Jack Letourneau
@jlet.bsky.social
Formerly southeastern MA, now upstate NY.
2½ oz gin, ¾ oz dry vermouth, 2 dashes orange bitters, 6–8 ice cubes. Briskly stir one minute, strain into chilled glass, express and discard lemon twist.
2½ oz gin, ¾ oz dry vermouth, 2 dashes orange bitters, 6–8 ice cubes. Briskly stir one minute, strain into chilled glass, express and discard lemon twist.
Say it louder for the Senators in the back.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Say it louder for the Senators in the back.
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taking trump seriously rn would be too damaging to a US in decline so the whole system is squirming to not look at him directly. press translating what he says to sound more sane, democrats just talking about eggs. he's too big to fail
January 19, 2026 at 1:03 PM
taking trump seriously rn would be too damaging to a US in decline so the whole system is squirming to not look at him directly. press translating what he says to sound more sane, democrats just talking about eggs. he's too big to fail
Going on disability pension with life-altering fee fee injuries
"We've seen over a thousand percent increase in assaults on ICE officers, 8,000 verbal assaults on them...."
January 18, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Going on disability pension with life-altering fee fee injuries
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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”
You useless fucking hump. I’m miffed that coffee costs a buck or two more per pound, but I am FURIOUS that there are secret police kidnapping, maiming, and killing people in American cities.
Schumer as a major American metro is being brutally occupied by Trump goons: "The affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what the American people are demanding"
January 15, 2026 at 10:27 PM
You useless fucking hump. I’m miffed that coffee costs a buck or two more per pound, but I am FURIOUS that there are secret police kidnapping, maiming, and killing people in American cities.
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These people got their way. It has resulted in a devastating trade war, America on the verge of war with NATO over fucking Greenland, and rabid, roving packs of murderous slave-catchers on the streets of our cities
They should never be listened to, or permitted to exercise power, ever again
They should never be listened to, or permitted to exercise power, ever again
As usual, the story here isn't about "divides" or cosmopolitan elites looking down on rural populations. It is about radicalization. This woman wants violent vengeance for things that did not happen.
January 15, 2026 at 7:16 PM
These people got their way. It has resulted in a devastating trade war, America on the verge of war with NATO over fucking Greenland, and rabid, roving packs of murderous slave-catchers on the streets of our cities
They should never be listened to, or permitted to exercise power, ever again
They should never be listened to, or permitted to exercise power, ever again
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This is the dynamic across most of America: Liberal cities generate revenue, which state governments then transfer to benefit conservative rural areas, whose residents despite city-dwellers and consistently vote to harm them. But politicians endlessly pander to rural voters and demonize cities.
Another critical piece of missing context in this story: tax dollars flow from the MSP metro to rural Minnesota. People in the city subsidize the lifestyles of people living in the country minnesotareformer.com/2023/12/04/t...
January 15, 2026 at 3:48 PM
This is the dynamic across most of America: Liberal cities generate revenue, which state governments then transfer to benefit conservative rural areas, whose residents despite city-dwellers and consistently vote to harm them. But politicians endlessly pander to rural voters and demonize cities.
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A competent opposition political party would cut together the footage of what ICE had been doing in the twin cities with Mike Johnson saying "ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do" and have it in ads all across the country
Mike Johnson comes out against additional guardrails on ICE as Democrats call for it.
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
January 14, 2026 at 11:58 PM
A competent opposition political party would cut together the footage of what ICE had been doing in the twin cities with Mike Johnson saying "ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do" and have it in ads all across the country
@reppaultonko.bsky.social What’s the story here? bsky.app/profile/jona...
The House voted 341 to 79 to fund Trump's war-mongering foreign policy agenda.
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
January 15, 2026 at 12:06 AM
@reppaultonko.bsky.social What’s the story here? bsky.app/profile/jona...
Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers.
January 14, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers.
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A problem with “papers please” societies is that when the masked, armed man asks for your papers he can just say they are faked.
Or he can walk off with them and then a different armed, masked man asks you for your papers.
If they want to get you, they will get you
Or he can walk off with them and then a different armed, masked man asks you for your papers.
If they want to get you, they will get you
January 13, 2026 at 8:23 PM
A problem with “papers please” societies is that when the masked, armed man asks for your papers he can just say they are faked.
Or he can walk off with them and then a different armed, masked man asks you for your papers.
If they want to get you, they will get you
Or he can walk off with them and then a different armed, masked man asks you for your papers.
If they want to get you, they will get you
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ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
January 14, 2026 at 1:09 PM
ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
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January 14, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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The de facto position of the Trump administration is that it's occupying forces are allowed to mock and belittle American citizens, and also allowed to kill citizens who mock and belittle them.
She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..."
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
‘I was flooded with fear’: Minnesotans describe their encounters with ICE, being detained
From an Uber driver to a school drop off, MPR News spoke with Minnesotans who were stopped or detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:13 PM
The de facto position of the Trump administration is that it's occupying forces are allowed to mock and belittle American citizens, and also allowed to kill citizens who mock and belittle them.
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just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
January 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
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the democrats are right we should focus on kitchen table issues. for example there is a guy at my kitchen table who wants to shoot me in the face with a gun
January 13, 2026 at 12:01 AM
the democrats are right we should focus on kitchen table issues. for example there is a guy at my kitchen table who wants to shoot me in the face with a gun
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"ICE needs better training" is how Democrats are telegraphing they have no intention of getting rid of or even reducing the funding for ICE when they regain power and if you're not fighting them on this right now don't do the "Democrat's wouldn't have done this" crap a few years from now.
Chris Murphy: "The amount of training that's given to an ICE officer has been cut in half by this administration. The number of days of training they get are 47. You know why they get 47 days? As an homage to the vanity of POTUS. No wonder the number of violent incidents are going through the roof."
January 12, 2026 at 1:52 PM
"ICE needs better training" is how Democrats are telegraphing they have no intention of getting rid of or even reducing the funding for ICE when they regain power and if you're not fighting them on this right now don't do the "Democrat's wouldn't have done this" crap a few years from now.
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Tom Homan has been saying the exact same thing for a year: If people continue to exercise free speech against state power, they will be responsible for the subsequent violence visited against them by the state
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Tom Homan has been saying the exact same thing for a year: If people continue to exercise free speech against state power, they will be responsible for the subsequent violence visited against them by the state
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The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.
January 11, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.
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A reminder from Huffington Post that DHS and ICE have opened fire on unarmed civilians 16 times since Trump took office, killing 4 people. In every case, DHS claims that the victims "assaulted officers" and/or tried to ram them with cars. In every case, evidence proves they are lying. Every time.
A Disturbing Pattern Has Emerged In Trump's Second Term — And It's Playing Out With Renee Good
“How else do you justify shooting a stay-at-home mom with stuffed animals in her car?” the attorney for one woman who survived a federal agent’s gunfire told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:56 AM
A reminder from Huffington Post that DHS and ICE have opened fire on unarmed civilians 16 times since Trump took office, killing 4 people. In every case, DHS claims that the victims "assaulted officers" and/or tried to ram them with cars. In every case, evidence proves they are lying. Every time.
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I'm getting tired of seeing the stupidest thing I've ever seen in my life refresh on a 24 hour cycle
January 11, 2026 at 3:50 AM
I'm getting tired of seeing the stupidest thing I've ever seen in my life refresh on a 24 hour cycle
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a government agent, who murdered a civilian for peacefully protesting, flying a dont-tread-on-me flag is such a perfect distillation of the maga ethos it almost feels fake
ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who shot and killed an unarmed civilian, flew a don't-tread-on-me Gadsden flag at his house, per the Daily Mail.
January 9, 2026 at 2:47 PM
a government agent, who murdered a civilian for peacefully protesting, flying a dont-tread-on-me flag is such a perfect distillation of the maga ethos it almost feels fake
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There are no rules, they don’t actually care about respect, decorum, bipartisanship or debate, and only pretend to do so to browbeat you into submission. Nothing is going to change until more people realise that and respond accordingly; including to the media and politicians who have failed them.
January 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
There are no rules, they don’t actually care about respect, decorum, bipartisanship or debate, and only pretend to do so to browbeat you into submission. Nothing is going to change until more people realise that and respond accordingly; including to the media and politicians who have failed them.
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For 248 years the streets of America didn’t feature a roving masked federal kidnapping squad that might send you a Central American death camp or just murder you themselves, but getting rid of it now is some impossible lefty fantasy that professional Democrats lamentably must struggle against.
Classic Democratic no-win. All of them voted against the OBAA, which supercharged ICE funding and hiring. But they won't say they'd "abolish ICE" so they'll get yelled at (mostly by people who'll vote for them in the midterms after threatening not to).
Top Democrats decline to say if they would rein in ICE after Minnesota shooting
January 9, 2026 at 2:50 AM
For 248 years the streets of America didn’t feature a roving masked federal kidnapping squad that might send you a Central American death camp or just murder you themselves, but getting rid of it now is some impossible lefty fantasy that professional Democrats lamentably must struggle against.
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They were angry they couldn't drag her out of the truck so they shot her while she tried to escape. She had the audacity to run away from ICE before taking punishment, that's what happened
Just another thing:
It’s fucking outrageous ICE pulled guns on Renee at all. She was just in an unmoving car in a street! That’s not a fucking threat and that sure as fuck doesn’t mean unholstering a deadly weapon.
It’s fucking outrageous ICE pulled guns on Renee at all. She was just in an unmoving car in a street! That’s not a fucking threat and that sure as fuck doesn’t mean unholstering a deadly weapon.
January 9, 2026 at 2:28 AM
They were angry they couldn't drag her out of the truck so they shot her while she tried to escape. She had the audacity to run away from ICE before taking punishment, that's what happened