Steve Olson
@steveolson.bsky.social
Humble ad guy. potato influencer. whiskey & cephalopod obsessed. expat minnesotan. Learning about wine, to play banjo, and to be a bonsai... uh... keeper?
Sportsball: Vikings, Tottenham, Bath Rugby.
Sportsball: Vikings, Tottenham, Bath Rugby.
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Steve Olson
@steveolson.bsky.social
· Jan 10
Damn, "Hurricane Season" was dark.. A perfect book to kick off the 2025 Reading Season. I did struggle with how to feel about it, but reading @jcljules.bsky.social's 2020 review citing Marlon James' quote about the need to risk "pornography" in describing the impacts of violence helped. #booksky
Eat Shit, Trump Admin.
Not a SINGLE grand juror found probable cause to indict 6 Dem lawmakers for making a video stating existing law: That servicemembers have a legal and moral duty to refuse unlawful orders.
Not a SINGLE grand juror found probable cause to indict 6 Dem lawmakers for making a video stating existing law: That servicemembers have a legal and moral duty to refuse unlawful orders.
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
None of the D.C. grand jurors who heard the Trump administration’s pitch on why they should indict Democratic lawmakers over a video urging members of the
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Eat Shit, Trump Admin.
Not a SINGLE grand juror found probable cause to indict 6 Dem lawmakers for making a video stating existing law: That servicemembers have a legal and moral duty to refuse unlawful orders.
Not a SINGLE grand juror found probable cause to indict 6 Dem lawmakers for making a video stating existing law: That servicemembers have a legal and moral duty to refuse unlawful orders.
In which the DHS hires a kid who is only known for posting racists memes to the Dept of Labor accounts to run its socials.
Just in case you weren’t convinced if we’re being run by racists.
Just in case you weren’t convinced if we’re being run by racists.
Career communications staff at the Dept of Labor were ignored and many resigned when a 21 year old starting posting white nationalist meme. Now he is going to DHS. This is who prospers under the clicktatorship.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
Homeland Security Hires Labor Dept. Aide Whose Posts Raised Alarms
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:42 PM
In which the DHS hires a kid who is only known for posting racists memes to the Dept of Labor accounts to run its socials.
Just in case you weren’t convinced if we’re being run by racists.
Just in case you weren’t convinced if we’re being run by racists.
Goddammit, thought I saw the medics doing a shelf test on him. FML.
Not exactly sad about Frank but he didn't exactly have everything he needed to turn us around. #coys
Not exactly sad about Frank but he didn't exactly have everything he needed to turn us around. #coys
February 11, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Goddammit, thought I saw the medics doing a shelf test on him. FML.
Not exactly sad about Frank but he didn't exactly have everything he needed to turn us around. #coys
Not exactly sad about Frank but he didn't exactly have everything he needed to turn us around. #coys
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we’re governed by the dumbest motherfuckers
February 11, 2026 at 2:09 PM
we’re governed by the dumbest motherfuckers
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Horrifying stories like this speak to why demands for body cams are going to always ring hollow
We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
February 11, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Horrifying stories like this speak to why demands for body cams are going to always ring hollow
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if elon had a normal dick he absolutely would have posted it by now
February 11, 2026 at 1:56 AM
if elon had a normal dick he absolutely would have posted it by now
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It’s happening again.
World's Dumbest People Think They Can Solve the Nancy Guthrie Ransom Case With Grok
gizmodo.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:38 AM
It’s happening again.
Again, the most recent data we have shows that ICE agents have a far higher crime rate than immigrants.
This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Police in Bloomington, MN just announced that one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting was a **background checker for ICE agents.**
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
February 10, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Again, the most recent data we have shows that ICE agents have a far higher crime rate than immigrants.
Outstanding work from Defector's Critter beat writer @sabs.bsky.social today on Olympic Mascots (gift link): defector.com/which-other-...
Which Other Olympic Mascots Could Italian Stoats Tina And Milo Slaughter In Cold Blood? | Defector
Apologies to all otters, ferrets, badgers, ferret-badgers, weasels, fishers, polecats, wolverines, martens, and grisons, but the mustelid of the moment is the stoat. The mascots of the 2026 Winter Oly...
defector.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Outstanding work from Defector's Critter beat writer @sabs.bsky.social today on Olympic Mascots (gift link): defector.com/which-other-...
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A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:08 PM
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
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What this man is describing would seem to constitute crimes against humanity under international law. Other governments could and should contest the abuses he’s describing the U.S. government committing against migrants.
“It’s just a horrible, horrible, horrible place,” he said of his detention camp. “I’m not in fear of the other inmates. I’m afraid of the staff. They’re capable of anything.”
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
February 9, 2026 at 9:17 PM
What this man is describing would seem to constitute crimes against humanity under international law. Other governments could and should contest the abuses he’s describing the U.S. government committing against migrants.
Again, if ICE was just going after criminals, we would have some room for disagreement.
These racist monsters are just disappearing everyone who looks non-white or has a whiff of an accent to hit Stephen Miller's 3K arrest-per-day quota.
Abolishing ICE is the conservative option at this point.
These racist monsters are just disappearing everyone who looks non-white or has a whiff of an accent to hit Stephen Miller's 3K arrest-per-day quota.
Abolishing ICE is the conservative option at this point.
The Trump administration is deporting a Christian minister back to the country that tortured him, which seems like the kind of thing the Religious Right would care about if a dirty Democrat were doing it.
“I followed the rules. I’ve done great in the community. I’ve never abused any of the conditions of the stay or of my supervision…I’m so scared, I cannot go back."
ICE brutally detained a minister in Vermont. Now, the Trump administration wants to send him back to Uganda, where he was tortured.
ICE brutally detained a minister in Vermont. Now, the Trump administration wants to send him back to Uganda, where he was tortured.
February 10, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Again, if ICE was just going after criminals, we would have some room for disagreement.
These racist monsters are just disappearing everyone who looks non-white or has a whiff of an accent to hit Stephen Miller's 3K arrest-per-day quota.
Abolishing ICE is the conservative option at this point.
These racist monsters are just disappearing everyone who looks non-white or has a whiff of an accent to hit Stephen Miller's 3K arrest-per-day quota.
Abolishing ICE is the conservative option at this point.
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I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
February 10, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
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Aside from all the other reasons not to believe these people, every one of the “vehicle attacks” I’ve seen scrutinized were either totally phony -like Renee Goods. Or ones where like an ice agent rammed the purported assailant. Like that woman in Chicago
Ricketts: "No face masks -- we're seen a huge increase in attacks on our ICE agents. There's been 180 vehicle attacks. Overall attacks on DHS are up 8,000%. There's many so many doxxings of officers they've had to set up a tip line. This is very very serious."
February 10, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Aside from all the other reasons not to believe these people, every one of the “vehicle attacks” I’ve seen scrutinized were either totally phony -like Renee Goods. Or ones where like an ice agent rammed the purported assailant. Like that woman in Chicago
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Here's what DHS doesn't want you to know: Working for ICE is one of the safest jobs in America — and last year was the second-safest year for the agency on record.
And the doxxing? It hasn't actually happened even once.
The masks are justified by a lie. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-s-mask...
And the doxxing? It hasn't actually happened even once.
The masks are justified by a lie. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-s-mask...
ICE's Masks Are All a Lie
Working for ICE is actually less dangerous than being an elementary school student in America.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 10, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Here's what DHS doesn't want you to know: Working for ICE is one of the safest jobs in America — and last year was the second-safest year for the agency on record.
And the doxxing? It hasn't actually happened even once.
The masks are justified by a lie. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-s-mask...
And the doxxing? It hasn't actually happened even once.
The masks are justified by a lie. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-s-mask...
I am fairly certain that, were I elected to Congress, i would spend roughly 10% of my time just trying to get new words into the Congressional Record.
I am not proud of this, but I can't deny my nature.
I am not proud of this, but I can't deny my nature.
Rep. Ogles wrote what may be the first congressional letter to contain the word “analingus” (but doesn’t specifically allege that Bad Bunny sang that line).
February 10, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I am fairly certain that, were I elected to Congress, i would spend roughly 10% of my time just trying to get new words into the Congressional Record.
I am not proud of this, but I can't deny my nature.
I am not proud of this, but I can't deny my nature.
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"A threat to anyone’s constitutional rights is a threat to us all. Today, immigrants are being detained without due process. Tomorrow, under the Government’s [view], American citizens could be subject to the same treatment. This Court will not allow such an unraveling of the Constitution."
BONUS RULING: Judge Thomas Johnston, a George W. Bush appoiintee in West Virginia, used a recent ruling to warn of the dangers of defying due process for immigrants because of what it could also mean for Americans. It's worth a read.
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February 10, 2026 at 1:54 PM
"A threat to anyone’s constitutional rights is a threat to us all. Today, immigrants are being detained without due process. Tomorrow, under the Government’s [view], American citizens could be subject to the same treatment. This Court will not allow such an unraveling of the Constitution."
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democrats please take note of how you can fight back effectively using bureaucracy because it would be nice if evil freaks weren't the only ones doing it
7) 'FATIGUED': Judges are increasingly exasperated by what they see as a strategy to make the process — in court and for detainees writ large — as cumberosme and painful as possible, especially when judges have been rejecting their detentions en masse. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 10, 2026 at 1:48 PM
democrats please take note of how you can fight back effectively using bureaucracy because it would be nice if evil freaks weren't the only ones doing it
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The rule of law depends on good faith compliance; judges can't effectively monitor and respond to every betrayal of the government's obligations under the Constitution and the law.
As others have noted, judges are going to have to start holding people in contempt or things will get even worse.
As others have noted, judges are going to have to start holding people in contempt or things will get even worse.
NEW: Federal judges are increasingly furious at what they see as a pattern / playbook of defiance by the Trump administration to court orders in immigration cases — in Minnesota and around the country.
Here’s a look at what they’re seeing: www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Here’s a look at what they’re seeing: www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
How the Trump administration skirts — and defies — court rulings on ICE detentions
A POLITICO review of hundreds of cases brought by ICE detainees shows a pattern of noncompliance that has frustrated judges across the country.
www.politico.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:56 PM
The rule of law depends on good faith compliance; judges can't effectively monitor and respond to every betrayal of the government's obligations under the Constitution and the law.
As others have noted, judges are going to have to start holding people in contempt or things will get even worse.
As others have noted, judges are going to have to start holding people in contempt or things will get even worse.
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It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
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February 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.
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Babe, wake up. New leader of antifa just dropped.
(Thank you fellow trivia team for sharing your art.)
(Thank you fellow trivia team for sharing your art.)
February 10, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Babe, wake up. New leader of antifa just dropped.
(Thank you fellow trivia team for sharing your art.)
(Thank you fellow trivia team for sharing your art.)
There are disturbingly few Minnesotans on our women’s olympic hockey team in Milan.
Thank you for your urgent attention to this matter.
Thank you for your urgent attention to this matter.
February 10, 2026 at 4:05 AM
There are disturbingly few Minnesotans on our women’s olympic hockey team in Milan.
Thank you for your urgent attention to this matter.
Thank you for your urgent attention to this matter.
The motherfuckers in Trump's racist Administration brought back fucking consumption.
February 9, 2026 at 11:57 PM
The motherfuckers in Trump's racist Administration brought back fucking consumption.