Until Miller’s gone these are just gestural purges to sanitize and consolidate his reign of terror.

Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.

You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history

if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.

The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.

again, there's no rule anymore that lonsdale is entitled to his property or to be left in peace by a democratic society. you can do whatever you want now if you have power

It is a proven morale booster

I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...

They keep talking about "cooperating with immigration enforcement" as if convoys of troops randomly interrogating and detaining people across the city and attacking bystanders with chemical weapons is just a totally normal part of how law enforcement works that we're all used to.

This is from the NYT masthead editorial about the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. The highlighted line invalidates not just the editorial, but the very idea of newspaper editorials crafted by the consensus of a board. Better to publish nothing at all than to publish a line like this.

Cant be emphasized enough what a bunch of craven worms the elites of this country are

Local police chiefs* breaking publicly with ICE and distancing themselves from it is an absolutely good and important development. * who, yes, still have many of their own real problems, thank you, no one hear needs this lecture right now, thank you, yes, I'm glad you took a class on it, thank you

What’s happening in Minneapolis really drives home the absolute fakery of “brave stands against wokism” brand building pundits have been doing for the past decade

I wonder how many people need to get killed in the street by masked agents of the state before conservatives stop pretending that they’re being oppressed by the existence of HR departments bsky.app/profile/shar...

Saying there must be trials isn't just an emotive aspiration. Congress can: - Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage) - Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes - Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same - Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction It can be done.

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.

There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry

people on bsky will be like "You believe in voting? That pales in comparison to my strategy, rolling over in despair and waiting for the regime death squads to grant me the sweet release of a bullet in the head" and then tell everyone else how much smarter they are

I have lost all patience with self-proclaimed cynics desperate to pretend that their quisling cowardice in the face of evil is wisdom.

leftists love to throw "nonviolence won't protect you!!" at liberals. but they misunderstand. nonviolence isn't about protecting yourself. nonviolence doesn't mean nonconfrontational. nonviolence. is. about. winning. www.liberalcurrents.com/neon-liberal...

Miller desperately wants a Fed to die so he can have Americans killed

ICE is executing protesters the right way. by Ezra Klein

Rather, we should continue to primary the bastards until the party is one of liberty and social democracy instead of guys who look like Temu Michael Ealy.

Personally I think this undersells the extent to which conservatism in its American context is specifically a cluster of antisocial psychological tendencies but the basic idea is bang-on in practice

People are nervous about watching video, but this one is not of the murder, it's of the lead up, and people need to see it before the spin takes over.

you don’t have to write “police involved shooting.” use english. It’s not hard

might be one of the funniest videos i’ve ever seen

A shameful and deeply embarrassing moment for our nation.

Yikes

My neighbor told me he keeps losing falcons to the widening gyre so I asked how many falcons he has and he said he just goes to the falconry and gets a new falcon afterwards so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding falcons to drown with the ceremony of innocence and then Yeats started crying.

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

Right around the holidays, I can always spot the people who don't grocery shop regularly. The panic is palpable, their inability to drive a shopping cart is legendary. These same people are out in the store without a shopping list. Madness.

My hot take is that at minimum a domestic violence conviction should carry a lot more of the shame and restrictions of a sex offender; it should ban you nationally from gun ownership, jobs in law enforcement, schools, pretty much any public sector work. It’s our clearest red flag for future violence

every time someone complains about it, I will simply post the NATO gay flag again

the incredulous "this is bullshit, are you fucking kidding" tone here is a sign that you have turned someone into a lifelong radical against you and people like you this is a stupid tactic used by stupid people who don't have any other ideas

If you’re a grown ass man in full tactical gear asking a child to show you ID or proof of citizenship you failed at life. Utterly & completely failed. Loser.

kidnapping a 5 year old to bait his father and then shipping them thousands of miles away should put you in prison, yes, but it should also cause every friend and family member you have ever had to permanently reject you in disgrace, and if they don’t, they share your shame

by the way, all of this, dozens of goons, weapons brandished massive teargassing of public space, people beaten in the street, destroying two intersections on either side of my neighborhood, horror, all seems to have been to create a distraction to abduct crying two teenagers who were here legally

It is long past time to grow the federal government

It’s infuriating that everything that is happening during this federal government occupation in service of ethnic cleansing can make you absolutely hate this country but then love its people in almost equal measure.

This is exactly how we will find out.

Anyone have any recommendation for a nice (uh, not *too* nice—say ballpark $20-$100 max?) ballpoint pen with good (writes nicely) refills? Thinking sthg with a satisfying weight/texture? TY!

We can debate shutdown strategy (I genuinely don't know what right the right move is), but it is unambiguously good that Democratic appropriators have been regularly pushing to get these provisions stripped from budget bills as part of their general approach to negotiations.

Absolutely no one here is saying don’t vote. If you don’t vote you’re a fool. But Democrats need new leaders so that their voters do not feel they’re been stranded on an island.

As someone who volunteers in local Democratic politics I want to once again remind the Bluesky community that the Democratic base is your friend, and LIGHT YEARS ahead of the national party leaders on literally every issue

If “I need something to vote for, not against” means you won’t vote *for* a fascist party to not be in charge, then you can go suck an egg, sorry.

The Hmong in Minnesota came because of the US violent involvement in Vietnam. They are there because we made them go there.