Greg Sargent
@gregsargent.bsky.social
Politics, politics, politics
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He’s right, but I’ve got a whole pile of those lines by now. I count them at night like Arya Stark.
It's time to state clearly that if MAGA and Republicans can't condemn any part of this shooting, continue to blame the victim for it, and even hint that it's a just outcome that others "deserve," that's a crossing of the line that the rest of us won't ever be able to forget.
Rep. Randy Fine: "If you impede the actions of our law enforcement as they seek to repel foreign invaders from our country, you get what's coming to you. I do not feel bad for the woman that was involved."
January 9, 2026 at 12:19 AM
He’s right, but I’ve got a whole pile of those lines by now. I count them at night like Arya Stark.
Over at The Bad Place, all the MAGA cultists are repeating the same language now, that she "gunned" the vehicle at him, which is a sad little lie, in addition to being ghoulish for obvious reasons. They all think it somehow empowers them to robotically repeat the same phrases to each other.
January 8, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Over at The Bad Place, all the MAGA cultists are repeating the same language now, that she "gunned" the vehicle at him, which is a sad little lie, in addition to being ghoulish for obvious reasons. They all think it somehow empowers them to robotically repeat the same phrases to each other.
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Nor ever forgive.
The fundamental social contract is broken. No action of this federal government is legitimate, and state officials like @governorwalz.mn.gov need to treat their interventions as presumptively hostile.
The fundamental social contract is broken. No action of this federal government is legitimate, and state officials like @governorwalz.mn.gov need to treat their interventions as presumptively hostile.
It's time to state clearly that if MAGA and Republicans can't condemn any part of this shooting, continue to blame the victim for it, and even hint that it's a just outcome that others "deserve," that's a crossing of the line that the rest of us won't ever be able to forget.
Rep. Randy Fine: "If you impede the actions of our law enforcement as they seek to repel foreign invaders from our country, you get what's coming to you. I do not feel bad for the woman that was involved."
January 8, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Nor ever forgive.
The fundamental social contract is broken. No action of this federal government is legitimate, and state officials like @governorwalz.mn.gov need to treat their interventions as presumptively hostile.
The fundamental social contract is broken. No action of this federal government is legitimate, and state officials like @governorwalz.mn.gov need to treat their interventions as presumptively hostile.
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Geezus. If hated was fuel, this world would burn brighter than the sun and the USA would be the starter accelerant.
It's time to state clearly that if MAGA and Republicans can't condemn any part of this shooting, continue to blame the victim for it, and even hint that it's a just outcome that others "deserve," that's a crossing of the line that the rest of us won't ever be able to forget.
Rep. Randy Fine: "If you impede the actions of our law enforcement as they seek to repel foreign invaders from our country, you get what's coming to you. I do not feel bad for the woman that was involved."
January 8, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Geezus. If hated was fuel, this world would burn brighter than the sun and the USA would be the starter accelerant.
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Now I gotta worry about my wife and kids on the road if they come across these ICE fucking thugs. Already worry about my kids getting shot in school every day. Greatest country in the world!
It's time to state clearly that if MAGA and Republicans can't condemn any part of this shooting, continue to blame the victim for it, and even hint that it's a just outcome that others "deserve," that's a crossing of the line that the rest of us won't ever be able to forget.
Rep. Randy Fine: "If you impede the actions of our law enforcement as they seek to repel foreign invaders from our country, you get what's coming to you. I do not feel bad for the woman that was involved."
January 8, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Now I gotta worry about my wife and kids on the road if they come across these ICE fucking thugs. Already worry about my kids getting shot in school every day. Greatest country in the world!
Yep, as always, JD Vance is completely full of shit. ICE agents do not have categorical or absolute immunity.
January 8, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Yep, as always, JD Vance is completely full of shit. ICE agents do not have categorical or absolute immunity.
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Fascists. ALL.
It's time to state clearly that if MAGA and Republicans can't condemn any part of this shooting, continue to blame the victim for it, and even hint that it's a just outcome that others "deserve," that's a crossing of the line that the rest of us won't ever be able to forget.
Rep. Randy Fine: "If you impede the actions of our law enforcement as they seek to repel foreign invaders from our country, you get what's coming to you. I do not feel bad for the woman that was involved."
January 8, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Fascists. ALL.
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Republicans says it's okay for Donald Trump to kill Americans in the middle of our cities. It is as simple as that. They are the party of gang murders.
It's time to state clearly that if MAGA and Republicans can't condemn any part of this shooting, continue to blame the victim for it, and even hint that it's a just outcome that others "deserve," that's a crossing of the line that the rest of us won't ever be able to forget.
Rep. Randy Fine: "If you impede the actions of our law enforcement as they seek to repel foreign invaders from our country, you get what's coming to you. I do not feel bad for the woman that was involved."
January 8, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Republicans says it's okay for Donald Trump to kill Americans in the middle of our cities. It is as simple as that. They are the party of gang murders.
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These acts and utterances are impeachable. Put them in the articles the next Congress should be delivering on Day One.
It’s demoralizing that there’s been no formal objection to the regime’s daily High Crimes and Misdemeanors, in two senses: it both dispirits the public and corrupts public morals.
It’s demoralizing that there’s been no formal objection to the regime’s daily High Crimes and Misdemeanors, in two senses: it both dispirits the public and corrupts public morals.
It's time to state clearly that if MAGA and Republicans can't condemn any part of this shooting, continue to blame the victim for it, and even hint that it's a just outcome that others "deserve," that's a crossing of the line that the rest of us won't ever be able to forget.
Rep. Randy Fine: "If you impede the actions of our law enforcement as they seek to repel foreign invaders from our country, you get what's coming to you. I do not feel bad for the woman that was involved."
January 8, 2026 at 8:24 PM
These acts and utterances are impeachable. Put them in the articles the next Congress should be delivering on Day One.
It’s demoralizing that there’s been no formal objection to the regime’s daily High Crimes and Misdemeanors, in two senses: it both dispirits the public and corrupts public morals.
It’s demoralizing that there’s been no formal objection to the regime’s daily High Crimes and Misdemeanors, in two senses: it both dispirits the public and corrupts public morals.
It's time to state clearly that if MAGA and Republicans can't condemn any part of this shooting, continue to blame the victim for it, and even hint that it's a just outcome that others "deserve," that's a crossing of the line that the rest of us won't ever be able to forget.
Rep. Randy Fine: "If you impede the actions of our law enforcement as they seek to repel foreign invaders from our country, you get what's coming to you. I do not feel bad for the woman that was involved."
January 8, 2026 at 8:19 PM
It's time to state clearly that if MAGA and Republicans can't condemn any part of this shooting, continue to blame the victim for it, and even hint that it's a just outcome that others "deserve," that's a crossing of the line that the rest of us won't ever be able to forget.
"The attack on Venezuela has no defensible legal rationale, no international coalition and no occupation force to manage the situation...broad impact will be...uncontrollable consequences for the region and world."
Good @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social analysis:
www.theunpopulist.net/p/trump-is-e...
Good @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social analysis:
www.theunpopulist.net/p/trump-is-e...
Trump Is Ensuring That His Venezuela Attack Has No Upside for Anyone
Venezuelan democracy, America, and the world are all going to lose
www.theunpopulist.net
January 8, 2026 at 7:42 PM
"The attack on Venezuela has no defensible legal rationale, no international coalition and no occupation force to manage the situation...broad impact will be...uncontrollable consequences for the region and world."
Good @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social analysis:
www.theunpopulist.net/p/trump-is-e...
Good @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social analysis:
www.theunpopulist.net/p/trump-is-e...
Reupping this for no particular reason. One wonders if the Minneapolis shooter believes this to be true. It's also worth noting that Stephen Miller is misleading ICE officers for highly cynical purposes by saying it. Their immunity is not categorical.
Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."
January 8, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Reupping this for no particular reason. One wonders if the Minneapolis shooter believes this to be true. It's also worth noting that Stephen Miller is misleading ICE officers for highly cynical purposes by saying it. Their immunity is not categorical.
Reupping this for no particular reason. One wonders if the Minneapolis shooter believes this to be true. It's also worth noting that Stephen Miller is misleading ICE officers for highly cynical purposes by saying it. Their immunity is not categorical.
Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."
January 8, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Reupping this for no particular reason. One wonders if the Minneapolis shooter believes this to be true. It's also worth noting that Stephen Miller is misleading ICE officers for highly cynical purposes by saying it. Their immunity is not categorical.
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Greg is 💯 correct
The danger of this moment cannot be overstated. Trump/Noem's vile defense of the killing shows that the heavily-armed government agents roaming our cities are unbound/unaccountable even when they kill Americans.
On the pod, @felipedlh.bsky.social and I dig into this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
On the pod, @felipedlh.bsky.social and I dig into this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
Trump’s ICE Agents Killed a Citizen. Then Damning New Details Emerged.
As the ICE shooting horror in Minneapolis gets worse, a writer who focuses on ICE accountability explains why the government’s cover story is full of holes—and what recourse we have now.
newrepublic.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Greg is 💯 correct
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Understand that State Media messaging has two layers:
1. The murderer was acting in self-defense.
2. Whatever the victim did — brush him with her care, block ICE vehicles, try to get away — merited summary execution.
1. The murderer was acting in self-defense.
2. Whatever the victim did — brush him with her care, block ICE vehicles, try to get away — merited summary execution.
This is very good from WaPo. Note position of officer's feet to side of car when first shot is fired. I think everyone defending this should be asked: Was it not even an *overreaction* to fire those shots, especially 2 & 3, into her face point-blank with the officer clearly not in danger? Really?
January 8, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Understand that State Media messaging has two layers:
1. The murderer was acting in self-defense.
2. Whatever the victim did — brush him with her care, block ICE vehicles, try to get away — merited summary execution.
1. The murderer was acting in self-defense.
2. Whatever the victim did — brush him with her care, block ICE vehicles, try to get away — merited summary execution.
This is very good from WaPo. Note position of officer's feet to side of car when first shot is fired. I think everyone defending this should be asked: Was it not even an *overreaction* to fire those shots, especially 2 & 3, into her face point-blank with the officer clearly not in danger? Really?
January 8, 2026 at 5:47 PM
This is very good from WaPo. Note position of officer's feet to side of car when first shot is fired. I think everyone defending this should be asked: Was it not even an *overreaction* to fire those shots, especially 2 & 3, into her face point-blank with the officer clearly not in danger? Really?
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If anyone has been waiting for the moment to protest, this is it.
The danger of this moment cannot be overstated. Trump/Noem's vile defense of the killing shows that the heavily-armed government agents roaming our cities are unbound/unaccountable even when they kill Americans.
On the pod, @felipedlh.bsky.social and I dig into this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
On the pod, @felipedlh.bsky.social and I dig into this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
Trump’s ICE Agents Killed a Citizen. Then Damning New Details Emerged.
As the ICE shooting horror in Minneapolis gets worse, a writer who focuses on ICE accountability explains why the government’s cover story is full of holes—and what recourse we have now.
newrepublic.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:20 PM
If anyone has been waiting for the moment to protest, this is it.
MAGA can obfuscate all they want, but here's the bottom line: Their broader project of flooding our cities with armed government militias and diverting resources into mass ethnic purification makes such shootings far more likely. Feature, not bug.
Exchange on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
Exchange on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
January 8, 2026 at 4:56 PM
MAGA can obfuscate all they want, but here's the bottom line: Their broader project of flooding our cities with armed government militias and diverting resources into mass ethnic purification makes such shootings far more likely. Feature, not bug.
Exchange on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
Exchange on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
The middle frame here is critical. It shows the position of the officer's feet when the *first* shot was fired. He appears already out of danger. And then the subsequent shots from the side into the driver's window look like straight up kill shots after the car had turned and was passing him.
I think it's highly likely Trump aides tried to avoid showing him the video that displays the shooting into the window from the side of the car, taken from the back, because it shows the officer was in no sense in life-threatening danger when he fired the shots:
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 PM
The middle frame here is critical. It shows the position of the officer's feet when the *first* shot was fired. He appears already out of danger. And then the subsequent shots from the side into the driver's window look like straight up kill shots after the car had turned and was passing him.
I think it's highly likely Trump aides tried to avoid showing him the video that displays the shooting into the window from the side of the car, taken from the back, because it shows the officer was in no sense in life-threatening danger when he fired the shots:
January 8, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I think it's highly likely Trump aides tried to avoid showing him the video that displays the shooting into the window from the side of the car, taken from the back, because it shows the officer was in no sense in life-threatening danger when he fired the shots:
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De La Hoz indicates that only Democratic cities and regions are being targeted by the Trump administration and concludes: "It’s because the administration itself knows that these are destructive operations, that they are not primarily about public safety."
A campaign of intimidation and harm.
A campaign of intimidation and harm.
The danger of this moment cannot be overstated. Trump/Noem's vile defense of the killing shows that the heavily-armed government agents roaming our cities are unbound/unaccountable even when they kill Americans.
On the pod, @felipedlh.bsky.social and I dig into this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
On the pod, @felipedlh.bsky.social and I dig into this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
Trump’s ICE Agents Killed a Citizen. Then Damning New Details Emerged.
As the ICE shooting horror in Minneapolis gets worse, a writer who focuses on ICE accountability explains why the government’s cover story is full of holes—and what recourse we have now.
newrepublic.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:45 PM
De La Hoz indicates that only Democratic cities and regions are being targeted by the Trump administration and concludes: "It’s because the administration itself knows that these are destructive operations, that they are not primarily about public safety."
A campaign of intimidation and harm.
A campaign of intimidation and harm.
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Remember how Republicans used to argue that "We need the Second Amendment as a check against federal government tyranny"?
Bear in mind that absolutely none of them are making that argument right now, even though federal government tyranny is the scenario that they claimed to fear the most.
Bear in mind that absolutely none of them are making that argument right now, even though federal government tyranny is the scenario that they claimed to fear the most.
The danger of this moment cannot be overstated. Trump/Noem's vile defense of the killing shows that the heavily-armed government agents roaming our cities are unbound/unaccountable even when they kill Americans.
On the pod, @felipedlh.bsky.social and I dig into this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
On the pod, @felipedlh.bsky.social and I dig into this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
Trump’s ICE Agents Killed a Citizen. Then Damning New Details Emerged.
As the ICE shooting horror in Minneapolis gets worse, a writer who focuses on ICE accountability explains why the government’s cover story is full of holes—and what recourse we have now.
newrepublic.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Remember how Republicans used to argue that "We need the Second Amendment as a check against federal government tyranny"?
Bear in mind that absolutely none of them are making that argument right now, even though federal government tyranny is the scenario that they claimed to fear the most.
Bear in mind that absolutely none of them are making that argument right now, even though federal government tyranny is the scenario that they claimed to fear the most.
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"The administration, Trump, Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin could have spun a much more plausible story here than they did. But the thing is this administration treats brazen lying as kind of an assertion of power in itself."
The danger of this moment cannot be overstated. Trump/Noem's vile defense of the killing shows that the heavily-armed government agents roaming our cities are unbound/unaccountable even when they kill Americans.
On the pod, @felipedlh.bsky.social and I dig into this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
On the pod, @felipedlh.bsky.social and I dig into this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
Trump’s ICE Agents Killed a Citizen. Then Damning New Details Emerged.
As the ICE shooting horror in Minneapolis gets worse, a writer who focuses on ICE accountability explains why the government’s cover story is full of holes—and what recourse we have now.
newrepublic.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:56 PM
"The administration, Trump, Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin could have spun a much more plausible story here than they did. But the thing is this administration treats brazen lying as kind of an assertion of power in itself."
"ICE has waged a recruitment drive drenched in war metaphors and martial imagery. The type of person sought...is someone with a fervor for guns and an eagerness to apply violence."
Good work by @aselrod.bsky.social putting shooting in context of MAGA's violent ethos:
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
Good work by @aselrod.bsky.social putting shooting in context of MAGA's violent ethos:
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
Opinion | ICE's violence is no accident
Alan Elrod: The killing of a woman by an immigration enforcement officer in Minneapolis was the raw application of Trumpist authoritarianism.
www.ms.now
January 8, 2026 at 2:30 PM
"ICE has waged a recruitment drive drenched in war metaphors and martial imagery. The type of person sought...is someone with a fervor for guns and an eagerness to apply violence."
Good work by @aselrod.bsky.social putting shooting in context of MAGA's violent ethos:
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
Good work by @aselrod.bsky.social putting shooting in context of MAGA's violent ethos:
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
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Great discussion on a grim subject with @felipedlh.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social on how “fucked” the situation and murder in Minneapolis is.
The danger of this moment cannot be overstated. Trump/Noem's vile defense of the killing shows that the heavily-armed government agents roaming our cities are unbound/unaccountable even when they kill Americans.
On the pod, @felipedlh.bsky.social and I dig into this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
On the pod, @felipedlh.bsky.social and I dig into this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
Trump’s ICE Agents Killed a Citizen. Then Damning New Details Emerged.
As the ICE shooting horror in Minneapolis gets worse, a writer who focuses on ICE accountability explains why the government’s cover story is full of holes—and what recourse we have now.
newrepublic.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Great discussion on a grim subject with @felipedlh.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social on how “fucked” the situation and murder in Minneapolis is.