New in PN: What if we just stopped paying taxes? "Like many other blue states, Minnesota pays more to the federal government than it takes in. But why should the state continue to subsidize a government bent on destroying it? What if it just … didn’t?"

I didn't say it. The Germans did.

@gluesenkampperez.house.gov Doesn't want to speak out against ICE because she wants to show MAGA in our area that she's not a threat... If she's not a threat to the MAGA world view, then she's not the Democrat we need in office. WA-03 can do better, @bhennrich.bsky.social is that better option.

you really don’t need artificial rules to achieve parity, all you actually need is owners who give a shit btvc.beehiiv.com/p/nwsl-owner... #nwsl #woso

And here’s an Omni jet landing in Equatorial Guinea yesterday. This is very likely a third-country removal to a torture prison, the second in a week and the third there overall. Marco Rubio paid off their dictator using humanitarian funds.

A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Purple Heart Recipient Held by ICE for 8 Hours Says He Wasn’t Allowed to Call a Lawyer

Look, I believe in casts, but if a parent has strongly-held anti-cast beliefs, they should be allowed to let their kid’s broken arm grow back all floppy and fucked up, even to the point of lifelong, debilitating pain. And that’s not child abuse because a kid’s bones are their parents’ property

— Israel kills 3 journalists, including CBS contributor — AFP, the other impacted outlet, condemns killing & calls for investigation — CBS doesn't, instead peddles Israel's claim that they were targeting a group with "a drone affilliated with Hamas" Inside the Bari Weiss-led CBS response:

Every neighborhood needs a leafy pedestrian plaza—a place to meet friends, grab a bite, or just relax.

PDX has a couple of terrific pedestrian plazas. But sadly, over the past few years, more plaza space has given way to car space, when it should be going the other way around, with car space becoming people space.

Breaking NYT: The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.

About time. Many here on Bsky have been pushing this for awhile now: "A German soccer federation exec committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of Trump. ..“the time has come” to “seriously consider and discuss this.” apnews.com/article/germ...

Just saw this on Mastodon:

Gary Kasparov, as usual, perfectly understands what's going on.

💡Of course

(For reference: Yugoslavia no longer exists.)

I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.

All three people arrested by the feds in connection with the protest at the ICE pastor's church — Nekima Levy-Armstrong, Chauntyll Allen, and William Kelly — have now been ordered released. Judge's order as to the first two: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

His speechwriter secretly hates him.

Show your papers. Kavanaugh stops. Your gender? We decide. ICE doesn't need a warrant. Abortion is our choice not yours. Immigrants don't deserve due process. State universities can't teach Plato. Civil rights protections are racist. But vaccination requirements threaten our freedom.

As a transsexual I can't tell you how thrilled I am that fascists are feeling unsafe in bathrooms.

This is the first example I’ve seen of an American government using AI to meaningfully misrepresent actual events with the intent to deceive the public. We are at Stalinesque levels of propaganda. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...

cannot adequately describe how great this is to see there are more of us than there are of them and they will not break us

Here is the newly-unsealed State Department memo confirming -- finally -- that the detention of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk was based on an op-ed. No antisemitic activity. No support of terrorism. An op-ed in a student newspaper. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

You and Epstein huh

no matter how hard Greg Bovino tries to exude rugged masculinity he always comes off like Don Knotts in a Portlandia sketch

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

Funny how the right is outraged at Fanone flipping off a congressman just days after celebrating a president flipping off a working American .

We are now 34 days beyond the statutory deadline for the full release of the Epstein files

Release the Epstein Files!

Earlier this month, a journalist recorded a PPB officer repeatedly punching a protester who was already restrained. The following day, a protester recorded a PPB officer defending the ICE shooting of Renée Good. Through record requests, we ID'd the officers, who it turns out, might be related. (1/3)

Dem "leadership" is more scared of what bad faith labels Republicans might slap on them than they are of the rights of their constituents being trampled by DHS. bsky.app/profile/dday...

DHS spending bill passed 220-207 7 Democrats voted in favor: Henry Cuellar Don Davis Laura Gilles Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Jared Golden Vicente Gonzalez Tom Suozzi Massie voted No Andy Harris didn't vote Might not have passed if every Democrat voted No, but leadership wasn't whipping them to do so

Hakeem Jeffries deserves to be unemployed.

RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.

Jamie Dimon and @postopinions.bsky.social should check their facts. Right now, federal law prevents states from doing this—and it's the big banks who want to keep it that way. If you want to get on board to let states cap credit card rates and lower costs, I’m ready to pass the bill.

Why are we acting surprised?
Dozens of allegations. 34 convictions. No respect for the Constitution.
And we’re supposed to believe January 6th was a bridge too far??

DHS is a terror force. A weapon to be pointed at those the authoritarians in office would make a public enemy. TODAY, we must vote against any additional funding. But that is not enough. TOMORROW, we must go further:

Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants https://theonion.com/democrats-condemn-ice-for-murdering-without-proper-warrants/

Always listen to Shaxs (unless he wants to detonate the warp core)

OP is not joking which is sad because this is a really fucking funny joke.

Trump’s done enough TREASONOUS SH*t! Time for ARTICLE II, SECTION 4!!!!

The funny thing about this standard MAGA response to protest is that in this case not only is it once again a lie, but the people they’re protesting — immigration officers — are literally paid agitators and chaos agents from out of state.

JACK SMITH to @repcohen.bsky.social : “I had a duty to protect witnesses in this investigation. Trump suggested one witness should be put to death.”

Ahem

Wow -- Fanone coughs "go fuck yourself" to Trey Nehls as Nehls blames Capitol Police leadership for January 6