Maybe not the most linguistically accurate translation, but one of my favorites. Yes, I have favorite translations of the Tao Te Ching.

"The disordered society is full of loyal patriots." Tao Te Ching, Ursula K. Le Guin translation

The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally. Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.

There is an area in the ICE detention center in Minneapolis designated specifically for American citizens. Contemplate that for a minute.

Stop callinge them "data centers" and starte callinge them "slop peripherals"

Call it what it is. Door to door concentration camp round ups. You know when the full record comes to light there *will* be horrifying degrees of intentional genocide of non-whites in ICE facilities due if nothing else to over crowding. It is happening.

These elected Dems still don’t get it. @booker.senate.gov

Talked to a Somali man today who said his mosque last night was surrounded by neighbors ready to protect them against ICE if needed. Made me feel proud to live in this city.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZThrcrcdP/ love Tressie

We have to get rid of Schumer and Jeffries. This is about saving our country now. They have to go.

For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention. The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.

Worth every second

Hmmmm ….. 🤔

Radical Republicans ca. 1871: We’re sending federal troops into states in order to curb the power of white supremacy Radical Republicans ca. 2026: We’re sending federal troops into states in order to advance the cause of white supremacy

By the way, because this is a gift from a foreign leader, and not an award – the Nobel prize itself cannot be transferred – this is not the property of Trump, but is the property of the United States government

A view of the carnage from Canada.

Paywall, eh? archive.ph/KUp1V

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Uecker is dead. No tribute can do him justice. He lived a long life, and was himself to the end. He went like I think he wished to go; quietly, without distraction to the team. But I want to offer some thoughts in what is a very upsetting time for many people.

everyone is making the whiskey friday joke so I am sorry to inform you that they have, in fact, tucked their tail between their legs

Articles like this, and public positions taken by prominent Catholic voices like Reno's, cannot be dismissed as exceptions anymore. US Catholicism is in a state of moral schism.

They have quite an operation going. www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...

This video shows ICE holding children hostage to bait parents out of their homes. Just unspeakable levels of cruelty and inhumanity.

"We as a Catholic body should become more forceful in denouncing hate, evil, racism, and lack of respect for human dignity." #PrayForAmerica www.ncronline.org/news/after-f...

This dude is intense and correct

The one thing authoritarian leaders usually have going for them is the general apathy of the majority when they make a move solely against a marginal group in society. But when they occupy an entire city with clumsy, brutal force, that just forces everyone out of that apathy.

Good morning from Occupied Minnesota. First step, take kid to bus. Bus will drive by route of multiple arrests and beatings from federal troops. Second step, pay fourth quarter freelancer taxes to feds so they can steal it and use it to fund the occupiers while taking a slice for Trump kids.

Watch my address on the ongoing federal presence in Minnesota: youtu.be/fGTsYXBWQgU

The Hmong are here because they fought for the US in a war we lost.

Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"

We are so far beyond "show us your papers." They don't want to see the papers. We are now into the "give us the names" stage of the occupation.

There is nothing complex or subtle or hard to understand about what is happening here.

The more people start organizing ICE watch trainings right now, the better. There's strength in numbers.

Requiring ICE agents to wear prominent identification is good. But a system of ”citizens should walk up very close to agents extending their phone to hold next to the agent” is a Dem-brained way of getting people beaten and killed under this administration.

can you imagine thinking the problem with ICE is solved with inventing a redundant, needlessly complicated new kind of badge they won't wear

The president appears to be in a k hole on stage.

My partner @jasoncapsaicin.bsky.social made a step by step guide on how to break up ice in your neighborhood in Minnesota. Enjoy!

This is not the language of the government of a free country.

Return immigration law enforcement to DoJ. Travel issues including naturalization and visas to Commerce. Make FEMA independent. Coast guard to transport. TSA to transport. It doesn’t solve everything (INS enforcement could be draconian too) but it starts the process.

Kavanaugh Stop

HAPPENING NOW: In federal court in MN, DOJ is struggling to articulate why a person following an ICE vehicle — so long as they are obeying traffic laws — can be stopped for "reasonable suspicion" of a crime. Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.

The Minnesota shooting case is now metastasizing unlike any i've ever seen. The successive resignations of heads of the crim section at CRD and 3 top career prosecutors in Minn -- who had hung in all this year n/w/stg multiple outrages-- means the Department is in open revolt in DC and the field.

SEOUL, Jan 13 (Reuters) - South Korea's special prosecutor on Tuesday requested the death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.

Any Democratic votes to fund DHS later this month as Minneapolis is being terrorized by DHS is going to be a major slap in the face to Americans living here. Demand major reforms or shut the government down.

I was reading an article about the cancellation of food aid to Minnesota, and it reminded me of a story about my dad. He was a vet, an organizer and very deeply involved in his church. And one day he stood up and asked a question: “what the f*ck’s the point of having a church?”