Brent Curtis
@bitstarved.bsky.social
Anger is a gift. Know your enemy.
I’m an ally. I grew up near the swamp with WaPo in my crib. I’m all about politics, at least here. I learn by following those much smarter than me. And I influence by asking them questions and presenting newish ideas.
I’m an ally. I grew up near the swamp with WaPo in my crib. I’m all about politics, at least here. I learn by following those much smarter than me. And I influence by asking them questions and presenting newish ideas.
Let’s talk about this today:
(Do not read and listen to this unless you are really prepared. It is THAT disturbing.)
open.substack.com/pub/lisevold...
(Do not read and listen to this unless you are really prepared. It is THAT disturbing.)
open.substack.com/pub/lisevold...
"Don't worry. Boys are hard to find." Part 1 o2
Trump/Epstein and Associated Criminal Enterprises: Victim Interviews: SR
open.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Let’s talk about this today:
(Do not read and listen to this unless you are really prepared. It is THAT disturbing.)
open.substack.com/pub/lisevold...
(Do not read and listen to this unless you are really prepared. It is THAT disturbing.)
open.substack.com/pub/lisevold...
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It's not civil war. It's an occupation. The difference is notable bc it's not clear SCOTUS will back what Blanche is attempting.
How close is this to a real version of civil war at this point? Blanche is the second most powerful person in the United States Justice Department and he's shitposting on social media threatening a governor and mayor with terrorism charges.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche calls what is happening in Minneapolis an “insurrection” and threatens to go after Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey over their “terrorism.”
January 15, 2026 at 5:13 AM
It's not civil war. It's an occupation. The difference is notable bc it's not clear SCOTUS will back what Blanche is attempting.
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ICYMI — worthwhile analysis here. That above angle Trump used to claim Ross was hit was sped up to make the car look faster and hide that he was out of the way.
He wasn’t hit, he dropped his phone.
No wonder they won’t really investigate.
Full: www.tiktok.com/t/ZThM17gQA/
He wasn’t hit, he dropped his phone.
No wonder they won’t really investigate.
Full: www.tiktok.com/t/ZThM17gQA/
January 15, 2026 at 3:29 AM
ICYMI — worthwhile analysis here. That above angle Trump used to claim Ross was hit was sped up to make the car look faster and hide that he was out of the way.
He wasn’t hit, he dropped his phone.
No wonder they won’t really investigate.
Full: www.tiktok.com/t/ZThM17gQA/
He wasn’t hit, he dropped his phone.
No wonder they won’t really investigate.
Full: www.tiktok.com/t/ZThM17gQA/
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“They chased him, he got home and when we closed the door they shot him.”
MN orgs/electeds say👇🏽this is the family calling the police with ICE outside, after a man was shot in the leg with a pregnant woman & child inside
Different than DHS’ shovel story: www.instagram.com/reel/DThEdD8...
MN orgs/electeds say👇🏽this is the family calling the police with ICE outside, after a man was shot in the leg with a pregnant woman & child inside
Different than DHS’ shovel story: www.instagram.com/reel/DThEdD8...
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 AM
“They chased him, he got home and when we closed the door they shot him.”
MN orgs/electeds say👇🏽this is the family calling the police with ICE outside, after a man was shot in the leg with a pregnant woman & child inside
Different than DHS’ shovel story: www.instagram.com/reel/DThEdD8...
MN orgs/electeds say👇🏽this is the family calling the police with ICE outside, after a man was shot in the leg with a pregnant woman & child inside
Different than DHS’ shovel story: www.instagram.com/reel/DThEdD8...
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McBride: Look, people are clutching their pearls at this guy yelling something at the president. They are more offended by a worker standing up to the president and calling him out for his hypocrisy than they are by the president trying to cover up for a human trafficking ring
January 14, 2026 at 11:10 PM
McBride: Look, people are clutching their pearls at this guy yelling something at the president. They are more offended by a worker standing up to the president and calling him out for his hypocrisy than they are by the president trying to cover up for a human trafficking ring
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There’s no bottom
January 13, 2026 at 6:35 PM
There’s no bottom
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F.B.I. Inquiry Into ICE Shooting Is Examining Victim’s Possible Ties to Activist Groups www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
Exercising first amendment rights is not “domestic terrorism”.
Neither— even if true (which it probably is not in Good’s case) — is blocking traffic or mouthing off to ICE.
Exercising first amendment rights is not “domestic terrorism”.
Neither— even if true (which it probably is not in Good’s case) — is blocking traffic or mouthing off to ICE.
F.B.I. Inquiry Into ICE Shooting Is Examining Victim’s Possible Ties to Activist Groups
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM
F.B.I. Inquiry Into ICE Shooting Is Examining Victim’s Possible Ties to Activist Groups www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
Exercising first amendment rights is not “domestic terrorism”.
Neither— even if true (which it probably is not in Good’s case) — is blocking traffic or mouthing off to ICE.
Exercising first amendment rights is not “domestic terrorism”.
Neither— even if true (which it probably is not in Good’s case) — is blocking traffic or mouthing off to ICE.
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Sending jack-booted thugs to invade American cities.
Unilaterally launching wars and plundering foreign nations.
Suspending funding for states that voted against him.
Trump is the "big government" nightmare Republicans have always warned us about.
And yet they're silent.
Unilaterally launching wars and plundering foreign nations.
Suspending funding for states that voted against him.
Trump is the "big government" nightmare Republicans have always warned us about.
And yet they're silent.
January 13, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Sending jack-booted thugs to invade American cities.
Unilaterally launching wars and plundering foreign nations.
Suspending funding for states that voted against him.
Trump is the "big government" nightmare Republicans have always warned us about.
And yet they're silent.
Unilaterally launching wars and plundering foreign nations.
Suspending funding for states that voted against him.
Trump is the "big government" nightmare Republicans have always warned us about.
And yet they're silent.
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It’s simply not enough that the government murdered her. They have to try and double ruin the surviving kin.
I have no words for the evil of this Administration.
I have no words for the evil of this Administration.
January 13, 2026 at 5:51 PM
It’s simply not enough that the government murdered her. They have to try and double ruin the surviving kin.
I have no words for the evil of this Administration.
I have no words for the evil of this Administration.
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If absolutely nothing has made you open and change your mind about current events in your ice overrun communities, I’m afraid you have failed humanity. I’m not sure if you can even be saved at this juncture. The horrors of the past are rising up around you. You are now a part of that horror.
January 13, 2026 at 6:17 PM
If absolutely nothing has made you open and change your mind about current events in your ice overrun communities, I’m afraid you have failed humanity. I’m not sure if you can even be saved at this juncture. The horrors of the past are rising up around you. You are now a part of that horror.
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Please call your reps and tell them NOT to fund this government
Any Democratic votes to fund DHS later this month as Minneapolis is being terrorized by DHS is going to be a major slap in the face to Americans living here. Demand major reforms or shut the government down.
January 13, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Please call your reps and tell them NOT to fund this government
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HAPPENING NOW: In federal court in MN, DOJ is struggling to articulate why a person following an ICE vehicle — so long as they are obeying traffic laws — can be stopped for "reasonable suspicion" of a crime.
Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.
Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.
January 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM
HAPPENING NOW: In federal court in MN, DOJ is struggling to articulate why a person following an ICE vehicle — so long as they are obeying traffic laws — can be stopped for "reasonable suspicion" of a crime.
Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.
Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.
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(WSJ) Excellent piece showing why Trump's public rationale on OWNING Greenland is baloney and full of bullshit. Makes no sense, but given Trump's inability to think and be logical, it is the "way of the dummy." My guess: he only wants the minerals.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Military Experts Reject Trump’s Logic That U.S. Must Own Greenland to Defend It
The president’s assertion runs counter to decades of policy and undermines deterrence, say former military and diplomatic officials.
www.wsj.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM
(WSJ) Excellent piece showing why Trump's public rationale on OWNING Greenland is baloney and full of bullshit. Makes no sense, but given Trump's inability to think and be logical, it is the "way of the dummy." My guess: he only wants the minerals.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Tell me again who the “domestic terrorists” are?
Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
January 12, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Tell me again who the “domestic terrorists” are?
It seems a lot of people have been throwing around a lot of case law and rules and such about what ICE agents can and can’t do. And the answer seems to be that they can arrest a US CITIZEN if they see them committing any sort of crime.
See: §1357. Powers of immigration officers and employees
See: §1357. Powers of immigration officers and employees
January 12, 2026 at 10:31 PM
It seems a lot of people have been throwing around a lot of case law and rules and such about what ICE agents can and can’t do. And the answer seems to be that they can arrest a US CITIZEN if they see them committing any sort of crime.
See: §1357. Powers of immigration officers and employees
See: §1357. Powers of immigration officers and employees
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it's deeply funny that the "Free Speech Union" sued to stop someone from publishing their donor list.
none of these fuckos believe in free speech
none of these fuckos believe in free speech
January 11, 2026 at 12:58 PM
it's deeply funny that the "Free Speech Union" sued to stop someone from publishing their donor list.
none of these fuckos believe in free speech
none of these fuckos believe in free speech
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“US citizens should leave Venezuela immediately” … Checking in on the country President Trump executed a coup against a week ago
January 11, 2026 at 1:35 AM
“US citizens should leave Venezuela immediately” … Checking in on the country President Trump executed a coup against a week ago
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Who could have possibly seen that coming
Oops.
“US citizens in Venezuela should leave the country immediately…
“There are reports of groups of armed militias, known as colectivos, setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for evidence of US citizenship or support for the United States.”
“US citizens in Venezuela should leave the country immediately…
“There are reports of groups of armed militias, known as colectivos, setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for evidence of US citizenship or support for the United States.”
January 10, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Who could have possibly seen that coming
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lmao
NCR's post on inst*gr*m is even more direct. Love to see it.
January 11, 2026 at 1:54 AM
lmao
¡Viva Los Ángeles!
Get ICE out of LA!
Get ICE out of LA!
January 11, 2026 at 2:14 AM
¡Viva Los Ángeles!
Get ICE out of LA!
Get ICE out of LA!
Go protest. Now.
While we still can.
Be seen and Be Heard.
Before we are silenced.
Be non-violent.
While we still can.
Be seen and Be Heard.
Before we are silenced.
Be non-violent.
January 10, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Go protest. Now.
While we still can.
Be seen and Be Heard.
Before we are silenced.
Be non-violent.
While we still can.
Be seen and Be Heard.
Before we are silenced.
Be non-violent.
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“The new dawn blooms as we free it. For there is only light if we are brave enough to see it, if only we're brave enough to be it.”
~ Amanda Gorman ~
~ Amanda Gorman ~
January 9, 2026 at 9:36 AM
“The new dawn blooms as we free it. For there is only light if we are brave enough to see it, if only we're brave enough to be it.”
~ Amanda Gorman ~
~ Amanda Gorman ~
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We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 1:47 AM
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.