if we understand that some societies’ politics are organized around conservative vs progressive lines, and some are much more organized along the lines of ethnic rivalries, we can see shifts in America and start to understand why we can no longer place MAGA within a coherent conservative framework

“Oh thank god, it was just a rogue US Attorney unilaterally going after the head of the world’s most important institution,” I say, as I go about my evening and brace for the next push alert.

that's what I call our guy

Goons with masks must go.

Trump apologists praise Iranian protesters while simultaneously agreeing with Iranian authorities that disrespecting the regime is a capital offense.

100%. Just constantly talk about how bad they are. Get ejected, then just abolish them. No need to campaign on it as that probably won’t work.

He always talks the same way. Like a guy playing an asshole military leader in a movie.

Utterly lawless. We need a private right of action for individuals to sue heads of agencies for this type of conduct.

Impeach and remove

The Democratic Party is slim on such people because it selects for earnest debate team model UN nerds. There are exceptions but I think the kind of people who fit the bill are goo going to be hard for the model UN voting base to stomach.

I’m afraid a lot of people are going to have a hard time with who can do that. It might be Pritzker, maybe, but TBH I’m not sure if he is dirty enough. We will need someone who, when the time comes, will act first and ask for forgiveness later. Someone who is a bit of a snake.

if you are worried about the abolish word you simply do what trump would do when asked and say "well, we're going to take a look very seriously at a few things but theyre out of control and my opponent wants them to kick in your door but we're not going to do that....we're looking very seriously"

If Dems say "Abolish ICE" it will thermostatically swing on the other direction. Just say "These things are bad and we oppose them!"

Trump and the regime are way out of position on what ICE is doing. Dems need to see this as an opportunity.

Lots of stunning data in here. There's a reason Trump has been a manic, impulsive mess these last few days.

This YouGov poll on ICE is really eye-opening. Public opinion has really swung against DHS/ICE and their terror regime. d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/IC...

"Do you think the ICE agent should face criminal charges for shooting the woman in Minneapolis?" All: Yes: 53% No: 30% Yes Among: Democrats: 90% Independents: 54% Republicans: 14% YouGov / Jan 11, 2026

This why calcium is so important.

being negatively polarized into supporting a gorbachevian temperance campaign

Not even halfway through January!

How is it still only January

For what it's worth, I think that if another plaintiff filed another, identical suit, adding the facts of how these have been happening *and specifically calling them Kavanaugh Stops* ... I think they'd get an injunction sustained at SCOTUS

costco should be allowed to sell weed. i want the Kirkland Select Kush. a 300-count fish oil pill sized bottle of 5mg gummies would fix this country

the most important thing in 2028 is electing someone who is a true believer in the project of dismantling right-wing power. if you don't get that, then nothing else will matter very much.

I guarantee the Right has a lot more alcoholics. It's kind of a key to their fantasist family stuff.

If All This makes Americans finally lose their servile attitude towards anyone in a uniform, it might almost be worth it.

mood- I don’t think the MAGA project can outlive Trump but I think the next few years will be bloodier than we imagine

I wonder how it will work out for police and law enforcement to become an auxiliary arm of one political party supported by 40% of the electorate?

I will support a law that federal law enforcement officers must only were suits and ties when on duty, unless undercover. Preferably skinny ties. And fedoras.

as someone who works to establish a baseline level of artisanal, handcrafted obstreperousness, i find this an affront.

Someone can read the ICE agents roster into the record from the floor of the House or Senate.

The uptick in obstreperousness here corresponds to bots and sockpuppets.

ICE is now behaving in such a way that even Tucker Carlson’s favorite Holocaust minimizing, Hitler-apologist “historian” is like “hey now guys, this is getting a little out of hand.”

oh wow. you're trying to cancel jamelle bouie. do you feel proud? do you feel brave? is this Praxis?

Man is it wild that the markets did not move in the slightest to the news that head of the central bank is under a sham criminal investigation for the offense of refusing to bend to the political executive’s whims

somebody needs to run up miscarriage and fertility statistics for cities that get hit in this way, would be not at all surprised to find it's an observable hit in the time series (tear gas is an abortifacient)

It's like speed and acceleration; they're related, but not exactly the same thing.

*Trump issues an EO banning Teddy Ruxpin*

By thwarting so many renewables projects, even if courts overturn his illegal actions, Trump has created an R electoral albatross on energy affordability through 2028. The voting public is none the wiser that projects are still moving forward, but the headlines of cancellations are everywhere.

And no more Beanie Babies! They're a waste!

One basic pattern here is that DHS officials are engaging in violence simply because they are irritated at citizens protesting them. There is no plausible threat of violence here. He just wants to inflict pain, and believes there will be no penalty for doing so.

I suspect that most of the confrontations with ICE are impromptu--people see them and blow their whistles and people come running, whereas the people protesting at the downtown hotels had time to dress up. Also, 30s is not cold by Minneapolis standards. There will be people in shorts.

I am from just as far north and would revel in the chance to burry the weak in the cold. My sister who lives up there says its lots of texas plates, and owning texans in the snow is what we live for.

Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity. (vid via Ford Fischer on X)

Wow, everyone is addicted to this show

Also what happened to the inflatable costumes. Those were effective at reflecting this.

Government accounts just post like this now and that’s how policy is made

This is a good idea except invert it for billionaires and include crypto transfers

“Where were you born?” SHE’S A US CITIZEN. WHERE SHE WAS BORN DOES NOT MATTER. IT IS IRRELEVANT. I’m a U.S. citizen. I don’t carry my ID to go for a walk.

Her murderers never received justice. We should demand full and complete justice be paid to the last farthing this time.