Such a perfect example of a conservative. Things only matter when they hit close to home. Think of all the other things Trump has said, but this is where the line is drawn. Probably also has something to do with Trump cratering in the polls.

…[A]ttacking refugees and fomenting culture wars-is already well under way. [S]capegoating, …intense focus on… "woke" academics… museums… unisex bathrooms, young people "identifying as cats"— coupled with frustration & the transfer of blame, open the door to authoritarianism. #nzpol

This. ⤵️

In the gap between great expectations & low delivery, humiliation & resentment grow. History shows that when political choice is lacking & people see no prospect of relief, they become highly susceptible to the transfer of blame. #nzpol

When [what] binds us to the state- • cherished & effective public services • laws that protect the weak [&] the strong • a sense of shared civic life & citizenship • mutual obligation & fair exchange -are stripped away, all that remains are… coercion & oppression. #nzpol

Because voters demand restraints on… • corporate concentration… • antisocial behavior of businesses & the very rich • extreme inequality… • environmental destruction …democracy is the problem that capital is always striving to solve. Neoliberalism is the means of solving it. #nzpol

Real power shifts to… forums inaccessible to ordinary citizens: quiet backroom meetings between government ministers & corporate lobbyists; fundraising dinners & holiday retreats; trade treaties & offshore tribunals; private meetings at economic summits. #nzpol

From the source ⬇️

Neoliberalism is a political neutron bomb. The outward structures of politics— such as elections & parliaments— remain standing, but… little political power remains to inhabit the space behind the facades. George Monbiot & Peter Hutchison from The Invisible Doctrine #nzpol

But neoliberalism dismantled these defenses. Instead, it has promoted extreme self-interest & egocentricity. At its heart is a mathematically impossible promise: everyone can be number one. #nzpol

In the thirty years following the Second World War, there was a broad political consensus. Taxpayers & politicians alike recognised that the best defence against fascism was to ensure that everyone's needs were met through a strong social safety net and robust public services. #nzpol

I just wanna be clear concerning the Church protest in Minneapolis... and please feel free to disagree are you more concerned with the sanitation of the worship experience Than the dehumanization of the human beings around you?

The sanitation of the worship experience is not more important ... than the dignity, humanity, safety, and existence of those around you

Headlines like that are actually "Orwellian." Up is down, black is white, anarchy is fascism, freedom is slavery, etc. etc. 😩

precisely this OMB’s push for multi-year funding (MYF) is an accounting fiction designed to kill the most promising and novel science in its infancy

Just spoke to The Hill about how the dismantling of the NIH is impacting science in America. We still face a cliff of unfathomable heights, w easily 1000+ labs poised to close in the next year due to funding ending. A generation of young scientists lost because there is nowhere for them to train.

if you're worried about your EV spying on you, the brand you should be worried about is Tesla www.reuters.com/technology/t...

Yup— 🇺🇸 is a d̶e̶m̶o̶c̶r̶a̶c̶y̶ plutocracy. "[Money] decides which candidates get to run, which policies are thinkable, and whose voices get amplified or ignored. It has rewritten the rules of self-government—slowly, invisibly, and almost entirely within the law." data4democracy.substack.com/p/money-does...

"bUt eLon iS oUt oF pOliTicS wHy aRe YoU stiLL prOteStiNg tEslA?" #TeslaTakedown www.axios.com/2026/01/19/e...

2019: "In the name of fighting illegal immigration, the EU, the United States, and Australia are emboldening authoritarian regimes, fueling abuses and corruption, and stoking intolerance at home" West’s Obsession With Border Security Breeding Instability foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/16/b...

1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care 🧵

2. ICE has not paid any third-party providers for medical care for detainees since October 3, 2025. Last week, ICE posted a notice on an obscure government website announcing it will not begin processing such claims until at least April 30, 2026.

3. ICE’s failure to pay its bills for months has caused some medical providers to deny services to ICE detainees, an administration source told Popular Information. In other cases, detainees have allegedly been denied essential medical care by ICE.

4. Pausing here to say that if you are interested in UPDATES on this story and more accountability journalism, subscribe to Popular Information. No paywalls. No corporate overlords. And no BS. popular.info/subscribe

5. In lawsuits, numerous ICE detainees with severe illnesses allege that they cannot obtain treatment. Viera Reyes, an ICE detainee, has symptoms and test results that suggest he has prostate cancer. Despite often being in excruciating pain, Reyes cannot obtain a biopsy or see a urologist.

It isn't. 2019: "In the name of fighting illegal immigration, the EU, the United States, and Australia are emboldening authoritarian regimes, fueling abuses and corruption, and stoking intolerance at home" West’s Obsession With Border Security Breeding Instability foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/16/b...

Why does the headline use the word "anarchy" instead of "fascism," considering that the two words, in the context of political governance, are almost(entirely?) opposites? "Anarchy" describes the almost exact opposite of what DJT and his illegitimate " presidential administration" are doing. 😖

2019: "In the name of fighting illegal immigration, the EU, the United States, and Australia are emboldening authoritarian regimes, fueling abuses and corruption, and stoking intolerance at home..." West’s Obsession With Border Security Breeding Instability foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/16/b...

Her comment — FREEDOM of SPEECH

Not that anyone asked, but everybody in Minnesota knows someone who knows someone who died for lack of neighbors or was saved by neighbors from: Shoveling Snow, Cardiac Incident Shoveling Snow, Hypothermia Giant Icicles Falling from the roof's edge Loss of Heat Carbon Monoxide Poisoning 4 starters

Living in a place where the weather can kill you or your neighbors in both obvious and less obvious ways (for at least half the year) fosters a real appreciation for neighbors who keep an eye out, and are ready to lend a hand. And that's no bullshit.

And now the United States has been threatening to commit *home invasion* against neighbors. ICE violated the universal human custom of hospitality. But this is a country that's been abusive to folks in its own house... for its entire existence! Such a society will not be able to last.

“you’re sacrificing on behalf of someone in your community? You are delusional and must be getting paid. The real solution is once we do ethnic cleansing people will want to sacrifice on behalf of people in their community”

Saint Paul Public Schools, one of the biggest school districts in the state, is closed for the next two days because teachers need time to build hybrid learning because unaccountable masked, armed federal government goons have made it too difficult for nonwhite children to leave their homes.

I’ve seen a lot in my 26 years teaching in Saint Paul but today’s the first no school day due to the city being terrorized by the federal government

TIL that the Unitary Executive = Anarchy. I feel like such a dope thinking Anarchy was a society founded solidarity, mutual aid, production for need over profit and freedom of association

He ain’t doing anarchy he’s an American Nazi drunk off his power

140 years of US power brokers terrified of anarchists, and their effort to redefine the word, gives us this. Anarchy is not violent authoritarian chaos waged by a central power. If you want to see what anarchy *actually is*, it’s what communities in Minnesota have been doing to combat the ICE.

actually they've "taken a great deal of abuse" for not doing their job enforcing laws against ICE and instead spending their time stealing from their own community. Here they are stealing a tarp

When people of MSP, and every MN town hit by ICE, come out the other side of this I hope they internalize lessons such as: 1) you and your neighbors organized yourselves to protect each other the best you could 2) gov’t institutions were MIA 3) except for every police agency being in on it with DHS

While ICE was busy kidnapping residents of Minneapolis a couple nights ago, Minneapolis PD was busy engaging in pursuits and arrests of people tagging buildings with anti-ICE slogans.

school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history

One you studying the history of police and policing, it becomes very clear that police do not protect people, they protect property, as illustrated in this terrible example.

explained that police have no duty to protect people because their only job is to protect property rights, and an order of protection was "not the sort of 'entitlement' out of which a property interest is created." The right to be protected from harm by police, wrote Scalia,

alleging that they owed her a duty to enforce the order of protection entered against her, and because they failed to do so, her children were killed. The case went to the SCOTUS as Castle Rock v. Gonzales in 2005. In ruling for the police, Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority,

and to call them back if the children weren't back in a few hours. So that's what Jessica did. At 10:00 pm that night, she called the police for a third time, only to be mocked again by the police. The responding officer told her to stop being so emotional and went to dinner.