This has been the plan all along. - Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN - Implement the Insurrection Act - Declare Martial Law - Suspend elections

pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:

Not only has Rand Paul increased this cost by a factor of 10,000, there was actually useful science behind the research as I explained in 2021. wapo.st/4pKScAV

Free and fair elections are under attack. Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans are trying to rig the midterm elections by manipulating congressional maps without voter approval.

“Trump and MAGA republicans are trying to rig the midterm elections, so they can lock in power.”

ICE officials think they can win elections lmao

www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with... This kid will face employment discrimination for life, among god knows what permanent medical conditions from this. Lost eyesight. It is gruesome. And they need every hit of support the worker got for flipping Trump off. Let’s rally for this person.

NEW: In January 2024, a man purchased Meta's newly AI-infused smart glasses. He went on to experience a devastating break with reality that played out across Meta platforms — with Meta AI as his companion, entertaining and affirming his worsening delusional beliefs. futurism.com/artificial-i...

2019

what a legend lmao

personal fave

this is fucking incredible

Rachel Cohen: “Greg, I hope you fucking eat shit, I hope this keeps you up at night for the rest of your life, and no one fucking wants you here” Greg Bovino: “Oh, fantastic language” Cohen: “ ‘Oh, fantastic language’—there’s children in here? In your fucking vehicles, assholes?”

one day we are going to find out that the right has a star wars style clone factory where they manufacture all these blonde women spouting fascist talking points. theyre all literally the same fucking person.

It’ll be dangerously cold this weekend in the Twin Cities. Windchills will reach -20°. With how violently ICE is grabbing people, they might not be dressed for the weather, especially if ICE keeps dumping people miles from their home or car without their phone. Frostbite hits quickly at these temps.

"Officers threw flash bangs and tear gas in my car. I got six kids in the car" "His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."

Holy hell, what an obituary

OK. The array of things Trump might try to do is incredibly broad, in a way that would seem very implausible just a year ago, because he is evil, demented, egotistical, and stupid: a comic-book tyrant. Similarly, the array of things his cultists would support is frighteningly broad. /1

is this about Greenland or Minneapolis?

Trump regrets not deploying the Guard to seize voting machines in 2020 Trump tested deploying the NG last year under §12406 SCOTUS said no to 12406. He’ll have to invoke the insurrection act to deploy the Guard Trump amps up ICE violence in Minneapolis Today: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Minneapolis is headed towards something resembling a general strike, if you were wondering how the campaign to cow working people into quiescence is going

the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?

Please read this important thread. It is possible to take seriously Trump's delusional musings about canceling the elections--he may actually want to!--but you have at least take the time to learn why it is somewhere between impracticable and impossible.

Every example of ai being useful begins with "okay imagine you're in a situation, and you are very dumb"

This is why we celebrate the Boston Substack Party, when the patriots wrote strongly worded pamphlets about tea.

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...

How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory

Praxis

A few years ago analysts were writing that AI would devastate the workplace by replacing drivers with self driving cars. Today the drivers still have their jobs, but the analysts have been replaced.

When a TV guest goes the predictable route of claiming they're "paid protestors," hosts must immediately ask if they have any proof. When they sputter that they're guessing, ask if *they* were paid to come on TV and lie about it. No? You're offended by that? Gosh, I'm just guessing here like you.

Screenshots of some of the documents found in looted ICE vehicles from one of the livestreams before it got turned "private" on YouTube (after the other one already was). Share widely and make sure the genie can't go back in the bottle.

ICE agents only do this because they are extremely well-trained and experienced with the situations they are creating

Laura Jedeed on applying for a job with ICE: "I expected them to Google me, and they didn't ... they sent me a final job offer ... what's disturbing is we don't know who is wearing these masks with guns in our city. We don't know if they have domestic violence convictions."

man you are under ATTACK, what are you TALKING about

I'm sure everyone would love to choose peace right now Tim but that option has been foreclosed by a militarized gang of violent raiders. Peace has been taken from you

This ingenious mashup of Shelley Duval’s Popeye and The Shining roles is such a great image. It’s not stop motion but you can really visualise the movement. By ‘The Atypical Artist’. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCsL...

Cars being washed towards the sea at Wye River this afternoon, less than a week after the Victorian town was evacuated due to nearby fires. Video via Luke Day on FB.

the valiant defenders of Minneapolis secured an absolute *haul*

There are people being like “Maine is super racist, they’ll round up the POCs and hand them to ICE” and like, nah. Maine is racist in the way Boston is racist. Belligerence at outsiders telling them what to do takes precedence.

It was just a matter of time til they figured out Lewiston has a large #Somali population. And it is held in high regard by Mainers. That's why we now have a state statute forbidding law enforcement to cooperate with ICE.

Godspeed to the gallant people of Minneapolis, who have embodied courage undreamt of in the face of the pack of killers with badges.

before I go to bed, I feel obliged to emphasize how tonight’s rampage in northern Minneapolis was, by no exaggeration, a glorified episode of klan night riding by federally deputized groypers. Yes, DHS always had these people but the difference now is that they’re in charge and with a $175B budget.

Andrew Mercado & Mercado Media are both great sources to get valid information, especially in Minneapolis, as Andrew is there. 👇

After ICE agents shot people in Minneapolis tonight, a crowd faced them down and eventually chased them away, despite federal mercenaries and police shooting a tremendous amount of tear gas. ICE agents abandoned vehicles in the area, containing IDs, paperwork, license plates, and operational plans.

holy fucking shit www.youtube.com/live/2l5GY9Z...

Papers and artifacts have been taken out of ICE vehicles that were left at the scene. The PEOPLE are now going through the papers on a live stream.

Ah yes, the classic 7-day delayed internal bleeding

If I was taking my six month old to the hospital because some fucking mall cop reject detonated a flashbang near her and my city leadership was talking about "not taking the bait" I would be incandescent with rage.