein and Maxwell dockets have "inherent authority" to appoint a special master to release the files, and Trump DOJ's actions show why. Doc buff.ly/FMAEr5t Background buff.ly/ZFi3a36 Key passage and quick thread

Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires call for higher taxes on super-rich

mark carney gave a speech at davos about the end of "american hegemony" and disengaging from the "useful fiction" that "no longer works" at davos? .... davos???????????????????????

@anderruhr.bsky.social can tell you I’ve been complaining for years about how badly and ahistorically EAs abuse the very concept of expected value.

A federal judge called Bovino an "outright" liar.

Quite the statement from the Prime Minister of Poland

It's not debatable that a mentally disturbed person has the nuclear codes. The Republicans know they're endangering us all by leaving him in office. This is a betrayal of every person on Earth. It is a crime against humanity.

Frankly: it is ridiculous that Russia (population circa 145 million, awful demographics, GDP of about the same size as Italy) is a security threat to Europe that requires US help to manage. But it currently is. Reversing that is the first aim. And very very achievable.

I am once again encouraging all of us to do our part and Bring Back Shame

That map is showing the entire state of TN getting at least a foot and closer to 20 inches. That amount of snow will shut down MA for a day and we have all the salt, plows, and shovels we need. If you're there, you really do need to stock up on groceries and plan to be stuck at home for a while.

Imagine if a loved one were posting and behaving like the president of the United States. You would be in tears, or afraid, but you would be contacting the authorities. I am not being coy, or cute. A real person you knew who behaved like this would be a danger to themselves and others.

OK, I haven't considered that some of the arguments I find myself in these days are coming from people who still think solar energy and battery storage are expensive. Already the LCOE from solar+storage is cheaper than anything else. Seemed like the obvious outcome to me since the sun is free.

I came to Congress to do the job: to work for people and protect them. Now I’m facing 17 years in prison for standing up to this administration and to ICE. But if they think I’ll back down, they are wrong. Read more:

Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"

“.. After one president who went senile in office and another who is nuttier than a Payday candy bar, we can only conclude that the 25th Amendment of the Constitution is just there for decoration.” @nationalreview.bsky.social www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-...

An off duty local cop in MN, a woman of color, was stopped by ICE and they demanded to see her papers. When she reached to get her phone to record the interaction, an ICE agent knocked it out of her hand.

Abuser talk

The more he pretends as if he can't be stopped, the more he can be stopped.

As always, great digging by @juddlegum.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/populari...

I like how people on here defending Schumer et al like to say: sorry you Out of Touch Bluesky people don’t understand he’s messaging to NORMAL people who care about PRICES. as if it is not both true and smart politics to say the White House is threatening to go door to door in your town.

The fines Trump pardoned weren't just generic punishments, much of it was restitution to victims of the crime. This means that in exchange for bribes, Trump gave away money that belonged to crime victims. It's very MAGA!

Wow.

The author of a controversial memo from centrist think tank Searchlight telling Democrats to abandon the slogan “Abolish ICE” is a senior advisor for WestExec, a D.C. shadow lobbyist for corporations in the defense, surveillance, and immigration enforcement industries. prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...

There is a gofundme for this gentleman in the article, linked directly.

Another day in EU Occupied America. My entire family have been conscripted into regulatory sub-committees

I agree. Cong Dems cannot make this happen. But they should be calling for it. -The world's most important alliance is being destroyed by one mentally disturbed man. -That man outright says there is *no* limit on his power except his own "morality"[sic]. Including to make war Which side are we on?

In all seriousness this is why so many narcissists are so popular on social media. Not everyone can take the heat of virality, but if all you care about is attention the incentives are reversed. One of the many subtle ways tech is built that erode social fabric. It doesn’t have to be this way.

these are out of control thugs and every single thing they say is a lie that they are lying should be the default presumption of the press, the courts, and the general public

DHS says their agents had every right to drag a U.S. citizen half-naked out of his home because they were targeting criminals. The family says that’s entirely false: there was no warrant, no one else lives there, and they have no link to the targets. DHS is lying to defend unlawful abuse.

The other day I bitched that people always forget LaMonica McIver in their list of politicized prosecutions. The New Yorker has a profile here, so hopefully we can change that. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Remember right after ICE murdered Renee Good when they shot a second person, this time in the leg? They put out an elaborate story about the man assaulting ICE agents, ramming them, etc. Only one problem: it was all a lie, as shown by multiple videos and the transcripts of calls to 911. ICE lies.

Fallen Danish troops in Afghanistan.

I think a good strategy for your non-leftist social media presence (ie everywhere but here) is to give this photo - the remains of Danish soldiers returning in coffins after being killed in America's war in Afghanistan - as wide an audience as possible. Remind people who we're betraying

The rapidly increasing numbers of deaths in DHS custody is an enormous, stand-alone story in this moment of so many stories. In addition to that, however, I would like to note the horrifyingly deferential way this NBC News report presents information. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

GIFT article Trump's Letter To Norway Should Be The Last Straw Will Republicans in Congress Ever Step In? by Anne Applebaum www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

• ICE agents get additional rewards based on their arrests. • Those rewards count even if the person is RELEASED without charges. This proves ICE has an incentive to pick up American citizens and then release them without charges. Cannot understate how much this agency needs a complete overhaul.