Doing CES with Ed And The Zitron Players is the podcasting equivalent of a marathon, or the battle of Bastogne. And like the battle of Bastogne, you can't get through it without killing several German teenagers.

you watch this, and of course you don’t want him to be right, and that’s a good thing! in truth, you probably shouldn’t want him to be right! but it’s time to start reckoning with the possibility that he might just be.

You don’t even need the Tronoto Holocaust Museum to tell you that this is a neo-Nazi anthem. Just listen to it. They might as well be goose-stepping.

We're at the scene of a protest in downtown Minneapolis outside the Canopy by Hilton hotel, where ICE agents are believed to be staying. Photographer Alex Kormann estimates at least 1,000 people are in attendance.

He's daring Congress to challenge him (they won't)

Target is allowing ICE inside stores & to stage in their parking lots. 2 employees were taken into custody in MN. Target staff DIDN'T help them! Target DEFINITELY knows its 4th Amendment rights, but refuses to keep employees & customers safe. www.kare11.com/article/news...

There is an all-out assault on Minnesota. They are going after the Somali community, cutting off all federal funds, and now moving large numbers of ICE/CBP there. They want to create civil unrest to justify the Insurrection Act. We need a general strike. We are at the threshold of DEFCON 1.

The people of Minnesota are sending their tax money to the federal government and in turn the federal government has cut them off from funding and sent armed goons to terrorize their cities. I'm not sure what else to call this

The federal government seceding from the union is a new one

i'm putting the russo brothers into a device this is unacceptable this also kills screen access for smaller films so like this is also a systemic issue as well as being an affront to god

Former NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence & Counterterrorism says "they have created a new definition of domestic terrorism ... people who are protesting, following, blowing whistles, impeding or affecting these [ICE] efforts ... they are domestic terrorists."

Yes because if oil company execs in a ballroom isn't what America is all about, then what are we even doing?

In any other era, saying your illegal ballroom will house oil company executives would be unheard of

the people love ballroom

is it slightly mortifying knowing some of your 80's punk heroes had to sit there and read the plot summary for your extremely gay webcomic? yes. it is "the mortifying ordeal of being known" x 1000 but I am surviving

If I sound collected about this, it's only because I've had a few days to process this email. The day I got it, my energy was much more "drop my phone, scream, pick up my phone, yelp, drop it again"

I've reached out to two 80's hardcore punk bands for lyrics licensing requests through their labels, telling them about #KeepingTime and my budget. Both times, the guys came back with, "nah go ahead, use it for free." Punk's not dead. In fact, they're still out there, being radically kind.

the tldr of this situation has been: Me: hey so I'm just an indie artist but I want to pay you what you're worth to the best of my ability?👉👈 80's punk legends: lol no keep your money kid

under a @petebuttigieg.bsky.social administration, DHS/ICE/CBP et al will carry assault rifles still, but will be trained & the guns will say: 🏳️‍🌈#BLM⚧️

They wrote : "When citizens are accused of a crime, they are given the presumption of innocence as afforded due process." Yes - that is how it is supposed to work - even for noncitizen residents. ICE man Ross shot someone in the face instead of presuming her innocence!! CHARGE AND ARREST ROSS NOW!

I've got bad news for you: bsky.app/profile/mn50...

Blue state law enforcement are mostly republicans too. Don't forget, Minneapolis Police Department are who killed George Floyd and then proceeded to have a police riot in response to protests about it. All police see themselves as on the same side as each other. Don't believe MN police are anti ICE.

I am not a lawyer but @keithellison.bsky.social is it customary for the subject of an investigation to have his coworkers remove items from his house during an active investigation?

Here is a video of the same ICE agent (in confirmed ICE vehicle) filmed at the intersection of Fry and Taylor in St Paul on December 8th. He taunts the volunteer "I'll dedicate my next arrest to you" after dangerously boxing them in with his truck. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DSDboam...

This is the ICE agent removing the personal computer of Jonathan Ross, the killer of Renee Good, from Good's home earlier today. Next, video of the same agent on Dec 8 (not Jan 8, sorry) after dangerously boxing in a MnIceWatch volunteer with his truck & saying "I'll dedicate my next arrest to you"

if you give someone a gun, and tell them they won’t face any consequences no matter what, that’s the whole ball game. either cops go to prison when they mess up, or they’re an invading army

like fuck you, man. one of our neighbors is dead as a result of being the first & only murder for MPLS this year carried out by a veteran & long term federal agent who abso-fucking-lutely knew better.

like @petebuttigieg.bsky.social i’m quite mad at you for this take when this mf existed in his role under the previous administration in which you were a cabinet member & you’re trying to uwu smol bean him. fuck off with that. the admin you were a cabinet member of voted to increase ICE funds too.

👏 kill 👏 citizens 👏 more 👏 discretely 👏

hey so @petebuttigieg.bsky.social this actually was a trained agent & per the DHS standards for ICE, excelled to the point he was part of the special response team for the st. paul ERO/ICE field office; he’s been a federal agent since a few admins ago too, btw.

i will never vote for the gavin newsom/pete buttigieg ticket

I was at dinner many weeks before this week, and there were four 30-something business guys at the table behind us, and their entire conversation was about modeling out how bad things were gonna get under this administration. And not in a gleeful way at all.

A couple senior engineers and engineering managers (director level) were chatting about "nazis shooting innocent women" in my office yesterday. I uh, I don't think the fascists have as full a grip on reality as they think they do.

If you work in construction anywhere in this country then you work with some of the most hard-working immigrants and overall good people that you are going to find anywhere.

My incredibly white middle class coworkers whose political opinions are sometimes pretty sus were making “no hate like Christian love” remarks in regards to how the right wing sphere is treating this whole story which is uhhh an interesting connection for a normie (non-derogatory) to make

this was after I sneezed and heard the same guy sing “blessss youuuu”

there are some very white working class dudes doing electrical work in the office next door and I just overheard one of them say “fucking paramilitary fucking shooting people in the street, did you see that shit?” so I don’t think the PR is going over well

Been thinking about this the last few days: bsky.app/profile/adam...

Capitalism is where the president decrees what things cost, right?

One year cap until right after the midterms lol

If the executive branch can unilaterally cut off federal funding to specific states the union has already been dissolved.

hey Sega I know you're calling that a "fist bump" emote but you're gonna find yourself changing it real soon

Tarantino's movies are very influenced by B-movie weird schlock from the 70s and before—westerns, Blaxploitation, hong kong cinema. you don't see any of that here.

I just found this...it's a weird list mostly because of how just not very weird it is? it mostly suggests that—as happens to some artists—Tarantino has really stopped keeping up with what's happening in film. 1

BREAKING: Trump says it would be an honor to accept Lee Greenwood's 1985 Grammy award for Top Male Vocal Performance.

I said at the start of this that the real test of the completeness of Trump's victory would be in how Americans reacted to masked thugs abducting their neighbours. I hoped they'd fight back, and I haven't been disappointed. This battle will be won in the streets, not the halls of power.