A Guy Named Brian (he/him)Jun 17, 2025

An eyewitness account from right here in Denver: “‘[ICE] went into the women’s bathroom and they actually threw the wife of the man that they detained on the floor. Their child was crying. They were just bawling and screaming and ICE, they detained a man and disappeared him down the hallway. The wife and the child are extremely, extremely traumatized.’” 🤢🤬

#Politics #USPolitics #ICERaids #Immigration #PoliticalViolence #FamilySeperation #PoliticalTerrorism

https://denverite.com/2025/06/17/ice-arrests-denver-courthouse/

Immigrant arrests continue at Denver’s federal courthouse

On Tuesday, June 17, a man was detained while attending a court hearing with his wife and young child.

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Show threadNonilexOct 5, 2023

The shirtless man had a holstered handgun & leashed dog (🙁) w/him when he appeared at the #security desk outside of the governor’s office Wed afternoon demanding to see the #governor. An officer arrested him for openly carrying a #firearm.

The man was booked into jail & posted #bail. He RETURNED to the outside of the Capitol w/ a #loaded AK-47 around 9 PM, 4 hrs after the Statehouse closed. He asked to see the governor again.

#Extremism #PoliticalViolence #PoliticalTerrorism #MAGA

NonilexOct 5, 2023

A man w/ a #handgun showed up at the #Wisconsin Capitol demanding to see Gov #TonyEvers (D) on Wednesday, was #arrested, posted #bail, RETURNED to the Statehouse w/ a #AK47 #rifle & was taken into protective custody.

#PoliticalTerrorism #PoliticalViolence #Extremism #MAGA
https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-governor-handgun-threat-85f3a2f9fe73b505660b4f552a94cbb4

Man with handgun seeking governor arrested in Wisconsin Capitol, returns with assault rifle

A state spokesperson says a man brought a handgun into the Wisconsin Capitol and demanded to see Gov. Tony Evers and returned at night with an assault rifle. Department of Administration spokesperson Tatyana Warrick said Thursday that the man, who was shirtless and had a holstered handgun, approached the governor’s office on the first floor of the Capitol around 2 p.m. Wednesday. Warrick says after being arrested on a firearms violation, he returned to the outside of the Capitol around 9 p.m. with an assault rifle and was taken into custody. Evers' spokesperson declined to comment.

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MKSinSAOct 5, 2023

If Dem Senator John #Fetterman's observation of the #Republican's #PoliticalTerrorism doesn't give you a spittake, please exit the building!

"We’re one DNA test from the Jerry Springer show.”

Also '“Replacing one dick with a different kind of dick isn’t going to change anything in the House."

A Guy Named Brian (he/him)Sep 30, 2023

The Speaker of the US House of Representatives is a coward: “At any point, McCarthy could bring up before the House the bipartisan measure already passed by the Senate. Democrats would then likely make up the votes he would lose in his own conference. But the extremists would then challenge his speakership, and that is apparently a challenge he is unwilling to brave.”

#History #Politics #GovernmentShutdown #PoliticalTerrorism #ImpeachmentHearings #Election2024

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-29-2023

September 29, 2023

“What a day we are having…. As a former director of emergency management, I know a disaster when I see one,” Representative Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) said yesterday in the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, overseen by the Republican-led House Oversight Committee chaired by James Comer (R-KY).

Letters from an American
A Guy Named Brian (he/him)Sep 27, 2023

Sadly, McCarthy is too desperate to hold on to power to do the right thing: “At any point, McCarthy could return to the deal he cut with Biden, pass the appropriations bills with Democratic support, and fund the government. But if he does that, he is almost certain to face a challenge to his speakership from the extremists who currently are holding the country hostage.”

#History #Politics #GovernmentShutdown #PoliticalTerrorism #Election2024 #LettersFromAnAmerican

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-26-2023

September 26, 2023

Today, on the anniversary of the creation of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 1914, the FTC and 17 state attorneys general sued Amazon for using “a set of interlocking anticompetitive and unfair strategies to maintain its monopoly power.” The FTC and the suing states say “Amazon’s actions allow it to stop rivals and sellers from lowering prices, degrade quality for shoppers, overcharge sellers, stifle innovation, and prevent rivals from fairly competing against Amazon.”

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Show threadbs2Mar 3, 2023
> #MartinBaró.. [and] the "massive campaign of #PoliticalTerrorism" in #ElSalvador.. with U.S. backing and initiative.. "since 1984, with the coming of.. democratic government in.. under #Duarte.. things did not change.. the terrorized population..[had] two options.. go to the mountains and join.. the rebels, or to comply.." The killings then reduced in scale.. "there was less need.. people were so terrorized, so paralyzed."
- https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/zbooks/htdocs/chomsky/dd/dd-c12-s14.html
#NoamChomsky #DeterringDemocracy
Deterring Democracy: Chapter 12 [14/20]