functional moron

this doesn’t make any sense at all. there are *already* journalists in these chats. we are told over and over again to assume feds are already in them. it seems pretty dumb to me that the only journalists that get let in are the ones that aren’t trying to do it respectfully

"I don't know what this is or where it's coming from, but it's beyond a bad idea for the president to get in the way of safety and certification," said Richard Aboulafia, an aviation analyst and managing director at AeroDynamic Advisory. "And does he have any authority to do this?"

you can hear the tone of an exasperated man who really did not expect to get a call at 7:00 pm about our insane president

lmao okay “a whole bunch of planes are actually made in canada” is the kind of thing i certainly didn’t know but i think the president or someone around him probably should lol

this dude has to pay rent to live inside his own forehead

tbh i don’t see any reason not to trust it. i think he’s annoying online and that the way he’s annoying can magnify the disagreements in ways that are really frustrating! but there’s nothing about him that has ever suggested to me that he’s disingenuous or doesn’t recognize the evils of this stuff

a lot of people seem incapable of just finding someone annoying in a normal way! just be annoyed like a normal person!

i really don’t want to defend will stancil this much but he really makes so many people act quite dumb!

the classic “hard work” of organizing- trying to alienate people and isolate your movement as much as possible

Border Patrol employee found ‘covered in vomit’ in St. Paul, charged with drunk driving Border Patrol employee Alfredo Mancillas Jr. of Corpus Christi, Texas, was charged with drunk driving in St. Paul.

Border Patrol employee found ‘covered in vomit’ in St. Paul, charged with drunk driving

!!!!

you simply cannot do what we are doing while maintaining a 100% locked down environment. and what we are doing is working! reporters are already in the chats we might as well trying to to have it be a more controlled environment!

i think a huge part of the concerns about opsec are mostly just people trying to exert control when we feel powerless but i do think some of the stuff going on about reporters is silly. as long as they are good reporters and we use our brains i think it’s important!

will stancil was on our call this afternoon and when i figured it out i said “hey that’s will stancil”

i understand why people don’t want to talk to the press now, but will being willing to do so helps get the story out from someone who feels safe doing so. rep brad tabke is also doing a lot of anti ICE work openly under his name and i think this takes the heat off others who don’t want attention

The coolest Congresswoman there’s ever been.

i have had a lot of people say that “are you scared of a fucking whistle dawg” should be on a t shirt or something so i will just say if anyone wants to do that go for it! i have no idea how to do it and i dont own the words or anything lol

idk. there’s still a long time left. i guess the more pressing concern is what i’ve heard might be coming in springfield ohio for example

like basically every school administrator here, at least to some extent, is against ice coming into classrooms and demanding warrants etc. but what happens when they go to a place where the superintendent is welcoming them?

a thing i've been worried about lately: in some ways, the fact that they view these crackdowns as "punishment" for blue areas work to our advantage. most people in the minneapolis/twin cities area are united in hating them. but i'm very scared for vulnerable populations when they go to like, florida

this is why it’s important that the media doesn’t make it seem like ICE are just in minneapolis. it’s all over minnesota

brainerd is two hours north of the twin cities, not a huge city at all. and they showed up for a vigil to support these workers

ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.

the feds saying theyll end their campaign of terror against an american city if their demands are met is the biggest domestic scandal of my lifetime

ok

"i don't demand free labor" and you are talking about one of the most powerful people in the world

Caring about your neighbors makes you an activist these days. What the fuck is wrong with this country such that basic human decency is a political position?

This is sort of a throughline in cases of excessive force used by law enforcement. The civilian is supposed to perfectly adhere to some unwritten code of conduct; the armed professional supposedly trained for such situations is only human & must be given lattitude if they succumb to fear and rage.

so true

it’s becoming clear that these fucking losers desperately want to get out but they are also desperate for anything they can spin as a “win” and we aren’t giving it to them

it is time to reclaim the old “we don’t negotiate with terrorists” line

Tom Homan presser, shorter: ONE BITCH AFTER ANOTHER