David Williams
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David Williams
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· Mar 21
Sometimes I feel like all posts about current abuses need to have an automated signature block kind-of-thing stating "All other examples of US and world horribleness are incorporated by reference."
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The latter part of this tweet has gone under the radar but it's an alarming escalation. The Trump admin has already detained dozens of people with full refugee status, seemingly those who had not yet adjusted to green cards, and is detaining them in Texas and seeking to strip them of their status.
Update: Since Jan 9, there have been 12 ICE Air flights out of Minneapolis, MN—a jump from the typical 3 flights/week to Minneapolis. This surge is taking place as people with valid refugee status are being taken from their homes in MN & transferred to detention centers in TX.
January 14, 2026 at 2:27 AM
The latter part of this tweet has gone under the radar but it's an alarming escalation. The Trump admin has already detained dozens of people with full refugee status, seemingly those who had not yet adjusted to green cards, and is detaining them in Texas and seeking to strip them of their status.
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Fun to think about how, say, Tim Russert would have reacted to Bill Clinton doing this. Or Jake Tapper if it was any Democrat at all.
Trump yells “fuck you” and flips off an auto worker in Michigan who yelled “pedophile protector” www.tmz.com/2026/01/13/t...
January 13, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Fun to think about how, say, Tim Russert would have reacted to Bill Clinton doing this. Or Jake Tapper if it was any Democrat at all.
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CNN this is garbage: “The woman killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis last week served on the board of her son’s school, which linked to documents encouraging parents to monitor ICE and directing them to training.” https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/13/us/renee-good-minneapolis-ice-monitoring-school-invs
January 13, 2026 at 11:56 PM
CNN this is garbage: “The woman killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis last week served on the board of her son’s school, which linked to documents encouraging parents to monitor ICE and directing them to training.” https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/13/us/renee-good-minneapolis-ice-monitoring-school-invs
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/2 I assumed ”ICE took his phone and sold it” was a typo or something.
Nah bro. Thug THIEF scum.
Nah bro. Thug THIEF scum.
January 13, 2026 at 11:56 PM
/2 I assumed ”ICE took his phone and sold it” was a typo or something.
Nah bro. Thug THIEF scum.
Nah bro. Thug THIEF scum.
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Once again, I do not make these statements for benefit of the president but for the public’s education to understand that what he’s doing is unlawful.
He doesn’t care if it’s unconstitutional. Frankly, it doesn’t matter if anything is unconstitutional because they are renegades and do whatever they want.
January 13, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Once again, I do not make these statements for benefit of the president but for the public’s education to understand that what he’s doing is unlawful.
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None of the DoJ people who have been resigning over the last year are squishy liberals. Many likely would have served willingly in a DoJ run by legitimate, lawful conservatives. But this is an unhinged regime of crooks, sycophants, and morons.
Breaking News: Three Minnesota federal prosecutors resigned over the Justice Department’s push to investigate the wife of Renee Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent. The Justice Department sought to examine her supposed ties to activist groups.
3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, quit after the Justice Department sought to examine the woman’s supposed ties to activist groups.
nyti.ms
January 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
None of the DoJ people who have been resigning over the last year are squishy liberals. Many likely would have served willingly in a DoJ run by legitimate, lawful conservatives. But this is an unhinged regime of crooks, sycophants, and morons.
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Never do this. NEVER EVER. The odds that the AI will be wrong and you will harass an innocent are too high. AI is not magic, NCIS is a fictional TV show, and no matter how much you like Abby she isn't actually real.
This is a bad thing to do and people who suggest doing it should feel bad.
This is a bad thing to do and people who suggest doing it should feel bad.
Somebody use AI and unmask this fascist!
January 13, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Never do this. NEVER EVER. The odds that the AI will be wrong and you will harass an innocent are too high. AI is not magic, NCIS is a fictional TV show, and no matter how much you like Abby she isn't actually real.
This is a bad thing to do and people who suggest doing it should feel bad.
This is a bad thing to do and people who suggest doing it should feel bad.
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This administration, in an extremely literal sense, does not value human life
Directly from the story: EPA "would no longer take health effects into account in the cost-benefit analyses necessary for clean-air regulations." Instead, "the agency would estimate only the costs to businesses of complying."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:41 PM
This administration, in an extremely literal sense, does not value human life
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Note that the fascist is not using the pepper spray for crowd control. He is entering a vehicle unimpeded to depart. He is simply using the pepper spray to physically punish an unarmed citizen he doesn't like.
Big clash this afternoon between DHS agents and protesters in a residential street in Minneapolis, following a DHS agent hitting another vehicle. Tear gas was deployed in people’s yards and agents pepper prayed people.
January 12, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Note that the fascist is not using the pepper spray for crowd control. He is entering a vehicle unimpeded to depart. He is simply using the pepper spray to physically punish an unarmed citizen he doesn't like.
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once again: ICE is operating as if they have a general warrant, the specific type of warrant the founders were most concerned about when drafting the 4th Amendment
Not remotely legal. Minnesota needs to arrest these thugs breaking down doors right now, before they start grabbing even more power
January 12, 2026 at 12:29 AM
once again: ICE is operating as if they have a general warrant, the specific type of warrant the founders were most concerned about when drafting the 4th Amendment
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this is at least the third clip I've seen of journos asking Frey about the F bomb and I mean, give me a fucking break
WELKER: Do you bear any responsibility to bring down the temperature?
FREY: Of course. But I dropped an F bomb and they killed somebody. I think the killing somebody is the inflammatory element here and not the F bomb.
FREY: Of course. But I dropped an F bomb and they killed somebody. I think the killing somebody is the inflammatory element here and not the F bomb.
January 11, 2026 at 4:12 PM
this is at least the third clip I've seen of journos asking Frey about the F bomb and I mean, give me a fucking break
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I was told that the US is running Venezuela now and it would be easy and there'd be lots of money... and now the US govt is telling Americans to get the hell out.
These guys don't even know what a plan is. It's all just wish casting. It's incredible that they currently run the world.
These guys don't even know what a plan is. It's all just wish casting. It's incredible that they currently run the world.
“US citizens should leave Venezuela immediately” … Checking in on the country President Trump executed a coup against a week ago
January 11, 2026 at 5:07 AM
I was told that the US is running Venezuela now and it would be easy and there'd be lots of money... and now the US govt is telling Americans to get the hell out.
These guys don't even know what a plan is. It's all just wish casting. It's incredible that they currently run the world.
These guys don't even know what a plan is. It's all just wish casting. It's incredible that they currently run the world.
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BREAKING: In overnight 6-3 "shadow docket" decision, Supreme Court rules Nobel Prize Committee unconstitutional intrusion on unitary executive.
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 2:46 PM
BREAKING: In overnight 6-3 "shadow docket" decision, Supreme Court rules Nobel Prize Committee unconstitutional intrusion on unitary executive.
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During the Cold War the United States military had 15,000 soldiers stationed in Greenland. That presence has been reduced by 99% to just 150 soldiers today.
Denmark has given the US exclusive and full military access to Greenland but the US does not use it. This has nothing to do with security.
Denmark has given the US exclusive and full military access to Greenland but the US does not use it. This has nothing to do with security.
January 9, 2026 at 8:47 PM
During the Cold War the United States military had 15,000 soldiers stationed in Greenland. That presence has been reduced by 99% to just 150 soldiers today.
Denmark has given the US exclusive and full military access to Greenland but the US does not use it. This has nothing to do with security.
Denmark has given the US exclusive and full military access to Greenland but the US does not use it. This has nothing to do with security.
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Apropos of absolutely nothing to do with the masked men with no visible agency insignia carrying crates of who knows what out of the shooter's house, but HBO just released an amazing documentary into DHS "shadow units" whose job was to destroy evidence of Border Patrol's crimes
HBO documentary sheds light on Border Patrol’s now-defunct ‘shadow units’
“Anastasio was tragically tortured, beaten, kicked, stomped, and killed by border agents,” said Guerrero. “Unfortunately, that was only the first part of the story, the second par…
www.borderreport.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Apropos of absolutely nothing to do with the masked men with no visible agency insignia carrying crates of who knows what out of the shooter's house, but HBO just released an amazing documentary into DHS "shadow units" whose job was to destroy evidence of Border Patrol's crimes
This bad-faith about-face is especially galling when you consider that Charlie Kirk was a loud public figure with huge influence and Ms. Goode was a private citizen with no platform and seemingly no desire to express a political viewpoint and no one would know about her at all if not for her death.
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 4:30 PM
This bad-faith about-face is especially galling when you consider that Charlie Kirk was a loud public figure with huge influence and Ms. Goode was a private citizen with no platform and seemingly no desire to express a political viewpoint and no one would know about her at all if not for her death.
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basically; “the summary execution of americans on the streets is a land of contrast”
this guy is a true airhead. just nothing between those ears.
this guy is a true airhead. just nothing between those ears.
New CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil closing the broadcast from MN last night.
January 9, 2026 at 1:22 PM
basically; “the summary execution of americans on the streets is a land of contrast”
this guy is a true airhead. just nothing between those ears.
this guy is a true airhead. just nothing between those ears.
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This is what people on Fox are like. People watch Fox because they like this.
Jesse Watters highlights that Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE, had "pronouns in her bio" and "leaves behind a lesbian partner and a child from a previous marriage"
January 8, 2026 at 4:30 AM
This is what people on Fox are like. People watch Fox because they like this.
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The scientific (bureaucratic) uncertainty over what constitutes gain of function research is going to stymie important research into pathogens, just as the US & Canada are poised for a dramatic resurgence of infectious diseases thanks to the ‘wisdom’ of non-scientists who have abandoned reason.
ANOTHER NIH leader resigns—John Beigel—over 'a flu study dustup'
A Beigel supporter within NIH "called the flu study dustup a 'pseudomanufactured concern' that was meant to force him out, so officials could bring in a researcher who has strongly supported Trump"🙄
www.science.org/content/arti...
A Beigel supporter within NIH "called the flu study dustup a 'pseudomanufactured concern' that was meant to force him out, so officials could bring in a researcher who has strongly supported Trump"🙄
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH official resigns after flap over risks of seasonal flu virus study
Agency may be expanding list of pathogens subject to dangerous “gain-of-function” regulations
www.science.org
January 9, 2026 at 4:07 AM
The scientific (bureaucratic) uncertainty over what constitutes gain of function research is going to stymie important research into pathogens, just as the US & Canada are poised for a dramatic resurgence of infectious diseases thanks to the ‘wisdom’ of non-scientists who have abandoned reason.
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The scale of the protests in Iran are absolutely unbelievable. Hard to quantify, but I've seen some speculation that this uprising is more significant than the 2023 protests (themselves the largest challenge to the regime since it came into power in '79.)
(Video from @AmirMiresmaeili on Twitter)
(Video from @AmirMiresmaeili on Twitter)
January 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM
The scale of the protests in Iran are absolutely unbelievable. Hard to quantify, but I've seen some speculation that this uprising is more significant than the 2023 protests (themselves the largest challenge to the regime since it came into power in '79.)
(Video from @AmirMiresmaeili on Twitter)
(Video from @AmirMiresmaeili on Twitter)
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Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!
January 8, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!
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It’s important for ICE officers to wear masks to stop people like … [checks note] … the DHS secretary from doxxing them.
Kristi Noem, herself, supplied the method used to ID the agent. She said he "been dragged by a vehicle” in an earlier incident.
@startribune.com reporters, who know their way around court records, quickly unearthed his name and confirmed his identity.
@startribune.com reporters, who know their way around court records, quickly unearthed his name and confirmed his identity.
The agent, Jonathan Ross, was dragged by a vehicle and injured during a June operation in the Twin Cities, court records show.
January 8, 2026 at 8:18 PM
It’s important for ICE officers to wear masks to stop people like … [checks note] … the DHS secretary from doxxing them.
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systematically dangerous & reckless ICE and CBP practices were catalogued by Judge Sara Ellis, foreshadowing yesterday's killing. Important post by @chrisgeidner.bsky.social
www.lawdork.com/p/ice-agent-...
www.lawdork.com/p/ice-agent-...
An ICE agent killed Renee Nicole Good. Judge Sara Ellis all but told us today would happen.
"[A]gents have used excessive force … without justification, often without warning, and even at those who had begun to comply with agents’ orders," Ellis wrote on Nov. 20.
www.lawdork.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:45 AM
systematically dangerous & reckless ICE and CBP practices were catalogued by Judge Sara Ellis, foreshadowing yesterday's killing. Important post by @chrisgeidner.bsky.social
www.lawdork.com/p/ice-agent-...
www.lawdork.com/p/ice-agent-...