Wrecked Ego
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Wrecked Ego
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· Feb 20
Okay I am just spit balling here but if #teslatakedown is gonna be a thing I really want to pitch this because I thought of it in the car. Mass farting at these showrooms
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So back in June Alex Padilla was tackled and detained by ICE for trying to ask a question at a press conference. The story from the administration was he attacked her.
Fast forward 7 months, Maxwell Frost attacked, Ilhan Omar attacked. Not a peep from the media about "turning down the rhetoric". 🙄
Fast forward 7 months, Maxwell Frost attacked, Ilhan Omar attacked. Not a peep from the media about "turning down the rhetoric". 🙄
January 29, 2026 at 5:18 PM
So back in June Alex Padilla was tackled and detained by ICE for trying to ask a question at a press conference. The story from the administration was he attacked her.
Fast forward 7 months, Maxwell Frost attacked, Ilhan Omar attacked. Not a peep from the media about "turning down the rhetoric". 🙄
Fast forward 7 months, Maxwell Frost attacked, Ilhan Omar attacked. Not a peep from the media about "turning down the rhetoric". 🙄
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I am honored to earn the endorsement of State Representative Carrie Rheingans. She is a tireless advocate for justice, equity, and and fights for policies shaped by the people most impacted. I'm grateful to have her in this fight.
January 28, 2026 at 9:28 PM
I am honored to earn the endorsement of State Representative Carrie Rheingans. She is a tireless advocate for justice, equity, and and fights for policies shaped by the people most impacted. I'm grateful to have her in this fight.
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If the Senate votes to fund DHS tomorrow, they’re voting to fund ICE raids like this. Defend the Constitution and Abolish ICE.
January 29, 2026 at 2:14 AM
If the Senate votes to fund DHS tomorrow, they’re voting to fund ICE raids like this. Defend the Constitution and Abolish ICE.
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Finally got around to a bit of research I'd been meaning to explore, and: There is no documented instance of an ICE officer being identified and assaulted while off duty because he wasn't masked. www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...
ICE’s excuse for wearing masks has never actually manifested
There have been incidents of harassment and threats. But there are no apparent incidents in which identified ICE officers have been assaulted off-duty.
www.pbump.net
January 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Finally got around to a bit of research I'd been meaning to explore, and: There is no documented instance of an ICE officer being identified and assaulted while off duty because he wasn't masked. www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...
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Feds have been ramming people with their cars. No one has murdered them in response.
If the suggestion here is that these officers killed Pretti because of this previous incident, that’s worse. Kicking a tail light is not a capital crime. And we don’t do delayed, extrajudicial executions here.
If the suggestion here is that these officers killed Pretti because of this previous incident, that’s worse. Kicking a tail light is not a capital crime. And we don’t do delayed, extrajudicial executions here.
Okay so I was actually at this encounter, filmed the aftermath, and am briefly visible in this video, and I would point out that what he does here is briefly kick a car twice. ICE beats him up, shoots pepper balls into the crowd, and launches tear gas at everyone else before leaving.
News Movement posted this video of Alex Pretti on Jan 13, showing him spitting at ICE agents and kicking their taillight.
Now conservatives are suggesting this changes things.
That would mean they are suggesting he deserved to be target of an extrajudicial execution.
The video changes nothing.
Now conservatives are suggesting this changes things.
That would mean they are suggesting he deserved to be target of an extrajudicial execution.
The video changes nothing.
January 29, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Feds have been ramming people with their cars. No one has murdered them in response.
If the suggestion here is that these officers killed Pretti because of this previous incident, that’s worse. Kicking a tail light is not a capital crime. And we don’t do delayed, extrajudicial executions here.
If the suggestion here is that these officers killed Pretti because of this previous incident, that’s worse. Kicking a tail light is not a capital crime. And we don’t do delayed, extrajudicial executions here.
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RAND PAUL: If a country bombed our air defense missiles, captured & removed our president, & blockaded our country, would that be considered an act of war?
RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition
PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!
RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition
PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!
January 28, 2026 at 4:29 PM
RAND PAUL: If a country bombed our air defense missiles, captured & removed our president, & blockaded our country, would that be considered an act of war?
RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition
PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!
RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition
PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!
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The good news is all the brazen, cartoonish corruption makes it easier to run on an anti-oligarchy, good government platform. The bad news is you still need candidates who want to do that
January 29, 2026 at 3:51 AM
The good news is all the brazen, cartoonish corruption makes it easier to run on an anti-oligarchy, good government platform. The bad news is you still need candidates who want to do that
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Criminalizing protest is a hallmark of repression. This case isn’t isolated. It’s part of a broader effort to silence dissent and erode democracy.
But despite the administration’s best efforts, we’re going to win.
But despite the administration’s best efforts, we’re going to win.
January 29, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Criminalizing protest is a hallmark of repression. This case isn’t isolated. It’s part of a broader effort to silence dissent and erode democracy.
But despite the administration’s best efforts, we’re going to win.
But despite the administration’s best efforts, we’re going to win.
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remember what JD Vance said of the ICE agents that arrested this little boy: “what did you expect them to do?”
Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.
January 29, 2026 at 2:29 AM
remember what JD Vance said of the ICE agents that arrested this little boy: “what did you expect them to do?”
Like these guys are so fucking pathetic, and incredible cowards
What a whine mom
He’s shaken because 5 women asked for his credentials…imagine ICE asking you for your papers…
January 28, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Like these guys are so fucking pathetic, and incredible cowards
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The pwotestors weally scawy 👉👈 🥺
We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
January 28, 2026 at 10:09 PM
The pwotestors weally scawy 👉👈 🥺
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We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 PM
We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
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It is truly disappointing seeing how many people are responding to the current moment by appealing to some fictional version of the Democratic Party that clearly doesn’t exist. Have some self-respect.
January 27, 2026 at 2:08 AM
It is truly disappointing seeing how many people are responding to the current moment by appealing to some fictional version of the Democratic Party that clearly doesn’t exist. Have some self-respect.
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Has anyone been able to identify the “if you raise your voice, I erase your voice” agent?
Because that’s someone who, for public safety, should be named and identified and warned about.
Because that’s someone who, for public safety, should be named and identified and warned about.
January 27, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Has anyone been able to identify the “if you raise your voice, I erase your voice” agent?
Because that’s someone who, for public safety, should be named and identified and warned about.
Because that’s someone who, for public safety, should be named and identified and warned about.
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This is the most interesting part to me: this guy got his start by being the subject of one of the right's "cancel culture run amok" stories bsky.app/profile/capi...
Predictably, Bari Weiss' 7-month-freelancer hire for CBS News whined that he was canceled at Yale for opposing affirmative action: his ideas were "intellectual diversity." (This while he was a Manhattan Institute intern). Say it again: "merit-based hiring". 3/
www.nationalreview.com/2023/07/high...
www.nationalreview.com/2023/07/high...
January 27, 2026 at 10:59 PM
This is the most interesting part to me: this guy got his start by being the subject of one of the right's "cancel culture run amok" stories bsky.app/profile/capi...
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It's not quite the most pressing issue at the moment, but the American people absolutely have a right to know the names of the federal officials who shot and killed a man peacefully protesting, who was on his knees, prone in the street when they shot him in the back.
January 27, 2026 at 1:58 PM
It's not quite the most pressing issue at the moment, but the American people absolutely have a right to know the names of the federal officials who shot and killed a man peacefully protesting, who was on his knees, prone in the street when they shot him in the back.
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The 2029 Pretti Good Act will establish a commission to identify all agents, create a detailed accounting of all acts, and hold criminally liable as necessary. Agents who voluntarily and truthfully disclose will be granted some leniency, provided their crimes did not include murder or torture.
When I say this agency [ICE and CBP] CAN’T be reformed this is why.
January 26, 2026 at 6:28 PM
The 2029 Pretti Good Act will establish a commission to identify all agents, create a detailed accounting of all acts, and hold criminally liable as necessary. Agents who voluntarily and truthfully disclose will be granted some leniency, provided their crimes did not include murder or torture.
Tom Holman is a sentient thumb.
Cop eugenics seems to be the only thing that is eugenics based that I somewhat believe in.
Here defined, cop eugenics are how after you become a cop you just gradually turn into a bald wrinkled thumb, with few exceptions
Cop eugenics seems to be the only thing that is eugenics based that I somewhat believe in.
Here defined, cop eugenics are how after you become a cop you just gradually turn into a bald wrinkled thumb, with few exceptions
January 26, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Tom Holman is a sentient thumb.
Cop eugenics seems to be the only thing that is eugenics based that I somewhat believe in.
Here defined, cop eugenics are how after you become a cop you just gradually turn into a bald wrinkled thumb, with few exceptions
Cop eugenics seems to be the only thing that is eugenics based that I somewhat believe in.
Here defined, cop eugenics are how after you become a cop you just gradually turn into a bald wrinkled thumb, with few exceptions
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It is very funny watching right wingers go straight into “anything that hurts my feelings is violence” without even doing any throat clearing about how this is different from all the stuff they just spent years making fun of. At least make up an excuse guys
January 26, 2026 at 2:15 PM
It is very funny watching right wingers go straight into “anything that hurts my feelings is violence” without even doing any throat clearing about how this is different from all the stuff they just spent years making fun of. At least make up an excuse guys
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To reiterate: (The fact that he had a gun he never drew is immaterial; the videos show that they attacked him before they knew it; they murdered him after they confiscated it.)
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January 26, 2026 at 4:42 PM
To reiterate: (The fact that he had a gun he never drew is immaterial; the videos show that they attacked him before they knew it; they murdered him after they confiscated it.)
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Thank God there were people filming. This administration would have said Alex Pretti pulled a handgun, a package of fentanyl, and a signed copy of the Communist Manifesto if they could.
January 25, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Thank God there were people filming. This administration would have said Alex Pretti pulled a handgun, a package of fentanyl, and a signed copy of the Communist Manifesto if they could.
I was also curious about this! For me there was a page block demanding my email, almost as if the website was half embarrassed that it even existed in this moment, which is for me hilarious
The person who publishes the Free Press — where the words “Minneapolis” and “Minnesota” never appear tonight — also runs CBS News.
January 26, 2026 at 4:44 AM
I was also curious about this! For me there was a page block demanding my email, almost as if the website was half embarrassed that it even existed in this moment, which is for me hilarious
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Part of the issue here is that they percieve opposition as unfair. You’re supposed to let them win and kiss their feet. If you don’t, that’s not only unfair, but if you win, it’s a kind of cheating. Like a toddler you let win so they won’t have a meltdown. bsky.app/profile/jeff...
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Part of the issue here is that they percieve opposition as unfair. You’re supposed to let them win and kiss their feet. If you don’t, that’s not only unfair, but if you win, it’s a kind of cheating. Like a toddler you let win so they won’t have a meltdown. bsky.app/profile/jeff...
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This government wants everyone to own and carry loaded guns — unless you vote for Democrats. Then magically the Second Amendment doesn’t apply to you. 🤷🏽♀️
January 25, 2026 at 4:40 PM
This government wants everyone to own and carry loaded guns — unless you vote for Democrats. Then magically the Second Amendment doesn’t apply to you. 🤷🏽♀️