I saw it too:

Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com

He's looting the U.S. Treasury, people. Most crooked dictators find covert ways to get rich. Trump intends to simply order his government to transfer money into his bank account.

Horrific.

I grew up with the home alone movies coming out. But I will definitely remember her acting as Moira. She was brilliant in that show. 71 is young. Damn.

A free country is contingent on a free press. Without it, you cannot have a functioning democracy. Journalists will not be silenced.

This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.

This is so fucking haunting. TWO journalists arrested. Don Lemon and Georgia Fort.

Jesus Christ…

I teach the kid acolytes at my church. One of our acolytes has been gone all month, his family afraid of the very real dangers that latino families face regardless of documentation status. After checking on their fam, learned he isnt in basketball & switched to online school too.

Genuinely insane and absolutely should be impeachable.

JUST IN: Massachusetts bill aims to block National Guard deployment from other states reut.rs/49YPy4N

Very popular sentiment in any right-leaning circle. I experienced this bullshit so may times in circles I am no longer apart of (I grew up at aged 20 and booted those people out lmao). W/ conservative members of my family I still hear it. If people aren’t perfect, the violence is always justified.

Sigh. This isn’t “democratic norms.” Can we stop with this? It’s a direct attack on the integrity of our way of voting. The entire process. It shouldn’t be possible for a sitting fucking president to just send his minions in to bully and manhandle our fucking election process.

I have been arguing since the great anti Muslim panic under Bush that conservatives are fucking weak ass fuckers. They’re goddamned scared of EVERYTHING. Muslims. Black people. Women. Drag queens. I’ve never seen a more scared ass group in my life. They’re fucking scared of WHISTLES.

The Secretary of Homeland Security is asserting that the Deputy White House Chief of Staff ultimately bears responsibility for the murder of two American citizens, which is something that would normally generate a dozen congressional inquiries.

The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions. It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.

New Dispatch Drop. Keeping these conversations without much production or frills. Just conversation. Minneapolis Was Tragic. Pam Bondi is Blackmailing. Tiktok is cooked. youtu.be/72MjgAlPeTo

The Philadelphia Inquirer -- which transitioned to a quasi nonprofit model a few years ago -- just had its first year of revenue growth in 2024 and was solidly profitable. It generates 70% of its revenue by charging readers and only 19% through advertising. www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

House minority leader demands Trump fires Sec of DHS Kristi Noem "immediately."

Just so everyone knows. That’s actually not how the fucking news is supposed to be run. Fuck Bari Weiss.

And there it is.

Whoa. Patrick J. Schiltz, Chief Judge United States District Court, has ordered acting Director of ICE, to appear "personally" to court. In the document, it says that the court's "patience is at an end." Woof.

Really glad the Nazi wannabe is leaving Minnesota. Tom Homen’s style may be different. But it’ll be the same evil.

In order to identify HC tear gas, there are three characteristics, according to an expert: • An intense orange-colored, metallic fire coming from the canister as it’s burning. • Fire that emits sparks and burns considerably hotter and longer than other grenades. • A white, gray or black smoke.

Trump is deploying his border czar to Minneapolis as a political crisis grows over his administration’s immigration enforcement tactics, a move viewed by many Republicans as an effort to calm tensions in Minnesota.

Looks like Bevino is leaving Minnesota, along with some number of agents that hasn't been disclosed (to my knowledge). Trump is now sending a border czar. The feds backed off their request for a judge to issue arrest warrants for Don Lemon. A definite shift in energy today after a terrible weekend.

ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives. We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.

NEW: ICE Lawless and Warrant-less. www.dispatch-news.com/p/ice-lawles...

NEWS: Bari Weiss will hold an all-hands meeting to discuss the future of CBS News tomorrow, per note that just went out to employees.

Cool cool cool cool

Major implications for this ruling. How much power can the feds truly have over states? I hope the courts can see what we are seeing, and rule accordingly.

We got a bunch of snow. Guess I won’t be grilling any time soon. 🥲

People have been screaming this for over a year. It has been perverse. This doesn’t just start with Minneapolis or after the new year with ICE’s renewed and much more robust commitment to violence. We are living under fascism.

I can't push this enough to check out Minnesota's Star Tribune newspaper. Their live section is open to view without a paywall and the pictures and stories are stunning. Incredible reportage of Minneapolis. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

Seeing the FA Attorney General Bilal A. Essayli say “the enforcement of federal law is non-negotiable” in this context is frightening. The US government it attempting to vacuum their executive power far beyond what they’ve done so far. This is urgent.

You know it’s bad when the libertarian party’s post comes out swinging like this. (I mean it should be their MO to respond this way but like everything else if feels like we live in the upside down so you never know). x.com/lpnational/s...

We must keep repeating that DHS-ICE may be a law(less) enforcement agency but it's not "police" as we understand police. They don't follow police procedures. Are uninterested in following Federal, state, and local law. Are working against local officials not with them. Have no accountability.

In something light hearted - I finished my second book of 2026. I stopped reading consistently years ago… maybe close to a decade? Idk why. But I finally said fuck it and with the help of my partner got the motivation to dive in again.

First hand witnesses to yesterday’s murder filed in court. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Minneapolis, MN - Hundreds (very possibly over 1000) gathered at Whittier Park, a few blocks away from the shooting. They marched to the vigil on 27th and Nicolette.

Alex Pretti grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he played football, baseball and ran track for Preble High School. He was a Boy Scout and sang in the Green Bay Boy Choir. apnews.com/article/immi...

NEW: Within minutes of Alex Pretti being shot and killed, the Trump administration began rewriting the narrative, labelling the victim as a "lunatic" and a "terrorist" contradicting all available evidence www.wired.com/story/the-in...

NEW: Amid it all, ICE is seeking information from companies about ad-tech and big data tools—potentially gaining access to information in ways that constitutional experts say circumvents the Fourth Amendment. @carolinehaskins.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-as...

Holy crap. This is the most damning video yet. It shows Border Patrol agents clearly taking Alex's firearm, running it away, and THEN executed him in cold blood by emptying a clip into his face. Murder.

Link: Minneapolis officials press conference recorded live stream from MS Now from a few hours ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKtx...

The @startribune.com is doing incredible, dangerous work. Here is a link to their live updates. Support local journalism. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...