I understand a lot of people are confident these charges will be dropped or amount to nothing, but we also have a sitting Congressmember still facing federal charges after being targeted for arrest. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

This right here is the beginnings of the result of what DOGE was really up to. Not *really* slashing stuff, but getting access to as many government citizen databases and joining them to be able to target people quickly and comprehensively across all their exposure to the federal government.

Breaking on MS NOW: Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests. The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.

"Pokémon Go to the Polls" -- Hillary Rodham Clinton

we stand with don lemon and the entire lemon party

some good news buried among the horrible behavior listed: “The third woman said federal agents at her hotel are subsisting on microwavable bowls of Campbell’s chicken noodle soup, because it’s become so difficult for them to find restaurants willing to serve them.”

I know that some of you don't agree with me when I say that ICE must be abolished, and that the proposed reforms are bad strategy. You disagree with me because you haven't accepted what they are. Just like with Trump. And Musk. And Miller. And Bannon. You are slow and late to realizing the danger.

Minnesota rapper tells us about his experience being violently detained by ICE agents while protesting the killing of Alex Pretti: “I assumed I was going to die.” Interview: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

The bad news is that this site is almost certainly filled with feds by now. The good news is that we can give them all fetishes that will absolutely make them question their entire lives. This is the plot to pretty much every Grant Morrison comic by the way.

I enjoy that “kick” and “ice” are the same word in Vietnamese. “Kick ICE out” in Viet is “đá đá”

This was a helpful detail about that church from the protest in question in light of journalists Fort and Lemon arrests

Something I've been trying to impart on people is that the ICE occupation in Minnesota is both an ethnic cleansing and an ideological terror campaign. It's clear that the second part has utterly failed; the community is not terrified. But ICE is now desperately trying to salvage the first part.

I don't think there are good arguments against this position

there's this new dynamic where the DOJ cannot win in court and is (relatedly) incapable of meeting the minimum threshold of professional legal conduct, and so an increasing percentage of its actions are purely for intimidation and content

"As a member of the press, I filmed the church protest a few weeks ago and now I'm being arrested for that," Indipendent journalist Georgia Fort said. "It's hard to understand how we have a Constitution, Constitutional rights, when we can just be arrested for being a member of the press."

Talking snow and ICE on City Cast this morning. Btw the plow tracker is back up:

*deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep breath* CAN'T PARK THERE MATE

Anyway just remembering when Obama wasn’t sufficiently friendly to Fox News and the entire DC Press Corps revolted until they gave in.

journalist georgia fort was arrested by the feds this morning for filming the church protest in st. paul where an ICE agent is the pastor. nekima levy-armstrong and chauntyll allen were already arrested for organizing it she went live on facebook about it, @jasonderusha.com has recording on twitter

I guess we're just arresting journalists now.

Are you F-ing KIDDING ME?! @Donlemonbsky has been arrested by the DOJ?! Exercising your first amendment constitutionally “protected” right gets you locked up, exercising your 2nd gets you killed, and actual murder… well in uniform, gets you nothing! This IS NOT NORMAL nor OK!

We are now 42 days beyond the statutory deadline for the full release of the Epstein files

I simply do not think temperatures should be negative. Why do we even HAVE those temperatures.

Feuchtwanger was one of the first writers to warn the world about Hitler and Nazism, and had been relentless in his verbal attacks on them, so the Nazis ransacked his Berlin apartment (in his absence) immediately in '33 He later wrote an open letter to the new occupant It's GLORIOUS hater content:

Always interesting to anticipate the imminent collision of previously separate social circles in smallish queer communities - one of my good friends is getting into burlesque, a hobby my ex-wife picked up post-divorce. I didn't make it out for said friend's debut but guess who else was there.

I feel very strongly that now is the time for NIMBY’s to shine. Every regulatory and procedural lever should be tested. Slow them down.

you have upset the nemesis!!! what did you do??

ok, someone needs to rescue this victorian lady

If you’ve been thinking to yourself “man, I really want to help people in Minneapolis, but I also some some cookies, AND I’d also like to help out trans, neurodiverse, and BIPOC youth“ boy oh boy do I have some good news for you! digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop5...

now this is fucking thinking like an appropriator. speaking as a federal bureaucrat, do you know how many completely fucking absurd rules there are making it next to impossible to do our jobs? how many forms I have to file to hire anyone? put a few dozen of those restrictions on ICE...

Honestly? Use this in trade talks. Put in press releases "Trump wants to stop the next Heated Rivalry from getting made." Give it to PopCrave Heated Rivalry creators defend Canadian streaming law targeted by White House www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

no fan of jeffries, but holy shit is this article misleading. in the press briefing he calls for "a prohibition that DHS cannot *detain* or deport American citizens", and his focus throughout the briefing is on the detainment part

"Our new analysis shows that it is far more dangerous to be pregnant than to have an abortion, and this gap in mortality risk is even larger than previously recognized.” - lead study author Maria Steenland. In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.

Literally said "have a good afternoon, fuck ICE" to someone today.

If Graham can hold up this bill for venal and treasonous reasons, then @amyklobuchar.com & @smith.senate.gov can block the whole spending package until Dems get the GOP to agree to clawback ICE detention funds.

Will SOMEONE in this godforsaken Congress actually take their oath to protect and defend the United States constitution with the same degree of seriousness as every person in Minneapolis?

Amazing what you can do when you believe in something

We've known this for SIX YEARS. Don't let anyone try to tell you that this is somehow new information. The best time for your family to wear respirators and stop getting COVID is today. 😷

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If you don't kick Nazis out of your bar, it's a Nazi bar. No thanks.

Don't be a fan of politicians. Don't. Do. Not. Be ready to turn on them if they even think of stepping out of line. You know how corporations aren't our friend? Well, voters aren't THEIR friends. We are angry, feral, and tired. Oh you "wrote" a book that's cute where's my fucking health care

T should be available without a prescription even if it means some cisgender men explode their hearts or whatever

Folks, we’ve heard you loud and clear. That is why we have large frowns on our faces as we pay the jackboots twelve zillion dollars to execute you in the street

Hey mayday? Mayday? S.O.S. MAYDAY S.O.S.??

this scans better

New skill acquired! Brûlée has figured out that she can keep her nose warm if she smooshes it into her sister’s rump.

You know who is a little underrated historically is Cyndi Lauper, she can sing and is genuinely a big old weirdo. That’s the two most important things about modern pop stars.