Will Satterthwaite

I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what

Federal Judges have a very real and well-established reason to fear doxing and violence and yet I doubt anyone thinks it would be acceptable for them to preside from the bench in a hood.

The proper channels we are always reminded we should be using are a treadmill designed to tire us out and give up. It’s deeply impressive to meet people who can just power through it for … 13 years.

A lot of people are choosing to miss the point here which is not “Every problem is super easy to solve and democrats refuse to do it” but that when there *is* a simple solution they will insist it’s much more complicated and the simple solution is impossible.

'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once

tldr: i want stephen miller fired but "in exchange for funding ICE" is a pretty fucked up trade-off! i'd rather Stephen Miller keep whispering poison but send the thugs shooting people back to their hometowns where they can stick to disappointing their parents and getting kicked out of bars.

Yeah they're all Big Politics Geniuses, I'm just some idiot, but how about starting with "Zero out the budget and they all get prosecuted" and work your way down to stuff like this list and "OK we'll only cut their budget in half."

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

You can conclude that these people simply do not understand how negotiating works - that you start by shooting for the moon and force them to talk you down to something like this, extracting pain for every concession - or that they just don't want more than this.

"Tyrants", Jefferson explained, "seldom have anything but the best interests of the people in mind, yet they are so often misunderstand. Hence it is crucial that they be granted second and third chances and that the people never take up arms—or worse yet mock them in the public square."

For any elected official who needs to hear this, I impart a lesson learned from the NFL:

When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.

Didn't expect to have to revisit this within 8 hours, but.

I don't think Bovino getting demoted or Noem (possibly) fired fits the criteria here. That's not "accountability" for the killers, that's punishing someone well above them in the chain of command for the sin of making a bad news cycle.

Tide might be turning. Keep pushing. Keep calling, donating, protesting, all of it. Don’t stop, especially if Trump starts throwing them overboard. Don’t stop until they’re all gone

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”

That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.

me and everyone in my local union will be wearing black on Monday

a class of people whose only job is to wait for their constituents to do all the work to make something hit 70+ approval (while also fighting their constituents on it the entire time) and then sign a bill over it

Federal Agents Kill Again; Gunmen Still At Large | Defector On Saturday in Minneapolis, federal agents surrounded 37-year-old Veterans Affairs intensive care nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti, who’d been filming them in the street with his phone camera as they conduct...

Federal agents kill again; gunmen still at large: defector.com/federal-agen...

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

any good editor would delete "appear"

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."

Related: Anyone else notice how the Proud Boys, Three Percenters, Oath Keepers, Patriot Front, etc. were always out there marching to support and protect law enforcement...until recently?

They're never out there supporting ICE.

It's so odd, like Superman and Clark Kent.

A lot of people seem convinced that elected officials should never have to do anything that is hard or scary or risky.

They chose to run for these positions, I’m sorry they might have to do something that’s hard. Elected office is not just about padding your résumé and lining up a consulting gig.

This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.

ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

NRA accidentally forgets to rise up against tyrannical government

Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is

To be clear, I support bringing a spiked baseball bat to spiked baseball bat fight. It's just unfortunate that hyper-partisans on the court were allowed to do the predictable damage that brought this about. And I don't know how the country recovers from their stupid shit.

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This is how stats works. Trust me, I’m a doctor.

Imagine if you will, a government by people who don't know how to do anything but post, but also can't post for shit