Another batch of Trump's judicial nominees refused in their confirmation hearings today to publicly acknowledge that Joe Biden won the 2020 election, which annoyed Sen. Richard Blumenthal enough for him to call them "monkeys" and "puppets"

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

Good opportunity for MacKenzie Scott to get a lot of great press for a reasonable price…

Luke Ganger, Renee Good’s brother: “In the last few weeks, our family took some consolation thinking that perhaps ‘Nee’s death would bring about change in our country. It has not.”

Federal paramilitaries running up on the rooftops to fire irritants and flash bangs down into a peaceable assembly full of little kids

Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com

Dear ICE: Letters From Students Living in Fear www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

The lede alone is worth reading this article (made me chuckle) www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Spotted on Irving Park Rd last weekend.

When it comes to the Border Patrol, Border Chronicle cofounder, Todd Miller, literally wrote the book. "Border Patrol Nation" back in 2014. He predicted much of this. And his piece today highlights what the media and others are missing now. It's a must read🦂

“In theater.”

Mamdani with the nod to my favorite book as a child. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

This woman is unfathomably brave and we all owe her a debt of gratitude for her determination to show the world what Trump's goons did to her.

Everyone should read this.

Carter: If this is not stopped, right here, right now, I don't think anyone who is seriously looking at this can have much faith in how our republic is going to go in the future.

In the midst of the violence, let’s allow ourselves to be inspired by the heroism that is on display here. Right now, it is not an exaggeration to say, Minnesotans are putting their lives on the line to fight for their city, protect their neighbors, and defend the Republic against tyranny.

"Watching America Unravel in Minneapolis." This is oustanding journalism by a New York Times reporter. It helped me realize what is happening there, and just how bad everything is. I recommend it, which doesn't mean I endorse every line. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/m... [gift link]

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

Spotted just now in Minneapolis: Arizona CBP Agent Timothy Donahue (knit cap). Donahue has a history of physical violence, waving his sidearm, and threatening to shoot people. His social media feed was littered with racist, bigoted right-wing hate-speech.

Gift link to article for anyone who needs it: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...

This is a stirring rebuke to the part of the American government and the American electorate that has chosen to scorn and reject basic human decency. Never forget, never forgive.

Minneapolitans today, -8F and falling. youtu.be/3anqCBa7QnE

I'm really torn on sharing this because I want people to know that I'm literally one of thousands of people doing the same thing, I'm not the face of it, but someone wrote a protest song for Minneapolis and it's genuinely catchy and I want to respect their work too

I am in awe of the people standing up to this. The middle section of this video is absolutely enraging, fills me with disgust. Be warned. If you’re like me and there’s a fragile membrane protecting your soul from all this darkness, this video might push at it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/vide...

We can actually predict polar vortex events now by monitoring Ted Cruz flight patterns

We all see images of the paramilitaries in MN committing some atrocity and then a day later Dick Durbin shares it like he’s our parent on Facebook.

A society that has any aspiration to be free and democratic cannot - it must not! - tolerate the existence of an agency like ICE. In both personnel and institutionalized culture, ICE is a stronghold of violent authoritarianism, simply incompatible with the fundamental values of a democratic society

Wow -- Fanone coughs "go fuck yourself" to Trey Nehls as Nehls blames Capitol Police leadership for January 6

BREAKING: Chicago Public Schools will close Friday because of severe cold weather, officials announce. With a high of 5 degrees, wind chills could reach -35 degrees, officials say. @wttw.bsky.social

LOL, just came across this pic on Flickr that I took impromptu in a Walgreens in 2012. Even back then I captioned it “I AM A DOUCHEBAG!” Still astonished people worship this shameless, grifting dirtball.

The new NYT poll finds Trump 17 points underwater on immigration, and the nonwhite and young voters who went to Trump in 2024 have snapped back to Dems It's almost as if 2024 might not have represented a seismic cultural realignment on immigration after all, despite 1,000 NYT op eds to the contrary

I do not understand why every Democrat isn’t hammering away at the clear mental decline of the president. He couldn’t even get right the name of the country he’s trying to seize today on the biggest stage in the world. Everyone else is talking about it. Why isn’t the US?

McGovern: Well, he said a lot of crazy shit today. I think it’s time to take the keys away from grandpa. He doesn’t seem like he’s all there.

If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this: America's problems are solved problems. Just not here. What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵

People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.

me again

This dude rules

My son asked for one of these for Christmas, then lost interest in it after a week. My wife is now taking care of it so I call it the Mamagotchi, which pisses my son off. It’s great.

The Minnesota shooting case is now metastasizing unlike any i've ever seen. The successive resignations of heads of the crim section at CRD and 3 top career prosecutors in Minn -- who had hung in all this year n/w/stg multiple outrages-- means the Department is in open revolt in DC and the field.

Nurses show up in our darkest moments. 9/11. The pandemic. Every illness and emergency. Their worth is not negotiable. Fair pay, safe conditions, dignity now. NYC stands with nurses and demands good faith bargaining for justice and care for all.

Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing https://theonion.com/protesters-urged-not-to-give-trump-administration-pretext-for-what-it-already-doing/

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.

I see this “I can drive anywhere” dumbassery frequently at Independence Park. The Chicago Park District basically encourages it by never blocking off the huge curb cut on Irving Park Rd. Cars absolutely rule the NW side. Parks are the only refuge but even they’re not safe.

Respect.

Five years ago, this great moment was captured on video:

The last 15 min are worth your time.

NPR recorded myself and Mike Fanone narrating our body-worn camera recordings from January 6th. Ah, memories. www.npr.org/sections/the...