Scott Shields
@sdshields.bsky.social
You probably do not remember me from such random things as My Favorite Citizen, Situation at 1200, MyDD, Blue Jersey, and the Congress for the New Urbanism.
I'm sorry, WHO should pull all of WHAT aid now?? Oklahoma receives somewhere between $15 and $20 billion every year from these sanctuary cities. Please take 20 billion seats, tough guy.
Markwayne Mullin: "I agree with what Lindsey is saying on defunding these sanctuary cities. We should pull our TSA agents out of their airports and not allow their airpot to be classified as international or even a regional hub. We should pull all of our aid."
February 3, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I'm sorry, WHO should pull all of WHAT aid now?? Oklahoma receives somewhere between $15 and $20 billion every year from these sanctuary cities. Please take 20 billion seats, tough guy.
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If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
Yes, Peter decided that the continued existence of our democracies isn't compatible with his desired level of personal freedom.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
February 3, 2026 at 12:17 AM
If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
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Remember like 15 years ago, when Russian dash cams of horrible accidents went viral? And everyone in Russia was using them because they couldn’t trust the authorities? Fundamentally, the dash cam and the body cam are the visual record of a failed state. They are a symptom posing as a substitute
February 2, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Remember like 15 years ago, when Russian dash cams of horrible accidents went viral? And everyone in Russia was using them because they couldn’t trust the authorities? Fundamentally, the dash cam and the body cam are the visual record of a failed state. They are a symptom posing as a substitute
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This story is a Kafkaesque nightmare.
One of several examples: the government does not give you the option to identify yourself correctly in the paperwork, and then shows up to arrest you for failing to identify yourself correctly in the paperwork.
Maddening, and well worth the read.
One of several examples: the government does not give you the option to identify yourself correctly in the paperwork, and then shows up to arrest you for failing to identify yourself correctly in the paperwork.
Maddening, and well worth the read.
Alaska officials gave false info to American Samoans, telling them they can vote. (They can’t, due to having a unique status among anyone born in a US state or territory.)
Now the state is threatening them with years in prison, part of GOP’s voting fraud panic.
Months of reporting in this story:
Now the state is threatening them with years in prison, part of GOP’s voting fraud panic.
Months of reporting in this story:
Americans by Name, Punished for Believing It - Bolts
In a small Alaska town, American Samoans face prosecution for voting in the only country they’ve ever known. They live in a limbo, created by colonial expansion, that now confuses even public official...
boltsmag.org
February 2, 2026 at 6:28 PM
This story is a Kafkaesque nightmare.
One of several examples: the government does not give you the option to identify yourself correctly in the paperwork, and then shows up to arrest you for failing to identify yourself correctly in the paperwork.
Maddening, and well worth the read.
One of several examples: the government does not give you the option to identify yourself correctly in the paperwork, and then shows up to arrest you for failing to identify yourself correctly in the paperwork.
Maddening, and well worth the read.
Oh damn, this is a VERY real possibility.
Watching these Grammys, you have to wonder if perhaps the Silicon Valley bros made a classic VC mistake and went all-in on reactionary politics right before the bottom dropped out.
Woke 2.0 back with a vengeance. You love to see it.
February 2, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Oh damn, this is a VERY real possibility.
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It remains wild to me that they got so may people on board with gutting anything resembling social welfare in the name of “cutting costs” and people believed them, meanwhile they’re just ripping the copper wiring out of the drywall of what’s left to enrich their senile dear leader
In other news today: Trump sues IRS, Treasury Department for $10 billion over tax return leak - www.reuters.com/markets/us/t...
Trump sues IRS, Treasury Department for $10 billion over tax return leak
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday sued the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department for $10 billion over the disclosure of his tax returns to the media in 2019 and 2020.
www.reuters.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:49 AM
It remains wild to me that they got so may people on board with gutting anything resembling social welfare in the name of “cutting costs” and people believed them, meanwhile they’re just ripping the copper wiring out of the drywall of what’s left to enrich their senile dear leader
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look, as an Iranian American I can safely say that no one really cares about kidnapping and hostage taking at foreign embassies and it is not something that countries hold long grudges about - so I think this will quickly pass.
Uh. So ICE just technically tried to invade Ecuador. Cool new international incident dropping.
1/27/2026 - Minneapolis
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
January 27, 2026 at 11:12 PM
look, as an Iranian American I can safely say that no one really cares about kidnapping and hostage taking at foreign embassies and it is not something that countries hold long grudges about - so I think this will quickly pass.
Not only was it murder, it seems likely to have been a premeditated murder. You can't train out treachery. Abolition is the only answer.
CNN is reporting that federal authorities may have been collecting information and "documenting details" about Alex Pretti before killing him on Saturday, and that officers tackled him a week earlier. www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
Alex Pretti was in earlier confrontation with federal agents who tackled him, broke his rib, sources say | CNN
Federal immigration officials have been collecting information on protesters and agitators, sources told CNN.
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Not only was it murder, it seems likely to have been a premeditated murder. You can't train out treachery. Abolition is the only answer.
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An imbecile. Truly.
Trump: "There was a time that you weren't allowed to use the words 'law and order.' You weren't allowed to use the term 'Christmas.' Merry Christmas, everybody, right? We brought that back."
January 27, 2026 at 11:16 PM
An imbecile. Truly.
And the least surprising headline of January 2026 goes to....
ICE is riddled with sex criminals.
A January 2026 report by the Pacific Antifascist Research Collective identified 30 ICE and CBP agents with documented convictions and arrests, some for serious violent and sexual crimes.
At least 20 committed offenses with underage victims.
A January 2026 report by the Pacific Antifascist Research Collective identified 30 ICE and CBP agents with documented convictions and arrests, some for serious violent and sexual crimes.
At least 20 committed offenses with underage victims.
Here’s How Many ICE and CBP Agents Allegedly Preyed on Children
Apparently the institutions are riddled with accused sex criminals.
www.yahoo.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:09 AM
And the least surprising headline of January 2026 goes to....
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They all know their political project to install a fascist dictatorship is failing miserably and they're freaking the fuck out
Maria Bartiromo to Kash Patel: "You've gotta get together with the president's detractors, whether it is on the Democrat side or not, to ensure that we don't have mistakes like we've been seeing."
January 25, 2026 at 3:46 PM
They all know their political project to install a fascist dictatorship is failing miserably and they're freaking the fuck out
I guess you could say that serial child abusers are "experts in dealing with children," but that would be really sick.
Bovino: "Here in the US Border Patrol, I will say unequivocally that we are experts in dealing with children"
January 23, 2026 at 6:18 PM
I guess you could say that serial child abusers are "experts in dealing with children," but that would be really sick.
Y'all, they for sure want to do a LOT more experimentation on us.
RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
January 23, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Y'all, they for sure want to do a LOT more experimentation on us.
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nothing tells you the true cruelty of these people more than deporting a plane load of families who escaped Iran fearing for their safety back to a country under internet and phone blackout, martial law and that we are threatening to bomb.
January 23, 2026 at 3:38 AM
nothing tells you the true cruelty of these people more than deporting a plane load of families who escaped Iran fearing for their safety back to a country under internet and phone blackout, martial law and that we are threatening to bomb.
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Democratic leaders need to fear being branded as collaborators more than they fear being called soft on crime
January 22, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Democratic leaders need to fear being branded as collaborators more than they fear being called soft on crime
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Sometimes the most radical thing you can do is educate normal people on complex subjects in ways that are engaging and digestible.
January 20, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Sometimes the most radical thing you can do is educate normal people on complex subjects in ways that are engaging and digestible.
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As writer, I would love to not have to keep using the "Everything GOP smacks of rape culture/domestic violence" metaphor, vary it up a bit, but they just keep going to the same well! It is what it is.
US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent:
What I am urging everyone here to do is sit back, take a deep breath, and let things play out. The worst thing countries can do is escalate against the United States.
What I am urging everyone here to do is sit back, take a deep breath, and let things play out. The worst thing countries can do is escalate against the United States.
January 20, 2026 at 5:23 PM
As writer, I would love to not have to keep using the "Everything GOP smacks of rape culture/domestic violence" metaphor, vary it up a bit, but they just keep going to the same well! It is what it is.
We need more of this. Fascists smugly gaslighting us about the deep seriousness of this situation (and so many other concurrent situations!) cannot stand. Good for her.
Jennings: Let's not get our knickers in a twist here
McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying…
McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying…
January 20, 2026 at 6:17 PM
We need more of this. Fascists smugly gaslighting us about the deep seriousness of this situation (and so many other concurrent situations!) cannot stand. Good for her.
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I dunno man, I feel like "let's not go to war with Denmark" and "stop executing Americans in the streets" are a bigger deal than the egg thing right this second
NEW: In this interview, Chuck Schumer describes the "five buckets" Dems think are key to their possibly winning a Senate majority in 2026: housing, "the high price of food [and] food monopolies playing a major role there," electricity, "the high cost of childcare," and health care.
Zero Chucks Left to Give
Chuck Schumer now sees a path back to the majority. Can he manage his way through it?
www.thebulwark.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:01 AM
I dunno man, I feel like "let's not go to war with Denmark" and "stop executing Americans in the streets" are a bigger deal than the egg thing right this second
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This is refreshing and feels right.
I don't believe in the 3D chess explanations of strategy and procedure any longer, if I ever did.
Look at Mamdani. He said he wanted to make the buses free and freeze the rent and do free childcare... and that's what he's working on.
Just say it and do it!
I don't believe in the 3D chess explanations of strategy and procedure any longer, if I ever did.
Look at Mamdani. He said he wanted to make the buses free and freeze the rent and do free childcare... and that's what he's working on.
Just say it and do it!
There is no "actually to remove Trump from office the solution is not to talk about Trump being removed from office."
That is not a thing. You want to remove him you push to remove him. Same for Abolishing ICE, passing universal health care, whatever. Push for the thing and don't censor yourself.
That is not a thing. You want to remove him you push to remove him. Same for Abolishing ICE, passing universal health care, whatever. Push for the thing and don't censor yourself.
January 19, 2026 at 4:43 AM
This is refreshing and feels right.
I don't believe in the 3D chess explanations of strategy and procedure any longer, if I ever did.
Look at Mamdani. He said he wanted to make the buses free and freeze the rent and do free childcare... and that's what he's working on.
Just say it and do it!
I don't believe in the 3D chess explanations of strategy and procedure any longer, if I ever did.
Look at Mamdani. He said he wanted to make the buses free and freeze the rent and do free childcare... and that's what he's working on.
Just say it and do it!
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Palantir’s products are vaporware designed to give authoritarian governments plausible deniability for genocide.
Gaza was the test run.
Gaza was the test run.
January 17, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Palantir’s products are vaporware designed to give authoritarian governments plausible deniability for genocide.
Gaza was the test run.
Gaza was the test run.
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The Plot to Enslave America. They are testing this out on immigrants before turning it on everyone else
New: meet ELITE, the Palantir app ICE is using to find neighborhoods to raid. Map interface; officers search for immigrants; click person to bring up individual dossier. This is clearest link between what Palantir is building and ICE's activities on the ground yet www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 3:11 PM
The Plot to Enslave America. They are testing this out on immigrants before turning it on everyone else
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Worth every second
January 15, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Worth every second
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And as it happens, Russian “active measures” were also *all about* deliberately unleashing ethnic hatreds and violent antagonisms among Americans.
How weird is that, amirite?
How weird is that, amirite?
We need to make this more explicit: The violence and civil collapse we're now seeing in Minnesota is by design. It's exactly what Trump and Stephen Miller want. MAGA is *all about* deliberately unleashing ethnic hatreds and violent antagonisms among Americans.
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
January 15, 2026 at 4:06 PM
And as it happens, Russian “active measures” were also *all about* deliberately unleashing ethnic hatreds and violent antagonisms among Americans.
How weird is that, amirite?
How weird is that, amirite?
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ICE flashbanged six kids in a car because their dad, who was not involved in anything, was trying to usher them out of the neighborhood.
You cannot reform this lawless behavior. ICE must be dismantled and its perpetrators prosecuted.
You cannot reform this lawless behavior. ICE must be dismantled and its perpetrators prosecuted.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 6:26 AM
ICE flashbanged six kids in a car because their dad, who was not involved in anything, was trying to usher them out of the neighborhood.
You cannot reform this lawless behavior. ICE must be dismantled and its perpetrators prosecuted.
You cannot reform this lawless behavior. ICE must be dismantled and its perpetrators prosecuted.