The Pines
@thepines.bsky.social
minneapolis born and raised
livin in bozeman since ‘04
always have a big sky pass
Bozeman, Montana
livin in bozeman since ‘04
always have a big sky pass
Bozeman, Montana
2,000.
The Trump administration is deploying around 2,000 federal agents to Minneapolis as part of an immigration crackdown on the heels of a welfare fraud scandal in Minnesota, according to two law enforcement officials.
Trump administration plans aggressive immigration crackdown with 2,000 agents in Minnesota amid welfare fraud scandal | CNN
The Trump administration is deploying around 2,000 federal agents to Minneapolis as part of an immigration crackdown on the heels of a welfare fraud scandal in Minnesota, according to two law enforcem...
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January 6, 2026 at 1:40 AM
2,000.
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Organize everywhere. Win anywhere. Flip the House in 2026.
January 5, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Organize everywhere. Win anywhere. Flip the House in 2026.
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Montana smokejumper aims to join Demcorats' 2026 blue wave: Montana smokejumper Sam Forstag is set to announce his candidacy for the state's 1st Congressional District on Monday, aiming to contribute to a potential Democratic "blue wave" in the 2026 midterms. Forstag,… https://ranked.news/125927?u=b
January 5, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Montana smokejumper aims to join Demcorats' 2026 blue wave: Montana smokejumper Sam Forstag is set to announce his candidacy for the state's 1st Congressional District on Monday, aiming to contribute to a potential Democratic "blue wave" in the 2026 midterms. Forstag,… https://ranked.news/125927?u=b
The Age of Billionaires is here.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
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January 5, 2026 at 8:16 PM
The Age of Billionaires is here.
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
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Lindsey Graham just posted this photo writing: “Another great day with @POTUS who has brought America back, stronger than ever, at home and abroad.”
Lindsey Graham is everything that’s wrong with our politics.
Lindsey Graham is everything that’s wrong with our politics.
January 5, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Lindsey Graham just posted this photo writing: “Another great day with @POTUS who has brought America back, stronger than ever, at home and abroad.”
Lindsey Graham is everything that’s wrong with our politics.
Lindsey Graham is everything that’s wrong with our politics.
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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Propaganda works - this is also why conservative oligarchs are investing so much to purchase trusted media brands and convert them into propaganda outlets
Excellent piece from @gelliottmorris.com on how your news diet affects your politics and how you view the Trump Regime. Those with a heavy diet of conservative media view Trump favorably, while those with a diet of non-conservative media view him unfavorably.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-your-...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-your-...
What your news diet says about your politics
Breaking down Trump's approval and 2026 midterms vote by Americans' primary news source
www.gelliottmorris.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Propaganda works - this is also why conservative oligarchs are investing so much to purchase trusted media brands and convert them into propaganda outlets
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Denmark is a NATO member state.
Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela (and Cuba, formally) are OAS member states.
Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela (and Cuba, formally) are OAS member states.
Trump in a single gaggle on Air Force One just threatened:
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
January 5, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Denmark is a NATO member state.
Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela (and Cuba, formally) are OAS member states.
Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela (and Cuba, formally) are OAS member states.
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The problem with people saying Trump would never actually try to take Greenland is many of those same people were once very confident he’d never actually run for president. I no longer have any confidence that we aren’t crashing headlong into maximum insanity.
January 5, 2026 at 4:43 AM
The problem with people saying Trump would never actually try to take Greenland is many of those same people were once very confident he’d never actually run for president. I no longer have any confidence that we aren’t crashing headlong into maximum insanity.
God I hate him.
Trump: "You have to do something with Mexico. Mexico has to get its act together ... every time I talk to [Sheinbaum] I offer to send troops. She's a little afraid."
January 5, 2026 at 4:35 AM
God I hate him.
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I knew we were completely fucked as a country when some busted out the “are you better off than you were 4 years ago?” shit in 2024 and people actually were like “yeah I preferred when we were stacking bodies in parking lots and nurses wore trash bags.”
January 5, 2026 at 3:56 AM
I knew we were completely fucked as a country when some busted out the “are you better off than you were 4 years ago?” shit in 2024 and people actually were like “yeah I preferred when we were stacking bodies in parking lots and nurses wore trash bags.”
Stancil put his money where his mouth is and ran for public office in Minneapolis. I grew up in that city it's clear he loves it, he absolutely knows the neighborhoods and would work hard to rep his district make that city a better place. Karl is the exact opposite of Stancil.
Will Stancil also does not have not bizarre politics, he is a bog-standard progressive who takes it seriously and is also way too online, it is *extremely weird* that this is considered beyond the pale of comprehension by the pop-left posting class.
Karl is still out there defending his posts in the comments now.
January 5, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Stancil put his money where his mouth is and ran for public office in Minneapolis. I grew up in that city it's clear he loves it, he absolutely knows the neighborhoods and would work hard to rep his district make that city a better place. Karl is the exact opposite of Stancil.
Where'd that Carly Fiorino go anyways
January 5, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Where'd that Carly Fiorino go anyways
All Stranger Things is is characters yelling at each other for being heroic but that's bad because if something ever happened to you I wouldn't be able to live with myself so stop being so damn heroic all the time.
January 5, 2026 at 3:50 AM
All Stranger Things is is characters yelling at each other for being heroic but that's bad because if something ever happened to you I wouldn't be able to live with myself so stop being so damn heroic all the time.
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Every time you think you have an understanding of the depth of Trump's pathos, you find out you're wrong--and it goes deeper.
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Every time you think you have an understanding of the depth of Trump's pathos, you find out you're wrong--and it goes deeper.
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I think one of the most telling documents about our era would be if you could see the New York Times Trump obituary pre-writes for each of the last ten years to see how the ugly truths have ebbed and flowed.
January 5, 2026 at 3:47 AM
I think one of the most telling documents about our era would be if you could see the New York Times Trump obituary pre-writes for each of the last ten years to see how the ugly truths have ebbed and flowed.
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Trump: "Cuba is ready to fall. Cuba looks like it's ready to fall. I don't know if they're gonna hold out."
January 5, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Trump: "Cuba is ready to fall. Cuba looks like it's ready to fall. I don't know if they're gonna hold out."
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TRUMP: DON'T BELIEVE ALLEGED UKRAINIAN STRIKE ON PUTIN RESIDENCE HAPPENED
January 5, 2026 at 1:13 AM
TRUMP: DON'T BELIEVE ALLEGED UKRAINIAN STRIKE ON PUTIN RESIDENCE HAPPENED
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I am not exaggerating: the lede of the Washington Post editorial board's post about SNAP is based on Shirley. Does not detail that his claims have largely been debunked. (See link). Why should they? It is only the Washington Post, not a serious opinion page.
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
January 5, 2026 at 12:27 AM
I am not exaggerating: the lede of the Washington Post editorial board's post about SNAP is based on Shirley. Does not detail that his claims have largely been debunked. (See link). Why should they? It is only the Washington Post, not a serious opinion page.
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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Introducing the newest member of the Washington Post Editorial Board, Nick Shirley
January 5, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Introducing the newest member of the Washington Post Editorial Board, Nick Shirley
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I still don’t understand how it could possibly be a violation of U.S. law for a foreign head of state to own or to conspire to own any type of gun in his own country.
So a lot of the charges against Maduro are either cocaine importation, which Trump pardoned Hernandez for, or owning machine guns, which is a constitutionally protected right in the US
January 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
I still don’t understand how it could possibly be a violation of U.S. law for a foreign head of state to own or to conspire to own any type of gun in his own country.
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Trump sees dollar signs with Venezuelan oil, has designs on other countries, and clearly sees himself as some kind of emperor of the world. I don’t think he has plans to leave in 2028. And he’s showing he’ll use the military however he wants
January 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Trump sees dollar signs with Venezuelan oil, has designs on other countries, and clearly sees himself as some kind of emperor of the world. I don’t think he has plans to leave in 2028. And he’s showing he’ll use the military however he wants
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Trump has golfed on 16 of the past 50 days; he's been at Mar-a-Lago for all or part of almost half of those days.
www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...
www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...
An official accounting of Trump’s golf and customer service time
It remains the case that President Trump doesn't particularly seem to like the White House. During his first time in office, there was reporting to this effect; in 2017, he allegedly told members of h...
www.pbump.net
January 4, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Trump has golfed on 16 of the past 50 days; he's been at Mar-a-Lago for all or part of almost half of those days.
www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...
www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...
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TULSI GABBARD IN OCTOBER: “For decades our foreign policy has been trapped in an endless cycle of regime change and nation-building."🤔
January 4, 2026 at 7:46 PM
TULSI GABBARD IN OCTOBER: “For decades our foreign policy has been trapped in an endless cycle of regime change and nation-building."🤔