I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

“The citizens of Minneapolis didn’t lose their rights as free citizens because of the result of the 2024 election just because Donald Trump thinks they did.” Important from @joshtpm.bsky.social

Related, "polarization" as a problem is one of the most destructive ideas US political science has ever helped popularize.

Do we have the first "I was only following orders" of Trump 2.0?

llhan Omar has not been respected or supported by the Democrat party very goddamn much, and she takes an awful lot of shit from almost everyone, and she still doesn't back down. This is the kind of person who should be at the forefront of the party leading it. She's an inspiration.

This guy if effing worthless. Just a disgusting time-server.

They had a state legislative election in St. Paul, Minnesota tonight. It was a real squeaker.

"Its acronym, F.A.F.O., references a slang term for negative consequences." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...

Lawless fucking thugs.

Hero.

Keenly observed reporting of the occupation of Minnesota by @adamserwer.bsky.social, who sees the heroism & beauty in steely, nonviolent resistance & the cowering cowardice & ugliness in the MAGA thuggery.

The thieves are starting to fall out. So much of this repressive criming depends on everybody involved believing they've got immunity and impunity. Once a few of them start experiencing consequences—like Bovino & maybe Noem—it could have a domino effect down to ICE/CBP agent street level.

I guess my position is that any agency that treats people this way simply can't be "reformed" @chuckschumer.com. It needs to be abolished and rebuilt from the ground up.

ICE effectively killed this man's son—the father was his severely disabled son's primary caretaker—and now is prohibiting the father from leaving detention to attend his son's funeral. $%^* those mother@&%$ers.

ICE in minneapolis are causing international incidents because agents don’t understand what a consulate is and tried entering ecuador’s the country has put out a statement in spanish

Stating the obvious at this point, but the killings by ICE & CBP aren't isolated incidents; they're the product of a culture of contempt for and casual brutality toward civilians.

The $40 million that Bezos paid for the Melanie propaganda film would cover the cost of about 200 journalists for a year.

my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek

Lots of guys with backwards ball caps and truck nutz never gonna listen to Philip Glass again

Abolish ICE. Abolish CBP. Dismantle DHS. Impeach Noem. Prosecute all the Gestapo bastards from top to bottom.

We profiled refugees who: Arrived in the country legally. Applied for green cards. Were arrested by ICE and detained. One refugee who was arrested found out they got their green card after being released. This is an unprecedented operation. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...

Trump is not doing this and the media is lying to you because they want to take him to the dance and kiss

Protecting a persecuted minority from the power of the state is in fact what Anne Frank's story was about, and Walz's comparison was completely apt.

The Trump regime got rid of 10,109 PhDs in science and related fields, representing 14% of the total number of PhD scientists in the federal workforce.

🧵 very worth reading & sharing.

Gallego: I think it's ridiculous that Kristi Noem just went out right away and basically called this poor victim, a violent terrorist. That right there is impeachable. She lied about a citizen to justify his murder. The president should ask for her resignation.

The same people who cannot control a city of 400,000 are manifestly incapable of cancelling a midterm or ending the peaceful transition of power. Keep reminding yourself that you are a lot stronger than they are.

Kristi Noem Calls On Minneapolis Residents To Stop Obstructing Murders https://theonion.com/kristi-noem-calls-on-minneapolis-residents-to-stop-obstructing-murders/

The terror that ICE and CBP have inflicted on the children of the Twin Cities is, by itself, a crime of scandalous proportions that will forever stain this country's moral fabric, and all those responsible should never know another day of peace. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

New at The Watch: I dug into archival witness accounts of the British siege of Boston prior to the American Revolution. They are remarkably similar to what we're seeing in Minneapolis. open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...

this is donald trump's america. the line must be drawn.

Chris Madel didn’t just exit the Minnesota governor race, he walked away from the Republican Party itself, saying he cannot support “retribution” against the people of this state. When punishment replaces governance and fear replaces law, even party insiders bolt. The cracks are widening🔥

The execution of Alex Pretti is playing so badly because you can look at his actions and life story - his last act was helping, boy scout, athlete, health care worker to veterans - and compare those to the men who killed him and know which you would want to be your son, brother, father, uncle.

@rexhuppke.bsky.social: "After what we witnessed...—where agents of the Trump administration quite literally killed a good guy w/ a gun, then spun sick lies to smear a man devoted to helping others—conservatives of good conscience need to spit out that rock of a lie Trump wants them to swallow."

This generation of Democrats are washed. They’re done. They’re going to be a trivia question everyone gets wrong in twenty years. Goodbye to them

This man is part of the agency that is leading the federal "investigation."⬇️ This stuff is even beyond George Orwell's imagination: Bovino in short: I am not blaming the victims. The victims are the Border Patrol agents. Direct quote below.

You can't just tell ICE to leave a state. If they leave they'll just be in OTHER STATES. They need to be dissolved. Then everyone one of them needs to be severely legally punished. Don't just tell them to leave one specific area where they are doing the most damage, even if you swear while doing it.

AND IMPEACH AND REMOVE. We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Infinite respect to Woke Hoth Guy, who freestyled a two-minute Federalist paper.

Too obvious a point even to make, perhaps. But there was no “unrest” in Minneapolis before ICE and CBP showed up. ICE and CBP are the cause of the chaos…and the killings. Get them out of there.

One week after ICE murdered Renee Good, on a single day, eight items passed through the U.S. Senate with unanimous consent. If your senator is begging a Republican to do the right thing, maybe ask why they're letting ordinary business proceed in this extraordinary time. h/t @senategabe.bsky.social

They're having a premiere screening of the documentay about the First Whore.

The Trump/ICE method is akin to stochastic terrorism. You flood a city with untrained hotheads. You pump them up with white nationalist propaganda and tell them to escalate and kick ass. You also make clear you'll shield them from any legal accountability. You don't know specifically who is going...

Any consultant who tells Dems to avoid saying “Abolish ICE” needs to be fired and banished from working for the party. Any Dem in Congress who isn’t on board needs to be primaried until they lose or change their position.

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

Alex Pretti, 37, murdered by the Republican Party.