If Trump wants boots on the ground in Iran, he should deploy the ICE agents. They've spent months in American cities strutting around like elite military forces. Let's see how brave and courageous they really are. They can even wear their masks. Now is the time.
@anthropic.com I can't log in to Claude
--the email that's supposed to arrive with a code does not arrive.
Just one more Trumpster dumpster fire. But it’s our money, and America’s international influence, that Kari Lake is burning.
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So on the mark. We might add: surrounds themselves with other people who face similar allegations, founded a modeling agency that gave them access to selected goats.... People are contorting themselves to avoid an obvious problem. Ragnar Blackwolf • 23h Hypothetically if someone was accused of having sex with goats by over 30 different people and regularly denied it, but also dropped very public hints about how much he liked to have sex with goats for decades, and ran a goat pageant to find the best looking goats, and was best friends with someone who got convicted of fucking goats and trafficking goats to friends all over the world who also liked to fuck goats, and his name was in the classified goat fucker chronicles 5,000 times, and he wished other goat fuckers well in prison, what do you think the odds are that person is also a goat fucker?
Crude. But a slight perspective adjustment can sometimes make reality snap into focus.
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The United States has had good presidents and bad presidents. It currently has its first fascist president. Conservative commentator Jonathan Rauch explains why “fascist” is the right word.
Gift link. (You do not have to pay to read this article.)
February 4, 2026 Kristi Noem Secretary of Homeland Security U.S. Department of Homeland Security Washington, DC 20528 Kash Patel Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, DC 20535 Dear Director Patel and Secretary Noem: I write to request the immediate removal of any U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents from the FBI investigation into the deadly shooting of Mr. Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents, and to ask that ICE HSI agents transfer all evidence and investigative materials to the FBI before departing. Following the FBI’s initial decision not to open an investigation into Mr. Pretti’s killing, the reported removal of the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Minneapolis Field Office, and the unusual mass resignation of federal prosecutors—who reportedly objected to efforts to prevent an investigation into the deadly shooting of Ms. Renee Good by an ICE officer—the public is reasonably questioning whether FBI agents will be allowed to conduct a thorough, objective, and independent inquiry. Allowing ICE HSI agents—who were reportedly instructed to investigate the homicide victim and bystanders for potential crimes, rather than the Border Patrol agents who fatally shot Mr. Pretti and detained witnesses—to participate in the FBI investigation will undermine confidence in its credibility. If the FBI needs additional resources, the appropriate action would be to request support from other FBI field offices, the DOJ Civil Rights Division, or the independent DHS and DOJ Inspectors General… The bottom line is that ICE HSI agents lack the experience, expertise, and independence to conduct credible use‑of‑force investigations involving DHS law enforcement officers and must be removed from the FBI investigation into the killing of Mr. Pretti… Sincerely, Tammy Duckworth United States Senator
Tech created by Palantir for IDF use against Palestinians now being used by ICE>
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Just dropping in to say that Congressman John Moolenaar (R-MI) has not responded.
A newsletter from the vapid hypocrite Congress Man John Moolenar, sent the Monday after CBP agents murdered Alex Pretti on the streets of Minneapolis, begins "I believe every life has value and deserves protection." And go on to offer a one-question survey about . . . abortion. My response: "What a timely survey, Congressman John Moolenaar! As it happens, I'm very right-to-life. I think you should definitely look into the abortion your president's operatives performed on Alex Pretti on the streets of Minneapolis Saturday. I mean, he definitely had a heartbeat and seemed perfectly viable until they threw him down on the pavement and shot him in the back a dozen times. I think he had a right to life. What do YOU think?"
Federal agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis while he was restrained and unarmed, just weeks after an ICE agent killed Renée Good. Senior officials have denied what the videos plainly show and blocked meaningful investigation.
It's time to speak up.
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NYT push alert: "A person was shot dead today during a struggle with federal agents in Minneapolis, according to officials."
By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.
ICE agents arrived in Maine this week, and one took pictures of a legal observer's car, prompting her to remind him that it is legal to record their actions and to ask why he was taking her information. He answered: "Cause we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist." He appeared to be referring to Trump's September 25, 2025, memo NSPM-7 that describes opposition to the administration's policies—opposition protected by the First Amendment—as "domestic terrorism."
The Trump regime is straight-up fascist.
Police-state racist fascism
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Peter Wehner has been right all along but he keeps getting righter:
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In the end, he will have: • stolen years of our lives • poisoned our families, friendships, and communities • destroyed our institutions - courts, justice, elections, and the rule of law • turned Americans against Americans • humiliated us on the world stage • weakened our alliances while our enemies celebrate • and taken a 250-year democracy and treated it like his personal property And that's why you NEVER hand power to a malignant narcissist - not in politics, not at work, not in your home, not anywhere. Hold him accountable. No immunity. No excuses. LOCK HIM UP.
Masha Gessen, who saw this happen in Russia, tells us what to do to resist it here: claim all the room there still is for speaking, writing, publishing, protesting, voting.
I am providing a gift link to Gessen’s text into this post, which I commend to your reading.
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What’s the source for the bribe claim?
Amid everything else, it’s important to remember that the man is a constant liar.
The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.
Trump chose one of the most incompetent, unqualified Cabinets in modern history. And their actions against the American people shouldn’t be overlooked: Marco Rubio: A Trump critic turned YES MAN who’s on the brink of starting another endless war. Pete Hegseth: A former Fox News and now WAR CRIMINAL who’s supporting extra-judicial killings abroad and suppressing peaceful protests at home. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: An anti-vax LUNATIC who spreads conspiracy theories like wildfire. He’s already slashed billions in critical public health funding and overseen the largest measles outbreak in decades. Pam Bondi: A clueless political HACK who is more focused on targeting Trump’s enemies than upholding the rule of law. AND SO MANY MORE!!
Every servicemember, from the highest-ranking officers to the lowest ranking enlisted: if your superior orders you to invade or attack Greenland, it is an illegal order, and you must disobey.
The president of the US is insane, unfit, and surrounded by sycophants too craven to remove him. These things are obvious truths. Don’t be cowed by anyone who denies them.
