He’s not wrong.

I wonder if “bothsidesism” has hurt our discourse.

Sometimes they just tell us they are weaponizing the criminal justice system to push their political agenda.

I mean this is just stunning:

I kind of wonder if he’s worn people down enough that when they hear this they think he’s only lying about one election.

Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.

Call me crazy, but I don't think the question of whether or not Bovino belongs in his job depends on whether or not he deletes the tweet he made calling protesters "cannon fodder." Making the tweet (along with many other things he's done) should disqualify him from any law enforcement job ever.

This dead republic

Shut the government down.

I know character limits probably forced Aaron to cut this part off, but listen to the rest of the clip as well. “In conclusion, as we liberate our country from this cultural scourge…” They’re ramping up the thinly-veiled neo-fascist rhetoric.

Obviously, irony is dead, but McLaughlin is one of the most shameless Trump propagandists. She rushes out the same default statement for every ICE/CBP incident, which are inevitably debunked. For her to complain about brainwashing is like an arsonist complaining about lighter fluid.

Very much related: “MPR News has looked into reports that federal agents have accessed private data to track and intimidate anti-ICE activists since the immigration crackdown surged in Minnesota in December. Privacy advocates say it’s a clear violation of state law.”

The “AI” that brought you MechaHitler and CSAM on demand is being integrated into military networks.

The Republican Party, party of Lincoln, has no discernible ideological beliefs that are more important than loyalty to Trump

Stephen Miller, Trump’s Director of Terror, no longer believes this country is a democracy. Without a doubt, grounds for resignation. One cannot serve the people if they no longer believe in the founding ideals and shared values of our country.

Watching Aaron Rodgers fall apart is one of the greatest moments of my Steelers fandom. Fuck that dude.

Some of those that work forces Are the same that burn crosses

football sickos 🤝 politics sickos gleefully posting “vaxxed?!” every time aaron rodgers eats shit

This poll shows that 74% of Democrats support abolishing ICE, with 53% *strongly* supporting getting rid of the agency. Any elected Democrat who wants ICE to exist is outside the mainstream of their party and the people they purport to represent.

Well, gee, SENATOR WARNER, vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, WHAT ARE WE DOING?

Gen X is at +5 support for ICE while millennials are at -25. Is this at all related to the United States banning lead paint in houses in 1978?

This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.

Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity. (vid via Ford Fischer on X)

Note that the fascist is not using the pepper spray for crowd control. He is entering a vehicle unimpeded to depart. He is simply using the pepper spray to physically punish an unarmed citizen he doesn't like.

Telling people how the can and can't spend their money is one way to do capitalism!

They then proceeded to lie

the thing about the corruption of this admin is that it exists at every level from the petty to the grand

One thing I’d like to see is my senators and governor every day on tv at 5pm holding a press conference with video of every documented abuse that ICE is doing. Curate all of the witnessing we’re doing and show it to the press.

I think what's worse is that it goes well-beyond (and in a way, also falls short) of a military occupation -- this isn't occupation, it's a hot war featuring a secret police militia nightmare roving and roaming and terrorizing the populace. This is brownshirts shit. ICE is a sanctioned terror gang.

Every week is overwhelming evidence of what we saw with our own eyes, but which our credulous media was afraid to print: the Nazi salute was a Nazi salute

Paul Verhoeven undefeated in creating a movie that flies right over the heads of the people it’s making fun of

some of these guys feel that they're showing remarkable restraint by passing up murders they're entitled to commit

Lot of people in the national press seem to be under the pretense that there will be an official announcement when the fascism starts

Unarmed American citizens are being executed by Trump's Gestapo and the job market is the weakest we've seen this century. But some of tonight's Golden Globes speeches went on too long. I have never felt more politically homeless.

This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.

I think it’s important to point out: ICE does NOT have the same authority as a police officer. They do NOT have the power to enforce laws, only to engage in their specific tasks. IE: they don’t do traffic, etc. impeding traffic is not a penalty ICE can enforce against

NOEM: “We can’t trust the government anymore.” BASH: “You are the government.” NOEM: “Yes, that’s what I’m saying.”🤔 The only honest thing @KristiNoem said today

Looks like the regime has put JD in charge of bullshit.

Can’t stop thinking the corrupt political Bush v Gore decision was the beginning of the end…

This is insane. Brooks says everyone is too blinded by ideology to see the truth of what the video shows. Then the host asks him what it shows and he refuses to answer. “Left and right are equally to blame for everything all the time” is also an ideology!

If calling a state secret police agent a murderer for committing murder will lead to more murder by the state secret police, it sure seems like the problem is with the secret police

In a week when a century happened, from VZ to MN, the biggest story was Trump's vow that nothing can stop him but 'my own morality' and 'my own mind' But a dictatorship that relies on brute force, alternate truth can be stopped. By our morality. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

I think about this July 2024 threat from the head of the Heritage Foundation quite a lot these days.

If we all believe at the same time… it’s like Tinkerbell but for an aortic dissection

The Virgin Democratic Party Establishment Candidate: "ICE isn't coordinating with local police. This is no way to bring down prices!" The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."

The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same

This is an "administrative warrant". It's not signed by a judge and is therefore unlawful. ICE agents carry stacks of these around in their cars and just fill them out on the fly. Make sure everyone knows what this looks like, as they have already started going door-to-door in some neighborhoods.

Tonight thinking about this all-time @ndrew.bsky.social banger

She said

The UK, Canada and Australia are considering banning X. And yet, the progressive movement and Democratic Party still haven’t figured out how to boycott it.