Ray Anselmo
@rayanselmo.bsky.social
Current "community associate," former tech de-escalator, onetime writer-editor, longtime father, flag designer, football supporter, cat servant. Outside the camp with Jesus.
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Ray Anselmo
@rayanselmo.bsky.social
· Jan 20
20 January 2025
FAIR WARNING (thread):
It's already bad. Starting today, it's going to get much, much worse. And based on historical precedent, it's probably going to be an absolute disaster before it starts getting better.
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FAIR WARNING (thread):
It's already bad. Starting today, it's going to get much, much worse. And based on historical precedent, it's probably going to be an absolute disaster before it starts getting better.
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I wrote about The Tantrum State and living in it. Personally I do not care for it very much. defector.com/fascists-are...
Fascists Are Pathetic | Defector
Two days before a shouting cluster of its agents surrounded the car of a Minneapolis mother and shot her to death last week, ICE was demanding answers from the Hilton hotel group on X.com. “Why did yo...
defector.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I wrote about The Tantrum State and living in it. Personally I do not care for it very much. defector.com/fascists-are...
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ICE in Minnesota is reminiscent of the firehoses used during the Civil Rights era. Images are compelling evidence that words can't compete with
This is incredible: 81% of working class and 83% of young voters have seen video of Renee Good's killing, per new data I've obtained. Majority of working class disapproves of ICE enforcement. ICE brutality is breaking through big time.
Some thoughts on this here:
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
Some thoughts on this here:
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
January 15, 2026 at 4:12 PM
ICE in Minnesota is reminiscent of the firehoses used during the Civil Rights era. Images are compelling evidence that words can't compete with
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“As a reasonable centrist, I think the paramilitary death squads need better training.”
January 15, 2026 at 4:04 PM
“As a reasonable centrist, I think the paramilitary death squads need better training.”
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"This is not a civil war. This is a federal invasion by a mafia state."
Sarah Kendzior again...with poetry and prose.
Sarah Kendzior again...with poetry and prose.
New article! On life, death, and the rampage of ICE.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-shining-...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-shining-...
A Shining Mausoleum on a Hill
Life, death, and the rampage of ICE.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:04 PM
"This is not a civil war. This is a federal invasion by a mafia state."
Sarah Kendzior again...with poetry and prose.
Sarah Kendzior again...with poetry and prose.
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the most critical praxis here is to call Trump a humongous bitch ( i have a phd so this is real praxis )
January 15, 2026 at 5:27 PM
the most critical praxis here is to call Trump a humongous bitch ( i have a phd so this is real praxis )
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"I know gassing babies isn't ideal, but it's important that you remain civil."
Part of what makes this administration so sure of its choices and so easy with its abuses is that it knows Democrats will lie down for it, and softly rebuke their own voters for not taking abuse with greater equanimity.
Part of what makes this administration so sure of its choices and so easy with its abuses is that it knows Democrats will lie down for it, and softly rebuke their own voters for not taking abuse with greater equanimity.
January 15, 2026 at 5:08 PM
"I know gassing babies isn't ideal, but it's important that you remain civil."
Part of what makes this administration so sure of its choices and so easy with its abuses is that it knows Democrats will lie down for it, and softly rebuke their own voters for not taking abuse with greater equanimity.
Part of what makes this administration so sure of its choices and so easy with its abuses is that it knows Democrats will lie down for it, and softly rebuke their own voters for not taking abuse with greater equanimity.
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I’ve started using the term “ethnic cleansing campaign” to describe the ICE occupation here in Minnesota. This is deliberate because the reality on the ground is that, at a given moment, any non-white person can be kidnapped by masked federal paramilitaries regardless of their constitutional rights.
January 15, 2026 at 3:22 PM
I’ve started using the term “ethnic cleansing campaign” to describe the ICE occupation here in Minnesota. This is deliberate because the reality on the ground is that, at a given moment, any non-white person can be kidnapped by masked federal paramilitaries regardless of their constitutional rights.
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The Trump admin, which says it was investigating fraud in Democratic-led states, quietly shelved a massive welfare fraud investigation in Mississippi involving public funds funneled to Brett Favre and others
Trump Admin Went Easy On A Red State After Punishing Blue States For The Same Exact Thing
Mississippi caught a break on an embezzlement scandal that funneled money to Brett Favre and others.
www.huffpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
The Trump admin, which says it was investigating fraud in Democratic-led states, quietly shelved a massive welfare fraud investigation in Mississippi involving public funds funneled to Brett Favre and others
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the president has declared war on an american state and the leaders of the opposition wont shut the fuck up about retraining the stormtroopers
January 15, 2026 at 2:23 PM
the president has declared war on an american state and the leaders of the opposition wont shut the fuck up about retraining the stormtroopers
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One of these creatures has no spine, no brain, and no testicles. The other one is a jellyfish.
January 15, 2026 at 4:22 PM
One of these creatures has no spine, no brain, and no testicles. The other one is a jellyfish.
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and always some motherfucker with a dumb face
January 15, 2026 at 4:02 PM
and always some motherfucker with a dumb face
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Among bald Minnesotans, this guy reflects the mood more accurately than the governor does right now.
January 15, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Among bald Minnesotans, this guy reflects the mood more accurately than the governor does right now.
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This is the dynamic across most of America: Liberal cities generate revenue, which state governments then transfer to benefit conservative rural areas, whose residents despite city-dwellers and consistently vote to harm them. But politicians endlessly pander to rural voters and demonize cities.
Another critical piece of missing context in this story: tax dollars flow from the MSP metro to rural Minnesota. People in the city subsidize the lifestyles of people living in the country minnesotareformer.com/2023/12/04/t...
January 15, 2026 at 3:48 PM
This is the dynamic across most of America: Liberal cities generate revenue, which state governments then transfer to benefit conservative rural areas, whose residents despite city-dwellers and consistently vote to harm them. But politicians endlessly pander to rural voters and demonize cities.
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we don’t have an opposition party, we have an accomplice party that says “yes, but with modifications”
I wonder if ICE/CBP flooding Brooklyn and causing violent chaos would change Hakeem and Chuck’s views on funding those agencies. Knowing them, maybe not
January 15, 2026 at 3:32 PM
we don’t have an opposition party, we have an accomplice party that says “yes, but with modifications”
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what a headline 👀 (and a read)
The New Epstein Island Is Right in Your Pocket: It’s Time to Abandon Elon Musk’s Paradise of Abuse
It has long been time to leave X. Now, it’s essential.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:44 PM
what a headline 👀 (and a read)
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Yay, they’re gonna “reform” ICE just like they reformed all the police departments after George Floyd’s murder and [countless murders before it, stretching back countless years].
Reforming the police: they always do it and it always works!
Reforming the police: they always do it and it always works!
Hakeem Jeffries: "Clearly, significant reform needs to take place as it relates to the manner in which ICE is conducting itself. ICE is using taxpayer dollars to brutalize American citizens and to unnecessarily and viciously target law-abiding immigrant families and communities."
January 15, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Yay, they’re gonna “reform” ICE just like they reformed all the police departments after George Floyd’s murder and [countless murders before it, stretching back countless years].
Reforming the police: they always do it and it always works!
Reforming the police: they always do it and it always works!
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Really excellent big-picture overview from CNN about the escalating and horrifying violence of ICE -- complete with an actually good use of "Snowfall"-style mixed media.
We (read: I) complain a lot about the lack of context and vision in political media. This ain't that. www.cnn.com/interactive/...
We (read: I) complain a lot about the lack of context and vision in political media. This ain't that. www.cnn.com/interactive/...
How DHS is turbocharging its immigration crackdown
www.cnn.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Really excellent big-picture overview from CNN about the escalating and horrifying violence of ICE -- complete with an actually good use of "Snowfall"-style mixed media.
We (read: I) complain a lot about the lack of context and vision in political media. This ain't that. www.cnn.com/interactive/...
We (read: I) complain a lot about the lack of context and vision in political media. This ain't that. www.cnn.com/interactive/...
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Cripes a’mighty people, Steven Miller is not staging a militarized ethnic cleansing and sending the border cops to murder people in the street to distract from the Epstein files. He’s doing it because he and Trump (and Vance and Homan and Noem etc) really really want to.
January 15, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Cripes a’mighty people, Steven Miller is not staging a militarized ethnic cleansing and sending the border cops to murder people in the street to distract from the Epstein files. He’s doing it because he and Trump (and Vance and Homan and Noem etc) really really want to.
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That's still a win for Elon Musk and crew because they don't want those workers to be able to do their jobs.
This is like drug testing welfare recipients: it's not about saving money; it's about harassment and denial of basic services.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
This is like drug testing welfare recipients: it's not about saving money; it's about harassment and denial of basic services.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Doge cuts cost US taxpayers $10bn to cover workers’ paid leave, analysis finds
Analysis estimates Trump administration ‘wasted’ billions to compensate over 154,000 federal employees on leave
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:58 PM
That's still a win for Elon Musk and crew because they don't want those workers to be able to do their jobs.
This is like drug testing welfare recipients: it's not about saving money; it's about harassment and denial of basic services.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
This is like drug testing welfare recipients: it's not about saving money; it's about harassment and denial of basic services.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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My daughter's school in Richfield, MN (adjacent to Minneapolis) is closing tomorrow due of out-of-control federal agents. Fourth graders spent the week building walls of snow at recess to protect their classmates from ICE. This isn't about immigration enforcement, it's about terror.
January 15, 2026 at 12:54 PM
My daughter's school in Richfield, MN (adjacent to Minneapolis) is closing tomorrow due of out-of-control federal agents. Fourth graders spent the week building walls of snow at recess to protect their classmates from ICE. This isn't about immigration enforcement, it's about terror.
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In addition to identifying a number of businesses operated either by members of Patriot Front or individuals with multiple connections to Patriot Front, we also identified the exact location of a private gym where the Patriot Front linked white nationalist Lone Star Active Club trains to fight.
January 15, 2026 at 1:35 PM
In addition to identifying a number of businesses operated either by members of Patriot Front or individuals with multiple connections to Patriot Front, we also identified the exact location of a private gym where the Patriot Front linked white nationalist Lone Star Active Club trains to fight.