If anyone wants to know how Judge Biery felt about this, here's his sig block:

"Minnesotans are insisting that their neighbors are their neighbors whether they were born in Minneapolis or Mogadishu. That is, arguably, a deeply Christian philosophy, one apparently loathed by some of the most powerful Christians in America."

Agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter in a massive show of force. Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. But after the cameras were gone, federal prosecutors did not charge anyone. (Pub. Nov. 2025 w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social @blockclubchi.bsky.social)

He very last act is to turn the wheels away from the ICE officer.

In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.

Hard video to watch, but about as close as you can get to conclusively disproving the Trump admin's claims that she deliberately attempted to run down the officer. She even talks nicely with him moments before! Note also that the officer is focused more on filming her than on anything else.

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

PSA: There are few phrases that will make me instantly ignore you more quickly than “let that sink in.”

NEW: Woman shot dead by ICE agent in Minneapolis identified as Renee Good, 37. According to her mom, Renee had 3 children and was not part of any ICE protest groups

With news of yet another DHS shooting breaking, a reminder that DHS’s initial statements should not be trusted without further verification, given previous post-shooting statements which crumbled under further investigation. In addition, be wary of short context-free video clips shared virally.

@skyejethani.bsky.social 🎙️Holy Post 663

Schoolhouse Rock never prepared us for this shit.

When Van Gogh painted Cypresses (1889), he said they were “like Egyptian obelisks.” Their flame-like forms rise through swirling skies, turning stillness into motion.

"The United States has now given Russia, China, and anyone else who wants to give it a try a road map for invading countries that displease them," argues Tom Nichols:

"Tragically, America is still living in a political era that began on Jan. 6, 2021," the editorial board writes. "Recognizing as much is necessary to bring this era to an end before it has many more anniversaries."

Both of the homes Trump claimed as principal residences in the ’90s were used as investment properties and rented out, according to an interview with his longtime real estate agent — exactly the sort of scenario he’s pointed to as evidence of fraud.

The 21st day of the annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar features galaxies of varying shapes and sizes, some appearing stretched and warped. Check back every day until December 25 for a new image of our universe:

Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.

He is literally ranting and raving, and I am really really glad this is being carried by the networks

Trump "showed a level of viciousness toward [Rob] Reiner in death that we rarely see in anyone, and have never before seen in an American president," Peter Wehner argues—and it's a mistake to dismiss his words.

Donald Trump’s response to Rob Reiner’s death wasn’t just another example of norm-breaking rhetoric from the president—“it actively widened the breach,” John Dickerson argues: theatln.tc/v3ftkZJS

Trump 0-3 on indicting Tish James and just had his ass handed to him by Indiana Republican legislators he threatened and bullied. Also new low in AP poll at 36% approval.

Read @nicolefoy.bsky.social's investigation that prompted the congressional probe. We found that agents had detained >170 Americans this year. More than 20 citizens said they were held for at least a day without being able to contact a lawyer or their loved ones.

Trump calling Somali immigrants “garbage” shows that he sees little risk in open expressions of racism, @adamserwer.bsky.social argues.

They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

The Sunflowers (August–September 1888) were painted to brighten Gauguin’s bedroom. The painting was both a welcome gift and a test of the expressive potential of the color yellow.

“If they can do this to George, they can do this to anyone.” ICE brutally arrested and illegally detained George Retes, an American citizen and Army veteran. Learn more about how we are elevating his story here:

“A recent lawsuit claims leaders of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, ignored repeated warnings about child sexual abuse and domestic violence and pressured a mother to keep her children in harm’s way.” The details are so disturbing. julieroys.com/grace-commun...

Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait. My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.

NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.

After Fox News’ pollsters found that Trump’s job approval had plummeted, the network buried the results while puffing up the president as the “ultimate dealmaker” who is doing “incredible things” and promising that “the whole world” will soon “come kiss the ring of the king.”

Trump trying to change the conversation about his relationship with a notorious pedophile by suggesting a group of Democrats should be hung is next level disgraceful.

NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court. Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution

Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:

NEW: President Trump mentioned over 1,000 times in Epstein files, more than anyone else. (gift) www.miamiherald.com/article31290...

Newly-released Jeffrey Epstein emails have prompted Donald Trump and his allies to update their defense of the president—but their new narrative makes no more sense than their old one did, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues.

Yes there's a lot of denial, but I've seen it: when it snaps, it snaps hard. "Powerful men covered up child sex abuse" isn't outlandish when you've seen that happen in church, boy scouts, school athletics, and every other social pillar of your conservative middle-class life in the past few decades.

Van Gogh sometimes painted halos of light. They weren’t religious symbols but expressions of intensity—his way of showing the eternal through color.

Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed

The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists. They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver. apnews.com/article/trum...

The Trump administration has abandoned its commitment to an equitable education for all children, Pepper Stetler argues. But this attack isn’t new—Congress has been weakening the transformative law that governs education for disabled students for decades:

Due to the ongoing government shutdown, SNAP is set to run out of money for the first time in its history. “It’s not that the administration can’t pay up” to fill the gap—“it’s that it has chosen not to,” @willgottsegen.com argues in The Atlantic Daily.

A male Wood Duck with the light bringing out the colors in his fancy mullet. These ducks are my favorite waterfowl to photograph.

Two months before Calvin Alexander’s parole hearing date, he was told he was no longer eligible. Why? An algorithm had deemed the nearly blind 70-year-old, who uses a wheelchair, a “moderate risk,” barring him from speaking to the parole board. (Published April w/ @veritenews.org)

What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.

“Now that President Donald Trump is perverting the Justice Department into an instrument of political persecution, jury nullification may be one of the only mechanisms that everyday Americans have to protect the rule of law,” Adam Serwer argues:

A Red-winged Blackbird wearing a small stick on his noggin. Very fashion forward.

The VA is down 600 doctors and about 1,900 nurses so far this year, the first time the agency has seen net losses in years. At several facilities, more than a third of the positions for doctors are unfilled. By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social @vernalcoleman.bsky.social @ericumansky.bsky.social