Pete Kruger
@petekruger.bsky.social
"We can do our OWN mass surveillance thank you very much"
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
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February 13, 2026 at 12:33 AM
"We can do our OWN mass surveillance thank you very much"
Your routine reminder that Ron Johnson is one of the most soulless people ever to walk this earth and one of the worst people to represent my home state outside of Joe McCarthy.
Ron Johnson to Keith Ellison: "Two people are dead because you encouraged them to put themselves into harm's way! And now you are exploiting those two martyrs. You ought to feel damn guilty about it. Yeah, sit there and smirk. Smirk. It's sick! It's despicable. You disgust me."
February 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Your routine reminder that Ron Johnson is one of the most soulless people ever to walk this earth and one of the worst people to represent my home state outside of Joe McCarthy.
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
My wife asked me why I hadn't taken out the trash yet and when I told her the Dow is above $50,000 she did NOT consider that an acceptable answer, so can someone explain what I did wrong here?
It seemed to work so well for the Attorney General.
It seemed to work so well for the Attorney General.
February 12, 2026 at 1:23 AM
My wife asked me why I hadn't taken out the trash yet and when I told her the Dow is above $50,000 she did NOT consider that an acceptable answer, so can someone explain what I did wrong here?
It seemed to work so well for the Attorney General.
It seemed to work so well for the Attorney General.
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I gotta say, "the Pentagon uses a high powered laser to shoot down a party balloon" feels like enough symbolism for awhile. all full up thanks
February 11, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I gotta say, "the Pentagon uses a high powered laser to shoot down a party balloon" feels like enough symbolism for awhile. all full up thanks
Watching this congressional hearing this morning and this is one of the most embarassing displays from any attorney I have ever seen (and I've seen some pretty bad ones). This is the Attorney General of the United States. It's just appalling and incredible to watch.
February 11, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Watching this congressional hearing this morning and this is one of the most embarassing displays from any attorney I have ever seen (and I've seen some pretty bad ones). This is the Attorney General of the United States. It's just appalling and incredible to watch.
JFC
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 5:52 PM
JFC
Actual footage at the FAA this morning
a bald man in a white shirt and black tie is sitting in a chair holding a hammer .
ALT: a bald man in a white shirt and black tie is sitting in a chair holding a hammer .
media.tenor.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Actual footage at the FAA this morning
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I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
I've discovered the identity of the unnamed White House staffer who posted that racist video.
You're not gonna believe this.
His name is Donald Trump.
You're not gonna believe this.
His name is Donald Trump.
February 6, 2026 at 10:38 PM
I've discovered the identity of the unnamed White House staffer who posted that racist video.
You're not gonna believe this.
His name is Donald Trump.
You're not gonna believe this.
His name is Donald Trump.
There is no circle of hell hot enough for the people perpetrating this.
This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 6:57 PM
There is no circle of hell hot enough for the people perpetrating this.
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ICE is still doing checkpoints in Minneapolis like we are an occupied territory. Life remains really hard here thanks to Trump's thugs.
February 6, 2026 at 2:56 PM
ICE is still doing checkpoints in Minneapolis like we are an occupied territory. Life remains really hard here thanks to Trump's thugs.
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So, first of all, of course it was Trump.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
So, first of all, of course it was Trump.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
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embarrass the administration and they will do everything in their power to ruin your life, even if the embarrassment is the result of their own cruel overreach
vicious sadistic bullies all the way down
vicious sadistic bullies all the way down
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 3:05 AM
embarrass the administration and they will do everything in their power to ruin your life, even if the embarrassment is the result of their own cruel overreach
vicious sadistic bullies all the way down
vicious sadistic bullies all the way down
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Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left.
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
February 6, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left.
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
Don't threaten me with a good time
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Secu…
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Don't threaten me with a good time
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They were never going to get to their stated deportations goal with due process. So they're phasing it out.
(Part 2)
(Part 2)
🚨HOLY CRAP. The Trump admin just took a SLEDGEHAMMER to due process, largely eliminating the Board of Immigration Appeals process and MANDATING DISMISSAL of ALL appeals (which cost $1,000 thanks to OBBBA) filed after tomorrow unless a majority of the BIA votes to hear the case.
February 5, 2026 at 3:56 PM
They were never going to get to their stated deportations goal with due process. So they're phasing it out.
(Part 2)
(Part 2)
This shit is just all so horrible. This is EXACTLY what the people who wrote the Fourth Amendment hated the British doing.
After 6am this morning in Whittier, Minneapolis—FOUR BLOCKS from where Pretti was murdered.
18 agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) markings smashed an apartment window, ran in, and came out with one man.
18 agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) markings smashed an apartment window, ran in, and came out with one man.
February 5, 2026 at 4:19 PM
This shit is just all so horrible. This is EXACTLY what the people who wrote the Fourth Amendment hated the British doing.
So, I wasn't going to comment on this, but it's been bugging me all morning.
I want to be clear up front: I am neither defending Julie Le's decision nor am I going to put her on blast here. Both I think are far too easy hot takes, and I really don't think either are accurate.
I want to be clear up front: I am neither defending Julie Le's decision nor am I going to put her on blast here. Both I think are far too easy hot takes, and I really don't think either are accurate.
A bizarre number of people have stepped up to defend Julie Le. What you see in that transcript is an attorney who chose to do evil work—deporting people for ICE then moving over to DOJ in early Jan. specifically to fight these habeas petitions—being called to the carpet. She's desperate, not heroic.
If you want to read the transcript of the February 3 hearing where Julie Le had her "this job sucks" meltdown, now you can:
drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
February 5, 2026 at 4:15 PM
So, I wasn't going to comment on this, but it's been bugging me all morning.
I want to be clear up front: I am neither defending Julie Le's decision nor am I going to put her on blast here. Both I think are far too easy hot takes, and I really don't think either are accurate.
I want to be clear up front: I am neither defending Julie Le's decision nor am I going to put her on blast here. Both I think are far too easy hot takes, and I really don't think either are accurate.
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Federal Judges have a very real and well-established reason to fear doxing and violence and yet I doubt anyone thinks it would be acceptable for them to preside from the bench in a hood.
February 4, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Federal Judges have a very real and well-established reason to fear doxing and violence and yet I doubt anyone thinks it would be acceptable for them to preside from the bench in a hood.
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What it says to me is that if W*ll and Br*ce are to be believed, a very effective resistance network has decided that they are a threat or at the very least a potential threat, and decided not to trust them.
And that W*ll and Br*ce believe an outside authority should override that decision.
And that W*ll and Br*ce believe an outside authority should override that decision.
February 3, 2026 at 10:13 PM
What it says to me is that if W*ll and Br*ce are to be believed, a very effective resistance network has decided that they are a threat or at the very least a potential threat, and decided not to trust them.
And that W*ll and Br*ce believe an outside authority should override that decision.
And that W*ll and Br*ce believe an outside authority should override that decision.
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
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The appropriate question is not, "is it good to light dumpsters on fire?"
The appropriate question is, "how do you manage that situation in a way that keeps people safe."
And if you cannot navigate that question, you should not be bloviating on the finer points of street protest strategy.
The appropriate question is, "how do you manage that situation in a way that keeps people safe."
And if you cannot navigate that question, you should not be bloviating on the finer points of street protest strategy.
February 3, 2026 at 2:32 PM
The appropriate question is not, "is it good to light dumpsters on fire?"
The appropriate question is, "how do you manage that situation in a way that keeps people safe."
And if you cannot navigate that question, you should not be bloviating on the finer points of street protest strategy.
The appropriate question is, "how do you manage that situation in a way that keeps people safe."
And if you cannot navigate that question, you should not be bloviating on the finer points of street protest strategy.
Gwen nails it here as usual.
I'm not trying to tell anyone what tactics they should agree or disagree with, I have my opinions but I don't think that's a *useful* argument to have when this stuff becomes Discourse.
But if your standard is "no crime," you let legislators dictate protest legitimacy.
Guess who is legislating.
But if your standard is "no crime," you let legislators dictate protest legitimacy.
Guess who is legislating.
February 3, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Gwen nails it here as usual.
Sigh... ok, last Will Stancil thing and then I'm done.
So, Will got himself punched in the face because he decided to video a guy lighting a trash fire. He's out there justifying it because that's what he *thinks* being a legal observer is.
THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH THESE KINDS OF GUYS.
So, Will got himself punched in the face because he decided to video a guy lighting a trash fire. He's out there justifying it because that's what he *thinks* being a legal observer is.
THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH THESE KINDS OF GUYS.
February 3, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Sigh... ok, last Will Stancil thing and then I'm done.
So, Will got himself punched in the face because he decided to video a guy lighting a trash fire. He's out there justifying it because that's what he *thinks* being a legal observer is.
THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH THESE KINDS OF GUYS.
So, Will got himself punched in the face because he decided to video a guy lighting a trash fire. He's out there justifying it because that's what he *thinks* being a legal observer is.
THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH THESE KINDS OF GUYS.