Eric Aspengren
Political strategist and data analyst. Organizer at heart.
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- I think I should go to law school and specialize in AI lawsuits.
- Reposted by Eric AspengrenA lawless administration putting the entire federal legal system under incredible strain www.fox9.com/news/federal...
- That oughta help the affordability message.
- Reposted by Eric AspengrenTrump: "People that own their homes -- we're gonna keep them wealthy. We're gonna keep those prices up. We're not gonna destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn't work very hard can buy a home."
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- And people wonder why I complain about the news media.
- Reposted by Eric AspengrenThis is sort of a throughline in cases of excessive force used by law enforcement. The civilian is supposed to perfectly adhere to some unwritten code of conduct; the armed professional supposedly trained for such situations is only human & must be given lattitude if they succumb to fear and rage.
- Reposted by Eric AspengrenThis kind of intellectual firepower is usually only found at unaccredited colleges in Austin
- Reposted by Eric Aspengrenthere been a bunch of fascism articles recently whose argument goes: 1. the annoying alarmist dipshits said a bunch of stupid stuff 2. yet somehow, what they predicted ended up happening 3. waffle around vaguely for a bit, without ever reconciling 1 & 2
- Reposted by Eric AspengrenDefenceless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange their messages: May I, composed like them Of Eros and of dust, Beleaguered by the same Negation and despair, Show an affirming flame. — W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
- Reposted by Eric AspengrenA lesson from the history of protests and revolutions that is obvious to scholars but seemingly impossible for authoritatians to grasp: responding to largely peaceful protests with disproportionate violence is likely to mobilize many more protesters and rally more people to the cause.
- Reposted by Eric AspengrenA lot of ppl on this site owe Conor Lamb an apology.
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- Reposted by Eric AspengrenI have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
- Reposted by Eric Aspengrenthe "and you're surprised by this?" guys have never been less vital than they are right now
- That God for James Baldwin
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So I always like to go "What would have happened had a Marine done this in Afghanistan" and it's so obvious in this case as to make the exercise moot. - The NBA Players Association should honor yesterday's general strike.
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- Reposted by Eric AspengrenReminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
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- Reposted by Eric AspengrenMinneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
- Gun advocates arguing that people should be allowed to carry guns to protect themselves from a tyrannical government might want to pause before dropping another hot take.
- Reposted by Eric AspengrenProtester in Minnesota: I’m 70 years old and I’m fucking angry *disappears into gas*
- Reposted by Eric AspengrenMinneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "I just saw a video of more than 6 masked agents pummeling one of our constituents and shooting him to death. How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?"
- Reposted by Eric AspengrenWe have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
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- Reposted by Eric AspengrenThis is the first example I’ve seen of an American government using AI to meaningfully misrepresent actual events with the intent to deceive the public. We are at Stalinesque levels of propaganda. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
- Reposted by Eric AspengrenThis looks and sounds like a letter read aloud in a Wes Anderson movie by one of his precocious boys or broken men
- Has there been a Member of Congress so shameless as Jim Jordan?
- Reposted by Eric AspengrenThe thing about America today is that if you just describe what is happening objectively and unemotionally you sound hysterical and partisan and what you have to remind people is that the reason for that is not you, it's the people doing the things you are describing
- I don't think I'll ever forgive people who claimed the judiciary doesn't matter or anyone who supported anyone who said that.
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- Reposted by Eric AspengrenThis photo will be everywhere for the next week. Pls credit prominently. Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Minnesota Star Tribune Every journalist covering ICE risks their lives. Tsong-Taatarii has been an NPPA Photographer of the Year, rec'd a World Press Photo award, and was on a team that won a Pulitzer.
- Minneapolis, today. Note how three agents holding the civilian down. Why spray? www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
- Reposted by Eric AspengrenBREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
- Reposted by Eric AspengrenYour regular reminder that Republicans in Congress approve of what the President is doing.
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- Reposted by Eric AspengrenRight on cue, here are the push alerts from the 3 major newspapers lmao
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- Reposted by Eric Aspengren"agents told hospital staff that Castaneda Mondragon ... 'purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.'”
- A Minnesota man received a life-threatening injury while in ICE custody. It's not clear how he got injured because his memory and ability to communicate are so severely impaired. Agents said "he got his shit rocked." Wild story from @katrinapross.bsky.social sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
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- Reposted by Eric AspengrenMight be a tad bit late once the U.S. has attacked a NATO ally. The War Powers Resolution is notable because it provides the *minority* a mechanism for forcing votes on unauthorized military actions. Senator Tillis is in the majority which has many more tools available—and available now.
- Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), to Bloomberg TV: “If there is military action against #Greenland, I will be one of the first people to file and co-sponsor a War Powers Resolution. It will pass.”
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- Reposted by Eric AspengrenBreaking NYT: The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter. The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status. That is a war crime called "perfidy."
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- There are plenty of insane motivations for invading Greenland. This just happens to be one of the most insane.
- Leavitt: "The president was very clear last night. He said he wants to the US acquire Greenland because he feels that if we do not, then it will eventually be acquired or perhaps even hostilely taken over by China or Russia. Perhaps it would be in the best interest of Greenland to be part of the US"
- Threatening the Fed chief with prosecution as punishment is, once again, blatant grounds for impeachment.
- Reposted by Eric AspengrenA career federal agent says that in 25 years, a fleeing vehicle has never justified killing its occupant, and officers should never stand in front of a running car. CBS reportedly pulled the interview, but it posted on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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- Reposted by Eric AspengrenIt’s getting so the only safe place to be is in the Epstein Files. 🔄
- Reposted by Eric AspengrenStephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
- Reposted by Eric AspengrenThe murderer’s name is Jonathan Ross. www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
- Reposted by Eric AspengrenMartin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
