Mitchell in GB
@mpbinwi.bsky.social
Guy in GB, previously mke, interested in politics, economics, Wisconsin, urban planning, environmentalism, Brewers, Packers, Bucks, etc.
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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So to cap their horrible week, Senate Republicans refused a deal to reopen the government in exchange for just helping people with health insurance and now the president wants the Supreme Court to say he doesn’t have to obey the law and feed the hungry.
Amazing.
Amazing.
November 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
So to cap their horrible week, Senate Republicans refused a deal to reopen the government in exchange for just helping people with health insurance and now the president wants the Supreme Court to say he doesn’t have to obey the law and feed the hungry.
Amazing.
Amazing.
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The Trump admin is making the planes run on time in the same way that Mussolini made the trains run on time—by not actually doing it, but by pressuring everyone to just say that’s what’s happening.
If you just cancel flights, then they're actually not late! Brilliant stuff from Sean Duffy here
November 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The Trump admin is making the planes run on time in the same way that Mussolini made the trains run on time—by not actually doing it, but by pressuring everyone to just say that’s what’s happening.
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I’ve long thought Trump is good at picking fights that benefit him politically but the fact he’s fighting right now to starve Americans is making me reassess
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I’ve long thought Trump is good at picking fights that benefit him politically but the fact he’s fighting right now to starve Americans is making me reassess
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We have evidence now going back to 2018 that when Trump isn't on the ballot, it's grim scenes for Republicans.
And he'll never (lawfully) be on the ballot again.
And he'll never (lawfully) be on the ballot again.
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 AM
We have evidence now going back to 2018 that when Trump isn't on the ballot, it's grim scenes for Republicans.
And he'll never (lawfully) be on the ballot again.
And he'll never (lawfully) be on the ballot again.
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It’s not law enforcement. It’s a deputized partisan militia.
October 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
It’s not law enforcement. It’s a deputized partisan militia.
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"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
www.independent.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
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This is much the same logic as arresting the judge in WI. There is obviously nothing wrong with asking law enforcement, including masked officials, to confirm they are, in fact, law enforcement. The goal is to create an absolutely subservient population.
ICE says they will bring charges against the two Immigration Rapid Response Hotline volunteers who demanded that agents show their badges before seizing two men from the Charlottesville courthouse. dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
ICE promises bystanders who challenged Charlottesville raid will be prosecuted
After ICE raided a downtown Charlottesville courthouse and arrested two men, the federal agency is promising to prosecute the bystanders who challenged their authority.
dailyprogress.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This is much the same logic as arresting the judge in WI. There is obviously nothing wrong with asking law enforcement, including masked officials, to confirm they are, in fact, law enforcement. The goal is to create an absolutely subservient population.
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I care less about Signal chats and more about the blacksite offshore concentration camps we're sending random people to without any semblance of a trial, so I'll be interested to see if the national media can rub their bellies and pat their heads at the same time this week. Historically they can't.
April 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I care less about Signal chats and more about the blacksite offshore concentration camps we're sending random people to without any semblance of a trial, so I'll be interested to see if the national media can rub their bellies and pat their heads at the same time this week. Historically they can't.
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I think people reeeeealllly overestimate the role of trade and industrial policy in US dominance of heavy industry in the 1950s and really underestimate the importance of having dropped high explosives on every facility in Japan or Germany capable of manufacturing a ball bearing
April 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I think people reeeeealllly overestimate the role of trade and industrial policy in US dominance of heavy industry in the 1950s and really underestimate the importance of having dropped high explosives on every facility in Japan or Germany capable of manufacturing a ball bearing
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Tonight the Supreme Court made it possible to have m ore cases like Andry's, by requiring that people challenging Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act file individual habeas corpus lawsuits.
Many people in detention don't have any money to hire a lawyer. They won't be able to do this.
Many people in detention don't have any money to hire a lawyer. They won't be able to do this.
Tonight we learned that it was indeed Andry, the gay man sent to El Salvador because of his “mom” and “dad” tattoos, who an American journalist saw sobbing as guards slapped him repeatedly and shaved his head.
He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison.
Bring them back!
He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison.
Bring them back!
April 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Tonight the Supreme Court made it possible to have m ore cases like Andry's, by requiring that people challenging Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act file individual habeas corpus lawsuits.
Many people in detention don't have any money to hire a lawyer. They won't be able to do this.
Many people in detention don't have any money to hire a lawyer. They won't be able to do this.
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Keynesianism is like Ozempic in that it's something that works but makes people mad because they want moral hazard to be involved
There’s a certain kind of person who thinks Keynesian stimulus is “putting off” a necessary correction and I’m always amazed how many of them there are.
What if MAGA did the Great Leap Forward?
April 4, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Keynesianism is like Ozempic in that it's something that works but makes people mad because they want moral hazard to be involved
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the fact that our president is clearly insane and destroying the economy makes it even more pathetic for major law firms and universities to bend the knee to him
April 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
the fact that our president is clearly insane and destroying the economy makes it even more pathetic for major law firms and universities to bend the knee to him
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This is going to be a fascinating experiment in policy feedback - it’s very clear that the link between real world material policy and political views has been greatly weakened. But to what extent, and how bad do things need to get to break through the media environments? We’ll see…
April 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This is going to be a fascinating experiment in policy feedback - it’s very clear that the link between real world material policy and political views has been greatly weakened. But to what extent, and how bad do things need to get to break through the media environments? We’ll see…
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To put it in real terms: This press conference cost the U.S. stock market somewhere in the realm of $1-2 trillion dollars.
*S&P 500 FUTURES SINK 1.9%, NASDAQ 100 FUTURES SLIDE 2.7%
April 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
To put it in real terms: This press conference cost the U.S. stock market somewhere in the realm of $1-2 trillion dollars.
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Bucks win Brewers win Crawford wins
April 2, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Bucks win Brewers win Crawford wins
wisconsin kicking the shit out of musk's candidate is very very cool
April 2, 2025 at 2:21 AM
wisconsin kicking the shit out of musk's candidate is very very cool
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Notable 2024 county margins as Wisconsin results start to come in:
Dane +52 Harris
Milwaukee +39 Harris
Eau Claire +10 Harris
La Crosse +10 Harris
Rock +7 Harris
Walworth +22 Trump
Waukesha +20 Trump
Washington +36 Trump
Ozaukee +10 Trump
Brown +8 Trump
Racine +6 Trump
Kenosha +6 Trump
Dane +52 Harris
Milwaukee +39 Harris
Eau Claire +10 Harris
La Crosse +10 Harris
Rock +7 Harris
Walworth +22 Trump
Waukesha +20 Trump
Washington +36 Trump
Ozaukee +10 Trump
Brown +8 Trump
Racine +6 Trump
Kenosha +6 Trump
April 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Notable 2024 county margins as Wisconsin results start to come in:
Dane +52 Harris
Milwaukee +39 Harris
Eau Claire +10 Harris
La Crosse +10 Harris
Rock +7 Harris
Walworth +22 Trump
Waukesha +20 Trump
Washington +36 Trump
Ozaukee +10 Trump
Brown +8 Trump
Racine +6 Trump
Kenosha +6 Trump
Dane +52 Harris
Milwaukee +39 Harris
Eau Claire +10 Harris
La Crosse +10 Harris
Rock +7 Harris
Walworth +22 Trump
Waukesha +20 Trump
Washington +36 Trump
Ozaukee +10 Trump
Brown +8 Trump
Racine +6 Trump
Kenosha +6 Trump
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Waiting for a county to finish up in WI before I have a take, but Democrats feel good right now.
Counties where 80%+ of vote is in:
Fond du Lac: Schimel +18 (was Trump +29)
La Crosse: Crawford +26 (was Harris +9)
Counties where 80%+ of vote is in:
Fond du Lac: Schimel +18 (was Trump +29)
La Crosse: Crawford +26 (was Harris +9)
April 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Waiting for a county to finish up in WI before I have a take, but Democrats feel good right now.
Counties where 80%+ of vote is in:
Fond du Lac: Schimel +18 (was Trump +29)
La Crosse: Crawford +26 (was Harris +9)
Counties where 80%+ of vote is in:
Fond du Lac: Schimel +18 (was Trump +29)
La Crosse: Crawford +26 (was Harris +9)
Man does not renounce freedom voluntarily. This conclusion holds out hope for our time, hope for the future.
- Vasily Grossman
- Vasily Grossman
February 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Man does not renounce freedom voluntarily. This conclusion holds out hope for our time, hope for the future.
- Vasily Grossman
- Vasily Grossman
RIP to the greatest lead-off hitter of all time
December 22, 2024 at 2:57 AM
RIP to the greatest lead-off hitter of all time