When I posted this 9 hours ago, these incredible people had raised $16k towards a $30k goal. Now they’re at $70k for a $75k goal. Every single person who donated? You are sick af and I love you more than I can possibly say. We take care of each other. And we are going to win.

New poll from Navigator also with an incredible result; the largest drop in support for ICE since June was actually among *Republicans*, 25% of which now say they have an unfavorable opinion of the agency.

This is the truest truth of any creative career

This. Minnesota and Minneapolis didn't ask for this, didn't seek it, but confronted with fascism, they are standing up for every American across the nation.

Great thread here. This is what had me freaked out in January/February last year. Not bc Trump was omnipotent, I expected Congress to rubber-stamp his agenda via the legislative process not abdicate authority completely to Musk and DOGE. ...but some of that was then pulled back by courts and...

today's spectacular violence seems an attempt from the right to content farm their way out of this plain reality: "Four recent polls...suggest that about 15 million to 26 million people in the United States have participated in demonstrations" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This means that the people of Minneapolis have to take terror and violence and murder on behalf of all of us. We should support them, document, and prepare for justice when we reclaim power. And none of this is fair or appetizing or easy. It's the opposite. But it's the best way to win right now.

This. Minnesota and Minneapolis didn't ask for this, didn't seek it, but confronted with fascism, they are standing up for every American across the nation.

when I was working for a crazy person they would wrong-rock me - the whole "bring me a rock. no, not that rock" thing. they'd say "have you planned for this? well what if I suggest something totally nuts happens? have you planned for that?" and there was no satisfying him lot of that right now.

Damn. Meanwhile keyboard warriors crying, "what if I see an ICE agent at my voting place in November. Do I call the governor?" No, you stop being a little bitch, find a modicum of courage, get in there and vote. And then flip ICE the bird on the way out. (Or don't, up to you.)

really have no patience for criticism of Walz. A lot of the suggestions for what he supposedly should be doing lay bare the actual problem from the beginning: Bsky users expect Dems to be Sinn Fein or the Hamas political wing, not an actual opposition party

Damn straight. Also always a wtf from me that the people who signed up to terrorize brown folks then want to go eat their food. (And are shocked, SHOCKED they are unwelcome) Completely untethered from reality.

Lots of Trump’s remarks are what I think of as “threesome jokes.” As in “Ha ha, of course I wasn’t serious about having a threesome with your friend. Unless you’re into it, in which case, how about Saturday?”

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." Hats off to @niallstanage.bsky.social:

We know a subset of people are susceptible to falling into cults which often start by telling you that you're special, unique, significant, destined for greatness others can't see. That's basically this story: dude cults himself by putting a "yes, you're right, dare to be great" machine in his ear..

It is, unfortunately, time to re-up my April 2025 post on the Insurrection Act and the broader history of domestic uses of the military for law enforcement purposes: www.stevevladeck.com/p/142-five-q...

I think this is right. If you send in the Guard you're betting (hoping) that you set up a cordon, ICE respects it and leaves, and TACO occurs. If that doesn't happen, Trump gets the greenlight to do what he's always lusted after: use the world's best military on its own citizens. Unfortunately...

This is the hard part.

I think this is right. If you send in the Guard you're betting (hoping) that you set up a cordon, ICE respects it and leaves, and TACO occurs. If that doesn't happen, Trump gets the greenlight to do what he's always lusted after: use the world's best military on its own citizens. Unfortunately...

Christ you keyboard warriors - get off your asses, go touch grass, and actually talk to real people. The military is not just a MAGA machine. The NG is definitely not just a MAGA machine. Liberals organize mass protests of millions, MAGA got 10k one time. Stop being such doomer bitches...

This is not true. Stop making terrible situations worse than they already are. There are almost no cops in Minneapolis who were there in 2020. They all left. The new ones knew what they were coming to. The NG is made up of a blue state population. There are more of us than MAGA.

Our leaders must *choose* between 2 divergent futures- a privilege few are granted. One where they are remembered as courageous examples of strength in the face of hate. Another where they are condemned forever as cowards too afraid to put their bodies between their own people and rapacious evil.

Maybe @cnn.com should be airing this video instead of copaganda

This. You've got a bunch of POG wannabes at best and for the most part not even that. These bitches will scuttle back to their parents' basements as soon as they lose their federal protection.

This is heinous and untenable.

“ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do” played over video of ICE engaging in acts of violence should be the wall to wall DNC media strategy right now

One reason I hate these fucks so much...they all know who and what he is and rather than do everything to keep him out of power they bent the knee for small personal gain.

My husband was on the 2 train and a guy started braying about how Renee Good deserved to die and her "lesbian lover" did too. My husband got pissed and said, "You're absolutely disgusting." "Fuck you!" the guy said. "Fuck YOU!" my husband said. The guy left. See? We just need to talk to each other.

We are not kidding or being dramatic when we say this shit. Minneapolitans and St Paulites are making their peace with death this week. How’s your week?

Putting the lie to centrists who say "it takes time to change things, just give us another term."

Honestly haven't felt this seen in awhile. Been considering similar steps.

we are going to have to wield the power of the state to crush these people. the ones doing the crushing will not be fun cool hangs. they are going to be cheerless prosecutors. they are going to have to be law enforcement of some kind or another. liberalism demands its joyless avengers

“The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise - with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.” - Abraham Lincoln, 1862

So, we are all in on fighting for our neighbors and our country. I take that as a given if you follow me or see this post. What are you doing to maintain sanity, soul, and hope? We just booked a weekend at a state park cabin. Basically no service, nothing to do but hike and play games together.

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This is a good idea! And would require a level of strategy and nuance that is rare amongst these Blue skies...but luckily most radical leftists are keyboard warriors only. I hope folks in positions to effect real change think about ways to make this happen.

This is both unsurprising and unnerving. If Dem leadership can't work with this to show the ugly fascist masks are off (even as their goons mask up) then they need to step aside and let more able colleagues take over.

In football news, being a Chelsea fan is a lot of wtf with owners, but at least we aren't whiny children like Real Madrid and Barca.

Media in a microcosm.

One positive about 2026 is that receipts are plentiful so when 2 folks argue about something it's pretty easy to fact check. In this case, Cooper receipts put Chair in the awkward position of being deliberately misleading at best.

the conclusion here is that the public's mind can change due to Events and the actions, speech, and behaviors of a politician can in fact also be an Event

Today I get to unveil the UK cover for THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS! The art is by the legendary Stephen Player, who has done art for Barker and Pratchett. I adore how he shows off the different personalities of Garrodigh's heads! It comes out in the UK from @arcadiabooks.bsky.social this July!

To any ICE agents reading this who are from down south—you have never experienced anything like this cold. Our European climate equivalent is literally Stalingrad. It will hurt to breathe. You will be outside in it. So will we, but we are used to it. Next week is what will break you.

There you have it; the Trump admin allows ICE lawyer James Rodden to stay on the job. His personal social media account praised Hitler, supported white nationalism, and said that America started going downhill the day that Lincoln was elected.

This thread. This needs to happen. We need a national reckoning.

People find parenthood extremely meaningful and rewarding Our society is set up in ways that make it fucking miserable in all sorts of ways This is an extremely common pattern across all the things people find most meaningful and rewarding It feels at times like it must be on purpose

Insofar as the problem here is "being a parent in contemporary society kind of sucks, so no one wants to do it," that feels to me like part of a broader problem about how our society is the exact opposite of "organized around the most meaningful things in life"

Listen @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social either find the intestinal fortitude to fight like hell against ICE murdering and disappearing us in our neighborhoods or get the fuck out of the way. It doesn't even take that much courage. I served with teenagers in Afghanistan with more.

Very similar to tactics abolitionists used in Congress during the Civil War to pull the nation forward. Almost like it works vs screaming absolutist demands in the faces of those who agree with 8/10 of your position 🤔