Here's why "Clemency for Tina Peters endangers us all" by me and my colleague @protectdemocracy.org, just published in the @denverpost.com. LSS: "Acquiescence today only invites future harassment" @colorado.gov www.denverpost.com/2026/01/15/t...

The *shade* Stars and Stripes is throwing with *journalism* www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...

This by Erwin is exactly right. Bivens may be dead, but it needs to be resurrected. cc: @dahlialithwick.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/o...

Via @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social "Let them eat (one piece of) broccoli to leave room for Trump to fund his invasions and soccer mom assassinations." Trump take beef www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/01/trum...

Lol he just bombed your country

This is just fucking absurd:

Arizona Republicans continue targeting the State Bar as they demonstrate they don't actually understand how attorney discipline works story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social

Because of Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill,” the annual ICE budget — at $28 billion — is now larger than the annual budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, U.S. Marshals Service and the Bureau of Prisons COMBINED. No. The American people do not want Trump's domestic army.

Chuck Schumer is a worthless piece of fossilized trash.

Steve is right:

This is sickness.

A Trump controlled slush fund of money based in Qatar collected from the oil we stole from Venezuela. Very normal stuff in a functioning democracy. Won't even be a news story by this weekend 🙃

Again, the idea that Democratic lawmakers—MANY OF WHOM ARE PERSONALLY BEING ILLEGALLY TARGETED BY DOJ—aren’t trying to use the pending CJS appropriations bill to rein in DOJ’s abuses is so shortsighted. I get the tactical judgment. The strategy is flawed. open.substack.com/pub/jamiedup...

Just read “The Moon is Down” by John Steinbeck a few weeks ago. People should read it before it’s banned by this administration.

so some news from the MPLS people in my group chats: ICE seems to be moving into the black/brown enclaves of North Minneapolis ahead of weather conditions that will likely hinder their movement; they want to spend this time making content specifically sparring with minorities, slave patrol shit

between the lines the thing that no one is quite saying out loud is that the federal government seems to be shifting in the direction of deposing/abducting/(worse) Frey or Walz; Todd Blanche tonight is working to manufacture consent for the cessation of representative government in the city/state

My favorite amendment might just possibly be relevant to something!

Taibbi has the same career arc as Greenwald. Spurned at one point in their careers, they make a go of criticizing the mainstream media and profit. It's a well defined playbook.

Party of free speech raids reporter’s home www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/01/part...

England is sending The Colonel.

No Mr. Bush, the point is to at least send a few so as to not look laughably asinine.

Oh crap, Trump gonna ban dolphins now, isn't he?

Danny Concannon's lawyer is going to make a bunch of money in New Mexico, but it appears defensible.

They could only spare ONE?

BREAKING — Mayor of Lewiston, Maine posts on FB that ICE is coming to the city imminently. This confirms my reporting the agency is planning a surge in the city and state generally. Lewiston is home to a large Somali-American population, which made up 4.6% of the population as of the 2020 census.

Guess who else has "internal bleeding?"

It goes without saying that in the US you’re not supposed to have a masked secret police that snatches people off the streets without knowing if they’ve committed a crime. That’s about as basic a requirement for a democracy as exists.

Newly obtained texts between Border Patrol agents reveal their strategies for how to get away with using force against migrants. Absolutely vital new investigation by my colleagues @schwellenbach.bsky.social @marenmachles.bsky.social www.pogo.org/investigates...

Fair:

It's never been America First -- that was just a slogan. It's always been, and always will be, Trump First.

“Are you now or have you ever been a member of the PTA?”

One more entry for the ‘Someone Actually Wrote This Headline On Purpose???’ file: “Binyamin Netanyahu’s plan to win Israeli—and global—hearts and minds” 😳 www.economist.com/middle-east-...

Minnesota Sues to Stop ICE ‘Invasion’ The state of Minnesota, along with the Twin Cities, have sued the US government and several officials to halt the flood of agents carrying out an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation. www.wired.com/story/minnes...

How is this not inciting violence? Why must they remind ICE that they have immunity? One of their agents just shot a killed a woman in broad daylight and they’re effectively telling them to go ahead and do whatever they want because they’re above the law. Be safe Minneapolis.

X could face a ban under the EU's Digital Services Act and UK's Online Safety Act over the Grok scandal, but legal proportionality tests, free expression limits, and practical enforcement hurdles make it unlikely, writes Owen Bennett.

The American President is sick in the head: President Trump Said Fuck You Flipped Off Ford Worker Who Yells 'Pedophile Protector' at Him www.tmz.com/2026/01/13/t...

Lol, what? Eric Adams scams investors out of millions with meme coin marketed as dedicated to “fighting anti-Semitism” and “teaching our children how to embrace the blockchain technology” www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/01/eric...

BREAKING: We've found 40+ cases of agents using banned chokeholds & other moves that can cut off breathing People have had seizures. They passed out. “I felt like I was going to die” said 16-yr-old citizen Admin won't say whether any agents have been punished www.propublica.org/article/vide...

So Bovino is claiming that, but for Ross shooting Good, he'd have been killed. If you're standing in a car's path and believe the driver is intending to kill you, shooting her while her car is just a couple of feet away is not going to to save you, even if the first bullet kills her instantly.

"Hats off"

Oh my god, this is fucking sickness:

As to ICE, what @glegum.bsky.social said about Bovino:

Psycho Minneapolis ICE Killer held himself out as a "botanist". Just more insanity in the time of Trump. people.com/ice-agent-jo...

Public assistance=Taxes pay you salary?

Note that the fascist is not using the pepper spray for crowd control. He is entering a vehicle unimpeded to depart. He is simply using the pepper spray to physically punish an unarmed citizen he doesn't like.

ICE kidnapping children and raiding school buses isn’t a thing I thought I would ever have to read and yet here we are.

Also, what is "public assistance"?? Can someone on Social Security not send a birthday gift to their own children out of the country? What in the hell is wrong with these ghouls?

More absolute and immoral insanity:

With what possible legal authority?