This piece lands because it names the moment where denial finally snaps. Government by terror always tells itself it’s targeting “others” until the violence looks exactly like the people cheering it on. That’s when the spell breaks. You don’t need a moral awakening to see extortion when immigration enforcement suddenly becomes optional and voter data becomes the price of peace. That’s not strength, it’s panic. And panic is what authoritarian swagger looks like right before it backs down and pretends it was magnanimous all along.
Alex Pretti’s murder, and that’s what it was (or summary execution without due process) cannot be in vain and must represent the final unification in the hearts and minds of all decent human beings against this cruel, incompetent and violent regime. We all know ICE has been desperate to find people willing to wear a mask and violently do Trump and his goon squad’s bidding. They’ve lowered standards, accepting people with criminal records, violent histories, mental or physical health problems and generally scraped the bottom of the barrel for anyone willing to be secret police. The results are obvious. Clumsy, nervous, poorly trained, disorganized and unstable, the mob around Pretti simply opened fire on him like William Calley Jr., shooting him multiple times in the back, while he was down and had already been disarmed. The worst of us, that’s what this administration is bringing out.
There are news stories popping up in the last few hours about Trump telling ICE Barbi Noem "your fired" because he doesn't like the bad press coming from the Pretti assassination. And about House Democrats performatively backing an impeachment resolution against her.
Who knows how this act will play out? As long as the endgame involves putting her in jail.
Jim Comer thinks there IS such a place as one that wants ICE and Border Patrol. He should talk to those agents. They feel used when assigned to go into the places they are being sent. This administration is cruel to both sides in their determination to achieve their agenda.
How to say you have not had a significant interaction with a MAGAt without saying you have not had a significant interaction with a MAGAt. They are simply incapable of the self reflection that is required to change.
We have won a battle, not the war. Do not stop yet. Take a night to get sleep but go out tomorrow and continue fighting. They will likely do a tactical withdrawal. Do not be fooled. They will wait until they think we are relaxed and quietly start again. Remember there has been no justice yet for Rene or Alex. No accountability for the cabal in charge They have selected a scapegoat in bovino. The head of an organization cannot be excused for not knowing what his subordinates are doing. As Harry Truman and other leaders have said "the buck stops here". Trump cannot plead ignorance with all the signs of criminality his subordinates have been broadcasting.
"executing a white man in cold blood, recorded from many angles, then the federal government refusing to investigate and protecting the identity of the shooter and agents involved"
* I was going to ask why the qualifier of "white" and then realized that the RINOs, MAGAdroids, and cultists wouldn't get worked up over the outright assassination of a POC and even begin to think about demanding justice for the ***real*** victims.
* As I posted before, I expect Ka$h Patel's Pets™ to open an investigation, and then close the case ½ hour later since the shooting was justified -- in their eyes -- since Mr Pretti was obviously a RADICAL LEFTIST because he was legally packing, and had the audacity to record the ICEholes' actions. Those two criteria are all that is needed to proclaim Petti as a domestic terrorist, so there.
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"Alex Pretti for his own shooting — TEN TIMES at point-blank range"
Kyle Rittenhouse is as much of a dipshit as he always was.
* If Hakeem Jeffries is a "gay communist" then pretty much everyone servicing the Fulvous Fuckwad is a "gay Fascist."
* Like all MAGA cultists, Rittenhouse lives for projection. If I'm not mistaken it's the Nectarine Nattering Nabob of Negativism (thank you Mr Safire) who's protecting pedophiles, including himself. And while spousal abuse is not confined to a single political party, misogyny is much more prevalent in Right wingnut circles.
* Again, Rittenhouse has been consuming mass quantities of the MAGA blue pill. It's the Corrupt Coral Coward who has diarrhea of the fingers when it comes to posting rage-bait and stoking the flames -- of White "Christian" Nationalism.
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"bringing him down 26 points from where he was a year ago"
“Oderint dum metuant." "Let them hate me, as long as they fear me.” Caligula
You do remember how Caligula ended, don't you? As Machiavelli pointed out, you can be loved or feared, but if you're hated, you're in trouble because people will have it out for you.
This is what passes for leadership in the U.S.? This ignorant jackass in the White House, total freaks in the Cabinet, and a maniac running everything to rid the country of nonwhite people? My friends, China is busy building an advanced manufacturing economy and ours is going to hell. The $38 trillion national debt is a serious problem. No one is dealing with real problems. The country is going downhill fast.
When you lost the goodwill of SPAM, you've lost.
Are they recruiting from prisons yet? Trump's homie in Russia has found that a very effective way to find promising thugs.
This piece lands because it names the moment where denial finally snaps. Government by terror always tells itself it’s targeting “others” until the violence looks exactly like the people cheering it on. That’s when the spell breaks. You don’t need a moral awakening to see extortion when immigration enforcement suddenly becomes optional and voter data becomes the price of peace. That’s not strength, it’s panic. And panic is what authoritarian swagger looks like right before it backs down and pretends it was magnanimous all along.
Somehow I think the conversation with Walz didn't go the way Trump said it did.
Not to mention the Bondi blackmail!
All those corporations are scared shitless of the momentum the general strike talk is building.
And Trump is still all over the Epstein files. Cut new tariff drama with South Korea!
Alex Pretti’s murder, and that’s what it was (or summary execution without due process) cannot be in vain and must represent the final unification in the hearts and minds of all decent human beings against this cruel, incompetent and violent regime. We all know ICE has been desperate to find people willing to wear a mask and violently do Trump and his goon squad’s bidding. They’ve lowered standards, accepting people with criminal records, violent histories, mental or physical health problems and generally scraped the bottom of the barrel for anyone willing to be secret police. The results are obvious. Clumsy, nervous, poorly trained, disorganized and unstable, the mob around Pretti simply opened fire on him like William Calley Jr., shooting him multiple times in the back, while he was down and had already been disarmed. The worst of us, that’s what this administration is bringing out.
There are news stories popping up in the last few hours about Trump telling ICE Barbi Noem "your fired" because he doesn't like the bad press coming from the Pretti assassination. And about House Democrats performatively backing an impeachment resolution against her.
Who knows how this act will play out? As long as the endgame involves putting her in jail.
It would be lovely to see the last of Lying Fat Lips.
Jim Comer thinks there IS such a place as one that wants ICE and Border Patrol. He should talk to those agents. They feel used when assigned to go into the places they are being sent. This administration is cruel to both sides in their determination to achieve their agenda.
Cruel to both sides? I don't think so. This admin is promising them immunity if they kill somebody, what's cruel about the other side?
Jim Comer is so stupid and dishonest he has to get his wife to call his dog.
𝘈𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘈-𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥
It's with former enemies that peace is made. That's one person doing something right.
"𝘈𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘈-𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥".
How to say you have not had a significant interaction with a MAGAt without saying you have not had a significant interaction with a MAGAt. They are simply incapable of the self reflection that is required to change.
Aren't they all in ICE now?
The ones that aren't in the megachurches.
I could have done without the animated gif of the Taco's grundle. Do that few more times, and I might contemplate defunding Wonkette.
(This does not, of course, apply to our Glambassador's Tabs gifs. They are appreciated.)
Agreed.
Seconded. That was some nasty cock-roach-like and inappropriate jazz, there.
I liked it.
Okay, I can understand. Why?
for me it's much better than looking at cadet bone spurs face
Delouse Minnesota: Lice Out!
We have won a battle, not the war. Do not stop yet. Take a night to get sleep but go out tomorrow and continue fighting. They will likely do a tactical withdrawal. Do not be fooled. They will wait until they think we are relaxed and quietly start again. Remember there has been no justice yet for Rene or Alex. No accountability for the cabal in charge They have selected a scapegoat in bovino. The head of an organization cannot be excused for not knowing what his subordinates are doing. As Harry Truman and other leaders have said "the buck stops here". Trump cannot plead ignorance with all the signs of criminality his subordinates have been broadcasting.
I was gonna have a taco for a late snack, but after seeing that gif, I seem to have lost my appetite for it.
"executing a white man in cold blood, recorded from many angles, then the federal government refusing to investigate and protecting the identity of the shooter and agents involved"
* I was going to ask why the qualifier of "white" and then realized that the RINOs, MAGAdroids, and cultists wouldn't get worked up over the outright assassination of a POC and even begin to think about demanding justice for the ***real*** victims.
* As I posted before, I expect Ka$h Patel's Pets™ to open an investigation, and then close the case ½ hour later since the shooting was justified -- in their eyes -- since Mr Pretti was obviously a RADICAL LEFTIST because he was legally packing, and had the audacity to record the ICEholes' actions. Those two criteria are all that is needed to proclaim Petti as a domestic terrorist, so there.
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"Alex Pretti for his own shooting — TEN TIMES at point-blank range"
Please see: https://jeffdanziger.substack.com/p/ten-shots
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Kyle Rittenhouse is as much of a dipshit as he always was.
* If Hakeem Jeffries is a "gay communist" then pretty much everyone servicing the Fulvous Fuckwad is a "gay Fascist."
* Like all MAGA cultists, Rittenhouse lives for projection. If I'm not mistaken it's the Nectarine Nattering Nabob of Negativism (thank you Mr Safire) who's protecting pedophiles, including himself. And while spousal abuse is not confined to a single political party, misogyny is much more prevalent in Right wingnut circles.
* Again, Rittenhouse has been consuming mass quantities of the MAGA blue pill. It's the Corrupt Coral Coward who has diarrhea of the fingers when it comes to posting rage-bait and stoking the flames -- of White "Christian" Nationalism.
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"bringing him down 26 points from where he was a year ago"
“Oderint dum metuant." "Let them hate me, as long as they fear me.” Caligula
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Nor would the MAGAts rush to the defense of a POC's gun rights.
You do remember how Caligula ended, don't you? As Machiavelli pointed out, you can be loved or feared, but if you're hated, you're in trouble because people will have it out for you.
Fear is the mother of hatred, is it not?
This is what passes for leadership in the U.S.? This ignorant jackass in the White House, total freaks in the Cabinet, and a maniac running everything to rid the country of nonwhite people? My friends, China is busy building an advanced manufacturing economy and ours is going to hell. The $38 trillion national debt is a serious problem. No one is dealing with real problems. The country is going downhill fast.
The national debt is only a problem when there's a Dem in the oval office.
"Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right..."