The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

This is the grim, depressing reality Donald Trump has made of American life. Instead of waking up on a Saturday, relaxing and spending time with your loved ones, you now have to watch American towns being ravaged and their citizens being murdered by violent secret police. All because of one man.

If only we as a country, as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of our independence, had some historical events from our founding era that might help us understand why agents of a distant government shouldn’t murder protesters on the streets of the city where they live.

I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity

Torturing a convicted criminal point-blank with pepper spray would be cruel and unusual punishment for a crime, prohibited by the 8th Amendment to the #Constitution. No judge sanctioned the punishment, which violates the 14th Amendment. And what crime did this observer commit? #ICE #fascism

Eight minutes matters. A pulse matters. Denied medical care matters. Doctors don’t speak out like this for politics or optics. They speak out when a line is crossed, when an oath is violated, when someone who could have been helped is instead left to die. It’s utterly vile they have to do this.

The private sector never wanted black women running anything worthwhile in the first place.

I DO NOT CARE IF THE PERSON ICE IS BRUTALIZING IS A U.S. CITIZEN OR NOT AND EVERY TIME YOU MAKE THE DISTINCTION IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE FINE WITH THEM BRUTALIZING IMMIGRANTS

I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

Everything Trump is doing now (from from Portland to Minneapolis to Chicago) is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act. I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but I've been warning for months of this imminent danger. Let me explain what’s going on.

The #Nazis admired and studied America’s #JimCrow laws. This is yet another reason why comparing #ICE to the #Gestapo is off-base. It fails to recognize that #America was classifying, marginalizing, and terrorizing her own people on the basis of #caste long before Nazi Germany came along

R.I.P. You’ve earned the best seats in the house 💜

In IL, becoming a licensed hairstylist requires 1500 training hours & state exams, a process that takes up to 2 years. To become an ICE fascist licensed to kidnap & kill people you can drop out of high school, turn 18, and take a 47 day training. This is what “meritocracy” looks like to fascists.😐

THEY'RE DRINKING THE REDS! THEY'RE DRINKING THE WHITES! 💀

This video is the perfect encapsulation of the illegal, thuggish, unprovoked, violent conduct of ICE. Rep. @benniethompson.bsky.social, I trust that you and the House Homeland Security Committee will have interest in this.

Too much attention is paid to the side hustle. What about the rear bustle?

I can still recall all the tut-tutting from the media when Harris made this argument.

Urgent call from citizen in Greenalnd to the US Congress. Stop the US President and administration in their unlawful threats of Greenland 🛑

This sign goes hard #Granada #Andalucía #España #flamenco

AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.

Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.

It’s surprisingly difficult to find oun chien andalousia around here

What do these companies have in common? -Cigna -Comcast -General Mills -Allstate -Marriott -Hilton -Walmart -Amazon -Microsoft -Meta All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election. And all have broken that promise.

Five years ago.

Reprehensible

My friend @charlotteclymer.bsky.social has written about Mark Kelly’s distinguished military career. This is not to be missed. open.substack.com/pub/charlott...

The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a law, passed by Congress on November 19 with an overwhelming vote. Complying with it was not optional. The Department of Justice did not comply. I want to make sure this is very clear.

Democrats need to grow a f*cking spine. No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment. Impeach. Convict. Remove.

Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

Your tax dollars at work — for the ethnic cleansing of the United States of America

No words.

Sheesh, who *isn’t* on Ozempic these days?

“Tibor Nagy, a veteran dipl who was Trump’s acting undersecretary of state for mgmt until Apr, has long been a critic of the vast networks of nonprofit orgs funded by American taxpayers. But he told ProPublica the administration never cared to differentiate btw ‘fluff’ & vital humanitarian pgms.

One citizen said that federal agents in Idaho pointed guns at her children, ages 6 and 8, and dragged her 14-year-old daughter out of a truck and zip-tied her. The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.” By @nicolefoy.bsky.social

ICE PEPPER SPRAYED A ONE-YEAR-OLD because her mother was filming them.

i don't think this is even a real statistical anomaly anymore. it seems like there's someone in the crowd at every mass shooting who has been through it before. this doesn't have to be our shared cultural experience.

I think “gift” is a typo. They forgot the ‘r’.

Duke has an amazing repository of the nation's historical gun laws...hundreds of laws which, if today's 2nd Amendment fundamentalists are to be believed, were 100% unconstitutional...and yet, no one seemed to notice that until the last 50 years or so. firearmslaw.duke.edu/repository-o...

What is the American experiment anyway?

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

without birthright citizenship in the united states, you don't have a democracy and you don't have rule of law. revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.

Phil Klay: I suspect the question the administration cares about is not “is this legal,” “is this a war crime,” “is this murder” or even “is this good for America,” but rather, “isn’t this violence delightful?” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...

Behold the greatest economy in the history of the world

Oh this? It's just a generic cup.

This Thanksgiving, ICE fascists are arresting people in San Diego At Their Green Card Interviews! These immigrants followed the law & did everything right—ICE is arresting them anyway. It was never about law & order. It was always about fascism & white supremacy. Abolish ICE. Protect our Republic.

📱 Using your #RightToRecord! In the U.S.– no matter what your immigration status is– you have the right to record immigration enforcement agents. This is a powerful tool for exposing their tactics, combatting abuse, and fighting detention.