This kind of thing is a fairly routine occurrence at Assisted Living Facilities.

Leaving my house with the ‘don’t tread on me’ flag on it, putting on my mask and tactical gear, strapping on my weapon, and roaming the cities and towns that didn’t vote for my favorite candidate as an armed anonymous agent of the state kidnapping and shooting people who I don’t like the look of.

The percentage of Americans who support abolishing ICE is at a new all-time high.

Weird to be commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Am Rev while living under a government that has a) sent armed troops to occupy cities perceived to be too rebellious, b) rendered largely irrelevant the representative branch of government, and c) claimed imperial right to rule other countries.

If Trump cares so much about Arctic dominance, why is the U.S. closing the office in charge of Arctic security? www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

US construction job growth has ground to a practical halt over the last year, with the country losing jobs in homebuilding as the number of units under construction declines, while nonresidential job growth slowed significantly

The richest man in the world is now charging users to make child porn, thereby enriching himself with child porn.

Omg

So a CBS Evening News reporter actually did a pretty solid breakdown of the ICE murder video, talking to a former agent who details all the ways Ross messed up. And yet: It didn’t air on the actual show tonight. CBS did post it to YouTube—and it has nearly 800k views already youtu.be/6ywLEESFDu0?...

After Minneapolis, now the ICE shooting on Christmas Eve in Maryland is getting some scrutiny from local police: “…county police confirmed The Banner’s reporting that the second person injured in the encounter was already in ICE custody, in one of the agency’s vehicles, when he was hurt.”

Think about the mindset, and the expectation of immunity, of someone who texts this to friends.

/3 Think about it. Faced with lawless, violent thugs who feel entitled to murder and abuse, and faced with an unimaginably powerful government openly praising and endorsing murder and lying to justify it, these people are still showing up, often for people they don’t even know.

omg, the heckling and mockery being thrown at these thugs will give you hope.

I am positive that every conservative who has ever praised states' rights and decried the onerous power of the federal government will immediately denounce this as an autocratic power grab, right?

“I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion.” - Williams, 1/3/13

"I'm not paying masked thugs to shoot moms in the face. Period." - @ericswalwell.bsky.social on why he won't vote for ICE funding, in this interview:

The @guardian gets the headline right 🏆 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Can we please have a whole weekend of fevered and operatic speculation? The last one was really fun and a welcome distraction.

Conservatives: “We need the 2nd Amendment to protect ourselves from gov’t tyranny!” Also conservatives: “Anyone who doesn’t immediately surrender to masked gov’t agents, particularly those who have no jurisdiction or probable cause, should face summary execution!”

Finance bros, remind me: Is $38 of cash burn for each $1 of revenue...good? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

ALERT: Jack Smith will testify PUBLICLY before the House Judiciary Committee as early as this month Smith has been pressing to do so... in a public setting

So, correct me if I’m wrong, but all you have to do to abduct a woman now is dress in camo, cover your face and have a gun and we have to submit or risk death? How are we supposed to know if you’re ICE or not?

This week: we execute a U.S. citizen. Next week: we take over elections to stop “fraud.” It's so transparent what's going on here.

Good to get more Dems on the record, build momentum, etc, as @gregsargent.bsky.social. But very soon, the question for these members will have to be: What do you intend to do about the leadership, given that they seem to have pre-committed to giving Trump their votes to fund the government.

Officer 1: “Get out of the car!” <simultaneously> Officer 2: “Get out of here!” The confusion is not surprising. The shooting officer had his phone out too. This deserves a clear and fair investigation

SHOCK CELL PHONE VIDEO: Renee Good's final words to her murderer: “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.” ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.” Via Alpha News

The more people you can get to campaign for democratic or progressive candidates the better. Whether the race they’re highlighting is for town council or US senate, it’s still important . Not everyone is motivated by the same things to show up on Election Day.

Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸

Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."

The Department of Homeland Security and the officials who lead it cannot be trusted to provide good-faith, accurate information about what they are doing and any claims they make should be considered in that context. www.ms.now/opinion/kris...

By default, you should assume that McLaughlin in particular is not being honest. www.ms.now/opinion/kris...

And, how much of this is pretext for shutting off internet and cell phone services in areas targeted for authoritarian control? If you want to know what Trump, Just Dance, Weird Stephen and their little friends are considering next, look at how countries such as Saudi, Iran, etc handle protests.

Had some quick thoughts about the extent to which the administration seems to be using "going on the internet" as a synonym for "engaging in an anti-government movement." www.pbump.net/o/using-the-...

Hard video to watch, but about as close as you can get to conclusively disproving the Trump admin's claims that she deliberately attempted to run down the officer. She even talks nicely with him moments before! Note also that the officer is focused more on filming her than on anything else.

I had missed this. It appears he does.

🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific. They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him. Stop the lies.

She smiles at the man who shoots her and says she isn't mad at him. Clearly initiates the effort to leave when the aggressive agents arrive. The question now (not that this was in question) isn't who's telling the truth. It's when DHS had this video and knew that what they were saying was a lie.

I would love to see more politicians channel Frey’s energy.

Frey: "This notion of inflammatory comments -- c'mon guys. I dropped an F bomb, they killed someone. Which one of those is more inflammatory? I'm going with the killing somebody."

Mayors Frey in Minneapolis, Johnson in Chicago, Governors Walz and Pritzker—this is the kind of energy we need politicians to channel.

I invite all Americans to join Minnesota in a day of unity tomorrow.

@petebuttigieg.bsky.social: "We have an ICE agent who should have been trained not to be in front of a vehicle and never to shoot into a moving vehicle, and yet this happened on [Kristi Noem's] watch. The whole POINT of Homeland Security is to make this country more stable and safe."

Maybe he got confused with the earlier time this murderous fuck got dragged and wound up injured.

Feels like a dystopian speedrun this week.

Cops are taught to avoid shooting into cars, for all the obvious reasons, but ICE has shot NINE people in cars since September. Great reporting from @nlanard.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

It's time to state clearly that if MAGA and Republicans can't condemn any part of this shooting, continue to blame the victim for it, and even hint that it's a just outcome that others "deserve," that's a crossing of the line that the rest of us won't ever be able to forget.

"You deserve to die if you disagree with us" is their position. bsky.app/profile/atru...

This is quite a sequence: —Trump asks aide for video of ICE shooting to convince NYT interviewers that driver tried to "run over" agent —They watch together —Interviewers note it shows nothing of the sort —Trump says "well . . . it's a terrible scene" GIFT LINK: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...

good for you @pbump.com. i know it wasn’t your intention but this was an act of bravery and profound decency. cable news is relentlessly dehumanizing and soul-corroding; we need as many examples as we can to remind ourselves that we are still human beings.

The shooting in Minnesota is a reminder that while authoritarian governments may justify abuses of power by directing them at scapegoats or vulnerable populations, the goal is ultimately to deploy them against anyone they wish to www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...