A.J. Smith
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@ajsmith from some other places…
Might solve a mystery, or rewrite history.
Might solve a mystery, or rewrite history.
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Alex Pretti - who DHS labeled a domestic terrorist - honoring a veteran that passed away in the ICU.
January 25, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Alex Pretti - who DHS labeled a domestic terrorist - honoring a veteran that passed away in the ICU.
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For everyone tuning in from home, reminder that it's -5F with -15F windchills tonight.
Every person out tonight is freezing for their country and their constitution.
Minnesota Forever.
Every person out tonight is freezing for their country and their constitution.
Minnesota Forever.
January 25, 2026 at 12:35 AM
For everyone tuning in from home, reminder that it's -5F with -15F windchills tonight.
Every person out tonight is freezing for their country and their constitution.
Minnesota Forever.
Every person out tonight is freezing for their country and their constitution.
Minnesota Forever.
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Alex Pretti was exercising his 1st and 2nd amendment rights when his 4th and 14th amendment rights were violated.
If ICE followed the constitution, he’d be alive or the men who killed him would be under arrest.
Those who kill peaceful protesters are always remembered by history as the bad guys.
If ICE followed the constitution, he’d be alive or the men who killed him would be under arrest.
Those who kill peaceful protesters are always remembered by history as the bad guys.
January 24, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Alex Pretti was exercising his 1st and 2nd amendment rights when his 4th and 14th amendment rights were violated.
If ICE followed the constitution, he’d be alive or the men who killed him would be under arrest.
Those who kill peaceful protesters are always remembered by history as the bad guys.
If ICE followed the constitution, he’d be alive or the men who killed him would be under arrest.
Those who kill peaceful protesters are always remembered by history as the bad guys.
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“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
January 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
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Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
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There’s video floating around. You don’t want to watch it.
News feed will be updated continuously. No paywall.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
News feed will be updated continuously. No paywall.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Live: Man shot by federal agent in south Minneapolis this morning, witnesses say
More than a hundred protesters and observers have gathered near E. 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:48 PM
There’s video floating around. You don’t want to watch it.
News feed will be updated continuously. No paywall.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
News feed will be updated continuously. No paywall.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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trump admin immigration policy reaching new levels of fucked up
January 22, 2026 at 2:54 AM
trump admin immigration policy reaching new levels of fucked up
Imagine living in a country that cares about its fellow citizens.
Australia on Tuesday passed new laws that implement a national gun buyback, limit imports of firearms and tighten background checks, swiftly adopting tougher gun control measures after a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration last month.
Australia Passes Tighter Gun Control Laws, Weeks After Bondi Massacre
Critics said the government had rushed the legislation, along with a bill targeting hate speech, in the wake of the mass shooting in Sydney.
nyti.ms
January 20, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Imagine living in a country that cares about its fellow citizens.
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Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
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Literally where we are as a country
The DOJ is more than three weeks late in delivering the Epstein Files. In those three weeks:
- Trump declared himself acting President of Venezuela
- ICE murdered a woman in Minnesota
- Trump is preparing an invasion of a NATO ally
- Trump initiated a criminal investigation of Fed Chair Powell
- Trump declared himself acting President of Venezuela
- ICE murdered a woman in Minnesota
- Trump is preparing an invasion of a NATO ally
- Trump initiated a criminal investigation of Fed Chair Powell
January 12, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Literally where we are as a country
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it would be good if we had a political party in america that was at least as concerned with what is morally right as it is with what will make its donors and advisors happy
January 10, 2026 at 5:54 PM
it would be good if we had a political party in america that was at least as concerned with what is morally right as it is with what will make its donors and advisors happy
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Everyone who has killed protesters and then blamed the protesters for “protesting wrong” has been remembered by history as the bad guys.
January 10, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Everyone who has killed protesters and then blamed the protesters for “protesting wrong” has been remembered by history as the bad guys.
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"It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying."
Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Here are his full comments:
Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Here are his full comments:
January 10, 2026 at 1:45 AM
"It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying."
Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Here are his full comments:
Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Here are his full comments:
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Sometimes you just have to let @lopatto.bsky.social say it out loud www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards
Once you’ve traded your principles for proximity to power, do you even run your own company?
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Sometimes you just have to let @lopatto.bsky.social say it out loud www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
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She was protesting.
He told her to leave.
She was complying.
SHE TURNED THE WHEEL TO LEAVE.
Another agent tried to forcibly open her door.
She gave the car gas to leave.
He shot her in the face.
These are the facts of what happened.
He told her to leave.
She was complying.
SHE TURNED THE WHEEL TO LEAVE.
Another agent tried to forcibly open her door.
She gave the car gas to leave.
He shot her in the face.
These are the facts of what happened.
January 9, 2026 at 9:26 PM
She was protesting.
He told her to leave.
She was complying.
SHE TURNED THE WHEEL TO LEAVE.
Another agent tried to forcibly open her door.
She gave the car gas to leave.
He shot her in the face.
These are the facts of what happened.
He told her to leave.
She was complying.
SHE TURNED THE WHEEL TO LEAVE.
Another agent tried to forcibly open her door.
She gave the car gas to leave.
He shot her in the face.
These are the facts of what happened.
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A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
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Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
January 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
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It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Northern Lights in the Southern Denver Burbs #cowx #highlandsranch
November 12, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Northern Lights in the Southern Denver Burbs #cowx #highlandsranch
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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I know a lot of people talk about "Ken Griffey's swing", "John Olerud's swing" but for my money there is nothing more beautiful than Alejandro Kirk:
- 5'7 and built like a Welsh corgi
- basically drops halfway into a splits on each swing
- each swing is a Street Fighter "Shooooryuken" uppercut
- 5'7 and built like a Welsh corgi
- basically drops halfway into a splits on each swing
- each swing is a Street Fighter "Shooooryuken" uppercut
October 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I know a lot of people talk about "Ken Griffey's swing", "John Olerud's swing" but for my money there is nothing more beautiful than Alejandro Kirk:
- 5'7 and built like a Welsh corgi
- basically drops halfway into a splits on each swing
- each swing is a Street Fighter "Shooooryuken" uppercut
- 5'7 and built like a Welsh corgi
- basically drops halfway into a splits on each swing
- each swing is a Street Fighter "Shooooryuken" uppercut
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I heard this today. “Allyship or advocacy should never be transactional. You do it because it’s right. You do it to uplift people.”
October 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I heard this today. “Allyship or advocacy should never be transactional. You do it because it’s right. You do it to uplift people.”
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