One thing the regime has failed to learn from that is a common failure of other regimes attempting state capture is that if you create significant disruption in the day-to-day lives of people, they suddenly have both a lot of free time and identifiable reasons to rebel against you.

Pro tip: freedom from dictators comes from phasing out fossil fuels.

Frodo: I wish it need not have happened in my time. Gandalf:

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HOW IT WORKS IN MOVIES: 1. Government lies 2. Brave heroes release video showing the truth 3. Press says “the government is lying!” HOW IT APPARENTLY WORKS IN REAL LIFE 1. Brave heroes release video showing the truth 2. Government lies 3. Press says “Oh no, what now? So confusing! So hard!”

Cool story Steph, we're still going to upzone Atherton to build Khrushchevkas on every block after the rev

“He’s killing us in the streets and we still have to pay our taxes in April” is an incredibly compelling point.

Tom Brady sacrificed his style along with his soul to the ghost of Hitler (that's how he won Super Bowl LI).

It's a bit surprising to me that Clinton's statement goes much farther than the one released by the Obamas.

to be clear, I mean he should sacrifice his own reputation and whats left of his career to turn state's evidence

bill clinton should do the epstein equivalent of a suicide bombing on donald trump if he wants my respect, but yes, this is a better statement than obama (a low bar on this or any other post presidency statement by obama)

Counting or not counting violence by gangs of ICE and Border Patrol agents?

80% of all nfl coaches / coaching candidates are named Mike McMacMikeMichael

When the CBP or ICE agent that Stephen Miller is trying to get killed dies, it is extremely important that every member of the media be told, repeatedly and loudly, that they wanted this and that people called it out in advance.

The nurses are pissed

this is horrifying? I don't know what more you can say here.

Right wingers supported the prosecution of an FBI agent for a mistaken shooting that occured during a standoff with violent gun nuts who had violated the law AND shot a law enforcement officer. Trumpers now claim that a lawful gun owner deserved to be executed by ICE.

a skilled ER nurse with a deep sense of civic responsibility is exactly the kind of person you want carrying a firearm. every ICE employee should be barred from touching anything deadlier than a butter knife for the rest of their natural lives.

Since @peoplemag.bsky.social is doing such a good job covering this with honesty & the humanity it deserves in spite of this vengeful regime trying to snuff it out, here’s the links to their articles. Give them all the clicks—they earned it.

Man arrested for allegedly punching Florida congressman at Sundance Film Festival event www.fox13now.com/news/crime/m... via @fox13news.bsky.social #utpol #Utah

I continue to be moved by images of people walking toward those whom they’re expected to cower from. Both the movement veterans, and the new folks who rush into the streets in their pajamas. The long-time organizer, and the “not-very-political” neighbor who now carries a whistle at all times.

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This was murder. Pretti did not initiate the confrontation. He didn’t strike them. He didn’t brandish his gun. They tackled him, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him.

The first Minnesota murder, they refused to let a medical professional help the woman they shot. The second Minnesota murder, they simply shot the medical professional.

That man was out there to protect the safety and security of his neighbors. Violence makes his neighbors less safe and secure. This isn’t a thought experiment for us here in Minneapolis: we want our city to survive, which means peaceful, relentless resistance in the face of intolerable provocation.

Worse than Kent State, really than any episode I can think of probably dating back to Reconstruc & earlier b/c 1. continuing, not 1 off. 2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it 3. literally at hand of federal government, which is 4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.

imo the balance to strike is: you follow an illegal order that will be remembered. you do the right thing, that will be remembered.

On the contrary, Democrats should not say things like this, as it is most motivating for those who would be prosecuted, and instead just do it upon taking office. Unfortunately, they'll probably do the opposite: strategically dumb threats followed by non-action.

An ICU nurse at the VA. They killed a fucking intensive care nurse. Who worked at the fucking VA. Could not have been more of a patriot and good egg. But they will keep killing patriots and good eggs. Because patriots and good eggs hate tyranny.

It is a horrible thing but one of the *points* of non-violence is that state violence in response causes outrage to spread.

My take on what is clearly murder: a bunch of insufficiently-trained ICE agents dog-pile — and subdue — the victim with multiple guns drawn (why were the guns out?!). One of agents accidentally discharges his improperly-drawn gun, spooks the rest, and then they all unload in to the unarmed victim.

The killings will continue until you give us the state voter rolls

So they maced him, pistol whipped him, removed his gun, and then proceeded to unload nine rounds into him.

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This was also my father, who eventually moved to the US and became a historian of WWII. We lost him a couple years ago and have noted it's a consolation he didn't live to see this happen - he was so proud to be an American. I hope he'd be even prouder if he could see the bravery of Minnesotans.

ICE just gunned down ANOTHER person, beating a man half to death before shooting him at point blank range. What the fuck are we doing? ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW. I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.

At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.

it really is the final form of Wilhoit’s Law

Republicans: everyone must be able to carry any gun at all times, up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street

“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment

This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.

if the federal govt has decreed a state of exception in Minnesota, then the state government of Minnesota should respond with its own state of exception

New: an FBI agent who took the routine step of investigating the ICE officer who shot Renee Good has resigned after FBI leadership discouraged the investigation www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...

i think it is particularly moving to see how instrumental unions have been in organizing actions in minnesota when political rhetoric in the US always conceptualizes labor rights and immigration rights as existing in opposition

God it fills my heart up to read stuff like this

NEW: A federal court ruling in Minnesota, which notes ICE agents broke the Fourth Amendment by entering a family's home sans warrant, lands as ICE faces scrutiny over a secret memo claiming their agents can enter homes w/ administrative paperwork alone.

Once again, THE QUOTE is spot on.

NYC❤️Minneapolis NYC❌ICE

A lot of activist lifers don't understand the difference between a small risky action and a mass movement, which necessarily involves a show of public force. The safety comes from numbers, not from your obscurity.