we will greet them as liberators

I think I've realized it's not really the messaging I react to, because honestly it makes so much less difference than one thinks. I think my issue is I worry politicians afraid to talk about it now will be afraid to hold power to account when they actually have the chance.

There is going to come a time in your life when you are chatting with a guy, at a barbecue or something, a new coworker maybe, a dad at school drop off, and he tells you he used to be in ICE. You’re going to need to spit on that guy

"one bad apple SPOILS THE BUNCH" one person breaking the rules and going beyond decent behavior gives them all an example, and permission, to do the same. www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/one...

1. Fuck off with the groveling "don't make him angry" abuser language. 2. Stop admonishing protesters. Direct it at ICE and CBP, the organizations driving the violence. 3. Violence does not only help Trump. Violence may well be the only way out of this. But if you grew a spine, it might deter him.

why is everyone debating the Biden DoJ's legal process everyone relevant openly committed, suborned, or conspired to commit insurrection, which is punishable by death, on national TV. the moderate position should have been to arrest them immediately and shoot them later after a trial

I'm worried about how ugly it's going to get when folks start pointing their deer rifles and duck guns at these MFers. The civil response has been, well, mighty *civil* so far.

I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.

People can say they didn’t vote for this but people are liars

Our constituents are being surveilled, threatened, tear gassed, shot, subjected to warrantless arrest, kidnapped, and disappeared. 35 people have died in detention in ICE’s deadliest year yet. ICE’s terror and violence need to end.

this is now the portrait of US Government i.guim.co.uk/img/static/s...

🚨He’s is permanently stuck on red Trump is Bat-Shit Crazy He is absolutely untethered from reality Like a broken record, he repeats the same lies over and over and over Who’s still buying his lies? Not the overwhelming majority of US nor the overwhelming majority of the world #RemoveTrumpNow

if you vote for another cent for this you are a collaborator. this is a litmus test for every politician for the rest of my life

Sorry, but this is not just distraction sauce. Trump is fixated. Let's not impose a rational actor model on a guy who is clearly psychotic and sociopathic. He admitted to the NYT this is psychological--he feels better owning stuff, since he hasn't faced any costs (thanks to SCOTUS), why not.

he’s insane. it’s as simple as that

it is 2022. I am arguing with Will stancil about mask mandates. it is 2024. I am agreeing with Will Stancil about the Biden economy and Elon Musk. it is 2027. I am helping members of the 1st Free Minneapolis Volunteers spraypaint an icon of Will Stancil on the side of one of their tanks.

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what a pathetic power-seeking despicable wretch. all she wants is to be installed as leader of Venezuela by the current warlord. good luck with that.

4. Trump will grab Machado by the ... peacey.

Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.

I mean, it's not like the Lakota haven't been fighting illegal immigration for 400 years.

People are DEMANDING that you oppose Trump's Gestapo and protect people from being shot in the face by their government.

a little bit of good news

Are we?

This is a critical point. What we're really witnessing is the *collapse* of law and order, brought about by Trump's lawless thugs. I think a lot of ordinary people intuitively understand that this is what's happening.

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So good

I’ve started using the term “ethnic cleansing campaign” to describe the ICE occupation here in Minnesota. This is deliberate because the reality on the ground is that, at a given moment, any non-white person can be kidnapped by masked federal paramilitaries regardless of their constitutional rights.

This dude is intense and correct

Stage 5 pundit-brain is watching an innocent woman being killed by agents of the state and going, "hmm this says a lot about the urban-rural divide in America."

The findings, based on internal ICE material obtained by 404 Media, public records, and testimony from an ICE official, shows what kind of technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...

Read your comment section, NYT.

if Roberts grew a spine:

Tonight's immediately impeachable latest crime

If you hear that a think tank is telling your members of Congress not to say "abolish ICE," here's what you do: contact your members of Congress and tell them that you, a constituent, absolutely do want them to abolish ICE and you wanna hear them say it. Then get your friends to do it too.

Here's the post. It turns out the most important thing you can do as a witness is to get the name of the person being taken. With that, someone can possibly file a habeas to try to get you back. Otherwise, you've really disappeared. bsky.app/profile/whst...

is it war-crimes o’clock yet?

This is what in the 60s we used to call a “police riot.” We need to bring back that concept.

good conversation in the comments here

did not catch up on work missed today. but, did not spend all evening watching horrors on the handheld horror device. spent the evening talking with the 20-somethings about history, where things are now, and whether there’s anything to look forward to, or if we should just burn it all down 🔥🔥🔥

🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants—it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️

They already did reform ICE, they hired all the proud boys and three percenters and gave them badges and guns. They took something shitty and made it even worse.

Build the documentary case.

With a hat tip to @mtsw.bsky.social for his posts about messaging and editing, I made this (very rough) example of what such an ad might look like.

“you can’t quit!! you’re fired!” 🤣 what an insecure little liar

If the gestapo vehicles try to hit someone, the people apparently have a right to shoot them in the head 3 times.