Russ
@russ-flight.bsky.social
ENTP. Portlander. Figuring the rest out.
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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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Most of the moral messaging in children's television programming when I was a kid was utterly uncontroversial at the time, and would be attacked as woke indoctrination today.
This is quite literally one of the stupidest human beings alive
January 22, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Most of the moral messaging in children's television programming when I was a kid was utterly uncontroversial at the time, and would be attacked as woke indoctrination today.
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People are kidnapping preschoolers and macing fully restrained protesters because they like the power to make others suffer, and I need us all to burn into our memories what they’re doing now because they’re definitely going to be asking for grace and forgiveness in the not too distant future.
January 22, 2026 at 3:43 AM
People are kidnapping preschoolers and macing fully restrained protesters because they like the power to make others suffer, and I need us all to burn into our memories what they’re doing now because they’re definitely going to be asking for grace and forgiveness in the not too distant future.
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"Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder."
- Pres. John F. Kennedy, May 17, 1961, Address before the Canadian Parliament.
- Pres. John F. Kennedy, May 17, 1961, Address before the Canadian Parliament.
January 21, 2026 at 3:10 PM
"Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder."
- Pres. John F. Kennedy, May 17, 1961, Address before the Canadian Parliament.
- Pres. John F. Kennedy, May 17, 1961, Address before the Canadian Parliament.
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YOU WILL REGRET COMING HERE BEFORE THE END
Trump: "MN is a very corrupt place & the elections are totally corrupt. I feel I won it all 3 times. Nobody has won it since Richard Nixon. It's a rigged state. The Somalians vote as one group even if they're not citizens. They all ought to get the hell out of here. They're bad for our country"
January 20, 2026 at 8:07 PM
YOU WILL REGRET COMING HERE BEFORE THE END
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DOJ investigating whether Denmark lied on its Greenland mortgage.
January 17, 2026 at 6:23 PM
DOJ investigating whether Denmark lied on its Greenland mortgage.
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these politicians should come to Minneapolis and drive around for a little while before they answer this question
.@PabloReports: Would you vote for any funding increases for ICE?
Warren: Not without more restrictions. This is an agency that is out of control. If we don’t get some restrictions in place, they’re going to put more American citizens at risk.
Warren: Not without more restrictions. This is an agency that is out of control. If we don’t get some restrictions in place, they’re going to put more American citizens at risk.
January 13, 2026 at 4:33 AM
these politicians should come to Minneapolis and drive around for a little while before they answer this question
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Bluesky the official app of sports has been buzzing all weekend. Didn’t see anything close to this last NFL postseason. Many are saying we have arrived.
January 12, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Bluesky the official app of sports has been buzzing all weekend. Didn’t see anything close to this last NFL postseason. Many are saying we have arrived.
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I am pleased to announce that I have commandeered my neighbor's home. This home will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, to ensure it is used to benefit my neighbor and me! Thank you for your attention to this matter!
January 7, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I am pleased to announce that I have commandeered my neighbor's home. This home will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, to ensure it is used to benefit my neighbor and me! Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Dear news media,
Why not spend a few minutes today explaining how the process of going to war is supposed to work in a constitutional democracy? Because it ain't this.
Why not spend a few minutes today explaining how the process of going to war is supposed to work in a constitutional democracy? Because it ain't this.
January 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Dear news media,
Why not spend a few minutes today explaining how the process of going to war is supposed to work in a constitutional democracy? Because it ain't this.
Why not spend a few minutes today explaining how the process of going to war is supposed to work in a constitutional democracy? Because it ain't this.
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I wish Congress would finally realize it can impeach officials below the President, which would be an excellent way of tying an Administration in knots.
January 3, 2026 at 5:54 PM
I wish Congress would finally realize it can impeach officials below the President, which would be an excellent way of tying an Administration in knots.
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this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
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The RFK, jr effect.
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The RFK, jr effect.
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When Biden gave the worst debate performance in history, my job as a neutral reporter was to write about it incessantly until he dropped out. When Trump gave the second worst debate performance in history, against Harris, my job was to lend credence to his claim that immigrants were eating pets.
December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
When Biden gave the worst debate performance in history, my job as a neutral reporter was to write about it incessantly until he dropped out. When Trump gave the second worst debate performance in history, against Harris, my job was to lend credence to his claim that immigrants were eating pets.
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The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
‘Some tongues were made for the boot’ goes hard as hell. Thanks to PopeHat for being a Real One.
/13 Why? For proximity to power. For prestige. For attention.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
November 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
‘Some tongues were made for the boot’ goes hard as hell. Thanks to PopeHat for being a Real One.
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ICE vs the clergy
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
ICE vs the clergy
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“The laws and constitution of the United States should be enforced as written and without undue prejudice or favor.”
man we need a way to say "the moral rot and depravity of this country's elite must be burned out of it with cleansing fire" that isn't wildly reactionary-coded
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“The laws and constitution of the United States should be enforced as written and without undue prejudice or favor.”
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The Washington Post and NYT should have Chicago on the front page every single day. Stories, columns and photos. Every day.
October 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
The Washington Post and NYT should have Chicago on the front page every single day. Stories, columns and photos. Every day.