@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineI have a folder on my computer called "1-7-2026 ice murder number 1" and put some videos of events there to save them in case they vanish from online.
Why number 1? Because it was afternoon and there was no way to tell how many they'd commit before the day was done.
ice must face Justice.
#USpol
@hex@kolektiva.socialAs fascist goons ethnically cleanse their way through American cities, casually murdering anyone who slightly inconveniences them, I'm reminded of a Zapata quote I've kept close to my heart for a few decades now: “I’d rather die on my feet, than live on my knees.”
#USPol
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI keep seeing a meme about Obama not being on the Epstein list, but it is mainly because he's not a white man? I mean, as a member of the ruling class he probably still played a part in white supremacy, but he is a black man.
#USPOL
@stefan@gardenstate.socialAbolish ICE by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
#uspol
@jonpainterphoto@lawfedi.blue
@joe@toot.worksSo, Gableman's argument is that if he isn't allowed to pick which judges hear his case, it is a violation of due process? I don't think that is the way the law is meant to work.
"Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman says his due process rights have been denied during the ongoing fallout of his investigation of the 2020 presidential election."
#Politics #USPolitics #USPol
@hex@kolektiva.socialThe fascist who killed Heather Heyer at Unite the Right helped turn the tides against the last Trump administration. He said there were "very fine people on both sides." The resistance grew, antifa doxxing fascists started getting those fash fired.
But some of those fash didn't stop. They kept organizing their terror cells. The fash who killed Heyer was with a group called Vanguard America. Patriot Front is a Nazi group that split off from Vanguard America. They started terrorizing people by loading up in box trucks and piling out for spontaneous marches.
That box truck tactic probably sounds familiar. Patriot Front basically disappeared at the same time that ICE started recruiting hard.
Let me make it more clear. The very same Nazis from UTR who killed Heather Heyer, who Trump called "very fine people," are now employees of DHS. They've been carrying out the ethnic cleansing they always dreamed of, and they're being paid by the government, *with your tax dollars*, to do it. And now, just like in Charlottesville, they've murdered an unarmed protestor.
This feels similar because it is. These are the same people killing daughters and mothers. Killing unarmed protestors, out of rage not fear, then lying and claiming self defense. This is the same tactic it's always been. This is the same thing they've always done.
It seems like we may have reached the Heather Heyer point of this administration early with Renee Good. Now would be a good time for everyone to get into the streets and stay there until this is over. Everyone turned the tides before, and now he's so much weaker.
This can all be over if we fight like hell to end it.
#USPol
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineFor him, may every moment of every day be full of torment, anguish and pain.
Ice murders a legal observer, who was doing Constitutional things, in cold blood in the street as she drove _away_ from them.
Please download and share the video evidence as much as you can.
#USpol #ice
@timbray@cosocial.caOne of my top guilty Internet pleasures: Wonkette: #USpol
@stefan@gardenstate.socialWhat Causes Wars: An Introduction to Crisis Bargaining Theory by Lines on Maps Extra
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@padraig@mastodon.ie @davidaugust@mastodon.onlineIce agent “logic”:
“They’re coming right at us!!! We better get our murder on!!!”
She wasn’t heading toward him, her wheels were turned away.
#USpol
@crell@phpc.social
@seav@en.osm.townIt’s only the third day of 2026! 🤬
#uspol #vepol #WagTheDog
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaJust so you know: a fascist is now running this country, openly pushing for Maduro to resign so his so-called “regime change” can install a literal fascist instead.
#Venezuela #USPol #Politics
@hex@kolektiva.socialRewriting an earlier post that should have been edited and verified *a lot more* before posting.
I'm going to connect some dots here. ICE can cross designate with any agency (19 of U.S. Code 1401):
> The terms “officer of the customs” and “customs officer” mean any officer of the United States Customs Service of the Treasury Department (also hereinafter referred to as the “Customs Service”) or any commissioned, warrant, or petty officer of the Coast Guard, or any agent or other person, including foreign law enforcement officers, authorized by law or designated by the Secretary of the Treasury to perform any duties of an officer of the Customs Service.
Back in September Trump diverted a bunch of Federal staff to ICE:
#USPol
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.ioResource 1 for how to talk about current political events more effectively:
These cheat sheets on messaging and framing from Aso Communications are fantastic. Right now I highly recommend the one called “Here to Stay: How to Talk About MAGA’s Authoritarian Agenda on Immigration”.
#USpol #politics #communications #change #socialJustice #USA
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlinepresident participation trophy.
#uspol<…
@scottmiller42@mstdn.socialMAGA news media convinced voters that #POTUS47 would keep us “out of war.” How’s that working out?
#USpol #UnitedStatesVenezuela
@stefan@gardenstate.socialWe Found The Radical Solution To Skyrocketing Grocery Prices by More Perfect Union
#uspol
@vosje62@mastodon.nl @joe@toot.worksI'm glad that NPR is there to try to raise the alarm.
"This week marks the fifth anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. An NPR investigation details how the Trump administration is trying to erase government information on the attack."
#Politics #USPolitics #USPol
@hex@kolektiva.socialFPS is the biggest available channel that I'm aware of to funnel Academi into ICE/CBP enforcement operations. The point of using FPS to support ICE agents is that FPS is stocked full of troops from EriK Prince's private army (now called "Academi" but formerly called "Blackwater"). This means that carrying out ethnic cleansing can dump money directly into the pockets of America's version of the Wagner Group (side from, of course GEO Group).
The Erik Prince angle also means that there can be an alternative chain of command that exists outside of official channels. ICE is already bad enough, but similar people have worked as mercenaries for a long time. Having an established chain of command over armed occupiers, one based entirely on economic incentives, one that can't be legally monitored or audited, one that's completely outside of the government, should be especially worrying.
I don't believe we've ever seen a clear explanation of who was kidnaping people off the streets, but I know that Academi had a contract (I believe with FPS) in Portland at the time. We also don't know who is on the ground in US cities right now, because they're wearing masks.
The bit reason J6 didn't go as planned is that Erik Prince wasn't behind it. Now there are troops with experience occupying American cities who can be called directly via Erik when Trump wants to make sure he doesn't lose again. And Erik won't back out at the last minute this time, because he's already seen that there will be no consequences for participating in a coup... if the time comes.
#USPol
@smurthys@hachyderm.io @crell@phpc.socialThis movie is nearly 30 years old.
#uspol
@henrikmillinge@fikaverse.clubDet er svært at komme med en fornuftig kommentar til denne tale. Så jeg lader den stå som den er. #USPol #KennethHowery #trump
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineJust added a bunch of names to @…, so now there are more than 280 ways to call potus names.
Useful for all the times you want to refer to him without using his name (every time).
#USpol
@catsalad@infosec.exchangeRE: #USPol
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.io“But the smaller the man,
the quicker the plan
goes to somebody’s getting shot.”
Jesse Welles made a good short song for this current moment:
#song #music #ReneeNicoleGood #justiceForGood #USpol #politics
@stefan@gardenstate.socialOh boy.
#newJersey #uspol #elections
@scottmiller42@mstdn.socialIf the Democratic Party takes Congress in 2026, the first thing they should do is end the Senate filibuster. It’s a rule that if it ever did serve a purpose, it now prevents any opportunity for Congress to challenge a POTUS that does not respect the rule of law. It’s not in the constitution.
#USpol #SenateFilibuster
@carbonwoman@norden.socialIch glaube, ja es ist kein Zufall, dass ausgerechnet zwei Menschen umgebracht wurden, die Careworker waren. Sich kümmern um andere, offen und emphatisch zu sein, Hilfe zu leisten, wenn sie benötigt wird, das alles stellt für Autoritäre eine Bedrohung da.
Gebt aufeinander acht.
#uspol #Minneapolis
@cjust@infosec.exchange
@profcarroll@federate.socialThat’s some free speech right there. #uspol
@stevefoerster@social.fossdle.org @joe@toot.worksThey released the video that Johnathan Ross filmed of him killing Renee Good in Minneapolis.
"A DHS official confirmed the video, obtained by CNN, was recorded on the agent’s cellphone camera; the video was originally obtained by the conservative Minnesota media outlet Alpha News."
#Politics #USPol #USPolitics #ICE
@timbray@cosocial.caDaring Fireball: The Names They Call Themselves
#USpol
@stefan@gardenstate.socialAOC making sure #newJersey knows what's up
#uspol #elections
@jswright61@ruby.socialJust got an email from one of my Senators, Jon Ossoff, GA with some welcomed news:
Good afternoon,
On Sunday, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff demanded civil liberties protections before further funds are appropriated to ICE and announced he will oppose the measure scheduled for a vote this week.
(Full text of letter in the image alt-text)
#UsPol
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineMaduro doing dictator stuff = bad.
Potus doing dictator stuff = bad.
Two things can be (and are) true at once.
#USpol
@davej@dice.campJesus fuck. Now you’re just embarrassing the species.
#uspol
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.ioHey Fedi, as a marketer I want to say: ALL OF YOU HAVE THE POWER TO INFLUENCE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
We can shape social movements and public opinion with the things we say. Communication CAN change minds and make improvements that feel “impossible” real and tangible. That’s how the right got as far as it did, with strong and consistent messaging.
Now, let’s be practical. HOW we talk about the events that happen matters as much as WHAT we talk about.
If we want to make a difference and mobilize people towards progressive stances while our democracy and freedom are under attack - we need to use effective language and messaging.
Don’t give airtime to conservative values and MAGA lies. Instead, appeal to the values we believe in and help shape the conversation in ways that benefit people like us who want a better future.
I’ll share some resources in the thread with actionable advice.
#USpol #politics #communications #change #socialJustice #USA
@mapcar@mastodon.sdf.org
@holger_moller@bildung.socialIch hoffe inständig, dass wir uns nicht an der #FußballWM in den #USA beteiligen.
Es braucht starke Signale.
#uspol
@timfoster@mastodon.socialOK, OK. Here's a board of peas. Now can I have a Nobel prize?
#uspol
@henrikmillinge@fikaverse.clubDen slambert vidste godt, at flagene ville blive sat op og hvorfor. Men han beordrede dem fjernet alligevel. Ud med ham. #USPol #trump
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.ioResource 2 for how to talk about current political events more effectively:
This book from George Lakoff called “Don’t Think of an Elephant” is short, to the point, and very practical.
First edition came out in 2004, I recommend the second one from 2014. It’s surprisingly on point to everything that’s happened in the country since.
It will give you both a theoretical framework to understand framing / messaging specific advice on key issues.
#USpol #politics #communications #change #socialJustice #USA
@stefan@gardenstate.socialSounds like venezuela will pay for the wall.
#uspol
@crell@phpc.socialRE: #uspol
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza @davidaugust@mastodon.onlineJust learned a new phrase: constitutional omni-crisis.
#USpol
@timbray@cosocial.caI think we all owe a vote of thanks to the courageous and resourceful folk who are capturing the video of the MAGA murderers.
#USpol
@profcarroll@federate.socialThat’s some free speech right there. #uspol
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialGreenland should rename itself “Epsteinland” and I guarantee Trump will forget all about it.
#uspol
@stefan@gardenstate.socialVenezuela will be administered by "a group of people"?
I think he means oligarchs?
#uspol
@davidaugust@mastodon.online @crell@phpc.socialThe entire medical extraction industry can burn in hell, and any politico that stands in the way of national single payer Healthcare should be impeached and banned from public office forever.
It's a national disgrace exceeded only by Trump himself.
#uspol
@davidaugust@mastodon.online @stevefoerster@social.fossdle.org @jonpainterphoto@lawfedi.blue @stefan@gardenstate.socialThe United States Has Captured Maduro. What Happens Next? by William Spaniel
#uspol
@cjust@infosec.exchange @midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaLIVE ON THE GROUND in #Minneapolis!
#USPol
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineMorbid thought: potus & kegseth want a war w/Venezuela partly to get lithium that is in Venezuela.
You know where else there’s lithium? In potus & kegseth. Each has between 2mg & 7mg of lithium in their bodies.
Like some communist nightmare they use it willy nilly internally. Shall we stop them?
#USpol
@timbray@cosocial.caI'm old enough to remember the unraveling of the Watergate cover-up, and the Epstein story has a very familiar stench. #USpol
@profcarroll@federate.socialRelease by House Oversight Committee Democrats today include emails between Epstein & Ghislane re: Trump #uspol #EpsteinFiles
Epstein to Maxwell Apr 2, 2011
“i want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump..[VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never o…
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.io#ICE is literally killing the Good in America.
You can’t get more cartoonish villains than that.
#USpol #politics #ReneeNicoleGood #ReneeGood #minneapolis
@crell@phpc.socialOH: I have a Home Warranty. You pay them a monthly premium, then when something breaks, you pay them a flat fee. Then the technician diagnoses the problem, and the company finds a reason why your plan doesn't cover that. Feels like American insurance in a nutshell.
#uspol #insurance
@henrikmillinge@fikaverse.club @crell@phpc.socialRE: #uspol
@hex@kolektiva.socialRE: #fascism, especially American fascism, there's something you can do. If you're in the US, don't buy anything if you can until Dec 2nd. If you do have to buy something, buy second hand, or buy local. If you're outside, don't buy anything from the US or any US company at all.
Spread the word. Keep it on people's mind. Write your own post. Talk to people you know in person. Print out flyers and post them around town.
The system understands the language of money. If you want a response, you have to speak the language the system understands.
Trump is extremely vulnerable. Don't wait for the regime to recovery. Hit it hard right now, with an economic blockade. Who knows, it might just crumble.
#USPol
@profcarroll@federate.socialRelease by House Oversight Committee Democrats today include emails between Epstein & Ghislane re: Trump #uspol #EpsteinFiles
Epstein to Maxwell Apr 2, 2011
“i want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump..[VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never o…
@davidaugust@mastodon.online @hex@kolektiva.socialProbably unrelated to the #NationalGuard shooting, but does anyone remember when a US attorney and the FBI paid a sex offender to entrap two Muslim men with histories of mental illness into a terrorist plot, that they then arrested them for? Oh yeah, that happened under Obama.
#USPol
@stefan@gardenstate.socialMinnesota Proved MAGA Wrong (w/ Adam Serwer & Bobby Pulido) | The Bulwark Podcast
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@crell@phpc.socialThis is the video that has Trump and Hegseth in such a tizzy. Because they know full well they are planning illegal orders.
#uspol
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.ioI struggle to process the fact that Todd Blanche gave my husband his very first job offer in law.
(Yes, THAT Todd Blanche from the DoJ, deputy attorney general, the one who has been in the news for all kinds of terrible things he’s up to)
I went to a party with that guy 3 years ago! And now he’s doing increasingly cartoonish villain things every other week.
He seemed normal. Fun, actually.
And then months after he went to defend Trump as his personal lawyer and since then we’ve continued to be confused and disturbed.
We haven’t had any contact with him after he went to work for Trump, of course. But I can’t stop wondering how the fuck the person my husband worked with is the same person defending pedophiles. (Allegedly)
#USPol #ToddBlanche
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineHappy Thanksgiving!
#USpol
![Today we commemorate that time an organized mob of asylum seekers
[The Landing of Roger Williams in 1636 (1857) by Alonzo Chappel depicts Williams crossing the Seekonk River]
showed up at the border and received food assistance.](https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/622/828/971/758/010/original/92f5ba3269cd8194.png)
@stefan@gardenstate.socialJared Kushner's DISGUSTING Gaza PowerPoint (w/ Ta-Nehisi Coates) | The Bulwark Podcast
#uspol
@crell@phpc.socialThe Choice
#RankedChoiceVoting #uspol
@davidaugust@mastodon.online @stefan@gardenstate.socialMessage from Seth Moulton
#uspol
@crell@phpc.socialMore judges like this, please!
#uspol #immigration
@hex@kolektiva.socialI'm going to go back to my social media break, but before I do I'm going to leave you with a thought experiment.
Imagine we're in the middle of the second American Civil War. What do you wish you had done to prepare? What do you wish you had done to bring the regime down faster? What do you wish you had done to avoid this ever happening?
Got some ideas? Think about them. Talk them over with friends. Ok... Now what can you do right now? Ok, now do it.
#USPol
@stefan@gardenstate.socialNBC News: Meet the Press: Zohran Mamdani says he still believes Trump a ‘fascist’ after meeting: Full interview
#uspol
@davidaugust@mastodon.online @stefan@gardenstate.socialHoly Cow, Young Conservatives Are NOT Okay BY The Bulwark
#USPOL
@hex@kolektiva.socialAfter #Trump finally crashes and burns (I'm still saying I don't think he makes it to the mid terms, and I think it's more than possible he won't make it to the end of the year) we'll hear a lot of people say, "the system worked!" Today people are already talking about "saving democracy" by fighting back. This will become a big rally cry to vote (for Democrats, specifically), and the complete failure of the system will be held up as the best evidence for even greater investment in it.
I just want to point out that American democracy gave nuclear weapons to a pedophile, who, before being elected was already a well known sexual predator, and who made the campaign promise to commit genocide. He then preceded to commit genocide. And like, I don't care that he's "only" kidnaped and disappeared a few thousand brown people. That's still genocide. Even if you don't kill every member of a targeted group, any attempt to do so is still "committing genocide." Trump said he would commit genocide, then he hired all the "let's go do a race war" guys he could find and *paid* them to go do a race war. And, even now as this deranged monster is crashing out, he is still authorized to use the world's largest nuclear arsenal.
He committed genocide during his first term when his administration separated migrant parents and children, then adopted those children out to other parents. That's technically genocide. The point was to destroy the very people been sending right wing terror squads after.
There was a peaceful hand over of power to a known Russian asset *twice*, and the second time he'd already committed *at least one* act of genocide *and* destroyed cultural heritage sites (oh yeah, he also destroyed indigenous grave sites, in case you forgot, during his first term).
All of this was allowed because the system is set up to protect exactly these types of people, because *exactly* these types of people are *the entire power structure*.
Going back to that system means going back to exactly the system that gave nuclear weapons to a pedophile *TWICE*.
I'm already seeing the attempts to pull people back, the congratulations as we enter the final phase, the belief that getting Trump out will let us all get back to normal. Normal. The normal that lead here in the first place. I can already see the brunch reservations being made. When Trump is over, we will be told we won. We will be told that it's time to go back to sleep.
When they tell you everything worked, everything is better, that we can stop because we won, tell them "fuck you! Never again means never again." Destroy every system that ever gave these people power, that ever protected them from consequences, that ever let them hide what they were doing.
These democrats funded a genocide abroad and laid the groundwork for genocide at home. They protected these predators, for years. The whole power structure is guilty. As these files implicate so many powerful people, they're trying to shove everything back in the box. After all the suffering, after we've finally made it clear that we are the once with the power, only now they're willing to sacrifice Trump to calm us all down.
No, that's a good start but it can't be the end.
Winning can't be enough to quench that rage. Keep it burning. When this is over, let victory fan that anger until every institution that made this possible lies in ashes. Burn it all down and salt the earth. Taking down Trump is a great start, but it's not time to give up until this isn't possible again.
#USPol
@davidaugust@mastodon.online @stefan@gardenstate.socialPretty interesting read on MTG. She's running for president?
BOMBSHELL: MTG’s Sudden Exit Blindsides GOP Leadership
#uspol
@stefan@gardenstate.socialDemocratic president should use ICE money for:
- guaranteed jobs program
- workers to build housing
- Healthcare worker
take the money and redirect it.
#uspol
@davidaugust@mastodon.online @davidaugust@mastodon.onlineYa know who gets to rename the Department of Defense if anyone does? The US Congress.
Ya know who gets to rename the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts if anyone does? The US Congress.
Ya know who history will never be kind to no matter what he tries to rename? A 79 year old dunce.
#USpol
@stefan@gardenstate.socialFrail elders should be treated better.
ICE Dragged an Elderly Man in Underwear Into the Freezing Cold
#uspol
@stefan@gardenstate.socialWhat is in this bag that Trump gave María Corina Machado?
#uspol
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineSeems the FBI is not yet ready to take in surrendering forces from fictional terrorist organizations. No word on whether or not they could take surrendering Nazgul, Decepticons or Cobra from GI Joe either.
#USpol #antifacsist
@stefan@gardenstate.socialTrump Threatens Europe Over Greenland; Europe Responds by The Bulwark
#uspol
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineWhen our potus was not a suspected child rapist/murderer, US was secure for ~80 years with Greenland under Denmark’s protection.
Now our potus is a suspected child rapist/murderer, so Greenland is suddenly in danger of something from russia or china? Hmm.
#USpol #Greenland
@stefan@gardenstate.socialare we in year 10 AE? After Elevator?
The Election That Could Rein in the Chaos | 'The Opinions' Podcast
#uspol
!["Trump alleged that Venezuela was using oil to fund drug trafficking, terrorism and other crimes." - AP News, January 3, 2026
And here I thought drug trafficking typically pays for itself.
[pile of powered drugs, pile of money]
https://apnews.com/article/trump-maduro-venezuela-drug-cartels-military-timeline-91e242e5c56eec39b6b7d72bf55dbd2d](https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/115/845/005/439/625/964/original/e57ee480331f4d3e.png)
