Mike G

Minnesota Clergy kneeling in protest in the frigid subzero temperatures at the MPLS airport with a phalanx of riot police arrayed behind them.

Ted Cruz with a Texas flag mask on his face as he drags his bag through the airport on his trip to Cancun during the deep freeze in Texas in 2021.

Ilhan Omar getting ready to throw hands at her attacker at a town hall. She has her fist balled up and she’s bringing her arm forward.

Josh Hawley running from the chambers on January 6th

A drawing of a whistle with the words COME AND TAKE IT

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair with his eyes closed . Alt: Michael Corleone in the Godfather part two saying “my offer is this: nothing.”

Starting the ICE funding negotiations

Oh, so it’s not about criminals then? Glad that pretense is gone.

you know that part in "shawshank redemption" where andy dufresne finally gets a check for the prison library after years of sending a letter a week and the screw asks if he'll stop now and he says no, now I'll send two letters a week? that's where we are now. double down.

Agents of the state also do not need to be kitted out like commandos unless they’re raiding a drug den or some shit. If you’re so scared, stay home. Isn’t that what they all said back in 2020?

I don’t know why it would be so radical to just go back to pre-9/11 government. Even FOX pundits are walking back support for DHS. Just go back to 2000 era structures but with greater information sharing between agencies. That should be the starting point in negotiations.

They’re such cowards that they can’t understand courage; this is why they spend all their time victimizing the vulnerable who can’t defend themselves, so they can actually get away with their crimes. Epstein thinking.

My advice would be to send someone else to pick up your takeout orders for the rest of your life, bud.

I’m here for cities trying to one up each other over who hates these goons more

Me at the church social buffet table:

Someone is BANKROLLING this tax-free zone.

Conservatives on January 23rd: “Well-regulated” means “well-equipped” in the parlance of the time when it was written.

Conservatives on January 25th: Obviously the founders wanted sensible restrictions on gun ownership, duh.

The most logical explanation for this is that they are now the ones doing the murdering.

that tie knot is the same width as his head

This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.

Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics

The story suggests the gun may have been negligently handled by the agent who took it from him and accidentally discharged. You know it’s bad when even a statist rag like the Post is contradicting key administration talking points in its defense.

Oh, like Philando Castile did?

If they can't just shoot us in the street, how can they protect us from the five year old boy whose dad was waiting patiently for a hearing?

Hard to imagine that many of the 45,000 or so living WWII veterans are too thrilled with the country they defended.

Crazy that the party that spent 45 years telling Americans that their government was their enemy are the ones who finally made it come true.

Rewatched Brian De Palma’s CARLITO’S WAY for the first time in maybe 20 years. Forgot what a noir masterpiece this is. Sean Penn steals every scene he’s in with a greasy, visceral weirdness. De Palma plays all his favorite tricks expertly, and Pacino is seething, restrained cool. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Never too late

Grover Norquist is going to need a bigger bathtub.

I’m old enough to remember a time when scenes like these from another country would have earned sanctions from the United States at minimum.

So is the President*

*allegedly

If you’re a Democratic candidate for office in 2026 and you’re not running on shit like this instead of “economy bad,” you should find a different career path.