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Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.

this tracks with what I've heard from activists in the Boston area. ICE is somehow getting personal information about human rights observers and doing creepy shit like driving to their homes and taking pictures of all sides of the homes. abolish ICE

"ideology" checks seem to be what a healthy, freedom-loving govt does, right?

we talk about Woke 2 a lot but the reason this stuff all came about is that people fucking hated living in a yellow soup that gave them coughing fits, and most people today don't know what that was like, and if it comes back EPA 2 Electric Boogaloo is going to be a doozy

My old 16-page comic where Frasier meets Columbo can be read on my website: joechouinard.com/columbo

"The pseudonymous hacker, who goes by Martha Root — dressed as Pink Ranger from the Power Rangers — deleted the servers of WhiteDate, WhiteChild, and WhiteDeal in real time at the end of a talk at the annual Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg, Germany. " techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/h...

I have come to a decision. Work is canceled for everyone until further notice. Go home.

America is now at the heavily armed secret police doing warrantless door-to-door house raids in search of undesirable ethnicities and/or political dissenters stage. The difference from well known historical cases is down to scale.

"The pseudonymous hacker, who goes by Martha Root — dressed as Pink Ranger from the Power Rangers — deleted the servers of WhiteDate, WhiteChild, and WhiteDeal in real time at the end of a talk at the annual Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg, Germany. " techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/h...

This story ran in the @bostonglobe.com on the front page on New Year's Eve. How have @mayorwu.boston.gov @wutrain.bsky.social @massgovernor.bsky.social and @massago.bsky.social still not publicly acknowledged a presumed innocent man killed in Boston by COs charged with his care? #mapoli #bospoli

This guy is in Minneapolis standing before an American citizen in an SUV. The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence. This is not protection. This is occupation.

JUST NOW: Huge mass of agents in a standoff, weapons drawn as Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison attempt to conduct congressional oversight at the Whipple Building, which has been HQ for thousands of ICE agents. @zeteo.com

the whole thing reminds me of the (satiric) scene in Sleepers, where the future doc is astounded past ppl didn't eat deep fat and hot fudge all the time...

Neat.

A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you." The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?" "Learned what?" she asks Then he knocks her phone out of her hand

"Conservation officers"

Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”

Welcome to Minnesota, fuckers. Also this is super disturbing because the ICE agent's assault rifle appears to fire as he falls down. This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.

"The strategic adversary is fascism... the fascism in us all, in our heads and in our everyday behavior, the fascism that causes us to love power, to desire the very thing that dominates and exploits us." -- Michel Foucault, Preface, Anti-Oedipus, by G. Deleuze & F. Guattari #BookSky

me to the other old head: it was on river st, right near where river gods used to be other old head: oh i know exactly where you mean

they've got Raffi calling for regime change. something has shifted.

posting for no reason, a 1971 danish flyer calling for a "pentagon of peace" summer encampment

Last six days - Venezuela strike, Maduro seized - Trump warns Cuba, Colombia - RFK Jr changes vaccine schedule - Walz ends re-election bid - Jan 6 anniversary - Greenland threats spark diplomatic crisis - Minnesota ICE shooting - House passes ACA subsidy bill - Iran protesters

posting for no reason, a 1971 danish flyer calling for a "pentagon of peace" summer encampment

My first completed illustration of the year

“Fuck ICE!” chants & a brass band performing “Which side are you on?” as hundreds march in Manhattan, NYC against ICE and in solidarity with Minneapolis.

Clear-eyed, fact-based, and written to explain to normies. No “both sidesing.” No “Trump officials disagree.” No gaslighting that what we can see with our own eyes might not be true. This is journalism. Well done, @people.com

A strike of shopkeepers and merchants is unfolding in cities across Iran.

New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant “This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...

Ongoing and obvious reminder that firing chemical weapons directly at people's heads like this *is* deadly force.

If you're looking for where to start, here’s a resource we're hosting for some friendly neighborhood hackers that includes a pocket zine + full length guide. We hope it's helpful and we hope you stay safe: www.turnoffyourphone.org

On the 5th anniversary of the Jan 6th attack, let's remember that Brazil formally sentenced Bolsonaro for the violent coup attempt after he lost re-election because Brazil has a better-functioning democracy than the US does.

this is how every outlet should refer to X

dear diary, today, i googled "is it safe for americans to travel to denmark"

Now do Antifa

kid vs dj @mxblaire.bsky.social

I cannot stress this enough but the internet was a mistake. It could have been many things but we made it this. We are not the people for this kind of power. www.fox9.com/news/minneso...

The liberal media that created the fascist president. The fascist president that owns the liberal media. The fascist media that enables the fascist president.

NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor

I am struggling with what might be a generational experience. The gulf war was pretty politically formative for me. It’s not history so much as memory this time. It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.

NYT: At least 40 people were killed in the US attack on Venezuela, including military personnel and civilians.

Has anyone in the press asked how many people were killed?

Fun fact, Metropolis is set in 2026

We tried so hard to raise the alarm. Is anyone paying attention yet?

CNN: “Surely you don’t think a daycare should be unlocked.” SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.” CNN: “No, every day care is locked.” SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔 He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.

really loving this new @cbmilstein.bsky.social zine about outreach available for free through @sheerspite.bsky.social

Imagining this story being written in 1774 or some time around then ...

really loving this new @cbmilstein.bsky.social zine about outreach available for free through @sheerspite.bsky.social