If you aren't familiar with what DARVO is, get familiar with it. "Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender." The govt is relying on DARVO as a tactic on a national scale, and it is also increasingly a conservative tactic to attack outspoken critics of their ideas, theories, & renderings of history.

"Who's city is it Chief? Bovino: "It's our fucking city." And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.

"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me." --Homan in February "Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely." -- Tom Homan in March "I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room" -- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman

It's all so "she made me do it" blaming the victim, and this iteration closely echoes a previous admin. one. Rhetoric justifies bloodshed in this frame, and his rhetoric uses the passive tense/vagueness to avoid saying 'we will shed blood.'

Unfriendly reminder, AI is being used to destroy trust. Do not normalize the use of AI. AI can not reliably enhance videos or low-quality images. This is the quiet replacement of reality. Do not let this be normalized.

One small thing you can do *right now* — donate $5, $10, $50, whatever you're able — to this rent fund for South Minneapolis daycare workers whose families are sheltering in place. Can we raise $5k today?? Whatever you can give matters. And if you can't give, can you share? givebutter.com/Rbpl0z

Does anyone know of a media or political scholar who has analyzed the rhetoric of the community resistance to data centers? I'm curious if anyone has actually studied the messaging and language being used and how it differs (or aligns) with past conflicts. Any help is welcome!

Does anyone know of a media or political scholar who has analyzed the rhetoric of the community resistance to data centers? I'm curious if anyone has actually studied the messaging and language being used and how it differs (or aligns) with past conflicts. Any help is welcome!

Encouraging signs have emerged but the terror continues. In response, a growing number of people are keeping candles lit in their windows as sign of solidarity. Please join us.

The Trump admin has pushed Bovino out of the Minneapolis operation, given how much he's made things worse. The person who killed Alex Pretti was a Border Patrol agent. Notably, the admin has NOT backed down from the operation in general. Large-scale arrests reportedly continue.

Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying that she believes Noem is attempting to "mislead the American public” about the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old protester in Minneapolis.

"One current Homeland Security agent said he had “always given the benefit of the doubt to the government in these situations” but he no longer believed “any of the statements they put out anymore.”" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...

Star Tribune: “Republican Chris Madel made a stunning exit from the Minnesota governor’s race on Jan. 26, saying he cannot support the national GOP’s ‘stated retribution on the citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so.’”

A few friends and neighbors decided to continue last night’s candlelight vigil every night until the violence ends. A single candle in your window as a sign of quiet solidarity. Spread the word.

Every single one of these guys wants us to believe these shootings were SWAT busting into a darkened apartment in a hostage situation when we can all see it's a Mall Cop murdering people in the middle of the street.

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

A few friends and neighbors decided to continue last night’s candlelight vigil every night until the violence ends. A single candle in your window as a sign of quiet solidarity. Spread the word.

🔥REP. @aoc.bsky.social : “How rich @KristiNoem says showing up with a legal firearm is grounds for execution when they support Rittenhouse & pardon protestors… we cannot go down this road, countryman against countryman… they’re trying to keep us divided so they can line their own pockets.”

Journalists! Your job is not to report what the authorities say - it's to examine what they say, try to verify it, and report the results of that process. Ergo, your lede is: Overwhelming video evidence shows federal authorities lied in the aftermath of the killing of a man in #Minneapolis.

Oh she’s EXTORTING US.

What we are watching is a paramilitary force learning that they can kill with impunity, that the regime will smear the victim and defend them. Unless politicians and the legal system exerts accountability, it will not stop. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...

Minnesota SPOT ON! The entire country needs a general strike & support each other with mutual aid. Shut down the economy & government. DEMAND: impeached & remove trump - vance for violations to the law & constitution. See South Korea, Minnesota... www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8fV12jD/

In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi. He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael. At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk. Wael died on Friday at age 30. ICE caused his death. They didn’t get to say goodbye.

"'Land grab' is too quaint a term for what we are witnessing. The old tools of privatization are being helped along by a methodical effort to end regulation. Indeed, the very idea of a public realm is under attack." @timothyaschuler.bsky.social, on Trump's proposed sale of federal lands:

At the one-year mark of Trump's second term, we're looking back on the destruction he has wrought on public infrastructure — on libraries, health and environmental protection agencies, public lands, programs for fair housing and humanitarian aid. Here's what Places authors had to say in 2025. (1/5)

“the visual evidence shows no indication that the agent who fired the shots, Jonathan Ross, had been run over…. It also establishes — millisecond by millisecond — how Mr. Ross put himself in a dangerous position near her vehicle in the first place.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...

wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage

Read your comment section, NYT.

Hey! @wired.com is doing a bunch of hiring. Here we go with a thread of five great jobs, with a few more coming shortly: 1) We are hiring a senior editor for our science desk, which means you get to work with geniuses like @timmarchman.bsky.social @mollytaft.com and @emilymullin.bsky.social

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"My deepest fear is not that we fail to survive this moment—it’s that we survive it only to return to the status quo that made it possible." data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-wall-l... via @kottke.org

2/Greenland is clear on its preference and in a stroke of bravery is willing to say it. bsky.app/profile/adam...

Yeah man all my friends in Minnesota are buying high viz vests and forming human chains at class dismissals because ICE is targeting and tear gassing schools. I wonder why parents would want information about that.

things off the top of my head that i can think of that conservatives have called tyranny - health care subsidies - seeing pronouns in an email - being suspended from a social media platform - pride month - baking a cake for a same sex wedding - legal rulings against donald trump - EV benchmarks

precedent and antecedent are one of those pairs of words that feel like they should mean opposite things and instead mean roughly the same

Does anyone know who took this viral image? I would like to know who to credit and how to obtain copyright permissions. Please repost.

if you want a long read that involves udders, a hot air balloon, and some extremely dubious data on egg prices, the story I’ve been working on for the last few months where I tried to single-handedly take on every government function myself is now online! www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

The US spent 80 years pretending it had learned something about freedom and the sanctity of human life from WWII. In reality all we learned is that it feels good to win. And now the US is descending into fascism, except this time there’s no country strong enough to stop us.

10,000 people honoring Renee Nicole Good at the site of her murder

Congress needs to make sure there are consequences for this week. You can’t unilaterally start a war and destabilize our international alliances while your goons shoot a mother in the face domestically and get to say wait til the next election. USE YOUR OFFICE NOW.

Can you accept - even w/o agreeing with all our positions - that Black people know profound truths about this country that are not on Schoolhouse Rock? Now that the tactics they’ve used in our communities are becoming national policy, are you ready to concede that you need our “expertise” as well?

It’s great that all these mayors are telling ICE to leave, but how about instructing the police chief to arrest ICE agents who are clearly engaged in illegal activity

Weird. If I feared for my life I would probably back up and try to move a safe distance away from a vehicle, rather than stand directly in front of it.

You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you.

I am sorry, but how is the US going to vote its way out of this?

“Rise Up, Take a Stand! Nobody’s Illegal On Stolen Land!” Chants the growing crowd gathered where Renee Good was MURDERED today in Minneapolis by ICE agents.

When cops kill, police agencies often mislead, exonerate too quickly, smear the deceased, use the exonerative tense, etc. But there's at least usually some solemnity -- acknowledgement that the loss of life is regrettable. It's the absolute glee in these responses that I can't shake.

I'm already seeing people on here use AI face tools to try to identify the masked ICE agent in Minneapolis. It's a truly terrible idea and here's why

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