Michael Holloway

The term “law enforcement” should not be used by media, except perhaps in quotations. It has sadly become an Orwellian term that is used to magically sanctify violence. Language matters. Be specific. Describe individuals with names and ranks. Say exactly what they did. Don’t repeat fascist hocum.

So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.

National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.

Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.

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

There are so many of moments when it should've ended.

Four GOP Senators.

At most four Repubs in the House.

Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.

Christians Need to Destroy ICE There are an estimated 370,000 Christian churches in America.

ICE is the vile, violent, snarling embodiment of the very evil Jesus spent his life opposing, and Christians who have any interest in his mission should be forcefully turning it over like the sinful table that it is.

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Brilliant piece by @markjacob.bsky.social

Analysis | Takeaways from the fifth anniversary of Jan. 6 President Donald Trump appears stronger than ever as he continues his attempts to rewrite the history of the U.S. Capitol attack.

Five years later, President Trump continues to try to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. In many ways he’s been successful.

Here are four ways legal and political experts say the nation has changed since the attack:

Anyway, if we were actually a serious country, all of our institutions, both in and out of government, would stop treating This One Special Boy as if he alone is not subject to the norms, laws, & Constitution of the Republic.

Not to take anything away from Indiana --- they are very, very good --- but there are at least 20 teams in the country better than this year's Alabama team. They had no business being in the playoffs to begin with. No one should be surprised Indiana is stomping them.

Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now President Donald Trump says he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.

It's been a terrible year for American democracy, with the dictator Trump breaking laws left and right and the Supreme Court and Congress mostly letting him do it.
But sometimes when we fight, we win. And we must hold fast to our belief that the battle is worth it.
Here's to resistance in 2026.

Trump’s Power Grab Over the Budget Is Breaking the Constitutional Design If this pattern holds, the result will be more wild swings in policy across administrations.

“America is dangerously close to a world in which all federal policy hinges on the outcomes of presidential elections, no matter how narrow the margin of victory,” Zachary S. Price argues:

Classless, disgusting and full of lies.

What else would you expect from Trump? www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

I hope people understand that if Trump gets his way America will soon be part of the global axis of evil if we aren't already. You see it in the Caribbean, you see it in Ukraine, and you see it with Trump trying to buddy up to Xi. We are a malevolent force.

Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's a day, & the president is illegally monetizing the office & stealing the power of the purse. Again.

Yep. The rules that are in place and the safeguards to ensure they're followed are robust with multiple checks.

it’s pretty funny that Duffy is simultaneously

1. scolding passengers for not wearing fancy clothes while flying

2. supporting airport gyms so passengers can be sweaty and gross while flying

both of these proposals are idiotic but the direct contradiction is next level

Acquiesce by the media is one of the primary causes for the mess we are in. Inexcusable abdication of their responsibility to the public good.

There isn't one. No group has more than two excellent countries.

Fox News host Pete Hegseth has privately encouraged Trump to pardon servicemen accused of war crimes | CNN Business Fox News host Pete Hegseth has privately encouraged President Donald Trump to pardon some United States servicemen accused of war crimes, a person familiar with the conversations told CNN on Tuesday.

Pete Hegseth is committing war crimes as defense secretary. That’s no surprise: When Hegseth was a Fox host, he successfully lobbied Trump to pardon Navy Seal platoon leader Eddie Gallagher, who posed for a photo with the dead body of a teen Islamic State captive he had killed with a hunting knife.

A Dishonorable Strike
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The only “peace plan” that makes sense is the one from Sanna Marin, Finland’s former Prime Minister:

“The way out of the conflict is for Russia to leave Ukraine. That is the way out of the conflict.”

Autocorrect has become our worst enema.

He's right that there's a party that doesn't care about the law. He's wrong about which one it is.

Republicans are taking a principled stand on the shutdown. Their principle is that poor and middle-class Americans should pay much higher prices for their health care – and that negotiating with the Democrats would create the false impression that the U.S. is still a democracy.

This is extrajudicial murder. It is illegal and unethical. And it is a pathetic use of American military force, demonstrating not strength but weakness.

I appreciate the distinction you continue to make.

Once again, one reason Trump says & does whatever he wants is bc every societal institution, including the media, has totally normalized & internalized the idea that the laws, the Constitution, & the international treaties we have signed & ratified simply don’t apply to this one guy. It’s maddening.