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Cities and states like Minneapolis and Minnesota are in an asymmetric fight and must respond with asymmetric tactics.
When outnumbered and outgunned, leverage unique strengths and exploit the their weaknesses.
- Lodging
- Transport
- Fuel
- Food
Their logistical tail is their vulnerability.
When outnumbered and outgunned, leverage unique strengths and exploit the their weaknesses.
- Lodging
- Transport
- Fuel
- Food
Their logistical tail is their vulnerability.
January 16, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Cities and states like Minneapolis and Minnesota are in an asymmetric fight and must respond with asymmetric tactics.
When outnumbered and outgunned, leverage unique strengths and exploit the their weaknesses.
- Lodging
- Transport
- Fuel
- Food
Their logistical tail is their vulnerability.
When outnumbered and outgunned, leverage unique strengths and exploit the their weaknesses.
- Lodging
- Transport
- Fuel
- Food
Their logistical tail is their vulnerability.
Reposted by David Helms
Temporary power, permanent consequences 💥
January 14, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Temporary power, permanent consequences 💥
Reposted by David Helms
“Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible:
The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic” — niemanreports.org/npr-twitter-...
The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic” — niemanreports.org/npr-twitter-...
Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible - Nieman Reports
The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic
niemanreports.org
January 11, 2026 at 10:50 PM
“Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible:
The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic” — niemanreports.org/npr-twitter-...
The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic” — niemanreports.org/npr-twitter-...
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
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Principles only matter when they're hard to keep.
January 10, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Principles only matter when they're hard to keep.
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Reposted by David Helms
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If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
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The FIFA Peace Prize used to mean something
January 3, 2026 at 6:12 PM
The FIFA Peace Prize used to mean something
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It's pretty fucking fearless to go back and do your goddamn oversight visit where they last framed you for assault.
‼️💥 Today, we are outside Delaney Hall in support of Congresswoman
@replamonica.bsky.social
and Congressman
@menendez.house.gov
as they conduct an Oversight visit following the devastating loss of Jean Wilson Brutus, a community member detained at Delaney Hall earlier this month.
@replamonica.bsky.social
and Congressman
@menendez.house.gov
as they conduct an Oversight visit following the devastating loss of Jean Wilson Brutus, a community member detained at Delaney Hall earlier this month.
December 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It's pretty fucking fearless to go back and do your goddamn oversight visit where they last framed you for assault.
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Josh Goldstein
@joshisimmigration.bsky.social
@joshisimmigration.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Josh Goldstein
@joshisimmigration.bsky.social
@joshisimmigration.bsky.social
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"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
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“We are targeting Venezuela because of DRUGS, not OIL, which is why we are blowing up boats without any drugs and stealing a tanker full of oil.”
December 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“We are targeting Venezuela because of DRUGS, not OIL, which is why we are blowing up boats without any drugs and stealing a tanker full of oil.”
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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None of the people in the boats the US has illegally bombed are "in the fight" because the US is not at war, no matter how much the Trump regime insists
December 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
None of the people in the boats the US has illegally bombed are "in the fight" because the US is not at war, no matter how much the Trump regime insists
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There’s also something especially crazy-making about SCOTUS’s “eagerness to playact a district court” (Kagan) in a *shadow docket* decision that doesn’t really engage with the facts at all. The gap between the professionalism of the district courts and SCOTUS’s arbitrariness couldn’t be more obvious
There are so many things wrong with this ruling, including the total disregard for the clear error standard. But what really gets me is the notion that legislatures can evade judicial review of their maps simply by passing them as close as possible to Election Day
December 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
There’s also something especially crazy-making about SCOTUS’s “eagerness to playact a district court” (Kagan) in a *shadow docket* decision that doesn’t really engage with the facts at all. The gap between the professionalism of the district courts and SCOTUS’s arbitrariness couldn’t be more obvious
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Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.
December 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.
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Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
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no different to a U boat sinking a ship then surfacing to machine gun survivors in the water
no different
no different
"The DOD Manual is clear because the law here is clear: 'Persons who have been incapacitated by . . . shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable and inhumane to make them the object of attack.'"
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:52 AM
no different to a U boat sinking a ship then surfacing to machine gun survivors in the water
no different
no different
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Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.