If @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social was serious, he would strip Henry Cuellar off his position as the top Democratic DHS appropriator.

Should note, via the conservative Washington Examiner, that Kristi Noem and Lewandowski have tried to push out CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott in favor of Greg Bovino. Scott voiced concerns about the approach the duo has taken to enforce immigration laws. www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investi...

It's looking like the ICE shutdown. Schumer says Dems won't provide votes to fund DHS www.semafor.com/article/01/2...

From his parents: "I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting."

Alex Pretti grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he played football, baseball and ran track for Preble High School. He was a Boy Scout and sang in the Green Bay Boy Choir. apnews.com/article/immi...

INBOX: Schumer announces Senate Democrats Will Not Advance Appropriations Bill If DHS Funding Is Included. "Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included"

DeLauro accepted the deal

Michael Pretti, Alex Pretti's father, says he couldn't receive information. “I can’t get any information from anybody,” he said Saturday. “The police, they said call Border Patrol, Border Patrol’s closed, the hospitals won’t answer any questions.” apnews.com/article/immi...

We shall see We'll certainly all be paying attention to how each of them ultimately vote

They fully support the bill passing. They're going to vote yes on cloture (the important vote) and then some of them are going to vote no on the actual bill (the unimportant vote). Treating the above sequence as a "no" would be misleading the public.

So far, Warner, Cortez Masto, Rosen and Kaine are NO on the Homeland Security bill. Where is the Minority Leader?

The new video of the latest ICE killing in Minneapolis has sparked outrage among Democrats in Congress

Pam Bondi and Greg Bovino are all over the press since ICE's execution of yet another American citizen this morning One craven, cruel lie after another They certainly seem to be working very hard at cleaning it up Not really what any credible official would do to explain something justified

The same people who have long said people need guns to protect themselves from the government now seem to think it's OK for the government to shoot people if they have guns.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz issues this statement online before speaking to the press.

SHAME

“Federal agents briefly detained our reporter at the scene, who says he was tackled to the ground and had a gun put in his face.”

"I was never the one who believed in monsters Until I was proven, by humans, that they exist" ~CR Bittar

We have a 'feels like' temp of -13 here in Ct today The cold just rips through you, it's brutal It was much, much colder than that in Minneapolis yesterday And still, thousands marched in the streets These people are heroes

WaPo: From an anonymous DC National Guardsman: “The whole thing is fucking senseless,” he said. “I gave up trying to understand it.” Understand what, I asked. “The purpose of why we’re out here. Why we’re in the streets.” washingtonian.com/2026/01/21/a...

Uh oh .. Is anyone on the planet actually surprised by this? www.thedailybeast.com/jeff-bezos-u...

Somebody doesn't want to get booed out of yet another stadium

Bovino is working way too hard at cartoon villain When in fact, this is exactly what his evil, disgusting cosplaying Nazi wannabe ass deserves👇

"[T]he American legal system still remains far from a lost cause .. it is thanks to the labyrinthine..system .. that you actually have to know something & have evidence in order to get anything done-that the fundamental structure & rights of American democracy survive today." Excellent piece today:

"Vance gets zero credit for conciliation until he stops justifying ICE aggression by blaming its victims-& states categorically that excessive force has indeed been widely happening, that it’s unacceptable, that the administration is committed to stopping it, & that it will face real accountability"

This has happened in Maine also. The Feds just leave cars on the side of the road or even in the road with nobody in them in the dead of winter.

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New focus group pod! Marco Rubio is experiencing a rehabilitation with the GOP base, and some young men are excited about taxing OnlyFans. Meanwhile, JD Vance is still on the struggle bus with swing voters, especially women. W/ @willsommer.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

FFS Someone really needs to give Trump a coloring book ..just something constructive to distract him

🔥 @repstansbury.bsky.social : “DOJ is breaking the law. They are not complying with the Epstein Transparency Act, released less than 1% of the files — If this was actually about getting justice, we’d have DOJ here and we’d be holding Pam Bondi in contempt." Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DT5Wiwv...

Billy Binion: "The case law on this is clear: Seven federal circuit courts have already ruled that filming law enforcement is protected by the First Amendment. Exercising your freedom of speech does not make you a "domestic terrorist." That should transcend politics." reason.com/2026/01/23/i...

"A George W Bush-appointed judge appears skeptical that Trump can build a ballroom w/out authorization from Congress. 'The ‘77 Gerald Ford swimming pool? You compare that to tearing down and building a new East Wing? Come on. Be serious.'" www.cnn.com/2026/01/22/p...

Stunning In -12 degrees

Well done, Minneapolis! 💔💙

Andrew Sullivan: “[W]e now live in an elected monarchy with a manic king whose mental faculties are slipping fast. [W]e appear to have elected the modern equivalent of King George III, & are busy dismantling the constitution built to constrain him.” andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-abyss?...

Carol Leonnig: "EXCLUSIVE - DOJ ordered prosecutors in Minnesota to alter search warrant for Renee Good's car -- so they would shift from investigating officer's fatal shooting to Good's possible assault of an officer. A judge rejected the warrant based on the fact Good was dead, sources tell me…"

From @acyn.bsky.social on Twitter tonight:

Call your Senators!!! They don't listen to us until the phone lines are busy, their voicemails are filled, and their email and social media profiles are jammed with messages against this shit.

Just found out that the movie, 'Springsteen, Deliver Me from Nowhere' has dropped on Hulu Jeremy Allen White plays Bruce Springsteen Springsteen said White's performance is a "deeply intuitive, psychological portrait" of his younger self Can't wait to watch it! Good snowstorm hang ..

If you're not already subscribing to Public Notice you definitely should be Today is the best day to sign up Not only will you get fantastic coverage of the daily chaos You'll be helping out some really deserving folks in Minnesota who are currently going through hell 👇

"Fanone and fellow Capitol defender Harry Dunn were present at the hearing & were part of the fireworks. At one point, Fanone got into it with pro-rioter troll Ivan Raiklin. He could also be heard later in the hearing loudly cursing Troy Nehls .." www.mediaite.com/media/podcas...

New this morning: Senator Tim Kaine will oppose the funding package next week due in part to the DHS funding bill & concerns about ICE. This is notable because Kaine was one of the eight Senate Dems who voted with GOP to reopen the gov’t back in November per Andrew Desiderio

This is IMPORTANT: Carol Leonnig: "Fed agents keep trying to arrest Minnesota protesters who object to ICE raids there, but judges are refusing to go along. They rule there's no evidence that protesters violated the law." www.ms.now/news/minneso...

This is the administration’s Plan B: Can’t make Canada the 51st state, so stoke secession. 🤡

Blumenthal: "The judge's approval of a warrant is absolutely critical when they are entering your home without your consent. We revolved against the British because of this principle. The 4th Amendment, the right to be let alone, is a libertarian view."

Trump pivoting left when it comes to talking about populism amid an inflation crisis feels very Biden 2022. (Complete with the mumbling of words). www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

So yesterday, the House voted unanimously to kill Lindsey Graham's gov't shakedown allowing them to collect money for having their phone records captured by DOJ So Slick Mike Johnson then put the language allowing it in the DHS funding bill, which passed www.politico.com/live-updates...

Sen. Chris Murphy endorses Mallory McMorrow in Michigan ... another endorsement crosswise with Schumer/DSCC subtle preferences in contested primaries (they like Stevens)