Tony Monsanto
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A friend of mine likes to say that Republicans don't know how to be in the majority and Democrats don't know how to be in the minority. Even when Democrats are in the minority, they still have the impulse to govern. It's why Democrats don't have an equivalent of Ted Cruz or Marjorie Taylor Greene
(whispering): the Dems are actually pretty good at legislating in the minority
Side note: The HHS appropriations bill that passed as part of the minibus has ZERO anti-trans riders in it. It will almost certainly pass the House.
January 31, 2026 at 12:50 AM
A friend of mine likes to say that Republicans don't know how to be in the majority and Democrats don't know how to be in the minority. Even when Democrats are in the minority, they still have the impulse to govern. It's why Democrats don't have an equivalent of Ted Cruz or Marjorie Taylor Greene
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A new heartland economy based on ICE warehouses and AI data farms.
January 30, 2026 at 6:20 PM
A new heartland economy based on ICE warehouses and AI data farms.
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i honestly do not believe that people hate that guy enough. an evil man.
January 29, 2026 at 2:30 AM
i honestly do not believe that people hate that guy enough. an evil man.
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They aren’t backing down. They’re just threatening people in other cities. Still illegal. Still unconstitutional. Even if they haven’t yet backed it up by shooting someone in the face.
ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:24 PM
They aren’t backing down. They’re just threatening people in other cities. Still illegal. Still unconstitutional. Even if they haven’t yet backed it up by shooting someone in the face.
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Remembering the Boston Massacre as Minneapolis Writhes Under Occupation talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/remem...
Remembering the Boston Massacre as Minneapolis Writhes Under Occupation
Opposition to garrisoning soldiers in civilian towns was a cornerstone of the...
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January 26, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Remembering the Boston Massacre as Minneapolis Writhes Under Occupation talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/remem...
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I’m just a smol bean congressman and they tricked me somehow by asking for more money for the bad things.
January 26, 2026 at 4:18 PM
I’m just a smol bean congressman and they tricked me somehow by asking for more money for the bad things.
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they want you to buy a gun out of the chance to someday shoot some libs, if a lib gun owner gets killed by masked government agents acting on the orders of a GOP president that doesn't fit the fantasy, it doesn't help sell their product
January 26, 2026 at 4:19 PM
they want you to buy a gun out of the chance to someday shoot some libs, if a lib gun owner gets killed by masked government agents acting on the orders of a GOP president that doesn't fit the fantasy, it doesn't help sell their product
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Although guns have been a part of US culture from the beginning, modern right-wing gun culture is downstream of the industry's need for profit, and they do that by selling a fantasy of right-wing violence against left wingers, Pretti doesn't fit that fantasy bsky.app/profile/hcom...
We're is the NRA shouting about 2A rights. No fucking where that just shows you what they truely care about. We are just cannon fodder for profits
January 26, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Although guns have been a part of US culture from the beginning, modern right-wing gun culture is downstream of the industry's need for profit, and they do that by selling a fantasy of right-wing violence against left wingers, Pretti doesn't fit that fantasy bsky.app/profile/hcom...
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“.. Dan and Jane resisted the idea that they had become political. .. ‘It became clear very quickly that ICE is the Proud Boys, the Boogaloo boys. They’ve given them uniforms and let them run wild,’ Dan said.”
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 26, 2026 at 12:13 PM
“.. Dan and Jane resisted the idea that they had become political. .. ‘It became clear very quickly that ICE is the Proud Boys, the Boogaloo boys. They’ve given them uniforms and let them run wild,’ Dan said.”
@theatlantic.com
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@theatlantic.com
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Ellison: "They're coming after our state because we voted 3 times for somebody who's not Donald Trump, which he has said he resents deeply and believes is not even true. I can tell you it's not about fraud ... He's sending armed, masked men. This is a pretext"
January 25, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Ellison: "They're coming after our state because we voted 3 times for somebody who's not Donald Trump, which he has said he resents deeply and believes is not even true. I can tell you it's not about fraud ... He's sending armed, masked men. This is a pretext"
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Same people out there now dropping portentous, stentorian posts about The Battle Against Fascism ... were unwilling to look awkward or be mocked online for supporting Trump's only opponent.
January 25, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Same people out there now dropping portentous, stentorian posts about The Battle Against Fascism ... were unwilling to look awkward or be mocked online for supporting Trump's only opponent.
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It's easy to oppose fascism once it has come out into the open & is shooting innocent women in the face.
What's more difficult is a) foreseeing this as inevitable if Trump wins & b) working to prevent his victory, even if c) that means you have to be cringe & stump for Harris.
What's more difficult is a) foreseeing this as inevitable if Trump wins & b) working to prevent his victory, even if c) that means you have to be cringe & stump for Harris.
January 25, 2026 at 8:44 PM
It's easy to oppose fascism once it has come out into the open & is shooting innocent women in the face.
What's more difficult is a) foreseeing this as inevitable if Trump wins & b) working to prevent his victory, even if c) that means you have to be cringe & stump for Harris.
What's more difficult is a) foreseeing this as inevitable if Trump wins & b) working to prevent his victory, even if c) that means you have to be cringe & stump for Harris.
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Raskin: "American saw domestic terrorism there -- it was domestic state terrorism ... the way I see it is that ICE and the Trump administration are involved in the destruction of the social contract right now"
January 25, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Raskin: "American saw domestic terrorism there -- it was domestic state terrorism ... the way I see it is that ICE and the Trump administration are involved in the destruction of the social contract right now"
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Raskin: "I think the people have Minnesota have shown us with their mass demonstration and general strike the direction that we may need to go in nationally in order to send the message that American society does not accept this authoritarian derailment of the US Constitution."
January 25, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Raskin: "I think the people have Minnesota have shown us with their mass demonstration and general strike the direction that we may need to go in nationally in order to send the message that American society does not accept this authoritarian derailment of the US Constitution."
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The party that has spent unlimited resources and energy getting states to pass laws to allow citizens to openly carry loaded weapons anywhere - now believes that exercising this right is permission for law enforcement to murder you.
Honestly, how dumb do they think we are?
Honestly, how dumb do they think we are?
January 25, 2026 at 10:02 PM
The party that has spent unlimited resources and energy getting states to pass laws to allow citizens to openly carry loaded weapons anywhere - now believes that exercising this right is permission for law enforcement to murder you.
Honestly, how dumb do they think we are?
Honestly, how dumb do they think we are?
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It should freak the American people out that Trump, Noem and Bovino lie so enthusiastically. He wasn't "brandishing a weapon". He wasn't attending a "riot" or "interfering in a crime scene". He was an ICU nurse exercising his constitutional rights.
We saw what we saw.
We saw what we saw.
January 25, 2026 at 10:20 PM
It should freak the American people out that Trump, Noem and Bovino lie so enthusiastically. He wasn't "brandishing a weapon". He wasn't attending a "riot" or "interfering in a crime scene". He was an ICU nurse exercising his constitutional rights.
We saw what we saw.
We saw what we saw.
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when they say that everyone should have a right to carry a weapon in public they mean only loyal Republicans have a right to carry a weapon in public. if you don't agree them politically and you carry a weapon then that's justification for them to shoot you dead.
January 25, 2026 at 10:21 PM
when they say that everyone should have a right to carry a weapon in public they mean only loyal Republicans have a right to carry a weapon in public. if you don't agree them politically and you carry a weapon then that's justification for them to shoot you dead.
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Now that blood is on the street, we still won’t admit you’ve been right all decade long while we scolded and marginalized you. Instead, we’ll declare it’s just now become right to say such things.
"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus," Jonathan Rauch argues. "'Fascist' best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse." theatln.tc/wVq7MFaa
January 25, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Now that blood is on the street, we still won’t admit you’ve been right all decade long while we scolded and marginalized you. Instead, we’ll declare it’s just now become right to say such things.
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New York City’s new transportation commissioner is looking to cities like Bogotá, Tokyo and Paris for inspiration as he seeks to realize Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s mandate to make NYC’s streetscape “the envy of the world.”
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Mamdani's DOT commissioner wants NYC to be more like Paris, Bogotá, Tokyo
New York City's transportation system is far from the greatest in the world. Mayor Zohran Mamdani has tasked his transportation chief with turning things around.
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January 25, 2026 at 10:50 PM
New York City’s new transportation commissioner is looking to cities like Bogotá, Tokyo and Paris for inspiration as he seeks to realize Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s mandate to make NYC’s streetscape “the envy of the world.”
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“The shooting of Porter, who leaves behind daughters aged 10 and 20, was not caught on camera”
How convenient for ICE
How convenient for ICE
Family of man killed by off-duty ICE agent in LA demands charges: ‘The ache will never go away’
After Renee Good’s killing in Minneapolis, calls grow for accountability in the shooting of Keith Porter Jr on New Year’s Eve
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:20 PM
“The shooting of Porter, who leaves behind daughters aged 10 and 20, was not caught on camera”
How convenient for ICE
How convenient for ICE
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Pretti stepped up for a woman who’d been assaulted. He exercised his rights in the face of actual tyranny, not from a podcast booth. He seemed moral and decent. His valor reminds pus stains like Patel, Berry, & Watters that their macho shtick is sad and hollow. *Of course* they celebrate his murder.
January 26, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Pretti stepped up for a woman who’d been assaulted. He exercised his rights in the face of actual tyranny, not from a podcast booth. He seemed moral and decent. His valor reminds pus stains like Patel, Berry, & Watters that their macho shtick is sad and hollow. *Of course* they celebrate his murder.
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I want to extend a huge thank you to our city's emergency responders and municipal workers who showed up in today’s storm to keep our city safe and running. These are the incredible New Yorkers who inspire me everyday.
January 26, 2026 at 2:02 AM
I want to extend a huge thank you to our city's emergency responders and municipal workers who showed up in today’s storm to keep our city safe and running. These are the incredible New Yorkers who inspire me everyday.
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I’ll continue to listen and defer to subject area experts about what the state of the law is and the rationale for the rules we have, while I hold the position that warrants should be required as a public policy matter. But my semi-amateur view says the constitution requires that anyway.
January 26, 2026 at 3:40 AM
I’ll continue to listen and defer to subject area experts about what the state of the law is and the rationale for the rules we have, while I hold the position that warrants should be required as a public policy matter. But my semi-amateur view says the constitution requires that anyway.
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Remarkable stat.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 26, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Remarkable stat.
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A society that has any aspiration to be free and democratic cannot - it must not! - tolerate the existence of an agency like ICE.
In both personnel and institutionalized culture, ICE is a stronghold of violent authoritarianism, simply incompatible with the fundamental values of a democratic society
In both personnel and institutionalized culture, ICE is a stronghold of violent authoritarianism, simply incompatible with the fundamental values of a democratic society
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
January 22, 2026 at 8:42 PM
A society that has any aspiration to be free and democratic cannot - it must not! - tolerate the existence of an agency like ICE.
In both personnel and institutionalized culture, ICE is a stronghold of violent authoritarianism, simply incompatible with the fundamental values of a democratic society
In both personnel and institutionalized culture, ICE is a stronghold of violent authoritarianism, simply incompatible with the fundamental values of a democratic society