Sam Brasel
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a woman labeled a terrorist by US law enforcement and the White House is being simultaneously memorialized at NBA games and by major cultural icons. this regime is literally own-goaling itself to death. it’s cooked.
January 10, 2026 at 9:30 PM
a woman labeled a terrorist by US law enforcement and the White House is being simultaneously memorialized at NBA games and by major cultural icons. this regime is literally own-goaling itself to death. it’s cooked.
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Also, by their own standards, the cops protecting the Capitol on Jan 6 should have opened fire all over.
January 10, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Also, by their own standards, the cops protecting the Capitol on Jan 6 should have opened fire all over.
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ICE is not law enforcement. It's an authoritarian gang. They target suburbs, school zones and quiet neighborhoods for the easy targets and avoid actual crime zones or known criminals in order to avoid putting themselves at risk.
January 10, 2026 at 4:41 PM
ICE is not law enforcement. It's an authoritarian gang. They target suburbs, school zones and quiet neighborhoods for the easy targets and avoid actual crime zones or known criminals in order to avoid putting themselves at risk.
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“IT WAS MURDER”
Several hundred people have formed a human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach today (Sat Jan 10, 2026)
👏👏
(📸 Erik Castro)
Several hundred people have formed a human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach today (Sat Jan 10, 2026)
👏👏
(📸 Erik Castro)
January 10, 2026 at 8:57 PM
“IT WAS MURDER”
Several hundred people have formed a human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach today (Sat Jan 10, 2026)
👏👏
(📸 Erik Castro)
Several hundred people have formed a human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach today (Sat Jan 10, 2026)
👏👏
(📸 Erik Castro)
Holy cow.
January 10, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Holy cow.
But JD Vance himself indignantly said in his WH briefing, *in the agent's defense* (!!), that on a previous occasion *he had been dragged by a vehicle 300 feet*! Are you saying that JD Vance is a blithering idiot who lacks critical thinking skills?
January 10, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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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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Pretty sure it won’t. Especially when they see what US health insurance policies cost.
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But ... that would be a *one-time* payment, and *Trump* would become their national leader, possibly replaced by presidents who are no better than he. Greenland would become *another Puerto Rico*. Why would such a deal change any Greenlander's mind?
January 8, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Pretty sure it won’t. Especially when they see what US health insurance policies cost.
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One way to “live with people who are genuinely different from us,” Tony, is to not shoot them.
New CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil closing the broadcast from MN last night.
January 9, 2026 at 12:40 PM
One way to “live with people who are genuinely different from us,” Tony, is to not shoot them.
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both sides-ing a state execution.
New CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil closing the broadcast from MN last night.
January 9, 2026 at 12:39 PM
both sides-ing a state execution.
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GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
January 9, 2026 at 9:15 AM
GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
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Stephen Miller’s cousin 👇🏽
January 9, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Stephen Miller’s cousin 👇🏽
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January 9, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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All those stories and headlines that sanded off the sharp edges of what was actually said or what really took place, all those too-cute-by-half devil's advocate editorials, those created the moral permission structure for this exact event
January 8, 2026 at 8:57 PM
All those stories and headlines that sanded off the sharp edges of what was actually said or what really took place, all those too-cute-by-half devil's advocate editorials, those created the moral permission structure for this exact event
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why not tear down the entire building and construct a giant golden calf
In response to criticism that the White House will look unbalanced with a supersized East Wing, Trump and his architect have a new idea: expand the West Wing too www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
January 8, 2026 at 9:33 PM
why not tear down the entire building and construct a giant golden calf
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oh was he scared. was the masked man with the gun scared
January 8, 2026 at 7:27 PM
oh was he scared. was the masked man with the gun scared
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ICE has only existed since 2003. A Bush-era creation, it is a militarized federal secret police that has been imbued with the Supreme Court with the unconstitutional power to ignore the fourth amendment.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
June 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
ICE has only existed since 2003. A Bush-era creation, it is a militarized federal secret police that has been imbued with the Supreme Court with the unconstitutional power to ignore the fourth amendment.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
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Who could have foreseen that turning poorly trained, heavily armed, ideologically motivated goons loose on residential streets would result in US citizens getting murdered
January 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Who could have foreseen that turning poorly trained, heavily armed, ideologically motivated goons loose on residential streets would result in US citizens getting murdered
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Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis.
Say bad things are bad.
Say bad things are bad.
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis.
Say bad things are bad.
Say bad things are bad.
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"abolish ice" doesn't seem so extreme anymore, does it, you preposterous, normalizing fucks
January 7, 2026 at 7:59 PM
"abolish ice" doesn't seem so extreme anymore, does it, you preposterous, normalizing fucks
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We don’t need to compare what happened in Minneapolis to Nazi Germany. We can compare it to what has happened in Minneapolis before.
January 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM
We don’t need to compare what happened in Minneapolis to Nazi Germany. We can compare it to what has happened in Minneapolis before.
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If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
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Don’t blame me, I voted for a President Kamala Harris, a Democratic House and a Democratic Senate whilst many people wanted a deranged pedophile fraudster murderous war criminal.
January 3, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Don’t blame me, I voted for a President Kamala Harris, a Democratic House and a Democratic Senate whilst many people wanted a deranged pedophile fraudster murderous war criminal.