TRUMP TODAY: There was an election in Texas? What? TRUMP YESTERDAY:

In fact, homicides spiked in 2020, the last year Trump was President, coincident with the Covid-19 pandemic. They then fell in 2023 and 2024, the last two years Biden was President.

JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate. Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards. With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43. Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.

Wasnt expecting a couple inches of snow this morning. I should probably pay attention to the forecast!

I'm so old, I remember January 2025 when this racist letter circulated in Lincoln County, OR encouraging people to report on their neighbors who are undocumented. The letter ended by saying this would bring houses prices down. What was condemned as racist vigilantism last year is now gov't policy.

I went to college with a girl whose grandparents bought up real estate in what had been Japantown in Los Angeles in February 1942 and when I tell you that behind every great fortune is a great crime…

This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

Good week in Houston. Looking forward to getting back home though.

Think about it like this. This ICE agent was on camera and unmasked — fulfilling one of three "demands" Democratic leader Chuck Schumer just issued in order to agree to save Republicans and give DHS even more money. And he was still threatening to kill someone.

Presenters - if you have more than 15 slides for a 15 minute presentation, you have too many. You're going to run out of time.

We finally got gun-control.

Small victory. But a lot of fight yet to be had.

The WRN "What-if" session was great once again. I wish we could find ways to do a little more of that broader interaction and discussion in other sessions instead of just being "talked at" with 5 or 6 packed presentations in 1.25 hours or 4 panelists just talking. #AMS2026

4:3 crop is perfect lmao

Minneapolis be on the lookout Nazi infiltrators are trying to film people at the vigils across the city. Make them leave if you see them.

Lol, kick that 4th and 1 in the first half and probably a different ball game.

Walz: "I don't care if you are conservative are flying a Donald Trump flag, a libertarian 'Don't Treat on Me,' a Democratic Socialist -- this an inflection point. If we cannot all agree that the smearing of a citizen and besmirching everything they stood for -- someone has to be accountable."

Walz: "We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside. Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank. Somebody is gonna write that children's story about Minnesota."

Yeah, kick the field goal...

Flying Saucer is open. Though maybe a hike from the convention center for some.

Houston seems dead quiet. Must be cold or something?

I spent the most formative years of my political life reading headlines like this seemingly every week.

Powerful new statement on MN from GOP Vermont Governor Phil Scott (1/3): “Enough…it’s not acceptable for American citizens to be killed by federal agents for exercising their God-given and constitutional rights to protest their government. At best, these federal immigration operations ...

Lol seated right in front of me. I'll be polite since I'd like to actually get to Houston...

Mike Lindell rambling on the phone waiting for his flight. I sure hope he's not sitting next to me...

MSP airport steady this morning.

Read the excerpts. This is how bad it’s gotten. And thank God for the judges that are still defending the rule of law.

Rare NRA pushback against the Trump administration regarding law enforcement shooting Americans with guns

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

“ICE > MN” is the clearest, most honest statement of policy we have gotten from this fascist administration about this awful endless occupation. We are the enemy. Their invading army is allowed to do whatever it wants to us. The idea that they’re here to protect us is FICTION

I would be very surprised if a full accounting in the future didn't reveal more than one mass grave at the detention centers. If they're behaving this way in public, what's happening out of sight must be many times more brutal.

The shamelessness is the point. We know she's lying. She knows she's lying. If she were trying to convince the public, that would be admitting that public opinion matters. This is a performance of dominance. This is "truth is what we say it is." This is "you'll believe what we tell you."

Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.

Part of me wants to cancel my AMS trip while my home is under occupation. But I also need to recharge the batteries a bit with the weather community.

Chief Strategist for Rand Paul.

Sadly, this is only going to get worse before it gets any better.

The new conservative position on gun control is apparently that lawfully carrying a licensed handgun means you deserve to be executed in the street by masked federal agents

Gov. Tim Walz: "Thank God we have video, because according to DHS, these seven heroic guys took an onslaught of a battalion against them or something. It's nonsense, people. It's nonsense and it is lies."

Sayre: "My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people."

It's truly amazing how much they lie. They approached him. They shoved him. He was carrying a phone. They beat his ass. I don't care if they saw an actual rail gun on his person. They shot him while he was getting assaulted.

Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "The video speaks for itself. We have identified this person - 37-year-old, white male, resident of the city. The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets and we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry"

What authority does ICE have to arrest or detain citizens who witnessed a homicide?

All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.

Conceal carry is legal in Minnesota. Feds telling you now that guns are the problem. Fuck off.

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.

Looking forward to going to the warmer weather of Houston Sunday morning. Definitely no winter weather going on.

And maybe see if these clowns have ever passed a behind the wheel test.