winterswords
@chriswinters.bsky.social
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winterswords
@chriswinters.bsky.social
· Sep 26
It's no longer about restoring what was before. It's about building what comes after.
"I'm voting for racism, but not against me."
This is exactly what you voted for, honey.
This is exactly what you voted for, honey.
The co-founder of Latinas for Trump is now condemning Trump’s ICE raids:
“I’m afraid of someone stopping my son.”
“This is not what we voted for.”
“I’m afraid of someone stopping my son.”
“This is not what we voted for.”
January 28, 2026 at 2:09 AM
"I'm voting for racism, but not against me."
This is exactly what you voted for, honey.
This is exactly what you voted for, honey.
This has to be the ultimate goal. Combining the services that weigh asylum cases, process visa and citizenship applications, with law enforcement and detention into one super-agency was a huge mistake.
Abolish DHS. If you can imagine a world before Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, you can imagine a world without the Department of Homeland Security. My latest at @startribune.com. (gift link)
Perry: Abolish ICE? How about DHS altogether.
"We have models for how to structure federal immigration oversight that doesn't rely on an unaccountable masked secret police force running rampant in our streets," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:13 PM
This has to be the ultimate goal. Combining the services that weigh asylum cases, process visa and citizenship applications, with law enforcement and detention into one super-agency was a huge mistake.
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Chuck Schumer's starting position should be as maximalist as possible -- complete abolition of ICE, resignations of Bovino, Homan, Noem and Miller, unmasking of all agents, and prosecution by state authorities of the murderers.
Don't start with what looks like a compromise half-measure.
Don't start with what looks like a compromise half-measure.
Majority of the country now wants to abolish and/or dismantle ICE and yet Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. told the caucus the message had to be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Two sources who were on a Democratic caucus strategy call Sunday said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the group the message must be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Chuck Schumer's starting position should be as maximalist as possible -- complete abolition of ICE, resignations of Bovino, Homan, Noem and Miller, unmasking of all agents, and prosecution by state authorities of the murderers.
Don't start with what looks like a compromise half-measure.
Don't start with what looks like a compromise half-measure.
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A major newspaper publishing guide to help people identify the munitions their government is using against them is a real "Late Republic America" timepeice that future historians will comment on.
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:54 PM
A major newspaper publishing guide to help people identify the munitions their government is using against them is a real "Late Republic America" timepeice that future historians will comment on.
Don't stop there. Stephen Miller is the architect of this administration's war on the American people. Push your advantage as far as it will go.
Donald Trump must fire Kristi Noem immediately.
Or Democrats will initiate impeachment proceedings against her in the House.
We can do this the easy way or the hard way.
Or Democrats will initiate impeachment proceedings against her in the House.
We can do this the easy way or the hard way.
January 27, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Don't stop there. Stephen Miller is the architect of this administration's war on the American people. Push your advantage as far as it will go.
And the Trump administration will follow exactly none of these requirements. Meanwhile, the Dems, having squandered their momentum after public opinion shifted firmly into "abolish ICE" territory, will have declared victory and gone home while the war is still raging.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:16 PM
And the Trump administration will follow exactly none of these requirements. Meanwhile, the Dems, having squandered their momentum after public opinion shifted firmly into "abolish ICE" territory, will have declared victory and gone home while the war is still raging.
And Chuck Schumer is more than happy to encourage everyone to look the other way.
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 27, 2026 at 3:11 AM
And Chuck Schumer is more than happy to encourage everyone to look the other way.
It's also true that weak leaders will try to hold on to any underling who makes them feel powerful, or at least right. I'd love to see Miller go, but Trump is probably helpless without him, and he knows it.
if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
January 27, 2026 at 2:37 AM
It's also true that weak leaders will try to hold on to any underling who makes them feel powerful, or at least right. I'd love to see Miller go, but Trump is probably helpless without him, and he knows it.
The minute they score even a minor victory, they surrender.
Honestly any Dem who gets on board with this ChatGPT like "restrain, reform and restrict" messaging written up by some cowardly messaging flack in DC for Schumer/Dems - should kiss his or her presidential or any higher aspirations good bye.
Softer than cotton candy. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Softer than cotton candy. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
January 27, 2026 at 2:29 AM
The minute they score even a minor victory, they surrender.
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if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
January 27, 2026 at 1:07 AM
if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
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The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced the Democrats have to push their hand immediately. The parallels with the delays and subsequent failures after January 6th are blaring warning signs about what will happen if they don’t go after the issues with ICE and CBP at the root RIGHT NOW.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced the Democrats have to push their hand immediately. The parallels with the delays and subsequent failures after January 6th are blaring warning signs about what will happen if they don’t go after the issues with ICE and CBP at the root RIGHT NOW.
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If Stephen Miller is still in the White House, that means the white nationalist gameplan is still all systems GO.
What we're witnessing is just window dressing and distractions.
Tom Homan is just as bad as Bovino, but less openly Nazi.
Keep your eyes wide open.
What we're witnessing is just window dressing and distractions.
Tom Homan is just as bad as Bovino, but less openly Nazi.
Keep your eyes wide open.
January 27, 2026 at 2:01 AM
If Stephen Miller is still in the White House, that means the white nationalist gameplan is still all systems GO.
What we're witnessing is just window dressing and distractions.
Tom Homan is just as bad as Bovino, but less openly Nazi.
Keep your eyes wide open.
What we're witnessing is just window dressing and distractions.
Tom Homan is just as bad as Bovino, but less openly Nazi.
Keep your eyes wide open.
...says the man who cozies up to Russia in the hopes he'll be awarded territory that hasn't been part of Hungary for more than a century.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban accused Ukraine of attempting to interfere in Hungary’s parliamentary elections and said the Ukrainian ambassador would be summoned to the foreign ministry. He cited an assessment by national security agencies and warned against threats to sovereignty. #Hungary
January 27, 2026 at 12:06 AM
...says the man who cozies up to Russia in the hopes he'll be awarded territory that hasn't been part of Hungary for more than a century.
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NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
January 26, 2026 at 6:39 PM
NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
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Bovino and Noem did exactly what their boss wanted them to do
Their boss is Stephen Miller
If he's still in charge, faces may change but the terror campaign will continue
Their boss is Stephen Miller
If he's still in charge, faces may change but the terror campaign will continue
BREAKING: Bovino is leaving MN: "Administration officials were left deeply frustrated this weekend over how Bovino and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem handled the fallout from the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis." www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
Live updates: Top Border Patrol official Bovino expected to leave Minneapolis as Trump sends Homan to the state | CNN
Tom Homan is headed to Minnesota after the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in an encounter Saturday with federal agents deepened outrage over the Trump administration’s surge, part of its nati...
www.cnn.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Bovino and Noem did exactly what their boss wanted them to do
Their boss is Stephen Miller
If he's still in charge, faces may change but the terror campaign will continue
Their boss is Stephen Miller
If he's still in charge, faces may change but the terror campaign will continue
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I need people who were wrong about everything to actually look back and recognize that there was a reason they were wrong and maybe they need to update their understanding of the world.
Otherwise they don't really think they were wrong.
Otherwise they don't really think they were wrong.
January 26, 2026 at 2:44 PM
I need people who were wrong about everything to actually look back and recognize that there was a reason they were wrong and maybe they need to update their understanding of the world.
Otherwise they don't really think they were wrong.
Otherwise they don't really think they were wrong.
Lotsa folks quoting Orwell today.
January 26, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Lotsa folks quoting Orwell today.
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"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." 1984, Orwell
January 26, 2026 at 5:04 PM
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." 1984, Orwell
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We did predict it. And we were called alarmist.
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 PM
We did predict it. And we were called alarmist.
These people suffer from a mass delusion that will not dissipate no matter how convincing the evidence.
Rep. Eli Crane: "I think it's a communist insurrection. I really do. And I do think the president should invoke the Insurrection Act. The House Freedom Caucus is going to be pushing that up the chain of command this week."
January 26, 2026 at 5:14 PM
These people suffer from a mass delusion that will not dissipate no matter how convincing the evidence.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
Republican support of 2nd Amendment rights was always conditional on only white Republicans having guns.
Bessent: I'm sorry he is dead, but he did bring a semiautomatic weapon to what was supposed to be a peaceful protest.
Karl: There's no evidence that he brandished the gun whatsoever
Bessent: But he brought a gun!
Karl: We do have a second amendment in this country.
Karl: There's no evidence that he brandished the gun whatsoever
Bessent: But he brought a gun!
Karl: We do have a second amendment in this country.
January 26, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Republican support of 2nd Amendment rights was always conditional on only white Republicans having guns.
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Quite a statement by the Republican governor of Vermont
January 25, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Quite a statement by the Republican governor of Vermont
He knows he's lost.
President Donald Trump will not be attending Super Bowl LX on Feb. 8 in Santa Clara, Calif., he said in an interview with the New York Post.
“It’s just too far away,” he said.
“It’s just too far away,” he said.
January 26, 2026 at 1:35 AM
He knows he's lost.