Charles Herold
@cherold.bsky.social
Well, I'm just glad I didn't live to see this shitshow. Oh, wait, I'm still here. Fuck.
BTW, instablock to anyone who messages me who has never met me in person.
Mastodon:https://zirk.us/@cherold
BTW, instablock to anyone who messages me who has never met me in person.
Mastodon:https://zirk.us/@cherold
Pinned
Journalists talking about "moderate" Republicans is like terrorists taking over the Super Bowl and one terrorist says "we're going to kill all the hostages" and the other says "we're going to kill all the hostages except children" and journalists start calling the second one "the moderate."
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What To Know About Trump’s Board Of Peace https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-trumps-board-of-peace/
January 26, 2026 at 11:00 PM
What To Know About Trump’s Board Of Peace https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-trumps-board-of-peace/
Maybe the party that said everyone should carry a gun everywhere they go made a mistake by suddenly telling all the gun nuts who voted for them that they would shoot anyone carrying a gun anywhere they didn't like? Just a theory.
January 27, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Maybe the party that said everyone should carry a gun everywhere they go made a mistake by suddenly telling all the gun nuts who voted for them that they would shoot anyone carrying a gun anywhere they didn't like? Just a theory.
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Border Patrol is pulling out of Minneapolis. Bovino is ending his punitive tour of blue cities. Calls for Noem's resignation are mounting, even in conservative media. Senate Democrats are dug in now on refusing to fund DHS and ICE. "Abolish ICE" is now a mainstream position.
They are losing.
They are losing.
January 26, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Border Patrol is pulling out of Minneapolis. Bovino is ending his punitive tour of blue cities. Calls for Noem's resignation are mounting, even in conservative media. Senate Democrats are dug in now on refusing to fund DHS and ICE. "Abolish ICE" is now a mainstream position.
They are losing.
They are losing.
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Certainly appears moms with whistles won the Battle of Minneapolis.
January 27, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Certainly appears moms with whistles won the Battle of Minneapolis.
BREAKING: Monster who dresses like a Nazi to be replaced by monster who doesn't dress like a Nazi.
January 27, 2026 at 12:18 AM
BREAKING: Monster who dresses like a Nazi to be replaced by monster who doesn't dress like a Nazi.
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I hope someone in the media asks Miller if he still thinks Alex Pretti was an assassin and a domestic terrorist, and if not what has changed his opinion in the past two days.
January 27, 2026 at 12:14 AM
I hope someone in the media asks Miller if he still thinks Alex Pretti was an assassin and a domestic terrorist, and if not what has changed his opinion in the past two days.
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Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
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We can still abolish and persecute ICE, as a treat
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:14 AM
We can still abolish and persecute ICE, as a treat
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And here in the last sentence you see what these PR moves are all about: A government shutdown is looming on Friday over more DHS funding, and they are maneuvering to blame Democrats.
January 27, 2026 at 12:10 AM
And here in the last sentence you see what these PR moves are all about: A government shutdown is looming on Friday over more DHS funding, and they are maneuvering to blame Democrats.
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Trump has even lost Rasmussen now
January 25, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Trump has even lost Rasmussen now
I don't know why ICE decided to just keep murdering people until they found the perfect martyr, but in retrospect it seems like a poor strategy.
January 27, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I don't know why ICE decided to just keep murdering people until they found the perfect martyr, but in retrospect it seems like a poor strategy.
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“Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her close adviser Corey Lewandowski, who were Bovino’s biggest backers at DHS, are also at risk of losing their jobs, two of the people told me.”
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January 26, 2026 at 11:58 PM
“Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her close adviser Corey Lewandowski, who were Bovino’s biggest backers at DHS, are also at risk of losing their jobs, two of the people told me.”
🎉🎉🎉🎉
🎉🎉🎉🎉
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REPUBLICANS: We’re going to use some of you as target practice
DEMOCRATS: 👏 DONATE 👏 TO 👏 US 👏 IF 👏 YOU 👏 DON’T 👏 LIKE 👏 BEING 👏 SHOT 👏
PEOPLE: Will you actually do anything to keep us from being killed?
DEMOCRATS: No ❤️
DEMOCRATS: 👏 DONATE 👏 TO 👏 US 👏 IF 👏 YOU 👏 DON’T 👏 LIKE 👏 BEING 👏 SHOT 👏
PEOPLE: Will you actually do anything to keep us from being killed?
DEMOCRATS: No ❤️
January 26, 2026 at 11:48 PM
REPUBLICANS: We’re going to use some of you as target practice
DEMOCRATS: 👏 DONATE 👏 TO 👏 US 👏 IF 👏 YOU 👏 DON’T 👏 LIKE 👏 BEING 👏 SHOT 👏
PEOPLE: Will you actually do anything to keep us from being killed?
DEMOCRATS: No ❤️
DEMOCRATS: 👏 DONATE 👏 TO 👏 US 👏 IF 👏 YOU 👏 DON’T 👏 LIKE 👏 BEING 👏 SHOT 👏
PEOPLE: Will you actually do anything to keep us from being killed?
DEMOCRATS: No ❤️
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Greg Bovino announces he is retiring to spend more time abducting other people’s children.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Greg Bovino announces he is retiring to spend more time abducting other people’s children.
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just a reminder that when we say "ICE should get the fuck out of Minneapolis," Minneapolis is a synecdoche for America
ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:30 PM
just a reminder that when we say "ICE should get the fuck out of Minneapolis," Minneapolis is a synecdoche for America
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January 26, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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Bovino has worked so hard at being Nazi, I hope for all the effort he gets the full experience.
January 26, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Bovino has worked so hard at being Nazi, I hope for all the effort he gets the full experience.
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The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
January 26, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
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Greg Bovino getting pulled out of Minnesota to terrorize another community is not accountability. At all.
January 26, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Greg Bovino getting pulled out of Minnesota to terrorize another community is not accountability. At all.
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Three sources tell state media (CBS News) that Greg Bovino was “relieved of his command in Minneapolis.”
January 26, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Three sources tell state media (CBS News) that Greg Bovino was “relieved of his command in Minneapolis.”
This is a must-read report on Minnesota's hyperlocal resistance, both because it's inspiring and because it's so well written - direct, clear, and elegantly phrased.
I wrote about my time in Minneapolis last week, about what is involved in creating bottom-up, decentralized networks of care.
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/our-neighb...
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/our-neighb...
January 26, 2026 at 10:25 PM
This is a must-read report on Minnesota's hyperlocal resistance, both because it's inspiring and because it's so well written - direct, clear, and elegantly phrased.
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You got an audible gasp from me on this paragraph.
You're totally right and it's fucked beyond belief
You're totally right and it's fucked beyond belief
January 26, 2026 at 7:43 PM
You got an audible gasp from me on this paragraph.
You're totally right and it's fucked beyond belief
You're totally right and it's fucked beyond belief
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If anyone still believes the rumors that tiktok is being censored, my whole fyp is anti-ICE right now, almost without exception. People are performing panic for clout.
January 26, 2026 at 7:51 PM
If anyone still believes the rumors that tiktok is being censored, my whole fyp is anti-ICE right now, almost without exception. People are performing panic for clout.
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Gallego: I think it's ridiculous that Kristi Noem just went out right away and basically called this poor victim, a violent terrorist. That right there is impeachable. She lied about a citizen to justify his murder. The president should ask for her resignation.
January 26, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Gallego: I think it's ridiculous that Kristi Noem just went out right away and basically called this poor victim, a violent terrorist. That right there is impeachable. She lied about a citizen to justify his murder. The president should ask for her resignation.
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In 21st century US politics, the two most important ongoing stories are:
1) The radicalization of the GOP, &
2) the degradation of the information environment, ie, the death of accountability journalism.
Neither gets a fraction of the attention devoted to, say, annoying woke undergrads.
1) The radicalization of the GOP, &
2) the degradation of the information environment, ie, the death of accountability journalism.
Neither gets a fraction of the attention devoted to, say, annoying woke undergrads.
January 26, 2026 at 8:44 PM
In 21st century US politics, the two most important ongoing stories are:
1) The radicalization of the GOP, &
2) the degradation of the information environment, ie, the death of accountability journalism.
Neither gets a fraction of the attention devoted to, say, annoying woke undergrads.
1) The radicalization of the GOP, &
2) the degradation of the information environment, ie, the death of accountability journalism.
Neither gets a fraction of the attention devoted to, say, annoying woke undergrads.