Ash’s 2026 Wine Thoughts
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Monday criticized the media and politicians, including Gov. JB Pritzker, for “trying to demonize” federal immigration agents and she urged citizens to thank law enforcement officers and “cook a meal for their families.”
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem accuses Gov. JB Pritzker and media of ‘trying to demonize’ immigration officers
Speaking in Florida, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem criticized Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and the media, and she urged citizens to thank law enforcement officers and “cook the…
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That sudden flourish of paper and chairs falling over you just heard were all the Third Amendment scholars across the land seeing their version of the bat signal
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He's called Claude, he's a lil French guy who lives in your phone and tells you what to do, like Napoleon.
January 15, 2026 at 5:25 AM
He's called Claude, he's a lil French guy who lives in your phone and tells you what to do, like Napoleon.
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The memo sure went out today.
BARTIROMO: Do you want President Trump to institute the Insurrection Act?
REP. GARBARINO: Maybe the only thing they can do is the Insurrection Act, but hopefully that's not the case. Having troops on the ground is not the best thing to do. It might be the last thing to do.
REP. GARBARINO: Maybe the only thing they can do is the Insurrection Act, but hopefully that's not the case. Having troops on the ground is not the best thing to do. It might be the last thing to do.
January 15, 2026 at 3:52 PM
The memo sure went out today.
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This is a critical point. What we're really witnessing is the *collapse* of law and order, brought about by Trump's lawless thugs. I think a lot of ordinary people intuitively understand that this is what's happening.
It is hard to explain institutional collapse to voters; videos where state actors are clearly acting in abusive ways explain themselves.
This is incredible: 81% of working class and 83% of young voters have seen video of Renee Good's killing, per new data I've obtained. Majority of working class disapproves of ICE enforcement. ICE brutality is breaking through big time.
Some thoughts on this here:
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
Some thoughts on this here:
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
January 15, 2026 at 12:43 PM
This is a critical point. What we're really witnessing is the *collapse* of law and order, brought about by Trump's lawless thugs. I think a lot of ordinary people intuitively understand that this is what's happening.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act, allowing him to deploy troops, to 'put an end' to protests in Minneapolis.
January 15, 2026 at 1:20 PM
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act, allowing him to deploy troops, to 'put an end' to protests in Minneapolis.
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The Minneapolis mayor and police chief do not get it. By admonishing protesters, they are telling the WRONG PEOPLE to de-escalate and remain peaceful. They literally told everyone to go home tonight.
This is not going to solve their problem.
This is not going to solve their problem.
January 15, 2026 at 4:49 AM
The Minneapolis mayor and police chief do not get it. By admonishing protesters, they are telling the WRONG PEOPLE to de-escalate and remain peaceful. They literally told everyone to go home tonight.
This is not going to solve their problem.
This is not going to solve their problem.
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These ICE agents are going to be fending off a guy riding a moose and a woman armed with a lobster when they go to Maine
January 15, 2026 at 4:55 AM
These ICE agents are going to be fending off a guy riding a moose and a woman armed with a lobster when they go to Maine
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Once again gender studies comes into play - most dangerous time for an abused spouse is when they are trying to leave.
Just guessing here, but I suspect the White House is pushing so hard for wars of conquest on multiple fronts because they see their support collapsing ahead of the midterms and worry they won't get another shot. An example of how tyrants become more dangerous as they get weaker, not less.
January 14, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Once again gender studies comes into play - most dangerous time for an abused spouse is when they are trying to leave.
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"When they murder you, you can see their face" is not enough of an ask.
Hakeem Jeffries is still talking about body cameras and "no masks" for ICE.
January 15, 2026 at 4:34 AM
"When they murder you, you can see their face" is not enough of an ask.
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Just crazy watching an American city fully under attack
January 15, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Just crazy watching an American city fully under attack
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We are at the “Minnesotans are spray painting their broiler pans for body armor” stage of the fight
@statuscoupnews.bsky.social interviewing this woman in Minneapolis right now who said she came out of her home, wearing whatever she could grab to protect herself from ICE agents. You do what you can, with what you got.
January 15, 2026 at 4:18 AM
We are at the “Minnesotans are spray painting their broiler pans for body armor” stage of the fight
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Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
January 15, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
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The complicated reality is there are 3 things happening simultaneously:
-Trump preternaturally understands the ebb and flow of the media and does perform for it
-His inner circle is in a mad dash to turn the US into a fascist ethnostate
-Like all authoritarian regimes, they're grossly incompetent
-Trump preternaturally understands the ebb and flow of the media and does perform for it
-His inner circle is in a mad dash to turn the US into a fascist ethnostate
-Like all authoritarian regimes, they're grossly incompetent
Cripes a’mighty people, Steven Miller is not staging a militarized ethnic cleansing and sending the border cops to murder people in the street to distract from the Epstein files. He’s doing it because he and Trump (and Vance and Homan and Noem etc) really really want to.
January 15, 2026 at 3:39 AM
The complicated reality is there are 3 things happening simultaneously:
-Trump preternaturally understands the ebb and flow of the media and does perform for it
-His inner circle is in a mad dash to turn the US into a fascist ethnostate
-Like all authoritarian regimes, they're grossly incompetent
-Trump preternaturally understands the ebb and flow of the media and does perform for it
-His inner circle is in a mad dash to turn the US into a fascist ethnostate
-Like all authoritarian regimes, they're grossly incompetent
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Insane footage from on the ground in Minneapolis. Trump continues to turn our neighborhoods into war zones. This is not normal.
🚨BREAKING: ICE unleashes ONSLAUGHT of flash bang grenades and chemical ammunition at unarmed Minneapolis protesters in WAR-LIKE attack. Several protesters struck. Our reporter @zdroberts.bsky.social struck in the head.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Insane footage from on the ground in Minneapolis. Trump continues to turn our neighborhoods into war zones. This is not normal.
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Trump's got 56-year-old suburban moms out here cheerfully taking flash bangs and tear gas directly to the face armed with nothing but a whistle www.youtube.com/live/TewasUR...
January 15, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Trump's got 56-year-old suburban moms out here cheerfully taking flash bangs and tear gas directly to the face armed with nothing but a whistle www.youtube.com/live/TewasUR...
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hurts to see someone living your dream
Tinder date sting tricks Secret Service agent into spilling Vance security secrets: report www.rawstory.com/secret-servi...
Tinder date sting tricks Secret Service agent into spilling Vance security secrets: report
Vice President JD Vance and the Secret Service were sent scrambling after an agent assigned to his security detail reportedly spilled sensitive security information to a Tinder date who turned out to ...
www.rawstory.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:26 AM
hurts to see someone living your dream
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Trump is desperately trying to cause a Kent state. People forget about how he tear gassed the protestors in Lafayette Park
January 15, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Trump is desperately trying to cause a Kent state. People forget about how he tear gassed the protestors in Lafayette Park
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Best to assume they are lying about everything; it is a guarantee that they are lying about at least some of it
January 15, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Best to assume they are lying about everything; it is a guarantee that they are lying about at least some of it
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I am not going to comment on the details of the recent reported ICE shooting in Minneapolis aside from saying that all extant details suggest a situation which could degenerate rapidly. Be careful.
January 15, 2026 at 2:51 AM
I am not going to comment on the details of the recent reported ICE shooting in Minneapolis aside from saying that all extant details suggest a situation which could degenerate rapidly. Be careful.
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Stephen Miller and Trump want conflict and crisis to unleash the Insurrection Act.
It's necessary for martial law, which is the end game.
Everyone who says that is impossible isn't paying attention.
It's necessary for martial law, which is the end game.
Everyone who says that is impossible isn't paying attention.
BREAKING: A federal officer shot a person in the leg after being attacked with a shovel during a Minneapolis arrest, an AP source says.
Federal officer shoots person in leg after being attacked during Minneapolis arrest, AP source says
A federal officer has shot a person in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel during an arrest Wednesday.
bit.ly
January 15, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Stephen Miller and Trump want conflict and crisis to unleash the Insurrection Act.
It's necessary for martial law, which is the end game.
Everyone who says that is impossible isn't paying attention.
It's necessary for martial law, which is the end game.
Everyone who says that is impossible isn't paying attention.
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Zero reason to believe any statement about the latest ICE shooting in Minneapolis from any level of law enforcement or DHS
January 15, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Zero reason to believe any statement about the latest ICE shooting in Minneapolis from any level of law enforcement or DHS
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remember when centrists confidently asserted that dems should avoid talking about immigration because it was a GOP 80/20 issue
Trump Net-Approval On:
Immigration: -23%
Venezuela: -24%
Foreign Policy: -24%
Economy: -25%
AP-NORC / Jan 11, 2026
Immigration: -23%
Venezuela: -24%
Foreign Policy: -24%
Economy: -25%
AP-NORC / Jan 11, 2026
January 14, 2026 at 10:37 PM
remember when centrists confidently asserted that dems should avoid talking about immigration because it was a GOP 80/20 issue