In a sane world, the federal agency would issue a statement that the officer had been put on administrative leave until an investigation was concluded.

I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy. She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.

Like those before it, that insane, vile DHS statement about the Minneapolis shooting isn't about covering anything up. It's performative lying. They aren't trying to persuade anyone that their agents did nothing wrong. They're trying to project that their agents can get away with anything.

This link now 404s, even from the WH news page.

abolish ice is the moderate position to be honest. whichever candidate promises to nuremberg the ice agents has my vote at this point

Is it just or does it seem to others that seizing Russian-flagged vessels on the high seas might be a bad idea? (Straight up piracy)

I watched one of the videos; this is a correct assessment. It’s upsetting but not graphic. Watching it makes it clear that they are lying but you also don’t need to see it to come to that conclusion.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 That’s not how “no comment” works.

Lol how can you tell this administration is lying to you? Because oil hasn't been shipped in actual barrels in over a century www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...

Dominant predator. Jesus. Also the whole quote is nuts.

I'm sick of treating Republican officials like they have no agency. They could stop this tomorrow. If they cared about the country more than their jobs, they would. And if they're too afraid of stochastic violence, then maybe they move decisively to end Trumpism.

Thom Tillis is welcome to caucus with Senate Democrats & give control of Congress to the only party that does not endorse the Jan 6 coup & the far right authoritarian presidency currently in power. Talk is cheap, & the hour is late. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

It’s easy to attack Denmark and Canada for moral cowardice but they’re in a VERY tough spot. Yes, it will be very bad for the U.S. in the medium-term to do anything really punitive, but both are right to fear Trump’s retaliation. Trump loves performative displays of social-dominance.

So much of what this administration does is performative.

Apes do read Thucydides; they just don’t understand him.

They are.

#BoringCentrism is committed to restoring and expanding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in order to sustain a free and fair society, end news deserts, and combat misinformation.

It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason

I mean, it does make a certain amount of sense that the downfall of empire is caused by people who don't understand how you actually make empire in the first place

This is peak “she fits she sits”. The “box” she is sitting in with all four feet is a silicone *spoon rest*. Espresso cup for size (I hate bananas).

What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids? Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.

I’m sorry. I can’t let this Miller bullshit pass. After WWII “the West,” sometimes relatively quickly, sometimes not until the ‘70s, realized that the writing was on the wall: that they could spend vast sums in blood and treasure trying to defeat anti-colonial movements, and still lose.

Block early and block often.

Excellent discussion but I think it fails to capture what’s really happening in this interview. The CEO has just gone off script and promised a slew of features that aren’t part of the product and can’t easily be added. Rubio is the product manager stalling for time to figure out how to undo this.

😂😂😂

Some orders are obviously illegal, like killing prisoners. Most are not. You can’t have a military in which each individual is constantly questioning the legality of every single order. It isn’t even obvious in this situation that the orders were illegal.

Prime Minister of Malaysia

New euphemism for "bottomless corruption and naked abuses of power" just dropped

Intervention in Venezuela epitomizes U.S. way of war since 9/11: stunningly effective at the tactical and operational levels, dangerously divorced from the achievement of strategic and political outcomes that actually make U.S. more secure.

I am increasingly coming to the conclusion that Trump made all of this up. There is no plan for this. They may now be scrambling to make the Dear Leader’s pronouncement plausibly true, but it was not part of the original plan, which was just a hoorah smash and grab PR stunt.

RealID is an *identity* document. It proves that you are who you say you are. It is generally not confirmation of immigration status or citizenship. Only a handful of states have the option to get a RealID that includes citizenship, and you have to pay extra for it.

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Watching people making the argument that this somehow emboldens Putin to try to kidnap Zelenskyy is bizarre. Russia has been trying to capture or assassinate Zelenskyy since the very beginning of the current invasion. They’ve made multiple attempts.

lol ersatz situation rm vs the real thing. Still trying to outdo the black guy and still failing.

Everything they do is for Content. It’s all TV to them. They’re playing characters in a show and they think the coolest characters are the villains

Well, it was either all this or another black person in a Star Wars movie

Being an American feels like getting on a school bus and then your bus driver decides to do a drive by

So what is happening? Is the US setting up a puppet government? Extorting compliance from the remaining Venezuelan government? Setting up an occupation and Generalgouvernement? Honestly I’m really perplexed by what they think happens next. 1. Attack Venezuela 2. ???? 3. PROFIT!

DOJ is still in violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

The capture and deposal of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro by the U.S. does not mean a regime transition because his Vice President Delcy Rodriguez is now acting as President and the entire regime apparatus remains intact.

Coming soon.

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES. ALL OF THEM.

My fear here is that I would absentmindedly kick the cup over and tip all my precious coffee onto the floor of the car.

The ability to correctly identify a lion is a critical and challenging bar for any presidential candidate to pass. Even more challenging is the requirement to draw hands on a clock.

This article advocates for the “Faculty Merit Act” that would — get this — require all faculty applicants to submit their *SAT* scores. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Holy shirts that’s hilarious.

Best Twitter riposte of the day. And Washington met his payroll for the Continental Army with money furnished by the Spanish Crown, too.

Piece with @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social on Trump 2 FP went to copyeditor today, should be out next month. Conclusion was angriest I’ve ever written for a traditional outlet. Anyone who pretends USFP is anything other than a fusion of kleptocracy & far-right extremism helps launder their criminality