The Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building looms in the background of the camp at Coldwater Spring, or Mni Owe Sni, at Fort Snelling along the Mississippi River — where the U.S. government in the mid-1800s killed hundreds of Dakota people and imprisoned more than 1,600 in a concentration camp.

Mid-morning thoughts: Steve Bannon had a close personal relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Why does anyone take Bannon seriously, or give him the time of day? He's the Alfred Rosenberg of the Trump regime and should be recognized as such.

Early morning thoughts: I wonder how much more of this could have been stopped or mitigated if Democrats had come out fighting from the start? While we do not know, Democrats have been acting as if they live in a past "status quo" when the fire alarm has been ringing since 1/20/25, and before.

Mid-afternoon thoughts: if there EVER was a time to find your like-minded friends and family members, this is it. If we're going to topple Mad King Donald and his Republican enablers, we can't wait until November to do it. We need to lay the groundwork for that NOW, so we can turn out people LATER.

Early morning thoughts: people living in Twin Cities suburbs and outstate Minnesota are now experiencing ICE raids. I hope this weakens the GOP hold on Minnesota outside of the Twin Cities. This isn't "law enforcement" it's state-sponsored terrorism. @baldwin.senate.gov @ronjohnson.bsky.social

Late morning thoughts: there is a global oligarchy working to dismantle democracy, establish billionaire rule, and destroy civil liberties. Not speculation, just go read what they have said themselves. Connections include Trump, Putin, Epstein, and many others. We ignore this at our peril.

There were children in Dilley who were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, several mothers told me... No child should be dealing with this trauma. It's all so horrifying. #FUCKICE www.propublica.org/article/life...

Morning thoughts: Jeff Bezos destroying the Washington Post is as much a sign of the crumbling relevance of legacy media as it is a warning about billionaire capture of information distribution. This is a push to support new journalism AND the need to defeat oligarchic control of the economy.

I'm sorry to keep on harping on this, but Germany, the UK, France, and Italy all have economies bigger than Russia's. Russia's economy is about as big as Canada's. Japan has roughly the same population as Russia, with an economy 175% larger. So, why does Russia get to be the world power? 1/x

Mid-evening thoughts: Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Trump's former personal attorney, said that photos from the Epstein files showing "death, physical abuse or injury" would not be released. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? What's going on here and why is Blanche holding anything back?

Each of these 7 items would easily be the biggest scandal for like 45 Presidents.

Yes, but, it's not a death cult, no, sir.

More mid-morning thoughts: the Trump regime insists that it is "tough on crime" precisely because it is, itself, a criminal enterprise. By _appearing_ to be tough on crime, the regime can avoid being held accountable for its criminal actions. This is particularly true for J6 and the Epstein files.

Mid-morning thoughts: I'm grimly happy that the GOP seems to be tying Trump's albatross around their necks before the midterms, but I'm also fatigued and angry that they are destroying this country before we get to the midterms. But we have to keep fighting.

"He was skeleton remains, not a body. His rib cage was pulled out, with the ribs poking out. Some teeth were missing & his jaw was hanging loose." Russian torture of Ukrainians is the stuff of nightmares. These horrific, savage Russian crimes must be punished to the fullest. khpg.org/en/1608815481

Late night thoughts: reading any of Trump's social media posts is an exercise in "did he really say that?!" If _any_ Democratic leader said anything one-tenth as crazy, MAGA and the GOP would revolt. Tl,dr: Trump's posts indict him as a terrible leader for this country, and an awful human being.

Early evening thoughts: the military language Bovino and Homan are using to describe DHS operations suggests that (a) Minnesota isn't part of the "homeland" to keep "secure" and (b) this is what happens when you militarize law enforcement. Put another way, this is what a fascist takeover looks like.

Late afternoon thoughts: in this Second Gilded Age, statements like "we should run the government like a business" and "CEOs make good Presidents" are demonstrably false. They both depend on assuming CEOs and their business practices will benefit everyone, not just their investors and stockholders.

Early afternoon thoughts on January 30th: remember the TV show SWAT? How about Max Headroom? One valorized heavily armed police, the other warned about a panoptic dystopia. It seems to me that we weren't paying attention when that merged in real life, to everyone's detriment. What do you think?

Noontime thoughts: if we don't stop the Trump regime's repression in Minneapolis, it will spread to other cities and be more effective. Elections in November need to focus on rooting out fascism, because having a simple shift in the status quo is what got us here in the first place.

Every single time a Trumpist says “the rhetoric of the left is putting people in danger,” wave your middle finger in their face, because they are lying shitbirds without any principles.

Mid-morning thoughts: MAGA and the GOP keep claiming that Democrats are really communists, activists are paid, and "antifa" is a criminal domestic terrorist network. Psychologists call this "projection" (as I understand it) along with what criminologists call "consciousness of guilt." Go figure.

Late night thoughts: so many awful things have happened over the past year, specifically, and over the last 46 years more generally, that I end up lying awake at night worrying that this will end up being just another incremental push to the right. Our democracy will not survive that.

This is a great book length explanation of that point from *14 years ago.* Maybe we should've learned something by now?

Martinez took five bullets from a CBP agent, and DHS went into overdrive claiming she was an armed threat to the agents who were merely defending themselves. Sound familiar?

The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards. In this week's Next Comes What, Andrea Pitzer digs into concentration camp history to talk about what 'Abolish ICE' should mean.

Early morning thoughts: what do you call someone who lumps the U.S. Democratic Party together with democratic socialists, socialists, and communists? Fascist, that's what you call them. You have to be that far right to make that mistake. Call people out when they do that and don't let them off.

Hey, NRA? Gun advocates? Where y’all at? *crickets*

"The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now" -- Senator Van Hollen

Any prospective government shutdown should not end until and unless this ghoul is removed from public life

On camera: Vance, Noem say ICE doesn’t use race. In court: DOJ's filings say the exact opposite. Here's what the Justice Department actually told the Supreme Court, and how DOJ defends ICE's use of racially profiling. Full analysis on my YouTube and Substack 🧵

Morning thoughts: we need a term to describe the Christians who support the Trump regime, despite all of the un-Christian things his minions do. "Cultural Christians" is too vague, but "National Christians" just might be sinister enough. Still thinking about it. What are your thoughts?

Early morning thoughts: we are in the midst of a national conversation about who we are and what we, as a people, will tolerate. While there are "unreachable" people out there, we need to engage everyone else and build a consensus that the Trump regime's actions are evil and must be stopped.

Late evening thoughts: so many whyt men (and women) perfectly fine with what ICE is doing in Minneapolis. We need to create a society where this kind of behavior isn't acceptable, and people agree that it isn't acceptable. It is the "not-c bar" writ large - and we're suffering because of it.

Footage of French forces conducting a helicopter assault to seize the Russian dark fleet oil tanker Grinch in the Mediterranean yesterday morning.

Late-morning thoughts: we need to have American flags front and center at every protest and every anti-Trump regime event. Why? To show that Trump and his minions do not own this country, WE do. Add recitations of relevant parts of the Declaration of Independence to show we reject Mad King Donald.

It's STFU Friday. Refresh the script 👇

I guess this post escaped containment, so here's the local media with the partial, constantly updated list of closures. bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...

Mid-morning thoughts: after the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trump has damaged U.S. standing and capability in foreign relations that will take decades to repair - if ever. Worse yet, this damage will directly and negatively affect the U.S. economy. But Trump doesn't care about that, AT ALL.

Mid-morning thoughts: the next nine months will be the most consequential time in our lives. We have the opportunity to mobilize and evict the Trump regime from power. We have to do it peacefully, joyfully, and with resolve to ensure that this never happens again, ever. Let's go!

Why are people suddenly surprised that DOGE improperly shared sensitive social security data? We knew AS IT WAS HAPPENING in real-time. This was their plan all along. Project 2025 unfolding. Stop clutching your pearls and get to work on Project 25th Amendment! Let’s. Do. This. 😎✨

I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow

Today is Thursday, Jan 22 Good morning ❤️ eat take your meds hydrate tell your people you love them let them love you back We are here. This is real. Let's build a home for each other and fight like hell. LFG ✊

For this week's #ThursdayFilmRec 🗃️🎥🍿🎬 #HATM Watch or (Rewatch) the powerful (and sadly relevant) film "Judgment at Nuremberg" (1961) - Dir. Stanley Kramer Scene: Dr. Ernst Janning's Testimony, performed by the outstanding Burt Lancaster. ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQic...

“It is too early to judge the assortment of war criminals, dictators and autocrats who have paid a demented racist warmonger a billion pounds to be a member of his exclusive club.”

There is going to come a time in your life when you are chatting with a guy, at a barbecue or something, a new coworker maybe, a dad at school drop off, and he tells you he used to be in ICE. You’re going to need to spit on that guy

Bovino to The Hague. That’s a start.