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“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
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remember when an armed group of right-wing insurgents seized and occupied federal land for weeks and only one of them got shot after literally charging at an officer with his handgun drawn?
January 25, 2026 at 6:05 AM
remember when an armed group of right-wing insurgents seized and occupied federal land for weeks and only one of them got shot after literally charging at an officer with his handgun drawn?
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Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
January 24, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
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I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
January 25, 2026 at 4:55 AM
I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
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The execution of Alex Pretti by Trump's masked thugs.
The eyewitness that filmed it was in their van.
If Renee Good wasn't a red line, this is.
Murdered face down by summary execution.
The eyewitness that filmed it was in their van.
If Renee Good wasn't a red line, this is.
Murdered face down by summary execution.
January 25, 2026 at 5:56 AM
The execution of Alex Pretti by Trump's masked thugs.
The eyewitness that filmed it was in their van.
If Renee Good wasn't a red line, this is.
Murdered face down by summary execution.
The eyewitness that filmed it was in their van.
If Renee Good wasn't a red line, this is.
Murdered face down by summary execution.
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I will immediately resign from my corporate gig and take the attendant pay cut if a future D POTUS offers me a DOJ spot persecuting members of this Administration
Honestly a federal commission with prosecutorial authority paired with stripping immunity from ICE officers would be a huge wombo combo
January 25, 2026 at 1:05 AM
I will immediately resign from my corporate gig and take the attendant pay cut if a future D POTUS offers me a DOJ spot persecuting members of this Administration
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There’s no way around this: They will lie to justify the killing of their political enemies. They are doing it. This is a fascist regime.
It is also a weak and unpopular one, and it won’t last.
It is also a weak and unpopular one, and it won’t last.
Noem:
"An individual approached US border patrol officers... The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently."
Video footage from multiple angles proves that this is outright bullshit.
Alex Pretti did not approach ICE officers nor did he react violently.
"An individual approached US border patrol officers... The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently."
Video footage from multiple angles proves that this is outright bullshit.
Alex Pretti did not approach ICE officers nor did he react violently.
January 24, 2026 at 11:06 PM
There’s no way around this: They will lie to justify the killing of their political enemies. They are doing it. This is a fascist regime.
It is also a weak and unpopular one, and it won’t last.
It is also a weak and unpopular one, and it won’t last.
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Rod Dreher: “I wonder why a civilian would bring a loaded gun to a protest.”
Also Rod Dreher:
Also Rod Dreher:
January 24, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Rod Dreher: “I wonder why a civilian would bring a loaded gun to a protest.”
Also Rod Dreher:
Also Rod Dreher:
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the mood is not subtle
January 24, 2026 at 11:26 PM
the mood is not subtle
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One thing I’m thinking about today is the hollowness of all the “Don’t Tread on Me” extremists, who turn out to be just far-right extremists. Dems should retake the Gadsden flag.
Is there a good blue maker of Gadsden flags that doesn’t support far-right causes?
Is there a good blue maker of Gadsden flags that doesn’t support far-right causes?
January 24, 2026 at 10:18 PM
One thing I’m thinking about today is the hollowness of all the “Don’t Tread on Me” extremists, who turn out to be just far-right extremists. Dems should retake the Gadsden flag.
Is there a good blue maker of Gadsden flags that doesn’t support far-right causes?
Is there a good blue maker of Gadsden flags that doesn’t support far-right causes?
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AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
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The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.
January 24, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.
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This is courage. Looking a masked, government fascist dead in the eye, face to face, knowing full well that your life is on the line.
If elected officials had 1/10th of Alex Pretti's resolve, we would have far fewer troubles.
If elected officials had 1/10th of Alex Pretti's resolve, we would have far fewer troubles.
January 24, 2026 at 7:56 PM
This is courage. Looking a masked, government fascist dead in the eye, face to face, knowing full well that your life is on the line.
If elected officials had 1/10th of Alex Pretti's resolve, we would have far fewer troubles.
If elected officials had 1/10th of Alex Pretti's resolve, we would have far fewer troubles.
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Minnesota can, and should, move to indict the ICE agent who murdered Good when the courts open on Monday.
And the ICE agents who murdered today.
Further delay only increases the chances of more murder.
www.patreon.com/posts/147769...
And the ICE agents who murdered today.
Further delay only increases the chances of more murder.
www.patreon.com/posts/147769...
Trump Regime Can't Stop Minnesota From Prosecuting (And This Isn't CSI) | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland
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January 24, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Minnesota can, and should, move to indict the ICE agent who murdered Good when the courts open on Monday.
And the ICE agents who murdered today.
Further delay only increases the chances of more murder.
www.patreon.com/posts/147769...
And the ICE agents who murdered today.
Further delay only increases the chances of more murder.
www.patreon.com/posts/147769...
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Someday this man will be prosecuted for his crimes against humanity. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Bovino shamelessly lies: "This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement"
January 24, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Someday this man will be prosecuted for his crimes against humanity. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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To put a finer point on it: Republicans have embraced the “insurrectionist theory” of the Second Amendment—the notion that you have a constitutional right to stage an armed rebellion against the government if it becomes tyrannical.
Now they’re lining up to say ICE can shoot any armed protester?
Now they’re lining up to say ICE can shoot any armed protester?
I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
January 24, 2026 at 7:12 PM
To put a finer point on it: Republicans have embraced the “insurrectionist theory” of the Second Amendment—the notion that you have a constitutional right to stage an armed rebellion against the government if it becomes tyrannical.
Now they’re lining up to say ICE can shoot any armed protester?
Now they’re lining up to say ICE can shoot any armed protester?
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OMG. "DHS said the episode began after a man approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and they tried to disarm him. But footage from the scene shows the man was holding a phone in his hand, not a gun, when federal agents took him to the ground and shot him." www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Update from Devon Lum
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:42 PM
OMG. "DHS said the episode began after a man approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and they tried to disarm him. But footage from the scene shows the man was holding a phone in his hand, not a gun, when federal agents took him to the ground and shot him." www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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Democrats can and must make it clear there will be trials and anyone even somewhat associated with ICE will face them. Maybe give a quit-your-job deadline on appeasement and give people 72 hours. I don't know. But currently the plan is to let them murder us in the street and get away with it.
January 24, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Democrats can and must make it clear there will be trials and anyone even somewhat associated with ICE will face them. Maybe give a quit-your-job deadline on appeasement and give people 72 hours. I don't know. But currently the plan is to let them murder us in the street and get away with it.
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We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
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This is ok tho
January 24, 2026 at 7:32 PM
This is ok tho
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he was putting his hands up as they continued to assault him before he was murdered. this is horrifying
January 24, 2026 at 7:33 PM
he was putting his hands up as they continued to assault him before he was murdered. this is horrifying
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ICE attempted to order local police from the scene of the Minneapolis shooting, but the police chief refused and instructed his officers to preserve the crime scene.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 24, 2026 at 4:40 PM
ICE attempted to order local police from the scene of the Minneapolis shooting, but the police chief refused and instructed his officers to preserve the crime scene.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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On the execution in Minnesota: Obviously, the individuals involved should be held accountable. But responsibility goes to the top of ICE and CBP, and DHS. Their appropriations come up next week in the senate. Not a cent for DHS without pulling ICE and CBP off the streets, in MN and everywhere else.
January 24, 2026 at 4:52 PM
On the execution in Minnesota: Obviously, the individuals involved should be held accountable. But responsibility goes to the top of ICE and CBP, and DHS. Their appropriations come up next week in the senate. Not a cent for DHS without pulling ICE and CBP off the streets, in MN and everywhere else.
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it's cool that so many people in positions of power and influence were so negatively polarized by "wokeness" that they convinced themselves that there was an actual debate about who wanted to erase history and the "wokes" were on the wrong side bsky.app/profile/arch...
"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
January 23, 2026 at 6:13 PM
it's cool that so many people in positions of power and influence were so negatively polarized by "wokeness" that they convinced themselves that there was an actual debate about who wanted to erase history and the "wokes" were on the wrong side bsky.app/profile/arch...
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ICE has zero authority to detain witnesses, and what's actually happening here is that ICE wants to confiscate people's phones
Per this report ICE has detained several witnesses
ICE attempted to order local police from the scene of the Minneapolis shooting, but the police chief refused and instructed his officers to preserve the crime scene.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
ICE has zero authority to detain witnesses, and what's actually happening here is that ICE wants to confiscate people's phones