Every American who still thinks they can walk in the world like “yeah, it’s a bit mad, but don’t blame me for it” needs to understand that our internal self-delineation ends at the border, and what allies, adversaries, and indifferent nations see is America doing this, an America in rapid decline

Good summary of “don’t give him what he wants” from relatively comfortable white liberals.

I'm sorry

You know I can see the analytics, right? Not everyone dropped everything to read this story like I told you to.

in other words, the more we demand we abolish ICE, the more other people will tell us that’s unpopular, or unstrategic. that’s why they are saying that: because it is becoming popular, and it is strategic (if your goal is “end ICE violence,” not “protect some Democrats from taking a stand on ICE”)

Everyone, this cannot wait for the next election cycle. These people need to be impeached and removed NOW. Call your representatives. Email your representatives. Get everyone you know calling and emailing their representatives. Impeach and remove is a MODERATE position.

For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention. The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.

This is amazing.

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It's 3:23 PM. Have you called your representatives yet?

White folks. Watch this. Twice if you have to. And don’t just listen to her. Understand what it is she is saying.

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Minneapolis groups call for ‘general strike’. "...several local unions—including Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005, SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, CWA Local 7250, and St. Paul Federation of Educators Local 28—have lent their support to the strike." www.commondreams.org/news/minneap...

I've said this before, I'll say it again: The criminal justice system exists to prevent violent mobs taking action. The ONLY way to stop the peaceful protests from becoming the mobs the administration says they already are is to bring back the rule of law and hand Ross over to MN for a fair trial.

You don't need to drop everything and read this one, but don't miss it, either.

I find drag rhetoric fascinating. Humor, but in the style of the legendary court jester: getting laughs by speaking uncomfortable truths and not being afraid to offend. It's definitely a challenging piece. I hope you like it as much as I do.

Everyone needs to stop what they're doing and read this story. Note the content warning.

This week, straight from Hell Itself, The Drag Queen of Science Fiction, @ladyzinnia.bsky.social, brings us "District 69, or, How Trixie Learned ASL: A Drag Alien Occupation Story" We'd say more but that title is so long we're almost out of characters. Read this story.

This story came from a prompt that asked how a resistance can communicate in a surveillance society. And I was like, DUH!, have it done by the people nobody is listening to. I wrote it just a little over 2 years ago. It wasn't meant to be prophetic like this…

New from the @nytimes.com Visual Investigations team: Detailed, second-by-second video analysis of all of the video footage of the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Pro Tip: If you start your New Year's Resolutions the third week in January, the gym is MUCH less crowded.

For those who are wondering why people keep calling Kristi Noem "puppy killer," it's because she boasted in her autobiography about shooting her kids' 14-month-old dog, Cricket, dead for being disobedient:

A growing number of bystanders and observers in Minnesota are reporting that federal agents are responding with increasing aggression that includes detainment, overt threats and physical abuse.

OK, what I love most about this is the description, toward the end of the obit, of how he communicated the instructions on how to sabotage the nuclear weapons productions with his associates. No one would believe it if I wrote it in fiction.

Apropos of nothing, these are the senators whose seats are up for election this year:

Students protesting against ICE outside the Minnesota State Capitol this afternoon

A modest proposal: Instead of seeking redistribution of billionaires' wealth, why don't we just prosecute them for any crimes they've committed and seize any ill-gotten gains? I suspect the results would be much the same, and we can do it on a "law and order" platform.

One-Day General Strike in Minnesota, Jan. 23. One-day actions work best as a shot across the bow while causing minimal disruption. With luck, it wakes up the powers that be and that's all that's necessary. But buckle up.

This is real.

When a celebrity passes, it's only natural for us to remember our favorite moments. For me, it was in the early 2000s, when Scott Adams launched a line of vegan burritos, advertised with a game you played where you ate healthier and then got to dance on your enemies' graves. You know what to do.

“Now I was confronted with the fact that these ICE agents that are supposed to be keeping my neighborhood safe were actually there for sport,” he said. This is People Magazine.

To everyone facepalming over Democratic leaders doing way too little, way too late right now: CALL AND EMAIL YOUR REPS TODAY. Do it even if it's a waste of time. They only act when they hear from us in overwhelming numbers. Demand broad, meaningful action. NOW

The hardest part about reading short fiction is the part where you have to stop every couple of paragraphs and stare into space and think “holy shit, I love short fiction.”

This is a great analysis, but I think it misses the dogwhistle of why Noem and certain media outlets think it shows self-defense: To a white supremacists, it does. Renee Good is obviously what they fear most in the world: A white woman willing to put herself between them and the ethnic cleansing.

Remember, Andrew Johnson was impeached for defying Congress and violating the TENURE OF OFFICE ACT. If Congress develops the political will to remove Trump, he commits offenses at least as egregious daily. Pester your representatives. All your representatives. Especially the Republicans.

I was like, George must've been taken in, and went over to Truth Social to see for myself. George was not taken in. this post really is there on his official feed.

I'm seeing accounts here on Bluesky arguing that the time for peaceful protest is over and we need to get violent. And I need to say that the politicians need to take the risk of this VERY seriously, because, yes, this could be the year of the Second American Revolution. But we're not there yet.

Change a few words and this could have been the statement every university president had the opportunity to make last year. www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming

"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?" A list of ideas!

Amazing turnout today across the country! We just wanted to say thank you, you all are incredible!

The Cardiff Lions do an annual Drag Rugby charity match for children’s charities and it’s as beautiful as you imagined

Remember, everyone, July 4, 1776 is the day that the representatives of 13 English colonies voted, against all odds, unanimously to kick a tyrant to the curb. Donald Trump thinks he's going to celebrate the 250th anniversary of that with a nationwide party in his honor. Let's kick him to the curb.

Apropos of nothing:

As someone who teaches critical thinking, I feel obligated to watch these videos of the shooting in Minneapolis myself. This is not good for my mental health, but Rule 1 of critical thinking is that everyone has biases, and right now there is no news source I can just trust. Conclusions threaded.

This week from Hell Itself, @cjtavares.bsky.social brings us a tale of living with a pain that no one else can see:

Pass the word, y'all. And not just in Minnesota. EVERYWHERE. Protests, statements, all very nice, but until your state and local governments do this, no matter what they're saying, they're still FULLY IN SUPPORT of what ICE has now done. www.aclu-mn.org/campaigns-in...

To everyone asking, "Is this legal?" The answer is, frankly, irrelevant. Our laws and our Constitution are pieces of paper. It's our commitment to following them that gives them force. Saying, "Hey, you're not allowed to do that" won't stop anyone unless we're willing to take action to stop them.