marx scherzer
@theskeetsguy.bsky.social
Professional babadook/graph maker.︙Never "mad" "online."︙Reflecting pool duck lover︙Bad (all) opinions are mine︙she/her
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fyi @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social are voting for more money for this
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:14 PM
fyi @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social are voting for more money for this
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rip to a FUCKING LEGEND
January 30, 2026 at 6:19 PM
rip to a FUCKING LEGEND
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Let’s try this one in foreign correspondent voice:
State Security Forces Arrest Journalist Who Covered Protests Against Regime Official
State Security Forces Arrest Journalist Who Covered Protests Against Regime Official
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Let’s try this one in foreign correspondent voice:
State Security Forces Arrest Journalist Who Covered Protests Against Regime Official
State Security Forces Arrest Journalist Who Covered Protests Against Regime Official
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there's this new dynamic where the DOJ cannot win in court and is (relatedly) incapable of meeting the minimum threshold of professional legal conduct, and so an increasing percentage of its actions are purely for intimidation and content
January 30, 2026 at 1:54 PM
there's this new dynamic where the DOJ cannot win in court and is (relatedly) incapable of meeting the minimum threshold of professional legal conduct, and so an increasing percentage of its actions are purely for intimidation and content
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This is terrible. It is also an opportunity for certain journalists to finally speak up with a *fraction* of the courage the people of Minneapolis have shown. It is also instructive that Lemon is Black. Woe/pox etc upon white journalists who don’t freak out about this.
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 1:53 PM
This is terrible. It is also an opportunity for certain journalists to finally speak up with a *fraction* of the courage the people of Minneapolis have shown. It is also instructive that Lemon is Black. Woe/pox etc upon white journalists who don’t freak out about this.
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Anyway congrats to our Free Speech Champions(tm) who helped usher in the most censorious American government since the Palmer Raids
January 30, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Anyway congrats to our Free Speech Champions(tm) who helped usher in the most censorious American government since the Palmer Raids
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Take his personal army away from him while you can, you stupid, stupid assholes. You’re like an armadillo playing dead in the middle of the road so the semi won’t hurt you
January 28, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Take his personal army away from him while you can, you stupid, stupid assholes. You’re like an armadillo playing dead in the middle of the road so the semi won’t hurt you
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We have an unprecedented moment of solidarity between leftists, liberal, centrists, and even non-MAGA Republicans on opposing DHS and after like 3 days Dems completely folded their hand and are prepared to give ICE $10 billion more if they pinky promise to behave themselves
Chuck Schumer just announced demands on DHS to avoid shutdown:
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants
2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents
3. No more masks & require bodycams
There are *already* standards on much of this.
The issue is DHS isn't following them!
January 29, 2026 at 4:43 AM
We have an unprecedented moment of solidarity between leftists, liberal, centrists, and even non-MAGA Republicans on opposing DHS and after like 3 days Dems completely folded their hand and are prepared to give ICE $10 billion more if they pinky promise to behave themselves
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i think it's neat that stephen miller was handing out licenses to kill to every federal agent a few days ago and now is like "erm, it appears some of our officers did not follow written protocol"
January 28, 2026 at 10:02 PM
i think it's neat that stephen miller was handing out licenses to kill to every federal agent a few days ago and now is like "erm, it appears some of our officers did not follow written protocol"
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I know everything is horribly dangerous and awful right now but regular Americans actively loving their neighbors is so beautiful and spiritually fulfilling to see and participate in.
AND ALSO it's very very funny that the right does not understand what it means to have friends and community.
AND ALSO it's very very funny that the right does not understand what it means to have friends and community.
January 27, 2026 at 3:37 PM
I know everything is horribly dangerous and awful right now but regular Americans actively loving their neighbors is so beautiful and spiritually fulfilling to see and participate in.
AND ALSO it's very very funny that the right does not understand what it means to have friends and community.
AND ALSO it's very very funny that the right does not understand what it means to have friends and community.
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This is translation for: “I received an Internal poll: D+12”
Oh you just KNOW that Mike Lawler is nervous when he pens a NYT Op-Ed trying to sound ‘moderate’ on immigration AFTER public opinion has turned hard on Trump and ICE.
Meanwhile, this is the same Mike Lawler who just 3 weeks ago was blaming RENEE GOOD for her own murder.
Slimy. Cowardly. Phony.
Meanwhile, this is the same Mike Lawler who just 3 weeks ago was blaming RENEE GOOD for her own murder.
Slimy. Cowardly. Phony.
January 27, 2026 at 5:44 PM
This is translation for: “I received an Internal poll: D+12”
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the bravest people in this country are just regular citizens and they are out fighting against fascism every day
CNN reporting that a week before Alex Pretti was killed, 5 agents tackled him and he suffered a broken rib. CNN says he stopped his car after he saw ICE agents interacting with a family on foot and began to blow his whistle. Source tells CNN Pretti believed “That day he thought he was going to die”
January 27, 2026 at 5:45 PM
the bravest people in this country are just regular citizens and they are out fighting against fascism every day
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noticed a trend this week where both the right and some liberals have been like "just realized the left actually means what they say about stuff"
James O’Keefe responds to a comment
“Figured they (ICE protesters) were being paid…”
O’Keefe:
“No, it's more terrifying than that. It's not transactional.
They actually believe in their cause.
That truth is going to be hard for most people to understand or accept.”
“Figured they (ICE protesters) were being paid…”
O’Keefe:
“No, it's more terrifying than that. It's not transactional.
They actually believe in their cause.
That truth is going to be hard for most people to understand or accept.”
January 27, 2026 at 5:35 PM
noticed a trend this week where both the right and some liberals have been like "just realized the left actually means what they say about stuff"
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I think there's a straight line from Kristi Noem volunteering the dog-murder story in a memoir in a way where she was clearly expecting people to go "YO what a badass bitch!" and DHS being shocked that extra-judicial killings and toddler-snatching have been a PR dud.
January 27, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I think there's a straight line from Kristi Noem volunteering the dog-murder story in a memoir in a way where she was clearly expecting people to go "YO what a badass bitch!" and DHS being shocked that extra-judicial killings and toddler-snatching have been a PR dud.
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"you wanted a pony" is the guilt talking. the knowledge that you didn't push the party to do the right thing out of triangulation and cowardice. you tried to play a very dangerous game of enticing the enemy at the expense of alienating your allies and you're lashing out the people who warned you.
January 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
"you wanted a pony" is the guilt talking. the knowledge that you didn't push the party to do the right thing out of triangulation and cowardice. you tried to play a very dangerous game of enticing the enemy at the expense of alienating your allies and you're lashing out the people who warned you.
if you *must* listen to people dissect right wing content, the gents at @knowledgefight.bsky.social do a wonderful job of actually working through it in context and looking at what it means, rather than gawking at it or exposing you to it "just because"
January 27, 2026 at 5:23 PM
if you *must* listen to people dissect right wing content, the gents at @knowledgefight.bsky.social do a wonderful job of actually working through it in context and looking at what it means, rather than gawking at it or exposing you to it "just because"
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the fuckin gall, man
To avoid the possibility Holocaust remembrance might lead to empathy for migrants, Trump's antisemitism envoy claims Anne Frank "was in Amsterdam legally."
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
January 27, 2026 at 3:43 PM
the fuckin gall, man
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January 27, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
January 27, 2026 at 3:15 PM
i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
so like I appreciate these guys talking or whatever but if my colleagues were regularly murdering and assaulting people and my bosses were publicly very clear that that is what the job is and they're doing good work, i would quit my fucking job
I interviewed over half a dozen ICE and Border Patrol agents who describe an agency that sounds like Reno 911!
“I thought federal agents were supposed to be clean cut but some of them pass around a flask as we are watching a suspect,” one told me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads
“I thought federal agents were supposed to be clean cut but some of them pass around a flask as we are watching a suspect,” one told me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads
ICE Unloads
Immigration officers speak out: “Fuck this.”
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:33 PM
so like I appreciate these guys talking or whatever but if my colleagues were regularly murdering and assaulting people and my bosses were publicly very clear that that is what the job is and they're doing good work, i would quit my fucking job
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Jake Tapper will be offended if you call these concentration camps.
January 27, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Jake Tapper will be offended if you call these concentration camps.
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I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.
January 27, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.