Not hard to explain: (simplified) The Arctic Ocean used to contain a huge ice mass that helped to lock the North's coldest air in a vortex near the North Pole. But that ice is mostly melted, and the vortex is now unstable, sometimes moving thousands of miles south. This is part of climate change.

We're not allowed to see the faces of the taxpayer-funded goon squad who is committing crimes in the streets, but the goon squad is allowed to record the faces of taxpayers who have committed no crimes.

I've been thinking a lot lately about what the Trump administration is doing to the Republican party in states like MN and OR (the state I'm most familiar with). One thing I've noticed is that OR Republicans seem to be slowly reckoning with the fact that their brand has become toxic to voters.

Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is

Stop ICE terrorists.

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

Thank you patriots. The ICE thugs could not intimidate the largest cities YORKE, LA, Chicago. They chose the swarm and they’re calling for 1000 reinforcements to a moderate size city Minneapolis. But they don’t know is those Scandinavias are tough. I know because that’s where my family is from.

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Why are we allowing tacky Donald to have another ballroom? He used the last one to showcase highly classified documents.

Incredible and inevitable— Police chief says ICE agents violated his own officers' civil rights while off-duty. A female officer was boxed in by ICE agents who demanded her papers, pulled their guns on her, and knocked her phone down as she tried to film.

Agree 💯 With Jack Smith......

TODAY, Friday January 23rd, 2026: We are ALL residents of Minnesota.

He’s so Kafkaesque. Was this written by the onion?

Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen's note to Starmer after visiting Chequers yesterday.

New court documents reveal even more ways DOGE improperly accessed and shared sensitive personal data last year — and how that data appears to have been used to advance dubious fraud claims. n.pr/4qDfABZ

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett wonders why Republicans spent the entire day attacking Jack Smith when they were in fear for their lives on January 6th.

Jack Smith: Trump Used Death Threats To Intimidate Witnesses

I wrote something about what I think was the most useful line from the Jack Smith hearing — one that had little to do with Trump. www.pbump.net/o/the-jack-s...

Former special counsel Jack Smith warns of ‘catastrophic’ threats to democracy in testimony on Capitol Hill

President Donald Trump is threatening the primacy of law in the United States by attacking civil servants previously assigned to probes against him, Jack Smith, the former special counsel for the Department of Justice (DOJ), said in a congressional hearing Thursday.

The wrongdoing here was Trump’s—no wonder Republicans won’t let Jack Smith talk Smith is a career prosecutor who followed the FACTS, not politics I’ll discuss tonight on @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social at 7 PM ET

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

BREAKING: Republican Congressman Nehls lies about the Capitol Riot during the Jack Smith Testimony. Former Capitol Police Officer Michael Fanone: "Coughs - Go f-ck yourself"

Rep. Laurel Lee's attempt during her questioning of Jack Smith to portray Trump as an innocent victim of conflicting guidance from his advisers did not go well for her

BREAKING: Jack Smith Live - read his remarkable opening statement open.substack.com/pub/weissman...

🤔 I’d say unironically. It’s a Queen’s borough mafiosi mentality. If you tell the truth about me “he’s going to go through some things”. He’s revenge wired.

Jack Smith: "I will not be intimidated."

Jack Smith: “Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in criminal activity."

WATCH NOW: Jack Smith testifies before the House Judiciary Committee

Jack Smith: “The investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in criminal activity — no one should be above the law in this country & the law required he be held to account”

Woah! Jack Smith just said that Trump intimidated witnesses via death threats!

“My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in this country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. But, the rule of law is not self-executing — it depends on our collective commitment to apply it.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

A few thoughts after sitting in on the Supreme Court hearing yesterday for those interested in such things…

Thank you, Pat. we have to have every community come together to protect their more vulnerable members against the regime thugs who have trampled on the constitution.

Ben Luhmann, who filmed this, is one of the two high schoolers from a conservative Christian family I rode along with in Chicago when they were searching for ICE agents there. When I asked him how his faith informed his efforts to document ICE/DHS, he told me this. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...

Stephen Miller's terror state is employing lawless violence against Americans to dissuade them from standing in the way of his ethnic cleansing project. Excited that @theunpopulist.net has reprinted our piece on the roots of his white nationalism. Check it out: www.theunpopulist.net/p/stephen-mi...

Pvtin is a bad president but a very good kgb agent.

We've had abuses by federal officers before, and institutional endemic abuse by small local police forces. But the combination of ICE's huge expanse and reach on the one hand and apparently institutionalized abuse and disregard for the Constitution is to my memory without precedent. wapo.st/3LGjMSc

Please help us bring Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos (he’s only 5 years of age and is currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and his father were kidnapped by ICE. This will help the family with legal services to help reunite Liam and his dad with their family. gofund.me/be8a1b2ab

the local DA should indict it. if they cannot serve the warrant because ICE has more men with guns, they should say so.

“Children’s food contaminated with worms and mold, limited clean drinking water, inadequate medical care among allegations raised by migrant families in court filings about conditions their CHILDREN faced in federal custody.” The “pro life” party popular.info/p/ice-has-st...

We must stop the purchasing of our elected representatives by big money seeking favors.

Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."

NYT Pitchbot, right? Right?

This story gets worse and worse.

ICE are abducting 5 year olds, using them as bait to get to their family, and shipping them to a Texas concentration camp all in a single day. We need a Nuremberg for everyone involved. Abolish ICE isn't enough.

Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.

Didn't he already get in trouble for doing this kind of thing?

Call your reps. Let them know that if they vote for ICE funding, you will not vote for them ever again. Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.

Actually, he doesn’t think he’s a military dictator. He thinks he’s the CEO. We’re all in his private corporation. He can do whatever he wants the same as he’s done for the last 50 years. Support, local candidates, call your congressman, donate, organize. Now is the time.