Angelo Carusone

well said

I think my argument based on this is that what's unique in America is not the divide but the propaganda and the efficiency with which it's delivered.

Trump Is Using Fake Emergencies to Grab More Power than King George III He has complete contempt for the legal and statutory limits to his authority so more laws will not constrain him

was glad to see @goangelo.bsky.social observe with @nicollewallace.bsky.social that trump is actually claiming more power than King George formally possessed in 1776. I make this point in my new book and also in a piece I wrote recently for @theunpopulist.net www.theunpopulist.net/p/trump-is-u...

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"She sustained a torn rotator cuff, concussion and bruised ribs during the incident and received medical treatment at a hospital..."

www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...

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The massive right-wing media and associated fever swamps, I think, play a bit part in why authoritarianism is able to blossom here faster than benchmarks.

Emerging authoritarian regimes need to build out media and propaganda. We already had one for decades pickling people in grievance and deceit.

Yes!!

This is what ive been feeling but hadnt quite been able to put my finger on it. Exactly this.

lol. Fox News cutting away from cabinet meeting.

I cannot stress how completely bizarre & unheard of it is for the DNI to be personally present for a search warrant execution, never mind this one.

Part 1 of 2 screenshots reads: "The court's patience is at an end. Accordingly, the Court will order Todd Lyons, the Acting Director of ICE, to appear personally before the Court and show cause why he should not be held in contempt of Court. The Court acknowledges that ordering the..."

Part 2 of 2 screenshot reads "...head of a federal agency to personally appear is an extraordinary step, but the extent of ICE's violation of court orders is likewise extraordinary, and lesser measures have been tried an failed."

NEW: A federal judge in Minnesota orders Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to appear IN PERSON this Friday and explain why he shouldn't be held in contempt.

"The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Yuuup

The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.

Seems like a bad sign for the general competency level of federal law enforcement that the FBI director spends his time scouring the feeds of random MAGA influencers and launching investigations based on their posts. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...

Roughly an hour after Brian Kilmeade said that "I would love to see Tom Homan just be asked to go" to Minneapolis, Trump says he's sending him there.

Left, Fox & Friends, 7:17 a.m.
Right, Trump, 8:31 a.m.

Do they have CAVA in Minnesota?

2/ Bannon guest: “They say he pulled a weapon on them and they shot him.That makes sense, they aren’t just going to shoot an unarmed guy on the sidewalk. There are eight 8 agents swarming this guy, so obviously he pulled a weapon out. He did something that they had to escalate to the use of force.”

1/ I’ve been going back and watching rwm in initial hour after the murder shooting, before more videos came out

In this Bannon clip, Guest assumes a gun musta been was pulled: a) you don’t shoot unarmed people; b) there were multiple agents so lethal force wouldnt be needed unless extreme situation

Editorial board of Murdoch’s WSJ also urging Trump to back down. www.wsj.com/opinion/time...

1) Melugin slips in here something Fox has repeatedly contradicted on-air: Pretti never drew his gun.
2) Melugin is on Homan’s side of his ongoing schism with Noem/Bovino over enforcement tactics, trying to preserve the mass deportation project.

@chrismurphyct.bsky.social here’s another example

Doberman wearing snow boots and a coat looking displeased.

Same doberman frolicking in snow and looking very happy

Timeline palette cleanse. Keyo, who is now an old lady, appreciating the snow after initial skepticism of snow gear.

A pitbull with a big head stand in the foreground behind them is three containers of bright, orange, poppies and a container with sunflowers in it. Behind that is a street in crosswalk with cars in it.

A screenshot of an Instagram story that includes a photo of three masked men and green military gear arresting a person who is on the ground. Below that is a photo of a black explorer and it’s license echoparklatu 22m See translation > 9:05am - One person kidnapped from Sunset & Echo Park. STAY SAFE OR COME OUT! 9:05 a. m. - Una persona secuestrada en Sunset y Echo Park Ave. MANTÉNGANSE SEGUROS O SALGAN SI PUEDEN! 306682

ICE took the flower man in Echo Park 40 minutes ago. He’s at this corner every day. I’ve bought flowers from the man and woman here for anniversaries and birthdays. Lemmy loves to smell them whenever we walk by in the mornings. I was just at the street corner 15 minutes before it happened. Fuck.

They got Edina Moms excoriating the Administration and signing off with a a land acknowledgement. They are so fucked lol

Well said

Yes!

Flashback to earlier this week: