Marty Montreuil

My Uber driver is driving like he has star power in Mario Kart. And even if he does, I don’t.

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

“Fascism” isn’t a slur for politics we don’t like. It’s a precise word with precise meaning. And in the face of what’s happening right now in America, it’s the most honest one we have.

I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵

Raven shot in the face.

Took fire to the face. ICE definitely isn’t aiming at ground and firing at people’s heads again.

ICE advanced again, started firing at photographers/press intentionally. Took a nasty lick to the face, unsure if pepper ball or rubber bullet.

ICE agents in tactical gear shooting less lethals at some (few dozen?) protesters. One agent wears a skull mask (like white supremacists do).

America, this is NOT normal. It's not any standard method used by cops for crowd control. It's excessive force disproportionate to the threat.

He’s here too in this Fox image from two weeks ago. I believe I also see him as a US marshal in New York City back in 2018.

Former special counsel Jack Smith warns that rule of law is 'under attack' In his first public remarks since leaving the Justice Department, Smith said he's sad and angry about the dismissals of career public servants and the loss of credibility the DOJ has suffered.

In his first public remarks since leaving the Justice Department, Smith said he's sad and angry about the dismissals of career public servants and the loss of credibility the DOJ has suffered.

DOJ Quietly Deletes Study on Politics of Domestic Terrorists The Justice Department has taken down a study that proves Republicans’ entire narrative wrong about left-wing violence.

The DOJ deleted a 2024 study by the National Institute of Justice showing that right-wing extremism in the US is far more violent than any other political ideology.

B/t 1990 & now:
- Far-right = 227 attacks, killing 520.
- Left Wing = 42 attacks, killing 78.

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A Thread (and forgive me this is going to be a long one) I usually leave personal stuff alone on this forum but this day I have to bring this up. 31 years ago, this night someone who I dearly have to thank, rolled the dice on an upstart novice and, well some magic happened that I dare not forget. 1/

Imagine if Biden called his supporters “stupid” and then forgot he was the one who appointed the Fed Chair …

Oh never mind.

US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )

Black and white photo of a young child smiling and standing indoors, wearing a checkered dress with a bow in their hair and knee-high socks.

13 June 1937 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Naomi Plattner, was born.

In June 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

New thread. Israel and Iran.

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For the record:

The Confederates fought a war against the United States to defend the institution of slavery.

Period.

Saw this sticker on a car in Montana.

Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations Exclusive State Department records show: As the Trump administration abandons its humanitarian commitments, diplomats are reporting that the cuts have led to violence and instability while undermining...

2/ Here’s our new story about how the vacuum left after the U.S. abandoned its humanitarian commitments has destabilized some of the most fragile locations in the world:

Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.

They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.

France also gave us this land as American soil.

you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"

These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by Japanese artist Jagarikin.

Happy Easter

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.

Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.

The list goes on and on.

Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️

Could not agree more. The Prez & VP are shameful, embarrassing Putin puppets & a disgrace to our country. 🤮

#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦

SitRep - 20/02/25 - Trump -again- called Zelensky a dictator

An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Trump called Zelensky a dictator again, but is desperate for Ukraine's rare minerals and sent another 'proposal'.

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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.

If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.