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The State of the Republic is Grim - Lawyers, Guns & Money
If you’re on Bluesky and follow me, you’ve probably seen that I’m writing threads that really should be the basis for posts at LGM. You’ve also likely gotten a bead on where I am these days. Here’s a ...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
Dan Nexon hits this excellent level-set out of the park with a timely & sober message.
The one thing I haven't been able to verbalize (until now) is that "our constitution has failed." He's not wrong.
We are at an inflection point & we need to choose our next steps carefully, with this in mind.
The one thing I haven't been able to verbalize (until now) is that "our constitution has failed." He's not wrong.
We are at an inflection point & we need to choose our next steps carefully, with this in mind.
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Minnesotans triggering their car alarms from inside their homes when they see ICE.
January 18, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Minnesotans triggering their car alarms from inside their homes when they see ICE.
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If you're following the unbuilding of CBS News:
"A story with on-camera sources, legal clearance, and five rounds of vetting gets killed for not being ready. A story with anonymous sources and internal objections gets published because the editor-in-chief wanted it." www.readtpa.com/p/what-the-t...
"A story with on-camera sources, legal clearance, and five rounds of vetting gets killed for not being ready. A story with anonymous sources and internal objections gets published because the editor-in-chief wanted it." www.readtpa.com/p/what-the-t...
What the Trump Administration Is Buying With CBS's Reputation
The administration's story about the Renee Good shooting was falling apart. CBS gave them the credibility to put it back together.
www.readtpa.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:34 PM
If you're following the unbuilding of CBS News:
"A story with on-camera sources, legal clearance, and five rounds of vetting gets killed for not being ready. A story with anonymous sources and internal objections gets published because the editor-in-chief wanted it." www.readtpa.com/p/what-the-t...
"A story with on-camera sources, legal clearance, and five rounds of vetting gets killed for not being ready. A story with anonymous sources and internal objections gets published because the editor-in-chief wanted it." www.readtpa.com/p/what-the-t...
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Trump is so determined to end fraud that he has pardoned one person *twice* for engaging in criminal fraud.
January 16, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Trump is so determined to end fraud that he has pardoned one person *twice* for engaging in criminal fraud.
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Pritzker: The Insurrection Act is designed for circumstances where your rights can’t be protected by local authorities
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
January 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Pritzker: The Insurrection Act is designed for circumstances where your rights can’t be protected by local authorities
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
Mmm hmm. Just about right. 🤔
“Only the worst of the worst”
“America first!”
“No wars!”
“I’ll release the Epstein files!
“I’ll bring grocery prices down quickly!”
“There’ll be no inflation!”
That finger’s for you, MAGA…
“America first!”
“No wars!”
“I’ll release the Epstein files!
“I’ll bring grocery prices down quickly!”
“There’ll be no inflation!”
That finger’s for you, MAGA…
January 15, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Mmm hmm. Just about right. 🤔
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Sand in the gears, folks. Wherever you are, no matter what you do, sand in the gears.
Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services | Project Gutenberg share.google/Lhot2uoQQ4l1...
Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services | Project Gutenberg share.google/Lhot2uoQQ4l1...
Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
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January 8, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Sand in the gears, folks. Wherever you are, no matter what you do, sand in the gears.
Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services | Project Gutenberg share.google/Lhot2uoQQ4l1...
Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services | Project Gutenberg share.google/Lhot2uoQQ4l1...
Disgusting, predatory & manipulative. Shame on #Instacart & any retailer "working" with them to "dynamically" set different prices for different customers. As a long-term, loyal member, I'm esp disappointed in #Costco. Certainly gives me pause to reconsider my loyalties & rethink where my $ goes.😑
In collaboration w/ @groundwork.bsky.social & @moreperfectunion.bsky.social, we convened hundreds of volunteers from across the country to investigate Instacart’s AI-assisted pricing experiments at popular grocery stores like Target & Kroger. Read our full investigation below:
Instacart’s AI-Enabled Pricing Experiments May Be Inflating Your Grocery Bill, CR and Groundwork Collaborative Investigation Finds - Consumer Reports
Exclusive: Instacart’s AI pricing may be inflating your grocery bill.
www.consumerreports.org
January 15, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Disgusting, predatory & manipulative. Shame on #Instacart & any retailer "working" with them to "dynamically" set different prices for different customers. As a long-term, loyal member, I'm esp disappointed in #Costco. Certainly gives me pause to reconsider my loyalties & rethink where my $ goes.😑
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This is the blueprint. Pay attention. When ICE shows up, neighbors alert neighbors with whistles, horns, voices cutting through fear.
People come out of their homes. And when the community reaches critical mass, ICE is forced to retreat because occupation fails when the people refuse to disappear.
People come out of their homes. And when the community reaches critical mass, ICE is forced to retreat because occupation fails when the people refuse to disappear.
January 12, 2026 at 10:22 PM
This is the blueprint. Pay attention. When ICE shows up, neighbors alert neighbors with whistles, horns, voices cutting through fear.
People come out of their homes. And when the community reaches critical mass, ICE is forced to retreat because occupation fails when the people refuse to disappear.
People come out of their homes. And when the community reaches critical mass, ICE is forced to retreat because occupation fails when the people refuse to disappear.
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Minneapolis, after the murder of Renee Nicole Good.
January 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Minneapolis, after the murder of Renee Nicole Good.
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Near the end, the ICE goon comes up to the woman doing the video and actually says, "Have you not learned from the past couple of days?" and lunges for her phone.
Please identify this thug.
Please identify this thug.
January 10, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Near the end, the ICE goon comes up to the woman doing the video and actually says, "Have you not learned from the past couple of days?" and lunges for her phone.
Please identify this thug.
Please identify this thug.
The utter lack of professionalism and blatant thuggery is abundantly clear in every interaction the public seems to have with this regime's goon squad. Criminals and serially abusive sociopaths, every one of them. I hope all their parents are ashamed of the trash they left us all to deal with. 😑
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 7:14 PM
The utter lack of professionalism and blatant thuggery is abundantly clear in every interaction the public seems to have with this regime's goon squad. Criminals and serially abusive sociopaths, every one of them. I hope all their parents are ashamed of the trash they left us all to deal with. 😑
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In the span of a single week, we have witnessed the kidnapping of a foreign president and the execution of an American citizen
Both are connected by a singular, dangerous thread: the belief in the inherent authority of white men to do anything they want
prolib.substack.com/p/the-deadly...
Both are connected by a singular, dangerous thread: the belief in the inherent authority of white men to do anything they want
prolib.substack.com/p/the-deadly...
The Deadly Cost of White Supremacy: From Caracas to South Minneapolis
How the theft of Venezuelan oil and the murder of Renee Nicole Good share the same imperial DNA.
prolib.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:02 PM
In the span of a single week, we have witnessed the kidnapping of a foreign president and the execution of an American citizen
Both are connected by a singular, dangerous thread: the belief in the inherent authority of white men to do anything they want
prolib.substack.com/p/the-deadly...
Both are connected by a singular, dangerous thread: the belief in the inherent authority of white men to do anything they want
prolib.substack.com/p/the-deadly...
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Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread)
1. Pat Bagley
1. Pat Bagley
January 9, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread)
1. Pat Bagley
1. Pat Bagley
Mmm hmm. Fine, upstanding public servants? Not even close. These are straight-up sociopaths with weapons and power. This thugish regime MUST GO.
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Mmm hmm. Fine, upstanding public servants? Not even close. These are straight-up sociopaths with weapons and power. This thugish regime MUST GO.
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“No room at the Inn” is a biblical reference about immigrants (Jesus’ parents) being turned away. Not the government. Way to go, Hilton! The 3rd Amendment protects private entities from having to house the government.
January 5, 2026 at 10:01 PM
“No room at the Inn” is a biblical reference about immigrants (Jesus’ parents) being turned away. Not the government. Way to go, Hilton! The 3rd Amendment protects private entities from having to house the government.
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The Star Tribune has identified Renée Nicole Good’s killer as ICE agent Jonathan Ross www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis
Jonathan Ross was dragged in a separate incident last year by a fleeing driver, according to court records.
www.startribune.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:32 PM
The Star Tribune has identified Renée Nicole Good’s killer as ICE agent Jonathan Ross www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
This lawless, soulless, chaotic, vengeful, vicious, tone-deaf, ham-fisted rouge regime and its bombastic buffoonery MUST GO! None of this is OK.
We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
January 9, 2026 at 2:38 PM
This lawless, soulless, chaotic, vengeful, vicious, tone-deaf, ham-fisted rouge regime and its bombastic buffoonery MUST GO! None of this is OK.
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ICE policy requires the use of bodyworn cameras. Video should be available from every agent who was involved in the death of a citizen in Minneapolis. ICE should release all of that video so the public can have clarity about the Secy's claim the shooting was self defense. www.ice.gov/news/release...
Archived: ICE announces updated policy for body-worn cameras
The policy calls for the use of BWCs in all aspects of ICE enforcement activities conducted by ICE personnel in furtherance of the ICE mission, excluding certain investigative activities. ICE is worki...
www.ice.gov
January 7, 2026 at 7:19 PM
ICE policy requires the use of bodyworn cameras. Video should be available from every agent who was involved in the death of a citizen in Minneapolis. ICE should release all of that video so the public can have clarity about the Secy's claim the shooting was self defense. www.ice.gov/news/release...
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If we had a normal President, he'd express human decency and offer condolences for the MURDERED U.S. citizen under his watch.
Instead, we get a paragraph of propaganda and excuses that put the blame on the victim – a tactic Trump has used on women for decades.
Disgusting.
Instead, we get a paragraph of propaganda and excuses that put the blame on the victim – a tactic Trump has used on women for decades.
Disgusting.
January 7, 2026 at 8:34 PM
If we had a normal President, he'd express human decency and offer condolences for the MURDERED U.S. citizen under his watch.
Instead, we get a paragraph of propaganda and excuses that put the blame on the victim – a tactic Trump has used on women for decades.
Disgusting.
Instead, we get a paragraph of propaganda and excuses that put the blame on the victim – a tactic Trump has used on women for decades.
Disgusting.
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There’s a lot going on in the world that’s important. And that includes our work on the Epstein files.
We won’t forget, and we won’t be distracted.
We won’t forget, and we won’t be distracted.
January 5, 2026 at 6:40 PM
There’s a lot going on in the world that’s important. And that includes our work on the Epstein files.
We won’t forget, and we won’t be distracted.
We won’t forget, and we won’t be distracted.
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Joint statement by Ranking Members Robert Garcia and Jamie Raskin on Trump Administration decision to defy Epstein Files Transparency Act.
December 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Joint statement by Ranking Members Robert Garcia and Jamie Raskin on Trump Administration decision to defy Epstein Files Transparency Act.
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January 3, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets.
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
January 3, 2026 at 7:49 AM
This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets.
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
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Definitely one of the stranger days to watch the American East Coast wake up to the news Europe woke up to a few hours ago.
Hi guys! I’d recommend taking a big swing of coffee before scrolling further.
Hi guys! I’d recommend taking a big swing of coffee before scrolling further.
January 3, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Definitely one of the stranger days to watch the American East Coast wake up to the news Europe woke up to a few hours ago.
Hi guys! I’d recommend taking a big swing of coffee before scrolling further.
Hi guys! I’d recommend taking a big swing of coffee before scrolling further.