Todd Stein
@toddstein.bsky.social
Full of hate. Anti-exemptionalist. Functionary of the Human Rights Industrial Complex (Congress-State-NGO). Personal account. @SFGiants @washcaps @everton @WashSpirit
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Today, the Trump administration's border czar announced the immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis is ending.
Earlier this month, HRW researchers traveled to Minnesota to document the impact of “Operation Metro Surge.”
Read our new Q&A:
Earlier this month, HRW researchers traveled to Minnesota to document the impact of “Operation Metro Surge.”
Read our new Q&A:
State Violence and Community Resistance in Minnesota
Ida Sawyer, crisis and conflict director at Human Rights Watch, and Nicole Widdersheim, deputy Washington director, traveled to Minnesota in early February to document the impact of the federal govern...
www.hrw.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Today, the Trump administration's border czar announced the immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis is ending.
Earlier this month, HRW researchers traveled to Minnesota to document the impact of “Operation Metro Surge.”
Read our new Q&A:
Earlier this month, HRW researchers traveled to Minnesota to document the impact of “Operation Metro Surge.”
Read our new Q&A:
What was the source of the “harm” they put themselves in the way of?
Ron Johnson to Keith Ellison: "Two people are dead because you encouraged them to put themselves into harm's way! And now you are exploiting those two martyrs. You ought to feel damn guilty about it. Yeah, sit there and smirk. Smirk. It's sick! It's despicable. You disgust me."
February 12, 2026 at 3:29 PM
What was the source of the “harm” they put themselves in the way of?
The Republican position is that Americans should not, should not be allowed to, and should not be encouraged to freely exercise their First Amendment rights.
Ron Johnson to Keith Ellison: "Two people are dead because you encouraged them to put themselves into harm's way! And now you are exploiting those two martyrs. You ought to feel damn guilty about it. Yeah, sit there and smirk. Smirk. It's sick! It's despicable. You disgust me."
February 12, 2026 at 3:28 PM
The Republican position is that Americans should not, should not be allowed to, and should not be encouraged to freely exercise their First Amendment rights.
Jesse Helms wins. His agenda is now the core of the Republican Party.
February 11, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Jesse Helms wins. His agenda is now the core of the Republican Party.
Out on the Epstein island having the time of my life with my wife and four kids. They're all just out of frame, laughing too.
February 10, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Out on the Epstein island having the time of my life with my wife and four kids. They're all just out of frame, laughing too.
Last month he said the opposite:
“Well, it’s OK. That’s what he [Carney] should be doing,” Trump told reporters on Friday at the White House. “If you can get a deal with China, you should do that.”
“Well, it’s OK. That’s what he [Carney] should be doing,” Trump told reporters on Friday at the White House. “If you can get a deal with China, you should do that.”
Trump, in the middle of his latest unhinged Truth Social screed, claims that if Canada makes a trade deal with China, "the first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup."
February 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Last month he said the opposite:
“Well, it’s OK. That’s what he [Carney] should be doing,” Trump told reporters on Friday at the White House. “If you can get a deal with China, you should do that.”
“Well, it’s OK. That’s what he [Carney] should be doing,” Trump told reporters on Friday at the White House. “If you can get a deal with China, you should do that.”
I tore my ACL in 2024 and I could barely walk much less ski at high velocity a week out. What she tried is super-human. Godspeed on the broken tibia recovery.
Lindsey Vonn said she has no regrets over her decision to compete in the Winter Olympics after sustaining a “completely ruptured” ACL one day after crashing during a race and severely breaking her leg. https://cnn.it/4kqYPHL
February 10, 2026 at 1:46 AM
I tore my ACL in 2024 and I could barely walk much less ski at high velocity a week out. What she tried is super-human. Godspeed on the broken tibia recovery.
The Super Bowl (which I did not watch because I hate the teams and the spectacle) usually means we start to look forward to baseball season. But because of MLB’s broken economics the Dodger$ are on track to buy their third straight title. So nothing to look forward to there. Grim.
February 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
The Super Bowl (which I did not watch because I hate the teams and the spectacle) usually means we start to look forward to baseball season. But because of MLB’s broken economics the Dodger$ are on track to buy their third straight title. So nothing to look forward to there. Grim.
You read through the Wikipedia article on battleships and learn how they became obsolete in the 1940s except for a one-off vanity use in 1991 and then you arrive at this:
February 9, 2026 at 2:09 PM
You read through the Wikipedia article on battleships and learn how they became obsolete in the 1940s except for a one-off vanity use in 1991 and then you arrive at this:
“See we’re not racist! Our illegal arbitrary detentions don’t discriminate on skin color.”
—MAGA
—MAGA
Kerryman who is married, living and working legally in the United States for >20 years has been incarcerated by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) since September 2025.
Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irish man with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:26 PM
“See we’re not racist! Our illegal arbitrary detentions don’t discriminate on skin color.”
—MAGA
—MAGA
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When we say CCP politics often can’t be distinguished from MAGA and ultranationalists, we mean stuff like this:
February 9, 2026 at 1:02 AM
When we say CCP politics often can’t be distinguished from MAGA and ultranationalists, we mean stuff like this:
The US Olympic team looks like America and the chuds can't fucking stand it.
February 8, 2026 at 11:11 PM
The US Olympic team looks like America and the chuds can't fucking stand it.
Leaders are turning to China out of self interest as the world order becomes transactional, enabled & legitimized by President Trump. To stop the turn to China, we must reject Trumpism in order to restore an order based on rules & morality. Views my own: unexemptional.substack.com/p/the-missin...
February 8, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Leaders are turning to China out of self interest as the world order becomes transactional, enabled & legitimized by President Trump. To stop the turn to China, we must reject Trumpism in order to restore an order based on rules & morality. Views my own: unexemptional.substack.com/p/the-missin...
Randy Marsh would be the Olympic ski jump champion.
February 8, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Randy Marsh would be the Olympic ski jump champion.
Hating Americans is a congenital part of MAGA, now Republican, politics.
February 8, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Hating Americans is a congenital part of MAGA, now Republican, politics.
The Republican Party is now pitching federal government power as a solution to a(n alleged) problem of local government.
Rep. Tony Gonzales on Minnesota: "The problem is you've got so many local municipalities that don't want to work together. And when that happens, your city burns."
February 8, 2026 at 4:02 PM
The Republican Party is now pitching federal government power as a solution to a(n alleged) problem of local government.
Buts and howevers are experiencing their golden age.
Rep. Tony Gonzales: "Of course I believe in the Fourth Amendment, but ... "
February 8, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Buts and howevers are experiencing their golden age.
I would love to ask the (now-neutered) Republican China hawks if they agree it's a good thing that President Trump has earned the respect of a man they characterize as an evil communist genocidal tyrant.
BARTIROMO: Do you have any estimate of when we're going to see that China trade deal in writing?
BESSENT: No. But I can tell you the Chinese have lived up to their end of the bargain. They have completed their soybean purchases. President Trump is the only world leader that Xi respects.
BESSENT: No. But I can tell you the Chinese have lived up to their end of the bargain. They have completed their soybean purchases. President Trump is the only world leader that Xi respects.
February 8, 2026 at 3:41 PM
I would love to ask the (now-neutered) Republican China hawks if they agree it's a good thing that President Trump has earned the respect of a man they characterize as an evil communist genocidal tyrant.
So what are you doing instead of watching the Super Bowl this evening? I’m planning to finish up a book on 16th century colonization of the East Indies.
February 8, 2026 at 1:44 PM
So what are you doing instead of watching the Super Bowl this evening? I’m planning to finish up a book on 16th century colonization of the East Indies.
I am a lifelong Democrats who opposes the federal government shooting citizens in the face. But when I heard Jeffries use the word “fuck” I had no choice but to give my unwavering and unqualified support to President Trump and ICE.
BREAKING:
New reaction from Leader Jeffries to the racist Trump video:
"This disgusting video posted by the so-called president was done intentionally. Fuck Donald Trump and his vile, racist, and malignant behavior. This guy is an unhinged bottom feeder."
New reaction from Leader Jeffries to the racist Trump video:
"This disgusting video posted by the so-called president was done intentionally. Fuck Donald Trump and his vile, racist, and malignant behavior. This guy is an unhinged bottom feeder."
February 7, 2026 at 9:41 PM
I am a lifelong Democrats who opposes the federal government shooting citizens in the face. But when I heard Jeffries use the word “fuck” I had no choice but to give my unwavering and unqualified support to President Trump and ICE.
2.0 has 1.0 envy
That highly classified whistleblower report Tulsi Gabbard covering up?
Guardian reports it’s an NSA intercept of a call between a close Trump associate and “an individual associated with foreign intelligence.”
Sounds similar to Trump’s campaign chair meeting Russian intel and sharing data in 2016.
Guardian reports it’s an NSA intercept of a call between a close Trump associate and “an individual associated with foreign intelligence.”
Sounds similar to Trump’s campaign chair meeting Russian intel and sharing data in 2016.
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
2.0 has 1.0 envy
“I can’t make ends meet on my passive income” is one of the least sympathetic things my ears can hear.
In a city packed with mighty real estate titans, they are the small ones.
New York landlords say they are at their breaking point as Mayor Zohran Mamdani begins to implement even more aggressive tenant-friendly policies.
New York landlords say they are at their breaking point as Mayor Zohran Mamdani begins to implement even more aggressive tenant-friendly policies.
NYC’s small landlords say they won’t survive Mamdani plan to freeze rent
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has criticized landlords and vowed to freeze what tenants in rent-stabilized apartments pay monthly.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:42 PM
“I can’t make ends meet on my passive income” is one of the least sympathetic things my ears can hear.