Ron Cox
@monkyhead.com
A fine boatload of wooden noses.
strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre
strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre
Pinned
Ron Cox
@monkyhead.com
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Grand Old Mass Psychogenic Oppositional Defiant Disorder Party
how much to doordash one (1) candy bar
January 21, 2026 at 11:52 PM
how much to doordash one (1) candy bar
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Basically, I argued that Gamergate and the rise of Trump were part of a larger realization on the right that they would never win a rational argument again.
So they embraced a view that politics is a revenge project on the left for besting them in the realm of rationality and ideas.
So they embraced a view that politics is a revenge project on the left for besting them in the realm of rationality and ideas.
January 21, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Basically, I argued that Gamergate and the rise of Trump were part of a larger realization on the right that they would never win a rational argument again.
So they embraced a view that politics is a revenge project on the left for besting them in the realm of rationality and ideas.
So they embraced a view that politics is a revenge project on the left for besting them in the realm of rationality and ideas.
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:
There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind,
alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind,
alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
![May 12, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR: All ICE Personnel
FROM: Todd Lyons Acting Director
SUBJECT: Utilizing Form I-205, Warrant of Removal
On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to "ensur[e] the successful enforcement of final orders of removal." 90 Fed. Reg. 8443, 8444 (Jan. 20, 2025) (E.O. 14159). Essential to the removal of aliens subject to final orders of removal is the ability to locate and arrest them. To this end, certain supervisory immigration officers within both Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are authorized to issue an administrative warrant, Form I-205, Warrant of Removal (Form 1-205), for the arrest of an alien with a final order of removal. 8 C.F.R. § 241.2(a)(1). All U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and deportation officers are authorized to execute Forms 1-205. 8 C.F.R. § 287.5(e)(3)(iii) - (y)
Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose. Accordingly, in light of this legal determination, ICE immigration officers may arrest and detain aliens subject to a final under of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), or a U.S.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifrzrvaszfhj4bzhgtyvx3fm6ht4kc2zrwtvozijyxl3zxgp7vx6a@jpeg)
January 21, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:
There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind,
alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind,
alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
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I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
January 21, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
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ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
January 21, 2026 at 10:09 PM
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
An entire political party of pure scum.
BARTIROMO: I mean, we talk about evil action from Putin going into Ukraine. People are looking at Greenland and saying, 'How is it possible the US can acquire another country even though they're pushing back?'
LUTNICK: I don't remember Greenland being another country. We're not taking over Denmark.
LUTNICK: I don't remember Greenland being another country. We're not taking over Denmark.
January 21, 2026 at 9:03 PM
An entire political party of pure scum.
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The president's daughter-in-law is appearing on a show which today is co-hosted by the wife of the Transportation secretary.
January 21, 2026 at 1:58 PM
The president's daughter-in-law is appearing on a show which today is co-hosted by the wife of the Transportation secretary.
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"Unleash" is a very Republican-coded word in American politics
January 21, 2026 at 2:50 PM
"Unleash" is a very Republican-coded word in American politics
this piece of shit
President Trump claims that NATO would not be there for the US
Despite NATO responding and helping the US after 9/11
Despite NATO responding and helping the US after 9/11
January 21, 2026 at 8:28 PM
this piece of shit
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People confuse minority leader McConnell who saw all of Obama's appointments go through and the ACA pass, with Majority leader McConnell, who stole a SCOTUS seat, or more commonly confused McConnell with Speaker Boehner who shut down the govt in 2013
January 20, 2026 at 5:01 PM
People confuse minority leader McConnell who saw all of Obama's appointments go through and the ACA pass, with Majority leader McConnell, who stole a SCOTUS seat, or more commonly confused McConnell with Speaker Boehner who shut down the govt in 2013
And now we will disincorporate a Federal agency because the Mayor said so.
That is how it works.
That is how it works.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 21, 2026 at 4:55 AM
And now we will disincorporate a Federal agency because the Mayor said so.
That is how it works.
That is how it works.
wife rather offended to find that Hannibal had a last name
January 21, 2026 at 3:57 AM
wife rather offended to find that Hannibal had a last name
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Macron didn't concede anything in private messages to Trump, but the US Right is so high on delusional hubris that even basics of diplomatic back channels are useless as means to achieve stable outcomes.
How do you de-escalate with a US government that is obsessed with performative escalation?
How do you de-escalate with a US government that is obsessed with performative escalation?
January 20, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Macron didn't concede anything in private messages to Trump, but the US Right is so high on delusional hubris that even basics of diplomatic back channels are useless as means to achieve stable outcomes.
How do you de-escalate with a US government that is obsessed with performative escalation?
How do you de-escalate with a US government that is obsessed with performative escalation?
This guy just sucks, like, entirely.
US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent:
What I am urging everyone here to do is sit back, take a deep breath, and let things play out. The worst thing countries can do is escalate against the United States.
What I am urging everyone here to do is sit back, take a deep breath, and let things play out. The worst thing countries can do is escalate against the United States.
January 20, 2026 at 10:36 PM
This guy just sucks, like, entirely.
Somehow, since Republicans have no agency, we have to just allow them to do all the reprehensible stuff they’ve always dreamed about.
January 20, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Somehow, since Republicans have no agency, we have to just allow them to do all the reprehensible stuff they’ve always dreamed about.
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Bad that DHS relentlessly lies about everything.
January 20, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Bad that DHS relentlessly lies about everything.
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This guy completely sucks.
Bessent: "Someone, maybe your parents for their retirement have bought 5, 10, 12 homes."
January 20, 2026 at 8:50 PM
This guy completely sucks.
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every time I read this, I get apocalyptically apoplectic about how clear it is. it is instant. it does not require explicit congressional action to invoke, it instead only requires that to remove.
donald trump is not the current president right now, according to the constitution.
donald trump is not the current president right now, according to the constitution.
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
every time I read this, I get apocalyptically apoplectic about how clear it is. it is instant. it does not require explicit congressional action to invoke, it instead only requires that to remove.
donald trump is not the current president right now, according to the constitution.
donald trump is not the current president right now, according to the constitution.
This Mark Carney speech is definitely one where everyone can cherrypick the pieces that provide the most satisfying confirmation bias.
January 20, 2026 at 8:42 PM
This Mark Carney speech is definitely one where everyone can cherrypick the pieces that provide the most satisfying confirmation bias.
My religion in one image
January 20, 2026 at 8:33 PM
My religion in one image
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4 Republican senators, 3 Republican representatives, and/or 2 Republican justices could reinstate rule-of-law & constitution & democracy today, but all 53 Republican senators, 218 Republican representatives, 6 Republican justices actively collaborating to end rule-of-law & constitution & democracy.
January 20, 2026 at 7:57 PM
4 Republican senators, 3 Republican representatives, and/or 2 Republican justices could reinstate rule-of-law & constitution & democracy today, but all 53 Republican senators, 218 Republican representatives, 6 Republican justices actively collaborating to end rule-of-law & constitution & democracy.
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Donald Trump is unfit to lead and clearly out of control. Invoke the 25th Amendment.
January 19, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Donald Trump is unfit to lead and clearly out of control. Invoke the 25th Amendment.