Hey folks. Short update and thank you to @kirstybrook.bsky.social for keeping everyone updated. We've made the move, left the US and are now living in Portugal. Leeloo is here too, she had a grand adventure!

Hey guys. Sorry we have been MIA. I've been insanely busy and packing because we are moving countries!!!! Leeloo is doing great. She has her final check up next week. I'll be posting more frequently from next week. We're in a hotel for a month.

This is pretty fucked up. I know everything is, but this is especially.

The SAVE Act should be renamed to the Send Women Back To The 1700's Act. They just made it more draconian than it was before...and it was bad then, too. Pay Attention! #SheSaid www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

RAND PAUL: If a country bombed our air defense missiles, captured & removed our president, & blockaded our country, would that be considered an act of war? RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!

Look, if you had a party scheduled at your house, and the pipes broke and the floor was covered in raw sewage, you’d tell your friends not to come over. In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.

Walz: I think Kristi Noem probably should go back to South Dakota, not have any dogs, and just kind of ride things out

Here's what ICE is up to in Northeast Minneapolis today. Absolutely heartbreaking. Warning: video is hard to watch

As long as Russia covets Ukraine's land (and people), the Russians will be back for another bite - if at all possible. Doesn't matter if Ukraine gives up the Donbas, with tRump being who he is. Remember also that Russia has annexed Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, and included them in their constitution.

I heard someone say it was “extreme” to demand the names of the ICE agents who murdered Alex Pretti. No. Demanding government disclosure of the names of government agents when they kill Americans is moderate. Wanting to read the names off the plaque at a mass grave would be, perhaps, extreme.

This is a very good thread on the current "negotiations" and I use that term lightly. It's still basically give Russia everything it wants, but let's leave Ukraine security undefined.

- Full control of the four annexed oblasts: Donetsk and Luhansk (the Donbas), Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia, including areas not currently occupied by Russian forces. - De facto incorporation of smaller occupied pockets beyond these regions, such as the Kinburn Spit. 3/15

This morning russians struck Kherson. A private residential house was destroyed. Rescuers pulled the body of a woman from beneath the rubble‼️

PLEASE HELP👇👇👇 DONATE WHAT YOU CAN 🙏 SUNFLOWER SCOTLAND helps where it matters. We personally deliver aid to hospitals in frontline Ukraine in Sumy, Kherson and Kharkiv and help frontline medics to save lives. We support a rehabilitation centre in Dnipro, and 250 orphans and disabled children

💙💛 A view of the destruction after a Russian ballistic missile attack on a High School in the Industrial District of Kharkiv, Ukraine on January 27, 2026.

1/3 14 European countries have announced that they are closing the Baltic Sea to russia’s so-called shadow fleet, according to a joint statement released by the UK government. The countries warned that tankers concealing their origin, by changing flags Source: baltics.liveuamap.com/en/2026/27-j...

Chuck Schumer's starting position should be as maximalist as possible -- complete abolition of ICE, resignations of Bovino, Homan, Noem and Miller, unmasking of all agents, and prosecution by state authorities of the murderers. Don't start with what looks like a compromise half-measure.

Should be ready in two weeks.

Throughout the Trump decade, Americans have often said "we are better than this". Feels like time to find out if True. We discuss as 2 Men in Black+White: An Honest Conversation #betterthanthis #maga #protests #resistance www.youtube.com/shorts/h_yAm...

I’m sorry, the @nytimes.com’s own video team shows incontrovertibly that the federal agents beat, tortured, and massacred a civilian who posed no threat to them on the street and all we get is a mealy mouthed passive voice headline about “flawed and fatal decisions?”

They aren’t backing down. They’re just threatening people in other cities. Still illegal. Still unconstitutional. Even if they haven’t yet backed it up by shooting someone in the face.

lol even Larry Kudlow can't spin what's happening in Minnesota

The federal presence in a crisis like this has always been predicated on de-escalating the violence. Up until now.

I was just pondering yesterday that the White House's spokesperson for the Twin Cities occupation being Greg Bovino -- one of the most loathsome people in America -- was a pretty grim sign. The fact he's being demoted shows that normal political incentives still work at least to an extent.

NewsNation is reporting that "Bovino and his unit will be leaving Minnesota after today"

Bovino is just the patsy - a noxious and odious fall guy. Stephen Miller is the architect and prime mover of the whole thing. Everything they do is at his direction - often after his threats. As long as he runs policy in the WH, nothing will change no matter how many Bovinos come and go.

Sayre: "My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people."

I wish Democrats would start just speaking the truth: “ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king. This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”

I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity

i wrote about laughing at ICE and that one margaret atwood quote about men being afraid of women laughing at them www.patreon.com/posts/148398...

Mpls Emergency Mgmt Director Sayre: "I can't underscore enough how much Operation Metro Surge is impacting our city. Families with loved ones detained and those who are afraid to be in public lneed help accessing most basic necessities, like food, housing, rides to school. Businesses are shuttering"

This was an execution after ice beat the observer. If you believe in a higher power, may they bless this observer and all of us. Im very worried for the observer’s safety who filmed the murder from another angle. There are simply no words for what i just saw.

A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!

This is apparently on X. I have a few concerns: 1) why is DHS sending photos of (alleged) evidence that should be in a secure chain of custody that is now lying on a car seat??? and 2) being armed does not on its own justify the use of deadly force — there has to be evidence he was trying to use it

tales of the two americas. the trigger happy side vs the civil rights one.

Despite being disarmed & beaten first. Then even more disturbing is how they just stand around, no one attempts to offer assistance or check on him. This is just horrendous & gut-wrenching.

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

Breaking NYT: The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.

Live on MS NOW: Protesters are clashing right now with federal agents on the streets of Minneapolis. Agents are shooting tear gas. Agents have their weapons raised. Protesters are chanting, "SHAME! SHAME!"

again my heart just breaks for this person, beaten and executed on the street for trying to defend their community, and for the people of Minneapolis, who have just been targeted for this endless dehumanization and brutalization just because of who they are & the inclusivity the city represents

All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.

When you have the VP of a fascist government telling its Brown Shirt Brigade that they have total immunity, this is what will happen. This will happen again because it is an army of sociopaths and other psychological isms. These are not mentally healthy people.

The most terrifying part is the "insanity" of it all. These men are not rational actors. They are bored, god-complex billionaires playing SimCity with real human lives. They talk about "waxing people like larvae" and "loading muskets"

I’m so sick of people throwing their hands up and saying abolishing ICE isn’t possible right now. Abolishing ICE is extremely popular and calls to do so will only continue to grow, meanwhile conservatives manage to do incredibly unpopular things all the time because nobody stops them

ICE officers tell media that the conduct in Minneapolis is part of a plan by Stephen Miller to provoke as much violence and death as possible—which in turn will be taken as pretext for more. “They’re essentially operating now in a resource constraint-free environment and doing very dangerous things”

Rod Stewart calls out “draft dodger” Trump for denigrating the service of allied combat vets, and says that PM Keir Starmer must insist that Trump publicly apologize.

So when Stephen Miller goes on Hannity to glaze Trump, what exactly is the point? What is he accomplishing? There is nobody watching (besides Rupar and Acyn) who doesn’t already love Trump. So is he just playing to an audience of one knowing it’s Trump’s favorite show?

A big missile attack by Russia overnight, right in the middle of "peace talks" More Ukrainian civilians have been killed. A new thread is coming very soon, but catch up on all the overnight news at the end of yesterday's thread: