Marc Sobel
@marcsobel.bsky.social
I write and self-publish optimistic hard science fiction, usually about utopias. I like imagining what a good society could be like. http://amazon.com/author/marcsobel
In addition to a spontaneous call for boycotting the world cup because of their fluffing Trump with a FIFA Peace Prize, this Trump action shows he can't be trusted.
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Opinion | A proposed Homeland Security rule could empty U.S. stadium seats
Asking visitors from allied countries to submit social media data could curb World Cup tourism.
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January 20, 2026 at 6:15 PM
In addition to a spontaneous call for boycotting the world cup because of their fluffing Trump with a FIFA Peace Prize, this Trump action shows he can't be trusted.
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In the Print edition: In Minneapolis, Tensions Can Ignite on Any Corner at Any Time
Ultimate Both-siding. Correct Headline: In Minneapolis, ICE can attack on Any Corner at Any Time
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...
Ultimate Both-siding. Correct Headline: In Minneapolis, ICE can attack on Any Corner at Any Time
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...
The People of Minneapolis vs. ICE: A Street-Level View
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In the Print edition: In Minneapolis, Tensions Can Ignite on Any Corner at Any Time
Ultimate Both-siding. Correct Headline: In Minneapolis, ICE can attack on Any Corner at Any Time
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...
Ultimate Both-siding. Correct Headline: In Minneapolis, ICE can attack on Any Corner at Any Time
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...
Thread worth reading. There's Minnesota Nice and there's Steve Miller can go FH.
Okay, I've been bullied into it.
The 1st Minnesota did indeed make a desperate, heroic charge on July 2nd that wiped out 3/4 or so of the men who made the charge. It's a wonderful story. I'll tell it in a bit.
They did indeed capture a Confederate flag that Minnesota refuses to return.
BUT.
The 1st Minnesota did indeed make a desperate, heroic charge on July 2nd that wiped out 3/4 or so of the men who made the charge. It's a wonderful story. I'll tell it in a bit.
They did indeed capture a Confederate flag that Minnesota refuses to return.
BUT.
Fighting the urge to be pedantic about this.
January 19, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Thread worth reading. There's Minnesota Nice and there's Steve Miller can go FH.
"Denmark is a tiny country with a tiny economy and a tiny military. [And since Trump doesn't honor treaties] 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,"
White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller was ridiculed over the weekend after one of his interview answers was seen as an argument in favor of beating him up.
Stephen Miller ridiculed after his 'moronic' comment seen as permission to 'beat him up'
White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller was ridiculed over the weekend after one of his interview answers was seen as an argument in favor of beating him up.Miller went on Fox News on Friday, where he was discussing Denmark and Trump's desire to seize Greenland."Denmark is a tiny...
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January 18, 2026 at 9:26 PM
"Denmark is a tiny country with a tiny economy and a tiny military. [And since Trump doesn't honor treaties] 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,"
"New York Post also reported on efforts to expose ICE agents using the app Grindr, a popular hook-up app among the LGBTQ community, with those involved in the campaign urging participants to solicit photos of ICE agents' genitalia to further humiliate them."
Using Macro settings on their phones?
Using Macro settings on their phones?
A coordinated group of women reportedly targeting ICE agents on dating apps in a scheme to expose and embarrass them sparked outrage with conservative and MAGA commentator Deneen Borelli during an appearance on Newsmax Sunday.
‘That is criminal!’ MAGA pundit rages as women use dating apps to expose ICE agents
A coordinated group of women reportedly targeting ICE agents on dating apps in a scheme to expose and embarrass them sparked outrage with conservative and MAGA commentator Deneen Borelli during an appearance on Newsmax Sunday.A Massachusetts woman claimed on social media to be operating a coordinate...
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January 18, 2026 at 9:24 PM
"New York Post also reported on efforts to expose ICE agents using the app Grindr, a popular hook-up app among the LGBTQ community, with those involved in the campaign urging participants to solicit photos of ICE agents' genitalia to further humiliate them."
Using Macro settings on their phones?
Using Macro settings on their phones?
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January 18, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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Starting a rumor that one of Trump's larger donors owns an Auto Glass Replacement business.
glad they're on this. i've noticed this and you probably have too. shattering drivers side car windows appears to be a top and preferred tactic for ICE. even when nothing is happening that makes it necessary or even on the most generous interpretation warranted. it's terror tactic.
Last July, ProPublica documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts and former ICE insiders say was rarely used before President Trump began his second term:
January 18, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Starting a rumor that one of Trump's larger donors owns an Auto Glass Replacement business.
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Minnesota Public Radio has been doing tremendously good work, and I’m proud to be under a big umbrella with them.
Six weeks into the immigration enforcement surge in the Twin Cities, observers say federal agents are employing violence more frequently and with little apparent restraint against citizens and noncitizens alike. (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Fear factor: Intimidation becomes a calling card as Twin Cities ICE surge widens
Six weeks into the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota, observers say there are signs that federal agents are employing violence more frequently and with little apparent restraint against citiz...
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January 16, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Minnesota Public Radio has been doing tremendously good work, and I’m proud to be under a big umbrella with them.
Shorter: Unconstitutional.
Not just creepy- against everything this nation was built on. Freedom of religion AND Freedom from religion
It seems beyond creepy to me to have an official U.S. government social media feed pimping religion.
January 18, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Shorter: Unconstitutional.
Shorter: Trump is a measles risk factor.
In the newsletter this week, I looked at county-level measles vaccination data to see what contributed to low vax rates. www.howtoreadthisch.art/americas-myr...
January 18, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Shorter: Trump is a measles risk factor.
Okay Donnie, You get Greenland, Denmark gets Virgin Islands.
France gets AR, IA, KS, LA, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD and parts of CO, MT, OK, WY etc.
And you were always intending to give Alaska back to its rightful owner.
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/17/v...
France gets AR, IA, KS, LA, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD and parts of CO, MT, OK, WY etc.
And you were always intending to give Alaska back to its rightful owner.
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/17/v...
Voiding International Agreements Can Have Awkward Consequences - emptywheel
If you want to void one real estate deal, be careful, because other folks may decide to do the same with you on other deals you have made.
www.emptywheel.net
January 18, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Okay Donnie, You get Greenland, Denmark gets Virgin Islands.
France gets AR, IA, KS, LA, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD and parts of CO, MT, OK, WY etc.
And you were always intending to give Alaska back to its rightful owner.
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/17/v...
France gets AR, IA, KS, LA, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD and parts of CO, MT, OK, WY etc.
And you were always intending to give Alaska back to its rightful owner.
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/17/v...
How about Colorado?
More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
January 17, 2026 at 6:47 PM
How about Colorado?
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January 17, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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Finland intends to criminalise the dissemination of false information on behalf of a foreign state. The goal is to make the systematic dissemination of fake information punishable when the perpetrator knowingly acts on behalf of a foreign intelligence service.
January 17, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Finland intends to criminalise the dissemination of false information on behalf of a foreign state. The goal is to make the systematic dissemination of fake information punishable when the perpetrator knowingly acts on behalf of a foreign intelligence service.
Sucking up to Trump, Wapo headline shades by calling a Federal judge, a "Minneapolis Judge."
Breaking news: A federal judge barred Department of Homeland Security agents from arresting people peacefully protesting ICE officers in Minneapolis unless they are suspected of criminal activity or obstruction.
Minneapolis judge bars DHS agents from arresting peaceful protesters
The order comes after local residents who were observing or protesting immigration raids said their constitutional rights were violated by federal agents.
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January 17, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Sucking up to Trump, Wapo headline shades by calling a Federal judge, a "Minneapolis Judge."
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BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 17, 2026 at 1:02 AM
BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Members of Congress should be openly stating right now that military action against Greenland will result in impeachment and removal of the President and the Vice President.
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Members of Congress should be openly stating right now that military action against Greenland will result in impeachment and removal of the President and the Vice President.
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Last week, the U.S. Attorney for D.C. asked to interview me because of a 90-second video that President Trump didn't like.
The intimidation *is the point*. And it’s not going to work.
Watch my full response.
youtube.com/shorts/rM4PY...
The intimidation *is the point*. And it’s not going to work.
Watch my full response.
youtube.com/shorts/rM4PY...
My response to Jeanine Pirro's investigation:
YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin
youtube.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Last week, the U.S. Attorney for D.C. asked to interview me because of a 90-second video that President Trump didn't like.
The intimidation *is the point*. And it’s not going to work.
Watch my full response.
youtube.com/shorts/rM4PY...
The intimidation *is the point*. And it’s not going to work.
Watch my full response.
youtube.com/shorts/rM4PY...
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When we say "explicitly neo-Nazi" we mean channels that fly swastikas and praise Hitler. That's the zone of internet where DHS is apparently finding inspiration for their X posts. It's ultra unlikely they would have ever encountered that song if they weren't in that space, imo.
Our researchers found at least 450 posts on Telegram dating back to 2020 that shared the song mentioned in this reporting.
Nearly all the posts we found were from explicitly neo-Nazi and white supremacist channels. And a review of our datasets found it hasn't circulated much outside those circles.
Nearly all the posts we found were from explicitly neo-Nazi and white supremacist channels. And a review of our datasets found it hasn't circulated much outside those circles.
January 14, 2026 at 8:13 PM
When we say "explicitly neo-Nazi" we mean channels that fly swastikas and praise Hitler. That's the zone of internet where DHS is apparently finding inspiration for their X posts. It's ultra unlikely they would have ever encountered that song if they weren't in that space, imo.
Food At Home, Food Away From Home digbysblog.net/2026/01/13/f...
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January 14, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Food At Home, Food Away From Home digbysblog.net/2026/01/13/f...
The answer to "do I go or do I stay." Shorter: You end up with Lindsey Halligan level competence blowing cases.
In the prosecutorial context, these resignations make it difficult, if not impossible, to pursue the criminal case you want (as happened when EDVA prosecutors resigned rather than indict Jim Comey). But Thompson also takes away what they want--the Somali prosecutions.
Sincerely wanting to understand why is honest people resigning, being considered an act of bravery or somehow fruitful. It’s one thing if the admin felt embarrassed by the resignations & rectified course. But that’s not happening, so now our institutions are just left with fewer people of integrity.
January 14, 2026 at 2:20 AM
The answer to "do I go or do I stay." Shorter: You end up with Lindsey Halligan level competence blowing cases.
I think it's important because these moments are so rare, we should celebrate when Trump makes a true statement.
That man would not have that job if Harris were president.
That man would not have that job if Harris were president.
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooof
DOKOUPIL: When I travel the country, they tell me they don't feel it because grocery prices are up--
TRUMP: They're going to now. I've only been here for 11 months. I inherited a mess. If she got in, you wouldn't have this job right now.
TRUMP: They're going to now. I've only been here for 11 months. I inherited a mess. If she got in, you wouldn't have this job right now.
January 14, 2026 at 12:03 AM
I think it's important because these moments are so rare, we should celebrate when Trump makes a true statement.
That man would not have that job if Harris were president.
That man would not have that job if Harris were president.