Geoff Gowe

Exhibit #1,001 for "why the entire state terror infrastructure of the US government needs to be incinerated (along with as many of their leaders and rank-and-file as we can get our hands on)".

We are the heroes.

What's been weird to learn is that other leaders of institutions act the same way. Some of them hoard and protect their influence like it's money because they, too, are rich. You don't get rich by giving your money away and (they seem to believe) you don't get powerful by exercising your power. But, in fact, that is often how power works: using power can help build power. At the very least, power holds no value unless it is exercised, which alone is a valid reason to exercise it. If you are powerful but never use your power, you are not powerful. I'm talking here primarily about the huge, obvious loci of power — the centers of power that exist in part to serve as checks on other centers of power. Congress vis-a-vis the presidency. The media relative to the government. Higher education in contrast to misinformation. But they often aren't serving as checks on what's unfolding, or are obviously and bizarrely using their power only sparingly, garden hoses aimed at protecting their own homes from the wildfire. So it's left to individuals, who have stepped up where institutions have not.

I wrote about Minnesota and ICE and how average Americans are reclaiming the power that the administration is abusing.
www.pbump.net/o/this-is-wh...

Imagine if we had to follow all those amendments!

When family members arrived on the scene, their loved ones had been disappeared by federal agents. But what they found inside the vehicles was disturbing: a customized ace of spades playing card — a “death card” — that read “ICE Denver Field Office.”

theintercept.com/2026/02/03/i...

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Why are we here, you ask?

This. This is why we are here.

This is deeply messed up.

Holy crap, yes. This gets an immediate follow from me.

Why the hell were so many people so comfortable talking about pedo parties with their Gmail accounts?

Relatedly the Republican Party still has a trust advantage on the issue of immigration over the Democratic Party. Voters don't like the visible cruelty and the secret police but it's not translated into a Dem advantage on the issue.

Don’t Let ICE Freeze Voting Guest article by Jay Inslee, former governor of Washington State

"Voters have a right to be free to cast their votes without walking past a phalanx of Trump’s private army.”

Former Governor Jay Inslee is out with a new warning and a call to action concerning the upcoming midterm elections.

James Comer is bringing Hillary Clinton before his committee to testify about Epstein despite having zero contact with him, but not Epstein’s neighbor Howard Lutnick who lied about his connections to Epstein over many years which is proven in the files.

It’s important to realize that the subtext of Trump freaking out at Kaitlan Collins when she asks him what he’d say to the Epstein survivors is that she may in practice be asking what he’d say to the *Trump* survivors, and they both know that. A well worded question

Trump wants to take over voting. Mike Johnson is willing to help Trump raised the threat to the 2026 midterm elections to an entirely new level.

It is time we wake up and take Trump’s threats seriously and literally. Based on past behavior, if anything, what he said is almost certainly an understatement of how far he is actually willing to go. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

Trump calls for the GOP to ‘take over the voting’ in 15 places. | CNN Politics Republican election lawyer Ben Ginsberg joins The Lead.

Trump calls for the GOP to “take over the voting” in 15 places where he lost

www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/p...

So his answer was no, he doesn’t think the tactics need to change. Full support from Mike Johnson for state paramilitary violence 👍

He literally pulled a "you should smile more" IN RESPONSE TO AN EPSTEIN QUESTION.

Trump supporters like him because he acts like this, not in spite of it.

Interesting move from Gov Tim Walz here: He calls on Kristi Noem to release detailed information on how many migrant kids from Minnesota that DHS has imprisoned in the vein of 5-year-old Liam:

The Paramilitary ICE and CBP Units at the Center of Minnesota's Killings Two agents involved in the shooting deaths of US citizens in Minneapolis are reportedly part of highly militarized DHS units whose extreme tactics are generally reserved for war zones.

Two agents involved in the shooting deaths of US citizens in Minneapolis are reportedly part of highly militarized DHS units whose extreme tactics are generally reserved for war zones.

Like is this a common Type of Very Rich Dude?

Something I can’t quite a see about Epstein is: is there anyone else like him? Even bracketing for a moment the monstrous systematic sex crimes, are there lots of super rich dudes who are just constantly emailing and texting and socializing with a who’s who of the elite or was he unique ?

Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel?

Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.

And they almost shot some kids in the process.

This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.

Nancy Mace Dragged After Damning Profile Reveals The Lengths She Went To Be 'Hottest Woman In Congress'

This is just sad.

These people are terrorists. Full stop.

Trump says this stuff surrounded by Republican leaders in Congress who are clutching the new MAGA merch he gave them. They love it. Shameful.

Judge limits feds’ use of weapons against anti-ICE protesters in Portland It’s a win for plaintiffs, including one known as the “Portland Chicken,” in a lawsuit claiming the Trump administration is trampling the First Amendment.

JUST IN: Judge limits tactics against anti-ICE protesters in Portland OR. Judge Michael Simon (Obama) sees chill on 1st Amendment activity & says DHS has a "culture...to celebrate violent responses." w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social @natsfert.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Our investigation found 40+ cases in which federal immigration agents used chokeholds or other moves that can restrict someone’s breathing: https://propub.li/4rq51BV

We showed video clips from our reporting to Marc Brown, a law enforcement expert. This is what he said.