Stress N. Strain
@stressnstrain.bsky.social
Structural analyst in the aerospace industry. Engineering simulation guru. Conversant in 3D printing. Singer, hiker, traveler, trivia fanatic. GA➡️AZ➡️NM➡️CT
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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People might argue that ICE is not recruiting quality agents.
But I would insist that they are in fact successfully recruiting the exact sort of person needed to carry out the mission: reactionary, angry, violent people who don’t believe in democracy.
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
But I would insist that they are in fact successfully recruiting the exact sort of person needed to carry out the mission: reactionary, angry, violent people who don’t believe in democracy.
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
Opinion | ICE's violence is no accident
Alan Elrod: The killing of a woman by an immigration enforcement officer in Minneapolis was the raw application of Trumpist authoritarianism.
www.ms.now
January 10, 2026 at 9:31 PM
People might argue that ICE is not recruiting quality agents.
But I would insist that they are in fact successfully recruiting the exact sort of person needed to carry out the mission: reactionary, angry, violent people who don’t believe in democracy.
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
But I would insist that they are in fact successfully recruiting the exact sort of person needed to carry out the mission: reactionary, angry, violent people who don’t believe in democracy.
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
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The Republican position now appears to be that you have a constitutional right to openly carry a gun in public, unless you do so while expressing a view that the government dislikes, in which case the secret police can shoot you to death on the spot.
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 6:45 PM
The Republican position now appears to be that you have a constitutional right to openly carry a gun in public, unless you do so while expressing a view that the government dislikes, in which case the secret police can shoot you to death on the spot.
It’s not going to be World War III. It’s going to be World War III + US Civil War II.
January 24, 2026 at 7:21 PM
It’s not going to be World War III. It’s going to be World War III + US Civil War II.
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Democrats needing to message on affordability as the country endures a brutal authoritarian takeover is tragic. Take it from someone who lives in occupied Minneapolis. Our problems go deeper than prices.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Democrats needing to message on affordability as the country endures a brutal authoritarian takeover is tragic. Take it from someone who lives in occupied Minneapolis. Our problems go deeper than prices.
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The Europeans are bucking our stereotypes about them. Can the Democrats please do that too?
Old Europe. New Backbone.
A lesson in standing up to bullies from across the pond.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:30 PM
The Europeans are bucking our stereotypes about them. Can the Democrats please do that too?
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The Democrats should shut down the government on this sentence alone.
January 21, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The Democrats should shut down the government on this sentence alone.
Hmmm…it’s almost as if we don’t actually need a surgeon general. We sure as shit don’t need a Trump surgeon general.
A year into Trump’s second term, the U.S. is still without a surgeon general. If Casey Means is confirmed to the role, she would bring an anti-institutionalist theology to bear on the nation’s health, Rina Raphael argues.
America’s Would-Be Surgeon General Says to Trust Your ‘Heart Intelligence’
Casey Means thinks improving health is a spiritual project.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Hmmm…it’s almost as if we don’t actually need a surgeon general. We sure as shit don’t need a Trump surgeon general.
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David Brooks: This is a war on blue states
Bill Kristol: Abolish ICE
Springsteen: ICE is the Gestapo
Dems in Congress: Let’s talk body cams and QR codes
Bill Kristol: Abolish ICE
Springsteen: ICE is the Gestapo
Dems in Congress: Let’s talk body cams and QR codes
January 19, 2026 at 11:34 AM
David Brooks: This is a war on blue states
Bill Kristol: Abolish ICE
Springsteen: ICE is the Gestapo
Dems in Congress: Let’s talk body cams and QR codes
Bill Kristol: Abolish ICE
Springsteen: ICE is the Gestapo
Dems in Congress: Let’s talk body cams and QR codes
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The US is collapsing into fascism and going to war with Europe and the opposition party is like “I’m here to talk about the important thing: how your average grocery bill has risen by two dollars over the last year, which I also have no plan or ability to fix”
January 19, 2026 at 2:03 PM
The US is collapsing into fascism and going to war with Europe and the opposition party is like “I’m here to talk about the important thing: how your average grocery bill has risen by two dollars over the last year, which I also have no plan or ability to fix”
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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A joke for the history buffs:
Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“
Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“
January 18, 2026 at 1:56 PM
A joke for the history buffs:
Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“
Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“
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The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work.
Really depraved shit.
Really depraved shit.
A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
ICE agents ate at a Minnesota Mexican restaurant before arresting staff
Immigration law enforcement agents reportedly followed employees out of the restaurant after they closed for the evening
www.independent.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 12:13 AM
The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work.
Really depraved shit.
Really depraved shit.
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X is a pay-to-play hellscape flooded with bots, Nazis, and sex criminals.
Why are The New York Times, state agencies, and LeBron James still posting there?
Why are The New York Times, state agencies, and LeBron James still posting there?
It’s essential that prominent accounts abandon the AI revenge porn and CSAM site formerly known as X.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-new-epst...
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-new-epst...
The New Epstein Island Is Right In Your Pocket: It’s Time To Abandon Elon Musk’s Paradise of Abuse
It has long been time to leave X. Now, it’s essential.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:06 PM
X is a pay-to-play hellscape flooded with bots, Nazis, and sex criminals.
Why are The New York Times, state agencies, and LeBron James still posting there?
Why are The New York Times, state agencies, and LeBron James still posting there?
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Small peeve: Punditry (or GOP boosterism) that pretends Greenland would be the 51st state.
Of course it wouldn't. We bought the Virgin Islands from Denmark a century ago. More than 2x the population of Greenland. It's a territory, and its citizens don't have voting DC reps. Neither would Greenland.
Of course it wouldn't. We bought the Virgin Islands from Denmark a century ago. More than 2x the population of Greenland. It's a territory, and its citizens don't have voting DC reps. Neither would Greenland.
January 16, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Small peeve: Punditry (or GOP boosterism) that pretends Greenland would be the 51st state.
Of course it wouldn't. We bought the Virgin Islands from Denmark a century ago. More than 2x the population of Greenland. It's a territory, and its citizens don't have voting DC reps. Neither would Greenland.
Of course it wouldn't. We bought the Virgin Islands from Denmark a century ago. More than 2x the population of Greenland. It's a territory, and its citizens don't have voting DC reps. Neither would Greenland.
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Poland failed to win the Hitler team over
Denmark, Greenland failed to win the Trump team over
Denmark, Greenland failed to win the Trump team over
The U.S. allies hoped meeting senior Trump officials would diffuse tensions and tough talk on Greenland. It didn’t.
dlvr.it
January 14, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Poland failed to win the Hitler team over
Gonna be hilarious when NATO countries start shutting down U.S. military bases and overseas divisions of U.S. defense companies.
January 14, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Gonna be hilarious when NATO countries start shutting down U.S. military bases and overseas divisions of U.S. defense companies.
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We have Justin Amash and Bill Kristol saying ABOLISH ICE before most Democrats.
What does that say about the Democratic establishment?
Primary season is on right now, folks.
We all deserve better.
What does that say about the Democratic establishment?
Primary season is on right now, folks.
We all deserve better.
January 14, 2026 at 3:49 AM
We have Justin Amash and Bill Kristol saying ABOLISH ICE before most Democrats.
What does that say about the Democratic establishment?
Primary season is on right now, folks.
We all deserve better.
What does that say about the Democratic establishment?
Primary season is on right now, folks.
We all deserve better.
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The “foundation stone” for Trump’s new “Trump International Golf Club Wadi Safar, Diriyah” project in Saudi Arabia reads:
“In The Name Of Allah, Most Gracious, The Most Merciful Under The Reign Of The Custodian Of The Two Holy Mosques”
“In The Name Of Allah, Most Gracious, The Most Merciful Under The Reign Of The Custodian Of The Two Holy Mosques”
January 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The “foundation stone” for Trump’s new “Trump International Golf Club Wadi Safar, Diriyah” project in Saudi Arabia reads:
“In The Name Of Allah, Most Gracious, The Most Merciful Under The Reign Of The Custodian Of The Two Holy Mosques”
“In The Name Of Allah, Most Gracious, The Most Merciful Under The Reign Of The Custodian Of The Two Holy Mosques”
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ICE agents in Minneapolis prepare to shoot more innocent women.
January 8, 2026 at 11:37 PM
ICE agents in Minneapolis prepare to shoot more innocent women.
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Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
January 8, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
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I don't think it's possible to overstate how damaged our democracy has become on account of millions of people being trapped in social media / media halls of mirrors that prevent them from accessing even a rudimentary approximation of reality.
January 8, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I don't think it's possible to overstate how damaged our democracy has become on account of millions of people being trapped in social media / media halls of mirrors that prevent them from accessing even a rudimentary approximation of reality.
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I come from the Tea Party. Trump is the tyrant the Tea Party always said they feared. Now they embrace the tyrant. ICE, these armed/masked federal agents, are the “jack-booted thugs” the Tea Party always said they despised. Now they applaud the jack-booted thugs.
The Tea Party became MAGA.
The Tea Party became MAGA.
January 8, 2026 at 3:18 AM
I come from the Tea Party. Trump is the tyrant the Tea Party always said they feared. Now they embrace the tyrant. ICE, these armed/masked federal agents, are the “jack-booted thugs” the Tea Party always said they despised. Now they applaud the jack-booted thugs.
The Tea Party became MAGA.
The Tea Party became MAGA.