Michael Trice, the Sturm Brightblade of Rhetoric
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I've broken down the gates. Lecturer in Rhetoric and Writing at MIT. Father. Gamer. Teacher. Researcher Parageographer.
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Update: The White House has taken down the post and now claims a “staffer erroneously made the post” that was shared on President Donald Trump’s social media platform late Thursday night. White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt claimed earlier that the criticisms amounted to "fake outrage."
Via Jennifer Shutt “Donald Trump is a vile, unhinged and malignant bottom feeder,” U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote. “Why are GOP leaders like John Thune continuing to stand by this sick individual? Every single Republican must immediately denounce Donald Trump’s disgusting bigotry.”
GOP senator calls Trump's Obama meme ‘the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House’ | Alabama Reflector
South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott said the president should remove the racist meme depicting the former president and first lady as monkeys.
alabamareflector.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Update: The White House has taken down the post and now claims a “staffer erroneously made the post” that was shared on President Donald Trump’s social media platform late Thursday night. White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt claimed earlier that the criticisms amounted to "fake outrage."
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Tim Scott, basically: "Yeah, they've said and done a lot of racist stuff before, but this one is really bad"
Sen. Tim Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, had this to say:
February 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Tim Scott, basically: "Yeah, they've said and done a lot of racist stuff before, but this one is really bad"
Spring 2026 starts today.
So there it is!
So there it is!
February 6, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Spring 2026 starts today.
So there it is!
So there it is!
Started Wonder Man but couldn't get through the first full scene.
The show looks and sounds great, but that type of obvious cringe self-sabotage is my kryptonite. And it was so believable and painful.
The show looks and sounds great, but that type of obvious cringe self-sabotage is my kryptonite. And it was so believable and painful.
February 3, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Started Wonder Man but couldn't get through the first full scene.
The show looks and sounds great, but that type of obvious cringe self-sabotage is my kryptonite. And it was so believable and painful.
The show looks and sounds great, but that type of obvious cringe self-sabotage is my kryptonite. And it was so believable and painful.
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Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
God bless Minnesota and the Twin Cities.
From Sam Adams to Harriet Tubman to MLK. They embrace the true spirit of American patriotism and rebellion.
From Sam Adams to Harriet Tubman to MLK. They embrace the true spirit of American patriotism and rebellion.
January 27, 2026 at 12:51 AM
God bless Minnesota and the Twin Cities.
From Sam Adams to Harriet Tubman to MLK. They embrace the true spirit of American patriotism and rebellion.
From Sam Adams to Harriet Tubman to MLK. They embrace the true spirit of American patriotism and rebellion.
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Remember (as someone reminded me last week...) Bovino had claimed in court that he doesn't run his own social media accounts, even though it seemed pretty clear that he did.
"DHS has suspended Gregory Bovino’s access to his social media accounts effective immediately," CNN reports
January 27, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Remember (as someone reminded me last week...) Bovino had claimed in court that he doesn't run his own social media accounts, even though it seemed pretty clear that he did.
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If you're in that Signal chat, you should start posting excerpts from that NYTimes expose with all the FBI agents mocking him.
FBI Director Kash Patel said Monday that he had opened an investigation into the Signal group text chats that Minnesota residents are using www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...
FBI investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE, Patel says
The statement from FBI Director Kash Patel comes after right-wing media figures said they joined the chats and claimed participants were obstructing law enforcement.
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
If you're in that Signal chat, you should start posting excerpts from that NYTimes expose with all the FBI agents mocking him.
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I totally get the impulse to yell at people to keep the pressure on, and it's right, but if Bovino really has been sent home, that's a significant victory for the protest movement. Let's not understate it.
I'm not saying anyone should be complacent. Just notch the win and grimly move on.
I'm not saying anyone should be complacent. Just notch the win and grimly move on.
January 27, 2026 at 12:18 AM
I totally get the impulse to yell at people to keep the pressure on, and it's right, but if Bovino really has been sent home, that's a significant victory for the protest movement. Let's not understate it.
I'm not saying anyone should be complacent. Just notch the win and grimly move on.
I'm not saying anyone should be complacent. Just notch the win and grimly move on.
Bovine going is great, but Noem is responsible for what ICE has become the last 12 months.
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Bovine going is great, but Noem is responsible for what ICE has become the last 12 months.
They’re going to disappear him like this is a PR issue and not a human rights issue.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:12 AM
They’re going to disappear him like this is a PR issue and not a human rights issue.
Them: This isn’t real Game of Thrones.
Me watching the best relationship in Westeros:
Me watching the best relationship in Westeros:
January 27, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Them: This isn’t real Game of Thrones.
Me watching the best relationship in Westeros:
Me watching the best relationship in Westeros:
Wrote this short story when I was 14. It wasn’t good and the idea is of the age.
January 25, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Wrote this short story when I was 14. It wasn’t good and the idea is of the age.
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In Davos, the world is watching an American president’s mind dissolve in real time.
January 21, 2026 at 2:42 PM
In Davos, the world is watching an American president’s mind dissolve in real time.
He sounds so very tired.
January 21, 2026 at 2:21 PM
He sounds so very tired.
I won't say that The Two Towers is the perfect movie.
Because you should already know that.
Because you should already know that.
January 21, 2026 at 4:56 AM
I won't say that The Two Towers is the perfect movie.
Because you should already know that.
Because you should already know that.
Thirty minutes into One Battle After Another and reviewers did a great job not giving up the plot.
January 12, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Thirty minutes into One Battle After Another and reviewers did a great job not giving up the plot.
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Also, by their own standards, the cops protecting the Capitol on Jan 6 should have opened fire all over.
January 10, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Also, by their own standards, the cops protecting the Capitol on Jan 6 should have opened fire all over.
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Cignetti is gonna be so mad that Oregon out-scored them in the 3rd quarter.
January 10, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Cignetti is gonna be so mad that Oregon out-scored them in the 3rd quarter.
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Here’s a comment for the people who are upset that MN hasn’t charged Jonathan Ross already:
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
January 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Here’s a comment for the people who are upset that MN hasn’t charged Jonathan Ross already:
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
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DHS Warns Any Action By Americans Will Be Treated As Domestic Terrorism
January 9, 2026 at 6:01 PM
DHS Warns Any Action By Americans Will Be Treated As Domestic Terrorism
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This is how it worked with Telegram, too.
They created a safe harbor for Nazi terror channels and Google and Apple just ignored the issue and hoped it would go away.
They created a safe harbor for Nazi terror channels and Google and Apple just ignored the issue and hoped it would go away.
New: Trio of Dem senators urge Apple and Google to enforce their own terms of service and ban X, Grok apps for their flood of nonconsensual sexual imagery.
I've repeatedly asked both Apple and Google about this for three days. They're completely silent, seemingly hoping the question just goes away.
I've repeatedly asked both Apple and Google about this for three days. They're completely silent, seemingly hoping the question just goes away.
Senators urged Apple and Google to remove X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes
“Turning a blind eye to X’s egregious behavior would make a mockery of your moderation
practices,” three Democratic senators wrote to Apple’s and Google’s CEOs.
www.nbcnews.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:02 PM
This is how it worked with Telegram, too.
They created a safe harbor for Nazi terror channels and Google and Apple just ignored the issue and hoped it would go away.
They created a safe harbor for Nazi terror channels and Google and Apple just ignored the issue and hoped it would go away.