@markhax.bsky.social
Art history prof, emeritus. My research and writing are essential to preserving my sanity in this dark time.
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21-year-old activist injured by ICE:
I will be blind for life. I have fractures in my skull that they can't fix. They pulled a piece of plastic the size of a nickel out of my eye. I had shards of metal, glass, and plastic behind my eye and in my skull. They said it was a miracle I survived.
I will be blind for life. I have fractures in my skull that they can't fix. They pulled a piece of plastic the size of a nickel out of my eye. I had shards of metal, glass, and plastic behind my eye and in my skull. They said it was a miracle I survived.
January 15, 2026 at 7:24 PM
21-year-old activist injured by ICE:
I will be blind for life. I have fractures in my skull that they can't fix. They pulled a piece of plastic the size of a nickel out of my eye. I had shards of metal, glass, and plastic behind my eye and in my skull. They said it was a miracle I survived.
I will be blind for life. I have fractures in my skull that they can't fix. They pulled a piece of plastic the size of a nickel out of my eye. I had shards of metal, glass, and plastic behind my eye and in my skull. They said it was a miracle I survived.
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The only way the Epstein Files are going to be released is when Donald Trump is gone.
Vote MAGA out of our US House of Representatives, our US Senate, and every city, county, and state office across the United States.
Vote MAGA out of our US House of Representatives, our US Senate, and every city, county, and state office across the United States.
January 15, 2026 at 2:20 AM
The only way the Epstein Files are going to be released is when Donald Trump is gone.
Vote MAGA out of our US House of Representatives, our US Senate, and every city, county, and state office across the United States.
Vote MAGA out of our US House of Representatives, our US Senate, and every city, county, and state office across the United States.
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Pictured: Someone who actually won a Nobel Peace Prize
January 16, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Pictured: Someone who actually won a Nobel Peace Prize
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What a weenie.
(Speaking as someone from SoCal who had never seen snow or ice before going to college.)
These ICE masked bandits, and all who represent them, are historic cowards.
(Speaking as someone from SoCal who had never seen snow or ice before going to college.)
These ICE masked bandits, and all who represent them, are historic cowards.
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin on "acts of violence" against ICE agents in Minnesota: "Pouring water on the ground so that it would freeze the ground in front of our federal law enforcement vehicles so that they would potentially slide, crash, and potentially kill them"
January 16, 2026 at 2:32 AM
What a weenie.
(Speaking as someone from SoCal who had never seen snow or ice before going to college.)
These ICE masked bandits, and all who represent them, are historic cowards.
(Speaking as someone from SoCal who had never seen snow or ice before going to college.)
These ICE masked bandits, and all who represent them, are historic cowards.
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At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
January 15, 2026 at 11:48 PM
At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
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Maybe they're talking about a hemorrhoid?
federal officials are now claiming that Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good, "suffered internal bleeding"
ICE agent involved in shooting of Renee Good suffered internal bleeding, officials claim
abcnews.go.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Maybe they're talking about a hemorrhoid?
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And just in case you thought @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org was exaggerating when he posted this great piece yesterday, "Extortion as Governance" ...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
January 14, 2026 at 1:06 PM
And just in case you thought @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org was exaggerating when he posted this great piece yesterday, "Extortion as Governance" ...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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Hey Russia, if you're listen! Please find us the million pages of unredacted Epstein files and release them to Wiki or whatever!
January 14, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Hey Russia, if you're listen! Please find us the million pages of unredacted Epstein files and release them to Wiki or whatever!
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Because of Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill,” the annual ICE budget — at $28 billion — is now larger than the annual budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, U.S. Marshals Service and the Bureau of Prisons COMBINED.
No. The American people do not want Trump's domestic army.
No. The American people do not want Trump's domestic army.
January 15, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Because of Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill,” the annual ICE budget — at $28 billion — is now larger than the annual budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, U.S. Marshals Service and the Bureau of Prisons COMBINED.
No. The American people do not want Trump's domestic army.
No. The American people do not want Trump's domestic army.
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.@PabloReports: Stephen Miller seems to be operating sort of as a shadow president at this point. Is there any legal liability he could face at the end of this presidency?
Ryan: There’s going to be legal—and I think criminal—liability for multiple members.. certainly Stephen Miller.
Ryan: There’s going to be legal—and I think criminal—liability for multiple members.. certainly Stephen Miller.
January 15, 2026 at 5:13 PM
.@PabloReports: Stephen Miller seems to be operating sort of as a shadow president at this point. Is there any legal liability he could face at the end of this presidency?
Ryan: There’s going to be legal—and I think criminal—liability for multiple members.. certainly Stephen Miller.
Ryan: There’s going to be legal—and I think criminal—liability for multiple members.. certainly Stephen Miller.
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"Even as King George has innocent civilians murdered on the streets of Boston, we will hold our focus on affordability because that's what our consultants find with focus groups and A/B testing on online surveys"
Schumer as a major American metro is being brutally occupied by Trump goons: "The affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what the American people are demanding"
January 15, 2026 at 5:52 PM
"Even as King George has innocent civilians murdered on the streets of Boston, we will hold our focus on affordability because that's what our consultants find with focus groups and A/B testing on online surveys"
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.@PabloReports: What is the legal liability of somebody like Stephen Miller?
Escobar: My view is that we will one day flip the House, flip the Senate, and regain the White House. There needs to be accountability for what these people are doing to our country.
Escobar: My view is that we will one day flip the House, flip the Senate, and regain the White House. There needs to be accountability for what these people are doing to our country.
January 15, 2026 at 5:21 PM
.@PabloReports: What is the legal liability of somebody like Stephen Miller?
Escobar: My view is that we will one day flip the House, flip the Senate, and regain the White House. There needs to be accountability for what these people are doing to our country.
Escobar: My view is that we will one day flip the House, flip the Senate, and regain the White House. There needs to be accountability for what these people are doing to our country.
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It's absolutely INFURIATING to see the same people in the press who did their armchair neurology routine diagnosing Joe Biden with dementia and questioning his basic motor functions b/c he wore orthopedic shoes have absolutely NOTHING to say about this.
January 15, 2026 at 2:11 PM
It's absolutely INFURIATING to see the same people in the press who did their armchair neurology routine diagnosing Joe Biden with dementia and questioning his basic motor functions b/c he wore orthopedic shoes have absolutely NOTHING to say about this.
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President Trump didn’t just pardon the rampaging rioters who assaulted police officers on January 6, 2021, he began to hire them. House Judiciary Democrats demand answers from Attorney General Pam Bondi and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
Which insurrectionists are working for ICE?
Which insurrectionists are working for ICE?
House Democrats ask Trump administration if any Jan. 6 rioters are now working for ICE
Nearly one year after the mass pardon of more than 1,500 Trump-supporting Capitol riot defendants, House Democrats are asking whether any of the pardoned rioters are now working for ICE.
www.cbsnews.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:34 PM
President Trump didn’t just pardon the rampaging rioters who assaulted police officers on January 6, 2021, he began to hire them. House Judiciary Democrats demand answers from Attorney General Pam Bondi and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
Which insurrectionists are working for ICE?
Which insurrectionists are working for ICE?
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Could that “one other thing” be wondering why costs have gone up so much under Trump that Americans are supposed to follow a chicken/broccoli/tortilla diet?
(Is that on the menu at Mar-a-Lago?)
(Is that on the menu at Mar-a-Lago?)
Brooke Rollins: "We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money."
January 15, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Could that “one other thing” be wondering why costs have gone up so much under Trump that Americans are supposed to follow a chicken/broccoli/tortilla diet?
(Is that on the menu at Mar-a-Lago?)
(Is that on the menu at Mar-a-Lago?)
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When Google cuts off the headline at the proper place.
January 15, 2026 at 3:03 PM
When Google cuts off the headline at the proper place.
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This is a week old but still holds up.
One thing to add: DOJ investigated Babbitt's killing at some length. Bondi ordered prosecutors NOT to investigate Good's. (She's now claiming that she fired the AUSAs who resigned in response, which may be a tactical lie.)
One thing to add: DOJ investigated Babbitt's killing at some length. Bondi ordered prosecutors NOT to investigate Good's. (She's now claiming that she fired the AUSAs who resigned in response, which may be a tactical lie.)
"Hypocrisy is when someone holds to a set of values but applies them selectively. what we are seeing is a worldview for which the only value is the domination of enemies. There is a name for that. It is fascism."
The Distance Between Renee Good and Ashli Babbitt Is Fascism
It’s not a hypocrisy. It’s a coherent worldview.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:37 AM
This is a week old but still holds up.
One thing to add: DOJ investigated Babbitt's killing at some length. Bondi ordered prosecutors NOT to investigate Good's. (She's now claiming that she fired the AUSAs who resigned in response, which may be a tactical lie.)
One thing to add: DOJ investigated Babbitt's killing at some length. Bondi ordered prosecutors NOT to investigate Good's. (She's now claiming that she fired the AUSAs who resigned in response, which may be a tactical lie.)
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Meanwhile in Russia: state TV experts rejoiced about Trump's approach towards Greenland, since they believe it ushers in a cynical new world order, where the U.S. withdraws from NATO, gets control over the Western Hemisphere — and Russia takes the rest.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3BF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3BF...
Russian experts discuss Greenland
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Meanwhile in Russia: state TV experts rejoiced about Trump's approach towards Greenland, since they believe it ushers in a cynical new world order, where the U.S. withdraws from NATO, gets control over the Western Hemisphere — and Russia takes the rest.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3BF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3BF...
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Folks, here's the basis for the story claiming Enrique Tarrio is on the DHS list. I took a glance at the list in question. It is NOT (just) ICE officers -- and public reporting suggests it's not all current officials.
More importantly, it has people who aren't ICE, like Ann Coulter.
More importantly, it has people who aren't ICE, like Ann Coulter.
January 15, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Folks, here's the basis for the story claiming Enrique Tarrio is on the DHS list. I took a glance at the list in question. It is NOT (just) ICE officers -- and public reporting suggests it's not all current officials.
More importantly, it has people who aren't ICE, like Ann Coulter.
More importantly, it has people who aren't ICE, like Ann Coulter.
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Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
January 15, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
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The complicated reality is there are 3 things happening simultaneously:
-Trump preternaturally understands the ebb and flow of the media and does perform for it
-His inner circle is in a mad dash to turn the US into a fascist ethnostate
-Like all authoritarian regimes, they're grossly incompetent
-Trump preternaturally understands the ebb and flow of the media and does perform for it
-His inner circle is in a mad dash to turn the US into a fascist ethnostate
-Like all authoritarian regimes, they're grossly incompetent
Cripes a’mighty people, Steven Miller is not staging a militarized ethnic cleansing and sending the border cops to murder people in the street to distract from the Epstein files. He’s doing it because he and Trump (and Vance and Homan and Noem etc) really really want to.
January 15, 2026 at 3:39 AM
The complicated reality is there are 3 things happening simultaneously:
-Trump preternaturally understands the ebb and flow of the media and does perform for it
-His inner circle is in a mad dash to turn the US into a fascist ethnostate
-Like all authoritarian regimes, they're grossly incompetent
-Trump preternaturally understands the ebb and flow of the media and does perform for it
-His inner circle is in a mad dash to turn the US into a fascist ethnostate
-Like all authoritarian regimes, they're grossly incompetent
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"