Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Donβt put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you donβt like
03.02.2026 16:50 β π 14220 π 5375 π¬ 646 π 261
It should be crystal clear to anyone with eyes and ears that Trump is DETERMINED to subvert free and fair elections in America.
But in America, state and local governments run elections. So Trump can kick rocks.
Still, ALL of Congress must be VIGILANT.
02.02.2026 23:25 β π 1545 π 386 π¬ 63 π 11
starting to feel like I'd settle for a *competent* con-man?
02.02.2026 23:56 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
I genuinely have no idea how to convey this to the American people, but I think the biggest impediment to any kind of immigration reform is that people are convinced that "legal" and "illegal" are immutable, intrinsic categories instead of a rapidly-shifting arbitrary constellation of regulations.
01.02.2026 22:24 β π 5413 π 1188 π¬ 97 π 87
No one who has seen the Epstein case unfold should have any doubt left about why victims donβt report. When reporting means facing more abuse, more exploitation, and more betrayal at the institutional level, while the perpetrators are the leaders of the very systems of βjusticeβ supposed to help you
02.02.2026 17:15 β π 4893 π 1390 π¬ 40 π 37
Wow, today was a real fucked one.
Let's do some of that again, but not most of it.
Definitely not most of of it.
Here's something that happened you DIDN'T know about, for I was the only one capturing, thus everyone NOT on bluesky is missing out!
I give you January 30th's Full Pelican πͺΆ
31.01.2026 03:51 β π 572 π 103 π¬ 34 π 32
596 search results
Nathan's full name appears 596 times in this Epstein files release, a number many are calling "too many times for someone who continues to cling to our professional networks like a tapeworm dangling out of a dog's asshole"
31.01.2026 00:08 β π 624 π 89 π¬ 5 π 7
All I am saying is if I had inflicted a plague of bigoted grifters onto my country and had gotten filthy rich doing it, I would be at a fucking minimum out there calling them out and helping take them down.
31.01.2026 00:34 β π 2385 π 359 π¬ 64 π 9
The only reason to demand a census not count people is because you want those people to not be seen as people
30.01.2026 18:38 β π 291 π 82 π¬ 4 π 3
DHS has a whole citizen detainment system set up in Minnesota. They snatch citizens off the street (often with proof they are citizens), detain them for a few hours, steal their phones, then release them into the cold.
It ainβt about deporting citizens; itβs about terrorizing a whole population.
30.01.2026 01:43 β π 6112 π 1958 π¬ 68 π 45
Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
29.01.2026 19:08 β π 10982 π 3307 π¬ 85 π 43
Opposing bar chart showing which actions Americans say are acceptable or unacceptable for ordinary people and federal immigration officers.
Amid ramped-up immigration enforcement efforts around the country, Americansβ opinions on the actions of ordinary people and federal immigration officers vary.
Read more about the different outlooks. π§΅β¬οΈ
29.01.2026 19:18 β π 33 π 21 π¬ 2 π 4
that the president is a rapidly decaying lunatic is the worst kept secret in the world right now
when It Happens, we are going to get countless accounts about how bad it was and how everyone knew and it's absolute malpractice that the same media that went full court press on Biden Old ignores it
28.01.2026 18:01 β π 2096 π 480 π¬ 41 π 12
A federal judge, in a published order, so very much on the record:
βICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.β
28.01.2026 22:56 β π 1737 π 665 π¬ 26 π 63
Law enforcement officers have always been unmasked in this country until ICE started wearing them last year.
*That* is the departure from norms. *That* is the step too far.
28.01.2026 23:23 β π 8967 π 2062 π¬ 442 π 74
this is a straightforward impeachable offense for trump, vance, rubio and every other person down the line who enabled it and the framers would have thought impeachment for it did not go nearly far enough
29.01.2026 00:44 β π 6497 π 1647 π¬ 158 π 37
What is obvious to me is that a lot of people deeply care about their neighbors and this country.
They didn't think we would. We do.
28.01.2026 03:32 β π 1342 π 238 π¬ 12 π 10
USA Today needs to retract this story.
1. The criticism is not widespread.
2. The only people attacking Walz in the article are Trump appointees or allies.
3. Holocaust survivors and historians have validated his perspective for decades.
28.01.2026 04:52 β π 379 π 88 π¬ 6 π 3
The "ban whistles" stuff is how you know whistles are working incredibly well
28.01.2026 02:10 β π 4966 π 981 π¬ 47 π 31
you know what's better for orcas? If we don't fill the Sound with microplastics. you know what generates microplastics? car tires. you know how you stop people from commuting so much? BY BUILDING DENSER HOUSING
27.01.2026 23:06 β π 395 π 57 π¬ 12 π 0
FBI investigating Minnesota Signal groups tracking ICE, Patel says
The statement from FBI Director Kash Patel comes after right-wing media figures said they joined the chats and claimed participants were obstructing law enforcement.
I would like to know how my prior colleagues, who have chosen to pursue leadership positions under this charlatan, justify ordering agents to break their oaths of office and open investigations on people simply for exercising their legal rights.
Good luck gazing in the mirror when this is all over.
27.01.2026 00:54 β π 1526 π 418 π¬ 9 π 43
Tweet from Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun: "Ignorance like this cheapens the horror of the Holocaust. Anne Frank was in Amsterdam legally and abided by Dutch law. She was hauled off to a death camp because of her race and religion. Her story has nothing to do with the illegal immigration, fraud, and lawlessness plaguing Minnesota today.
Our brave law enforcement should be commended, not tarred with this historically illiterate and antisemitic comparison."
To avoid the possibility Holocaust remembrance might lead to empathy for migrants, Trump's antisemitism envoy claims Anne Frank "was in Amsterdam legally."
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
27.01.2026 15:28 β π 5005 π 1718 π¬ 140 π 196
The "Large boulder the size of a small boulder" meme. The Facebook post is from 27th January 2020
Today is "Large boulder the size of a small boulder" day!
27.01.2026 13:03 β π 4699 π 1722 π¬ 75 π 156
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
27.01.2026 00:30 β π 24678 π 11166 π¬ 695 π 578
Here's the thing, Greg β free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
26.01.2026 19:33 β π 22761 π 6027 π¬ 1013 π 235
My daughters don't want to read Harry Potter because they and all their friends think JK Rowling is a transphobic bigot. But sure buddy it's because they 'have fallen out of love with liberalism."
26.01.2026 21:38 β π 171 π 25 π¬ 6 π 1
for me it was the fact that the author is one of the main driving forces behind the global movement to kill my trans friends and erase their existence
hope that helps
26.01.2026 21:47 β π 7408 π 1838 π¬ 65 π 24
hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crashβ deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
25.01.2026 17:26 β π 15370 π 6122 π¬ 254 π 119
KARE 11: Minnesota DOC launches new website to 'address ongoing misinformation by DHS'
The DOC names Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino directly in a statement.
Minnesota Department of Corrections Statement on Minneapolis Shooting and Federal Claims
January 24, 2026
The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) extends its condolences to the family and loved ones of Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed by federal agents this morning in Minneapolis. The loss of life is tragic, and Minnesotans deserve transparency, accountability, and facts.
In the hours following the shooting, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino held a press conference asserting that the operation was targeting an individual named Jose Huerta-Chuma and characterized him as having a significant criminal history. Because federal statements have repeatedly included inaccurate information about Minnesota custody and criminal records, the DOC reviewed available records to determine whether the individual referenced had any connection to Minnesota state prison custody.
ased on DOC records and publicly available Minnesota court data:
The individual identified by federal officials has never been in Minnesota DOC custody.
DOC and court records show no felony commitments associated with this
Public Minnesota court records reflect only misdemeanor-level traffic offenses from more than a decade ago.
The individual is not currently under DOC supervision.
DOC records further indicate that an individual by this name was previously held in federal immigration custody in a local Minnesota jail in 2018, during President Trumpβs first administration. Any decisions regarding release from federal custody at that time would have been made by federal authorities. DOC has no information explaining why this individual was released.
Things are so bad that the Minnesota prison system has had to launch a website specifically to combat DHS lies. The first major release from DOC officials suggests Gregory Bovino outright lied about the target of the Border Patrol operation during which agents shot and killed Alex Pretti.
25.01.2026 17:32 β π 4243 π 1850 π¬ 59 π 87
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