austerity is theft

The primary is in 3 months. He's polling ahead of both Collins and Mills, and seems to be running a remarkably good campaign –– according to pretty much everyone other than people trapped in this place.

It was not a mistake to go on that veteran podcast. It was very good, and people should actually watch it. It was a utterly insignificant campaign comms mistake to quote tweet a viral cspan SOTU clip (bipartisan applause for an Iran strike) that was reposted by a bad account.

CASE 0:26-mj-00040-LMP-DLM Doc. 22 Filed 01/23/26 Page 1 of 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, Criminal No. 26-mj-40 (DLM) ORDER NEKIMA VALDEZ LEVY-ARMSTRONG a/k/a "Nekima Valdez Levy-Pounds"; and CHAUNTYLL LOUISA ALLEN, Defendants. Robert Keenan and Orlando Sonza, United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff. Jordan S. Kushner, Law Office of Jordan S. Kushner, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant Nekima Valdez Levy-Armstrong. Jill Anna Brisbois, The JAB Firm, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant Chauntyll Louisa Allen. This matter comes before the Court on the United States' application and motion for emergency stay and for review and revocation of U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas L. Micko's release orders. ECF Nos. 7, 17. Because the United States fails to meet its burden to demonstrate that a detention hearing is warranted, or that detention is otherwise appropriate, the Court denies the motion.

ORDER Based on the foregoing, and on all of the files, records, and proceedings herein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 1. The United States' Application for Review or Reconsideration of Order Setting Conditions of Release or Detention (18 U.S.C. § 3142) and Request for Hearing (ECF No. 7) and Motion for Emergency Stay and for Review and Revocation of Release Orders (ECF No. 17) are DENIED. 2. Defendants are hereby ORDERED RELEASED under 18 U.S.C. § 3142(c). 3. Defendants are ORDERED to comply with two additional conditions of release (7)(d)* and (7)(e) in the Orders Setting Conditions of Release (ECF Nos. 12 and 15). 4. Defendants are ORDERED to certify their compliance with the additional conditions of release no later than 5:00 p.m. on January 26, 2026, by filing a declaration on CM/ECF. Dated: January 23, 2026 s/Laura M. Provinzino Laura M. Provinzino United States District Judge

Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Shannon G. Elkins: Initial Appearance and Detention Hearing under 3142(f) as to William Scott Kelly held on 1/23/2026. Counsel to be appointed. Government moves for a detention hearing. Counsel argues as to the setting of a detention hearing under 18 USC 3142(f)(2). Governments motion is Denied. The Court finds a detention hearing is not authorized. Personal Recognizance Bond set with conditions, see Order Setting Conditions of Release. Government moves to STAY the order. Denied. Next appearance date is TBD before a U.S. Magistrate Judge for: Preliminary hrg. Government moves to unseal the case. Granted. Oral Rule(f) Brady notice read on the record. Consular notice read on the record. (Court Reporter Paula Richter) (LEG) (Entered: 01/23/2026) ORDER Setting Conditions of Release as to William Scott Kelly. Signed by Magistrate Judge Shannon G. Elkins on 1/23/2026. (LEG) (Entered: 01/23/2026) Personal Recognizance Bond Entered as to William Scott Kelly. Signed by Magistrate Judge Shannon G. Elkins on 1/23/2026. (LEG) (Entered: 01/23/2026)

All three people arrested by the feds in connection with the protest at the ICE pastor's church — Nekima Levy-Armstrong, Chauntyll Allen, and William Kelly — have now been ordered released.

Judge's order as to the first two: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

They weren't playing chess by teeing up another vote in a year, a few days ago, they were desperately angling to cave.

A tweet with pictures of Graham protesting in Washington, D.C.: Look who I found. Apparently, back in March - before any talk of a run, this guy got on a bus with a bunch of local organizers from Maine, and headed down to DC to try and fight against the GOP's evisceration of Medicaid and cuts to reproductive healthcare.

You got me.

It's a very smart piece. Godspeed to you for sharing it on here though. lol

didn’t realize when i posted this that kristol would actually turn into a rare brave voice for trans rights

nothing a little extra tariffs on [throws a dart at a map and spins a wheel for a rate] couldn’t solve

This is 100% certainly his sibling.

Bill Belichick finally reading the strings half a year after his zoomer girlfriend bought him this hoodie.

go figure, on the day the NYT chronicles the owner’s extensive drug problems

Why would reminding the public that they’re all a bunch of cowardly self-interested liars help “regain the trust”?

I remember getting a Tesla early on & ppl with W Bush bumper stickers would yell at me at red lights.

Then after Musk revealed himself as a Nazi I got rid of it & now right wing extremists r willing to kill for Tesla.

The names/ideologies are all just fronting for naked animal desire for power.

The stupidity of crippling phone service for a benefit literally designed for seniors can only be malicious. You have to have no practical experience with applying for this, no firsthand knowledge of how seniors use technology, and absolutely zero curiosity to improve anything.

ya, they’re just liars who want an excuse not to do their jobs, it’s a kind of deluded/phony institutionalism

This is like Kendrick and Drake if both of them were Drake.

The ban goes into effect on Sunday, and TikTok seems to correctly grasp that the only thing that can stop it from going into effect on Sunday is Biden triggering the discretionary 90-day delay that’s written into the law—which Biden has not, and TikTok is saying that a pinky swear isn’t good enough.

Everyone’s talking about how the AI bots made by Meta are bad, but just a reminder you can make your own Meta AI chatbot right inside Messenger and there’s definitely no problems there

Dems didn’t ban tiktok because of china, they banned it because some donors got mad because their granddaughters were hearing dangerous anti-israel stuff

what does it say (blocked)

Me: *tip toeing mischievously toward MRI machine*

Health insurance company (hands on hips): Stop right there mister! Is that medically necessary?

Me (kicking dirt): No

EXCLUSIVE: Where is Congresswoman Kay Granger? Amid the ongoing drama in D.C. with Congress debating on an interim spending bill a key question has arisen, "Where is Congresswoman Kay Granger?"

Refreshingly different: This senile member of Congress is a Republican, not a Democrat

There’s no workout quite like shoveling snow from the last ten feet of a driveway.

She tried to outflank Trump on the border, refused for months to commit to an actual minimum wage number, hyped a muscular foreign policy, did a battleground town hall tour with Liz Cheney, vowed to name a Republican to her cabinet, and disavowed virtually everything she ran on in 2019.

He went from “vibes” being a critique of centrism, to posting it into a religion, to now making it making it his own painfully online brand of centrism because people on the left correctly told him Biden was too old and people hating the economy was not a tiktok meme.

Woke up this morning remembering how, after Kerry's 2004 loss to W, the Democratic party and the press decided it was abortion's fault. When I tell you that this is not an exaggerated memory:

that was insane

it isn't simply biden's actions regarding israel - it's the to remain in good standing in the democratic industrial complex you have had to be quiet and/or lie and/or be a genocidal psycho and how does this political project recover from that. these are all bad people

have you ever done a tweet that got you followed by both Junlper and Bill Kristol