The just announced federal civil rights investigation into the shooting [death] of Alex Pretti that DHS says will be led by the FBI will have zero credibility from the get-go as long as Kash Patel is Director of the FBI. (Tap the link) apnews.com/article/minn...

Big Brother, a/k/a DHS, ramps up surveillance -- now including biometric surveillance -- in immigration raids, sweeping in citizens: "Luis Martinez was on his way to work on a frigid Minneapolis morning when federal agents suddenly boxed him in, forcing the SUV /1 apnews.com/article/digi...

Regarding Marc Elias' Jan 29 email concerning, "the DOJ raided the Fulton County, Georgia election office and seized ballots and other materials related to that election:" I asked Gemini,"Is what was presented to the magistrate judge who approved the Fulton County search warrant /1

Quantify the extent to which ICE is detaining and deporting immigrants whose alleged status as "criminals" was handled as a civil matter prior to Trump's reelection? (Tap the link for the answer) g.co/gemini/share...

Please call your US Senators daily from Jan 27-30 to demand that they use their power as Senators: 1) filibuster the bill to fund ICE, a rogue agency that is neither military nor police; it is Trump's private militia that he is using in blue states to intimidate Americans; /1 x.com/bradsmolkin/...

For a long time, I've been calling out specific actions and inactions by Trump as evidence that he is the leader of a death cult. The executions of Renee Nicole Good & Alex Pretti are irrefutable evidence that Trump and his authoritarian administration do not value human life. x.com/bradsmolkin/...

Regarding the killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent, and the lies immediately proclaimed by Trump, Vance, Noem and Fox State News: We've all seen the video. Jonathan Ross tried, convicted, sentenced and publicly executed Good for disobeying his order to get out of the car, /1

The homicide of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis was the direct and foreseeable result of the Trump approach. (Tap the link) x.com/bradsmolkin/...

The leaders of NATO are clear-eyed that they are now dealing with an erratic unstable madman. Like a mutating virus, Trump's malignant narcissism is exacerbated by the progression of his dementia, which is on display 24/7 in his posts and public statements. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

In Game of Thrones, it was the Mad King. In the US today, it is the Mad Malignant Narcissist who would be King.

Re: Greenland. Can we stop imagining Trump is anything other than certifiably insane?

Native Americans have been U.S. citizens by law since 1924. They are not subject to detention and deportation by ICE. (Tap the link) share.google/aimode/2RTZN...

Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. are pig ignorant promoters of anti-science conspiracy theories. Both have done great harm to public health. Neither one cares.

Please consider copying and pasting this text, or your modification of it, and sending it to your U.S. Representative via their web site: I urge Representative _____________ to vote against the upcoming ICE funding bill unless and until Trump and Noem agree to meet certain conditions: /1

Sen. Lisa Murkowski endorses blocking Fed nominees over the Jerome Powell investigation: "[I]t's clear the administration's investigation is nothing more than an attempt at coercion." "My colleague, Senator Tillis, is right in blocking any Federal Reserve nominees until this is resolved."

This is a must-watch.

Schumer has to go. He communicates weakness over and over. As a lifelong Democrat, I demand a stronger leader. Now.

This is *extremely* weak leadership from Jeffries and Schumer. When the wannabe king ignores congress to initiate regime change abroad, they are requesting a fucking briefing sometime soon.

I am hereby calling on Press Secretary Leavitt to stop blatantly lying to the American people. A mother of three who is now dead very clearly backed up and turned the wheel to get away from an ICE officer illegally trying to open her car. There must be an independent investigation.

BREAKING: In a major win for voters, a federal court blocked key parts of Trump’s anti-voting executive order. The judge ruled Trump had no authority to rewrite election rules, target mail-in ballots or force new barriers to voter registration.

Does this fool sound more like Putin, a mob boss or both to you?

Excerpt of statement of Indivisible on the killing of Renee Nicole Good: "We reject all forms of violence, & recommit to nonviolent organizing. ICE & CBP must leave our communities. Every person involved must be held fully accountable under the law, without special treatment & without excuses. /1

Note that DHS's new statement on the ICE killing in Minneapolis today closely tracks the version of events they initially put out about the shooting in Chicago:

My question to Gemini, and its answer: If the US were to attack Greenland, would that trigger the Article 5 duty of all member countries of NATO to defend Greenland, as part of Denmark? g.co/gemini/share...

Why "No more forever wars" Trump just conducted the regime change operation in Venezuela: youtube.com/watch?v=8vg_...

As the pro-democracy leader of the opposition to Maduro's illegal seizure of power in Venezuela, Nobel Peace Prize recipient María Corina Machado deserves the support if the US, not some puppet imposed by the Trump administration. x.com/bradsmolkin/...

Trump has just deposed a dictator who succeeded in doing what Trump and Bolsonaro failed to do: Maduro seized power in Venezuela despite having lost a free and fair election. Never forget the Jan 6, 2021 insurrection that Trump fomented and the conspiracy that he wove to try to overturn election.

Trump’s unilateral operation last night was an illegal act of war without Congress’s authorization. Maduro is a brutal dictator who has oppressed the Venezuelan people, but our constitution does not yield for bad people.

The President of the US is: A. A fool B. Self-deluded C. Being played by Putin -- again D. A bad faith actor E. All of the above. x.com/bradsmolkin/...

Regarding the US' Christmas day attack on ISIS terrorists in Nigeria who Trump alleged had killed Christians: "As foreign policy journalist Anne Applebaum noted, rhetorically, 'Not sure I understand why the Trump administration cares about Christians in Nigeria and not Christians in Ukraine.'”

ICYMI: Ruth Ben Ghiat on the ongoing subjugation of the federal government by Musk and the DOGE minions. open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...

I'm not a conservative commentator. No one pays me $150m to spike stories Trump doesn't like. No major network is making me the editor in chief. I am just a lawyer who fights for democracy and built Democracy Docket from scratch. For $10 a month you can help it do its vital work. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

At the last minute, Bari Weiss pulls "Sixty Minutes" piece on prisoners deported to CECOT prison in Venezuela that she deemed critical of Trump. Source: HuffPost x.com/bradsmolkin/...

Trump's Grotesque & Indecent Attacks on the Late Rob Reiner PROVE Trump is UNFIT FOR OFFICE! youtu.be/01uaRgcF63w?...

Hegseth's classification of the September 2 video of the second strike on the two survivors of the first strike as "Top Secret" is a transparent coverup of conduct that is likely criminal. x.com/bradsmolkin/...

To my friends in the community of Believers: What would Jesus think about a male white Christian leader reveling in the murder of a man who criticized him? What is it going to take for you to finally begin to see Trump's pointless cruelty and his utter lack of humanity? x.com/bradsmolkin/...

People around the world have been doing what they can to support the people of Ukraine & stand with them in their defense against Putin's illegal aggression & war crimes, while Trump stands with Putin, withholding critical weapons & munitions from Ukraine. (Tap the link) x.com/bradsmolkin/...

The evidence continues to pile up that that Trump is the leader of a death cult. Human life has no value to him & so it has no value to the members of his Cabinet and the rest of his administration. (Tap the link regarding the life-saving vaccination of newborns for hepatitis) x.com/bradsmolkin/...

This is who we are as a nation under this administration.

Query: Would an amendment to the Constitution be required to establish guard rails on the unlimited power of a future president to corruptly grant pardons, or could a Congress that is not under the thumb of an autocratic president accomplish this legislatively?

Once again,the so-called "conservative" majority supports the all-powerful President by green lighting Texas' discriminatory race-based gerrymandering. "Supreme Court allows Texas to use a congressional map favorable to Republicans in 2026" - AP x.com/bradsmolkin/...

To the fanboys and fangirls of Trump's rescission of pardons: Article II, Section 2, Clause 1: The President ... shall have Power to grant Reprieves & Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment. There is no requirement that they be signed. x.com/bradsmolkin/...

I fervently hope that every member of Congress -- Republican and Democrat alike -- will agree with Senator Wicker's clear-eyed analysis of the grotesquely unfair terms of the proposed "peace plan" for Ukraine. Tap the link: x.com/bradsmolkin/...

Trump accuses six members of Congress of sedition: "Pot!" "Kettle!" "Pot!" "Kettle!" x.com/bradsmolkin/...

From today's Oval Office press conference with Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Tap the link) x.com/bradsmolkin/...

Trump on TV: He & Prince Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have been really good friends. Jamal Khashoggi[a] was a dissident Saudi journalist who was assassinated at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 2018 by agents of the Saudi government at the behest of Crown Prince. x.com/bradsmolkin/...

Today, Veterans Day, President Trump gave a self-congratulatory speech citing all the actions of his administration that show how much he cares about veterans and their families. Tap the link to read how terribly vets have been harmed during his 2nd term: x.com/bradsmolkin/...

Today, Veterans Day, President Trump gave a self-congratulatory speech citing all the actions of his administration that show how much he cares about veterans and their families. Tap the link to read how terribly vets have been harmed during his 2nd term: x.com/bradsmolkin/...

Where were all the other major US news outlets when these few reported on Trump's Nov. 7 pardon of Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Sidney Powell, and others involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election? • ABC News • TIME • The Guardian • CBS News x.com/bradsmolkin/...

47.1M Americans on SNAP. In the richest nation on earth, what's wrong with this picture? Income inequality, driven by a corrupt federal taxation system that it's super rich beneficiaries have bought with political contributions and an army of highly paid lobbyists. x.com/bradsmolkin/...