Mark Sumner 🇺🇦
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Author, journalist, old guy.
Science, climate, space, transportation, energy, and how human selection drives the evolution of all of the above.
www.unchartedblue.com
Science, climate, space, transportation, energy, and how human selection drives the evolution of all of the above.
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Mark Sumner 🇺🇦
@devilstower.bsky.social
· Nov 20
The biggest problem, in both government and business, is that too many people can’t tell the difference between cruelty and leadership.
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Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen:
"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."
"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."
"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
January 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen:
"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."
"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."
"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
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BREAKING: ICE agents in Minneapolis violently detained and arrested a U.S. citizen for one reason only: he refused to prove his citizenship.
No crime. No warrant. No probable cause.
No crime. No warrant. No probable cause.
January 13, 2026 at 7:27 PM
BREAKING: ICE agents in Minneapolis violently detained and arrested a U.S. citizen for one reason only: he refused to prove his citizenship.
No crime. No warrant. No probable cause.
No crime. No warrant. No probable cause.
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It's impossible to comply with these goons, they tell her to go, she starts to go....and then the guy runs up and smashes the window and they all surround her and drag her out. Criminals doing carjackings are more organized than this
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM
It's impossible to comply with these goons, they tell her to go, she starts to go....and then the guy runs up and smashes the window and they all surround her and drag her out. Criminals doing carjackings are more organized than this
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This is completely fucking unacceptable. Shut this terrorist government down until it stops brutalizing its own citizens.
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 6:57 PM
This is completely fucking unacceptable. Shut this terrorist government down until it stops brutalizing its own citizens.
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A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
January 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM
A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
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3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Less than a year ago, the Supreme Court (yes, this Supreme Court) confirmed that "I was in danger at that moment" is not enough for a peace officer to justify deadly force--especially when the officer puts himself into peril.
And Ross isn't even a peace officer. …
And Ross isn't even a peace officer. …
A Supreme Court ruling shows why Jonathan Ross can be charged with murder in Minnesota
Courts provide extraordinary protection to the police. Courts provide extraordinary protection to agents of the federal government. Is it still possible to prosecute ICE agents for assault and murder?
www.unchartedblue.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Less than a year ago, the Supreme Court (yes, this Supreme Court) confirmed that "I was in danger at that moment" is not enough for a peace officer to justify deadly force--especially when the officer puts himself into peril.
And Ross isn't even a peace officer. …
And Ross isn't even a peace officer. …
The Patriot Act of 2001 and Homeland Security Act of 2002 are classic examples of “disaster fascism.” Authoritarians used the fear and uncertainty following 9/11 to erase basic freedoms and consolidate power.
These cowardly laws have no place in the home of the brave.
These cowardly laws have no place in the home of the brave.
January 13, 2026 at 4:59 PM
The Patriot Act of 2001 and Homeland Security Act of 2002 are classic examples of “disaster fascism.” Authoritarians used the fear and uncertainty following 9/11 to erase basic freedoms and consolidate power.
These cowardly laws have no place in the home of the brave.
These cowardly laws have no place in the home of the brave.
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This is Minneapolis:
Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city.
Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.
Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city.
Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.
January 13, 2026 at 4:38 PM
This is Minneapolis:
Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city.
Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.
Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city.
Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.
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I cannot emphasize how much “be the news” is the opposite of what I was taught about how to be a good journalist and strikes me as an excellent way to churn out elite solipsism that has nothing to do with the public interest and everything to do with self promotion www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...
‘We Need to Be the News’: Inside Bari Weiss’s Bumpy Revamp at CBS
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:59 PM
I cannot emphasize how much “be the news” is the opposite of what I was taught about how to be a good journalist and strikes me as an excellent way to churn out elite solipsism that has nothing to do with the public interest and everything to do with self promotion www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...
You’ve seen the videos of bodies laid out on the sidewalks of Tehran after government agents opened fire on protesters.
That’s exactly what Trump, Noem, and Bovino want for Minneapolis.
That’s exactly what Trump, Noem, and Bovino want for Minneapolis.
Bovino on the officer who killed Renee Good: "Hats off to that ICE agent"
January 13, 2026 at 4:10 AM
You’ve seen the videos of bodies laid out on the sidewalks of Tehran after government agents opened fire on protesters.
That’s exactly what Trump, Noem, and Bovino want for Minneapolis.
That’s exactly what Trump, Noem, and Bovino want for Minneapolis.
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Frey: "You cannot drag pregnant women through the snow. You're not allowed to take teenagers out of their car and detain them when they are in fact American citizens. That is against the law in every state. That is against our US Constitution."
January 12, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Frey: "You cannot drag pregnant women through the snow. You're not allowed to take teenagers out of their car and detain them when they are in fact American citizens. That is against the law in every state. That is against our US Constitution."
The whole point of ICE in Minneapolis is to anger residents in hope of generating violence. They are just trying one thing after another to see if they can provoke a response that will give them the narrative they want.
Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
January 13, 2026 at 2:58 AM
The whole point of ICE in Minneapolis is to anger residents in hope of generating violence. They are just trying one thing after another to see if they can provoke a response that will give them the narrative they want.
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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 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
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.
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Wild reporting from Bloomberg. Jeanine Pirro apparently freelanced the subpoenas and criminal investigation of Jerome Powell.
January 13, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Wild reporting from Bloomberg. Jeanine Pirro apparently freelanced the subpoenas and criminal investigation of Jerome Powell.
Nice clear evening encouraged me to break out the little scope.
January 13, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Nice clear evening encouraged me to break out the little scope.
Tesla might as well withdraw from the European market now. They will survive in the U.S. only so long as tariffs protect them. It didn't have to be that way --- but they decided to give a trillion dollars to Elon rather than develop lower cost vehicles.
From AP: “China and the European Union said Monday they have agreed on steps toward resolving their dispute over the bloc’s imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles.”
January 12, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Tesla might as well withdraw from the European market now. They will survive in the U.S. only so long as tariffs protect them. It didn't have to be that way --- but they decided to give a trillion dollars to Elon rather than develop lower cost vehicles.
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Really can’t get over this video of more than a half dozen ICE agents forming a tactical perimeter at a suburban Minnesota Target so their commander can use the bathroom, cosplaying like they’re in Fallujah.
What an absurd waste of taxpayer dollars.
What an absurd waste of taxpayer dollars.
January 12, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Really can’t get over this video of more than a half dozen ICE agents forming a tactical perimeter at a suburban Minnesota Target so their commander can use the bathroom, cosplaying like they’re in Fallujah.
What an absurd waste of taxpayer dollars.
What an absurd waste of taxpayer dollars.
There are so many days when this quote seems appropriate.
January 12, 2026 at 2:49 PM
There are so many days when this quote seems appropriate.
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Greg Bovino has officially kicked off door-to-door raids. ICE/CBP goons are seen blocking an entire block, while Bovino and his Gestapo personally go door-to-door. (St. Paul, MN. January 11, 2026)
January 11, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Greg Bovino has officially kicked off door-to-door raids. ICE/CBP goons are seen blocking an entire block, while Bovino and his Gestapo personally go door-to-door. (St. Paul, MN. January 11, 2026)
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The issue with ICE is not training, the issue with ICE is that it fundamentally should not exist. The violence is the purpose
January 11, 2026 at 9:32 PM
The issue with ICE is not training, the issue with ICE is that it fundamentally should not exist. The violence is the purpose
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Warner: "In less than a year, Trump has used the military to attack Syria, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Nigeria, Venezuela. He's now threatening Colombia, Greenland, and other nations. I'm not sure that America trying to be the policeman for the whole world is why Americans hired Donald Trump to be president"
January 11, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Warner: "In less than a year, Trump has used the military to attack Syria, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Nigeria, Venezuela. He's now threatening Colombia, Greenland, and other nations. I'm not sure that America trying to be the policeman for the whole world is why Americans hired Donald Trump to be president"
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BREAKING: New York City is flooded with peaceful anti-ICE protests and it’s driving the right insane. They needed riots. They needed excuses. Instead they got Americans calmly rejecting authoritarian bullshit in the streets.
January 11, 2026 at 10:51 PM
BREAKING: New York City is flooded with peaceful anti-ICE protests and it’s driving the right insane. They needed riots. They needed excuses. Instead they got Americans calmly rejecting authoritarian bullshit in the streets.