James Downs
@intphilosopher.bsky.social
MPLS I ask a lot of questions.
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Yeah this is why they’ll debate whether it’s too dangerous to go to a protest without a mask but then passionately advocate t0 all be carrying guns when monitoring ICE. (Really: it’s often the same people.) The heuristic isn’t “what will keep us safe” but “does it make me feel like a revolutionary.”
February 2, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Yeah this is why they’ll debate whether it’s too dangerous to go to a protest without a mask but then passionately advocate t0 all be carrying guns when monitoring ICE. (Really: it’s often the same people.) The heuristic isn’t “what will keep us safe” but “does it make me feel like a revolutionary.”
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Let me reiterate: THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO PERSECUTE LARGE NUMBERS OF DISSENTERS. What they are doing, instead, is using fear and paranoia as a force multiplier: they don’t have to persecute us if we keep ourselves home because someone told us we can’t walk in public without being terrified.
January 30, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Let me reiterate: THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO PERSECUTE LARGE NUMBERS OF DISSENTERS. What they are doing, instead, is using fear and paranoia as a force multiplier: they don’t have to persecute us if we keep ourselves home because someone told us we can’t walk in public without being terrified.
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I’ve been here on the scene all morning. Right after recording the convoy you can see in the background of the video tear gassed me.
January 24, 2026 at 6:56 PM
I’ve been here on the scene all morning. Right after recording the convoy you can see in the background of the video tear gassed me.
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#FBI Agent Who Tried to Investigate #ICE Officer Johnathan Ross Resigns
The resignation of the agent, Tracee Mergen, was only the latest shock wave to have emerged from the DOJ’s handling of the shooting of #ReneeGood.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
The resignation of the agent, Tracee Mergen, was only the latest shock wave to have emerged from the DOJ’s handling of the shooting of #ReneeGood.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:26 AM
#FBI Agent Who Tried to Investigate #ICE Officer Johnathan Ross Resigns
The resignation of the agent, Tracee Mergen, was only the latest shock wave to have emerged from the DOJ’s handling of the shooting of #ReneeGood.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
The resignation of the agent, Tracee Mergen, was only the latest shock wave to have emerged from the DOJ’s handling of the shooting of #ReneeGood.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
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I understand why people dislike cops. But it's very important to recognize that ICE and DHS are not conducting themselves as cops. They are conducting themselves, at various moments, as an omnipresent secret police, and as a completely unaccountable invading army. Totally separate from policing.
ICE is not law enforcement, they are not police, they are paramilitary. Opposing ICE is not against law enforcement, it is not against police, it is against paramilitary.
January 23, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I understand why people dislike cops. But it's very important to recognize that ICE and DHS are not conducting themselves as cops. They are conducting themselves, at various moments, as an omnipresent secret police, and as a completely unaccountable invading army. Totally separate from policing.
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By automatically excusing law enforcement and dismissing protesters as criminals, Republicans are making a familiar mistake, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues:
Why Conservatives Defend ICE
Republicans deplore the mayhem in Minnesota—but blame protesters and Democrats for it.
bit.ly
January 23, 2026 at 7:45 AM
By automatically excusing law enforcement and dismissing protesters as criminals, Republicans are making a familiar mistake, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues:
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i am calling my elected representatives and informing them that i will never in my life vote for any politician who votes in favor of giving a single dime to the child-trafficking organization known as "ICE"
you should do the same
you should do the same
So the House is going to vote TOMORROW on the DHS funding bill that includes funding for ICE.
There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.
Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.
24 hours. Go.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.
Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.
24 hours. Go.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
No Funding for ICE Surveillance Tech!
www.fightforthefuture.org
January 22, 2026 at 2:09 AM
i am calling my elected representatives and informing them that i will never in my life vote for any politician who votes in favor of giving a single dime to the child-trafficking organization known as "ICE"
you should do the same
you should do the same
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Hey Minnesota.
I know things are dark right now. But May Day will come again.
Peak fall in Duluth will come again.
Walleye season and canoe season will come again.
The Fair and People’s Pride will come again
And they will be all the brighter.
No one let go of anyone’s hand.
I know things are dark right now. But May Day will come again.
Peak fall in Duluth will come again.
Walleye season and canoe season will come again.
The Fair and People’s Pride will come again
And they will be all the brighter.
No one let go of anyone’s hand.
January 15, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Hey Minnesota.
I know things are dark right now. But May Day will come again.
Peak fall in Duluth will come again.
Walleye season and canoe season will come again.
The Fair and People’s Pride will come again
And they will be all the brighter.
No one let go of anyone’s hand.
I know things are dark right now. But May Day will come again.
Peak fall in Duluth will come again.
Walleye season and canoe season will come again.
The Fair and People’s Pride will come again
And they will be all the brighter.
No one let go of anyone’s hand.
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Remember: you're not going to do anything to stop ICE if you go to jail. If you physically interfere with or impede them, you may well go to jail! But what they're doing is so dubious that you can substantially restrain them by closely monitoring them and alerting the neighborhood to their presence.
That’s fair. People have been asking what they can do, so I wanted to provide a range of options; all non-violent and legal.
January 13, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Remember: you're not going to do anything to stop ICE if you go to jail. If you physically interfere with or impede them, you may well go to jail! But what they're doing is so dubious that you can substantially restrain them by closely monitoring them and alerting the neighborhood to their presence.
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Dozens of people seemingly spawning out of the ether to tell these fucking mooks to go home and suck start their service weapon looks insane
Grand Theft Auto V SWAT teams and tanks don't roll up on you this fast if you've hijacked a fighter jet, and these are *unarmed civilians* running up on feds!
Grand Theft Auto V SWAT teams and tanks don't roll up on you this fast if you've hijacked a fighter jet, and these are *unarmed civilians* running up on feds!
Video of federal agents getting run out of Lyn Lake this afternoon. Agents drop a gas can at the end and someone kicks it back at them.
January 13, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Dozens of people seemingly spawning out of the ether to tell these fucking mooks to go home and suck start their service weapon looks insane
Grand Theft Auto V SWAT teams and tanks don't roll up on you this fast if you've hijacked a fighter jet, and these are *unarmed civilians* running up on feds!
Grand Theft Auto V SWAT teams and tanks don't roll up on you this fast if you've hijacked a fighter jet, and these are *unarmed civilians* running up on feds!
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If the Republicans do ANYTHING more than "thoughts and prayers" this time, it means they were intentionally minimizing other shootings.
September 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
If the Republicans do ANYTHING more than "thoughts and prayers" this time, it means they were intentionally minimizing other shootings.
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I kinda wish the American people were actually a bunch of superstitious peasants because this would be seen as a sign from god that the Tsar and his advisor are unfavored
JUST IN: Tesla Cybertruck explodes at the entrance to Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas
January 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I kinda wish the American people were actually a bunch of superstitious peasants because this would be seen as a sign from god that the Tsar and his advisor are unfavored
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These chuds are afraid of their own shadows which is why they can't imagine simple concepts like bravery or courage because the gun is the thing that grants them those ideals rather than the human spirit
December 4, 2024 at 8:58 PM
These chuds are afraid of their own shadows which is why they can't imagine simple concepts like bravery or courage because the gun is the thing that grants them those ideals rather than the human spirit
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Don’t put me in a box
November 19, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Don’t put me in a box