“Melania” reminds me that another dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, had dozens of movies made about his wife. He also turned State Security into a personal arm of political repression and decided winners and losers in their economy based on personal loyalty. Trump is Ceausescu.

Ernst Kaltenbrunner, head of the SS, also claimed he was following orders. He was convicted. He was executed.

ICE shares many of the problems Chicago & LA PD’s had in the 1960s-1990s: unqualified candidates, corruption, inadequate leadership and no effective oversight. Noem recreated the conditions that led to Abu Ghraib and Rampart Division with her actions. She’s lied to Congress. She must be removed.

All consulates and embassies are the territory of *that* country under international law and treaty. There’s no justification for this illegal misconduct by ICE.

Since January 2025, nearly 1/3 of all government spending has been no bid contracts to Trump’s lackeys. It’s about $240 Billion of taxpayer money. That’s not capitalism. It’s Trump Socialism.

Sending Tom Homan to Minneapolis makes no sense. He’s a political appointee in a position with no independent statutory authority. This isn’t sensible, but ironically may create legal exposure for the ICE agents for illegal use of force. I’m not a lawyer, but I know what anti-commandeering means.

Yeah, look: we’re all furious about Good and Pretti. Check your fury. Calling for death of anyone is a very very bad idea. Fight for change and accountability.

This sounds like de-escalation. Very correct and proper. It likely puts a layer of civilian protection between protesters and ICE.

Dear Senate Democrats: Tie the budget action to Bovino’s removal, Stephen Miller’s termination, Noem’s resignation, and Bondi’s agreement to an independent, special counsel led federal civil rights investigation into the murders of Good and Pretti - and the more than 50 detainees who have died.

Why do this? This would be the greatest demonstration of popular will to force the government to recognize the unhappiness of the people. It creates the power of the states to demand change. /3

It’s important that such petitions not call for secession nor imply the petition is a step towards secession. Only that the people support the ability of all states and territories to choose for themselves. /2

Unilateral secession is prohibited under the Constitution, as upheld in the Supreme Court’s White ruling. But, the states can pass a petition calling on Congress to draft an Amendment to permit secession. Amendments require 2/3ds support of the House and Senate and ratification by 38 states. /1

No weapons of war. No border patrol or ICE dealing with protestors at all, arresting people here legally and retroactively taking their green card away, or detaining citizens who speak out against ICE. No detaining witnesses to threaten or silence them. No immunity for their crimes.

I am heartened Senate Democrats will block the ICE funding bill. It’s a start, but it’s not enough. Reform requires dismantling ICE and putting it under DOJ. Terminate all probationary ICE agents hired since 1/2025. All retained employees must be fully qualified with full FLETC training.

There were investigations following police abuses of protesters in the 1960s and 1970s. Both the Kerner and Walker reports cited inadequate police training and supervision. Many law enforcement have pointed out the similarities of the 1968 Chicago “Police Riots” tactics with ICE.

Today, I’m showing Trump below 40% approval, Democrats +5.4 on generic ballot, D+29 House, D+3 Senate. This looks like a replay of 2018. When a sitting President’s disapproval is +55%, his party usually loses +30 seats: Trump’s disapproval is 55.8%

Because I grew up in the 1960s, I remember how law enforcement used violence on civil rights protesters. You know what’s changed? Not a damn thing.

He was holding a phone. ICE murdered an American citizen for holding a phone. Senate Democrats must filibuster the ICE funding bill. Two Americans and 30 Detainees are dead because of an out of control agency.

The Supreme Court ruled the EPA was given narrow authority to enforce Clean Air and Water acts by Congress. Congress created ICE as an administrative agency with limited authority over immigration. It didn’t give it law enforcement authority over US citizens. Hold ICE to the same standard as EPA.

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.

Trump has threatened JPMC with a $5 Billion lawsuit. Trump has threatened Panama, Canada, and Denmark with military action, a national security threat. Each should subpoena Trump’s JPMC records under an investigation for National Security threats.

Wow -- Fanone coughs "go fuck yourself" to Trey Nehls as Nehls blames Capitol Police leadership for January 6

While Trump is demonstrating his worst dramatic impulses in Davos, don’t forget Congress has not crafted any legislation on Venezuelan oil sales. It’s in an unnamed Qatari bank with no oversight. That $300M can easily be moved to Cyprus or Cayman Islands. Nobody would ever know.

How Mark Carney defeated Donald Trump: “Bigly words”

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Donald Trump’s absolute economic incompetence has given me an unrealized loss of $150,000 in my portfolio in the last 40 days. He’s pushing the UK, EU, and China into a US bonds and treasuries sell-off with the same impact as the first Saudi Embargo.

It appears DOGE broke federal law by providing Social Security data on about 1,000 people without legal authorization for a “voting project”. The 2 DOGE may be charged with Hatch Act. They should be charged for leaking sensitive data across unapproved methods resulting in a data spill.

ICE clearly needs structured, remedial training. I suggest that practice on large communities of white Republicans.

The EU has to find its collective courage and sanction Trump, his business and family, and the US sectors that enable him: technology, banking, media, aircraft. That’s $3 Trillion per year in revenue to the US.

The 13th Amendment permits slavery as a punishment for conviction of a crime. Put this on the table: all ICE who are convicted of crimes against Americans will face enslavement as punishment.

Stephen Miller has likely violated federal law by inciting violence and abuse of power. He is incorrect that ICE has federal immunity, which is limited to conduct within federally authorized duties, is proper and necessary. Conduct outside the scope is not protected under federal law.

To our friends in American cities under ICE occupation, I encourage you to get a dashcam with realtime cloud upload and storage.

Over 50 Dems have signed on to co-sponsor articles of impeachment against Noem. Use the link below to demand your members of Congress to get behind this!

Trump's threats to Greenland violates NATO agreements and UN articles. No matter what he does, the US will lose badly. Greenland appears to be carefully building support with NATO and EU before invoking Article 4 and rescinding the Cold War era military agreements. The US will be sidelined.

At this rate, Trump will be playing Mr Roark and Stephen Miller will be playing Tatoo on “Trump Fantasy Island”

ICE is Temu ISIS.

Where is Jonathan Ross?

Until today, there were still federal prosecutors willing to push back. As of today, several have resigned. The events in Minneapolis sped up the announcements. www.cbsnews.com/news/minneap...

Democrats need to realize ICE isn’t just—or even primarily—a mass deportation force. ICE is also Trump’s most loyal internal security force which will be used to attack regime opponents and try to steal the election. They should defund his authoritarian capabilities.

ICE uses discredited tactics, like boxing, which were mostly used in military occupation or by despotic dictatorships. It only leads to death and frequently to terrorism in response - including the use of explosives in vehicles. Congress has to forbid the USE of military tactics by ICE.

Some of y’all might think love isn’t real. This is our 40th anniversary dinner: a weekend back in DC where we first met. This is the heart of what matters.

DHS has been a troubled agency since it was created. The removal of oversight has only increased criminal misconduct. It is a threat to the Constitution. Congress must begin hearings to unroll DHS agencies to the appropriate parent agency and restore all oversight.

When I was a young guy, I was one of the systems managers for US Customs service. Frequently, we had internal reports of agents arrested for DUI (with civilian deaths) and drug smuggling. A decade later, Our meeting at INS was canceled because 4 out of the 5 INS people had just been arrested.

The DSM should be updated with "Mar-a-Lago" face is direct evidence of serious, dangerous, and violent mental illness.

One of the key points about the current state of misery in America is capitalism. No, this isn’t an “anti capitalist” post. Since the 1880s, the US has moved to a neo-mercantilist economic system and abandoned capitalism. It’s ironic as we exude optimism about something we don’t use.

There’s very little accurate in this claim. Federal agents and law enforcement are legally constrained in their use of force and increasingly are held liable for misconduct. This claim walks up to the line of the Brandenburg standard of a threat.

“For all of 2025, employers added 584,000 jobs — compared to 2 million new jobs in 2024. That meant that last year was the worst for employment growth since 2020.” Basically, Trump has again train wrecked the economy exactly like he did in the last year of his first term.

It’s funny to me how the Russian Pedo part tried to martyr Ashli Babbit, an actual terrorist who tried to forciby enter the barricaded Speaker’s Lobby as part of the cop killing mob on J6. But a suburban mom driving her kid to school is a terrorist.