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"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
Dispatch from the occupation
What life is like in Minneapolis now
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:49 PM
New at Can We Still Govern?
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
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If a Democratic president had done something like this, Fox and the GOP would have turned Adriana Camberos into a household name à la Willie Horton or, yes, Hunter Biden.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
January 17, 2026 at 2:33 PM
If a Democratic president had done something like this, Fox and the GOP would have turned Adriana Camberos into a household name à la Willie Horton or, yes, Hunter Biden.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
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Do you know why you've heard of the Boston Massacre? Because in 1768, when the British military began occupying Boston, Bostonians syndicated a "Journal of Occurrences" in newspapers around the country to help Americans understand what abuse of power looks like. By the 1770s, readers understood.
January 16, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Do you know why you've heard of the Boston Massacre? Because in 1768, when the British military began occupying Boston, Bostonians syndicated a "Journal of Occurrences" in newspapers around the country to help Americans understand what abuse of power looks like. By the 1770s, readers understood.
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These ICE agents are the guys who could not get jobs as crossing guards. The old ICE was a specialized unit, highly trained in dealing with smugglers, human traffickers and, you know, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The new ICE is a Brostapo more suited to Mar A Lago parking enforcement.
A former federal agent after watching the New York Times breakdown of the ICE shooting:
January 17, 2026 at 1:52 AM
These ICE agents are the guys who could not get jobs as crossing guards. The old ICE was a specialized unit, highly trained in dealing with smugglers, human traffickers and, you know, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The new ICE is a Brostapo more suited to Mar A Lago parking enforcement.
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next reporter who interviews stephen miller should ask him point blank if his goal in minneapolis is to kill more americans
January 17, 2026 at 2:18 AM
next reporter who interviews stephen miller should ask him point blank if his goal in minneapolis is to kill more americans
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If all you're willing to do is say "We're cooked" on a social media site, maybe it is all over.
If you're willing to struggle alongside your friends and neighbors for democracy, then we've got a chance.
If you're willing to struggle alongside your friends and neighbors for democracy, then we've got a chance.
January 15, 2026 at 8:38 PM
If all you're willing to do is say "We're cooked" on a social media site, maybe it is all over.
If you're willing to struggle alongside your friends and neighbors for democracy, then we've got a chance.
If you're willing to struggle alongside your friends and neighbors for democracy, then we've got a chance.
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I've seen some folks giving into doomerism by citing the US's history of paramilitary violence shutting down fair elections in the South, and I want to add some historical context to support Jamelle here (as an historian of Reconstruction paramilitary violence)
the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 8:22 PM
I've seen some folks giving into doomerism by citing the US's history of paramilitary violence shutting down fair elections in the South, and I want to add some historical context to support Jamelle here (as an historian of Reconstruction paramilitary violence)
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I genuinely don't understood how America took the emoluments clause -- the common-sense bar on a president using his powers to line his own pockets, a law children can understand -- and just said, nah, that doesn't apply for our Very Special Boy.
He’s turned the presidency into the world’s largest ATM machine.
January 17, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I genuinely don't understood how America took the emoluments clause -- the common-sense bar on a president using his powers to line his own pockets, a law children can understand -- and just said, nah, that doesn't apply for our Very Special Boy.
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Trump is so determined to end fraud that he has pardoned one person *twice* for engaging in criminal fraud.
January 16, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Trump is so determined to end fraud that he has pardoned one person *twice* for engaging in criminal fraud.
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More unaccountable thuggery, via the AP Twitter account. After being screamed at not to knee him in the face, the agent...knees him in the face again. See for yourself
January 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM
More unaccountable thuggery, via the AP Twitter account. After being screamed at not to knee him in the face, the agent...knees him in the face again. See for yourself
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I know some things are more important but I’m legitimately so fucking sick of the federal government posting like stormfront
January 16, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I know some things are more important but I’m legitimately so fucking sick of the federal government posting like stormfront
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The Trump Administration treats its supporters and donors as above the law, able to violate your rights with impunity.
Treat them accordingly.
Treat them accordingly.
NY Times: “Trump pardons a convicted fraudster for the second time.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM
The Trump Administration treats its supporters and donors as above the law, able to violate your rights with impunity.
Treat them accordingly.
Treat them accordingly.
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Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune
January 16, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune
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this is a rollicking great read
it's a story of a bunch of tenured idealists who believed that they were building a university dedicated to free speech and free inquiry, but then lost control of their project to... the right-wing megadonors who funded the university
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
it's a story of a bunch of tenured idealists who believed that they were building a university dedicated to free speech and free inquiry, but then lost control of their project to... the right-wing megadonors who funded the university
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
They Wanted a University Without Cancel Culture. Then Dissenters Were Ousted.
Inside the civil war at the anti-woke university backed by Bari Weiss.
www.politico.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:28 PM
this is a rollicking great read
it's a story of a bunch of tenured idealists who believed that they were building a university dedicated to free speech and free inquiry, but then lost control of their project to... the right-wing megadonors who funded the university
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
it's a story of a bunch of tenured idealists who believed that they were building a university dedicated to free speech and free inquiry, but then lost control of their project to... the right-wing megadonors who funded the university
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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This is what losing looks like www.axios.com/2026/01/16/t...
Trump's immigration erosion worries his team
Some Trump advisers quietly are talking about "recalibrating" the White House's approach — though it's unclear what changes Trump would embrace, if any.
www.axios.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:42 PM
This is what losing looks like www.axios.com/2026/01/16/t...
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Again it is something that people in previous eras have commented on but I still find it just astonishing to witness in my own: fascism is somehow the natural ideology of loser men, just all of our most pathetic and contemptible instincts rendered into a worldview.
imagine letting these people run anything more consequential than a lemonade stand
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk admits cheating at video games, chat transcript appears to show
Video posted by top gamer shows what he says is X conversation in which billionaire admits ‘account boosting’
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Again it is something that people in previous eras have commented on but I still find it just astonishing to witness in my own: fascism is somehow the natural ideology of loser men, just all of our most pathetic and contemptible instincts rendered into a worldview.
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Unprecedented presidency-ending corruption for anyone from Truman to Obama.
The deal has kick-started the president’s controversial plan to sell up to 50mn barrels of Venezuelan oil, with more sales expected in the ‘coming days and weeks’. ft.trib.al/a2pf6om
January 16, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Unprecedented presidency-ending corruption for anyone from Truman to Obama.
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That this is considered scandalous demonstrates how far Trump has moved our standards of decency. Armed men in tactical gear and masks come into a restaurant? Of course, decent people should demand they leave. Those are people setting standards for their own community.
January 15, 2026 at 9:31 PM
That this is considered scandalous demonstrates how far Trump has moved our standards of decency. Armed men in tactical gear and masks come into a restaurant? Of course, decent people should demand they leave. Those are people setting standards for their own community.
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“Like hashtags, but for stocks” has a real “ALF is back, in pog form” energy.
January 15, 2026 at 8:50 PM
“Like hashtags, but for stocks” has a real “ALF is back, in pog form” energy.
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Lots of Trump’s remarks are what I think of as “threesome jokes.” As in “Ha ha, of course I wasn’t serious about having a threesome with your friend. Unless you’re into it, in which case, how about Saturday?”
Q: Americans for generations have fought and died for democracy. Are you saying the president finds the idea of canceling elections funny?
LEAVITT: Where you in the room? Only someone like you would take that so seriously
LEAVITT: Where you in the room? Only someone like you would take that so seriously
January 15, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Lots of Trump’s remarks are what I think of as “threesome jokes.” As in “Ha ha, of course I wasn’t serious about having a threesome with your friend. Unless you’re into it, in which case, how about Saturday?”
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This is a huge and very welcome change. But also, wow is this ever frustrating. Dem strategists have been ignoring mountains of extremely vivid data from many sources on the necessity of this shift since at least early 2024. Short 🧵.
Remarkable: David Shor's firm is circulating a memo among Dems that finds footage of ICE shooting significantly drives up Trump's disapproval. I obtained the memo here.
It also finds broad support for Dem plans to rein in ICE. If even Shor's firm is finding this...
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
It also finds broad support for Dem plans to rein in ICE. If even Shor's firm is finding this...
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
January 15, 2026 at 5:49 PM
This is a huge and very welcome change. But also, wow is this ever frustrating. Dem strategists have been ignoring mountains of extremely vivid data from many sources on the necessity of this shift since at least early 2024. Short 🧵.
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as someone from western canada it brings something to mind
January 15, 2026 at 7:12 PM
as someone from western canada it brings something to mind
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They are increasingly pissing off "middle" Americans, and the more people see this sort of stuff on TV the less they will be able to pretend it's being caused by violent criminals or illegal immigrants.
The insanity of what they are attempting is pretty wild when you think about it.
The insanity of what they are attempting is pretty wild when you think about it.
🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants—it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @ZDRoberts after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 4:20 AM
They are increasingly pissing off "middle" Americans, and the more people see this sort of stuff on TV the less they will be able to pretend it's being caused by violent criminals or illegal immigrants.
The insanity of what they are attempting is pretty wild when you think about it.
The insanity of what they are attempting is pretty wild when you think about it.
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looks like donald trump used the military to do a smash and grab for his personal benefit
Seizure ... by whom? If we're asserting that the money is safer in Qatar than the US, that suggests that it is being protected because Qatar has something the US lacks — presumably a lack of accountability to American courts and Congress. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
January 15, 2026 at 4:01 AM
looks like donald trump used the military to do a smash and grab for his personal benefit
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I really dont understand how Abolish Ice isn't default messaging from anybody who isn't tied to this administration
They are a literal gestapo. There is no reforming this
It's the same dumbasses who stormed the Capitol!
Harry Potter and Chamber of Secrets is older than ICE, you can get rid of it
They are a literal gestapo. There is no reforming this
It's the same dumbasses who stormed the Capitol!
Harry Potter and Chamber of Secrets is older than ICE, you can get rid of it
January 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I really dont understand how Abolish Ice isn't default messaging from anybody who isn't tied to this administration
They are a literal gestapo. There is no reforming this
It's the same dumbasses who stormed the Capitol!
Harry Potter and Chamber of Secrets is older than ICE, you can get rid of it
They are a literal gestapo. There is no reforming this
It's the same dumbasses who stormed the Capitol!
Harry Potter and Chamber of Secrets is older than ICE, you can get rid of it