THIS is what's wrong with the country right now. If GOP reps can't do the goddamn right thing — because it's the goddamn right thing — the country is lost.

Too obvious a point even to make, perhaps. But there was no “unrest” in Minneapolis before ICE and CBP showed up. ICE and CBP are the cause of the chaos…and the killings. Get them out of there.

The fact that the entire Democratic leadership at the state and federal level haven't declared an end to ICE is beyond me. The only people standing up against Trump's fascism are the people who show up and risk being murdered by them.

It appears that the people ICE is murdering are the best of the best.

the failure of democratic leadership to fight back against this tyranny is wholly disqualifying. jeffries refusing to whip votes against ice funding is effectively a tacit approval of the street executions of americans by an unaccountable federal paramilitary. I dunno, man. they’ve abandoned us

These citizens are showing more courage than anyone in Congress right now. ANYONE.

Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.

All leaders in the world need to stand up and tell the truth about the madman in the white house. He certainly has no problem disrespecting them

Senators, congresspeople & the governor and mayors should absolutely be prepared to get arrested trying to put a stop to this.

Another murder in the streets of America by ICE and the Trump administration today. Every democratic leader needs to be calling for a nationwide general strike NOW.

Pritzker: "It's like it's become some sort of secret police force for Donald Trump. They need to step back from American cities and in particular, right now, they need to withdraw from Minneapolis."

Hey, @housedemocrats.bsky.social, @democrats.senate.gov , @democraticmayors.bsky.social, @demgovs.org — you gonna step up in support of your peers in Minneapolis or Nahhhhhh?

After 40 years in NYC, I now live in a small town (1,000 people) in upstate NY. I am going to call my mayor and respectfully demand that she publicly join forces with the mayor of Minneapolis in solidarity. I will also call my congressional reps. Please do the same.

If you work at on Call Of Duty, you have to ask yourself: is this what you want? Do you want your game to be associated with executing American citizens in the street?

I just watched ICE drag off a Black man after they overpowered him appeared to strangle him and then they thew him in the back of a pickup truck full of good ole boys. In Minnesota. In 2026. It's a modern day lynching, in public, by our federal government.

For a bunch of macho sh*theads, they're **always** in fear for their lives, aren't they?

Trumpers are attempting to systematically nullify the authority of Minnesota law enforcement agencies. That is a blatant violation of the Constitution, and specifically of the 10th Amendment.

ICE officers tell media that the conduct in Minneapolis is part of a plan by Stephen Miller to provoke as much violence and death as possible—which in turn will be taken as pretext for more. “They’re essentially operating now in a resource constraint-free environment and doing very dangerous things”

Canada is the largest market for US goods and services. This is insanity. It is also illegal. I think Canada and Europe should develop a trade version of NATO Article 5. Make an attack on any subject to a strong response from all. It’s the only way to shut down Trump. Markets must also spank him.

This ⬇️. This ⬇️. THIS ⬇️.

GIFT LINK "Soon after the agent opened the civil rights investigation, she was ordered to reclassify it as an investigation into an assault on the officer. " www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...

"The American leader is meant to be a unifier, a strong and soothing presence in the world. Trump is an anarchic toddler, constantly causing upheaval across the globe, transgressing and remaking everything in his helter-skelter image. He has no interest in fireside chats; he wants to set fires."

🤣 🤣 🤣 Yeah, Steve, you just keep telling yourself that.

A nice bit of hope from Minneapolis to go with your coffee this morning. You might even find yourself cheering . . .

What are you binge-watching this weekend before you watch the new season? For me? Industry.

We stand with you, Minnesota!!!!

Gifted. Just made this for someone for the cold weekend — if you need an easy cold-weather recipe for this weekend, highly recommend (topped with either Italian sausage or a fried egg):

Sounds like at **least** 3.5% came out in Minnesota today — which bodes well for humanity.

If you're cooking beans or grains this weekend: A celery stalk, a couple of bay leaves, and a split onion make a hell of a cooking liquid.

Of course they are, because they deal with 47, Noem, Patel, and Hegseth every damn day.

VERY POWERFUL.

I will say . . . everyone in NYC hated him, and he knew it. Now everybody in Europe hates him, and he knows it. He is — quite literally — incapable of doing **any** thing that would make anyone like or respect him. And he will die without anyone liking or respecting him(even much of his family)

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

The irony of Trump saying all this is about protecting us from Russia and China is that nobody is benefitting from his threats and lies and incompetence on the world stage more than those two countries.

SCOOP: Trump admin plans to deport at least 40 Iranians days after mass killings in Iran, sources tell me, @davidrohde.bsky.social Flight is as early as Sunday. Two men set to be on it are gay & “terrified” of returning to Iran where being gay is punishable by death www.ms.now/news/trump-d...

Using my last gift article of the month on this detailed rundown of the spending bill passed by the House yesterday. Of note:

Excellent rundown of what is — and, more importantly, what **isn't** with the so-called "Board of Peace."

Minneapolis is about to do something big. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/cold-city-...

Anyone else feel this week like they felt those first weeks of COVID?

The hat. The hat gets me every time.

I loved "Free Solo" so much, even though I'm not a climber and not even that outdoorsy. And I love this interview with its star, Alex Honnold, just as much, so I'm gifting it here.

I have very, very high hopes for this whole "Board of Peace" thing when its overlord solves conflict with the introspection and sophistication of a 4-year-old. 🙄

"Flying home from Davos later Thursday evening, the president announced on social media that he was rescinding his invitation to Mr. Carney to join his 'Board of Peace' for global conflicts, which he said would be 'the most prestigious Board of Leaders ever assembled.' ”

This is one of the most unsettling three-paragraph sequences I've read in my life, and I've spent two decades reading the most deranged people on the planet.

Seriously: Lin-Manuel Miranda's next musical should be about the relationship between Mamdani and DT, based on their texts to each other.

They're always full of BS, aren't they? ICE is assaulted. This guy killed himself. They lie, just like their leader lies. NO. MORE. LIES.

Good, ask him again. Then ask him why he's violating his oath of office & not impeaching & removing the senile lawless authoritarian. Again and again and again.

Man, if you need some hope today, you'll find it here. Thanks for sharing, @jeffsharlet.bsky.social. If high schoolers can get it, why can't the grown-ups?!?