A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot. "They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets." "They had the professional demeanor of criminals." ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social

Todd Blanche: "Obviously we're not destroying evidence"

Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026

I was out there. My legs were SO COLD, and I had to keep switching hands because even in my gloves my fingers STUNG trying to hold up my sign. And it was so worth it.

I've seen several popular movements in my lifetime and history now as someone who teaches comparative politics. When people show up in the dead of winter, on a workday, when it is the most inconvenient because of cold, it shows how strongly they are motivated against the government.

Hero’s Every one of them. Underground Railroad 2026

this is good more cops saying stuff like this please

BBC overview:

Iran protests 🙏

NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed

Frey: I have a message for ICE: Get the fuck out of Minneapolis

Impeachment now.

Amen 🙏

Amen 🙏

Since I’m getting “what did I miss” from alot, Paramount Plus, owner of CBS spiked the El Salvador CECOT prison story yesterday on 60 minutes because it made the White House look bad. Cancel paramount plus Censorship. Bari Weiss

These people are the f’ing scum of the earth. And he’s just one who got CAUGHT. Get tf out of our town www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/b...

In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy. Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.

Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged. Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.

Lessons to be learned at the state level, National level, AND the LOCAL level.

How many ways could Trump try to subvert the 2026 elections? More than you can probably imagine, and many of them might work. My deep dive in @theatlantic.com, posted today: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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This is a distraction. He says he doesn’t want the media covering it so the media covers it to insight outrage. It’s not the White House, it’s the east wing only. It looks significantly worse than a typical demo and that’s by design to insight outrage. He has the legal authority to do this. #EPSTEIN

Note the source

@govpritzker.illinois.gov, @schakowsky.house.gov @duckworth.senate.gov Demand public hearings on ICE armament. ICE spending on “small arms” has been rising astronomically this year compared with significantly lower annual amounts in prior years. They are stockpiling this to use against us citizens.

“They didn’t treat people like they were American.” In Chicago last month, federal agents carried out one of the most aggressive immigration operations in recent memory, sweeping up dozens of U.S. citizens who were detained in the middle of the night. nyti.ms/3Jgpxob

These are up all over my city tonight <3

💯 THIS KID IS THE FUTURE. Come out to #NoKings Arlington Heights, #Illinois on October 18th at 3pm. RSVP www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

When Miller says the left are well organized violent extremists, it’s a dog whistle to their well organized violent extremists. They really are provoking civil war

Everyone can contact their Gov's urging them to arrest any ICE agent that's breaking the law. Marc Dann made a good point that lawfare can go both ways below. Even if prosecutors lose, it can deter these ICE Nazi's if they think they may have to deal with legal probs down the road. Call your Govs.

🔴 LOCATION CHANGE 🔴 Due to the overwhelming response, we've moved to a larger location! This country belongs to WE THE PEOPLE. 💪🏻 Millions organizing cannot be denied or ignored. Join the coalition of pro-Democracy groups in the #Chicago suburbs on Oct 18. #NoKings ➡️ www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Good launch video overall, and the focus on the Gaza genocide is notable. I think many Dems don't understand how much of a primary issue this will be in '26 and '28.

This story feels like it’s going to have huge repercussions

I strongly approve of @katmabu.bsky.social bias for action. Keep it up girl 🔥 ~middle aged white suburban dad in 60005 www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/12/i...

Yeah, we're cooked. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8S8pVQq/

The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents. In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.

How is this not a screaming massive headline across every news site? This is insane, a virtual declaration of civil war. We fought a revolution to not be subjected to this kind of tyranny

There was a Doctor Who episode where something happened because everyone on earth manifested it. Turns out the show is fictional. Damn.

Another is that we hold them at too high of a standard:

Ah yeah, Brewers swept the Twins too.

Magic The Gathering event vs. Trump's Birthday Party

As I said in my article, Trump is likely hoping to send those Guard folks back home with ugly stories to tell.

just that period reminder that content posted to Bluesky is public to *anybody*. if you don't want to see it used in a court of law, don't post it here. and DMs here are not E2EE, they can be subpoened. a great use for bsky DMs is to share secure comms and move the conversation there.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjg8FsoH/ I don’t always agree with Gavin Newsom but on this I’m 100% behind him. Time for CA, IL, NY and other blue states that pay out more than receive to cut off the feds if they threaten us. Time for Red states to, as they like to say, “pull themselves up by their bootstraps”.

The latest breaking news and its implications are chilling: Supreme Court Lets DOGE View Social Security Data In a second order, the court ruled that, for now, DOGE does not have to hand over internal records to a government watchdog group 1/13

Brocasts aren’t republican. They are for young guys. If you want to connect you have to speak to them. If you want to lose by 248k votes in 7 swing states, ignore them

@katmabu.bsky.social thoughts on that blink of a spot on Realtime tonight

We’ve got about 10-15 days. We’ll probably see prices first skyrocket in the next two weeks, then bare shelves, mass layoffs, reduction in workforce, unemployment benefits dry up, protests turn to rioting and looting. Marshal law will be declared and that’s when Hegseth turns the military on us.

This was a few weeks ago. As the shipping ports see sharp declines in traffic now, we’re about to go through it in another week or two.