Justin Vreeland
@jvreeland.bsky.social
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Dems should introduce legislation now defunding ICE and CBP operations in Minnesota, so they have to leave the state. One sentence bill. Demand an immediate vote. Maybe refuse to vote for cloture on any funding bills (or other bills) until a vote. Make the GOP Congress break w/ Trump or own it all.
January 25, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Dems should introduce legislation now defunding ICE and CBP operations in Minnesota, so they have to leave the state. One sentence bill. Demand an immediate vote. Maybe refuse to vote for cloture on any funding bills (or other bills) until a vote. Make the GOP Congress break w/ Trump or own it all.
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Everyone needs to ask, over & over again, "What about Kyle Rittenhouse?"
They've obviously gone from damage control to outright panic mode, lying extra hard.
They've obviously gone from damage control to outright panic mode, lying extra hard.
Kash Patel: "You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple. You don't have a right to break the law." (Pretti was carrying a gun legally.)
January 25, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Everyone needs to ask, over & over again, "What about Kyle Rittenhouse?"
They've obviously gone from damage control to outright panic mode, lying extra hard.
They've obviously gone from damage control to outright panic mode, lying extra hard.
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People are worried about Trump not leaving office in 2029 but they should be more worried about the Supreme Court enabling perpetual Republican rule by overturning what remains of the Voting Rights Act and campaign finance laws. SCOTUS has those cases this term.
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
People are worried about Trump not leaving office in 2029 but they should be more worried about the Supreme Court enabling perpetual Republican rule by overturning what remains of the Voting Rights Act and campaign finance laws. SCOTUS has those cases this term.
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yes.
just gonna throw out a quick reminder that in America police kill a yearly average of 3 civilians per day, routinely in situations very similar to these ICE killings, and decades of explicit support for police impunity by US politicians is why ICE feels theyre able to get away with this right now
Our government is murdering the citizens of this country. They are doing it without any checks on their violence
January 25, 2026 at 12:25 PM
yes.
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“I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done.”
Charlestown, Virginia Dec 2, 1859.
Charlestown, Virginia Dec 2, 1859.
John Brown's Last Note 1859
www.marxists.org
January 25, 2026 at 1:23 PM
“I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done.”
Charlestown, Virginia Dec 2, 1859.
Charlestown, Virginia Dec 2, 1859.
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imagine if all that money had gone to teachers instead
January 25, 2026 at 2:37 PM
imagine if all that money had gone to teachers instead
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remember when we had weeks of hand-wringing over the propriety of making members of trump's first cabinet uncomfortable at restaurants
Feels like it should be a pretty big deal that a Trump supporter physically assaulted a Democratic congressman
Last night, I was assaulted by a man at Sundance Festival who told me that Trump was going to deport me before he punched me in the face. He was heard screaming racist remarks as he drunkenly ran off. The individual was arrested and I am okay.
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
January 25, 2026 at 3:31 AM
remember when we had weeks of hand-wringing over the propriety of making members of trump's first cabinet uncomfortable at restaurants
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AOC: "What we are seeing is an administration that's deeply afraid of its own unpopularity. We must remember that we outnumber them. Donald Trump is less popular than he has ever been before. The GOP is on its back heels."
January 24, 2026 at 10:59 PM
AOC: "What we are seeing is an administration that's deeply afraid of its own unpopularity. We must remember that we outnumber them. Donald Trump is less popular than he has ever been before. The GOP is on its back heels."
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It's pretty clear most Americans actually want multiparty parliamentary democracy, with the strong parties it incentivizes. It's also quite clear that almost no one, among the public or politicians, wants to engage with what having something approximating that requires:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
If you're wondering why the Dem Party just seems inept, I think this is the best explanation.
There is no party. There is a fundraising machine masquerading as a party.
There is no party. There is a fundraising machine masquerading as a party.
For three decades now the party has given up local organizational presence in favour of an electoral get out the vote model. The leadership is built for fund raising, stumping, and legislative work. They do not bear any semblance to the idea of local surgeries or constituency mobilization.
January 24, 2026 at 8:43 PM
It's pretty clear most Americans actually want multiparty parliamentary democracy, with the strong parties it incentivizes. It's also quite clear that almost no one, among the public or politicians, wants to engage with what having something approximating that requires:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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The official policy of the government of the United States of America is that they will murder anyone they want, that they will tell any lie necessary to justify that murder, and that no one who resists them has any rights they are bound to respect.
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January 24, 2026 at 7:18 PM
The official policy of the government of the United States of America is that they will murder anyone they want, that they will tell any lie necessary to justify that murder, and that no one who resists them has any rights they are bound to respect.
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Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
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How soft this is. How weak. No calls for abolishment, no plan, no nothing but a slogan, and a weak slogan at that. It’s gormless, spineless, unready for not just this moment but unready for the last ten years.
ICE out of Minnesota NOW.
Breaking News: Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a person in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, state and local officials said. Follow live updates.
January 24, 2026 at 7:22 PM
How soft this is. How weak. No calls for abolishment, no plan, no nothing but a slogan, and a weak slogan at that. It’s gormless, spineless, unready for not just this moment but unready for the last ten years.
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I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
January 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
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There should be no police force that looks anything like this domestically.
January 24, 2026 at 6:51 PM
There should be no police force that looks anything like this domestically.
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“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
January 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
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They’re killing observers because they are threatened by them. the work these people are doing is profoundly brave. They’re all heroes.
I am trying not to post on these events in this state of mind but: I hope people understand what the observers are doing is brave and dangerous.
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
They’re killing observers because they are threatened by them. the work these people are doing is profoundly brave. They’re all heroes.
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the 45,000 gun deaths we suffer each year are just the price we pay to live in a society made safe from government tyranny by an armed populace
January 24, 2026 at 5:43 PM
the 45,000 gun deaths we suffer each year are just the price we pay to live in a society made safe from government tyranny by an armed populace
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Kind of think government murder squads roaming our streets is more upsetting than having to see pronouns in emails occasionally.
January 24, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Kind of think government murder squads roaming our streets is more upsetting than having to see pronouns in emails occasionally.
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Pay CLOSE attention to the wording in any DHS statements.
DHS will say "armed suspect"
DHS will say "approached officers with a gun"
These are copaganda phrases to make it SOUND like the victim was holding or brandishing the weapon. He was not.
DHS will say "armed suspect"
DHS will say "approached officers with a gun"
These are copaganda phrases to make it SOUND like the victim was holding or brandishing the weapon. He was not.
January 24, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Pay CLOSE attention to the wording in any DHS statements.
DHS will say "armed suspect"
DHS will say "approached officers with a gun"
These are copaganda phrases to make it SOUND like the victim was holding or brandishing the weapon. He was not.
DHS will say "armed suspect"
DHS will say "approached officers with a gun"
These are copaganda phrases to make it SOUND like the victim was holding or brandishing the weapon. He was not.
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Democratic governors need to start putting out wanted lists and forging extradition agreements. The goons brutalizing people with the expectation of federal protection need to know that they are not, in fact, protected by “absolute immunity”
January 24, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Democratic governors need to start putting out wanted lists and forging extradition agreements. The goons brutalizing people with the expectation of federal protection need to know that they are not, in fact, protected by “absolute immunity”
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At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
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Our Democratic elected officials are not rising to this moment so most of them must go.
Any elected official who isn’t willing to organize a Project 2029 around punishing everyone in the Trump administration in order to save democracy must go.
Any elected official who isn’t willing to organize a Project 2029 around punishing everyone in the Trump administration in order to save democracy must go.
January 24, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Our Democratic elected officials are not rising to this moment so most of them must go.
Any elected official who isn’t willing to organize a Project 2029 around punishing everyone in the Trump administration in order to save democracy must go.
Any elected official who isn’t willing to organize a Project 2029 around punishing everyone in the Trump administration in order to save democracy must go.
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This is bad not just because of the direct infections but there's growing research that suggests vaccines also stave off things (like dementia) that we don't typically associate with vaccine prevention.
One of the things I was most worried about is starting to come to fruition.
RFK Jr. will succeed in eliminating all of our vaccines if allowed to remain in office. His disinformation campaign and the falling demand for vaccines will cause American companies to stop making them.
RFK Jr. will succeed in eliminating all of our vaccines if allowed to remain in office. His disinformation campaign and the falling demand for vaccines will cause American companies to stop making them.
Moderna curbing investments in vaccine trials due to US backlash, CEO tells Bloomberg TV
Moderna does not plan to invest in new late-stage vaccine trials because of growing opposition to immunizations from U.S. officials, CEO Stephane Bancel said in an interview with Bloomberg TV on Th...
www.reuters.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:45 PM
This is bad not just because of the direct infections but there's growing research that suggests vaccines also stave off things (like dementia) that we don't typically associate with vaccine prevention.
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I'm just a simple country lawyer who has done some civil rights cases, but IMHO nine known deaths when *following* the manufacturer's instructions is more than enough to show the product is inherently unsafe, and everyone involved in its manufacture, distribution, and use is guilty of manslaughter.
"Bloomberg Law identified 41 incidents where law enforcement used The Wrap on someone who died. Officers and jail guards failed to follow the manufacturer’s instructions in 32 of the 41 deaths."
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
‘I Can’t Breathe.’ Police Use Restraint With Fatal Results
A Bloomberg Law exclusive investigation has revealed that 41 people across the country have died after police or jails used a full-body restraint called The Wrap to subdue people.
news.bloomberglaw.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM
I'm just a simple country lawyer who has done some civil rights cases, but IMHO nine known deaths when *following* the manufacturer's instructions is more than enough to show the product is inherently unsafe, and everyone involved in its manufacture, distribution, and use is guilty of manslaughter.
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Trump sold the oil from a seized Venezuelan tanker for $500,000,000.. Where is the money? He deposited it in a bank in Qatar where Congress can't get to it.
He stole the oil from Venezuela, but he stole the money from America.
Why has Congress not impeached and imprisoned him for his crimes?
He stole the oil from Venezuela, but he stole the money from America.
Why has Congress not impeached and imprisoned him for his crimes?
January 23, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Trump sold the oil from a seized Venezuelan tanker for $500,000,000.. Where is the money? He deposited it in a bank in Qatar where Congress can't get to it.
He stole the oil from Venezuela, but he stole the money from America.
Why has Congress not impeached and imprisoned him for his crimes?
He stole the oil from Venezuela, but he stole the money from America.
Why has Congress not impeached and imprisoned him for his crimes?