The 4th Amendment, requiring that people be “secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures” that’s a nonstarter. - Rep Mark Harris probably

I’ve added the audiobook edition of this to my library. Elie Mystal’s endorsement is spot on: “The greatest trick conservatives ever pulled was convincing the world that originalism exists.”

I made myself this guy. Actually, took up crochet in part TO make this guy.

The "violent criminal illegal alien" that agents were pursuing when they killed Alex Pretti has been in the U.S. for two decades. He had a single misdemeanor conviction for disorderly conduct (domestic assault) eight years ago that was expunged from his record. He did not have a deportation order.

I imagine it’s days before the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division executes a search warrant on Pretti’s former residence searching for evidence of his violating the civil rights of the poor officers who shot him.

You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.

Here though, they cite the Placer Herald newspaper as a source for the meaning of the Clause, which is in Kurt Lash’s work. What is the Placer Herald? Why should I care about a random California newspaper? Can you at least tell me or will you launder it through the scholarship? Good grief.

I heard someone say it was “extreme” to demand the names of the ICE agents who murdered Alex Pretti. No. Demanding government disclosure of the names of government agents when they kill Americans is moderate. Wanting to read the names off the plaque at a mass grave would be, perhaps, extreme.

In the op-ed about how Harry Potter fans have abandoned traditional liberal values (wtf?) the author points to this poll question as one of her proofs: “political violence can sometimes be justified.” Let me suggest that anyone who thinks the answer SHOULD be no is not a serious thinker.

I’ve seen two separate Reddit posts about how cringe it is that Holly Hunter’s character sits on the captain’s chair weird. Just for that, I’m going to watch Starfleet Academy and I’m going to like it!

the fact that the NRA is offering even this incredibly mild level of resistance is significant. People do not like what they are seeing.

If you want proof that Trump is going to try to rig the elections, here it is: In a letter to Gov. Tim Walz Saturday, Bondi claimed that Walz could “restore the rule of law” by complying with a list of demands, including giving the Department of Justice (DOJ) the state’s voter registration records.

“They will lie about you and then kill you and they will kill you and then lie about you.” www.pbump.net/o/the-killin...

Stephen Miller was community noted on his post.

Here’s video AFTER the shooting of ICE securing the scene. Notably, no gun on his body at the time - since they’d taken it from him before shooting him. www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/...

Hey, coders, vibecoders, we need a simple/free app that automatically uploads videos to the cloud and prevents recording from being stopped unless a physical code is entered (or the phone dies/is turned off).

And he didn’t. He tried to help a woman who’d just been assaulted. There was nothing rash, stupid, or radical about what he did. He showed kindness. And they killed him for it.

A gift link article to the NYT analysis of the various videos that have come out. They come to the same conclusions as anyone else with eyes - Pretti approached with a phone in his hand, not a gun, he was apparently disarmed, face down and his hands pinned when shot www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...

This was murder. Pretti did not initiate the confrontation. He didn’t strike them. He didn’t brandish his gun. They tackled him, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him.

Moments before the first shot is fired, this federal agent can be seen retreating with a gun. It appears to match the general appearance of the firearm posted by DHS, including the red dot sight. This agent’s back is turned when the first shot occurs. x.com/BillMelugin_...

This video shows the instigation of the interaction. You can see ICE pushing a woman to the ground, and the victim puts his hand on the shoulder of the ICE aggressor - not in any aggressive manner. And he’s holding a phone, not a weapon as DHS just claimed. www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/...

Nazi occupied America.

I was sitting on the couch just now and saw two streaks of light in the sky. Moving so slowly that I was able to get outside and get a picture of it. It was mostly just one then, though you can see a little of the second streak to the left of the one here.

I know it’s hard to read his (blank) mind, but does anyone know what Trump’s talking about here: “Deranged Jack Smith is being DECIMATED before Congress. It was over when they discussed his past failures and unfair prosecutions…” Are the “unfair prosecutions“ just the ones against Trump?

Nehls: I would like to quickly address the police officers from January 6th. And I can tell you that the fault does not lie with Donald Trump. It lies with the US capitol leadership team. Fanone: *Coughs: Go fuck yourself*

End Qualified Immunity now. Hold the ICE officer who blocked aid accountable for Renee Good’s death.

Here’s Benjamin Ryan again, spewing falsehoods. The case against Eithan Haim didn’t “fall apart.” It was dismissed by the acting US attorney under the new Trump administration. Just a reminder that he sucks as a journalist.

Can we talk about Benjamin Ryan’s villain origin story? Let’s move past the whiny snowflake part where someone being mean online automatically radicalized him. I want to talk about part 2, where getting criticized means he’s right.

@benryanwriter.bsky.social Re: Pennsylvania’s puberty blockers. Have you considered the incidence of precocious puberty which is high and rising? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Good news, that totally unethical HepB vaccine trial in Guinea-Bisseau might be canceled! www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...

Did you see this @esqueer.net - you're apparently Ben Ryan's villain origin story. Ryan's part of the delicate snowflake contingent that's one mean word online away from shaving his head and going full Nazi.

People who CAN leave don't because the care available to the RICHEST people is GREAT. People travel FROM other countries to get care at Johns Hopkins. But, a few miles away from Johns Hopkins, the Sandtown neighborhood of Baltimore has a life expectancy 10 yrs lower than the national average!

NYTimes has truly outdone itself with this latest in its "ask white guys in diner" genre. Thank goodness we get a perspective on what's happening in Minneapolis from people in **Nisswa** who probably mean Brainerd when they say they "prefer not to go the city anymore" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...

You know those lawyers who advertise on billboards and call themselves "The Hammer." Their car-crash plaintiffs always suffer from "soft tissue injury." You can't disprove it. Easy to get a Dr to sign onto that diagnosis. This sounds similar.

In the last 4 days: -- Elise Slotkin says she's being criminally investigated by DOJ -- ICE illegally goes "door to door" in Minneapolis -- FBI raids the home of a WP journalist -- DHS illegally arrests, detains 100+ Somalians with legal refugee status

(Why I say "once again.")

This is assault btw, and the state should have this officer arrested and prosecuted Cops are great

It is the position of the Trump Administration that its agents can come into any state and city in America (let alone other countries) and kill people and that state and city have no jurisdiction to inquire about it. Treat any Trump official accordingly.

Since Trump and the MAGA folks don't really respect MN anymore, how about we take our "Somali problem" and accept this guy's offer. Iceland, here we come! www.tiktok.com/@thebeardad/...

Hey, @benryanwriter - you’re complaining that you can’t reply to people here. I’m the originator of the post that got you annoyed. I block 19 people. You aren’t one of them. You block 325 people, including me.

Benjamin Ryan name searched himself and he's BIG mad. Also, wrong. I have had 3 kids and exactly ZERO of them have had any more tests or scientific observations to determine their sex when they were born than they would have in the 60s!

One thing I like about AI is that it gives me a first approximation in fact-checking nonsense like this. I could go to Google and spend half an hour trying to figure out the numbers. But chatGPT tells me in a few seconds that only one US pilot has died in Greenland and that was a plane crash.

The top comments here are very funny! “But then to find out one day that your kid has been doing measurements of degrees in secret is just heartbreaking.” www.reddit.com/r/whatisit/c...

A good track of the use of the terms, “assigned sex at birth“ and “biological sex.” bsky.app/profile/lizs...

It’s impressive how one commentator can be this confidently wrong. The term “sex assigned at birth” was used in the 60s by obstetricians to explain the cursory way that sex was determined, based on external genitalia alone. It was used in the DSM III-R published in 1987.

One problem for AI is that the biggest voices advocating it are also the dumbest! When Peter Thiel says that physics hasn’t done anything in the past 50 years, here being parroted by Jimmy Carr, it reveals a complete misunderstanding of the modern world! www.tiktok.com/t/ZTh8NndH7/

Why does the appeal-to-ignorance fallacy/rhetorical device still exist and proliferate on X? Grok might be mechaHitler, but it seems pretty well suited to answer questions like “why do Dems believe X?” And it’s right THERE! Instead of hitting post, just copy it into grok and hit enter!

- drop off oldest at airport - stop by store for milk - send email demanding impeachment Check, check, check

Impeachment would be good right about now.

Fun wrap up of my reading this year: The longest book I read was the Third Reich at War - it basically took me all year, and I’m not sure I actually absorbed much of it. The shortest was “There are Moms Way Worse than You.” The most popular - “The Housemaid.” Least: “Owned.”