The Silvs
@thesilvs.bsky.social
Escaped from Twitter. Here to mainly post stuff about politics and The X-Files (if interested, you can check out Virtual Season 12 at virtualseasons.x-sites.org)
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"Almost violently" is another way of saying "non-violently."
They don't give out tickets for "almost speeding."
They don't give out tickets for "almost speeding."
Bovino: "Individuals came in and disrupted almost violently a church service"
January 21, 2026 at 12:46 AM
"Almost violently" is another way of saying "non-violently."
They don't give out tickets for "almost speeding."
They don't give out tickets for "almost speeding."
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Training* for ICE is a good idea
*vocational training so they can perform honest work when they get out of prison
*vocational training so they can perform honest work when they get out of prison
January 20, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Training* for ICE is a good idea
*vocational training so they can perform honest work when they get out of prison
*vocational training so they can perform honest work when they get out of prison
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DEMENTED. Reporter: Greenlanders have made it clear they don't want to be part of the US. Trump: "I haven't talked to them. When I do, I'm sure they'll be thrilled." If that's really the case then why are "make America go away' hats so popular?
January 20, 2026 at 10:43 PM
DEMENTED. Reporter: Greenlanders have made it clear they don't want to be part of the US. Trump: "I haven't talked to them. When I do, I'm sure they'll be thrilled." If that's really the case then why are "make America go away' hats so popular?
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This is not what authoritarian consolidation looks like
Please enjoy this local news: “Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel said he is evicting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit from a county-owned building where it has occupied an office for about three years but never paid rent…
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
Lehigh County exec says he’s evicting ICE agents from Allentown office, citing 3 years of unpaid rent
Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel’s announcement to evict the ICE agents came shortly after the county’s financial watchdog revealed the agency owes more than $115,000 in rent.
www.mcall.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:44 AM
This is not what authoritarian consolidation looks like
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BREAKING: Europe may begin selling U.S. assets in response to a new conflict with the US, a move that could trigger a dollar collapse, per Bloomberg.
January 20, 2026 at 6:08 PM
BREAKING: Europe may begin selling U.S. assets in response to a new conflict with the US, a move that could trigger a dollar collapse, per Bloomberg.
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“i feel as though the weapon i built is coming to kill me and my people” is about as straightforward an admission of what she *thought* she was doing as you’re going to get from the average trump voter
trying to imagine what kind of democratic party messaging would have resonated with this person and my brain just BSODs
Incredible quote here from a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis who voted for Trump. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...
January 20, 2026 at 9:20 PM
“i feel as though the weapon i built is coming to kill me and my people” is about as straightforward an admission of what she *thought* she was doing as you’re going to get from the average trump voter
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A federal judge ripped into Lindsey Halligan after she used unusually sharp language to push back on the judge’s questioning of her authority, saying the “unnecessary rhetoric” had “a level of vitriol more appropriate for a cable news talk show.”
Trump-appointed judge tears into Lindsey Halligan’s ‘vitriol’ and calls her leadership a ‘charade’ | CNN Politics
A federal judge on Tuesday ripped into Lindsey Halligan, President Donald Trump’s personal choice as the top federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia, after she used unusually sharp lang...
www.cnn.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:31 PM
A federal judge ripped into Lindsey Halligan after she used unusually sharp language to push back on the judge’s questioning of her authority, saying the “unnecessary rhetoric” had “a level of vitriol more appropriate for a cable news talk show.”
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How can this be happening? Republicans will go down in history as collaborators and enablers. They will bring shame to their current families and their descendants for generations to come. What a legacy for their 30 pieces of silver
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Military Is Being Forced to Plan for an Unthinkable Betrayal
Attacking an ally would be a perversion of everything the armed forces have been trained to do.
www.theatlantic.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:38 PM
How can this be happening? Republicans will go down in history as collaborators and enablers. They will bring shame to their current families and their descendants for generations to come. What a legacy for their 30 pieces of silver
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Donald Trump is constantly hallucinating events that never happened and are not physically possible but on the other hand Joe Biden might not have recognized George Clooney at a party once, thank you for your clarify and rigor @jaketapper.bsky.social
Trump: "They didn't allow the water to come down from the Pacific Northwest. They routed the water into the Pacific Ocean. So we had no water there. No, he had -- I would say open up the water. Open it up to the governor, the mayor. They wouldn't do it. They wanted to protect a tiny little fish."
January 20, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Donald Trump is constantly hallucinating events that never happened and are not physically possible but on the other hand Joe Biden might not have recognized George Clooney at a party once, thank you for your clarify and rigor @jaketapper.bsky.social
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I flew down to south Texas today to do my job - investigate why people are dying in ICE detention centers.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
January 20, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I flew down to south Texas today to do my job - investigate why people are dying in ICE detention centers.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
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The problem with Donald Trump is that he needs to be more of an asshole.
by JD Vance
by JD Vance
January 20, 2026 at 11:05 PM
The problem with Donald Trump is that he needs to be more of an asshole.
by JD Vance
by JD Vance
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Because it’s art about the present, that’s why.
"Why is science fiction so bad at predicting the future, even as we continue to use science fiction terms to describe reality?"
Author @kyliu99.bsky.social tracks a brief history of human innovation and science fiction as myth-making:
Author @kyliu99.bsky.social tracks a brief history of human innovation and science fiction as myth-making:
Why Science Fiction Can’t Predict the Future (And Why That’s a Good Thing) - Reactor
Ken Liu discusses the project of science fiction and the creation of modern mythology
reactormag.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Because it’s art about the present, that’s why.
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i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
January 20, 2026 at 5:02 PM
i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
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I have no doubt a significant percentage of ICE agents beat their spouses, so this kind of lie is nothing new for them.
The best they could come up with: "[A]gents told hospital staff that Castaneda Mondragon was 'laying down in handcuffs when he attempted to flee, and then, for unknown reasons, purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.'”
Minn. man hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after ICE arrest
Alberto Castaneda Mondragon, who is in ICE custody while hospitalized at Hennepin County Medical Center, alleges in a lawsuit that federal agents are interfering in his medical care and that he was so...
sahanjournal.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:02 PM
I have no doubt a significant percentage of ICE agents beat their spouses, so this kind of lie is nothing new for them.
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Quite the statement from the Prime Minister of Poland
January 20, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Quite the statement from the Prime Minister of Poland
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Here’s Trump using his election fraud lies, to essentially say that he’s sent federal immigration agents to terrorize a state because it didn’t give him their electoral votes.
This is scandalous, monstrous stuff for a POTUS to be saying & doing. Impeachable, IMO. bsky.app/profile/atru...
This is scandalous, monstrous stuff for a POTUS to be saying & doing. Impeachable, IMO. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Trump: "MN is a very corrupt place & the elections are totally corrupt. I feel I won it all 3 times. Nobody has won it since Richard Nixon. It's a rigged state. The Somalians vote as one group even if they're not citizens. They all ought to get the hell out of here. They're bad for our country"
January 20, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Here’s Trump using his election fraud lies, to essentially say that he’s sent federal immigration agents to terrorize a state because it didn’t give him their electoral votes.
This is scandalous, monstrous stuff for a POTUS to be saying & doing. Impeachable, IMO. bsky.app/profile/atru...
This is scandalous, monstrous stuff for a POTUS to be saying & doing. Impeachable, IMO. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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The woman shouting "shame!" was the wife of Renee Nicole Good who had just watched her being murdered by an ICE agent. That reaction was remarkably mild.
Trump on Renee Good: "When she was shot, there was another woman that was screaming 'Shame. Shame Shame Shame.' So loud. Like a professional opera singer. She was so loud. And so professional. She wasn't a woman that was hurt like, 'Oh my heart is injured.' She was a professional."
January 20, 2026 at 7:23 PM
The woman shouting "shame!" was the wife of Renee Nicole Good who had just watched her being murdered by an ICE agent. That reaction was remarkably mild.
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I still have moments where I can’t believe this man is the president.
This is one.
This is one.
Trump: "I was gonna call it the Gulf of Trump, but I thought I would be killed if I did that. I wanted to."
January 20, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I still have moments where I can’t believe this man is the president.
This is one.
This is one.
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The president encounters a binder clip for the first time, then talks about it for a while.
Remember when Joe Biden had a raspy voice and every major news organization created a 10-person Biden Is Old investigative team?
Remember when Joe Biden had a raspy voice and every major news organization created a 10-person Biden Is Old investigative team?
Trump: "Whoo. I'm glad my finger wasn't in that sucker. That could've dome some damage but you know what? I wouldn't have shown the pain. I would've gone back. Boy did you hear that? That was nasty. But I would not have shown the pain. I would've acted like nothing happens as my finger fell off."
January 20, 2026 at 8:05 PM
The president encounters a binder clip for the first time, then talks about it for a while.
Remember when Joe Biden had a raspy voice and every major news organization created a 10-person Biden Is Old investigative team?
Remember when Joe Biden had a raspy voice and every major news organization created a 10-person Biden Is Old investigative team?
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Trump: "ICE is gonna be too rough with somebody. They're gonna make a mistake sometimes. I felt horribly when I was told the young woman had the tragedy. But when I learned her father is - I hope he still is, but I don't know - was a tremendous Trump fan. It's terrible. It's so sad. It just happens"
January 20, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Trump: "ICE is gonna be too rough with somebody. They're gonna make a mistake sometimes. I felt horribly when I was told the young woman had the tragedy. But when I learned her father is - I hope he still is, but I don't know - was a tremendous Trump fan. It's terrible. It's so sad. It just happens"
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Three hots, a snack, and a cot. What a time to be alive.
Brooke Rollins is still at it!
"We had run almost 1,000 simulations, and between $3 and $4 is a fair number if you can have access to that food. I just saw new numbers that were run: a full day, meaning 3 full square meals and a snack, is about $15.64."
"We had run almost 1,000 simulations, and between $3 and $4 is a fair number if you can have access to that food. I just saw new numbers that were run: a full day, meaning 3 full square meals and a snack, is about $15.64."
January 20, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Three hots, a snack, and a cot. What a time to be alive.
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"Portland metro area officials are warning residents about reports of federal immigration officers posing as utility workers to lure people out of their homes.'"
www.koin.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:42 PM
"Portland metro area officials are warning residents about reports of federal immigration officers posing as utility workers to lure people out of their homes.'"
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Trump shifting focus to invasion of Italy after Domino’s Pizza order takes 35 minutes to arrive.
January 20, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Trump shifting focus to invasion of Italy after Domino’s Pizza order takes 35 minutes to arrive.
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all of this could be stopped by just twenty Republicans choosing to do the right thing by valuing their loyalty to the Constitution and the American people more than their loyalty to Donald Trump
this is, of course, practically impossible
this is, of course, practically impossible
January 20, 2026 at 2:45 AM
all of this could be stopped by just twenty Republicans choosing to do the right thing by valuing their loyalty to the Constitution and the American people more than their loyalty to Donald Trump
this is, of course, practically impossible
this is, of course, practically impossible