Mitch Axness
@mitchaxness.bsky.social
Dad of 2 | current IT guy | history grad student (public history, 1850-1950 US) | aspiring archivist and historian | Star Wars fan | comic book nerd. You've been warned.
Opinions are mine, because <insert deity of choice> knows no one else wants them.
Opinions are mine, because <insert deity of choice> knows no one else wants them.
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Rereading the Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners (1870) and this line about inexperienced federal officers is landing hard
January 28, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Rereading the Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners (1870) and this line about inexperienced federal officers is landing hard
I guess this shows that if you're in a position to help save the life of one of these ICE pieces of shit, you don't.
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:47 PM
I guess this shows that if you're in a position to help save the life of one of these ICE pieces of shit, you don't.
What is considered a catch in the NFL? 🤷♂️ I've heard possession plus knee down through the ground is a catch. Cooks had possession, knee down, *landed on his back*, but then the Denver DB took the ball and it's an INT?!? If that happened in the end zone it's a TD. They need to figure this shit out.
January 18, 2026 at 1:24 AM
What is considered a catch in the NFL? 🤷♂️ I've heard possession plus knee down through the ground is a catch. Cooks had possession, knee down, *landed on his back*, but then the Denver DB took the ball and it's an INT?!? If that happened in the end zone it's a TD. They need to figure this shit out.
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Frey: "An individual from a car that was in the middle of a street was detained. ICE left the car in the middle of the street. The car wasn't even in park, so you got it just rolling down the street w/nobody in it. It could've hit anybody, including my own family. This is not about safety"
January 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Frey: "An individual from a car that was in the middle of a street was detained. ICE left the car in the middle of the street. The car wasn't even in park, so you got it just rolling down the street w/nobody in it. It could've hit anybody, including my own family. This is not about safety"
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This Norwegian is not alone. This is what the overwhelming majority of the world sees, including America's allies. 2026 Trump America is 1934 Nazi Germany — and there's no amount of gaslighting from Trump, JD Vance, and Elon Musk that is going to change this horrific reality. 👇
January 11, 2026 at 10:45 PM
This Norwegian is not alone. This is what the overwhelming majority of the world sees, including America's allies. 2026 Trump America is 1934 Nazi Germany — and there's no amount of gaslighting from Trump, JD Vance, and Elon Musk that is going to change this horrific reality. 👇
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ICE agents anytime they see a car:
January 9, 2026 at 1:19 AM
ICE agents anytime they see a car:
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The same people who spent yesterday, and the past five years, insisting a Black police officer who shot an insurrectionist breaking into the Capitol should be prosecuted are today bending over backwards to defend an ICE agent who shot a woman in her car in cold blood.
Scum.
Scum.
January 8, 2026 at 12:59 AM
The same people who spent yesterday, and the past five years, insisting a Black police officer who shot an insurrectionist breaking into the Capitol should be prosecuted are today bending over backwards to defend an ICE agent who shot a woman in her car in cold blood.
Scum.
Scum.
A question that keeps popping up in my head is what would happen when one NATO Article V country attacks another Article V country? Is it like an ouroboros of collective defense?
(Reuters) - Greenland belongs to its people, and only Denmark and Greenland can decide on matters concerning their relations, the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Britain, and Denmark said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
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January 6, 2026 at 12:44 PM
A question that keeps popping up in my head is what would happen when one NATO Article V country attacks another Article V country? Is it like an ouroboros of collective defense?
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”
uhhh yeah I can see why these childcare properties weren't eager to let in some rando dudes asking "where are the kids?"
January 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”
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I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
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January 6 was like a much dumber version of Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch and yet a plurality of American voters were like, Yeah, let’s give that guy the nuke codes again. An absolutely world historical debacle of societal ignorance. I’ll never understand it.
December 18, 2025 at 4:47 AM
January 6 was like a much dumber version of Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch and yet a plurality of American voters were like, Yeah, let’s give that guy the nuke codes again. An absolutely world historical debacle of societal ignorance. I’ll never understand it.
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Any essential service that is required for safe and functional modern living should be mandated to be public only. Profit motive is incompatible with essential services, because "everyone has it" and "increase profit yearly" don't mix. Water, power, heat, safety - and I'm looking at you, Internet.
Private equity has found a new source of profit: volunteer fire departments.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
Private Equity Finds a New Source of Profit: Volunteer Fire Departments
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Any essential service that is required for safe and functional modern living should be mandated to be public only. Profit motive is incompatible with essential services, because "everyone has it" and "increase profit yearly" don't mix. Water, power, heat, safety - and I'm looking at you, Internet.
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Historian here it’s Hannah Arendt’s death anniversary and she was of course prescient.
December 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Historian here it’s Hannah Arendt’s death anniversary and she was of course prescient.
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“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
The Trump Regime is speedily reinstalling Confederate monuments across the country, renaming military bases back to their Confederate general namesakes... 1/
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The Trump Regime is speedily reinstalling Confederate monuments across the country, renaming military bases back to their Confederate general namesakes... 1/
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
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The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
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Trump likes to brag that he doesn't take his presidential salary (this, of course, is setting aside the projected $50 million American taxpayers have spent on him playing golf at his personally-owned properties in 2025 alone), but let's extrapolate on the salary numbers quick. 🧵 1/
Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Trump likes to brag that he doesn't take his presidential salary (this, of course, is setting aside the projected $50 million American taxpayers have spent on him playing golf at his personally-owned properties in 2025 alone), but let's extrapolate on the salary numbers quick. 🧵 1/
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Eight residents of the tiny tourist town of Medora, North Dakota, decided to hold their own No Kings rally outside Theodore Roosevelt National Park rather than drive to a neighboring city. “We’re all so sad that our national parks are closed,” said Sandy Baertsch. (Photo courtesy of S. Lambert)
October 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Eight residents of the tiny tourist town of Medora, North Dakota, decided to hold their own No Kings rally outside Theodore Roosevelt National Park rather than drive to a neighboring city. “We’re all so sad that our national parks are closed,” said Sandy Baertsch. (Photo courtesy of S. Lambert)
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The thing about Nazis is their speech is all hate speech, all of it, not free speech, because Nazism is predicated on violence and contemporary Nazism is predicated on knowing about genocide and approving of it and wanting to do it again.
October 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The thing about Nazis is their speech is all hate speech, all of it, not free speech, because Nazism is predicated on violence and contemporary Nazism is predicated on knowing about genocide and approving of it and wanting to do it again.
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Once American democracy made it possible for a Black man to be elected president, American conservatives decided that it had to be destroyed
While Vought traces the “leftwing revolution” back a hundred years, to the progressive era, there is no question that the election of Barack Obama was a radicalizing moment for him and many key thinkers on the radical Right - as were the multiracial protests in the summer of 2020.
October 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Once American democracy made it possible for a Black man to be elected president, American conservatives decided that it had to be destroyed