Stephen Reed
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Stephen Reed
@stephenreed1131.bsky.social
"We've seen a huge increase of people turning their faces into a weapon against our ICE agents. Incidents of people's faces hitting ICE agent fists are up 8,000%. Won't someone please think of the poor ICE agents."
February 10, 2026 at 3:07 PM
If you break the law, you go to jail or get fined. But if you are the government there is this neat hack:

Break the law.
Get told don't do it again.
Continue breaking law and say you are trying.
Get told to try harder.
Continue breaking law.
Get blasted.
Continue breaking law.
February 10, 2026 at 2:55 PM
"The raid “nearly destroyed” the community, said David Lincoln

...

91 percent of voters in the precinct that includes Wilder backed President Trump in 2024"

How much you want to bet they will still vote GOP in huge percentages anyway going forward?
February 9, 2026 at 10:30 PM
It's under patent so he will be unable to offer much of a discount.
February 9, 2026 at 10:16 PM
How many of those 13.9% did they take from jails vs actually remove from the streets? My guess is they've hardly gotten any on their own.
February 9, 2026 at 8:10 PM
"Unless you are Texan, don't say Texas should have Democratic and not Republician leadership." Isn't that the same logic? People can have input on something so long as it is agreed that the people that live there get to decide.
February 9, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Just charge them a tax on energy consumption to be used either to subsidize everyone else or to fund expansion of the electric grid. I don't want tech billionaires gaining control of our energy infrastructure.
February 8, 2026 at 8:31 PM
That is just the part that was released and where his name was unredacted.
February 8, 2026 at 7:53 PM
From 2027 to 2029 the goal is to put sand in the gears of the Trump regime and hold it as accountable as possible, ans we will need street fighter types like George to do that. You can't pass anything meaningful over Trump's veto during that time. The time to run for something will be in 2029.
February 8, 2026 at 7:42 PM
He is aware and knows appealing to the Nazi voting base increases his chances of winning his election.
February 8, 2026 at 7:36 PM
One silver lining to all this: support for the far right in Europe will diminish and/or the opposition will be more united, like happened in Canada with the election of Carney.
February 8, 2026 at 7:31 PM
It is a near guarantee the asylum claim will be rejected. They fired all the judges that ruled fairy in approving asylum cases.
February 6, 2026 at 7:30 PM
I found a picture of the sane republicians in congress.
February 6, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Not sure why he would "get it". Either he is extremely idiotic to have not forseen this outcome and therefore will be unable to intelligently process this new info (unlikely), is deep in a cult and thus impervious to disconfirming information, or actually knew the outcome and wanted it.
February 6, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Would be interested to see the response to "one legal immigrant wrongfully arrested and detained" vs "one illegal immigrant living and working freely", or some variation thereof.
February 5, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Not decreasing

"The latest consumer price index report released on Jan. 13 shows that in December the shelter index (3.2%), which includes rent, continued to outpace annual inflation (2.7%).
Over the 12-month period ending in December, rent alone was up 2.9%"

tinyurl.com/2t8c28m2
Rent Price Growth Still Outpacing Inflation — What That Means For You - NerdWallet
Rents were up 2.9% in December, compared to the same time last year, according to the latest consumer price index report.
tinyurl.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:24 PM
"The latest consumer price index report released on Jan. 13 shows that in December the shelter index (3.2%), which includes rent, continued to outpace annual inflation (2.7%).
Over the 12-month period ending in December, rent alone was up 2.9%"

tinyurl.com/2t8c28m2
Rent Price Growth Still Outpacing Inflation — What That Means For You - NerdWallet
Rents were up 2.9% in December, compared to the same time last year, according to the latest consumer price index report.
tinyurl.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:20 PM
He was arrested by HSI, not ICE. HSI deals with non-immigration related issues in addition to immigration related issues.
February 5, 2026 at 5:15 PM
As that senator said in the interview the other day, effectively: "upholding the constitution, that's a non-starter..."
February 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Sounds like a great time for them to consider a career change.
February 5, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Until 2029 it's the best that can be hoped for since Democrats have almost zero power. They lost too many federal elections. Seems like a slight improvement from the current situation at least.
February 4, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Check out This American Life episode about him and the anti-ICE protests in Portland

www.thisamericanlife.org/877/the-maki...
The Making Of - This American Life
How one block in Portland, Oregon became a movie-set war zone that lots of people think is a real war zone.
www.thisamericanlife.org
February 3, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Highly recommend This American Life episode about Chandler and the anti-ICE protests in Oregon

www.thisamericanlife.org/877/the-maki...
The Making Of - This American Life
How one block in Portland, Oregon became a movie-set war zone that lots of people think is a real war zone.
www.thisamericanlife.org
February 3, 2026 at 3:14 AM