The issue with ICE is not training, the issue with ICE is that it fundamentally should not exist. The violence is the purpose

Begs the question of how useful all that military cosplay gear is, if it won't even protect you from the wine moms.

The Toronto Sun's Ottawa bureau chief, Bryan Passifiume, thinks people should be executed in the streets for their political beliefs Is this also the official position of The Toronto Sun? Ask Editor-In-Chief Adrienne Batra: [email protected] Passifiume needs to be fired ASAP

this is absolutely a violent political threat, but also, I hope people remember/pay attention to the normalization of this kind of talk--allowing it to slide unremarked leads to dangerous places in the US, India, etc. Even if the complaints about Bryan Passiflume go nowhere, they are worth making.

This is why the work of the late Robert McChesney, who *for decades* revealed the dangers of concentration in media ownership, is so important. (FWIW, 25yrs ago in grad school — during the first dot-com bubble, AOL-TW, etc — I was senior researcher for a lab that mapped media consolidation.)

I don't think Walz is likely to deploy NG on ICE officers. That's a fair criticism. But from a practical standpoint it has also injected that idea into the public discourse as something acceptable and necessary for Serious Democrats to consider. This is probably useful.

never can work out how they decide what sort of numbers to deploy, but it makes for a fun little game at these things

five squad cars from two different law enforcement agencies pulled up to our little DC neighborhood protest. just in case a few of us with picket signs and strollers waving at cars decided to get rowdy I guess

NEW from me: In MN, George Floyd-era faith networks have reignited after Renee Good's killing by ICE. They often partner w/others: last night, a church, brewery & bookstore hosted an event. If you showed up w/a whistle (to warn people of ICE), you got a free drink. religionnews.com/2026/01/11/i...

In Olney, MD, Indivisibles stage a memorial with the names of each life taken by ICE this year www.instagram.com/reels/DTYcUo...

I'm just back from the Ice Out for Good protest in Alexandria with @someonedosomething.bsky.social. Cold as hell, massive gusts of wind, and a fired up crowd. Told to organize beyond this moment, a throng of people head straight to the sign-up tables. Outrage today, organize tomorrow. We will win.

Way to show up Haymarket Virginia. ICE OUT protests.

Alright, marching back, just adding more harmonies as they go.

Somali aunties were giving out samosas to the anti ICE protesters in Minneapolis.

ICE is a paramilitary death squad. Their lack of training isn't relevant in the sense of, "if they were better trained they'd stop killing civilians" With better training they'd kill civilians more efficiently, with more plausible deniability. AND...

I just found out last night that the $50k enrollment bonus only pays out after 5 years of service, and reader, the laugh I let out when I read that woke the dog from across the house. These absolute fucking grapes aren't seeing a dime of that money. No way they can ride out 5 years of this job.

ice takes out ICE again 😬 🧊

Singers now processing through the neighborhood, aware that ICE has been active in the general area.

Can Nurse point to one tangible contribution Elon Musk has made to science? Asking as a historian of science and medicine, I’m sure curious.

Someone I blocked tried to argue I just don’t understand him. “It’s supposed to be bad. That’s why he is punk.” Yeah okay Hoss.

And when you hear from the perspective of this real life person that you only thought was myth, maybe that looks like wow is this that person’s gimmick? But suffering as mad & disabled is not my gimmick, it’s my condition, & it’s one I share with a lot of people that I want things to be better for.

I’m actually the real life version of the freak you think only exists in jokes as a mad person & a disabled person generally. People think we make it up because there’s something to gain. We’re hated so there’s nothing to gain. That’s not having a persecution complex. That’s an ableist world.

A Canadian MP spreading misinformation

a stark example of how everything stops dead at enforcement, even with sympathetic voters or sympathetic politicians, is that portland, oregon, wasn't even capable of forcing cops to get the COVID-19 vaccine. THAT'S how much cops can ignore enforcement. www.newschannel5.com/news/nationa...

Even of its hard for you to do, please try to learn how to read the room. This message was brought to you by the letters: “Maybe this particular thread isn’t the place or time for that.”

Controversial counterpoint: don’t shoot babies

Let's be clear (and I'm not being cute): this is DHS trying to get ahead of the inevitable moment when they shoot a baby.

New York City turned OUT. @handsoffnyc.bsky.social ✊❤️

Worth a reminder.

It's also reasonable to assume that the meaning is "If one ICE thug is killed, you will ALL be killed."

The sign on Kristi Noem's podium reads "One of ours, all of yours." The reader will recall that this was a fascist rallying cry in the Spanish Civil War. What it means is that one of "our" people is worth all of "your" people.

ICE ALREADY ROUTINELY VIOLATES THE LEGAL PROHIBITION ON MURDER

Any FOIA attorneys out there looking to maybe make some good trouble?

Target isn’t actually THAT worried about slumping sales. They are being quietly loud about who THEIR target (no pun intended) customer base is.

Standard abuse defence "If you didn't make me so angry I wouldn't have to hit you." Fuck that, men can just fucking behave for a change.

"She made him do it" strikes again. He's not concerned the murder will anger us; he's insisting that saying it was murder and the officer a murderer will anger them and then our fault if they lash out. "She made him do it" is the burdening of Democrats and the left for right-wing/Republican acts.

very sick of seeing blue wave posters equating cop/ice masks with the n95s I have to wear everywhere to mitigate risk of me catching the novel virus y’all keep passing around with no regard for your health or anyone else’s

I should explain though why people should be aware that when they proclaim a behavior in others they don't like—even an antisocial, harmful behavior, yes—is/should be considered mental illness, they're saying a lot about how they view mentally ill people and the purpose of psychiatric dx.

FYI: Judge Ellis (Chicago ICE case) noted in November that video evidence shows ICE "brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."

‘I want her legacy to live on’: B.C. man runs 24 hours for family of slain woman www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

*whispering* this is the performance of public virtue and should be feted

This is the way and every single Democrat should be on board. It won't get anywhere before the midterms, but it will make the midterms easier for Democrats to win and easier to take action on these promises once they do. Be the party of accountability. Own that space, starting now.

Man is so right-wing he cannot comprehend "sharing" and "helping other people".

Feels like a good time to repost this. Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg's checklist of things to do that aren't protesting or voting.

Our job is to keep showing up and taking care of each other. And knowing when to pause to refill so we can go back to doing it more. Everything else is commentary.

This has been my gut instinct about all this too. I'm very concerned for our neighbours.

Make no mistake what this is: a deliberate effort to make SNAP benefits harder to use. There are a million ways to improve access to healthy foods; this isn't one of them, this is a penalty aimed solely at stores which accept EBT cards.

Oh no, it's time again to play "Why the Fuck do I Feel Like Utter and Entire Crap, Worse Than Usual?" - I caught something at the dentist - Body is mad because I did laundry yesterday - Weather changed I hate this game show.

Target allows heavily armed militia to set up base in it's store.