Kenneth Thomas

Statistic: 2/3rds of murders in Minneapolis so far in 2026 have been committed by DHS agents

Minneapolis Live Updates: Man Killed by Federal Agents Was Holding a Phone, Not a Gun

The Trump regime thinks we can't watch videos. Alex Pretti was shot by multiple ice agents at least 10 times, in the back, when he had already been pinned to the ground. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us...

Trump Blurts Out Real Reason for Insurrection Act Threat—and It’s Dark He thinks it lets him abuse his power however he wants. It’s up to the courts—and the American people—to show him otherwise.

Trump just openly declared that invoking the Insurrection Act will let him implement his immigration crackdown without going "through the court system."

That's nonsense, but it's telling: Trump *thinks* it allows him to rule like a military dictator. 1/

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#FreeDavidEndRaids On Friday afternoon, military-gear-clad ICE agents launched aggressive raids throughout Los Angeles. At one location, SEIU-USWW President David Huerta was assaulted, injured and detained while advocat...

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As you know, SEIU-USWW President David Huerta was assaulted, injured and detained by ICE while advocating for immigrant workers.

He remains in custody.

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For Trump, This Is a Dress Rehearsal Ordering the National Guard to deploy in Los Angeles is a warning of what to expect when his hold on power is threatened.

What you saw from Trump in CA this weekend was not law enforcement.

What you saw was a test of ways and means for Trump to disrupt and pervert the 2026 elections.

My latest in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

It is pathetic how easily network news executives let right wingers manipulate them. Terry Moran rightly calls Stephen Miller a hater driven by bile, and ABC News accepts the idea that this is “unhinged” behavior. Critiquing people abusing their power is the JOB of journalism.

Federal lawmakers say they have been denied access to an ICE facility in CA

This isn't the first time Starbucks has been shamed for its tax shenanigans.

Where is our humanity?

Why does this not surprise me?

Hi Devin, my specialty was international political economy, not international security. But Russia obviously invaded Ukraine, so everything Trump says about the conflict is a lie. Plus, the rule of law is under sustained attack, and I doubt the Supreme Court will stop it. It's a complete nightmare.

JFC is right. I have no words.

According to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-t..., four states had already passed such laws before 1947, in 1944 and 1946 specifically. But the numbers increased substantially beginning in 1947, so I'm sure you're right.

Republicans have been preparing this for decades. There was a whole ecosystem of ultra-conservative groups mostly below the radar in the 1970s. Maybe you've heard of Richard Viguerie? How about Americans Against Union Control of Government? Even in its name, it was prefiguring Republican Newspeak.

I had this naive belief when I graduated from college almost 50 years ago that things would be a lot better by now than they were then -- and that was a great time to be middle class.

"Needing to defend democracy" was not on my bingo card I couldn't have dreamed such a thing was possible.

It's true. French author Susan George wrote in her book, "Another World is Possible...If" that the French are not afraid of their government. There should be millions in the streets here.

University of Pittsburgh is a major research university. That this could be happening there is beyond shocking

I wasn't saying things are good, only that there is a tiny bit of progress. Derek Chauvin would never even have been considered for indictment when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s. And also note I limited progress to "some jurisdictions." This action by the Trump admin is effing evil.

I think a tiny bit. Derek Chauvin wouldn't even have been indicted when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s. Prosecutors wouldn't even have considered indicting him. But there's no question that "tiny" is the operative word.

What precisely are you disagreeing with?

Yes, of course, now at least it's national news rather than just local news. And we are taking baby steps toward an end to impunity, at least in some jurisdictions. But it's painfully slow, and that is shameful.

As another commenter mentioned, this is heartbreaking.

I always thought of Freedom House as sort of right wing, going back to the Cold War. I'm glad to see that it's being a fairly honest umpire.

I wonder what the U.S. Polity score for democracy is now? I'm pretty sure it's sinking, too.

This is an outrage, but what else is new? We have a lot of work to do.

This one hits me hard because I can remember growing up in 1970s Memphis when white cops would shoot and kill Black kids with impunity. It's a stain on our society.

Polls have been showing support for progressive tax reform for 40 years throughout North American and European democracies, but exactly the opposite has taken place. See Sven Steinmo's book, Taxation and Democracy, 1996, for info on some of the older polls.