Trump should not be written off as a buffoon; neither should he be considered as a "deal-maker". He's an authoritarian leader intent on unilateral solutions and personal gain. He's erratic, but serious. And if he backs down now, he'll continue by other means.

Good morning generals and commanders Never answer a tyrant's bluffing with rolling over on your belly

Liberals mad when I remind them it's *their* imperial boomerang...🪃💥 bsky.app/profile/azur...

Granny get you guns. The government has decided they can just publicly kill us if we cause a problem

With ICE blatantly disregarding the law and now murdering people, we see the normalization of violence against Americans is integral to maintaining U.S. capitalist class power. War is on the horizon, & its targets will be the people of the United States. #politics

Reminder: The billionaires are to blame for everything bad and not few of them (Trump, Epstein, Musk, Maxwell, Thiel, Gates, etc.) are probably fucking child rapists! Also, Luigi did NOTHING wrong! Neither would you if... On the contrary. You'd become an even greater hero! #FreeLuigi #LuigiTime

I’ve got to say this somewhere. I doff my cap to the bravery of the Minnesotans. They really are an example to the rest of America and the world

bsky.app/profile/thet... Of course they deleted it.

NEW — ICE violence has spread well beyond Minneapolis, with agents landing in small cities like St. Cloud. I spoke with Alice Valentine, a local queer trans woman, who protested ICE on Monday and was pepper sprayed, beaten and jailed as a result, along with her girlfriend. This is Alice's story:

Hats off Republicans. Just when you hit rock bottom, you prove there is no bottom.

Dear Democratic Leadership, Your bill for requiring training of ICE officers is the dumbest fucking thing I have ever seen. Is that what your constituents want, highly trained masked militants? Geezus, read the room.

So he’s stopping funding for Minnesota due to accusations of fraud while pardoning every Republican convicted of fraud.

Does this administration understand everything they post online is forever? And can be used in a court of law.

US Senator Lindsey Graham, a pro-Trump lawmaker and vocal advocate of US intervention in Iran, lands in Israel and pushes for action on Tehran. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/0tlqyg

General tapped to lead SOUTHCOM grilled over forces in Latin America www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...

it's SLAVERY

"I canceled all my engagements in Israel this year because of my objection to Mr. Netanyahu's way of treating the whole Palestinian issue," Zubin Mehta said. www.haaretz.com/world-news/2...

We should all send our childhood participation trophies and random stupid medals for 6th place T-ball to: Attn: The Littlest Middle Finger Boy Who was Never Loved 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington D.C 20500

I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

🧵 Staff of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY, have voted by a 76% margin in a National Labor Relations Board election to unionize with UAW Local 2110. The ballot tally was 542 yes votes for the union with 172 votes against.

Keep 'em coming #Virginia

Epstein scandal looms as a ‘mortal threat’ Trump knows he can’t outrun

“He was just joking.” There is nothing funny about the sitting president “joking” about canceling elections.

One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.

In case anybody wondered what it looked like for a President to actually win a Nobel Peace Prize vs. pretending to win one by extorting a woman who only wants the best for her country.

The one thing authoritarian leaders usually have going for them is the general apathy of the majority when they make a move solely against a marginal group in society. But when they occupy an entire city with clumsy, brutal force, that just forces everyone out of that apathy.

THERE WAS ANOTHER ICE SHOOTING TONIGHT

Trump is polling terribly on every key issue for 310 straight days. His numbers are underwater because the American people don’t like anything he’s doing.

Neo-Nazis build secret business empire in red state

That DHS is using a neo-Nazi Anthem for recruiting gives new meaning to the question its Secret Police have been flinging at protestors recently: “Have y’all not learned from the past couple of days?” What we've learned (again) is that the Secret Police RELISH their role as fascist paramilitaries.

OK, when he's found not guilty, what happens to the ICE thug.... apnews.com/article/port...  A man shot by Border Patrol during an Oregon immigration stop pleads not guilty to assault on agent

Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now. If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.

Because they are ALL Criminals...

Over 20 years, Iran has been the No1 country of origin for asylum seekers in the UK. Those who campaign to slash the rights of refugees, but today decry the savagery of the Iranian regime, need to have a little think. There is no safe route to the UK for Iranian asylum seekers.

This was excellent! It's long, and it's really well done.

In the morning, FBI seized the phone of a journalist who had contact with hundreds of regime dissidents. In the afternoon, incompetent ICE goons abandoned cars with stacks of intelligence on their invasion.

FWIW, I think that the US will move to destabilize Europe far more quickly than people consider, not least by tipping as many countries as they can into fascism. Moving to the EU is at best a temporary reprieve.

I've lived in Ireland >5 years now (and been a citizen for 20). The number of Americans fleeing the US I meet has gone up sharply in the last six months.

Muhammad can’t keep an account here but him and his family need help