Jim Koppes
@koppesetic.bsky.social
He/Him
Star Trek, Mets, and music fan trying to get by in an increasingly hateful world. Trying to be an ally to those who really need it.
Star Trek, Mets, and music fan trying to get by in an increasingly hateful world. Trying to be an ally to those who really need it.
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The shadow cabinet idea was a great idea and should have been implemented a year ago. Would have presented an organized, unified response to the chaos, issue by issue, by people with expertise.
Democrats could act like a real opposition party, refusing to validate Trump malfeasance with votes, and setting up a shadow cabinet that regularly communicates how Democrats would be different. But nah.
It’s not only a majority of Democratic voters that hate this approach. US allies see it too.
It’s not only a majority of Democratic voters that hate this approach. US allies see it too.
The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
January 18, 2026 at 11:29 PM
The shadow cabinet idea was a great idea and should have been implemented a year ago. Would have presented an organized, unified response to the chaos, issue by issue, by people with expertise.
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The Independent: "A hundred days of Gaza ceasefire? For us, the war continues in all but name."
The conditions are dire and the civilians rely on our donations to survive.
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can take care of her children. And to others. ❤️🙏
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The conditions are dire and the civilians rely on our donations to survive.
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can take care of her children. And to others. ❤️🙏
chuffed.org/project/1587...
January 18, 2026 at 3:33 PM
The Independent: "A hundred days of Gaza ceasefire? For us, the war continues in all but name."
The conditions are dire and the civilians rely on our donations to survive.
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can take care of her children. And to others. ❤️🙏
chuffed.org/project/1587...
The conditions are dire and the civilians rely on our donations to survive.
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can take care of her children. And to others. ❤️🙏
chuffed.org/project/1587...
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From Boise to Weelaunee: VIVA TORTUGUITA
December 17, 2024 at 6:46 PM
From Boise to Weelaunee: VIVA TORTUGUITA
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A peaceful moment in community. Rest in power, Tort.
January 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A peaceful moment in community. Rest in power, Tort.
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From Boise to Weelaunee: VIVA TORTUGUITA
January 18, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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If God is reading the news correctly, the US government is deploying two army battalions to Minnesota to distract from their illegal non release of the Epstein files, is that right?
January 18, 2026 at 4:06 PM
If God is reading the news correctly, the US government is deploying two army battalions to Minnesota to distract from their illegal non release of the Epstein files, is that right?
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Here’s the video of this giant Secret Service oh so gently intimidating a US citizen over making mild expressions of free political speech
January 17, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Here’s the video of this giant Secret Service oh so gently intimidating a US citizen over making mild expressions of free political speech
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Happy 11th anniversary of me losing my fucking mind over this QVC clip
January 18, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Happy 11th anniversary of me losing my fucking mind over this QVC clip
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.@PabloReports: What do you make of the Ford worker who called Trump a pedophile protector?
AOC: He’s right
AOC: He’s right
January 14, 2026 at 11:18 PM
.@PabloReports: What do you make of the Ford worker who called Trump a pedophile protector?
AOC: He’s right
AOC: He’s right
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Cartoon by Nick Anderson | Tribune Content Agency
January 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Cartoon by Nick Anderson | Tribune Content Agency
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70% of all Harris voters in 2024 and 65% of all self identified Democrats believe Israel has committed genocide
60% of Democrats believe Israel kills children intentionally and whopping 77% overall have a negative view of Israel.
60% of Democrats believe Israel kills children intentionally and whopping 77% overall have a negative view of Israel.
January 17, 2026 at 8:48 PM
70% of all Harris voters in 2024 and 65% of all self identified Democrats believe Israel has committed genocide
60% of Democrats believe Israel kills children intentionally and whopping 77% overall have a negative view of Israel.
60% of Democrats believe Israel kills children intentionally and whopping 77% overall have a negative view of Israel.
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No. We don’t need to “modify ICE training.” We need to close DHS. Dismantle it. It’s an outdated expensive bureaucracy that’s been usurped by violent white supremacists. Shut it down.
January 18, 2026 at 12:19 AM
No. We don’t need to “modify ICE training.” We need to close DHS. Dismantle it. It’s an outdated expensive bureaucracy that’s been usurped by violent white supremacists. Shut it down.
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The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work.
Really depraved shit.
Really depraved shit.
A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
ICE agents ate at a Minnesota Mexican restaurant before arresting staff
Immigration law enforcement agents reportedly followed employees out of the restaurant after they closed for the evening
www.independent.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 12:13 AM
The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work.
Really depraved shit.
Really depraved shit.
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Today you should send love to your trans friends. Tomorrow, too. Maybe every day for a while.
January 7, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Today you should send love to your trans friends. Tomorrow, too. Maybe every day for a while.
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
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The double pardon really gives away the game. Adriana Camberos started her second round of fraud just weeks after her first pardon. She was charged, convicted, imprisoned…and pardoned again. Trump supporters are permitted unlimited crimes, while the rest of us can get beaten by the secret police.
President Trump quietly issued clemency grants this week, including to a California woman he had pardoned once before and a man whose daughter had donated millions to a Trump super PAC.
Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time
The president issued a raft of clemency grants this week, including pardoning a woman he had given relief to once before and a man whose daughter had donated millions to a Trump super PAC.
nyti.ms
January 16, 2026 at 7:42 PM
The double pardon really gives away the game. Adriana Camberos started her second round of fraud just weeks after her first pardon. She was charged, convicted, imprisoned…and pardoned again. Trump supporters are permitted unlimited crimes, while the rest of us can get beaten by the secret police.
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Because it's an ethnic cleansing. That's what they're doing, and that's what they want. We need to be clear about this.
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Because it's an ethnic cleansing. That's what they're doing, and that's what they want. We need to be clear about this.
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Trump praised Hitler, has operated concentration camps, is engaged in ethnic cleansing of America, is using troops against innocent citizens, is invading U.S. states, is committing mass murders and acts of war and is overthrowing foreign countries. We know where this is going.
January 15, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Trump praised Hitler, has operated concentration camps, is engaged in ethnic cleansing of America, is using troops against innocent citizens, is invading U.S. states, is committing mass murders and acts of war and is overthrowing foreign countries. We know where this is going.
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schumer laser-focused on ignoring the softball pitch heading for his bat
Just got this forwarded. Here are the talking points Schumer's team just emailed out to their allies TODAY - this afternoon.
The words "Minnesota" or "ICE" don't appear anywhere here.
The words "Minnesota" or "ICE" don't appear anywhere here.
January 15, 2026 at 9:27 PM
schumer laser-focused on ignoring the softball pitch heading for his bat
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The ironic thing here is that they're using the effect from the series finale of Lower Decks where the Cerritos keeps changing classes forms in the anomaly and they exclude the Cerritos!
Here's the new #StarTrek 60th anniversary bumper video that will play before every new episode of the franchise in 2026, beginning with today's #StarfleetAcademy series debut
January 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
The ironic thing here is that they're using the effect from the series finale of Lower Decks where the Cerritos keeps changing classes forms in the anomaly and they exclude the Cerritos!
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We recently tested ~ a dozen public statements from a diverse set of Democratic elected officials on the murder of Renee Good and this was the top testing one
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
We recently tested ~ a dozen public statements from a diverse set of Democratic elected officials on the murder of Renee Good and this was the top testing one
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Schumer is worse than fucking useless. We need to primary him and get him out of the Senate (and get rid of Gillibrand in 2030, if the country is still here by then)..
Schumer as a major American metro is being brutally occupied by Trump goons: "The affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what the American people are demanding"
January 15, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Schumer is worse than fucking useless. We need to primary him and get him out of the Senate (and get rid of Gillibrand in 2030, if the country is still here by then)..