Andy Craig
@andycraig.bsky.social
@theunpopulist.net
Election law and policy, liberalism and democracy, and occasional pugs.
Election law and policy, liberalism and democracy, and occasional pugs.
We charge you that you have contrived to take
From Rome all seasoned office and to wind
Yourself into a power tyrannical,
For which you are a traitor to the people.
From Rome all seasoned office and to wind
Yourself into a power tyrannical,
For which you are a traitor to the people.
impeach
January 25, 2026 at 8:43 AM
We charge you that you have contrived to take
From Rome all seasoned office and to wind
Yourself into a power tyrannical,
For which you are a traitor to the people.
From Rome all seasoned office and to wind
Yourself into a power tyrannical,
For which you are a traitor to the people.
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As JD Vance starts trying to play "nice Gestapo" to Steven Miller's "mean Gestapo," it's worth emphasizing that what's happening in Minnesota is a direct descendant of Vance's knowingly false racist demagoguery during the campaign. "Somalis are low-IQ thieves" is "Haitians are eating your pets."
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January 24, 2026 at 5:59 PM
As JD Vance starts trying to play "nice Gestapo" to Steven Miller's "mean Gestapo," it's worth emphasizing that what's happening in Minnesota is a direct descendant of Vance's knowingly false racist demagoguery during the campaign. "Somalis are low-IQ thieves" is "Haitians are eating your pets."
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Call the piece of legislation that ultimately abolishes ICE the Pretti-Good Act
January 25, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Call the piece of legislation that ultimately abolishes ICE the Pretti-Good Act
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There is not a lawyer in America who would have told you this was a plausible series of events even 6 months ago.
The killing happened about 15 hours ago. Since then:
- MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (FBI equivalent) got a warrant for the evidence on the scene
- Tried to execute it
- Were forcibly turned away by feds
- Filed for a temporary restraining order
- TRO granted by the federal district court
- MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (FBI equivalent) got a warrant for the evidence on the scene
- Tried to execute it
- Were forcibly turned away by feds
- Filed for a temporary restraining order
- TRO granted by the federal district court
January 25, 2026 at 5:50 AM
There is not a lawyer in America who would have told you this was a plausible series of events even 6 months ago.
Saying there must be trials isn't just an emotive aspiration.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
January 25, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Saying there must be trials isn't just an emotive aspiration.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
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This exceptional photo from David Guttenfelder drives home the point that these are not law enforcement officers; they are an untrained street gang doing the bidding of their fascist leaders.
January 25, 2026 at 3:59 AM
This exceptional photo from David Guttenfelder drives home the point that these are not law enforcement officers; they are an untrained street gang doing the bidding of their fascist leaders.
Even over on Elon's Nazis and CSAM emporium, the apologetics enthusiasm is noticeably muted and less voluminous than normal.
looking at reddit.com/r/all right now is wild. 80% of the posts are anti ice from every kind of subreddit like NBA, climbing, nursing, batman, catbongos and music
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January 25, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Even over on Elon's Nazis and CSAM emporium, the apologetics enthusiasm is noticeably muted and less voluminous than normal.
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Around 1.4% of the US population is registered nurses
January 25, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Around 1.4% of the US population is registered nurses
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Two and half minutes. That’s all the time the CBS Evening News thought today’s events in Minneapolis were worth. Not even time to tell viewers what Alex Pretti did for a living.
The winter storm got 8 minutes.
NBC Nightly News spent 8 minutes, nearly half the show, on Pretti’s killing
The winter storm got 8 minutes.
NBC Nightly News spent 8 minutes, nearly half the show, on Pretti’s killing
January 25, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Two and half minutes. That’s all the time the CBS Evening News thought today’s events in Minneapolis were worth. Not even time to tell viewers what Alex Pretti did for a living.
The winter storm got 8 minutes.
NBC Nightly News spent 8 minutes, nearly half the show, on Pretti’s killing
The winter storm got 8 minutes.
NBC Nightly News spent 8 minutes, nearly half the show, on Pretti’s killing
Hard to tell for sure, but I see people noting the video suggests a reasonable possibility the fed who'd taken his gun then accidentally fired it into the asphalt.
This is the sort of thing that'd be easily verified or disproven by now, publicly, if real cops had access to it. Even they can count.
This is the sort of thing that'd be easily verified or disproven by now, publicly, if real cops had access to it. Even they can count.
January 25, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Hard to tell for sure, but I see people noting the video suggests a reasonable possibility the fed who'd taken his gun then accidentally fired it into the asphalt.
This is the sort of thing that'd be easily verified or disproven by now, publicly, if real cops had access to it. Even they can count.
This is the sort of thing that'd be easily verified or disproven by now, publicly, if real cops had access to it. Even they can count.
Trump & co. insisting it's somehow suspicious and unusual for somebody to be carrying an extra magazine is a very sharp example of how far removed these elite bubble fascist clowns are from the sort of gun people who are actually into concealed carry.
January 25, 2026 at 6:13 AM
Trump & co. insisting it's somehow suspicious and unusual for somebody to be carrying an extra magazine is a very sharp example of how far removed these elite bubble fascist clowns are from the sort of gun people who are actually into concealed carry.
Good god.
when the feds essentially abandoned the scene today after gassing us, we saw upon returning to the intersection this pile of what we were pretty sure was alex’s coat & some of his clothes, a lighter & a crampon, with crime scene tape in it
we created the barrier to preserve likely evidence
we created the barrier to preserve likely evidence
January 25, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Good god.
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Understand that 370 days ago even bringing a motion like this would probably have been treated as sanctionably frivolous
Today it was granted ex parte
Today it was granted ex parte
A federal judge issues a restraining order against the feds, barring them from "destroying or altering evidence"
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Understand that 370 days ago even bringing a motion like this would probably have been treated as sanctionably frivolous
Today it was granted ex parte
Today it was granted ex parte
The killing happened about 15 hours ago. Since then:
- MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (FBI equivalent) got a warrant for the evidence on the scene
- Tried to execute it
- Were forcibly turned away by feds
- Filed for a temporary restraining order
- TRO granted by the federal district court
- MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (FBI equivalent) got a warrant for the evidence on the scene
- Tried to execute it
- Were forcibly turned away by feds
- Filed for a temporary restraining order
- TRO granted by the federal district court
January 25, 2026 at 5:34 AM
The killing happened about 15 hours ago. Since then:
- MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (FBI equivalent) got a warrant for the evidence on the scene
- Tried to execute it
- Were forcibly turned away by feds
- Filed for a temporary restraining order
- TRO granted by the federal district court
- MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (FBI equivalent) got a warrant for the evidence on the scene
- Tried to execute it
- Were forcibly turned away by feds
- Filed for a temporary restraining order
- TRO granted by the federal district court
To have this extremely unusual order in hand day-of is astonishing.
BREAKING: Judge Tostrud -- a Trump appointee — has quickly granted a restraining order, barring the administration from "destroying or altering evidence" taken from today's shooting. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 5:29 AM
To have this extremely unusual order in hand day-of is astonishing.
"[Some fear] republican gov. cannot be strong. … I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest Gov. on earth. I believe it the only one where every man, at the call of the law, would fly to the standard of the law, and would meet invasions of the public order as his own personal concern." Jefferson
Guys if you see observers thank them. There’s real stress and burnout in the ranks right now. People understand they are waking up every day to chase and monitor federal thugs who can execute them. But they keep doing it nonstop to protect their neighbors
January 25, 2026 at 5:25 AM
"[Some fear] republican gov. cannot be strong. … I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest Gov. on earth. I believe it the only one where every man, at the call of the law, would fly to the standard of the law, and would meet invasions of the public order as his own personal concern." Jefferson
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This is exactly why they need to charge Jonathan Ross for murder as soon as possible.
I *know* it’s a tough needle to thread, I know prosecuting a fed is fraught.
But MN state murder charges, and an arrest, is *necessary* to counter the federal propaganda that ICE has absolute immunity
I *know* it’s a tough needle to thread, I know prosecuting a fed is fraught.
But MN state murder charges, and an arrest, is *necessary* to counter the federal propaganda that ICE has absolute immunity
January 25, 2026 at 4:21 AM
This is exactly why they need to charge Jonathan Ross for murder as soon as possible.
I *know* it’s a tough needle to thread, I know prosecuting a fed is fraught.
But MN state murder charges, and an arrest, is *necessary* to counter the federal propaganda that ICE has absolute immunity
I *know* it’s a tough needle to thread, I know prosecuting a fed is fraught.
But MN state murder charges, and an arrest, is *necessary* to counter the federal propaganda that ICE has absolute immunity
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The fact that they've already got affidavits from witnesses to Alex Pretti's murder introduced in Tincher v. Noem is absolutely spectacular.
I get the impulse to push for more, harder, faster, but it's worth noting here: the lawyers for both the state and various other plaintiffs have been working their asses off at absolute breakneck speed today.
JUST IN: In a new lawsuit, Minnesota officials say DHS mishandled evidence from today's crime scene and made "astonishing" law enforcement decisions. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 4:11 AM
The fact that they've already got affidavits from witnesses to Alex Pretti's murder introduced in Tincher v. Noem is absolutely spectacular.
This is the issue Pam Bondi demanded Minnesota cave on as a condition of ending the occupation and murder spree.
The first written opinion is out of the gate on DOJ's litigation in half the country to collect voter files. And it's a smackdown of DOJ across the board.
(Disclosure: I joined a brief to the court along the lines of the opinion, so yeah, I think it's right.)
electionlawblog.org?p=153866
(Disclosure: I joined a brief to the court along the lines of the opinion, so yeah, I think it's right.)
electionlawblog.org?p=153866
Federal court rejects DOJ demand for full voter file in California #ELB
The DOJ has now sued almost half of the states in the country to try to get access to their voter files. I believe that the Central District of California is first out of the gate with a written decis...
electionlawblog.org
January 25, 2026 at 4:05 AM
This is the issue Pam Bondi demanded Minnesota cave on as a condition of ending the occupation and murder spree.
I get the impulse to push for more, harder, faster, but it's worth noting here: the lawyers for both the state and various other plaintiffs have been working their asses off at absolute breakneck speed today.
JUST IN: In a new lawsuit, Minnesota officials say DHS mishandled evidence from today's crime scene and made "astonishing" law enforcement decisions. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 3:57 AM
I get the impulse to push for more, harder, faster, but it's worth noting here: the lawyers for both the state and various other plaintiffs have been working their asses off at absolute breakneck speed today.
Normal cops would have been furious at the first shooter just for opening fire into a fucking dogpile of cops.
January 25, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Normal cops would have been furious at the first shooter just for opening fire into a fucking dogpile of cops.
Versailles.
On tonight’s White House agenda:
Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.
Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.
Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Versailles.
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"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 2:03 AM
"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution