Eric Hallstrom
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Missoula, MT
Missoula, MT
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“.. People take part in a rally on the day of a general strike to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's deployment of thousands of immigration enforcement officers on the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:14 PM
“.. People take part in a rally on the day of a general strike to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's deployment of thousands of immigration enforcement officers on the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
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The Democrats should shut down the government on this sentence alone.
January 21, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The Democrats should shut down the government on this sentence alone.
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You're going to read a lot of headlines out of Davos that misleadingly suggest that a transatlantic crisis has passed. But if you listen to Trump's entire speech, it sounds like the crisis is just getting started.
Beware The "Trump Won't Use Force in Greenland" Headlines
The transatlantic crisis is hardly over. Trump is so psychotic that Mark Carney is telling the truth about the 'rules-based international order.' PLUS: Three podcasts I guested on!
www.forever-wars.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:06 PM
You're going to read a lot of headlines out of Davos that misleadingly suggest that a transatlantic crisis has passed. But if you listen to Trump's entire speech, it sounds like the crisis is just getting started.
For congressional Dems, "Hell No!" is the only reasonable response to passing any legislation (or approving any appointee) that does not attempt to arrest the executive branch's lawless behavior.
this is pathetic... Dems should vote "hell, no" www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Congress releases massive funding bill ahead of shutdown deadline as ICE clash looms
The legislation funds key agencies before a Jan. 30 deadline to avert a shutdown, but it excludes the restraints on ICE that many Democrats have said are essential for their votes.
www.nbcnews.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:20 PM
For congressional Dems, "Hell No!" is the only reasonable response to passing any legislation (or approving any appointee) that does not attempt to arrest the executive branch's lawless behavior.
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this is pathetic... Dems should vote "hell, no" www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Congress releases massive funding bill ahead of shutdown deadline as ICE clash looms
The legislation funds key agencies before a Jan. 30 deadline to avert a shutdown, but it excludes the restraints on ICE that many Democrats have said are essential for their votes.
www.nbcnews.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:05 PM
this is pathetic... Dems should vote "hell, no" www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 20, 2026 at 6:53 PM
NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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The Republican Congress spent almost two years and issued a nearly 3,000 page report on Bill Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich. What Trump is doing is orders or magnitude sketchier and not one of these pardons lasts longer than a day in the news cycle & Congress is silent🙃
January 17, 2026 at 2:19 PM
The Republican Congress spent almost two years and issued a nearly 3,000 page report on Bill Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich. What Trump is doing is orders or magnitude sketchier and not one of these pardons lasts longer than a day in the news cycle & Congress is silent🙃
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Walz comment, via NBC: “The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey, sources say
The Justice Department is investigating whether the two Democratic officials impeded immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, according to sources.
www.nbcnews.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Walz comment, via NBC: “The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE detention and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
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Lost in this one because its so absurd is that this is, again, a blatant violation of the emoluments clause and this is a clear case of someone trying to influence the foreign policy of the United States through gifts given to Trump.
President Trump is keeping the Nobel Peace Prize medal presented to him by its recipient, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. abcnews.go.com/US/trump-mee...
Trump accepts Nobel Peace Prize medal from Venezuelan opposition leader Machado
President Donald Trump met with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado at the White House Thursday, where she said she presented him with her Nobel medal.
abcnews.go.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Lost in this one because its so absurd is that this is, again, a blatant violation of the emoluments clause and this is a clear case of someone trying to influence the foreign policy of the United States through gifts given to Trump.
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The actual story is that a family of American citizens trying to evacuate from a neighborhood that ICE had made unsafe, and then ICE tossed munitions into the car, causing three kids to be hospitalized and a six month old to stop breathing. DHS called the family “radical agitators”
January 16, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The actual story is that a family of American citizens trying to evacuate from a neighborhood that ICE had made unsafe, and then ICE tossed munitions into the car, causing three kids to be hospitalized and a six month old to stop breathing. DHS called the family “radical agitators”
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Transparent, open bribery.
NY Times: “Trump pardons a convicted fraudster for the second time.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Transparent, open bribery.
Everyone knows only one twin gets a soul.
January 16, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Everyone knows only one twin gets a soul.
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A reminder that bringing shitty posts over from That Fascist Site to be performatively angry about them here is a choice you don't have to make! You can just leave them there! There is so much else to be legitimately angry about! You will not lack for content!
January 14, 2026 at 11:44 PM
A reminder that bringing shitty posts over from That Fascist Site to be performatively angry about them here is a choice you don't have to make! You can just leave them there! There is so much else to be legitimately angry about! You will not lack for content!
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“All of us, citizens and immigrants alike, are being ruled by people who think life is a privilege bestowed by authority, and death is a fair penalty for disobedience,” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes.
“All of us, citizens and immigrants alike, are being ruled by people who think life is a privilege bestowed by authority, and death is a fair penalty for disobedience,” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes.
Opinion | By Killing Renee Good, ICE Sent a Message to Us All
Not even citizens are safe in Trump’s America.
nyti.ms
January 9, 2026 at 2:40 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“All of us, citizens and immigrants alike, are being ruled by people who think life is a privilege bestowed by authority, and death is a fair penalty for disobedience,” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes.
“All of us, citizens and immigrants alike, are being ruled by people who think life is a privilege bestowed by authority, and death is a fair penalty for disobedience,” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes.
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They're trying to escalate. They're trying to start something so they can put it down violently. Why else would she say stuff like this?
Leavitt: "The deadly incident that took place yesterday in Minnesota yesterday occurred as a result of a larger, sinister left-wing movement that has spread across our country where our brave men and women of federal law enforcement are under organized attack."
January 8, 2026 at 6:40 PM
They're trying to escalate. They're trying to start something so they can put it down violently. Why else would she say stuff like this?
The only thing Senate Dems should be approving are convictions and removals via impeachments. There is no justification for Democrats to approve any appointments sent to the Senate by this lawless administration.
BREAKING: The Senate confirmed the first lifetime judge of 2026. Seven Democrats inexplicably voted to confirm Alexander Van Hook to the Western District of Louisiana.
If all Dems/Independents voted no, given absent Republicans, the vote would've failed. nominationnotes.substack.com/p/with-democ...
If all Dems/Independents voted no, given absent Republicans, the vote would've failed. nominationnotes.substack.com/p/with-democ...
With Democratic Support, Senate Confirms Trump’s Tenth Louisiana District Court Judge
Amidst all that is happening, why are Senate Democrats still supporting Trump’s judges?
nominationnotes.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:59 PM
The only thing Senate Dems should be approving are convictions and removals via impeachments. There is no justification for Democrats to approve any appointments sent to the Senate by this lawless administration.
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“But he thought—“ I don’t care what he thought. The person with the badge, gun, and government paycheck is meant to be held to a higher standard than any old yahoo on the street. If he thought he was going to be hit he should have jumped out of the way WHICH IS WHAT HE DID. And then he killed her.
"An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from—not toward—a federal officer when he opened fire."
Great video analysis of Minneapolis shooting from NYT. These frames show drawing of gun and exact moment of first shot.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Great video analysis of Minneapolis shooting from NYT. These frames show drawing of gun and exact moment of first shot.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
January 8, 2026 at 1:29 PM
“But he thought—“ I don’t care what he thought. The person with the badge, gun, and government paycheck is meant to be held to a higher standard than any old yahoo on the street. If he thought he was going to be hit he should have jumped out of the way WHICH IS WHAT HE DID. And then he killed her.
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Impeach Kristi Noem.
As you evaluate this from Kristi Noem, remember that when a federal agent shot a woman in Chicago last year, DHS's initial version of events was full of lies that fell apart under subsequent scrutiny:
newrepublic.com/article/2019...
newrepublic.com/article/2019...
January 7, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Impeach Kristi Noem.
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Do not let the failures of prosecution post January 6th happen again. Every second you do not charge this person is a second the massive propaganda apparatus around the federal government will use to create a fog of lies to get him off. Arrest him immediately for killing an American citizen.
January 7, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Do not let the failures of prosecution post January 6th happen again. Every second you do not charge this person is a second the massive propaganda apparatus around the federal government will use to create a fog of lies to get him off. Arrest him immediately for killing an American citizen.
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Everyone is so scared of being accused of overreacting to Trump that they simply fail to react to Trump
January 5, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Everyone is so scared of being accused of overreacting to Trump that they simply fail to react to Trump
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You ever think about how the Roman Senate kept meeting centuries into the reigns of emperors. Hanging out, shooting the shit, giving speeches, and play-acting that their positions of privilege remained positions of power.
January 3, 2026 at 6:36 PM
You ever think about how the Roman Senate kept meeting centuries into the reigns of emperors. Hanging out, shooting the shit, giving speeches, and play-acting that their positions of privilege remained positions of power.
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Just really fucking angry at how unnecessary this all is and the pathetic cowards who let it happen.
Do your constitutionally mandated job and put him in jail before he does it to you first.
Do your constitutionally mandated job and put him in jail before he does it to you first.
January 3, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Just really fucking angry at how unnecessary this all is and the pathetic cowards who let it happen.
Do your constitutionally mandated job and put him in jail before he does it to you first.
Do your constitutionally mandated job and put him in jail before he does it to you first.
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Trump has pardoned MULTIPLE drug dealers - Silk Road, Binance, former President of Honduras - so this has NOTHING to do with fighting drugs.
This is about oil, only oil, only ways for Trump to enrich himself and his political and financial allies.
zeteo.com/p/venezuela-...
This is about oil, only oil, only ways for Trump to enrich himself and his political and financial allies.
zeteo.com/p/venezuela-...
Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
zeteo.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Trump has pardoned MULTIPLE drug dealers - Silk Road, Binance, former President of Honduras - so this has NOTHING to do with fighting drugs.
This is about oil, only oil, only ways for Trump to enrich himself and his political and financial allies.
zeteo.com/p/venezuela-...
This is about oil, only oil, only ways for Trump to enrich himself and his political and financial allies.
zeteo.com/p/venezuela-...