Ouch, but true

DELETED After lying about this baby they gassed and almost killed in their own neighborhood, DHS deleted their post

This is a really, deeply, seriously, obviously unwell person. It’s mystifying to me that our Congress is so broken it couldn’t find a way to gently usher her out the door. Being an elected rep requires at least a modicum of psychological and emotional stability and competence.... or so I’d thought.

Every few weeks we get a story like this and it always fizzle out. Stephen Miller is in control. Let's not pretend otherwise. Even when Brooke Rollins convinced Trump to *publicly* say he'd back off of some raids, it took Miller just 48 hours to browbeat Trump into changing his mind.

“If he was an immigrant, DHS would have posted his mugshot all over the media by now. Instead, they are avoiding questions from the media because he’s one of their own, and there’s no excuse for keeping him in his position for so long.”

There’s no way ICE was unaware of Saxon’s violence. Victim had broken bones that required surgery… Police came to his home 23 times... had a DUI. A boss called police for welfare check + they found him holding a knife. Supervisor admitted he's a ‘loose cannon.’ ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/12/i...

Unlike American Conservatives, not all of us spend 12 hours a day watching news on channels like FOX, which disparage crime victims and portray criminals as heroes.

Fascist behavior is happening in this country right now. People are being harmed. Some have been killed. So when I say the more everyone else worries, the calmer I become... it’s not denial. It’s strategy. This piece explains why panic helps authoritarians… and calm doesn’t. www.jackhopkinsnow.com

“Jail records show Garza was booked into Webb County Jail on an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in a family violence case, a second-degree felony.”

BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday. www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...

The military oath, "To support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC." Military??

Some sense of humor he's got there...

A former federal agent after watching the New York Times breakdown of the ICE shooting:

As I stated yesterday, he never should have been in front of the vehicle. He provoked that murder. He shouldn't have been recording either in the middle of that.

Wake up, ICE isn’t just rounding up undocumented people. They aren’t grabbing immigrants who are criminals. They aren’t just taking immigrants at all!They’re tossing a huge net over anyone/everyone (especially with dark/brown skin) and sometimes releasing the one’s that they grabbed by mistake.

Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread) 1. Pat Bagley

Michael de Adder

10. Mike Luckovich

It is now clear that Trump-style tariffs have objectively failed at delivering manufacturing job growth in the US. They just make things cost more.

Republicans are abandoning ALL of their principles to keep Trump happy. They're not Republicans anymore, they're Trumpistas. They used to care about free trade and limited governmenment but they continue to let Trump wreck the economy. Enough is enough-these people need to grow a spine, and a pair!

ICE isn’t making rare mistakes. This is the point. When an agency can grab people first and sort out rights later, if they bother at all, everyone is at risk. Citizen or not.

The Virginia legislature today passed four constitutional amendments, all by day 3 of 2026 session: —protect abortion rights —repeal the same-sex marriage ban —allow mid-decade redistricting —greatly expand voting rights restoration. These will all go to 2026 referendums.

The Epstein Files Transparency Act does not outline any punishment if the government doesn’t comply by releasing the files, and his corrupt administration is not to prosecute itself. Trump’s crazy actions and distractions over the past few weeks reveal he will destroy the world before complying.

Ooooh, 151 backers! That's another 11 or so backers since this morning. That's really amazing to see, and we're creeping towards the next major milestone at CAD$17.5k. www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta...

beggin all of us to do something

Since taking office, Trump has canceled or halted enforcement actions against 166 corporations accused of illegal conduct. At least a third of those companies have close ties to his administration, including over 30 that have donated to Trump's ballroom. The "law and order" president.

“The US government is simply worse off with the loss of experienced employees. DOGE hollowed out promising new innovations, like Direct File, and pushed experienced and skilled technologists out. It cut employees even in cases where their work demonstrably paid for itself, such as the CFPB and IRS.”

Am I the only one who thinks that Social Security should have money for me, because I've paid into it my entire professional life? Like, how is this account potentially insolvent?

Federal judge William Young ripped Kristi Noem and Marco Rubio apart for their efforts to deport pro-Palestinian students/academics — accusing them of "an unconstitutional conspiracy to pick off certain people." "These Cabinet secretaries have failed in their sworn duty to uphold the Constitution."

I couldn’t have said it better.

Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

“More videos are likely to emerge, but the visual evidence shows no indication that the agent who fired the shots, Jonathan Ross, had been run over” (Gift link)

How seaweed farms could change the arithmetic of ocean carbon capture…for the better. ->Anthropocene | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai

But did we at least avoid dismantling core functions of the government when we let DOGE run amok? No. But did we avoid committing mass murder by destroying USAID? Also no. But did we at least avoid violating all the laws & the constitution by letting DOGE criminals run amok? Alas, also no.

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.

Same. Keep going, Adam.

Second man shares horrific story of being blinded by officers at anti-ICE rally in Santa Ana

Where the fuck is Congress?

This BS about rainbows, inspiring candidates & the like is just insane. It's so damn basic ~no one has to earn your vote. You have an obligation to vote & participate in self-governance. Voting is a better way to thank service members than just uttering the words. Open book test failed. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

There is no master race. 🛑

The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar. “There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...

This is where it is going. This is what Stephen Miller is pushing to Trump. The only reason it has not happened yet is that the violence is obviously coming from state actors. There is no insurrection to control. But we are one incident away from Trump sending in the military.

Can't stop the reeper 🤡💩🍄

Their whole administration is built on an aggressive tone and being a very aggressive with everything they do. They are only out for one thing. What Donald Trump wants And that's only to destroy this country. And get rich off of this country. He doesn't care about anybody but himself and his family

You know... Fuck doesn't seem strong enough for the day to day anymore. I think we've ascended to require more capable and fierce vulgarity to encapsulate the times. I do not know what word this should be, nor how it shall be done. #Fuckisntenough #USPOL #politics