Bill Shea
@billshea19.bsky.social
Ex-journalist writing a shitty novel. Key West literary beach bum. Anti-fascist Leftist. Cleveland guy in Detroit. Filled with japery, rage, soup. Libertine degenerate descended from Welsh coal miners. Unhinged. No gods, no kings. Essays: Billshea.com
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Bill Shea
@billshea19.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Final thoughts on the Edmund Fitzgerald (and the Titanic)
I attended the memorial service (at the Mariner’s Church of Detroit – the “musty old hall” from the song) to mark the 50th anniversary of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinking. As an o…
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I attended the memorial service (at the Mariner’s Church of Detroit - the "musty old hall" from the song) to mark the 50th anniversary of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinking on Monday. As an old-head Titanic buff and a Great Lakes kid, it was moving. Free essay:
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How about: “Rapist Donald Trump is going to start a world war. Do you want your sons and daughters to die for him?”
The White House is laser focused on threatening a military takeover of Greenland.
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
January 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
How about: “Rapist Donald Trump is going to start a world war. Do you want your sons and daughters to die for him?”
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It takes an enormous amount of courage to stand there, keep filming, and scream "What the fuck, you asshole" at someone wearing a badge who just shot and killed one of your neighbors in cold blood.
I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
I’m eating lunch, I’m having a panic attack, I’m charging my phone, and then I’m going back out to try and keep my neighborhood safe.
January 7, 2026 at 6:13 PM
It takes an enormous amount of courage to stand there, keep filming, and scream "What the fuck, you asshole" at someone wearing a badge who just shot and killed one of your neighbors in cold blood.
Revolution always feels impossible, then afterwards it feels that it was inevitable
like a powder keg waiting to explode
January 7, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Revolution always feels impossible, then afterwards it feels that it was inevitable
All they do is lie, to feebly justify their fascist behavior. These are deeply stupid, evil people openly committing murder and claiming it was self defense against terrorists. They fear everything, and should absolutely be made to fear the people of a righteous democracy.
ICE is accusing the woman who was shot to death by an ICE agent today in Minneapolis of "weaponizing her vehicle" and "attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them -- an act of domestic terrorism"
January 7, 2026 at 6:15 PM
All they do is lie, to feebly justify their fascist behavior. These are deeply stupid, evil people openly committing murder and claiming it was self defense against terrorists. They fear everything, and should absolutely be made to fear the people of a righteous democracy.
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Just watched the video of the Minneapolis shooting and then read DHS statement. One of the most breathtakingly evil and dishonest distortions of reality i've ever read — which is really saying something coming from this administration. JFC.
January 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Just watched the video of the Minneapolis shooting and then read DHS statement. One of the most breathtakingly evil and dishonest distortions of reality i've ever read — which is really saying something coming from this administration. JFC.
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This is just murder.
This is the video.
January 7, 2026 at 6:05 PM
This is just murder.
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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.
"My public safety team is working to gather information on an ICE related shooting this morning" near Portland Avenue and 34th Street in Minneapolis, says Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
"We will share information as we learn more. In the meantime, I ask folks to remain calm."
"We will share information as we learn more. In the meantime, I ask folks to remain calm."
January 7, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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.
The United States is the only member to invoke Article 5 and NATO responded. The Trump regime has lost all moral and legal credibility and must be removed, tried, and punished.
WATCH: "We're always going to be there for NATO, even if they have not done right by the United States of America," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt tells @elizlanders.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 6:03 PM
The United States is the only member to invoke Article 5 and NATO responded. The Trump regime has lost all moral and legal credibility and must be removed, tried, and punished.
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Musk has been afforded total impunity for reconfiguring a major social network into a power A.I.-backed vector for white supremacy and CSAM. he'll probably get another $10 billion fundraising round tomorrow because no one has held him accountable for anything and no one will bsky.app/profile/greg...
Heavily-armed, out-of-control government militias are roaming the streets of US cities terrorizing citizens, and Elon Musk is totally here for it. Look at this Musk tweet:
January 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Musk has been afforded total impunity for reconfiguring a major social network into a power A.I.-backed vector for white supremacy and CSAM. he'll probably get another $10 billion fundraising round tomorrow because no one has held him accountable for anything and no one will bsky.app/profile/greg...
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Pretty funny how in legal cases it takes DHS months and months and months to get the facts of what happened on the ground, but when they kill someone, they immediately know what happened.
January 7, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Pretty funny how in legal cases it takes DHS months and months and months to get the facts of what happened on the ground, but when they kill someone, they immediately know what happened.
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DHS has confirmed the woman shot by ICE has died. They are hailing the shooter as a hero.
Summary executions on the streets of America.
Read that again.
SUMMARY EXECUTIONS ON THE STREETS OF AMERICA.
Summary executions on the streets of America.
Read that again.
SUMMARY EXECUTIONS ON THE STREETS OF AMERICA.
January 7, 2026 at 5:58 PM
DHS has confirmed the woman shot by ICE has died. They are hailing the shooter as a hero.
Summary executions on the streets of America.
Read that again.
SUMMARY EXECUTIONS ON THE STREETS OF AMERICA.
Summary executions on the streets of America.
Read that again.
SUMMARY EXECUTIONS ON THE STREETS OF AMERICA.
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It appears ICE murdered someone in cold blood today and their plan is — per usual — to create a fog of lies so the killer does not face justice. We simply can't let that happen. The shooter has to be arrested and so does Bovino. They can't just kill people on the street.
January 7, 2026 at 5:58 PM
It appears ICE murdered someone in cold blood today and their plan is — per usual — to create a fog of lies so the killer does not face justice. We simply can't let that happen. The shooter has to be arrested and so does Bovino. They can't just kill people on the street.
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The video shows ICE agents removing the woman's body from the car & carrying her down the road, no ambulance. An onlooker tried to approach to help, identified himself as a doctor & ICE pointed guns at him.
January 7, 2026 at 5:55 PM
The video shows ICE agents removing the woman's body from the car & carrying her down the road, no ambulance. An onlooker tried to approach to help, identified himself as a doctor & ICE pointed guns at him.
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Minneapolis mayor is "demanding ICE to leave the city immediately."
January 7, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Minneapolis mayor is "demanding ICE to leave the city immediately."
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ICE just murdered a woman here in Minneapolis. A legal observer. Shot her multiple times while she drove away as ordered. She was a US citizen.
Absolute, unequivocal, cold-blooded murder by Trump’s gestapo.
Abolish ICE, jail for everyone in charge. This is the lowest bar we accept now.
Absolute, unequivocal, cold-blooded murder by Trump’s gestapo.
Abolish ICE, jail for everyone in charge. This is the lowest bar we accept now.
January 7, 2026 at 5:37 PM
ICE just murdered a woman here in Minneapolis. A legal observer. Shot her multiple times while she drove away as ordered. She was a US citizen.
Absolute, unequivocal, cold-blooded murder by Trump’s gestapo.
Abolish ICE, jail for everyone in charge. This is the lowest bar we accept now.
Absolute, unequivocal, cold-blooded murder by Trump’s gestapo.
Abolish ICE, jail for everyone in charge. This is the lowest bar we accept now.
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theyve lied about this over and over
ICE is claiming the shooting was because the observer tried to hit them with their car and was so justified. Every experience in Chicago suggests that is bullshit. They lied and body cams and other cameras demonstrated ICE lied consistently in situations like this.
January 7, 2026 at 5:46 PM
theyve lied about this over and over
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"You gonna murder someone else? You can't kill us all, Nazis."
ICE agents stopped by protesters after the shooting an observer in Minneapolis, according to witnesse. ICE deployed pepper spray and tear gas.
January 7, 2026 at 5:25 PM
"You gonna murder someone else? You can't kill us all, Nazis."
The lawless Trump regime is killing citizens in the streets amid its Gestapo raids, and invading other countries to pillage their resources while issuing white nationalist propaganda. Voting, strongly-worded letters, protests, prayer are not going to end this. Mass national strikes are a start.
Q: Why not rule out taking Greenland by military force?
LEAVITT: All options are always on the table for President Trump
LEAVITT: All options are always on the table for President Trump
January 7, 2026 at 5:53 PM
The lawless Trump regime is killing citizens in the streets amid its Gestapo raids, and invading other countries to pillage their resources while issuing white nationalist propaganda. Voting, strongly-worded letters, protests, prayer are not going to end this. Mass national strikes are a start.
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If Democrats can't win on "the administration is full of and covering for kiddie rapers and they're using your tax money to invade Venezuela and pay fat Nazis to shoot your neighbors" then GET THE FUCK OUT OF POLITICS
January 7, 2026 at 5:38 PM
If Democrats can't win on "the administration is full of and covering for kiddie rapers and they're using your tax money to invade Venezuela and pay fat Nazis to shoot your neighbors" then GET THE FUCK OUT OF POLITICS
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Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 7, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Federal agents are creating chaotic scenes, then seemingly shooting civilians multiple times in the face the streets when they don’t know what to do.
Prosecute them under state law if the facts warrant. Let the chips fall where they may.
Our Founding Fathers knew what to do in Boston, 1770.
Prosecute them under state law if the facts warrant. Let the chips fall where they may.
Our Founding Fathers knew what to do in Boston, 1770.
January 7, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Federal agents are creating chaotic scenes, then seemingly shooting civilians multiple times in the face the streets when they don’t know what to do.
Prosecute them under state law if the facts warrant. Let the chips fall where they may.
Our Founding Fathers knew what to do in Boston, 1770.
Prosecute them under state law if the facts warrant. Let the chips fall where they may.
Our Founding Fathers knew what to do in Boston, 1770.
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Sen. Tina Smith says a U.S. citizen has been shot by ICE agents in Minneapolis. Reports are that the woman has been killed. Story developing...
January 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Sen. Tina Smith says a U.S. citizen has been shot by ICE agents in Minneapolis. Reports are that the woman has been killed. Story developing...
This *is* America. This is the society we've built, particularly because our fragile democracy was hijacked by a ruling class of imperial fascist perverts that crave wealth and power. And plenty of mindless serfs are willing to kill their fellow humans to please the ruling class.
DHS now confirming in a. statement that an ICE officer did shoot and kill someone at the site of a raid.
January 7, 2026 at 5:48 PM
This *is* America. This is the society we've built, particularly because our fragile democracy was hijacked by a ruling class of imperial fascist perverts that crave wealth and power. And plenty of mindless serfs are willing to kill their fellow humans to please the ruling class.
It was inevitable that the ethically-weak TV networks would allow their on-air talent to also be team executives and owners. This is how the ruling class works: Laws, rules, ethics, conflict of interest disclosures ... that's all for the poors.
January 7, 2026 at 5:12 PM
It was inevitable that the ethically-weak TV networks would allow their on-air talent to also be team executives and owners. This is how the ruling class works: Laws, rules, ethics, conflict of interest disclosures ... that's all for the poors.