ARSather
@arsather.bsky.social
B'way stagehand
Former roadie
Ex-Pat cheesehead
Reluctant Jersey Boy
Former roadie
Ex-Pat cheesehead
Reluctant Jersey Boy
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Every fascist regime calls their political opponents terrorists. Trump, Vance and Noem are fascists.
We have to be clear about what the Trump Administration is doing: They are taking basic American virtues and freedoms — the ability to speak truth to power and freely — and turning them into crimes. We must see through this.
January 11, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Every fascist regime calls their political opponents terrorists. Trump, Vance and Noem are fascists.
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CNN: How did we get to a place where we had Bovino having Border Patrol agents stopping citizens in interior of the country, asking them ID, creating fear? Who made the decisions to allow this kind of operation to proceed?
HOMAN: The reason for the massive deployment is bc of the threats & violence
HOMAN: The reason for the massive deployment is bc of the threats & violence
January 29, 2026 at 1:49 PM
CNN: How did we get to a place where we had Bovino having Border Patrol agents stopping citizens in interior of the country, asking them ID, creating fear? Who made the decisions to allow this kind of operation to proceed?
HOMAN: The reason for the massive deployment is bc of the threats & violence
HOMAN: The reason for the massive deployment is bc of the threats & violence
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This unhinged answer from Cava-Bag-Homan is NOT grounded in facts or truth or reality.
Anyone who told you that things would be "better" with Bovino out and Homan in was delusional.
Anyone who told you that things would be "better" with Bovino out and Homan in was delusional.
CNN: How did we get to a place where we had Bovino having Border Patrol agents stopping citizens in interior of the country, asking them ID, creating fear? Who made the decisions to allow this kind of operation to proceed?
HOMAN: The reason for the massive deployment is bc of the threats & violence
HOMAN: The reason for the massive deployment is bc of the threats & violence
January 29, 2026 at 3:41 PM
This unhinged answer from Cava-Bag-Homan is NOT grounded in facts or truth or reality.
Anyone who told you that things would be "better" with Bovino out and Homan in was delusional.
Anyone who told you that things would be "better" with Bovino out and Homan in was delusional.
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This is what the world thinks of us.
"America isn't the way it is because he's president, he's president because America is the way it is."
-Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 2026.
"America isn't the way it is because he's president, he's president because America is the way it is."
-Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 2026.
January 8, 2026 at 9:28 PM
This is what the world thinks of us.
"America isn't the way it is because he's president, he's president because America is the way it is."
-Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 2026.
"America isn't the way it is because he's president, he's president because America is the way it is."
-Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 2026.
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Friends don’t let friends vote Republican…
This is what the world thinks of us.
"America isn't the way it is because he's president, he's president because America is the way it is."
-Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 2026.
"America isn't the way it is because he's president, he's president because America is the way it is."
-Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 2026.
January 29, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Friends don’t let friends vote Republican…
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Well done, Steve!!
January 29, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Well done, Steve!!
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Since I'm pretty sure this administration doesn't realize this document exists, it would be worth downloading the 2020 Intelligence Community Assessment on foreign threats to the U.S. elections before it disappears, which includes the following finding:
www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...
www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...
January 30, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Since I'm pretty sure this administration doesn't realize this document exists, it would be worth downloading the 2020 Intelligence Community Assessment on foreign threats to the U.S. elections before it disappears, which includes the following finding:
www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...
www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...
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"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
That was an ICE officer in Minnesota, clearly violating the First Amendment. From threatening onlookers with violence to telling people recording them that they are going into a “domestic terrorist” database.
This must end.
That was an ICE officer in Minnesota, clearly violating the First Amendment. From threatening onlookers with violence to telling people recording them that they are going into a “domestic terrorist” database.
This must end.
January 30, 2026 at 1:55 AM
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
That was an ICE officer in Minnesota, clearly violating the First Amendment. From threatening onlookers with violence to telling people recording them that they are going into a “domestic terrorist” database.
This must end.
That was an ICE officer in Minnesota, clearly violating the First Amendment. From threatening onlookers with violence to telling people recording them that they are going into a “domestic terrorist” database.
This must end.
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Unlike the OT, the NT is overflowing with empathy, esp the 4 Gospels which detail Christ's life. Christ was the original empath. These "empathy is sinful Christians" and Christian Nationalists cannot call themselves Christ followers.
January 30, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Unlike the OT, the NT is overflowing with empathy, esp the 4 Gospels which detail Christ's life. Christ was the original empath. These "empathy is sinful Christians" and Christian Nationalists cannot call themselves Christ followers.
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We already have a warrant requirement. It's called the US Constitution. If that's not fucking binding them, what the hell does your little agreement mean?
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the party agreed on three main goals:
° Require warrants in some cases and ICE coordination with state and local law enforcement
° Create a code of conduct and enforce it
° Require agents to wear body cams and not masks
° Require warrants in some cases and ICE coordination with state and local law enforcement
° Create a code of conduct and enforce it
° Require agents to wear body cams and not masks
Democrats demand new ICE restrictions as government shutdown looms
After federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Senate Democrats say they’ll block a massive government funding package without policy changes.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:26 AM
We already have a warrant requirement. It's called the US Constitution. If that's not fucking binding them, what the hell does your little agreement mean?
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Please. Explain to me how the fourth amendment allows federal officers to enter your home without either your consent or a judicial warrant and without a warrant exception because it's civil rather than criminal law.
Explain it to me with case law.
Explain it to me with case law.
January 30, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Please. Explain to me how the fourth amendment allows federal officers to enter your home without either your consent or a judicial warrant and without a warrant exception because it's civil rather than criminal law.
Explain it to me with case law.
Explain it to me with case law.
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Explain to me where the fourth amendment says that officers can break into your home without a warrant because you jaywalked.
Explain it to me like I'm fucking five.
Explain it to me like I'm fucking five.
January 30, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Explain to me where the fourth amendment says that officers can break into your home without a warrant because you jaywalked.
Explain it to me like I'm fucking five.
Explain it to me like I'm fucking five.
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This is my favorite. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfon...
Whitney Houston Performs "Saving All My Love For You" | Letterman
YouTube video by Letterman
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:01 AM
This is my favorite. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfon...
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There is no reason any of these men need any of this gear. This entire situation is not only dangerous and illegal. It is absurd and stupid.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: How Battlefield Tech Was Used in Minneapolis
Our reporter Thomas Gibbons-Neff, who deployed twice to Afghanistan as a Marine and later was our Kabul bureau chief, looks at the battlefield technology used for an immigration arrest at a home in Mi...
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:19 AM
There is no reason any of these men need any of this gear. This entire situation is not only dangerous and illegal. It is absurd and stupid.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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Dumping people has always been a brutal law enforcement sport; doing it in this weather could be a lethal one. (David is responding to Jeffries deciding to take a stand against deporting citizens, which is not what they're doing; it's a catch, abuse, and release program when it's not lethal.)
DHS has a whole citizen detainment system set up in Minnesota. They snatch citizens off the street (often with proof they are citizens), detain them for a few hours, steal their phones, then release them into the cold.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
‘Abolish ICE’ has become an increasingly popular position and people are being shot in the streets over it why the fuck would you dillweeds roll over like this. Especially given that citizenship is much more friable than people think it is this is not as protective as dems want it to look.
January 30, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Dumping people has always been a brutal law enforcement sport; doing it in this weather could be a lethal one. (David is responding to Jeffries deciding to take a stand against deporting citizens, which is not what they're doing; it's a catch, abuse, and release program when it's not lethal.)
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Discworld QOTD, from Thud!
“Beating people up in little rooms…he knew where that led. And if you did it for a good reason, you’d do it for a bad one. You couldn’t say ‘We’re the good guys’ and do bad-guy things.”
“Beating people up in little rooms…he knew where that led. And if you did it for a good reason, you’d do it for a bad one. You couldn’t say ‘We’re the good guys’ and do bad-guy things.”
Discworld QOTD, from Making Money
"‘Even tyrants have to obey the law.’ He paused, looking thoughtful, and continued: ‘No, I tell a lie, tyrants do not have to obey the law, obviously, but they do have to observe the niceties.’"
"‘Even tyrants have to obey the law.’ He paused, looking thoughtful, and continued: ‘No, I tell a lie, tyrants do not have to obey the law, obviously, but they do have to observe the niceties.’"
Discworld QOTD, from Thief of Time
“People like that don't need a reason apart from "because I can". They have a nightmare and try to make it happen.”
“People like that don't need a reason apart from "because I can". They have a nightmare and try to make it happen.”
January 29, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Thud!
“Beating people up in little rooms…he knew where that led. And if you did it for a good reason, you’d do it for a bad one. You couldn’t say ‘We’re the good guys’ and do bad-guy things.”
“Beating people up in little rooms…he knew where that led. And if you did it for a good reason, you’d do it for a bad one. You couldn’t say ‘We’re the good guys’ and do bad-guy things.”
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Kamala was right about everything.
January 29, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Kamala was right about everything.
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How stupid do you have to be to still be a Trump supporter at this point?
January 28, 2026 at 9:14 PM
How stupid do you have to be to still be a Trump supporter at this point?
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Dear world:
Remember that cruelty and murder of unwanted groups is a hallmark of Christian colonialism
The USA has only had a short history of democracy + civil rights—since about 1964
What is happening now is totally in character
Tip: NEVER vote in a right wing government
NEVER!!!
Remember that cruelty and murder of unwanted groups is a hallmark of Christian colonialism
The USA has only had a short history of democracy + civil rights—since about 1964
What is happening now is totally in character
Tip: NEVER vote in a right wing government
NEVER!!!
January 29, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Dear world:
Remember that cruelty and murder of unwanted groups is a hallmark of Christian colonialism
The USA has only had a short history of democracy + civil rights—since about 1964
What is happening now is totally in character
Tip: NEVER vote in a right wing government
NEVER!!!
Remember that cruelty and murder of unwanted groups is a hallmark of Christian colonialism
The USA has only had a short history of democracy + civil rights—since about 1964
What is happening now is totally in character
Tip: NEVER vote in a right wing government
NEVER!!!
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Chaya Raichik, who runs the social media account Libs of TikTok, has spent the days following Alex Pretti’s killing doxxing ordinary working people — teachers, nurses, school board members — for speaking out against federal immigration officials or expressing sympathy for Pretti.
Libs of TikTok is doxxing teachers and nurses who support Alex Pretti or oppose ICE, trying to get them fired
www.mediamatters.org
January 29, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Chaya Raichik, who runs the social media account Libs of TikTok, has spent the days following Alex Pretti’s killing doxxing ordinary working people — teachers, nurses, school board members — for speaking out against federal immigration officials or expressing sympathy for Pretti.
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I will never understand how most countries/insurance companies do not cover dental expenses like healthcare expenses. Why are they always separate?! Teeth are in your body!
January 29, 2026 at 3:39 AM
I will never understand how most countries/insurance companies do not cover dental expenses like healthcare expenses. Why are they always separate?! Teeth are in your body!
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Minnesota is grieving. But we’re resolved. The support we’ve received from across the country has energized us, and given us hope.
It’s time for the federal government to draw down their forces and let us get back to allowing freedom, opportunity, and security – for everyone.
It’s time for the federal government to draw down their forces and let us get back to allowing freedom, opportunity, and security – for everyone.
January 29, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Minnesota is grieving. But we’re resolved. The support we’ve received from across the country has energized us, and given us hope.
It’s time for the federal government to draw down their forces and let us get back to allowing freedom, opportunity, and security – for everyone.
It’s time for the federal government to draw down their forces and let us get back to allowing freedom, opportunity, and security – for everyone.
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We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
January 29, 2026 at 8:28 PM
We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
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If Kamala had been elected Minneapolis would not have been turned into a war zone where people are gunned down in the streets.
January 28, 2026 at 10:45 PM
If Kamala had been elected Minneapolis would not have been turned into a war zone where people are gunned down in the streets.
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The coolest Congresswoman there’s ever been.
January 29, 2026 at 8:14 PM
The coolest Congresswoman there’s ever been.