Braden

sigh

OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit

Ep. 4: The lawmaker who takes ivermectin, a Republican rift over data centers, and more from legislative week 4 • South Dakota Searchlight In the fourth episode of Searchlight Report, Meghan chronicles the fate of South Dakota legislative bills dealing with alternative COVID-19 treatments, a 50-year sales tax break for data centers,…

"I've been sick these last few days, because I did forget to take one specific drug that I bring here every year that I've been in the Legislature. And that is #ivermectin."

That comment kicks off the latest episode of 🎧️Searchlight Report, which reviews a lively legislative week. buff.ly/apDlFTN

when your public moment of vulnerability undergoes memetic semantic degradation

[upbeat zohran voice] I'm here at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany, where 80 years ago some important progressive work started [smash cut] but hasn't ended. So here's what we're doing:

[witnessing crises not seen since the mid-20th century, 1800s, and 1700s, respectively] gosh i should probably make a grocery list

I will not buy the claims that ICE has bigger guns when the lives of our children are at stake. In general, if local law enforcement can arrest residents who break the law, then they can arrest ICE agents who break the law. 3/

Liam was taken from Columbia Heights, the town just south of my high school in Fridley and just north of the Arts district in NE Minneapolis. I spent a lot of time with friends there after extracurriculars. News of his abduction completely broke my heart. I’m glad he’s home. #Comics4Liam

Girl read the room

FILED January 31, 2026 CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS Jaemie Herndon DEPUTY ADRIAN CONEJO ARIAS, and L.C.R., a Minor Child by and through His Parent and Guardian Adrian Conejo Arias, Petitioners, VS. KRISTI NOEM, in Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security; PAMELA BONDI, in Her Official Capacity as Attorney General of the United States; TODD LYONS, in His Official Capacity as Acting Director, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement; DAREN MARGOLIN, in His Official Capacity as Acting Director of the Executive Office of Immigration Review; and JOHN DOE, in His Official Capacity as the Warden of the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Dilley, Texas, Respondents. CIVIL CASE NO. SA-26-CV-415-FB § OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT

Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster. That is called the fox guarding the henhouse. The Constitution requires an independent judicial officer. Accordingly, the Court finds that the Constitution of these United States trumps this administration's detention of petitioner Adrian Conejo Arias and his minor son, L.C.R. The Great Writ and release from detention are GRANTED pursuant to the attached Judgment. Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned.

Ultimately, Petitioners may, because of the arcane United States immigration system, return to their home country, involuntarily or by self-deportation. But that result should occur through a more orderly and humane policy than currently in place. Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you can keep it." With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike, It is so ORDERED. SIGNED this 31st day of February [sic], 2026. Fred Biery FRED BIERY UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Credit: Bystander Matthew 19:14 John 11:35

BREAKING: Federal judge orders Adrian Conejo Arias and his minor son, L.C.R., released.

"The Great Writ and release from detention are GRANTED."

"Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster."

Perhaps someone at @ologies.bsky.social could point you in a good direction? (And/or have you on the podcast?)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

Question from a friend just now: "When's the last time a South Dakotan was name checked in a Springsteen song?"
I believe the answer was never until just now. Kristi Noem's the first.
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...

immigrant children lead uprising at texas detention center

Dreamt I was at a dinner party with Caleb Hearon and he told a joke that was so funny I woke up, but I can't remember the joke 🥲

me muttering "don't be weird" to myself in public is, in fact, sometimes the least weird option on the table

I'm not handling this weekend's (this decade's?) news well, and I have houseplants that are dying of thirst. That is all. Carry on.

aḳe!

They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.

Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

I have a lot of thoughts, none of them well formed, but they are plenty lol

The language reclamationist thrill of a friend calling you asking how to use a laminator and you both manage to keep the converation entirely in Dakota

She's gorgeous 🥰

Registration now required for public to testify at SD legislative committees • South Dakota Searchlight People planning to testify at legislative committee hearings during the 2026 South Dakota legislative session must pre-register.

People planning to testify at legislative committee hearings during the 2026 South Dakota legislative session must pre-register on the Legislature’s website, according to an announcement by the Legislative Research Council.

The American Dialect Society has chosen its word of the year: slop…used as both a freestanding noun, and a productive suffix! Check out all the words we nominated at the link! And while I nominated “that’s AI” (and it won for most useful), there’s no fake news here!

Nakuŋ Kdísti Nóem c̣esdi mahed tʼe kta nuŋwe

Haḣʼaŋnag de Imniżaska oṭuŋwe ed wauŋ tḳa ga, he ec̣uŋhaŋ Bde Óta oṭuŋwe ed "c̣áġa" wic̣akaṡkapi kiŋ wíŋyaŋ waŋ ktepi. Aŋpetu átaya wéksuya maŋke. C̣aŋtematke do. C̣aŋmaze do.

With appropriate warnings but hey it turns out that ICE was lying and just likes murdering people.

Here’s an eyewitness account from @mprnews.org

ICE reportedly shot someone at Portland and 33/34. Mspt saying bullets, could be less lethal 20+ agents on site, MPD and ambulances responding. Helicopters overhead