Colin Oatley
@coatley.bsky.social
Michigan Voter. "When the king is a liar, truth becomes treason." -- Michael Gerson.
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Colin Oatley
@coatley.bsky.social
· Jun 9
Impeach Trump!
Impeachment is the tool that the Constitution provides. Charge all his abuses of power. And especially charge bribery, because the Constitution calls out bribery, specifically, as grounds for impeachment and conviction.
#ImpeachTrump
Impeachment is the tool that the Constitution provides. Charge all his abuses of power. And especially charge bribery, because the Constitution calls out bribery, specifically, as grounds for impeachment and conviction.
#ImpeachTrump
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January 27, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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"I was only following orders" wasn't an acceptable excuse at the Nuremberg trials & won't work now.
#AccountabilityIsComing
#AccountabilityIsComing
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
January 28, 2026 at 7:31 PM
"I was only following orders" wasn't an acceptable excuse at the Nuremberg trials & won't work now.
#AccountabilityIsComing
#AccountabilityIsComing
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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ICE is not broken. It's agents murdering people, taking trophies of victims, using illegal tactics, breaking laws, spreading terror, and leaving death cards are not isolated events, outliers, or accidents. ICE is operating exactly as intended.
January 28, 2026 at 11:26 AM
ICE is not broken. It's agents murdering people, taking trophies of victims, using illegal tactics, breaking laws, spreading terror, and leaving death cards are not isolated events, outliers, or accidents. ICE is operating exactly as intended.
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It's a well placed fear.
Brilliant writing by @adamserwer.bsky.social in The Atlantic
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Brilliant writing by @adamserwer.bsky.social in The Atlantic
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 5:28 PM
It's a well placed fear.
Brilliant writing by @adamserwer.bsky.social in The Atlantic
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Brilliant writing by @adamserwer.bsky.social in The Atlantic
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
January 25, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
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To be so relentlessly ignorant (and shameless about being so) is also a superpower.
January 25, 2026 at 2:12 PM
To be so relentlessly ignorant (and shameless about being so) is also a superpower.
ICE just murdered another US citizen in Minneapolis. Murder and mayhem is what Trump and Stephen Miller want. It’s the reason they’ve sent their Gestapo to the city. It’s the reason they’ve been assaulting and detaining citizens and legal aliens.
1/2
1/2
January 24, 2026 at 9:42 PM
ICE just murdered another US citizen in Minneapolis. Murder and mayhem is what Trump and Stephen Miller want. It’s the reason they’ve sent their Gestapo to the city. It’s the reason they’ve been assaulting and detaining citizens and legal aliens.
1/2
1/2
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ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
January 24, 2026 at 3:55 PM
ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
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We watch tv during dinner, something light. We started watching Zorro and have found a hero for our times. I'm having so much fun.
January 22, 2026 at 1:55 AM
We watch tv during dinner, something light. We started watching Zorro and have found a hero for our times. I'm having so much fun.
Pedophile Protector doesn't like his poll numbers. Maybe he should tell Pam Bondi to stop hiding the Epstein Files. 1/2.
January 22, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Pedophile Protector doesn't like his poll numbers. Maybe he should tell Pam Bondi to stop hiding the Epstein Files. 1/2.
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And this federal agent has travelled state to state doing this shit. The idea that de-escalation training will fix this is a JOKE.
January 22, 2026 at 4:38 AM
And this federal agent has travelled state to state doing this shit. The idea that de-escalation training will fix this is a JOKE.
Shut down ICE.
This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
January 22, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Shut down ICE.
Good interview.
Saturday!! (The news doesn’t stop and we don’t either)
He prosecuted the people who murdered George Floyd. Will he do the same to Renee Good’s killer?
Join @maryharris.bsky.social in conversation with @ag.state.mn.us on What Next.
Listen now: slate.com/podcasts/wha...
Join @maryharris.bsky.social in conversation with @ag.state.mn.us on What Next.
Listen now: slate.com/podcasts/wha...
January 20, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Good interview.
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I've heard others say it and I'm really feeling it too. We should definitely embrace the American flag as part of the resistance to fascism and the authoritarian government. It must stand as a symbol of decency and democracy, not what the GOP is trying to rebrand it as.
January 19, 2026 at 5:01 AM
I've heard others say it and I'm really feeling it too. We should definitely embrace the American flag as part of the resistance to fascism and the authoritarian government. It must stand as a symbol of decency and democracy, not what the GOP is trying to rebrand it as.
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Can you say 25th Amendment? This is beyond crazy. But we know there are no serious players in this current cabinet.
January 19, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Can you say 25th Amendment? This is beyond crazy. But we know there are no serious players in this current cabinet.
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NEW — DHS just posted this as an apparent explanation for why they arrested an elderly US citizen with no criminal record (it's a quote post of a post about ChongLy Thao's arrest.) The implication seems to be that all Asian men look the same, and it's not their fault they mistook one for another.
January 19, 2026 at 9:41 PM
NEW — DHS just posted this as an apparent explanation for why they arrested an elderly US citizen with no criminal record (it's a quote post of a post about ChongLy Thao's arrest.) The implication seems to be that all Asian men look the same, and it's not their fault they mistook one for another.
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ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Excellent interview.
I spoke to @ag.state.mn.us amid reports that more than a thousand troops are on standby to be deployed to his state. He explained why he wants them to stay home. slate.com/podcasts/wha...
Minnesota’s AG Will See ICE in Court
Will Trump call in the troops? And could he investigate Ellison?
slate.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Excellent interview.
Tax the rich.
January 19, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Tax the rich.
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DOJ is out of control. The crime of impeding federal agents requires physical force. Speaking out against the way ICE is being deployed is not a crime.
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents
Federal prosecutors are investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly impeding immigration agents, sources told CBS News, an extraordinary escalation in the Trum...
www.cbsnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
DOJ is out of control. The crime of impeding federal agents requires physical force. Speaking out against the way ICE is being deployed is not a crime.
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
"Bribery". It's in the constitution as grounds for impeachment and conviction. No need to argue about what "high crimes and misdemeanors" means.
Is any Democrat besides Jamie Raskin going to talk about Trump selling pardons for millions of dollars to some of the most disgusting fraudsters and drug dealers in history? Any one of these is an impeachable offense and there are new ones almost every day. He isn’t even hiding the quid-pro-quo.
January 16, 2026 at 11:55 PM
"Bribery". It's in the constitution as grounds for impeachment and conviction. No need to argue about what "high crimes and misdemeanors" means.
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During 1st Trump term insiders kept writing 'Jared and Ivanka privately appalled" stories which never had any bearing on policies but were pushed by Javanka to convince their social circles that they had nothing to do with those particular horrors and should still be invited to things. This is that.
Trump is privately worried about the "optics" of ICE raids and his advisers are looking for ways to soften them, Axios reports. I'm calling bullshit: The terror and violence cannot be hived off from the broader policy agenda. They are 100% intrinsic to it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
Trump’s Own Advisers Suddenly Unnerved as ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn
So the president doesn’t like the “optics” of what ICE is doing. But there’s no such thing as sanitized, popular mass deportations—and this is by design.
newrepublic.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:41 PM
During 1st Trump term insiders kept writing 'Jared and Ivanka privately appalled" stories which never had any bearing on policies but were pushed by Javanka to convince their social circles that they had nothing to do with those particular horrors and should still be invited to things. This is that.
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“I did something so stupid and irresponsible that it would destroy our country to remedy.”
That’s the argument the President is making regarding why the federal government should get to profit off of an illegal tax.
That’s the argument the President is making regarding why the federal government should get to profit off of an illegal tax.
January 13, 2026 at 12:07 PM
“I did something so stupid and irresponsible that it would destroy our country to remedy.”
That’s the argument the President is making regarding why the federal government should get to profit off of an illegal tax.
That’s the argument the President is making regarding why the federal government should get to profit off of an illegal tax.
Suspended for stating the indisputable truth.
January 14, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Suspended for stating the indisputable truth.