This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

Aaron is right, and, what's more, the procedural irregularity Douglas details here shows that not only was that the Trump administration's goal here — but that Jones and Duncan helped them along (if it not directly being their goal as well).

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I am sorry about John Lithgow’s career suicide but he made his choice

I have not enjoyed watching the right turn 1984 from a cautionary dystopia into a how-to manual but I am enjoying the fuck out of them turning antifa from a straw man projection into a church basement baseline. This shit is evil and most folks aren’t behind that.

When do we find out who killed him?

So I watched the shooting video frame by frame and it looks like: 1) They were beating a struggling man with batons 2) His jacket opened revealing a gun in his waistband or lower back 3) The agent in gray grabbed the gun and was walking away 4) THEN the other agents shot the man in the back

there isn’t even an objective to all the chaos and transgression, there are various individuals within the regime who have ideological objectives, but a regime where power is acquired exclusively by flattering the executive, but the executive believes nothing, cannot organize towards clear goals

I think the disconnect between Atlantic elites is that Americans think Donald Trump is a kid getting to drive a monster truck for Make A Wish and Europeans and Canadians think Donald Trump is the president of the United States.

Yeah. Because it's not actually politics, it's values.

Today is an excellent day to restore Link’s account, as other people who did the exact same thing were only given short suspensions. He was one of the most positive voices here and he deserves to be reinstated.

Link

The Dem leadership see the Washington Generals as a role model. The Republicans seem to favor Stalin as the ideal.

The Scotus six do not give a hoot what the Constitution says. They could not care less

Kermit’s Hermits

I know JD is focused on alienating Europeans and Catholics and he is kicking ass at that BUT WHAT IF they sent him to China with no leash. I mean we could have a hot global conflict before lunch. He’ll survive and write a memoir called Mascara and Mushroom Clouds

If I owned Pepsi I would pay JD Vance to do Coke commercials

Lord of the Rigs

So America is at a place where the government is sending whoever it wants to concentration camps wherever it wants with de facto life sentences and that’s not close to biggest crisis Americans are facing from said government. The slippery slope is fucking slippery! That cliche finally seems apt

I, Samuel Alito, demand you respect the rules I disdain

Why do Starmer, Poilivierre and Schumer all pretend the US isn’t off the rails into outright fascism? Cowardice.

The American economy is under attack by the American government, the American government also under attack from itself. Self-selected damage from above. What comes next?

The Oscars acceptance speeches are proof that actors need writers

Why is CBC interviewing a historian who sees trump/zelenski as akin to Reagan/Gorbachev with both trump and Reagan as firm strong leaders standing up to bad behaviour. Just beyond terrible content. Full of lies and spin and no actual history as it applies to Trump. Thanks CBC news network!

In 1939, Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin agreed to divide and loot Poland. In 2025, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agreed to divide and loot Ukraine.

Democratic senator final words as they enter the death chamber: think how much worse things would be if I hadn’t (punched left, upheld normal order, had no spine etc)

Miners in the coal mine

Many of us have had no political representation since that godforsaken referendum. We did all we could to kick out the Tories and our tactical voting gave Labour a big win. Ignoring us is bad for Labour and bad for the country. Our votes matter too and it’s beyond time politicians acknowledged that.

Democrats: moving right, punching left for ever and ever amen

Trump pretty clearly believes allies are suckers (Israel and Egypt excepted) soft power is worthless and fear and extortion are all that counts. The US’s image in the world has gone over the cliff and he’s not gonna pull the parachute cord. May you live in interesting times, America

Elon Musk: “Only AfD can save Germany, end of story." Also Elon Musk:

I saw Blue Velvet in a theatre in lower Manhattan when it first came out. Two guys in front of me snuck in a dozen PBR’s and cheered on Dennis Hopper throughout the film(clearly not their first viewing). “Hit her!!” “Fuck her up Frank” A Lynchian experience, oof. RIP

Change in Headline

Debate suggestion for Walz: you know Tim I had a kid like you used to grab women’s breats and then shout she was throwing themselves at him tits first. One of my female senior officers suggests a guy like that could only be happy with a woman who’s not white so he could feel superior. U agree?

CBS says they don’t care if a VP candidate uses their platform to lie his ass off in the debate, meaning Vance can. So instead of correcting Vance’s lies Walz should turn it on the moderators if he can. “ you’re gonna nod along to that bs? Why are you even here?”

Trump couldn’t look her in the eyes once. Maybe a hundred challenges in 90 minutes? Look at me coward, and the coward did not

How much more time is he getting than her?

Trump just complimented ABC news. Black mark for the moderators and pretty well earned.

There are people who are working overtime to make Trump and Vance seem like viable, sincere potential leaders and THESE are the people who should maybe think twice about having kids. What did you do when fascism came to America Dad?

The one where only Phoebe survives

Landlords of Leon

Does Trump trashing the verdict influence his sentencing?

I think it’s time to talk about a Roberts-Taney legacy. Cause cause.

Okay. The people have spoken. For every reskeet this gets, I will post a random picture from my camera roll with no explanation (other than alt text). Let the games begin.

Just apropos of nothing, please let the fucking food that is amassed and waiting into Gaza. There’s no grey area in this. Let food in

A Mexican artist has used cranes to drop a nine-ton sculpture of an Olmec head onto a Tesla 3 uk.news.yahoo.com/mexican-arti...

Cannot stress enough that there is no such thing as a hit man a regular person can hire, that is a cop

Why tf are these not called Gaygels?