James Doyle
@priusjames.bsky.social
Retired from UC Irvine. I worked with smart people who won Nobel Prizes and with Peter Navarro too. I learned things. I taught things. I built things. It was nice.
Pro-democracy by default.
Pro-democracy by default.
None of these people…entire towns…could give a damn until it actually happens to someone they personally need services from.
Froid, Montana is a town of about 200 people right by the North Dakota border. I don't think anyone there has voted for a Democrat since FDR. Border patrol arrested a father of four who was a youth coach and owns an auto repair shop. The town is outraged www.ktvq.com/news/local-n...
Border Patrol arrest of Froid man sparks community outcry and support
Anger and disbelief are rippling through the small town of Froid after U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a well-known business owner, youth coach, and father of four on a federal immigration warrant.
www.ktvq.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:49 PM
None of these people…entire towns…could give a damn until it actually happens to someone they personally need services from.
I have independently thought this exact same thing for a couple of years.
I have been of the opinion for about five years now that we are all mostly clinging to the *idea* of social media. But that it has not existed, as we mean it, since Jack sold Twitter. The minute capital lined up to fold social media into its technocratic political consolidation, it stopped existing.
January 27, 2026 at 4:52 PM
I have independently thought this exact same thing for a couple of years.
Camera AI told me there’s a brown bear in my yard:
January 27, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Camera AI told me there’s a brown bear in my yard:
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JUDGE: “It concerns me that Attorney General Bondi’s letter cites three things that are the subject of pending litigation before this court,” referring to the District of Minnesota.
"Is the executive trying to achieve a goal through force that it can't achieve through the Courts?"
"Is the executive trying to achieve a goal through force that it can't achieve through the Courts?"
January 26, 2026 at 5:04 PM
JUDGE: “It concerns me that Attorney General Bondi’s letter cites three things that are the subject of pending litigation before this court,” referring to the District of Minnesota.
"Is the executive trying to achieve a goal through force that it can't achieve through the Courts?"
"Is the executive trying to achieve a goal through force that it can't achieve through the Courts?"
Minnesota did not have an immigration problem, Trump sent his thugs there because he hates Black people.
January 24, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Minnesota did not have an immigration problem, Trump sent his thugs there because he hates Black people.
Because this is why normal people go to football games.
January 24, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Because this is why normal people go to football games.
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All those people downtown yesterday, no ICE involvement, and not one incident. ICE shows up in a neighborhood and now another Minnesotan is dead. It's pretty obvious who the violent outside agitators are.
January 24, 2026 at 4:09 PM
All those people downtown yesterday, no ICE involvement, and not one incident. ICE shows up in a neighborhood and now another Minnesotan is dead. It's pretty obvious who the violent outside agitators are.
The saddest thing is that nobody expects anybody to do anything about the people responsible for this newest execution by ICE in the streets of Minneapolis.
I’m assuming that person standing there with their cell phone filming a couple of feet away is in prison by now.
I’m assuming that person standing there with their cell phone filming a couple of feet away is in prison by now.
January 24, 2026 at 4:42 PM
The saddest thing is that nobody expects anybody to do anything about the people responsible for this newest execution by ICE in the streets of Minneapolis.
I’m assuming that person standing there with their cell phone filming a couple of feet away is in prison by now.
I’m assuming that person standing there with their cell phone filming a couple of feet away is in prison by now.
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I don’t think immediate execution is a reasonable punishment for annoying the heavily-armed masked agents of the state.
January 24, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I don’t think immediate execution is a reasonable punishment for annoying the heavily-armed masked agents of the state.
This is the difference between the left and the right in America.
The left believed that those on the right deserve to have their own opinions and to live.
The right does not believe that of the left.
This is why we are where we are.
The left believed that those on the right deserve to have their own opinions and to live.
The right does not believe that of the left.
This is why we are where we are.
"What stayed with Amundson most, she said, was not the adrenaline of the moment but the realization that came while she was holding the agent’s head in her hands and keeping his airway open.
“I was hit so hard with the fact that this man would not do this for me,” she said.'"
“I was hit so hard with the fact that this man would not do this for me,” she said.'"
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-...
January 24, 2026 at 4:37 PM
This is the difference between the left and the right in America.
The left believed that those on the right deserve to have their own opinions and to live.
The right does not believe that of the left.
This is why we are where we are.
The left believed that those on the right deserve to have their own opinions and to live.
The right does not believe that of the left.
This is why we are where we are.
It’s 15° outside, but at least I’m not in Michigan I guess
January 24, 2026 at 4:09 PM
It’s 15° outside, but at least I’m not in Michigan I guess
Yes. Yes, they can explain it.
Explaining things to a dunderhead is futile.
Explaining things to a dunderhead is futile.
January 24, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Yes. Yes, they can explain it.
Explaining things to a dunderhead is futile.
Explaining things to a dunderhead is futile.
This sheriff is really pissed ICE left his cop car unattended.
He’s kind of mad they took one of his recruits.
Was 100% on board until they left his car on the road.
I’m assuming he’ll shut up once Trump mentions his name and the death threats start.
www.wwnytv.com/2026/01/23/s...
He’s kind of mad they took one of his recruits.
Was 100% on board until they left his car on the road.
I’m assuming he’ll shut up once Trump mentions his name and the death threats start.
www.wwnytv.com/2026/01/23/s...
Sheriff calls out ICE for detaining corrections officer recruit: ‘He was squeaky clean’
Video shows ICE agents detain a corrections officer recruit in the middle of the street.
www.wwnytv.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:30 PM
This sheriff is really pissed ICE left his cop car unattended.
He’s kind of mad they took one of his recruits.
Was 100% on board until they left his car on the road.
I’m assuming he’ll shut up once Trump mentions his name and the death threats start.
www.wwnytv.com/2026/01/23/s...
He’s kind of mad they took one of his recruits.
Was 100% on board until they left his car on the road.
I’m assuming he’ll shut up once Trump mentions his name and the death threats start.
www.wwnytv.com/2026/01/23/s...
He could just go out there and ask them why they’re there, and maybe learn why they are there, rather than just talk shit about them and call them all pedophiles.
Vance in MN: "It's really cold outside. We in the Trump administration want to deport criminal aliens who are sex offenders. It takes a certain level of committed to sex offender criminal aliens to stand outside in -40 temperatures and attack the vice president, but they're committed to the bit."
January 23, 2026 at 4:56 PM
He could just go out there and ask them why they’re there, and maybe learn why they are there, rather than just talk shit about them and call them all pedophiles.
“ I dressed like a Nazi to attend public events when Biden was president” might not be the flex he thinks it is.
VITTERT: Gavin Newsom criticized you for wearing 'SS garb'
BOVINO: That coat is definitely Border Patrol issued. I've had it over 25 years. I bought that as a young agent, approximately 1999. I received nothing but compliments.
BOVINO: That coat is definitely Border Patrol issued. I've had it over 25 years. I bought that as a young agent, approximately 1999. I received nothing but compliments.
January 23, 2026 at 4:49 PM
“ I dressed like a Nazi to attend public events when Biden was president” might not be the flex he thinks it is.
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Please know that if your institution did this, it's a racist institution. Sure, many good people still work there and do good work there. But the school as a whole functions as a white supremacist institution. Proceed accordingly.
This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges. This leaves in place a federal judge's ruling that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. (Via AP) apnews.com/article/dei-... #ncpol #nced
January 23, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Please know that if your institution did this, it's a racist institution. Sure, many good people still work there and do good work there. But the school as a whole functions as a white supremacist institution. Proceed accordingly.
United States press/media failed this person.
January 23, 2026 at 3:51 PM
United States press/media failed this person.
According to Google it took the Titanic‘s sister ship, the Olympic, seven minutes to do a full 360° turn.
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 22, 2026 at 10:00 PM
According to Google it took the Titanic‘s sister ship, the Olympic, seven minutes to do a full 360° turn.
They are supposed to NOT DETAIN FIVE YEAR-OLD CHILDREN.
Q: A school district alleges ICE agents detained a 5 year old after preschool. Are you proud of how you're conducting this immigration crackdown?
JD VANCE: The 5 year old was not arrested. His dad was an illegal alien. So the story is that ICE detained a 5 year old -- what are they supposed to do?
JD VANCE: The 5 year old was not arrested. His dad was an illegal alien. So the story is that ICE detained a 5 year old -- what are they supposed to do?
January 22, 2026 at 8:32 PM
They are supposed to NOT DETAIN FIVE YEAR-OLD CHILDREN.
Anybody with any common sense at all knows that the only way to ” tone down the temperature” when the sewer back-washes into your neighborhoodis to remove the turds, thy dragging in more turds makes the situation much worse.
Vice President JD Vance said he's in Minnesota to "tone down the temperature." He then swiftly said "a lot of the media is lying" and called protesters and observers "far-left agitators" without evidence.
Live: Activists arrested after church protest, JD Vance to meet with ICE agents in Minnesota
Attorney General Pam Bondi announces arrest of civil rights activist Nekima Levy Armstrong in Minnesota.
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January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Anybody with any common sense at all knows that the only way to ” tone down the temperature” when the sewer back-washes into your neighborhoodis to remove the turds, thy dragging in more turds makes the situation much worse.
I am not advocating for this, but why are people not shooting masked thugs who are breaking into their houses?
January 22, 2026 at 8:19 PM
I am not advocating for this, but why are people not shooting masked thugs who are breaking into their houses?
Anybody who imagined it’s anything else is either delusional or in the MAGA cult.
I’ve been reading Trump’s "Board of Peace Charter," and despite the name, this isn’t a multilateral institution, it’s a centralised structure built entirely around the authority of one person (Trump).
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
Full text: Charter of Trump’s Board of Peace
No mention of Gaza, which bolsters ToI's reporting that US also envisions panel helping resolve other conflicts worldwide; member countries must pay $1 billion for permanent spot
www.timesofisrael.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Anybody who imagined it’s anything else is either delusional or in the MAGA cult.
The official language in Switzerland, as well as in Germany and Austria is…
… German.
… German.
Trump to Davos: "Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German and a little Japanese perhaps. After the war, we gave Greenland back to Denmark. How stupid were we to do that? But we did it. But how ungrateful are they now?"
January 21, 2026 at 3:11 PM
The official language in Switzerland, as well as in Germany and Austria is…
… German.
… German.