Daniel Quinn

Excellent piece by @jamellebouie.net

The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️

NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.

The President of the United States supports AfD.

Bob Inglis saw what was animating GOP elites & voters over a decade and a half ago, as he lost his primary by over 30 points to Trey Gowdy www.motherjones.com/politics/201...

this is a great illustration of one of the fundamental insights of democracy — that there is no such thing as "the people" and that majorities are elusive and ever shifting. no election, no decision, is final and treating an election as a final decision is profoundly undemocratic.

I’m sorry, no. This is not the guy who did the reflecting pool. No. Come on. We’re just putting a hat on a hat here. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...

Only a sense of impunity explains the willingness of someone to run another human being over in a public space with plenty of cameras. They assume the Trump administration will protect them from prosecution. www.nj.com/essex/2026/0...

It's not difficult. Mace is one of those people who gets to the Hill and decides they want to be rich. They say screw constituent service, offer to do television every time someone sneezes, and build a national image at the cost of the local. And she's personally an asshole. People talk.

Minnesota, with its engaged citizens and strong sense of connectedness, is the top state in the country for residents’ quality of life, according to a recent study.

the current director of national intelligence is a guy who two years ago received a trophy declaring he “Fucks Only The Young” at an (oddly dildo focused) event he organized dedicated to the conspiracy that Bed Bath and Beyond never actually went bankrupt

One reason people would be surprised to hear that Trump has left Iran’s “military alone” is that earlier this month Trump said he had “completely destroyed Iran’s army,” and that “every single ship they had is resting underwater at the bottom of the sea.”

the British best adapted to the ancestral environment, which is why the ancient goddess of the druids empowered them to traverse the seas and conquer the world, until they became woke and the favor was withdrawn

New, from me: He turned the part of Lincoln into the party of Trump, and has broadly succeeded in turning the US federal government into a personalist regime. Here are seven signs that personalism has come to define the second Trump administration. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/scenes-fro...

I’m proud of the work I did as an AUSA, and I say this with complete sincerity: if you’re an AUSA, and a decent person, who cares about your oath, get out. Get out now without destroying your reputation. A DoJ run to Trumpist specifications is corrupt and incompetent. The stink will stick on you.

You don’t even think to bring me a big, dumb gold brick

She had her hands handcuffed behind her back while giving birth. Horrifying and inhumane.

If you google this phrase with quotation marks around it, it appears on articles on at least five, uh, “outlets,” all of which are owned by Salem Media Group

Finally, we created the "make gas prices more expensive" button from the hit political cartoon "What Americans Think the President Does." Turns out people don't like it

Why do the Russians even care what happens to InfoWars? Unless... hold on... HOLD ON

#BREAKING Federal prosecutors in Chicago say they are dismissing the conspiracy count against the remaining members of the Broadview Six.

Dammit, computer, STOP TALKING ABOUT GOBLINS www.wired.com/story/openai...

I wrote up the Comey indictment. www.popehat.com/p/the-comey-...

Marking our 250th year by having the British King visit to remind us about the development of the rule of law, while the president reads lines presumably written by Stephen Miller about the transcendent nobility of the mythic English blood.

April 2020: www.thedailybeast.com/trump-litera...

Give this video a Peabody, an Emmy, a Pulitzer even though it’s not eligible, literally every award possible.

When DOGE arrived at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the operatives had no real background in nuclear issues. They boxed out experienced hands, forcing resignations and massive exodus of talent. Over 400 people have since left or been forced out. Our full story: https://propub.li/3OBQMwk

Be sure to read the whole thing.

This seems not great, but perhaps I’m wrong @radiofreetom.bsky.social ? youtu.be/4YGbWuUdw9Q?...

Impeachment is not some special exception from normal politics where you shouldn't say it unless you already have the votes in hand. You go out and plainly advocate what you think should be done, and attack those who refuse to do it, just like on anything else.

T MINUS ONE HOUR www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf_U...

“The inquiry on behalf of the high-profile potential client was flagged internally at BlackRock, according to the people familiar with the matter.”

Trump casts a mail ballot again in Florida even as he calls the method 'cheating'

Robert E. Lee got his ass beat at Gettysburg by a professor of rhetoric and oratory from Bowdoin College and generations of reactionary fantasists have died mad about it.

D.C. pipe bomb suspect argues he should be covered by Trump's Jan. 6 pardons

World renowned chef to spend more time stabbing family in the leg www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/d...

Moderate Democrats with columns in newspapers are constantly saying the Democratic Party is way too liberal on "social" issues. Moderate Democratic voters in real life do not feel this way. With some polling data from @gelliottmorris.com and @dataforprogress.org. newrepublic.com/article/2074...

The data economy has made us dumber in ways that also make us vulnerable to authoritarian takover. We are have become both cynical and gullible in the sense we think we are too jaded be fooled and as a result are tricked more easily www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

we used to have Steve Jobs, Johnny Cash, Bob Hope, Mike Pensions, Gary Literacy, Pete Socialsafetynet,

Has the news cycle & AI slop got you feeling brain dead? Well now there’s Brain Shroud.

great replacement except they want to import racists

Internal schedule confirms Kash Patel went to Olympics to be world’s most special little guy:

One of the craziest things about Musk-era twitter is that because linking to anything is penalized by the algo, no one uses links and you have NO IDEA where any of the info you see is coming from. It's madness!

NE Mpls is known for our bars and churches. So… Rent Relief Bar Crawl Sat Feb 28, 1–6 pm 🏠 Donate $30 to any fund. Show up. Funds have been reopening & draining within minutes lately and March rent is coming up fast. Come hang, bring someone, stop at one bar or all of them. bit.ly/barcrawl4rent

Ok so I know this isn’t the best way with no activity but I’ve been busy! Was trying to get off socials. Then Dec happened. Been busy since as a Minneapolis resident on ICE watch/mutual aid. But here goes gotta try for my neighbors. Care about democracy? Live in MN or have a following? Help us out!