Fred Sondheim
@fredsondheim.bsky.social
200mm used car salesmen w/ all the money to buy guns & no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable. HST
Hey! That’s not fair to butt plugs.
January 15, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Hey! That’s not fair to butt plugs.
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January 15, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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That 2029 funding cliff is something else.
One of the most fundamental problems for dealing w/ ICE is the GOP provided years of ICE agent funding in the “Big Beautiful Bill.”
No govt shutdown will end that funding stream, and there aren’t 2/3s votes in each chamber to rescind the funding & override a veto.
Means resistance is what we have.
No govt shutdown will end that funding stream, and there aren’t 2/3s votes in each chamber to rescind the funding & override a veto.
Means resistance is what we have.
January 15, 2026 at 2:26 PM
That 2029 funding cliff is something else.
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They’re calling it the most divorced anyone has ever been
January 15, 2026 at 6:26 PM
They’re calling it the most divorced anyone has ever been
I get it. You’re bad at math but great at doomsaying. I guess we should all just give up then. If you think asking somebody to prove their wild claim is “sealioning “then have I got news for you about how things function in the real world.
January 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I get it. You’re bad at math but great at doomsaying. I guess we should all just give up then. If you think asking somebody to prove their wild claim is “sealioning “then have I got news for you about how things function in the real world.
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It sucks because I really like Dan's work but he's acting an overly pessimistic ass. Everything coming out of MN right now is terrifying except the near-universal backlash to the stormtroopers that's making them sleep in places over the state border in WI.
January 15, 2026 at 7:12 PM
It sucks because I really like Dan's work but he's acting an overly pessimistic ass. Everything coming out of MN right now is terrifying except the near-universal backlash to the stormtroopers that's making them sleep in places over the state border in WI.
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Could they do it in a more targeted fashion? Again, sure, but they still have huge logistical limits that would stretch them extremely thin if this was attempted nationwide.
January 15, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Could they do it in a more targeted fashion? Again, sure, but they still have huge logistical limits that would stretch them extremely thin if this was attempted nationwide.
If it’s 1,000 then multiply that number accordingly - 20 per polling place would suggest 20,000 ICE agents / bad actors. What evidence is there that 20,000 people could be brought to bear to move enough people from voting at all and that those people are just going to give up and not push back?
January 15, 2026 at 7:21 PM
If it’s 1,000 then multiply that number accordingly - 20 per polling place would suggest 20,000 ICE agents / bad actors. What evidence is there that 20,000 people could be brought to bear to move enough people from voting at all and that those people are just going to give up and not push back?
If it’s impossible to answer it’s impossible for the supposed perpetrators to even come up with a plan to do it. If you said they only have to affect 100 polling places why? How many people would they need to bring?
January 15, 2026 at 7:21 PM
If it’s impossible to answer it’s impossible for the supposed perpetrators to even come up with a plan to do it. If you said they only have to affect 100 polling places why? How many people would they need to bring?
Not trying to win an argument- I’m trying to understand what basis you’re using to make the assertion that “you wouldn’t have to Jan 6 them all to have a meaningful effect” if (as you say) it’s an “impossible question to answer until we know how close the race for the House is and what the margins.
January 15, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Not trying to win an argument- I’m trying to understand what basis you’re using to make the assertion that “you wouldn’t have to Jan 6 them all to have a meaningful effect” if (as you say) it’s an “impossible question to answer until we know how close the race for the House is and what the margins.
Yeah, you’re not a serious person.
January 15, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Yeah, you’re not a serious person.
Didn’t answer the question so I’ll be specific: how many of the 95,000 polling places in the US (not to mention mail in and early polling places) would they have to disrupt in such a way as to move the needle enough? 10? 100? 1,000? 10,000? 50,000?
January 15, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Didn’t answer the question so I’ll be specific: how many of the 95,000 polling places in the US (not to mention mail in and early polling places) would they have to disrupt in such a way as to move the needle enough? 10? 100? 1,000? 10,000? 50,000?
Name the precedent. Be precise.
January 15, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Name the precedent. Be precise.
How many would you have to January 6 to meaningfully impact the results?
January 15, 2026 at 5:58 PM
How many would you have to January 6 to meaningfully impact the results?
I have children and grandchildren who depend on my to one extent or another which is exactly why I have no choice but to risk my life on their behalf. That said it’s far riskier to drive across town everyday than it is to cast a vote.
January 15, 2026 at 5:56 PM
I have children and grandchildren who depend on my to one extent or another which is exactly why I have no choice but to risk my life on their behalf. That said it’s far riskier to drive across town everyday than it is to cast a vote.
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🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
The folks who were vociferously defending the Branch Davidians, Ruby Ridge holdouts, and Ammon Bundy are so quiet…
January 14, 2026 at 5:22 PM
The folks who were vociferously defending the Branch Davidians, Ruby Ridge holdouts, and Ammon Bundy are so quiet…
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Sorry, but triumphant claims about autonomous vehicle safety are wildly exaggerated.
It's an open question whether today’s self-driving cars are any safer than those driven by humans.
And if reducing crashes is the goal, that isn’t even the right question.
My deep dive, in Bloomberg 🧵
It's an open question whether today’s self-driving cars are any safer than those driven by humans.
And if reducing crashes is the goal, that isn’t even the right question.
My deep dive, in Bloomberg 🧵
We Still Don’t Know if Robotaxis Are Safer Than Human Drivers
And even if self-driving technology proves to be less dangerous, there are many better ways to improve traffic safety and prevent fatal crashes.
www.bloomberg.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Sorry, but triumphant claims about autonomous vehicle safety are wildly exaggerated.
It's an open question whether today’s self-driving cars are any safer than those driven by humans.
And if reducing crashes is the goal, that isn’t even the right question.
My deep dive, in Bloomberg 🧵
It's an open question whether today’s self-driving cars are any safer than those driven by humans.
And if reducing crashes is the goal, that isn’t even the right question.
My deep dive, in Bloomberg 🧵
Reposted by Fred Sondheim
If you won't bring severe consequences for these relentless crimes against humanity, if you won't even consider it, if you won't even try then what is the point of you? Not just as a politician; as a human being.
I want these fuckers prosecuted. I will not vote for a candidate who shies away from this.
A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
January 13, 2026 at 10:58 PM
If you won't bring severe consequences for these relentless crimes against humanity, if you won't even consider it, if you won't even try then what is the point of you? Not just as a politician; as a human being.
Or it’s that they’re wildly incompetent and all they have is a hammer therefore everything looks like a nail.
January 14, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Or it’s that they’re wildly incompetent and all they have is a hammer therefore everything looks like a nail.
Can the poors eat a data center?
January 13, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Can the poors eat a data center?
Podbro isn’t about to endanger his meal ticket. Kinda like a former high school jock hero can’t stop wearing their old letter jacket.
January 13, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Podbro isn’t about to endanger his meal ticket. Kinda like a former high school jock hero can’t stop wearing their old letter jacket.