Elendel
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In the future all social and political issues will be decided by dueling GoFundMes, in the ultimate expression of American values.
January 14, 2026 at 3:33 AM
In the future all social and political issues will be decided by dueling GoFundMes, in the ultimate expression of American values.
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I’d argue that it is key. Stealing a citizen’s phone is neither necessary nor proper for ICE agents to conduct their federal responsibilities. It is plainly unlawful conduct that local prosecutors could investigate and charge without Supremacy Clause problems getting in the way and no justification.
Not the key part of this story, obviously... but they *sold* his phone? WTF?
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 14, 2026 at 2:41 AM
I’d argue that it is key. Stealing a citizen’s phone is neither necessary nor proper for ICE agents to conduct their federal responsibilities. It is plainly unlawful conduct that local prosecutors could investigate and charge without Supremacy Clause problems getting in the way and no justification.
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On the drive home I was idly thinking about what changes I'd make, if I could, to our system of governance after this administration is - ideally - gone.
I suppose in no particular order, here is a list of what I'd do, sorted by the mechanism for doing it.
I suppose in no particular order, here is a list of what I'd do, sorted by the mechanism for doing it.
January 14, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
January 14, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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take a second to really wrap your head around this.
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
take a second to really wrap your head around this.
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ICE are thug scum.
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 13, 2026 at 11:37 PM
ICE are thug scum.
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Trump thugs are killing, brutalizing, and torturing American citizens. That is not an “immigration crackdown.” It’s domestic repression and occupation.
As the Trump administration escalates its immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, arrests and aggressive tactics by ICE and the Border Patrol, many seen on viral videos, have intensified the frustration and fear among residents, business owners and immigrant workers. trib.al/zVm2mk5
January 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Trump thugs are killing, brutalizing, and torturing American citizens. That is not an “immigration crackdown.” It’s domestic repression and occupation.
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People have virtually no inkling of how a half-century of terrible legislation dug the hole we're in.
We don't need new ideas. We need the old ones back.
We don't need new ideas. We need the old ones back.
While we’re waiting for Republicans to unveil their healthcare plan, remember this:
Health insurance didn’t start as a corporate cash grab. Before the ‘70s, giants like Blue Cross & Blue Shield were nonprofits. Then the 1973 HMO Act, signed by President Nixon, turbocharged for-profit healthcare
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Health insurance didn’t start as a corporate cash grab. Before the ‘70s, giants like Blue Cross & Blue Shield were nonprofits. Then the 1973 HMO Act, signed by President Nixon, turbocharged for-profit healthcare
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January 13, 2026 at 11:10 PM
People have virtually no inkling of how a half-century of terrible legislation dug the hole we're in.
We don't need new ideas. We need the old ones back.
We don't need new ideas. We need the old ones back.
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So, if I'm reading this right:
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
Federal prosecutors quit in protest over lack of investigation into ICE shooting
Six lawyers from US attorney’s office in Minnesota quit along with four leaders of DoJ’s civil rights division
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:35 PM
So, if I'm reading this right:
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
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"The baby was released to her family. Her grandmother says she had a bruised cheek, but is otherwise OK."
I'M SORRY, BUT DID YOU NOT HAVE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS TO THIS???
I'M SORRY, BUT DID YOU NOT HAVE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS TO THIS???
January 13, 2026 at 8:55 PM
"The baby was released to her family. Her grandmother says she had a bruised cheek, but is otherwise OK."
I'M SORRY, BUT DID YOU NOT HAVE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS TO THIS???
I'M SORRY, BUT DID YOU NOT HAVE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS TO THIS???
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Tbh no one is following this Reps record like The Burner. Consider becoming a contributor today at ko-fi.com/hannahkrieg
January 13, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Tbh no one is following this Reps record like The Burner. Consider becoming a contributor today at ko-fi.com/hannahkrieg
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This, this, this. Tired anytime someone whines that Democrats don't have any power, can affect no change. When the GOP were out of power, they ground the gears of government to a halt -- and when they got going again, they did so slowly, on the GOP's terms. (In part because Democrats were passive!)
“But what do you expect Democrats to doo-hooo?”
1) Refuse to fund this criminal government anymore.
2) EVERY one of them call to abolish ICE (and bonus, DHS). No more “they need training” shit. Promise prosecutions.
3) EVERY one of them call for Trump’s impeachment, relentlessly, EVERY day.
1) Refuse to fund this criminal government anymore.
2) EVERY one of them call to abolish ICE (and bonus, DHS). No more “they need training” shit. Promise prosecutions.
3) EVERY one of them call for Trump’s impeachment, relentlessly, EVERY day.
January 13, 2026 at 8:42 PM
This, this, this. Tired anytime someone whines that Democrats don't have any power, can affect no change. When the GOP were out of power, they ground the gears of government to a halt -- and when they got going again, they did so slowly, on the GOP's terms. (In part because Democrats were passive!)
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Obviously we should abolish ICE and actually the entire DHS but also I think we haven’t yet begun to reckon with how completely we’re going to have to purge the DOJ, like burn it to the absolute ground bsky.app/profile/atru...
These are absolutely monstrous people
"Mr. Thompson’s resignation came after senior DOJ officials pressed for a criminal investigation into the actions of the widow of Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis woman killed by an ICE agent"
"Mr. Thompson’s resignation came after senior DOJ officials pressed for a criminal investigation into the actions of the widow of Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis woman killed by an ICE agent"
3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Obviously we should abolish ICE and actually the entire DHS but also I think we haven’t yet begun to reckon with how completely we’re going to have to purge the DOJ, like burn it to the absolute ground bsky.app/profile/atru...
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If you are a Democrat and you don't think that Gregory Bovino has repeatedly proven himself unfit for a government job long before a tweet this week, you should step aside and let someone do the job who can do the job.
Call me crazy, but I don't think the question of whether or not Bovino belongs in his job depends on whether or not he deletes the tweet he made calling protesters "cannon fodder." Making the tweet (along with many other things he's done) should disqualify him from any law enforcement job ever.
Rep. Lieu: “Greg Bovino last night made a post that essentially called protesters, ‘cannon fodder.’ He needs to delete that post, or he needs to resign…If Greg Bovino and the administration doesn't turn down the rhetoric, it's going to cause more people to get killed.”
January 13, 2026 at 7:39 PM
If you are a Democrat and you don't think that Gregory Bovino has repeatedly proven himself unfit for a government job long before a tweet this week, you should step aside and let someone do the job who can do the job.
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The complaint is difficult reading, but if you need a condensed timeline of events in Minneapolis... I think I missed this incident entirely:
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72132...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72132...
January 13, 2026 at 7:33 PM
The complaint is difficult reading, but if you need a condensed timeline of events in Minneapolis... I think I missed this incident entirely:
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72132...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72132...
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It's impossible to comply with these goons, they tell her to go, she starts to go....and then the guy runs up and smashes the window and they all surround her and drag her out. Criminals doing carjackings are more organized than this
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM
It's impossible to comply with these goons, they tell her to go, she starts to go....and then the guy runs up and smashes the window and they all surround her and drag her out. Criminals doing carjackings are more organized than this
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A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
January 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM
A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
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How, again, are Dems supposed to negotiate with the Rs on the 2026 fiscal year budget (already 3.5 months late) if Trump has no intention of honoring the deals negotiated and laws passed?
Trump: "Starting February 1, we're not making any payments to sanctuary cities or states having sanctuary cities"
January 13, 2026 at 8:17 PM
How, again, are Dems supposed to negotiate with the Rs on the 2026 fiscal year budget (already 3.5 months late) if Trump has no intention of honoring the deals negotiated and laws passed?
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A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
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Reminder that aside from asking if you're being detained or identifying yourself in a stop and ID state, the only thing you should EVER say to law enforcement in the US is
I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT.
And then SHUT UP.
I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT.
And then SHUT UP.
January 12, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Reminder that aside from asking if you're being detained or identifying yourself in a stop and ID state, the only thing you should EVER say to law enforcement in the US is
I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT.
And then SHUT UP.
I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT.
And then SHUT UP.
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Hey we heard you have executive dysfunction so we created a giant bureaucratic maze and we're gonna put your executive dysfunction meds at the end of it. maybe.
January 11, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Hey we heard you have executive dysfunction so we created a giant bureaucratic maze and we're gonna put your executive dysfunction meds at the end of it. maybe.
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Trans people: "Fix your hearts or die!"
Scott Adams: ok *dies*
Scott Adams: ok *dies*
January 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Trans people: "Fix your hearts or die!"
Scott Adams: ok *dies*
Scott Adams: ok *dies*
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Trying to live my life so that when I die it’s a “pour one out for a real one” scenario over a “rest in piss” situation
January 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Trying to live my life so that when I die it’s a “pour one out for a real one” scenario over a “rest in piss” situation
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There are lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to Nazi Germany and there are also lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to the post-1850 Fugitive Slave Act U.S. and it's *weird* how people respond with interest to the former but total confusion to the latter
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
There are lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to Nazi Germany and there are also lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to the post-1850 Fugitive Slave Act U.S. and it's *weird* how people respond with interest to the former but total confusion to the latter