40 years today.

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

What a headline

“This bus is heavy.” - Kristi Noem

The defund ICE law should be named the “Pretti-Good Act.”

I did not have ICE attempting to violate the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and nearly causing a diplomatic incident on my risk register and you know what, that’s on me.

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My gosh. Alex Pretti was notifying neighbors that Trump and Vance's agents were chasing a family. A mob of agents then tackled him and broke his rib. He thought he was going to die. Then the very next week, he came back out to support his neighbors. And a mob of agents killed him.

This is always a formula for giving space to right wing cranks without anybody noting that they are lying.

“Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out.”

Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him. “When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."

REally driving the dagger deeper into what was once a diamond of a news org.

Weiss is about a year behind The Washington Post, if you're curious where this is headed.

The history of #Auschwitz is complex. It combined two functions: a concentration camp and an extermination center. It was used by the Nazi Germans to persecute different groups of people. This online lesson explains the most important aspects: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_1/

To avoid the possibility Holocaust remembrance might lead to empathy for migrants, Trump's antisemitism envoy claims Anne Frank "was in Amsterdam legally." In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.

Fucking deranged individuals. Homophobic comments from a trans person is something to see. bsky.app/profile/just...

Ryan Reynolds is reportedly currently focused on developing a new ‘Deadpool’ movie (via Puck News)

"The smearing of Alex Pretti and Renee Good is not simply a rhetorical tactic. It is part of a larger operation."

Counselor Troi speedpaint #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG

The problem is the Court gave the acting ICE director and out: If they can prove the guy had been released from custody as previously ordered. The court should have said "regardless of proof of release, you will appear in person..."

UN Geneva on Holocaust Remembrance Day: "The genocide started with apathy & silence in the face of injustice, and with the corrosive dehumanization of the other. Today and always, we need to remember this. And we must stand up for our shared humanity."

You should read everything @adamserwer.bsky.social writes, but this one really stands out. He's given a gift link below.

ICE doesn't need more money. Yeah, these measures are a nice band aid after the fact. ICE needs to be stopped and DHS needs to be held accountable for the human rights violations, violations of our Constitutional rights.

👀 Judge Schlitz, the chief federal judge in Minnesota, has ordered the head of ICE, Todd Lyons, to appeal personally in court Friday and threatened him with contempt for the agency’s repeated violation of court orders. “The court’s patience is at an end.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NEW: Minnesota's top federal judge says ICE has been violating court orders repeatedly — detaining noncitizens or rushing them to Texas despite judges' commands. He wants ICE's director to answer for it "personally," and could level contempt sanctions. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

This man should never have a day of peace. Charge him now!

This isn't about "training issues." The murderer who executed Renee Good has been with ICE for 10 years, and according to DHS, the murderer who executed Alex Pretti has been there for 8 years. These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.

donation links in this thread. start from the bottom of the list and work your way up.

Marva’s speech. This is not about Star Wars.

Minnesota’s official response to Noem’s propaganda and lies. mn.gov/doc/about/ne...

13” and still snowing.

Hiring - en mask! @theonion.com

Truly surprised that cross she wears hasn't burned into her skin by this point.

It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.

A list of things to demand from your reps (From @khanna.house.gov )

Spread this far and wide I want half empty stadiums and people to get absolutely hosed who bought tickets

Disney Exec Reminds Toddler Only IP Goes On Fridge https://theonion.com/disney-exec-reminds-toddler-only-ip-goes-on-fridge/

Anytime the snow wants to stop would be great; running out of energy and patience clearing it.

Italian journalists of RAI (the Italian major TV and public station) stopped and threatened by ICE. This should not be the narrative the US government wants to send abroad.

Bang & Olufsen BeoSound Ouverture CD-Tape-Tuner (1994)

Actually, not selling much at all.

Very easy step MN AG could take right now: Issue a warrant for Bovino for obstruction of justice, harboring a fugitive, conspiracy to commit murder.

They are "public" officials after all. They are paid by us. This is not a private army.

Now 6th one of these. Blocked again.

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Any doctor who can say this with a straight face should lose their license to practice medicine immediately

I've seen some analysis from others that show it is highly likely the 'grey jacket' thug that took Pretti's gun discharged it into the ground as the first shot fired. Not sure though.