Dan
@dtodd-411.bsky.social
Novice guitarist, love live music, Wizards, O's and my fam.
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Do any Republicans in Congress care about Trump grabbing oil from Venezuela, handing it off to his megadonors to sell on the international market to whoever, depositing the proceeds in foreign bank accounts, then spending the money however he sees fit with no input from Congress?
January 16, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Do any Republicans in Congress care about Trump grabbing oil from Venezuela, handing it off to his megadonors to sell on the international market to whoever, depositing the proceeds in foreign bank accounts, then spending the money however he sees fit with no input from Congress?
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The AP source is almost certainly a federal official and should be presumed to be lying
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 3:20 AM
The AP source is almost certainly a federal official and should be presumed to be lying
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The insult added to injury is that the most productive parts of the country are being forced to finance their own occupation and brutalization.
Koh: Trump has now spent $30 billion from the last bill for 10,000 more I.C.E. Agents that are going to be on the streets. That $30 billion would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year. It would eliminate all co-pays for prescription drugs for people from a year, and eliminate all medical debt.
January 15, 2026 at 3:26 AM
The insult added to injury is that the most productive parts of the country are being forced to finance their own occupation and brutalization.
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I think Democrats in Congress should begin to make the argument that any attack against Greenland, and Denmark as a NATO ally, absent congressional authorization is an illegal order that must be disobeyed.
January 15, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I think Democrats in Congress should begin to make the argument that any attack against Greenland, and Denmark as a NATO ally, absent congressional authorization is an illegal order that must be disobeyed.
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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 2:39 AM
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.
great list here. Especially #3.
“But what do you expect Democrats to doo-hooo?”
1) Refuse to fund this criminal government anymore.
2) EVERY one of them call to abolish ICE (and bonus, DHS). No more “they need training” shit. Promise prosecutions.
3) EVERY one of them call for Trump’s impeachment, relentlessly, EVERY day.
1) Refuse to fund this criminal government anymore.
2) EVERY one of them call to abolish ICE (and bonus, DHS). No more “they need training” shit. Promise prosecutions.
3) EVERY one of them call for Trump’s impeachment, relentlessly, EVERY day.
January 13, 2026 at 9:50 PM
great list here. Especially #3.
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👇🎯 ~1/3 to 1/5 of the electorate in ~every rich democracy today supports far right/authoritarian parties. The difference, in 🇺🇸, is that of our political institutions are deeply minoritarian & antidemocratic (bsky.app/profile/mcop...) & have enabled that minority to become a governing majority.
One-third is the cursèd number in political psychology: in many Western countries over the past century, ~1/3 of the population prefer authoritarianism to democracy.
That's about the proportion of Germans who voted to make Hitler Chancellor & even now in Europe, 1/3 of whites want authoritarianism.
That's about the proportion of Germans who voted to make Hitler Chancellor & even now in Europe, 1/3 of whites want authoritarianism.
January 13, 2026 at 5:39 PM
👇🎯 ~1/3 to 1/5 of the electorate in ~every rich democracy today supports far right/authoritarian parties. The difference, in 🇺🇸, is that of our political institutions are deeply minoritarian & antidemocratic (bsky.app/profile/mcop...) & have enabled that minority to become a governing majority.
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That's, frankly, how trans people compromised..it's why there are regulations across sports that are "X years on HRT"
Sports have been self regulating trans participation for a while now, but then reactionary bigots gotta kool-aid man charge in 🤦
Sports have been self regulating trans participation for a while now, but then reactionary bigots gotta kool-aid man charge in 🤦
January 13, 2026 at 4:56 PM
That's, frankly, how trans people compromised..it's why there are regulations across sports that are "X years on HRT"
Sports have been self regulating trans participation for a while now, but then reactionary bigots gotta kool-aid man charge in 🤦
Sports have been self regulating trans participation for a while now, but then reactionary bigots gotta kool-aid man charge in 🤦
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I just want to remind everyone that Republicans polled no one when getting rid of USAID or the Department of Education both of which had been around scores longer than ICE.
Wow — New YouGov / Economist poll:
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
January 13, 2026 at 4:15 PM
I just want to remind everyone that Republicans polled no one when getting rid of USAID or the Department of Education both of which had been around scores longer than ICE.
Impeach and convict trump. Abolish ICE.
January 13, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Impeach and convict trump. Abolish ICE.
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the only reason "abolish ICE" is seen as radical is that no one will say it but the far left. if every normie Democrat started saying it tomorrow it would move the overton window so far you'd have to squint to find it. my kingdom for leaders who understand they can shape public opinion.
Democrats officially going all in on the mealy mouthed “ICE needs training” narrative.
No. ABOLISH ICE.
No. ABOLISH ICE.
WARNER: It used to take 5 to 6 months to get trained. They've now lowered the training period to 47 days. Why 47 days? Because Donald Trump's the 47th president. Tell me that's a rational approach
KERNEN: I'm not taking that bait
WARNER: Joe! You can't pick your facts
KERNEN: I'm not taking that bait
WARNER: Joe! You can't pick your facts
January 12, 2026 at 1:49 PM
the only reason "abolish ICE" is seen as radical is that no one will say it but the far left. if every normie Democrat started saying it tomorrow it would move the overton window so far you'd have to squint to find it. my kingdom for leaders who understand they can shape public opinion.
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"ICE agents suck and should be prosecuted, and ICE should have its funding cut" is now the majority sensible moderate centrist popularist abundance third way blah blah blah position.
Anyone who says otherwise—as many 'data-driven' 'liberal' pundits still do—is really just MAGA without the hat.
Anyone who says otherwise—as many 'data-driven' 'liberal' pundits still do—is really just MAGA without the hat.
This YouGov poll on ICE is really eye-opening. Public opinion has really swung against DHS/ICE and their terror regime.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:38 AM
"ICE agents suck and should be prosecuted, and ICE should have its funding cut" is now the majority sensible moderate centrist popularist abundance third way blah blah blah position.
Anyone who says otherwise—as many 'data-driven' 'liberal' pundits still do—is really just MAGA without the hat.
Anyone who says otherwise—as many 'data-driven' 'liberal' pundits still do—is really just MAGA without the hat.
Agree with this 100%
I think it’s because Trump is selfish, is of low intelligence, poorly understands how gov’t works, is hateful, has dementia, and is not being reined in by anyone in gov’t.
I do not think he is doing these things to distract from the Epstein files.
January 12, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Agree with this 100%
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Also, it's great that the bipartisan foreign policy diplomats & staffers are doing this. But I can't help but ask:
Where the hell are George W. Bush & Barack Obama & Bill Clinton & yes, also Mitt Romney?
Why aren't you in front of microphones all day, calling this out & demanding Trump's removal?
Where the hell are George W. Bush & Barack Obama & Bill Clinton & yes, also Mitt Romney?
Why aren't you in front of microphones all day, calling this out & demanding Trump's removal?
January 11, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Also, it's great that the bipartisan foreign policy diplomats & staffers are doing this. But I can't help but ask:
Where the hell are George W. Bush & Barack Obama & Bill Clinton & yes, also Mitt Romney?
Why aren't you in front of microphones all day, calling this out & demanding Trump's removal?
Where the hell are George W. Bush & Barack Obama & Bill Clinton & yes, also Mitt Romney?
Why aren't you in front of microphones all day, calling this out & demanding Trump's removal?
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With everything that has happened this week, you know what didn’t happen?
The release of the Epstein files.
The release of the Epstein files.
January 10, 2026 at 6:23 PM
With everything that has happened this week, you know what didn’t happen?
The release of the Epstein files.
The release of the Epstein files.
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The past couple days have made it clear that arresting and prosecuting Johnathan Ross isn’t just the right thing to do, it is necessary to prevent future violence by ICE who have interpreted the situation as “we can do that to whoever we want”
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The past couple days have made it clear that arresting and prosecuting Johnathan Ross isn’t just the right thing to do, it is necessary to prevent future violence by ICE who have interpreted the situation as “we can do that to whoever we want”
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I did a crisper version of this Andor remix if anyone is a completist.
January 10, 2026 at 2:09 AM
I did a crisper version of this Andor remix if anyone is a completist.
Maddening
Outrageous
7 Democrats just voted today to confirm a Trump judicial nominee who refused to say what happened on January 6 or answer who won the 2020 election:
Durbin
Hassan
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Shaheen
Welch
Durbin
Hassan
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Shaheen
Welch
January 10, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Maddening
This. Misogyny is playing a huge role in Ice’s brazen misconduct.
The ICE agent who shot Marimar Martinez in Chicago tried to goad her out of her car.
He said “do something b*tch” and shot her 5 times.
The ICE agent who shot Nicole Renee Good did the same thing. Stood right in front of her vehicle and yelled “f*cking bitch”.
They hate women & it shows.
He said “do something b*tch” and shot her 5 times.
The ICE agent who shot Nicole Renee Good did the same thing. Stood right in front of her vehicle and yelled “f*cking bitch”.
They hate women & it shows.
January 9, 2026 at 10:37 PM
This. Misogyny is playing a huge role in Ice’s brazen misconduct.
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This isn't good enough. The House doesn't need an "inquiry" it needs to force a vote on articles of impeachment. We all saw the video with our own eyes, and now we have the ICE agent's video, which is even more depraved.
Will you support articles of impeachment or not, @repauchincloss.bsky.social?
Will you support articles of impeachment or not, @repauchincloss.bsky.social?
ICE has become an instrument of fear, not an arm of the law. Congress should launch an impeachment inquiry into the DHS Secretary. She must answer for her leadership failure, and learn firsthand what due process looks like.
January 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
This isn't good enough. The House doesn't need an "inquiry" it needs to force a vote on articles of impeachment. We all saw the video with our own eyes, and now we have the ICE agent's video, which is even more depraved.
Will you support articles of impeachment or not, @repauchincloss.bsky.social?
Will you support articles of impeachment or not, @repauchincloss.bsky.social?
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Process critiques of monsters actually help the monsters. This type of criticism is like saying the real problem with Godzilla was that jay walked.
By refusing to coordinate with local law enforcement, ICE is not making our community safe. It is making it less safe.
www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
‘She was an amazing human being’: Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent
Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in Minneapolis with her partner just blocks from where she was shot.
www.startribune.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Process critiques of monsters actually help the monsters. This type of criticism is like saying the real problem with Godzilla was that jay walked.