Doc Benway
@docbenway.bsky.social
He/him. Lawyer but not your lawyer.
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"Ex-ICE agent" will become the stock character of choice for anyone needing to populate a story with some mooks who are idiotic but also utterly unsympathetic (so if the protagonist curb stomps them it's awesome)
January 17, 2026 at 8:52 PM
"Ex-ICE agent" will become the stock character of choice for anyone needing to populate a story with some mooks who are idiotic but also utterly unsympathetic (so if the protagonist curb stomps them it's awesome)
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all due respect to Anthony but I do dislike Ilan. his sloppy, shitty scholarship has all been towards the ends of denaturalizing american citizens, creating a permanent underclass, and supporting fascism. he's scum of the earth and some unkind words are the least of what he deserves
I want to address my friend Ilan who says here that he has been subject to “a lot of hate” from academics who “should know better” and haven’t respected the “academic enterprise.”
I don’t dislike Ilan. I also think his paper is fundamentally wrong and not scholarly.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=pFge...
I don’t dislike Ilan. I also think his paper is fundamentally wrong and not scholarly.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=pFge...
The Sanity Interview: Ilan Wurman
YouTube video by The New York Sun
m.youtube.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:23 PM
all due respect to Anthony but I do dislike Ilan. his sloppy, shitty scholarship has all been towards the ends of denaturalizing american citizens, creating a permanent underclass, and supporting fascism. he's scum of the earth and some unkind words are the least of what he deserves
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Thing about cadaver synods is it’s never too late
Sic semper tyrannis, motherfuckers. It's not too late to dig up their bones and scatter them and overturn their monuments and melt them down.
January 18, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Thing about cadaver synods is it’s never too late
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This opens up wider questions about how far the UK and Canada in the 5 eyes intel sharing framework as well as other former allies of the United States can still provide the Americans with any sensitive intelligence information at all
January 18, 2026 at 12:44 PM
This opens up wider questions about how far the UK and Canada in the 5 eyes intel sharing framework as well as other former allies of the United States can still provide the Americans with any sensitive intelligence information at all
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"passed away"
January 18, 2026 at 3:07 AM
"passed away"
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I'm sure everyone will be SHOCKED to hear that the videos do not show the whole "people came out and attacked ICE with snow shovels" thing that ICE claimed was what happened. This was not a remotely defensive gunshot.
Videos add new detail to 2nd Minneapolis ICE shooting in a week minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/16/v...
Videos add new detail to 2nd Minneapolis ICE shooting in a week • Minnesota Reformer
Two videos add new details to what happened before and after an immigration agent shot a man in the leg in the Hawthorne neighborhood in north Minneapolis Wednesday night. One video, a livestream of a...
minnesotareformer.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:07 AM
I'm sure everyone will be SHOCKED to hear that the videos do not show the whole "people came out and attacked ICE with snow shovels" thing that ICE claimed was what happened. This was not a remotely defensive gunshot.
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GOV. WALZ CALLS UP MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD TO "PROTECT THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE PEACEFULLY"
“We are staged and ready to respond. We are not deployed to city streets at this time" said MN NG Army Maj. Andrea Tsuchiya,...
“We are staged and ready to respond. We are not deployed to city streets at this time" said MN NG Army Maj. Andrea Tsuchiya,...
January 17, 2026 at 9:29 PM
GOV. WALZ CALLS UP MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD TO "PROTECT THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE PEACEFULLY"
“We are staged and ready to respond. We are not deployed to city streets at this time" said MN NG Army Maj. Andrea Tsuchiya,...
“We are staged and ready to respond. We are not deployed to city streets at this time" said MN NG Army Maj. Andrea Tsuchiya,...
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You know people are unpopular when corporate brands come along to personally disavow any connection.
January 17, 2026 at 9:15 PM
You know people are unpopular when corporate brands come along to personally disavow any connection.
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i’m a little confused about how “abolish ICE” requires too much explaining to be good politics, but a set of opaque incremental reforms does not.
"If you're explaining, you're losing." –Senator Ruben Gallego on the "Abolish ICE" debate.
January 17, 2026 at 5:14 PM
i’m a little confused about how “abolish ICE” requires too much explaining to be good politics, but a set of opaque incremental reforms does not.
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I know sis “be” swallowing for YEARS
"Immigrant populations commit crimes at lower rates than native-born populations, so if this is actually about crime, how do you answer for that?"
Katie Zacharia: "You are lumping in illegal immigrants and regular immigrants."
"Both commit crimes at lower rates than native-born Americans."
Katie Zacharia: "You are lumping in illegal immigrants and regular immigrants."
"Both commit crimes at lower rates than native-born Americans."
January 17, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I know sis “be” swallowing for YEARS
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"if you won't give me what I want, I will increase taxes on my subjects" insane to see the Republican Party so unbothered by this
Happy Saturday! We’re launching a trade war because Europe won’t let us violate Danish and Greenlandic sovereignty. Enjoy!
![Trump to Impose Tariffs on Some European Nations Over Greenland
By Kevin Whitelaw
01/17/2026 11:27:04 [BN]
(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump
announced a 10% tariff on European countries rallying to Denmark's side in his pursuit of Greenland.
Trump threatened in a social media post to impose the tariff Feb. 1 and raise the tariff to 25% in June unless "a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland."
The tariffs will apply to Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, he said.
To contact the reporter on this story:
Kevin Whitelaw in Washington at kwhitelaw@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story:
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January 17, 2026 at 4:34 PM
"if you won't give me what I want, I will increase taxes on my subjects" insane to see the Republican Party so unbothered by this
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Again, I’m going to keep banging the drum that the fact we are threatening the territorial sovereignty of our closest allies is not only a gross violation of our UN & NATO treaty obligations & poses a massive threat to national security & world order but also should immediately end this presidency.
Copenhagen town hall square, Denmark right now.
Massive solidarity with Greenland demonstrations.
Source: dr.dk
Massive solidarity with Greenland demonstrations.
Source: dr.dk
January 17, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Again, I’m going to keep banging the drum that the fact we are threatening the territorial sovereignty of our closest allies is not only a gross violation of our UN & NATO treaty obligations & poses a massive threat to national security & world order but also should immediately end this presidency.
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Again, I’m going to keep banging the drum that the fact we are threatening the territorial sovereignty of our closest allies is not only a gross violation of our UN & NATO treaty obligations & poses a massive threat to national security & world order but also should immediately end this presidency.
French troops deploying to Greenland because the United States might try to take it over.
Today in 2026 sentences.
Today in 2026 sentences.
❗️An initial group of 🇫🇷French mountain troops has arrived in 🇬🇱Greenland to prepare for the reception and deployment of the main contingent. French authorities have stated that additional land, aviation, and naval units will be dispatched in the coming days.
January 17, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Again, I’m going to keep banging the drum that the fact we are threatening the territorial sovereignty of our closest allies is not only a gross violation of our UN & NATO treaty obligations & poses a massive threat to national security & world order but also should immediately end this presidency.
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This is true and these people need to get into a mediocre sports team as an outlet like a normal person
I think there's a legitimate social identity of despair in social media where you basically need to constantly perform (already existing but in a lesser form) despair in order to reaffirm yourself as part of the group
half the userbase of this website is addicted to the dopamine hit that comes with "all is loss" bad news. they want to spiral out and resent you when you tell them something tethered to reality.
January 17, 2026 at 2:39 PM
This is true and these people need to get into a mediocre sports team as an outlet like a normal person
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When the racist meme becomes national policy
January 17, 2026 at 4:53 AM
When the racist meme becomes national policy
Something people forget about will is there was a month there where he got into a twitter beef with Ed Martin which culminated in him daring Martin to have him prosecuted and Ed Martin gave up
I’m physically following them around using my government name telling them to arrest me and they haven’t bothered to arrest me. Also half the US Attorney’s office here in MN just resigned! They do not have a case and they do not have manpower, but their only tool is trying to be menacing.
will not be surprised if the subpoenas are never issued
January 17, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Something people forget about will is there was a month there where he got into a twitter beef with Ed Martin which culminated in him daring Martin to have him prosecuted and Ed Martin gave up
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There is one (1) case in which I think saying "stop saying this isn't who we are, we obviously are exactly this" actually makes complete political sense and it is if you are actually prescribing the dissolution of the polity you live in. So if you are a Cascadian separatist go ahead ig
January 17, 2026 at 2:16 PM
There is one (1) case in which I think saying "stop saying this isn't who we are, we obviously are exactly this" actually makes complete political sense and it is if you are actually prescribing the dissolution of the polity you live in. So if you are a Cascadian separatist go ahead ig
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Obviously Denmark is part of a broader military coalition pledged to defend them in case of attack. I would have thought a guy who sold his house to go live on a military base because he was scared of his neighbors would get this.
Miller: Denmark is a tiny country with a tiny economy and a tiny military. They cannot defend Greenland… Under every understanding of law that has existed about territorial control for 500 years, to control a territory you have to be able to defend a territory…
January 17, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Obviously Denmark is part of a broader military coalition pledged to defend them in case of attack. I would have thought a guy who sold his house to go live on a military base because he was scared of his neighbors would get this.
If you see this I beg you to post a picture from your device without explanation
January 17, 2026 at 1:31 PM
If you see this I beg you to post a picture from your device without explanation
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Evelyn Normielib (D-MN) has arrived at the scene of the ICE shooting in northern Minneapolis
January 15, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Evelyn Normielib (D-MN) has arrived at the scene of the ICE shooting in northern Minneapolis
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They nearly killed this woman. Then they went on national TV and tried to smear her.
Woman Seen Pulled from Car Speaks Out: 'Lucky to be alive'
Aliya Rahman "said she was driving to an appointment at the Traumatic Brain Injury Center when the incident occurred."
She asked for a doctor and was taken to a detention center where she lost consciousness.
abcnews.go.com/US/live-upda...
Aliya Rahman "said she was driving to an appointment at the Traumatic Brain Injury Center when the incident occurred."
She asked for a doctor and was taken to a detention center where she lost consciousness.
abcnews.go.com/US/live-upda...
January 17, 2026 at 12:31 AM
They nearly killed this woman. Then they went on national TV and tried to smear her.
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"internal bleeding"
NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 16, 2026 at 4:07 PM
"internal bleeding"
Incredible bit
January 17, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Incredible bit