Ryan Thomas

The reason we're here is that tens of millions of people will punch a hole in a wall if they hear someone used food stamps to buy soda but they're fine if the right-wing podcaster turned fbi director uses his taxpayer funded private jet to go party whenever he feels like it bsky.app/profile/thed...

Guys being Dudes

the glorious constitutional principle of "the president can't fuck with Supreme Court justices' investment portfolios" stands strong

Florida AG defends $100K UF teaching salary at Miami anti-corruption event Attorney General James Uthmeier defended the importance of his work with the school.

“When you have a growing family and three kids, you’ve got to look for other ways to keep the lights on and keep food on the table,” Florida's attorney general says, defending his $100k annual pay as a UF adjunct, teaching a 2-hour/week law class.

www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?

Great photo:
Observers record the scene of a traffic accident in St. Paul involving federal immigration agents. Photo: Leila Navidi/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

Hi, explain to me how a US citizen's Super Bowl halftime performance relates to an immigration divide.

lol what else can even be said at this point about how tilted the media Is against us

Happy Birthday!

"In theater" is a nice touch for describing Minneapolis. Worth noting the people involved, from Trump to Miller to Noem to Homan to Bovino to the majority of ICE and CBP goons, have never served in the military. They're playing out a war fantasy, dressing up in army costumes, like incredible losers.

"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February

"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March

"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman

The militarized language is telling.

Greg Bovino Loses His Job The Border Patrol chief has been ousted from his role as “commander at large,” and will return to El Centro.

Too many have died. Trump can fire or demote whoever he wants, but the buck stops with him.

There must be accountability for everyone involved.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.

MAGA is defined by its total lack of a theory of mind for its enemies, and the fact that DHS and ICE still haven't wrapped their brains around the fact that their opponents also are able to highly effectively use the Internet to message, organize, and communicate really highlights that.

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.

pritzker gets it man. first person I saw on TV say to not fucking trust dhs because they lie all the time. said trump functionally already has invoked the insurrection act.

he gets it

This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.

Army vet detained by ICE for 8 hours says he wasn't allowed to call an attorney Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient William Vermie told ABC News that he was tackled and arrested by ICE in Minneapolis and held for eight hours.

"I have privilege. I was medically retired, I'm a combat vet, I'm white, I'm middle class. If I can't advocate for people who need it, then who else is going to do it? Who else is going to stand up and speak truth to power?" abcnews.go.com/US/army-vet-...

#HoCoMD #ColumbiaMD Oakland Mills and Long Reach Village Centers, from the reports I'm seeing in my local FB groups.

Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol

The Boston ducklings with the first one holding a sign that reads, "Ducklings can't swim with ICE on the pond."

Even the ducklings hate ICE

(Photo taken by a friend who's not on here)

Part of the excuse offered for law enforcement officers is that they have to make split second decisions in a confusing situation. Well, the same goes for people trying to comply with their instructions - but without the training. Standards on use of deadly force must take that into account.

I'm so tired of watching evil people get away with doing evil to others.

I am pleased to announce that I have commandeered my neighbor's home. This home will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, to ensure it is used to benefit my neighbor and me! Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Matt Walsh tweeted last year: "We've spent the last 25 years bringing "freedom" and "democracy" to countries around the globe while our own country has been systematically invaded and now our largest cities are run by foreigners and communists. If you want to know why I'm so avowedly non-interventionist, this is why." Then he tweeted today: ""This is a war for oil!!!!!" First of all, the "war" lasted like 90 minutes. Second, going to war to secure vital resources for your own people is totally legitimate. Why should we allow some third world communist shithole to control trillions of dollars worth of oil?"

Laura Loomer tweeted last year: "I’m America First, I don’t support “Regime Change”. I went on @Bannons_WarRoom to talk about Chinese aggression in Venezuela and why we need to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign Islamic terrorist organization." Then she tweeted yesterday: "Maduro has arrived at the DEA office in Manhattan. He was transported in an armored motorcade after being transported in a blindfold via helicopter & then by plane to New York after his compound in Caracas was raided by US Special Forces. Proud to be an American today! USA 🇺🇸"

Catturd tweeted last year: "Name one U.S. inspired regime change that hasn’t ended in absolute disaster." Then he tweeted yesterday: "Venezuela is now more free than New York City."

Will Chamberlain tweeted last year: "The Republican Party is no longer the party of regime change and endless wars If you want to be its standard-bearer that is a non-negotiable position" Then he tweeted yesterday: "I can think of few better uses of my tax dollars than black-bagging the head of a foreign narco-trafficking organization that enriches itself by addicting and poisoning my fellow Americans"

amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders