every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds

if DJT wins his $10billion dollar suit against the IRS & Treasury Dep't, or even if there's a settlement of a substantial sum, he's basically going to be getting that money from us -the people's- pockets ..& i look over at my as yet undone tax forms & i think, hmmmmmmm.......

The United States sorely needs an opposition party right now.

I doubt it’s a coincidence that Tulsi Gabbard was at the Georgia election office raid and Maduro is in custody. Her presence signals they could fabricate a foreign election interference claim. But not against Russia, of course.

One thing we have two weeks to do: Debunk Stephen Miller's lies that the invasions have ever been primarily about deporting the worst of the worst. Another thing: Show that w/GOP consent, Trump has SHIFTED govt spending from nice things like VA care (&cancer cures) to pay goons who shoot VA nurses.

each one more fateful than the last

'problem w/ folks t'day is...' *fills corncob pipe & leans back in his rocker* '...there just isnt enough shoe throwing anymore'

The good news is all the brazen, cartoonish corruption makes it easier to run on an anti-oligarchy, good government platform. The bad news is you still need candidates who want to do that

POV: you are Kristi Noem:

I keep getting people trying to tell me that Gen ai is socialist 💀 because it’s open source, Gen ai is already siphoning billions from social welfare into a slop machine destroying millions of jobs. You wanting to make memes isn’t as important as funding healthcare idk why I need to say this.

Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.

We are forced to vote for democrats because the republicans have lost their minds. This scares the democrats as they just want to take oligarchy money and pretend they are an opposition party.

Maybe if we give Homan $50K in a Cava bag ICE will GTFO.

my idea for ICE reform? ..well here's how i've felt about them since 2018 (when i carried this sign i made at a rally):

The greatest threat to Trump & Co is time due to his age. But the greatest threat to the United States has always been its racism within. Until we deal with it competently, another Trump will arise.

plainly stated, the fact that the Federal Gov't is not going to investigate a shooting that one of their agents was involved in pretty much makes clear that, in their view, killing a civilian was an expected part of his duties ..this is who we are now ..how's it feel?

"ICE agents will have a security role at the Winter Olympics" t-minus however long it is til the Winter Olympics before we get a story about ICE disappearing a competitor.

Bovino is a sacrifice for appeasement. Revel in his humiliation and suffering, but people are still being disappeared and attacked this morning. Democrats have no desire to fix this. It’s on us to defend ourselves, our neighbors, and to bring this fascist system to the ground.

pretty hot most of the time in El Centro, Greg B wont get to wear his SS overcoat too often 🤣

Love to see it

you know what i'd be totally cool with? impeaching the fukking fukk out of K.Noem, thats what ..whatta ya say Dems?

when private citizens are required to police the police it’s time to abolish the police

The DNC keeps telling me they need my $5 donation to STOP TRUMP. Then they complain on TV about how they "can't do anything" to stop Trump.

gee whiz it would be really great if the opposition party smelled blood in the water right now and went on a full offensive to harness this spark of momentum

Do you understand they are weak and their violence comes from weakness? If we fight them together, if we link arms, if we say enough in one voice, they will crumble and we will be free to create something better, something we deserve. I’m begging. Please. See it. Know it.

erstwhile conservative Geo. Conway says, as re ICE's brownshirt actions, 'Congress has to act before it's too late' ..well, he's not wrong ..but i have a question about the concept of when 'it's too late': like does the whole street have to be awash w/ blood or just the gutters?

We don't have to just keep watching this. We can act. We can trust and care for one another and bring this entire fascist regime to its fucking knees. It will take courage but we have no other choice now but to link arms and take the plunge. jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/shut-it-down

i still hate the character limit here

Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum. Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum. Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum. ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.

this crowd right now:

"why hasn't Donald tRUmp been arrested yet?" ..are you asking because you don't know, or...?

"Who comes to a peaceful protest w/ a gun?" ..cops

you just know they have "okay, now let's get all our talking points* straight" group chats minutes after this shit goes down *lies

citizen A: "hey, the head of the DHS said that guy they shot today was a domestic terrorist!" citizen B: "whoa, thats heavy! what proof does she have?" citizen A: "well, she said it" citizen B: "yeah, but whats her proof..?" citizen A: "she said it"

There has been an increasing sense in Minneapolis that we are on our own, that our elected representatives are unwilling and/or unable to take action to get these murderous Nazi thugs out of our community. I really hope that changes today. The time for pleading TV hits ended weeks ago.

If the government executing us in the streets isn’t your red line, then you’ve already decided to endorse it. There’s no gray area left. No ambiguity.

I don't want to talk about midterms or responses or literally anything else. It's time we stop working and stop buying and just stop until this stops. This wretched status quo is thrashing violently as it dies and it's time we come together and kill it. jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/shut-it-down

Once again: Focusing on their lack of training is a mistake. With "better training," their violence would simply cost more, and they would still kill whoever they wanted, but make it look more professional — to make people more comfortable, the way many of you are at ease with local police violence.

FYI: Dems in the senate can't defund ICE. ICE is funded by the Big Ugly Bill. Shutting down DHS on this vote wouldn't touch ICE, but it would shut down FEMA, TSA, Coast Guard, etc. Shutting down ICE requires taking back Congress in the midterms. Dismantling DHS requires the White House in 2028.

DJT's genius is that we never know if he's being an idiot or subtly manipulative; there's always plausible stupidity ..the conflating of 'insurrection' w/ 'environmental' forges a pathway for those susceptible to his BS to equate concern for the climate w/ criminal opposition to his administration

The reality is that 2024 was a fundamental test of the moral character of the nation and we failed spectacularly. We’re living with the consequences now. Maybe we improve. I hope so.

for all of those 2nd amendment absolutists, a new edition of the flag so popular w/ US would-be tyranny fighters has just dropped:

no better proof that the Feds are trying to provoke a shooting confrontation than the fact that they've actually pulled their weapons on POC police officers in MN

it was, by all accounts, the gorilla

ICE 'arrested' a 5yo boy yesterday as he came home from pre-school after using him as bait to draw adults out of his home ..every US atrocity in the last 250yrs is now home to roost ..this is where our karma has led us ..i am done w/ this america

I guess I do think if you participated in the arrest of a five-year-old you are probably just fundamentally incompatible with society. That you are not a safe person for humanity to be around, generally

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