Staid Winnow
@staidwinnow.bsky.social
Content provider for doom-scrollers and reality enthusiasts.
"This is what I observe or expect to happen" isn't the same as "This is what I want to happen."
Sentences ending with a '?' are questions.
"This is what I observe or expect to happen" isn't the same as "This is what I want to happen."
Sentences ending with a '?' are questions.
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Staid Winnow
@staidwinnow.bsky.social
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FIRE’s mission is to defend and sustain the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought.
thefire.org
Free speech stalwarts on thefire.org: "Their politics leave a little to be desired, but when it comes to defending free speech, their legal efforts are excellent."
Allow me to retort: "Hannibal Lecter's choice of ingredients leaves a little to be desired, but his culinary skills are magnificent."
Allow me to retort: "Hannibal Lecter's choice of ingredients leaves a little to be desired, but his culinary skills are magnificent."
Once again, the Epstein Files have distracted from the murders of Good and Pretti, Lemon's arrest, the impending pogrom on Haitians in Ohio, the backstabbing of Ukraine, the bump in funding for ICE, the raid of Fulton County election offices...
January 30, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Once again, the Epstein Files have distracted from the murders of Good and Pretti, Lemon's arrest, the impending pogrom on Haitians in Ohio, the backstabbing of Ukraine, the bump in funding for ICE, the raid of Fulton County election offices...
@schumer.senate.gov should insist on providing an additional $20 billion for ICE to undergo sensitivity training. Maybe they get a bonus if they complete the class.
January 30, 2026 at 1:12 AM
@schumer.senate.gov should insist on providing an additional $20 billion for ICE to undergo sensitivity training. Maybe they get a bonus if they complete the class.
Hey @schumer.senate.gov before you surrender, ask how you will remedy this:
Crying baby left covered in broken glass after ICE yanks father from car
A terrified West African mother and her infant were left stranded in a car in Portland, Maine, after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents smashed in a window, spraying the child seat with broken...
www.rawstory.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Hey @schumer.senate.gov before you surrender, ask how you will remedy this:
So @schumer.senate.gov was conned into caving, and giving ICE an additional $10 billion?
C'mon! Requiring judicial warrants was negotiable? A code of conduct with no remedies was negotiable?
Heck, what happens when ICE goons refuse to wear masks or turn body cameras on?
C'mon! Requiring judicial warrants was negotiable? A code of conduct with no remedies was negotiable?
Heck, what happens when ICE goons refuse to wear masks or turn body cameras on?
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the party agreed on three main goals:
° Require warrants in some cases and ICE coordination with state and local law enforcement
° Create a code of conduct and enforce it
° Require agents to wear body cams and not masks
° Require warrants in some cases and ICE coordination with state and local law enforcement
° Create a code of conduct and enforce it
° Require agents to wear body cams and not masks
Democrats demand new ICE restrictions as government shutdown looms
After federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Senate Democrats say they’ll block a massive government funding package without policy changes.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:44 PM
So @schumer.senate.gov was conned into caving, and giving ICE an additional $10 billion?
C'mon! Requiring judicial warrants was negotiable? A code of conduct with no remedies was negotiable?
Heck, what happens when ICE goons refuse to wear masks or turn body cameras on?
C'mon! Requiring judicial warrants was negotiable? A code of conduct with no remedies was negotiable?
Heck, what happens when ICE goons refuse to wear masks or turn body cameras on?
We needz moar tariffs!
US trade deficit widens by the most in nearly 34 years in November
trade deficit widened by the most in nearly 34 years in November amid a surge in capital goods imports, likely driven by an artificial intelligence investment boom, which could prompt economists to ...
finance.yahoo.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:07 PM
We needz moar tariffs!
Hardball? 🤣
Polls don’t show when @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social will cave and vote for increases in ICE funding.
Polls don’t show when @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social will cave and vote for increases in ICE funding.
New polling memo urges Senate Dems to ‘play hardball’ on ICE
The memo from the Searchlight Institute think tank, which was circulating among Senate Democrats, emphasizes reforming the agency.
www.politico.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Hardball? 🤣
Polls don’t show when @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social will cave and vote for increases in ICE funding.
Polls don’t show when @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social will cave and vote for increases in ICE funding.
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Y'all could at least read the article before writing your comments.
It's the Holocaust Museum that complained
xcancel.com/HolocaustMus...
Here's a longer statement (It sounds to me like they don't like any Holocaust comparisons)
www.ushmm.org/information/...
It's the Holocaust Museum that complained
xcancel.com/HolocaustMus...
Here's a longer statement (It sounds to me like they don't like any Holocaust comparisons)
www.ushmm.org/information/...
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, The Museum Calls for the Abuse and Exploitation of Holocaust Memory to Stop - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, as Holocaust denial and violent antisemitism surge globally, abuse and exploitation of Holocaust memory have become alarmingly commonplace. It must stop.
www.ushmm.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Y'all could at least read the article before writing your comments.
It's the Holocaust Museum that complained
xcancel.com/HolocaustMus...
Here's a longer statement (It sounds to me like they don't like any Holocaust comparisons)
www.ushmm.org/information/...
It's the Holocaust Museum that complained
xcancel.com/HolocaustMus...
Here's a longer statement (It sounds to me like they don't like any Holocaust comparisons)
www.ushmm.org/information/...
This is what the Epstein Files are distracting Americans from.
We profiled refugees who:
Arrived in the country legally.
Applied for green cards.
Were arrested by ICE and detained.
One refugee who was arrested found out they got their green card after being released.
This is an unprecedented operation.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
Arrived in the country legally.
Applied for green cards.
Were arrested by ICE and detained.
One refugee who was arrested found out they got their green card after being released.
This is an unprecedented operation.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
They ‘Had Done Everything Right.’ ICE Detained Them Anyway.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:43 PM
This is what the Epstein Files are distracting Americans from.
@econberger.bsky.social, what are your thoughts on the dollar declining while silver and gold shoot up?
$0.83 against the Euro (lowest in four years?)
$0.83 against the Euro (lowest in four years?)
January 27, 2026 at 10:36 PM
@econberger.bsky.social, what are your thoughts on the dollar declining while silver and gold shoot up?
$0.83 against the Euro (lowest in four years?)
$0.83 against the Euro (lowest in four years?)
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DAILY MEMO: ICE Continues to Use CHP and Local Police Resources Despite California's Sanctuary State Policy
Around 40 people were kidnapped from Santa Paula to Riverside, with more than half from the City of L.A. in the last three days.
@eltragon.bsky.social
Around 40 people were kidnapped from Santa Paula to Riverside, with more than half from the City of L.A. in the last three days.
@eltragon.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Damn, that is a hot 82-year-old mama!
January 26, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Damn, that is a hot 82-year-old mama!
I suppose this will get celebrated as a victory?
![01/26/2026 15:27:26[TWT]
Priscilla Alvarez
@priscialva
BREAKING: Top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino and some of his
agents are expected to leave Minneapolis and return to their respective
sectors, sources tell me, @KristenhCNN + @kaitlancollins.
Sent via Twitter Web App. View original tweet.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pnx2fjuannbdpy3337ggthpp/bafkreiglia3lsgoularsdrttknes76e3otad6xpnyp2eia2nmg5ckrc7cq@jpeg)
January 26, 2026 at 8:42 PM
I suppose this will get celebrated as a victory?
One thing that I have noticed from Free Speech stalwarts: no one is asking that Nazism be debated in the marketplace of ideas.
yet.
yet.
January 26, 2026 at 7:38 PM
One thing that I have noticed from Free Speech stalwarts: no one is asking that Nazism be debated in the marketplace of ideas.
yet.
yet.
Were Nazi hunters following in the footsteps of Jesus?
January 26, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Were Nazi hunters following in the footsteps of Jesus?
Well, what part of "we're doubling down, what are you going to do about it?" doesn't one get?
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Well, what part of "we're doubling down, what are you going to do about it?" doesn't one get?
If he wants to, he will invoke it. This is irrelevant.
Here is the letter from Bondi to Walz, via the NYT
I have to say, this reads to me like it’s laying the groundwork for Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act soon
I have to say, this reads to me like it’s laying the groundwork for Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act soon
January 25, 2026 at 5:05 AM
If he wants to, he will invoke it. This is irrelevant.
@schumer.senate.gov
You caved in 2025 twice.
Why do you act like you have a spine? Your whole spiel seems to be that ICE is untrained!
You caved in 2025 twice.
Why do you act like you have a spine? Your whole spiel seems to be that ICE is untrained!
January 25, 2026 at 1:55 AM
@schumer.senate.gov
You caved in 2025 twice.
Why do you act like you have a spine? Your whole spiel seems to be that ICE is untrained!
You caved in 2025 twice.
Why do you act like you have a spine? Your whole spiel seems to be that ICE is untrained!
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You know things are getting real bad when far-right meloni becomes part of the resistance
January 23, 2026 at 6:19 PM
You know things are getting real bad when far-right meloni becomes part of the resistance
Ellison really has that "Burn Victim Look" down pat.
January 23, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Ellison really has that "Burn Victim Look" down pat.
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Is the third term in the room with us?
January 23, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Is the third term in the room with us?
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I will repeat: It is not obvious, based on the data, that campaigning on the economy in Nov would be significantly more effective than campaigning on immigration. Gov. policy is dramatically out of step with the public on immigration/deportations, and executive overreach is a potent motivator
January 22, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I will repeat: It is not obvious, based on the data, that campaigning on the economy in Nov would be significantly more effective than campaigning on immigration. Gov. policy is dramatically out of step with the public on immigration/deportations, and executive overreach is a potent motivator
The she-Ackman
Trump: Give me Greenland or I'll take it
Denmark: You can have a couple military bases, which you already have
Batya: ART OF THE DEAL!
Denmark: You can have a couple military bases, which you already have
Batya: ART OF THE DEAL!
January 22, 2026 at 12:51 AM
The she-Ackman
Marbury v. Madison.
The Court ruled that Madison's refusal to deliver Marbury's commission was illegal, but there was no constitutional remedy available to Marbury.
I suspect the same will happen to Cook. That the law is clearly in her favor, but no relief is possible.
The Court ruled that Madison's refusal to deliver Marbury's commission was illegal, but there was no constitutional remedy available to Marbury.
I suspect the same will happen to Cook. That the law is clearly in her favor, but no relief is possible.
31/ So I don't know what's going to happen. I would like to be optimistic. A lot of my optimism has been beaten out of me.
The law here is preposterously clear that Trump can't fire Cook. The Supreme Court's right wing has been equally clear that it does not care what the law is.
The law here is preposterously clear that Trump can't fire Cook. The Supreme Court's right wing has been equally clear that it does not care what the law is.
January 21, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Marbury v. Madison.
The Court ruled that Madison's refusal to deliver Marbury's commission was illegal, but there was no constitutional remedy available to Marbury.
I suspect the same will happen to Cook. That the law is clearly in her favor, but no relief is possible.
The Court ruled that Madison's refusal to deliver Marbury's commission was illegal, but there was no constitutional remedy available to Marbury.
I suspect the same will happen to Cook. That the law is clearly in her favor, but no relief is possible.
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Any military member that agrees to occupy an American city is just as bad as ICE.
January 21, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Any military member that agrees to occupy an American city is just as bad as ICE.
Given how the lawless ICE goons have, with impunity, terrorized MN, would you not prefer the US military on those streets under martial law?
Honor, brave men and women in uniform...that sort of thing?
Honor, brave men and women in uniform...that sort of thing?
January 21, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Given how the lawless ICE goons have, with impunity, terrorized MN, would you not prefer the US military on those streets under martial law?
Honor, brave men and women in uniform...that sort of thing?
Honor, brave men and women in uniform...that sort of thing?