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· Apr 23
I was out getting steps when a homeowner called me over. I turned. He started approaching me and I saw that he was holding a hatchet. He asked me a question - I think it was something like ‘Can you help me?’ ‘Not when you’re holding an axe!,’ I half-yelled.
Story 🧵.
Semi-spoiler: Snake!
Story 🧵.
Semi-spoiler: Snake!
Interesting (to me, at least) encounter yesterday with an axe-wielding killer:
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JUST IN: The Virginia Senate has approved a constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion rights.
The Virginia House already did this on Wednesday.
It's official: there'll be a referendum later this year on the issue.
The Virginia House already did this on Wednesday.
It's official: there'll be a referendum later this year on the issue.
January 16, 2026 at 5:05 PM
JUST IN: The Virginia Senate has approved a constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion rights.
The Virginia House already did this on Wednesday.
It's official: there'll be a referendum later this year on the issue.
The Virginia House already did this on Wednesday.
It's official: there'll be a referendum later this year on the issue.
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January 16, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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Absolutely definitive video analysis of Renee Good killing here. Look at the image framed in red.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Absolutely definitive video analysis of Renee Good killing here. Look at the image framed in red.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
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Whatever state you live in, you should be keeping an eye on extremist legislators and their testing grounds—and wow wow is South Carolina giving Texas a run for their money!
jessica.substack.com/p/republican...
jessica.substack.com/p/republican...
Republicans Want to Arrest You for Donating to Abortion Funds
1.14.25
jessica.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Whatever state you live in, you should be keeping an eye on extremist legislators and their testing grounds—and wow wow is South Carolina giving Texas a run for their money!
jessica.substack.com/p/republican...
jessica.substack.com/p/republican...
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Guess what bit of legislation is back in front of South Carolina lawmakers?
H. 3537, aka the Prenatal Equal Protection Act—the bill that would punish abortion patients as murderers. (Which in South Carolina could mean the death penalty.)
And there's more:
H. 3537, aka the Prenatal Equal Protection Act—the bill that would punish abortion patients as murderers. (Which in South Carolina could mean the death penalty.)
And there's more:
Republicans Want to Arrest You for Donating to Abortion Funds
1.14.25
jessica.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Guess what bit of legislation is back in front of South Carolina lawmakers?
H. 3537, aka the Prenatal Equal Protection Act—the bill that would punish abortion patients as murderers. (Which in South Carolina could mean the death penalty.)
And there's more:
H. 3537, aka the Prenatal Equal Protection Act—the bill that would punish abortion patients as murderers. (Which in South Carolina could mean the death penalty.)
And there's more:
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"we're doing targeted enforcement"
*shoots random mother in the face*
*violently kidnaps woman going to the doctor*
*flash bangs car with 6 children headed home*
*shoots random mother in the face*
*violently kidnaps woman going to the doctor*
*flash bangs car with 6 children headed home*
Kristi Noem: "If anything doesn't change with Gov. Walz, I don't anticipate that the streets will get any safer or more peaceful"
January 15, 2026 at 3:46 PM
"we're doing targeted enforcement"
*shoots random mother in the face*
*violently kidnaps woman going to the doctor*
*flash bangs car with 6 children headed home*
*shoots random mother in the face*
*violently kidnaps woman going to the doctor*
*flash bangs car with 6 children headed home*
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Q: Will it lead to more deadly killings in Minnesota if the Insurrection Act is invoked?
KRISTI NOEM: If anything doesn't change with Gov. Walz, I don't anticipate the streets getting any safer or more peaceful
KRISTI NOEM: If anything doesn't change with Gov. Walz, I don't anticipate the streets getting any safer or more peaceful
January 15, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Q: Will it lead to more deadly killings in Minnesota if the Insurrection Act is invoked?
KRISTI NOEM: If anything doesn't change with Gov. Walz, I don't anticipate the streets getting any safer or more peaceful
KRISTI NOEM: If anything doesn't change with Gov. Walz, I don't anticipate the streets getting any safer or more peaceful
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when ICE asks you questions about your neighbors, you've never met your neighbors in your life. you've never even seen them from afar. neighbors? what neighbors?
ICE is targeting Hmong families in St. Paul as they go door to door looking for people to kidnap. they’re asking “do you have any Asian neighbors”
January 13, 2026 at 10:37 PM
when ICE asks you questions about your neighbors, you've never met your neighbors in your life. you've never even seen them from afar. neighbors? what neighbors?
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Agree w Garrett, w this footnote:
In my memory, as child watching news from Birmingham on our black-and-white TV, Bull Connor's squad was brutal in retaliation. But they didn't seem as clearly to be *provoking* or inciting a reaction.
They were intimidators. CBP/ICE are provocateurs (Eg Reichstag)
In my memory, as child watching news from Birmingham on our black-and-white TV, Bull Connor's squad was brutal in retaliation. But they didn't seem as clearly to be *provoking* or inciting a reaction.
They were intimidators. CBP/ICE are provocateurs (Eg Reichstag)
We must stress: The only violence is coming from CBP/ICE. They are rioting in the face of sustained nonviolent protests by thousands of Americans across the country.
They are today’s Alabama State Troopers at the Selma bridge. They are Bull Connor’s police with firehoses in Birmingham.
They are today’s Alabama State Troopers at the Selma bridge. They are Bull Connor’s police with firehoses in Birmingham.
Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
January 13, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Agree w Garrett, w this footnote:
In my memory, as child watching news from Birmingham on our black-and-white TV, Bull Connor's squad was brutal in retaliation. But they didn't seem as clearly to be *provoking* or inciting a reaction.
They were intimidators. CBP/ICE are provocateurs (Eg Reichstag)
In my memory, as child watching news from Birmingham on our black-and-white TV, Bull Connor's squad was brutal in retaliation. But they didn't seem as clearly to be *provoking* or inciting a reaction.
They were intimidators. CBP/ICE are provocateurs (Eg Reichstag)
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Just spitballing here, but I think the founders probably wouldn't have approved of a President putting the entirety of a highly militarized federal government on a war footing against a state because he didn't like how they voted in the last election. But I'm sure John Roberts knows what he's doing.
Trump just posted that the "day of reckoning & retribution is coming" in Minnesota.
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Just spitballing here, but I think the founders probably wouldn't have approved of a President putting the entirety of a highly militarized federal government on a war footing against a state because he didn't like how they voted in the last election. But I'm sure John Roberts knows what he's doing.
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Maybe same as this story?
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Privacy advocates: ICE using private data to intimidate observers and activists
MPR News has looked into reports that federal agents have accessed private data to track and intimidate anti-ICE activists since the immigration crackdown surged in Minnesota in December. Privacy advo...
www.mprnews.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Maybe same as this story?
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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I investigate and arrest actual murderers while wearing khakis and loafers.
Breaking news: Minnesota officials sue federal immigration authorities, claiming the Trump administration’s “unprecedented surge” of immigration agents violates the U.S. Constitution and the state’s right to police itself.
Minnesota sues DHS, ICE over immigration enforcement
Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are suing to end a surge of federal immigration agents they said violates federal and state laws.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I investigate and arrest actual murderers while wearing khakis and loafers.
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This is f*cked up!
There isn’t any law in this country that requires you to provide proof of citizenship on the interior, but unfortunately ICE is racially profiling.
And they don’t care if you say you’re a US citizen.
So where does this leave everyone? If you don’t look white, you’re in danger.
There isn’t any law in this country that requires you to provide proof of citizenship on the interior, but unfortunately ICE is racially profiling.
And they don’t care if you say you’re a US citizen.
So where does this leave everyone? If you don’t look white, you’re in danger.
January 11, 2026 at 11:01 PM
This is f*cked up!
There isn’t any law in this country that requires you to provide proof of citizenship on the interior, but unfortunately ICE is racially profiling.
And they don’t care if you say you’re a US citizen.
So where does this leave everyone? If you don’t look white, you’re in danger.
There isn’t any law in this country that requires you to provide proof of citizenship on the interior, but unfortunately ICE is racially profiling.
And they don’t care if you say you’re a US citizen.
So where does this leave everyone? If you don’t look white, you’re in danger.
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This weekend's cross-country skiing took us up Camas Road for the views of snowy Mt Brown (L) and Mt Edwards (R). The clouds broke over our head to bathe us and the scenery with sunlight.
Glacier National Park
#nationalparks #montana #skiing #glacier #winter2026 #parkchat #landscapes
Glacier National Park
#nationalparks #montana #skiing #glacier #winter2026 #parkchat #landscapes
January 12, 2026 at 2:06 PM
This weekend's cross-country skiing took us up Camas Road for the views of snowy Mt Brown (L) and Mt Edwards (R). The clouds broke over our head to bathe us and the scenery with sunlight.
Glacier National Park
#nationalparks #montana #skiing #glacier #winter2026 #parkchat #landscapes
Glacier National Park
#nationalparks #montana #skiing #glacier #winter2026 #parkchat #landscapes
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I realize that every word that comes out of his mouth is outrageous in one way or another but unambiguously framing execution as a legitimate response to disrespect is still noteworthy
Q: "Do you believe that deadly force was necessary?"
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
January 12, 2026 at 12:45 PM
I realize that every word that comes out of his mouth is outrageous in one way or another but unambiguously framing execution as a legitimate response to disrespect is still noteworthy
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9. To even the wokest white person, violence by the state is still mostly theoretical. We might believe it’s true. We might trust Black people and other people of color are speaking truthfully about their experience. We might see videos online. But we don’t know what it *feels* like.
January 12, 2026 at 1:18 PM
9. To even the wokest white person, violence by the state is still mostly theoretical. We might believe it’s true. We might trust Black people and other people of color are speaking truthfully about their experience. We might see videos online. But we don’t know what it *feels* like.
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You know how the hipster burned his mouth?
He was drinking coffee before it was cool.
He was drinking coffee before it was cool.
Should they have cared about all this before now? Yes.
Did you reach the right position before them? Sure, here's a gold star.
Do we need their numbers to make this work? Yes. Please stop acting like the hipster who knew about this band before anyone else. We actually do need the normies.
Did you reach the right position before them? Sure, here's a gold star.
Do we need their numbers to make this work? Yes. Please stop acting like the hipster who knew about this band before anyone else. We actually do need the normies.
January 11, 2026 at 8:03 PM
You know how the hipster burned his mouth?
He was drinking coffee before it was cool.
He was drinking coffee before it was cool.
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Harmful rhetoric: “that’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you”.
Acceptable rhetoric: “f*cking bitch!”
We live in the dumbest time line.
Acceptable rhetoric: “f*cking bitch!”
We live in the dumbest time line.
January 11, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Harmful rhetoric: “that’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you”.
Acceptable rhetoric: “f*cking bitch!”
We live in the dumbest time line.
Acceptable rhetoric: “f*cking bitch!”
We live in the dumbest time line.
Still happening.
NEW
An initially-secret report for Customs and Border Patrol in 2013 found:
In many vehicle shooting cases, the “driver was attempting to flee from the agents who intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby … creating justification for the use of deadly force.”
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An initially-secret report for Customs and Border Patrol in 2013 found:
In many vehicle shooting cases, the “driver was attempting to flee from the agents who intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby … creating justification for the use of deadly force.”
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January 11, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Still happening.
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I can't say this loudly enough: THEY ARE TRYING TO NORMALIZE THE KILLING OF CIVILIANS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED PROTEST ACTIVITIES.
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 3:54 PM
I can't say this loudly enough: THEY ARE TRYING TO NORMALIZE THE KILLING OF CIVILIANS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED PROTEST ACTIVITIES.
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I want a candidate that explicitly states that, if elected, ICE is done. And not only that, but a full investigation will be done to find and prosecute each and every agent who has broken the law.
Swalwell to @gregsargent.bsky.social: "I’m not voting to fund this ICE. I support getting rid of their immunity. I support requiring them to take off the masks ... This ICE is not what anybody asked for, and I’m not going to vote to continue it."
Full episode: newrepublic.com/article/2051...
Full episode: newrepublic.com/article/2051...
January 10, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I want a candidate that explicitly states that, if elected, ICE is done. And not only that, but a full investigation will be done to find and prosecute each and every agent who has broken the law.
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Forcibly taking another country’s natural resources is blatantly illegal under international law, and the U.S. military providing the security to do it would cost more than any oil profits Trump-friendly companies can extract.
@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
Trump Is Ensuring That His Venezuela Attack Has No Upside for Anyone
Venezuelan democracy, America, and the world are all going to lose
www.theunpopulist.net
January 10, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Forcibly taking another country’s natural resources is blatantly illegal under international law, and the U.S. military providing the security to do it would cost more than any oil profits Trump-friendly companies can extract.
@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
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Vance is the embodiment of the cowardice and complicity in the GOP.
In a blink of an eye, Vance went from decrying Trump as a dangerous nut who would be "America's Hitler" to happily serving as his loyal little lickspittle. He can't be shamed, but he should still be insulted as often as possible.
In a blink of an eye, Vance went from decrying Trump as a dangerous nut who would be "America's Hitler" to happily serving as his loyal little lickspittle. He can't be shamed, but he should still be insulted as often as possible.
Shapiro: J.D. Vance is profoundly and pathetically a weak human being, and he does whatever he thinks his boss wants him to do.
What we need right now is not idiotic gaslighting from the sitting VP
He should be ashamed of himself—and he’s not. I think that speaks to the weakness of his character.
What we need right now is not idiotic gaslighting from the sitting VP
He should be ashamed of himself—and he’s not. I think that speaks to the weakness of his character.
January 10, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Vance is the embodiment of the cowardice and complicity in the GOP.
In a blink of an eye, Vance went from decrying Trump as a dangerous nut who would be "America's Hitler" to happily serving as his loyal little lickspittle. He can't be shamed, but he should still be insulted as often as possible.
In a blink of an eye, Vance went from decrying Trump as a dangerous nut who would be "America's Hitler" to happily serving as his loyal little lickspittle. He can't be shamed, but he should still be insulted as often as possible.
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I know we're in the midst of a catastrophe-loop, designed to desensitize us to the disaster and violence of the Trump regime. But it's still noteworthy that the official messaging of a Cabinet-level department is straightforwardly bullhorning QAnon slogans.
January 9, 2026 at 12:13 AM
I know we're in the midst of a catastrophe-loop, designed to desensitize us to the disaster and violence of the Trump regime. But it's still noteworthy that the official messaging of a Cabinet-level department is straightforwardly bullhorning QAnon slogans.