Dr Bob
@drbob601.bsky.social
You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.
― Alexander Solzhenitsyn
― Alexander Solzhenitsyn
January 10, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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I would never accuse the Iraqi Army of being well trained or using a lot of restraint. And yet in Mosul I came to expect more discretion from the average Iraqi soldier than U.S. cops who have never taken incoming fire.
not for the first time I note these guys pulling shit that would have gotten you extremely killed in any actual insurgency situation
Minneapolis, after the murder of Renee Nicole Good.
January 10, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I would never accuse the Iraqi Army of being well trained or using a lot of restraint. And yet in Mosul I came to expect more discretion from the average Iraqi soldier than U.S. cops who have never taken incoming fire.
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Wow at this 2019 @radleybalko.bsky.social piece. The NYPD tried to use the "vehicle was a deadly weapon" excuse for excessive force
The video showed the officer was never in danger. Not only was the victim ruled innocent--the officer got convicted of perjury
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/201...
The video showed the officer was never in danger. Not only was the victim ruled innocent--the officer got convicted of perjury
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/201...
Opinion | Video completely undercuts former NYPD officer about alleged assault
A Brooklyn man faced 10 years in prison for driving his car at a police officer — but it never happened.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Wow at this 2019 @radleybalko.bsky.social piece. The NYPD tried to use the "vehicle was a deadly weapon" excuse for excessive force
The video showed the officer was never in danger. Not only was the victim ruled innocent--the officer got convicted of perjury
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/201...
The video showed the officer was never in danger. Not only was the victim ruled innocent--the officer got convicted of perjury
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/201...
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Thread. Scroll up.
They won't have the numbers to occupy the nation and force everyone to comply, and that's why they're engaged in such an aggressive show of force. They're hoping we all get cowed into submission and do their work of suppression ourselves.
Once again, no.
The mantra remains "fuck you, make me."
Once again, no.
The mantra remains "fuck you, make me."
January 10, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Thread. Scroll up.
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The response to the ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good is not what the White House was expecting.
Like with their hiding of the Epstein files, part of the fundamental problem they are facing is that the stories the Trump administration has built their movement on are being shown for their emptiness.
Like with their hiding of the Epstein files, part of the fundamental problem they are facing is that the stories the Trump administration has built their movement on are being shown for their emptiness.
January 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
The response to the ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good is not what the White House was expecting.
Like with their hiding of the Epstein files, part of the fundamental problem they are facing is that the stories the Trump administration has built their movement on are being shown for their emptiness.
Like with their hiding of the Epstein files, part of the fundamental problem they are facing is that the stories the Trump administration has built their movement on are being shown for their emptiness.
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I broke the story yesterday that masked ICE agents (not DOJ) were removing items including a personal computer from the home of Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who shot Renee Good. I have yet to see a single news outlet cover this or an elected official even acknowledge it.
NEW: These are ICE agents removing evidence from the shooter's home. They are not DOJ, they are Jonathan Ross's friends and coworkers, not DOJ.
This agent removing Ross's personal computer was reported yesterday Jan 9 for boxing in a volunteer and telling them "I'll dedicate my next arrest to you"
This agent removing Ross's personal computer was reported yesterday Jan 9 for boxing in a volunteer and telling them "I'll dedicate my next arrest to you"
January 10, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I broke the story yesterday that masked ICE agents (not DOJ) were removing items including a personal computer from the home of Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who shot Renee Good. I have yet to see a single news outlet cover this or an elected official even acknowledge it.
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People might argue that ICE is not recruiting quality agents.
But I would insist that they are in fact successfully recruiting the exact sort of person needed to carry out the mission: reactionary, angry, violent people who don’t believe in democracy.
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
But I would insist that they are in fact successfully recruiting the exact sort of person needed to carry out the mission: reactionary, angry, violent people who don’t believe in democracy.
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
Opinion | ICE's violence is no accident
Alan Elrod: The killing of a woman by an immigration enforcement officer in Minneapolis was the raw application of Trumpist authoritarianism.
www.ms.now
January 10, 2026 at 9:31 PM
People might argue that ICE is not recruiting quality agents.
But I would insist that they are in fact successfully recruiting the exact sort of person needed to carry out the mission: reactionary, angry, violent people who don’t believe in democracy.
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
But I would insist that they are in fact successfully recruiting the exact sort of person needed to carry out the mission: reactionary, angry, violent people who don’t believe in democracy.
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
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This woman is deeply disturbed.
January 10, 2026 at 7:35 PM
This woman is deeply disturbed.
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A white mother and U.S. citizen being shot and killed is not what they were sold, and it is a breaking point for many.
That does not, in any way, mean the other actions are not also important and indefensible, but it is a line *for those in the movement* that they thought would not be crossed.
That does not, in any way, mean the other actions are not also important and indefensible, but it is a line *for those in the movement* that they thought would not be crossed.
January 10, 2026 at 8:22 PM
A white mother and U.S. citizen being shot and killed is not what they were sold, and it is a breaking point for many.
That does not, in any way, mean the other actions are not also important and indefensible, but it is a line *for those in the movement* that they thought would not be crossed.
That does not, in any way, mean the other actions are not also important and indefensible, but it is a line *for those in the movement* that they thought would not be crossed.
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I'm not the first to say this but they think the chuds and perverts on X are representative of the US populace.
I really don't think it's registered for them that today's X isn't the US public square "freed" from ToS "censorship."
They treat that site as the voice of the people, and. Nope
I really don't think it's registered for them that today's X isn't the US public square "freed" from ToS "censorship."
They treat that site as the voice of the people, and. Nope
The response to the ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good is not what the White House was expecting.
Like with their hiding of the Epstein files, part of the fundamental problem they are facing is that the stories the Trump administration has built their movement on are being shown for their emptiness.
Like with their hiding of the Epstein files, part of the fundamental problem they are facing is that the stories the Trump administration has built their movement on are being shown for their emptiness.
January 10, 2026 at 9:29 PM
I'm not the first to say this but they think the chuds and perverts on X are representative of the US populace.
I really don't think it's registered for them that today's X isn't the US public square "freed" from ToS "censorship."
They treat that site as the voice of the people, and. Nope
I really don't think it's registered for them that today's X isn't the US public square "freed" from ToS "censorship."
They treat that site as the voice of the people, and. Nope
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For the Times, the point of the story was they got an interview, which gave them juice for a day. Nothing he said mattered more than the interview itself, so there's no need to keep talking about it.
It's remarkable that Trump's claim that there are no constraints on his power other than his "own morality"--that he thinks he can govern as a dictator--proved to be a 1-day story, with no follow-up coverage in the New York Times, to whom he said this, or, as far as I can tell, any other newspaper.
January 10, 2026 at 5:36 PM
For the Times, the point of the story was they got an interview, which gave them juice for a day. Nothing he said mattered more than the interview itself, so there's no need to keep talking about it.
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This is true but the larger problem is that if you had predicted any of this, it would have been dismissed as hysterical hyperbole by most *voters* (granting of course some chicken / egg stuff)
If you had predicted with precise accuracy any of our current top stories this week during the ‘24 election, it would have been dismissed as Trump Derangement Syndrome by most of the professional takesmiths.
January 10, 2026 at 4:42 PM
This is true but the larger problem is that if you had predicted any of this, it would have been dismissed as hysterical hyperbole by most *voters* (granting of course some chicken / egg stuff)
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If there are *any* Democrats in Congress who will still vote to keep funding this administration when it is using that money to terrorize our cities and refusing to allow congressional representatives their clear right to observe their activities, then those reps need to be primaried into retirement
I was just denied access to the ICE processing center at the Whipple Building.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
JUST NOW: Huge mass of agents in a standoff, weapons drawn as Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison attempt to conduct congressional oversight at the Whipple Building, which has been HQ for thousands of ICE agents.
@zeteo.com
@zeteo.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:49 PM
If there are *any* Democrats in Congress who will still vote to keep funding this administration when it is using that money to terrorize our cities and refusing to allow congressional representatives their clear right to observe their activities, then those reps need to be primaried into retirement
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Kind of crazy how much this was described as “getting up to look at his ballroom.” But isn’t it still just a hole in the ground?
January 10, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Kind of crazy how much this was described as “getting up to look at his ballroom.” But isn’t it still just a hole in the ground?
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what do you call it when a rogue armed government agency tells an elected official they dont care if theyre breaking the law
Rep. Angie Craig: "We were told because this facility is being funding by the 'Big Beautiful Bill,' not the congressional appropriations act, that we would not be allowed to enter the facility. That's complete nonsense ... I informed them they were violating the law. They said they didn't care."
January 10, 2026 at 5:15 PM
what do you call it when a rogue armed government agency tells an elected official they dont care if theyre breaking the law
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Posted by @liminalwarmth.bsky.social:
“Someone I personally know in Minneapolis posted this to Facebook a few hours ago. This isn’t what orderly law enforcement looks like. No charge, no location info? How do you even know citizens are getting due process here?”
“Someone I personally know in Minneapolis posted this to Facebook a few hours ago. This isn’t what orderly law enforcement looks like. No charge, no location info? How do you even know citizens are getting due process here?”
January 10, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Posted by @liminalwarmth.bsky.social:
“Someone I personally know in Minneapolis posted this to Facebook a few hours ago. This isn’t what orderly law enforcement looks like. No charge, no location info? How do you even know citizens are getting due process here?”
“Someone I personally know in Minneapolis posted this to Facebook a few hours ago. This isn’t what orderly law enforcement looks like. No charge, no location info? How do you even know citizens are getting due process here?”
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I’m noticing that Trumpers talking — on Facebook, or other social media, or interviews, etc. — are increasingly picking up on the administration’s stupid and censorial “libs are provoking this” narrative. Their support for free speech was always bullshit.
January 10, 2026 at 4:31 PM
I’m noticing that Trumpers talking — on Facebook, or other social media, or interviews, etc. — are increasingly picking up on the administration’s stupid and censorial “libs are provoking this” narrative. Their support for free speech was always bullshit.
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Decent people resist Gestapo.
January 10, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Decent people resist Gestapo.
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Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Saturday.
Rep. Angie Craig: "We were told because this facility is being funding by the 'Big Beautiful Bill,' not the congressional appropriations act, that we would not be allowed to enter the facility. That's complete nonsense ... I informed them they were violating the law. They said they didn't care."
January 10, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Saturday.
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an american city is fully under siege by an occupying army that is supposedly an arm of its own government
that army has already shot someone dead and is repeatedly threatening to do the same to anyone upset about its actions
intolerable situation
that army has already shot someone dead and is repeatedly threatening to do the same to anyone upset about its actions
intolerable situation
January 10, 2026 at 5:03 PM
an american city is fully under siege by an occupying army that is supposedly an arm of its own government
that army has already shot someone dead and is repeatedly threatening to do the same to anyone upset about its actions
intolerable situation
that army has already shot someone dead and is repeatedly threatening to do the same to anyone upset about its actions
intolerable situation
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Remember when Dems were all patting themselves on the back after stopping the shutdown because they said "it'll get the Epstein Files released" and people with a brain laughed at them and all reopening the govt really did was supercharge ICE with new money and allow Trump to attack Venezuela. Anyway
“‘Trump, J.D. Vance and Pam Bondi are engaged in one of the greatest cover-ups that we have seen when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein,’ Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Friday as she left the Capitol.” fox8.com/news/epstein...
‘Epstein files’ deadline lapses for third week, lawmakers press DOJ over delay
Friday marked three weeks since the congressionally imposed Dec. 19 deadline for the Department of Justice to release the so-called “Epstein files,” and some lawmakers say they won’t let the issue …
fox8.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Remember when Dems were all patting themselves on the back after stopping the shutdown because they said "it'll get the Epstein Files released" and people with a brain laughed at them and all reopening the govt really did was supercharge ICE with new money and allow Trump to attack Venezuela. Anyway
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Thank you TCW for this instant classic of Harper’s Letter sophistry, explaining that the categories "right" & "left" are unhelpful in understanding a campaign of kidnappings & assassinations undertaken by an ultra-right wing secret police force at the behest of an ultra-right wing political regime
January 10, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Thank you TCW for this instant classic of Harper’s Letter sophistry, explaining that the categories "right" & "left" are unhelpful in understanding a campaign of kidnappings & assassinations undertaken by an ultra-right wing secret police force at the behest of an ultra-right wing political regime
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All the lies they're telling about Renee Good are in service of an even bigger lie: that individual human lives have no intrinsic worth and are therefore theirs to dispose of. publiccomment.blog/p/the-poison...
The Poison Always Drips Through
On Renee Good and George Floyd
publiccomment.blog
January 9, 2026 at 9:34 PM
All the lies they're telling about Renee Good are in service of an even bigger lie: that individual human lives have no intrinsic worth and are therefore theirs to dispose of. publiccomment.blog/p/the-poison...
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NOBEL COMMITTEE STATEMENT:
“Once announced, the Nobel Prize cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to another person.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
“Once announced, the Nobel Prize cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to another person.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
January 10, 2026 at 3:05 PM
NOBEL COMMITTEE STATEMENT:
“Once announced, the Nobel Prize cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to another person.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
“Once announced, the Nobel Prize cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to another person.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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The small number of people who noted at the time that creating a department of fatherland security might be a bad idea were easily drowned out. In the post 9/11 world you had to take action!
Democrats who want to abolish ice should start introducing legislation to roll back the creation of DHS. It was a specific post 9/11 law that combined previously extant functions into a single new department. Let’s start getting that model legislation out there. (Is it already?)
January 10, 2026 at 2:37 PM
The small number of people who noted at the time that creating a department of fatherland security might be a bad idea were easily drowned out. In the post 9/11 world you had to take action!