Ponder the Mike
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He/Him / 30+ / Your everyday straight white cis man / Chicago / Let's try to make the world a little less bad / Socialist
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The rule of law completely abandoned. Untrained, masked agents get to determine your fate. As in one hundred other areas, Trump will likely lose this lawsuit, but remedies will take years. This agency needs to be stripped to the foundation, abolished, but first we need a public reckoning.
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:54 PM
The rule of law completely abandoned. Untrained, masked agents get to determine your fate. As in one hundred other areas, Trump will likely lose this lawsuit, but remedies will take years. This agency needs to be stripped to the foundation, abolished, but first we need a public reckoning.
It’s why I’m viscerally disgusted by people overly blaming voters. People take cues from their electeds and they certainly aren’t acting with any fucking urgency
January 30, 2026 at 2:24 AM
It’s why I’m viscerally disgusted by people overly blaming voters. People take cues from their electeds and they certainly aren’t acting with any fucking urgency
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the demands schumer laid out, in light of existing rules and current ICE practices, are not a serious effort at modifying ICE’s behavior in any meaningful sense. they’re an attempt to mollify the base with meaningless bullshit without actually changing anything so they can move on to affordability
January 29, 2026 at 12:50 PM
the demands schumer laid out, in light of existing rules and current ICE practices, are not a serious effort at modifying ICE’s behavior in any meaningful sense. they’re an attempt to mollify the base with meaningless bullshit without actually changing anything so they can move on to affordability
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This is just protestant work ethic but you cut out the part where you go to church and socialize and check in on your community.
January 29, 2026 at 1:24 PM
This is just protestant work ethic but you cut out the part where you go to church and socialize and check in on your community.
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This is unconscionable. Evil.
But it happened in May 2023, when Biden was president.
So no, we don’t “reform immigration detention,” we destroy ICE, CBP, and DHS. We can’t reform this soul sickness.
But it happened in May 2023, when Biden was president.
So no, we don’t “reform immigration detention,” we destroy ICE, CBP, and DHS. We can’t reform this soul sickness.
Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez died in government custody.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
January 28, 2026 at 5:18 AM
This is unconscionable. Evil.
But it happened in May 2023, when Biden was president.
So no, we don’t “reform immigration detention,” we destroy ICE, CBP, and DHS. We can’t reform this soul sickness.
But it happened in May 2023, when Biden was president.
So no, we don’t “reform immigration detention,” we destroy ICE, CBP, and DHS. We can’t reform this soul sickness.
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Very little if anything seems to have changed on the ground. ICE is still out there terrorizing neighborhoods and trying to disappear neighbors. None of us on the ground are buying this bullshit. We will keep organizing and fighting.
The intense fallout from the killing of Alex Pretti has forced President Trump to publicly change course in Minneapolis.
Listen to our White House reporters discuss the changes on today's episode of "The Daily."
Listen to our White House reporters discuss the changes on today's episode of "The Daily."
Trump Changes Course in Minneapolis
The White House has been met with broad outcry over the killing of Alex Pretti, as well as pushback from Congress.
nyti.ms
January 28, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Very little if anything seems to have changed on the ground. ICE is still out there terrorizing neighborhoods and trying to disappear neighbors. None of us on the ground are buying this bullshit. We will keep organizing and fighting.
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every "good" Democrat is still looking for an off-ramp that lets them avoid arresting their Republican buddies & subjecting them to Nuremberg trials; it's the whole reason Trump was able to run for reelection after staging an attempted coup!
Homan may present as less cartoonishly fash-cringe than li’l Bovie - though honestly, I think he’s not far off - but he is every bit the ethnic cleansing zealot. He may even be more dangerous because: smarter and slightly (?) more presentable. Walz sure let down his guard.
January 28, 2026 at 3:41 AM
every "good" Democrat is still looking for an off-ramp that lets them avoid arresting their Republican buddies & subjecting them to Nuremberg trials; it's the whole reason Trump was able to run for reelection after staging an attempted coup!
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Do we really have to go through some mandatory period where we all pretend that Homan is ANY better than Bovino? The man’s a scumbag, literally the architect of the family separation policy that abducted 5 year old Liam Ramos from his community in MN and put him in a concentration camp in TX.
January 28, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Do we really have to go through some mandatory period where we all pretend that Homan is ANY better than Bovino? The man’s a scumbag, literally the architect of the family separation policy that abducted 5 year old Liam Ramos from his community in MN and put him in a concentration camp in TX.
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finally a good dating app
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 27, 2026 at 8:52 PM
finally a good dating app
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MAGA is defined by its total lack of a theory of mind for its enemies, and the fact that DHS and ICE still haven't wrapped their brains around the fact that their opponents also are able to highly effectively use the Internet to message, organize, and communicate really highlights that.
January 26, 2026 at 7:58 PM
MAGA is defined by its total lack of a theory of mind for its enemies, and the fact that DHS and ICE still haven't wrapped their brains around the fact that their opponents also are able to highly effectively use the Internet to message, organize, and communicate really highlights that.
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One thing I see liberal outlets giving ground on that I feel the need to correct: it’s impossible to “dox” a paid public official
By simply reporting their name, institutional role, and political affiliations
By simply reporting their name, institutional role, and political affiliations
January 28, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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Why do you think reactionary politics is inevitably attended by a comical level of graft & scam? Why do pastors steal their parishoners money? Why did Rush Limbaugh sell gold?
It's because they all know that they are targeting the dumbest people on fucking earth.
It's because they all know that they are targeting the dumbest people on fucking earth.
The Long Con | Rick Perlstein
Mitt Romney lies to be loved.
thebaffler.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Why do you think reactionary politics is inevitably attended by a comical level of graft & scam? Why do pastors steal their parishoners money? Why did Rush Limbaugh sell gold?
It's because they all know that they are targeting the dumbest people on fucking earth.
It's because they all know that they are targeting the dumbest people on fucking earth.
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Knowing fucking anything is "professorial" and "condescending." Only a level of ignorance & belligerence that matches the dumbest 20% of the population is truly authentic.
This is why the GOP is full of rich nepo-baby Ivy league graduates trying their level best to act as stupid as they can.
This is why the GOP is full of rich nepo-baby Ivy league graduates trying their level best to act as stupid as they can.
January 27, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Knowing fucking anything is "professorial" and "condescending." Only a level of ignorance & belligerence that matches the dumbest 20% of the population is truly authentic.
This is why the GOP is full of rich nepo-baby Ivy league graduates trying their level best to act as stupid as they can.
This is why the GOP is full of rich nepo-baby Ivy league graduates trying their level best to act as stupid as they can.
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The US Holocaust Museum being more outraged by Tim Walz saying that, like Anne Frank, children today are in hiding from armed agents of the state, than they are about the fact that children are in hiding from armed agents of the state, is why Holocaust remembrance culture is in crisis.
January 26, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The US Holocaust Museum being more outraged by Tim Walz saying that, like Anne Frank, children today are in hiding from armed agents of the state, than they are about the fact that children are in hiding from armed agents of the state, is why Holocaust remembrance culture is in crisis.
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If Dems are squeamish about "abolish," fine, the demand is still simple: zero funding for ICE and CBP.
Pretend you just want a "pause" to "sort it out." Whatever.
But, yeah, "do not vote to fund murder and other rampant lawbreaking by Trump's gestapo" is indeed a "purity test" you must pass.
Pretend you just want a "pause" to "sort it out." Whatever.
But, yeah, "do not vote to fund murder and other rampant lawbreaking by Trump's gestapo" is indeed a "purity test" you must pass.
NEW: Minnesota's top federal judge says ICE has been violating court orders repeatedly — detaining noncitizens or rushing them to Texas despite judges' commands.
He wants ICE's director to answer for it "personally," and could level contempt sanctions.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
He wants ICE's director to answer for it "personally," and could level contempt sanctions.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 27, 2026 at 12:40 PM
If Dems are squeamish about "abolish," fine, the demand is still simple: zero funding for ICE and CBP.
Pretend you just want a "pause" to "sort it out." Whatever.
But, yeah, "do not vote to fund murder and other rampant lawbreaking by Trump's gestapo" is indeed a "purity test" you must pass.
Pretend you just want a "pause" to "sort it out." Whatever.
But, yeah, "do not vote to fund murder and other rampant lawbreaking by Trump's gestapo" is indeed a "purity test" you must pass.
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In sum:
America, the concept? Trash, settler colonial, throw it out
America, the people? Incredible, salt of the earth, would die for them
America, the concept? Trash, settler colonial, throw it out
America, the people? Incredible, salt of the earth, would die for them
January 27, 2026 at 1:36 PM
In sum:
America, the concept? Trash, settler colonial, throw it out
America, the people? Incredible, salt of the earth, would die for them
America, the concept? Trash, settler colonial, throw it out
America, the people? Incredible, salt of the earth, would die for them
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rightwingers see people caring about others in their community and instead of finding that inspiring they think it’s some sort of grand conspiracy because they don’t understand what it means to care for others you don’t personally know
January 25, 2026 at 7:57 PM
rightwingers see people caring about others in their community and instead of finding that inspiring they think it’s some sort of grand conspiracy because they don’t understand what it means to care for others you don’t personally know
This means that they are all guilty
This can’t be repeated enough. Not only won’t they investigate, they may never even tell us who did this.
Think about the message that sends to the next ones. Nobody is safe.
Think about the message that sends to the next ones. Nobody is safe.
January 26, 2026 at 12:38 PM
This means that they are all guilty
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There's a part in one of the Warhammer 40k books where the edgelord demon-worshippers are interrogating a defecting Imperial general. Instead of asking him about troop movements etc. they ask him about what normal humans eat - questions they don't understand because they're so far from humanity.
January 26, 2026 at 10:29 AM
There's a part in one of the Warhammer 40k books where the edgelord demon-worshippers are interrogating a defecting Imperial general. Instead of asking him about troop movements etc. they ask him about what normal humans eat - questions they don't understand because they're so far from humanity.
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Worked for DOGE? Prison.
ICE/CBP guys? Prison.
Trump cabinet? Prison.
The guys who fired on those Venezuelan boats? Court-martial then prison.
Trump admin lawyers? Disbarred then prison.
ICE/CBP guys? Prison.
Trump cabinet? Prison.
The guys who fired on those Venezuelan boats? Court-martial then prison.
Trump admin lawyers? Disbarred then prison.
January 26, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Worked for DOGE? Prison.
ICE/CBP guys? Prison.
Trump cabinet? Prison.
The guys who fired on those Venezuelan boats? Court-martial then prison.
Trump admin lawyers? Disbarred then prison.
ICE/CBP guys? Prison.
Trump cabinet? Prison.
The guys who fired on those Venezuelan boats? Court-martial then prison.
Trump admin lawyers? Disbarred then prison.
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The point of this post is that you are unable to analyze systems or institutions and have no theory of change. Please try to use your brain you have likely outsourced to a large language model of some kind
January 25, 2026 at 10:31 PM
The point of this post is that you are unable to analyze systems or institutions and have no theory of change. Please try to use your brain you have likely outsourced to a large language model of some kind
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“Hey you guys didn’t vote for a genocider so actually the fascism happening now and our institutions inability to protect from it are actually your fault”
Do you hear yourselves
Do you hear yourselves
January 25, 2026 at 7:10 PM
“Hey you guys didn’t vote for a genocider so actually the fascism happening now and our institutions inability to protect from it are actually your fault”
Do you hear yourselves
Do you hear yourselves
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Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics