Adam B. Vary

A lot of Dems are going to take Bovino and Noem being fired as the finish line, and it's very important to make it clear to them that it is a starting line

Exactly right.

Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.

Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.

Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.

Every possible angle.

This is like a scene from an Adam McKay movie that people get mad about because it's way too indulgent and on the nose.

Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.

His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

Important thread with examples showing that this country has been teetering on the brink of fascism for a long time. Notice the percent of American adults that thought Nixon had been treated unfairly even after he resigned in disgrace: 30%. It's about the same percentage as the die-hard Trump cult.

There was no protest. Armed, masked federal agents were just harassing people as usual. He was not a protester and not protesting. They killed him anyway. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Raskin: "I think the people have Minnesota have shown us with their mass demonstration and general strike the direction that we may need to go in nationally in order to send the message that American society does not accept this authoritarian derailment of the US Constitution."

Tell me you don't want to be the one leading the Democrats into the fights of 2026 and 2028 without telling me you don't want to be the one leading the Democrats in 2026 and 2028.

DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:

It's the PTO moms and spreadsheet dads and other random-ass Minnesotans concerned for their neighbors. There is no one central organizing org, just a ton of people who give a shit. It's both beautiful that it's happening and laughable that anyone thinks there's some broader apparatus at work.

I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal

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."

I will canvass for whichever candidate runs on putting this man in prison in 2028.

This is a stirring rebuke to the part of the American government and the American electorate that has chosen to scorn and reject basic human decency. Never forget, never forgive.

So…in other words…

The adapted screenplay category for the Oscars this year includes three different types of writing credit: Screenplay by Written for the screen by Written by

Relatedly, what is going on with the writing credits in the adapted category?

Sinners obliterating the Oscar nomination record is, among many other great things, an enthusiastic middle finger to our current regressive nightmare.

pepper spraying someone in the face from inches away while they are already restrained on the ground should get you fired and land you in jail, no exceptions

state-sponsored child trafficking

Oppression unpunished becomes the norm.

Tactics deemed acceptable for targeted peoples, of course, are still acceptable when the definition of who is being targeted widens.

The Pentagon is drawing up plans to invade a US city

I cannot begin to fathom how much work Ehrlich puts into these every year, and I cannot begin to express my gratitude that he does.

It’s notable that the president can go on TV and be a total gutter racist, and somehow this isn’t news in the slightest. Says a lot about the sickness of American society right now.

Every single elected Democrat should be saying this, every day. It is an obvious truth staring us plain in the face.

The Wrath of Stephen Miller The man who turns President Trump’s most incendiary impulses into policy

i think it is simply true that for all intents and purposes stephen miller is the president of the united states

According to Brian Stelter, 60 Minutes is finally airing the "Inside CECOT" story that Bari Weiss shelved.

She made Sharyn Alfonsi fly to DC to get an interview with Tom Homan and Kristi Noem for the segment, but both refused.

So it'll run tonight -- with no promotion and against the NFL playoffs.

We are now 30 days beyond the statutory deadline for the full release of the Epstein files

Just weeks ago, Dokoupil promised he would be more transparent than Cronkite. Why didn’t he report this WH threat?

A FILM BY MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL AND MADE FOR JOE REID AND PROBABLY SOME OTHER PEOPLE TOO, BUT MAINLY FOR JOE

Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis

Holy shit.

Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”

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