Joey Anton
@pascalssquare.bsky.social
Lover of interesting people, literature, rap music and chess. Asymptomatic carrier of the woke mind virus. Chemist by training. Posts about climate change, US politics, and more-or-less obscure sports. The future's up for grabs. He/him
And it should! It’s the same level of harm! At its core, the whole notion of deportation as a remedy for illegal entry is just a preposterous overreaction.
kinda feel like more people should know that illegally entering the US, under what the law actually says, is supposed to carry about the same penalties as a speeding ticket
January 27, 2026 at 5:28 PM
And it should! It’s the same level of harm! At its core, the whole notion of deportation as a remedy for illegal entry is just a preposterous overreaction.
Yoooo I might reproduce this if they come here
January 27, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Yoooo I might reproduce this if they come here
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the first best Senate ask is to split the DHS funding from the rest of the minibus.
It wrongfoots Republicans, it unites the D caucus, and it becomes more compelling rather than less compelling the longer Rs resist it. plus all the minibus components were negotiated separately anyway
It wrongfoots Republicans, it unites the D caucus, and it becomes more compelling rather than less compelling the longer Rs resist it. plus all the minibus components were negotiated separately anyway
January 27, 2026 at 3:02 PM
the first best Senate ask is to split the DHS funding from the rest of the minibus.
It wrongfoots Republicans, it unites the D caucus, and it becomes more compelling rather than less compelling the longer Rs resist it. plus all the minibus components were negotiated separately anyway
It wrongfoots Republicans, it unites the D caucus, and it becomes more compelling rather than less compelling the longer Rs resist it. plus all the minibus components were negotiated separately anyway
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the last year has left me with unending faith in the courage of ordinary people and bottomless contempt for the fecklessness of our ruling class
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 PM
the last year has left me with unending faith in the courage of ordinary people and bottomless contempt for the fecklessness of our ruling class
Honestly these would be big wins. Not the end of the game but they would move the needle.
The big projects are still:
Get the votes to abolish DHS
Prosecute everyone involved
The big projects are still:
Get the votes to abolish DHS
Prosecute everyone involved
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 2:21 PM
Honestly these would be big wins. Not the end of the game but they would move the needle.
The big projects are still:
Get the votes to abolish DHS
Prosecute everyone involved
The big projects are still:
Get the votes to abolish DHS
Prosecute everyone involved
I need everybody to keep this front-of-mind when Bovino inevitably starts trashing Trump on Tucker Carlson.
and of course it's more important than just about anything in 2029 we haul the fucker out of retirement to face a tribunal
January 27, 2026 at 2:06 AM
I need everybody to keep this front-of-mind when Bovino inevitably starts trashing Trump on Tucker Carlson.
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and of course it's more important than just about anything in 2029 we haul the fucker out of retirement to face a tribunal
January 27, 2026 at 2:00 AM
and of course it's more important than just about anything in 2029 we haul the fucker out of retirement to face a tribunal
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Stephen Miller made the same claims and this would be an *excellent* time for mainstream folks (papers, celebs, athletes) and Dems to demand his resignation as well. So consistently and loudly that the WH is forced to respond. Make him their liability.
January 27, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Stephen Miller made the same claims and this would be an *excellent* time for mainstream folks (papers, celebs, athletes) and Dems to demand his resignation as well. So consistently and loudly that the WH is forced to respond. Make him their liability.
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The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced the Democrats have to push their hand immediately. The parallels with the delays and subsequent failures after January 6th are blaring warning signs about what will happen if they don’t go after the issues with ICE and CBP at the root RIGHT NOW.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced the Democrats have to push their hand immediately. The parallels with the delays and subsequent failures after January 6th are blaring warning signs about what will happen if they don’t go after the issues with ICE and CBP at the root RIGHT NOW.
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it is both true that firing bovino doesn’t change a whole lot in terms of policy and also true that they have put a lot of money, time and effort into trying to make him the “never back down, fuck you, we own this place” face of the operation, and unceremoniously kicking him to the curb is a retreat
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 AM
it is both true that firing bovino doesn’t change a whole lot in terms of policy and also true that they have put a lot of money, time and effort into trying to make him the “never back down, fuck you, we own this place” face of the operation, and unceremoniously kicking him to the curb is a retreat
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Postscript: Here are two people who brought guns to a protest and are not only still alive, but were subsequently invited to speak at the 2020 RNC. The fact that this protest was in support of George Floyd does not imply a contradiction in the gun nut world view.
January 26, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Postscript: Here are two people who brought guns to a protest and are not only still alive, but were subsequently invited to speak at the 2020 RNC. The fact that this protest was in support of George Floyd does not imply a contradiction in the gun nut world view.
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So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?
January 25, 2026 at 5:42 PM
So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?
Good. Good good good good good.
My buddy's 15 year DnD group is imploding because a couple of the long time players are defending the ICE murders and everyone else is appalled. This is a red line for normal people in a "get the fuck out and never talk to me again" way. The evil and injustice is instantly recognizable.
January 25, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Good. Good good good good good.
This a great little mini-encyclopedia of Types of Trump Guys
I keep tabs on an representative sample of right-wing Types of Guys I know voted Trump in 2024, on both X and elsewhere, mostly for the purpose of seeing who he has lost and who is still on the Trump Train, and it is legitimately fascinating to observe the patterns here.
January 25, 2026 at 5:59 AM
This a great little mini-encyclopedia of Types of Trump Guys
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The game plan: Subpoena her, drag her before Congress, make her repeat her venal lies under penalty of perjury
Noem lies shamelessly: "An individual approached order Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic gun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. This looks like a situation where an individual arrived to inflict maximum damage and kill law enforcement"
January 24, 2026 at 11:03 PM
The game plan: Subpoena her, drag her before Congress, make her repeat her venal lies under penalty of perjury
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Minnesota is the best of us.
January 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Minnesota is the best of us.
Solidarity with Minneapolis from Philly
Solidarity against ICE
Solidarity forever
Solidarity against ICE
Solidarity forever
January 23, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Solidarity with Minneapolis from Philly
Solidarity against ICE
Solidarity forever
Solidarity against ICE
Solidarity forever
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That’s not to say “Christianity is great actually”, it’s to say that Christianity is complicated and heterogenous and internally contested, which has always been the case
January 23, 2026 at 6:57 PM
That’s not to say “Christianity is great actually”, it’s to say that Christianity is complicated and heterogenous and internally contested, which has always been the case
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the fox narrative, which is the gop narrative, was that blm went wild, burned down cities and democrats like biden/harris ignored the mass destruction and called them "mostly peaceful"
we all know thats not what happened, but thats what your conservative neighbors believed happened
we all know thats not what happened, but thats what your conservative neighbors believed happened
It’s been kind of crazy-making to watch the massive retconning of what that uprising actually was and actually did—from a strong, multiracial, and largely nonviolent protest movement that scared the shit out of a lot of powerful people to a bad dangerous destructive wave of “riots”
begging for a repeat of 2020 is also odd in itself since Trump lost that election and most analysis suggests the protests damaged him pretty badly.
January 23, 2026 at 3:34 PM
the fox narrative, which is the gop narrative, was that blm went wild, burned down cities and democrats like biden/harris ignored the mass destruction and called them "mostly peaceful"
we all know thats not what happened, but thats what your conservative neighbors believed happened
we all know thats not what happened, but thats what your conservative neighbors believed happened
The response to the horrors in Minneapolis is one of the most astonishing and inspiring things I’ve ever seen. I hope we can replicate half of it when they eventually come to my city.
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The response to the horrors in Minneapolis is one of the most astonishing and inspiring things I’ve ever seen. I hope we can replicate half of it when they eventually come to my city.
I’ve been saying— the last thing you want to do in any US political messaging right now is sound like you’re doing political messaging.
I would add that when people repeat a line no matter what, they sound like they're repeating a line--the strength of not just the AOC framing but the Mamdani campaign was addressing multiple issues and demonstrating how they connect to each other
One of the highest-testing messages is AOC’s message that Trump is cutting your health care to fund ICE’s violence. It’s quite easy to tell a unified story that resonates.
January 22, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I’ve been saying— the last thing you want to do in any US political messaging right now is sound like you’re doing political messaging.
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They are targeting children because they are trying incite violence. I have talked to many journalists today, and they all made the same observation: Border Patrol and ICE have been rolling around with maximum aggression, lingering for ages as crowds, gather, seemingly trying to cause a riot.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:39 PM
They are targeting children because they are trying incite violence. I have talked to many journalists today, and they all made the same observation: Border Patrol and ICE have been rolling around with maximum aggression, lingering for ages as crowds, gather, seemingly trying to cause a riot.
Here’s an interesting Cool-Zone-game exercise: which current governor is most likely to order his NG to step in against ICE and pull the trigger on a hot civil war, and what are the chances that he would do it if his state was in MN’s position?
I am more worried about war in Minnesota than in Greenland or Canada.
The US is hours or days away from civil war. This might sound extreme, but if Walz has the Minn National Guard blocking ICE ops, the usual response of the fed govt to governors using NG against feds is to call out the army. 1/
The US is hours or days away from civil war. This might sound extreme, but if Walz has the Minn National Guard blocking ICE ops, the usual response of the fed govt to governors using NG against feds is to call out the army. 1/
"This is why Judge Menendez’s ruling is so critical: it may be the last opportunity a federal judge has to intervene before matters spiral completely out of control."
January 21, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Here’s an interesting Cool-Zone-game exercise: which current governor is most likely to order his NG to step in against ICE and pull the trigger on a hot civil war, and what are the chances that he would do it if his state was in MN’s position?
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What elected Dems can’t say but that we should is:
ICE also shouldn’t be arresting child molesters. If we suspect someone is a child molester the real police should arrest them with a real warrant and put them on real trial and punish them according to a sentence handed down by a real judge
ICE also shouldn’t be arresting child molesters. If we suspect someone is a child molester the real police should arrest them with a real warrant and put them on real trial and punish them according to a sentence handed down by a real judge
January 21, 2026 at 5:46 PM
What elected Dems can’t say but that we should is:
ICE also shouldn’t be arresting child molesters. If we suspect someone is a child molester the real police should arrest them with a real warrant and put them on real trial and punish them according to a sentence handed down by a real judge
ICE also shouldn’t be arresting child molesters. If we suspect someone is a child molester the real police should arrest them with a real warrant and put them on real trial and punish them according to a sentence handed down by a real judge