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This was a case brought by FIRE. In case people wondered why I was suspicious they'd bring this case in front of THAT judge. I'm sure they can't wait for the 5th to affirm so LGBTQ people are pushed out of academia.
January 18, 2026 at 3:15 AM
This was a case brought by FIRE. In case people wondered why I was suspicious they'd bring this case in front of THAT judge. I'm sure they can't wait for the 5th to affirm so LGBTQ people are pushed out of academia.
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…shall not be abridge free speech UNLESS a right-wing judge finds it distasteful.
Judge Kacsmaryk writes to say that the First Amendment only protects "public discourse necessary to self-government," as he slurs drag and holds it not protected.
January 18, 2026 at 3:16 AM
…shall not be abridge free speech UNLESS a right-wing judge finds it distasteful.
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Judge Kacsmaryk writes to say that the First Amendment only protects "public discourse necessary to self-government," as he slurs drag and holds it not protected.
January 18, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Judge Kacsmaryk writes to say that the First Amendment only protects "public discourse necessary to self-government," as he slurs drag and holds it not protected.
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It’s also worth noting that in Nazi Germany, closing down scientists and other intellectuals’ ability to travel for work was an early move to keep people from escaping.
Scientific conferences are where the exchange of important ideas happen. It’s where new collaborations come forth and innovation dreamed up. It’s really disheartening that NIH scientists and representatives are being banned from attending. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Exclusive: US NIH scientists barred from attending conferences on their own time and dime
Researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health have been told they cannot attend scientific conferences and meetings without official permission, even if they pay their own way and go during time off, three current and former NIH scientists told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:48 PM
It’s also worth noting that in Nazi Germany, closing down scientists and other intellectuals’ ability to travel for work was an early move to keep people from escaping.
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The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed
The two men’s eyewitness accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp differ from the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the incident.
wapo.st
January 18, 2026 at 12:10 AM
The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
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Absolutely right.
And I think it's especially true in this case as ICE has been a magnet for thugs who couldn't cut it in the military or normal law enforcement but desperately want to be respected as A Troop.
This is why it's particularly effective when actual veterans show up to mock them.
And I think it's especially true in this case as ICE has been a magnet for thugs who couldn't cut it in the military or normal law enforcement but desperately want to be respected as A Troop.
This is why it's particularly effective when actual veterans show up to mock them.
one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny
It occurs to me all the yelling at ICE in MPLS isn't merely funny. Getting made fun of like this is awful for morale. ICE is losing field officers faster than it can wave them through training, and a big part of it is how little of this these little weasels can take.
January 12, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Absolutely right.
And I think it's especially true in this case as ICE has been a magnet for thugs who couldn't cut it in the military or normal law enforcement but desperately want to be respected as A Troop.
This is why it's particularly effective when actual veterans show up to mock them.
And I think it's especially true in this case as ICE has been a magnet for thugs who couldn't cut it in the military or normal law enforcement but desperately want to be respected as A Troop.
This is why it's particularly effective when actual veterans show up to mock them.
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this country's lack of subtlety really drives me up the wall
Greg Bovino was seen earlier today at the Minneapolis ICE facility dressed in a very nazi-inspired outfit. They don’t even hide anymore.
January 17, 2026 at 10:15 PM
this country's lack of subtlety really drives me up the wall
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Let me tell y'all about guys like Newsom, because we learned the hard way in Dallas.
Eric Johnson was a respected Democratic state rep when he was elected mayor in 2019. This made sense, as Dallas is deep blue. Johnson's tenure began normally.
But then he started hanging out with Republicans. 🧵
Eric Johnson was a respected Democratic state rep when he was elected mayor in 2019. This made sense, as Dallas is deep blue. Johnson's tenure began normally.
But then he started hanging out with Republicans. 🧵
Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 17, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Let me tell y'all about guys like Newsom, because we learned the hard way in Dallas.
Eric Johnson was a respected Democratic state rep when he was elected mayor in 2019. This made sense, as Dallas is deep blue. Johnson's tenure began normally.
But then he started hanging out with Republicans. 🧵
Eric Johnson was a respected Democratic state rep when he was elected mayor in 2019. This made sense, as Dallas is deep blue. Johnson's tenure began normally.
But then he started hanging out with Republicans. 🧵
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At a deep theoretical level, Stephen Miller and JD Vance think their view that immigrants threaten social solidarity is widely shared. But what's now happening is MAGA is driving native-born Americans to show solidarity with immigrants. Now Miller is trying to break that up w/coercion and violence.
Terror is essential to Miller's project. It's designed to dissuade us from showing solidarity with the immigrants getting removed. Stand in the way of ethnic cleansing and you risk violence yourself.
(h/t @whstancil.bsky.social and @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
(h/t @whstancil.bsky.social and @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
January 17, 2026 at 2:32 PM
At a deep theoretical level, Stephen Miller and JD Vance think their view that immigrants threaten social solidarity is widely shared. But what's now happening is MAGA is driving native-born Americans to show solidarity with immigrants. Now Miller is trying to break that up w/coercion and violence.
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Hilarious that the paid, professional protestors who fly all over the country to instigate shit are actually right wing lol. Oopsie daisy!
January 17, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Hilarious that the paid, professional protestors who fly all over the country to instigate shit are actually right wing lol. Oopsie daisy!
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When Democrats folded in the last government shutdown—rescuing the GOP majority from itself and helping them pass a budget, giving validation to the Trump administration’s lawbreaking—the savvy politics knowers explained that folding was clearly worth it because it got the Epstein Files released.
No federal judge has the power or authority to make DOJ comply with the mandatory provisions of the Epstein Act, says Pam Bondi. It's unenforceable and meaningless. Essentially, DOJ is a lawless if not criminal enterprise, not a law enforcement agency, at this point.
January 17, 2026 at 3:33 PM
When Democrats folded in the last government shutdown—rescuing the GOP majority from itself and helping them pass a budget, giving validation to the Trump administration’s lawbreaking—the savvy politics knowers explained that folding was clearly worth it because it got the Epstein Files released.
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re-upping this
January 17, 2026 at 5:05 PM
re-upping this
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2/ let's not forget this. this is all on SCOTUS. these tariffs are comically, absurdly illegal on their face. but even if SCOTUS strikes them down in the coming days they've allowed to be in effect for more than a year, reorder the US and global economies. a one year dictator mulligan isnt democracy
January 17, 2026 at 5:07 PM
2/ let's not forget this. this is all on SCOTUS. these tariffs are comically, absurdly illegal on their face. but even if SCOTUS strikes them down in the coming days they've allowed to be in effect for more than a year, reorder the US and global economies. a one year dictator mulligan isnt democracy
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Do you think either Putin or Xi would rather have (a) Greenland or (b) the NATO alliance fighting each other and falling out over Greenland?
January 17, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Do you think either Putin or Xi would rather have (a) Greenland or (b) the NATO alliance fighting each other and falling out over Greenland?
"Up until the day she died, aged 94, she was the one who dusted the Meissen birds, polished the silver and hoovered the Savonneries."
January 17, 2026 at 5:07 PM
"Up until the day she died, aged 94, she was the one who dusted the Meissen birds, polished the silver and hoovered the Savonneries."
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Also, Jonathon Ross *was* an ICE trainer for a decade.
It's not just "give ICE more money" but specifically, literally "pay Jonathon Ross more money and give him more people to train to shoot mothers in the face"
It's not just "give ICE more money" but specifically, literally "pay Jonathon Ross more money and give him more people to train to shoot mothers in the face"
Make no mistake: "Give ICE better training" = Give ICE more money
When politicians tell you shit like that, they're literally ignoring everything that's happening and arguing that ICE should get MORE money.
They've already done it for half a century with the cops.
When politicians tell you shit like that, they're literally ignoring everything that's happening and arguing that ICE should get MORE money.
They've already done it for half a century with the cops.
January 17, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Also, Jonathon Ross *was* an ICE trainer for a decade.
It's not just "give ICE more money" but specifically, literally "pay Jonathon Ross more money and give him more people to train to shoot mothers in the face"
It's not just "give ICE more money" but specifically, literally "pay Jonathon Ross more money and give him more people to train to shoot mothers in the face"
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‘To see Angelico’s art in situ, and in such abundance, is an extraordinary experience – and one that is not limited to the exhibition.’
Anna McGee views a comprehensive survey of Fran Angelico’s work in Florence.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Anna McGee views a comprehensive survey of Fran Angelico’s work in Florence.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Anna McGee · At the Palazzo Strozzi: On Fra Angelico
Faced with a parade of flushed Madonnas and anguished Christs, it would be easy to think that Fra Angelico was somehow...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:55 AM
‘To see Angelico’s art in situ, and in such abundance, is an extraordinary experience – and one that is not limited to the exhibition.’
Anna McGee views a comprehensive survey of Fran Angelico’s work in Florence.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Anna McGee views a comprehensive survey of Fran Angelico’s work in Florence.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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You can do any crime right now. Half the FBI is tracking down paleteros.
I’m beginning to suspect that you could forge one of these and get away with it. share.google/ZP4cjE1X1vQY...
Trump Pardons Outhouse Kingpin Convicted of Illegally Dumping Raw Sewage
On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed a "full and unconditional pardon" for Diamond Environmental Services owner Arie Eric De Jong III, who was sentenced in 2018 to five months in prison for ille...
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January 17, 2026 at 9:29 AM
You can do any crime right now. Half the FBI is tracking down paleteros.
Let’s have the LDS church partner with these folks, open the bishops’ storehouses
give your money to something actually useful www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
January 17, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Let’s have the LDS church partner with these folks, open the bishops’ storehouses
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We’re going to soon find out if Virginia Democrat go for 9-2 or 10-1. Meanwhile, Louis Lucas:
January 17, 2026 at 3:27 AM
We’re going to soon find out if Virginia Democrat go for 9-2 or 10-1. Meanwhile, Louis Lucas:
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Democratic politicians facing frivolous criminal investigations from Trump:
Kat Abughazaleh
Elissa Slotkin
Jason Crow
Tim Walz
Jacob Frey
Letitia James
Lisa Cook
Mark Kelly
Eric Swalwell
Adam Schiff
Kat Abughazaleh
Elissa Slotkin
Jason Crow
Tim Walz
Jacob Frey
Letitia James
Lisa Cook
Mark Kelly
Eric Swalwell
Adam Schiff
Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
Breaking news: The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation alleging that they are impeding federal law enforcement officers’ abilities to do their jobs in the state.
January 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Democratic politicians facing frivolous criminal investigations from Trump:
Kat Abughazaleh
Elissa Slotkin
Jason Crow
Tim Walz
Jacob Frey
Letitia James
Lisa Cook
Mark Kelly
Eric Swalwell
Adam Schiff
Kat Abughazaleh
Elissa Slotkin
Jason Crow
Tim Walz
Jacob Frey
Letitia James
Lisa Cook
Mark Kelly
Eric Swalwell
Adam Schiff
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Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
January 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
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Much love to the best Wonder Woman not on a printed page!
Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
January 17, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Much love to the best Wonder Woman not on a printed page!
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Angie Craig is now arguing for the brilliant reform of ... making ICE wear body cameras.
Angie, Jonathan Ross filmed himself killing a woman on his own phone and released it to the press.
Angie, Jonathan Ross filmed himself killing a woman on his own phone and released it to the press.
January 16, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Angie Craig is now arguing for the brilliant reform of ... making ICE wear body cameras.
Angie, Jonathan Ross filmed himself killing a woman on his own phone and released it to the press.
Angie, Jonathan Ross filmed himself killing a woman on his own phone and released it to the press.
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"No recalibrated or sanitized version of the assault that Trump and Stephen Miller are waging on American cities right now, most prominently Minneapolis, is available to them or anyone else. That’s because it’s a campaign of deliberate terror: The policy is the terror, and the terror is the policy."
Trump is privately worried about the "optics" of ICE raids and his advisers are looking for ways to soften them, Axios reports. I'm calling bullshit: The terror and violence cannot be hived off from the broader policy agenda. They are 100% intrinsic to it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
Trump’s Own Advisers Suddenly Unnerved as ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn
So the president doesn’t like the “optics” of what ICE is doing. But there’s no such thing as sanitized, popular mass deportations—and this is by design.
newrepublic.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:17 PM
"No recalibrated or sanitized version of the assault that Trump and Stephen Miller are waging on American cities right now, most prominently Minneapolis, is available to them or anyone else. That’s because it’s a campaign of deliberate terror: The policy is the terror, and the terror is the policy."