michaelbransbury.bsky.social
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Ideas are silly and impossible and unrealistic until they're not
Germany's paper of record (not exactly a paragon of progressiveness) comes out in favor of boycotting the World Cup.
Fußball-WM 2026: Sollte der DFB über einen Boykott nachdenken?
Die Fußballwelt als Staffage: An Donald Trumps Politik wird auch die Weltmeisterschaft nichts ändern. Die Positionierung des DFB scheint klar.
www.faz.net
January 26, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Ideas are silly and impossible and unrealistic until they're not
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Trump reassigning cosplaying Nazi Greg Bovino to another city and sending Tom Homan to run the ICE operations in Minnesota is meaningless BS! This is akin to Jefferson Davis changing generals because there are loses--not because there is a change of heart. Trump is still waging a war upon us!
January 26, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Trump reassigning cosplaying Nazi Greg Bovino to another city and sending Tom Homan to run the ICE operations in Minnesota is meaningless BS! This is akin to Jefferson Davis changing generals because there are loses--not because there is a change of heart. Trump is still waging a war upon us!
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derek chauvin was a minneapolis police department trainer too
The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.”
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
January 26, 2026 at 10:27 PM
derek chauvin was a minneapolis police department trainer too
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I really think this is a consequence of dehumanizing others. They can't empathize with those they're going to occupy/bomb/otherwise terrorize, and so can't imagine normal human reactions to these things.
even as a teenager in the 2000s, I always found it fascinatingly stupid when supposedly-smart analysts claimed they just couldn't understand why people in Iraq and Afghanistan were resisting the U.S. occupation.
is "people don't like it when you violently invade them" really all that mysterious
is "people don't like it when you violently invade them" really all that mysterious
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 9:42 PM
I really think this is a consequence of dehumanizing others. They can't empathize with those they're going to occupy/bomb/otherwise terrorize, and so can't imagine normal human reactions to these things.
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They desperately need their villain to be a black transgender marxist activist. The bad guy cannot be suburban VA nurse. It fucks up the whole storyline.
January 26, 2026 at 9:46 PM
They desperately need their villain to be a black transgender marxist activist. The bad guy cannot be suburban VA nurse. It fucks up the whole storyline.
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They want “the enemy” to be a blue haired leftist like the caricatures on Fox (bonus if they’re brown). What they can’t handle is the enemy being suburban normie white people.
The regime obviously thought they'd be able to take out a few dozen scary-queer-weirdo Antifa types in black masks and then successfully cow the rest of the Coastal Elite Liberal class into terrified silence: they were not expecting "totally fearless mass nonviolent resistance by entire cities."
It also sounds like at least some of them thought the cameras wouldn't matter because they were assuming that a couple of public executions would cause all of the resistance to run and hide.
January 26, 2026 at 9:43 PM
They want “the enemy” to be a blue haired leftist like the caricatures on Fox (bonus if they’re brown). What they can’t handle is the enemy being suburban normie white people.
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Until Miller’s gone these are just gestural purges to sanitize and consolidate his reign of terror.
BREAKING: The Border Patrol's Greg Bovino has been ousted from his role of "Commander at Large"—and Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski could be next to lose their jobs, sources tell @nickmiroff.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 27, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Until Miller’s gone these are just gestural purges to sanitize and consolidate his reign of terror.
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I don't think @reuters.com posted it here, but I'm just kind of shocked that anyone working in media could have gone into the second Trump administration thinking, "I don't think in those first few days we understood what an organized agenda they had."
They made a 900-page playbook, Sally!
They made a 900-page playbook, Sally!
January 26, 2026 at 6:05 PM
I don't think @reuters.com posted it here, but I'm just kind of shocked that anyone working in media could have gone into the second Trump administration thinking, "I don't think in those first few days we understood what an organized agenda they had."
They made a 900-page playbook, Sally!
They made a 900-page playbook, Sally!
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wait, so Visa, Mastercard et. al can go after video game storefronts for six fucking months for having porn games but the moment X/Grok starts generating ACTUAL CHILD PORN they CHANGE THEIR POLICIES? dawg,
wrote about an apparent policy change in the payments industry www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Payment processors were against CSAM until Grok started making it
“The industry is no longer willing to self-regulate.”
www.theverge.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:10 PM
wait, so Visa, Mastercard et. al can go after video game storefronts for six fucking months for having porn games but the moment X/Grok starts generating ACTUAL CHILD PORN they CHANGE THEIR POLICIES? dawg,
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A reminder to those ICE agents who may be considering a career change:
“I was just following orders” is not an valid defense.
“I was just following orders” is not an valid defense.
January 26, 2026 at 7:13 PM
A reminder to those ICE agents who may be considering a career change:
“I was just following orders” is not an valid defense.
“I was just following orders” is not an valid defense.
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this is not hyperbole and is exactly what happened. it should be no surprise that those same democrats are incapable of meeting this moment
Damn, who could have guessed a bunch of Democrats teaming up with a fascist political party to censor the violence in Gaza by forcing a popular social media platform to sell to a coalition of fascist billionaires would also end up also censoring fascist violence here. Do you think anyone told them?
This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
January 26, 2026 at 1:04 PM
this is not hyperbole and is exactly what happened. it should be no surprise that those same democrats are incapable of meeting this moment
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Link in case anyone wants some of the receipts
US TikTok ban linked to pro-Palestine content rather than China threat, insiders reveal
US officials and lobbyists say the push to ban the Chinese-owned application gain momentum during the war on Gaza
www.middleeasteye.net
January 26, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Link in case anyone wants some of the receipts
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"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
January 25, 2026 at 11:01 PM
"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
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The amount of money that is currently going to fund immigration enforcement in the US is larger than the military budgets of every country in the world other than the US and China. We are witnessing a military assault on American cities by a wildly unpopular governing party.
January 24, 2026 at 6:06 PM
The amount of money that is currently going to fund immigration enforcement in the US is larger than the military budgets of every country in the world other than the US and China. We are witnessing a military assault on American cities by a wildly unpopular governing party.
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During the Soviet era, at times of govt instability, the state broadcaster would typically preempt scheduled broadcasts by airing performances of Swan Lake
And, tonight, the network's flagship news program -- 60 Minutes -- ran a clip show of old celeb interviews to "celebrate the movies" rather than put together an episode focused on what's going on in Minnesota.
The person who publishes the Free Press — where the words “Minneapolis” and “Minnesota” never appear tonight — also runs CBS News.
January 26, 2026 at 2:59 AM
During the Soviet era, at times of govt instability, the state broadcaster would typically preempt scheduled broadcasts by airing performances of Swan Lake
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Tiktok is over. It's just like Twitter.
Staying there is kidding yourself.
Staying there is kidding yourself.
#TikTok has begun censoring anti-Trump and anti-Ice content
January 26, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Tiktok is over. It's just like Twitter.
Staying there is kidding yourself.
Staying there is kidding yourself.
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don’t worry, hillary will be there, too, along with some other friendly faces
Genuinely the funniest possible panel line-up of all time and it's for a real estate conference in Riyadh
January 26, 2026 at 5:43 AM
don’t worry, hillary will be there, too, along with some other friendly faces
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i wonder if he’ll discuss this during his appearance at the real estate future forum in saudi arabia that kicks off tomorrow! www.therff.com/speakers
Can’t believe I‘m saying this, but Bill Clinton put out a pretty powerful statement about the killings in Minneapolis.
January 26, 2026 at 5:37 AM
i wonder if he’ll discuss this during his appearance at the real estate future forum in saudi arabia that kicks off tomorrow! www.therff.com/speakers
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What's the outcome that terrifies Labour most in the Gorton by-election?
Reform winning?
Nope. It's the Greens they're most worried about.
They'd prefer Reform to win, rather than the Greens.
Reform winning?
Nope. It's the Greens they're most worried about.
They'd prefer Reform to win, rather than the Greens.
January 26, 2026 at 9:46 AM
What's the outcome that terrifies Labour most in the Gorton by-election?
Reform winning?
Nope. It's the Greens they're most worried about.
They'd prefer Reform to win, rather than the Greens.
Reform winning?
Nope. It's the Greens they're most worried about.
They'd prefer Reform to win, rather than the Greens.
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I love Starmerism, it's like "Uh no this guy can't be an MP because people like him. Only people everyone hates can be in Labour." It is so cool and smart.
NEW: Andy Burnham *blocked* from standing in the Gorton and Denton byelection. Of nine voting members on NEC group was 8-1 against him.
January 25, 2026 at 12:02 PM
I love Starmerism, it's like "Uh no this guy can't be an MP because people like him. Only people everyone hates can be in Labour." It is so cool and smart.
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we didn't finish denazification. we didn't finish desegregation. we didn't finish reconstruction. every opportunity for transformative change was deliberately sabotaged by american leaders who knew their wealth would not survive a world freed from eugenics, white supremacy, and war profiteering.
January 25, 2026 at 8:36 PM
we didn't finish denazification. we didn't finish desegregation. we didn't finish reconstruction. every opportunity for transformative change was deliberately sabotaged by american leaders who knew their wealth would not survive a world freed from eugenics, white supremacy, and war profiteering.
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Now that blood is on the street, we still won’t admit you’ve been right all decade long while we scolded and marginalized you. Instead, we’ll declare it’s just now become right to say such things.
"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus," Jonathan Rauch argues. "'Fascist' best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse." theatln.tc/wVq7MFaa
January 25, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Now that blood is on the street, we still won’t admit you’ve been right all decade long while we scolded and marginalized you. Instead, we’ll declare it’s just now become right to say such things.
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The NRA hasn't been a gun rights organization for decades. They have had two purposes:
1) Make a lot of money for the gun industry by convincing insecure men to collect expensive weapons.
2) Stoke right-wing paranoia for political gain.
So of course they're taking this stance.
1) Make a lot of money for the gun industry by convincing insecure men to collect expensive weapons.
2) Stoke right-wing paranoia for political gain.
So of course they're taking this stance.
Folks have been noting the creepiness of this NRA statement on the Minneapolis murder that DOESN'T affirm Alex Pretti's right to have a gun at a protest, instead blaming "radical progressive politicians lie Tim Walz" who have "incited violence against law enforcement officers" for his death....
January 25, 2026 at 8:27 PM
The NRA hasn't been a gun rights organization for decades. They have had two purposes:
1) Make a lot of money for the gun industry by convincing insecure men to collect expensive weapons.
2) Stoke right-wing paranoia for political gain.
So of course they're taking this stance.
1) Make a lot of money for the gun industry by convincing insecure men to collect expensive weapons.
2) Stoke right-wing paranoia for political gain.
So of course they're taking this stance.
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Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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Heyo, Chicago pals: Quick note that the executive vice president of the Bob Loquercio Auto Group is vociferously defending the murder of Alex Pretti.
The auto group has 16 locations in and around Chicago, listed below. Please take your business elsewhere.
www.blautogroup.com/locations/in...
The auto group has 16 locations in and around Chicago, listed below. Please take your business elsewhere.
www.blautogroup.com/locations/in...
January 25, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Heyo, Chicago pals: Quick note that the executive vice president of the Bob Loquercio Auto Group is vociferously defending the murder of Alex Pretti.
The auto group has 16 locations in and around Chicago, listed below. Please take your business elsewhere.
www.blautogroup.com/locations/in...
The auto group has 16 locations in and around Chicago, listed below. Please take your business elsewhere.
www.blautogroup.com/locations/in...