Spencer Ackerman

I know, and yet

Cannot repeat the Obama-era dodge of saying "we tortured some folks" and not holding accountable the torturers and especially the chain of command. You want to stop state-sanctioned crimes? Trials not words are the only way.

Bovino’s retirement needs to be a cage. His command environment yielded Renee Good’s death, Alex Pretti’s death & Julio Sosa-Celis’ shooting. Failure to prosecute Bovino & everyone else materially responsible for these atrocities will be understood by ICE, CBP, etc as a green light for the next ones

read it all, then read it again. whatever's next comes from recognizing what's happening in MN

The deadly-serious part is the retweet from the co-founder of Palantir, who seems determined to wage counterinsurgency inside the US

It’s a thin line between propaganda and cope

It’s an “insurgency” but it hasn’t fired a single shot and all its actions are unambiguously defensive. Ok chud

It’s easier for them to believe — or just to argue; whether they ‘believe’ is immaterial — that Aunt Barb is a disciple of Abu Mus’ab al-Suri than it is to accept that their death-squad tactics have inspired mass resistance of everyday people. These same delusions also occurred in Iraq & Afghanistan

My interpretation of the imperial boomerang is that it’s thrown constantly back and forth between domestic and international acts of the state. So first it starts here with native genocide and chattel slavery, then manifest destiny, and then moves abroad & comes home & back, iterating all the while.

seriously

Your Leaders Were Lying. Now The People Are Driving The depravity of ICE, the enthusiasm of Republicans and the cowardice of Democrats is breaking through hypernormalization

The political/governing systems in Minnesota have failed so profoundly that ordinary people are strengthening their own communities against a predatory official force. Perhaps it's time to think beyond the political compact known as the "United States of America." New at FOREVER WARS:

And, tonight, the network's flagship news program -- 60 Minutes -- ran a clip show of old celeb interviews to "celebrate the movies" rather than put together an episode focused on what's going on in Minnesota.

A moment of silence that ends with someone shouting "fuck ICE!" and the crowd roaring in response

Abolish ICE: Stop Terrorizing Our Cities The Twin Cities came to a halt Friday in a general strike to protest the murder of Renée Nicole Good at the hands of masked, armed government thugs. But ICE continued its vengeful rampage yesterday, m...

I'm attending a @socialists.nyc event: Abolish ICE: Stop Terrorizing Our Cities. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/aboli...

We have a constitutional right to document and record ICE and other federal agents in the act and it's more crucial than ever as the Trump regime lies about victims of its cruelty.

Please consider joining this @indivisible.org call Monday night to learn more:

www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

Have a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...

“Preschooler’s detention marks fourth for district.”

Total abolition of ICE and the entirety of the War on Terror apparatus that led to this point. Or there will be many, many more.

I sure hear a lot of talk about cultural superiority from people whose culture does not include rinsing their ass

Exactly what @ricosuavejd.bsky.social said here.

This speech really does seem like it’ll be recorded in the forthcoming annals of American decline. Putin’s speech to the 2007 Munich Security Conference level

Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds New research contradicts President Trump’s claim that foreigners are footing the bill.

More great work from the No Shit Institute.

Beware The "Trump Won't Use Force in Greenland" Headlines The transatlantic crisis is hardly over. Trump is so psychotic that Mark Carney is telling the truth about the 'rules-based international order.' PLUS: Three podcasts I guested on!

You're going to read a lot of headlines out of Davos that misleadingly suggest that a transatlantic crisis has passed. But if you listen to Trump's entire speech, it sounds like the crisis is just getting started.

Beware The "Trump Won't Use Force in Greenland" Headlines The transatlantic crisis is hardly over. Trump is so psychotic that Mark Carney is telling the truth about the 'rules-based international order.' PLUS: Three podcasts I guested on!

I had to write a corrective. This crisis is anything but over. Even by the standards of Trump speeches, this was psychotic.

And now a blood-and-soil pivot into how the orgy of ICE violence unleashed on Minnesota is a defense of "the West"
against a "foreign" and inferior culture.

For instance: "Canada lives by the benefit of the United States. Remember that, Mark, when you make your statements."

If you're only reading headlines and see "Trump Says He Won't Use Force" it will give you a misimpression of both how bellicose this speech is and how dug in he is on Greenland.

World-historical batshitness: "We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength & force where we would be frankly, unstoppable. But I won't do that. Now everyone's saying 'oh good.' …I won't use force. All the United States is asking for is a place called Greenland."

Trump: Greenland “is the northern frontier of the Western hemisphere. It’s our territory.”