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I feel this way about Lake Baikal.

Prosecute her, too.

Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs. The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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."

Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

And donate.

Every time they kill one of us, help us make the resistance even stronger.

Your lips to god’s ears.

From delawareblackcom: Hello ! ICE is all over New Castle county. ShopRite in Bear, Christiana Mall. Please let your networks know.

This was posted by someone I trust—keep an eye out if you’re in Delaware, reportedly ICE is at the ShopRite in Bear and the Christiana Mall:

What does -12 f do to pepper spray?
I hope everyone who isn’t ICE is managing to stay warm out there!

Let The Record Show That Ötzi Fucked | Defector Ötzi, the 5,000-something-year-old man found frozen in the Alps, did not have an easy go of it. He was probably murdered, shot from behind with an arrow that missed his vital organs and led to heavy…

Let the record show that Ötzi fucked: defector.com/let-the-reco...

Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

No one from outside Minnesota gets to criticize the hard work we are doing for all of you without donating at least $500 to organizations on the ground. Here's the list: www.standwithminnesota.com Delete your posts until you come back with receipts.

I've been here 24 hours, but already with what I've seen, well, I genuinely believe we're going to win. People here are well aware that what happens here impacts the entire country, that it sets the tone for resistance. ICE is angry, ICE is terrified, of how deeply unpopular it is.

this is the sickest shit ive ever seen

In line at the drugstore at lunch, dressed uber conservatively (corporate lawyer). The guy in front of me: That’s a bright coat.
(I was wearing a red trench coat that gets a lot of compliments.)
Me: Yes, it’s bright.
Him, all furtive, whispering: … how much?

This is my blood I marvel at the design of our weapons. So sophisticated that they can transform any man woman or child into a terrorist. Writing in their flight between launch and concussion an entire alternate history of a life. Just as the cop’s bullet convicts you of a crime. Its presence in your body evidence enough that it always belonged there. A violent transubstantiation.

This is my blood

Donate to Support for Keith’s Daughters After Tragedy, organized by Keith Porter My 43-year-old son, Keith, was tragically killed on New Year's Eve in Northri… Keith Porter needs your support for Support for Keith’s Daughters After Tragedy

Adding on to what the other person said, her wife has been encouraging people to donate to other victims of ICE. This is a fundraiser started by Keith Porter's parents to support his daughter. He was shot an killed by an off duty ice officer on New Years Eve.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.

Oh my god this lady rules. I love this.
Just make fun of these poseurs.

Five x-rays of an injured spine, showing how it is supported by metal screws.

Big thanks to everyone who has donated to help Aya. She now has vancomycin, which should halt the infection in her spine - a huge relief. But she still needs an MRI and her daughters still need warm clothes and blankets, urgently gofund.me/2f942387 @mommunism.bsky.social @pepsffk.bsky.social #Gaza 🍉

Of course her murder is a tragedy everyone's upset about but why it aways gotta be like this. Nobody can get up the effort to support the family of a murdered Black man. America.

I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.

This passage from To Catch a Fascist @letsgomathias.bsky.social comes to mind. Unite the Right bought the same car model that killed Heather Heyer to celebrate her death. Available for preorder now. Now tell me about using a car as a weapon… www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Cat...

My questions here were heavily informed by this excellent piece Kris Black wrote:
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A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:

AOC speaking to reporters

AOC: "It's not just that Trump is corrupt. It's that everyone participating in this is corrupt — Elon is corrupt. Jeff Bezos is corrupt. Mark Zuckerberg is corrupt"

Via @liamjscott.bsky.social at the other site here’s the full email from 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi. She’s putting her career on the line by fighting here. And she’s fighting for all of us.

I’m your customer. I hate Word’s AI features with the fire of a thousand suns. I already know how to use Word, all the AI does is distract me and make me less efficient.

Fitz represents Bucks County, PA. He sometimes votes w the Dems, but only when it doesn’t matter, so he can claim to be “bipartisan.”

Side-by-side black and white headshot photographs of two men, likely from the mid-20th century. One is Stephen Miller. The Other is Goebbels

The Vanity Fair photographer knew what he was doing. (I doubt I’m the first to notice this but it hasn’t graced my TL)

I've seen love go by my door
It's never been this close before
Never been so easy or so slow
I been shootin' in the dark too long
When something's not right, it's wrong
You're gonna make me lonesome when you go.

“As with the illegal so-called Department of Government Efficiency—which cost us billions of dollars, and killed hundreds of thousands of people, and will almost certainly kill millions more—the desire is never to eliminate waste, but to eliminate people who have been deemed a waste.”