Skip Montanaro
@smontanaro.net
Vintage bike rider, book reader, retired software engineer, disappointed in political developments in the US.
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"He promised to secure the border—and to his credit, he’s largely done that." @mikenellis.bsky.social
Don't count securing the border by replacing cartel gangs with secret police a checkmark in the win column. It discourages refugees, but at what cost?
open.substack.com/pub/endlessu...
Don't count securing the border by replacing cartel gangs with secret police a checkmark in the win column. It discourages refugees, but at what cost?
open.substack.com/pub/endlessu...
One Year In
Deep breaths.
open.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:09 PM
"He promised to secure the border—and to his credit, he’s largely done that." @mikenellis.bsky.social
Don't count securing the border by replacing cartel gangs with secret police a checkmark in the win column. It discourages refugees, but at what cost?
open.substack.com/pub/endlessu...
Don't count securing the border by replacing cartel gangs with secret police a checkmark in the win column. It discourages refugees, but at what cost?
open.substack.com/pub/endlessu...
Folks, this is a must read...
This is the story of trying to be a good and moral mom in the city of Minneapolis... just like Renee Good and Melissa Hortman, and how you do it full of uncertainty, in between loads of laundry and grocery runs and kids generally thinking you’re reckless or a coward;
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
A Letter From a Minneapolis Mom
What happens when you love that your kid wants to fight for her community, but you’re also desperate to keep her safe?
newrepublic.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Folks, this is a must read...
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When the numbers don’t match the outrage, it’s not about immigration.
It’s about racism and hate. Period.
Project 2025 is the blueprint.
#Voices4Victory #SheShed
It’s about racism and hate. Period.
Project 2025 is the blueprint.
#Voices4Victory #SheShed
January 20, 2026 at 12:52 AM
When the numbers don’t match the outrage, it’s not about immigration.
It’s about racism and hate. Period.
Project 2025 is the blueprint.
#Voices4Victory #SheShed
It’s about racism and hate. Period.
Project 2025 is the blueprint.
#Voices4Victory #SheShed
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This is who ICE Nazi Kristi Noem is. 😳👇
January 14, 2026 at 2:50 AM
This is who ICE Nazi Kristi Noem is. 😳👇
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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In Germany, a lot of houses have these Stolpersteines on their sidewalks or stoops. They’re a memorial to victims of the Holocaust who were ripped from that home. Some houses have a few. Other houses have many.
ICE has started going door to door in America.
ICE has started going door to door in America.
January 11, 2026 at 10:00 PM
In Germany, a lot of houses have these Stolpersteines on their sidewalks or stoops. They’re a memorial to victims of the Holocaust who were ripped from that home. Some houses have a few. Other houses have many.
ICE has started going door to door in America.
ICE has started going door to door in America.
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Michael Feinberg, former FBI agent: Officers need to exhibit emotional maturity & an ability to keep your cool. Somebody filming you & giving you sass is not a threat to your life. It’s not even a threat to your safety. It’s a minor annoyance at best.”
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #JusticForReneeGood
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #JusticForReneeGood
January 11, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Michael Feinberg, former FBI agent: Officers need to exhibit emotional maturity & an ability to keep your cool. Somebody filming you & giving you sass is not a threat to your life. It’s not even a threat to your safety. It’s a minor annoyance at best.”
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #JusticForReneeGood
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #JusticForReneeGood
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Murder in the first degree
SHOCK CELL PHONE VIDEO: Renee Good's final words to her murderer: “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.”
ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.”
Via Alpha News
ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.”
Via Alpha News
January 10, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Murder in the first degree
Good. Maybe it will get to the point where Kid Rock and Ted Nugent are the only acts willing to play at the Kennedy Center.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...
Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Good. Maybe it will get to the point where Kid Rock and Ted Nugent are the only acts willing to play at the Kennedy Center.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...
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I-94 and Wilson, Chicago, IL
January 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
I-94 and Wilson, Chicago, IL
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🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7
January 8, 2026 at 9:13 PM
🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7
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Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 7, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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“We’re very, very sorry, mein Führer! We have punished the hotel that refused to host your Gestapo” - HHilton Hotels.
Imagine claiming you’re a ‘welcoming place for all’ while supporting the monsters throwing kids in concentration camps.
Hilton is asking for a massive boycott.
Imagine claiming you’re a ‘welcoming place for all’ while supporting the monsters throwing kids in concentration camps.
Hilton is asking for a massive boycott.
January 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM
“We’re very, very sorry, mein Führer! We have punished the hotel that refused to host your Gestapo” - HHilton Hotels.
Imagine claiming you’re a ‘welcoming place for all’ while supporting the monsters throwing kids in concentration camps.
Hilton is asking for a massive boycott.
Imagine claiming you’re a ‘welcoming place for all’ while supporting the monsters throwing kids in concentration camps.
Hilton is asking for a massive boycott.
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This new war is not only illegal, reckless and deeply corrupt, it is the latest in a series of increasingly desperate distractions from the EPSTEIN Files.
#ImpeachAndConvict47NOW
#ImpeachAndConvict47NOW
January 4, 2026 at 8:35 PM
This new war is not only illegal, reckless and deeply corrupt, it is the latest in a series of increasingly desperate distractions from the EPSTEIN Files.
#ImpeachAndConvict47NOW
#ImpeachAndConvict47NOW
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If ever there were a time you might want a separate but equal branch of the United States government to run a check on the president, it would be now ….
January 4, 2026 at 1:14 PM
If ever there were a time you might want a separate but equal branch of the United States government to run a check on the president, it would be now ….
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Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
January 3, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
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It’s the United States that needs regime change.
January 3, 2026 at 6:27 PM
It’s the United States that needs regime change.
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It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
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Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
January 3, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
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Snow, welcome to The War on ICE.
January 3, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Snow, welcome to The War on ICE.
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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
January 2, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!