David Petroff
@davidpetroff.bsky.social
Husband, dad, Sports Customer Onboarding Specialist for Genius Sports, former Edgewood College sports guy. Keeper of tons of useless knowledge. Good at travel and trivia. Bad at golf.
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The President shit himself on live TV. Melania bombed. The Epstein files are sending shockwaves through the Alt Right. Liam and his dad are back home. A Texas district that was DEEP red for 35 years flipped blue. Pretti's killers have been identified.
Small wins, but you can feel the change coming.
Small wins, but you can feel the change coming.
February 2, 2026 at 1:17 AM
The President shit himself on live TV. Melania bombed. The Epstein files are sending shockwaves through the Alt Right. Liam and his dad are back home. A Texas district that was DEEP red for 35 years flipped blue. Pretti's killers have been identified.
Small wins, but you can feel the change coming.
Small wins, but you can feel the change coming.
The next day that happens would be the first.
Kristi Noem: "I always tell people that the days you don't hear about us are the days we were successful."
February 2, 2026 at 12:31 AM
The next day that happens would be the first.
Everything he touches dies
Trump: "I have determined that the fastest way to bring The Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur, is to cease Entertainment Operations for an approximately two year period of time, with a scheduled Grand Reopening that will rival and surpass anything."
February 1, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Everything he touches dies
I see we are at the arresting journalists stage of the fascist takeover.
Don Lemon is not the only reporter who was arrested by federal agents overnight — local independent journalist Georgia Fort just went live on FB to say federal agents were also at her door to take her into custody over her protest coverage in Minneapolis.
January 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I see we are at the arresting journalists stage of the fascist takeover.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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The starving crocodiles that have been released onto this ship full of children need better training, proper monitoring, and also must cease any unnecessary eating NOW. No children on the lido deck or 1st class should EVER be consumed. That's why I'm voting an additional $44B for crocodiles.
January 27, 2026 at 11:28 AM
The starving crocodiles that have been released onto this ship full of children need better training, proper monitoring, and also must cease any unnecessary eating NOW. No children on the lido deck or 1st class should EVER be consumed. That's why I'm voting an additional $44B for crocodiles.
Never let them off the hook. They know this is bad.
Gov Greg Abbott (R-TX) openly criticizes ICE and distances himself from their operations in Minnesota, suggesting he things they are a spectacular failure and that the GOP needs to find someone to blame other than the people of Minnesota. www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2...
January 26, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Never let them off the hook. They know this is bad.
TACO and claim victory. Ignore the devastation and damage left behind. Same as it ever was.
Looks like Trump sees his off ramp in Minnesota.
"It was a very good call."
"It was a very good call."
January 26, 2026 at 5:05 PM
TACO and claim victory. Ignore the devastation and damage left behind. Same as it ever was.
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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 5:22 AM
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.
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We have reached the point where any statement made by a Trump administration official must be assumed to be a lie until proven otherwise.
January 25, 2026 at 8:46 PM
We have reached the point where any statement made by a Trump administration official must be assumed to be a lie until proven otherwise.
The good news is we can probably end the whole affair if someone just hands him a paper bag with $50K in it.
BREAKING: Trump sends corruption specialist Tom Homan to Minnesota.
January 26, 2026 at 3:02 PM
The good news is we can probably end the whole affair if someone just hands him a paper bag with $50K in it.
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Today I wrote about a good man summarily executed on the streets by Republican death squads, and how, given the inevitable alternatives, even tyrants should hope for a people's liberation from tyranny. www.the-reframe.com/the-shovel-n...
The Shovel Next Time
Liberation from tyranny is also liberation for the tyrants.
www.the-reframe.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Today I wrote about a good man summarily executed on the streets by Republican death squads, and how, given the inevitable alternatives, even tyrants should hope for a people's liberation from tyranny. www.the-reframe.com/the-shovel-n...
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On both the Renee Good and Alex Pretti situations: If the federal agents ever had to go under oath in front of jury questioned by a real lawyers about what they did they would get absolutely destroyed. They are only getting away with this because the govt won’t allow that.
January 25, 2026 at 4:51 PM
On both the Renee Good and Alex Pretti situations: If the federal agents ever had to go under oath in front of jury questioned by a real lawyers about what they did they would get absolutely destroyed. They are only getting away with this because the govt won’t allow that.
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i think this attitude — that all opposition is illegitimate and nothing we do can be questioned— is probably pervasive in the white house and helps explain why they keep making terrible political choices
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 3:02 PM
i think this attitude — that all opposition is illegitimate and nothing we do can be questioned— is probably pervasive in the white house and helps explain why they keep making terrible political choices
Shit isn’t changing until a critical mass of Republican lawmakers say “enough is enough”. I doubt there is enough collective spine among them.
January 25, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Shit isn’t changing until a critical mass of Republican lawmakers say “enough is enough”. I doubt there is enough collective spine among them.
Hey there media and journalists. When it’s a lie, call it a lie.
January 25, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Hey there media and journalists. When it’s a lie, call it a lie.
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They.
Just.
Lie.
Just.
Lie.
… Miller repeatedly claiming, and spreading claims, that the deceased attempted to assassinate officers.
January 24, 2026 at 10:06 PM
They.
Just.
Lie.
Just.
Lie.
It’s not law enforcement if they are breaking the law.
January 24, 2026 at 10:03 PM
It’s not law enforcement if they are breaking the law.
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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
I tend to believe we do not need to fund an undertrained, undervetted, secret police force that willfully ignores the laws of the nation in order to detain 5-year old children and shoot mothers in the face.
NEW: The House just passed the DHS funding bill. Seven Democrats voted yes:
Henry Cuellar of Texas
Jared Golden of Maine
Laura Gillen of New York
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington State
Don Davis of North Carolina
Tom Souzzi of New York
Vincente Gonzalez of Texas
Henry Cuellar of Texas
Jared Golden of Maine
Laura Gillen of New York
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington State
Don Davis of North Carolina
Tom Souzzi of New York
Vincente Gonzalez of Texas
January 22, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I tend to believe we do not need to fund an undertrained, undervetted, secret police force that willfully ignores the laws of the nation in order to detain 5-year old children and shoot mothers in the face.
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It’s so interesting that the comet pizza-Q-Anon folks have disappeared just as their deeply held concerns about a widespread elite child trafficking conspiracy has been proven correct
January 22, 2026 at 3:37 AM
It’s so interesting that the comet pizza-Q-Anon folks have disappeared just as their deeply held concerns about a widespread elite child trafficking conspiracy has been proven correct
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it doesn't matter if you don't want to have this fight, it doesn't even matter if it's not politically optimal to have this fight
the fight is here and sitting it out is not an option
if you can't see that get out of the way
the fight is here and sitting it out is not an option
if you can't see that get out of the way
To quote one source:
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
prospect.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:43 PM
it doesn't matter if you don't want to have this fight, it doesn't even matter if it's not politically optimal to have this fight
the fight is here and sitting it out is not an option
if you can't see that get out of the way
the fight is here and sitting it out is not an option
if you can't see that get out of the way
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Who keeps putting a microphone in front of his face?
Trump: "We have crime down in Chicago despite the fact we have an idiot governor and a mayor that, I mean, a very low IQ person. He's a low IQ person. It's amazing -- you have these wonderful, beautiful black women with MAGA caps on. They're all over Chicago. They want MAGA to come in."
January 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Who keeps putting a microphone in front of his face?