Federal deployment to Minneapolis "is steady state and expected to continue as planned," per Border Patrol memo leaked to me

BREAKING: The Border Patrol's Greg Bovino has been ousted from his role of "Commander at Large"—and Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski could be next to lose their jobs, sources tell @nickmiroff.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Ah yes - the ol “did you see her outfit? she was asking for it” argument. Classic true public servant line.

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon. wapo.st/49Zqv1L

just amazing work by my colleagues at @wsj.com - a frame by frame analysis of the shooting incredible that some continue to rationalize this www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry

Holy shit.

15 years ago I borrowed a bulletproof vest from a reporter so I could report from a war zone. I held onto it after I returned. Last week the reporter finally asked for it back because he is headed to Minneapolis.

"...we maintain this weird double standard: Soldiers in combat zones must refuse unlawful orders, but civilians facing unlawful force from domestic law enforcement must submit." publicseminar.org/2026/01/the-...

With a nod to Maya Angelou: when a system shows you what it is, believe it. Systems show you what they are by how they behave not how they are described or explained. And when something happens over and over across multiple domains over a long time, that's a feature not a bug.

Link to the story quoted: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

PSA for my DMV folks: Shower now before the power goes out. We're all going to be trapped together indoors, don't smell bad. HOWEVER: you know what would be a great way to celebrate the US 250th AND avoid cabin fever? A general strike.

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

“DHS released a statement claiming that ‘an agent fired defensive shots’ after an individual approached CBP agents with a gun and ‘violently resisted’ when they attempted to disarm him.“ Draw your own conclusions.

NEW VIDEO: this appears to be the footage from the woman in the pink coat.

Proud of my Minneapolitan roots.

The only time NATO Article 5 has been enacted was for the US after 9/11. I stood on Ramp Ceremonies for 26 Canadians. And the Multinational Role 3 team fought like hell to save coalition lives. American, NATO, and the greater coalition. Don't fucking tell me we stood back. We fucking stood up.

It is -13F in Minneapolis and they are kneeling in the snow. You can see frost on a priest’s mustache.

Liberté, Egalité, Gritté

The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article. Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.

Exactly this - which is why the endless parade of “Is Trump a ____ist?” hot takes are completely draining.

"The UN Charter, adopted by the Senate 89-2 in 1945, giving it also the force of U.S. law, bans the US from issuing the 'threat or use of force against the territorial integrity' of a nonoffending member state...This isn’t international law, MAGA types, it’s US law." www.wsj.com/opinion/gree...

Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."

Taxes are supposed to be “what we pay for a civilized society.” How in God’s name can I in good conscience file mine this year.

Spraying pepper spray directly into the eyes of a detained person who’s already fully subdued

But what about what he did demand: negotiations over the U.S. "acquiring" Greenland, which Europe/world **cannot** enter into because it implies it's for sale. The only thing that's negotiable is U.S. military access. So there is NO diplomatic track to "get" Greenland.

There are many firsts in a parent’s life: first word, first steps, the first time you explain NATO. Yet another reminder to be careful of what your kid overhears you stressing about lest you get backed into a corner trying to explain who Mark Rutte is 😵‍💫

Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum.

Happy anniversary, everybody.

HOO-HOO-HOO HOOSIERRRRRRRS

Mendoza-Becker 2029

thank you, Book of Common Prayer bot. I agree, this game is great.

This is an instantly iconic play

Oh hurrah, we’ve gotten ourselves into a situation that carries a whiff of the Thirty Years’ War.

It’s giving 2018 Nats energy, that’s how insane it is. I love it so much.

Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:

After 9/11 it took less than 12hr for the North Atlantic Council to agree to invoke Article 5 pending proof of a foreign attack. That speed took trust. With this fight-picking over Greenland, kidnapping Maduro, and deploying troops to MPLS, will the US bank enough trust to cover the next 3 yrs?

See this is the thing they misunderstand about DEI. It’s not so you can go home and tell your spouse “praise me for who I hired today!” It’s actually so that the candidate pool is so big that you’ve got way smaller odds of hiring THAT guy. That guy couldn’t coord a package with a flashlight.

In doing some research on the EU AI Act I came across an academic paper whose analysis was based on the author asking four AI models how they themselves thought about being regulated, and man, if that doesn't sum up the entire problem.

“A well-kempt forest begs Our Lady's grace; Someone is not disgusted, or at least Is laying bets upon the human race Retaining enough decency to last; The trees encountered on a country stroll Reveal a lot about a country's soul.” WH Auden

Found on a forest amble. Any guesses about what kind of bird this was?

They're $79 away from $100K.

As a proportion of its population, Denmark lost more soldiers in Afghanistan than any other US ally. A Danish squadron in Helmand was besieged by the Taliban for three weeks. 700 Danish soldiers fought in Operation Panther's Claw. Anyway back to ...whatever it is we're doing.

Imma a whisky mom myself but anyway - do you have any idea how good we are at logistic and planning? We can forecast and backcast the strategy, operations, and tactical req. for an entire household in our minds. We're on a 24/7/365 fight tonight footing w/out the benefit of pre-positioned stocks.

NEW: As Trump weighs diplomacy, the Pentagon is presenting a wider range of strike options for Iran than previously reported. Possible targets: Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile sites. But a cyberattack or striking a domestic security group is likelier. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...

I'm sure a daily dose of RJK Jr-endorsed "whole foods" will help my kid's lungs deal with unmitigated fine particulate matter and ozone ruining air quality. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...