Reposted by A.J. SmithMark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Canada will never forget. 1472593741
Reposted by A.J. SmithCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/07/2026“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com 149278692942
A.J. Smith @adamjamessmith.com · 04/07/2026The most Colorado thing…4th of July Parade Highland Ranch…narrow streets…full sized snow removal… @kylec.bsky.social 000
A.J. Smith @adamjamessmith.com · 27/04/2026Being not the worst feels surprisingly good @purplerow.bsky.social 000
Reposted by A.J. Smithgeekysteven @geekysteven.com · 30/03/2026your grandparents voting for reagan 120155332926
A.J. Smith @adamjamessmith.com · 29/03/2026Got to see my daughter watch women’s professional soccer in front of 65,000 fans…good day 000
A.J. Smith @adamjamessmith.com · 24/03/2026There's always gonna be another mountain I'm always gonna wanna make it move Always gonna be an uphill battle Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose Ain't about how fast I get there Ain't about what's waiting on the other side It's the climb @purplerow.bsky.social 0183
Reposted by A.J. SmithThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 12/03/2026Charles Exum, the Border Patrol agent who shot Marimar Martinez five times, texted a group chat with fellow agents a few days after the shooting. “I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys,” he wrote. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/fkS3Clnewyorkermag.visitlink.meThe Preschool Teaching Assistant Shot by Border Patrol, Then Called a “Domestic Terrorist”When Marimar Martinez was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent, the D.H.S. justified it by calling her a “domestic terrorist.” In the aftermath, she’s been trying to recover her reputation and, with it, a sense of reality. 13287134
A.J. Smith @adamjamessmith.com · 12/03/2026I cannot confirm or deny that my current location is or is not in Greensboro… 000
A.J. Smith @adamjamessmith.com · 04/03/2026media.tenor.coma man in a suit and plaid shirt is making a surprised face while holding a cell phone .ALT: a man in a suit and plaid shirt is making a surprised face while holding a cell phone . 000
Reposted by A.J. SmithJosh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 28/02/2026FWIW, this is sec. 2(c) of the War Powers Resolution: 15349151
A.J. Smith @adamjamessmith.com · 19/02/2026My wife thought someone died… No… It was just me yelling for USA women's hockeymedia.tenor.coma hockey player with the number 28 on his jersey is celebrating a win .ALT: a hockey player with the number 28 on his jersey is celebrating a win . 000
Reposted by A.J. SmithElizabeth Nelson @paranoiacs.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Shirley Povich writing in 1962, with the most immaculate burn conceivable of the Redskins awful, vile owner George Preston Marshall, the last NFL owner to insist on an all white roster: "Jim Brown, born ineligible to play for the Redskins, integrated their end zone three times yesterday." RIP WaPo. 121112281
Reposted by A.J. SmithTiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 29/01/2026“[Liam] keeps asking about that hat and that backpack that are in the picture,” the congressman said. “I think they took that from him.” www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...cnn.comRep. Joaquin Castro meets with the 5-year-old boy held with his father at a Texas detention facility | CNNUS Rep. Joaquin Castro met Wednesday with Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old Minnesota boy taken from his family’s suburban Minneapolis driveway last week after federal agents apprehended his father, t... 682299833
Reposted by A.J. SmithMichael Bitzer @bowtiepolitics.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Videos Contradict U.S. Account of Minneapolis Shooting by Federal Agents “A frame-by-frame review by The WSJ shows a federal officer pulling a handgun away from Pretti. Less than a second later, an agent fires several rounds. Pretti died at the scene.” www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...wsj.comVideos Contradict U.S. Account of Minneapolis Shooting by Federal AgentsSee how immigration officers escalated a fatal confrontation on Saturday. 031
Reposted by A.J. Smithjerome i guess. @jeromecylin.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Alex Pretti - who DHS labeled a domestic terrorist - honoring a veteran that passed away in the ICU. 24928283
Reposted by A.J. SmithThomas Leeper @thosjleeper.bsky.social · 25/01/2026For everyone tuning in from home, reminder that it's -5F with -15F windchills tonight. Every person out tonight is freezing for their country and their constitution. Minnesota Forever. 24813
Reposted by A.J. SmithJason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Alex Pretti was exercising his 1st and 2nd amendment rights when his 4th and 14th amendment rights were violated. If ICE followed the constitution, he’d be alive or the men who killed him would be under arrest. Those who kill peaceful protesters are always remembered by history as the bad guys. 13326114
Reposted by A.J. Smithnilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 24/01/2026“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment 168175275427
Reposted by A.J. SmithG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 24/01/2026Reminder: 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. 221131115034
Reposted by A.J. SmithJennifer Brooks @stribrooks.bsky.social · 24/01/2026There’s video floating around. You don’t want to watch it. News feed will be updated continuously. No paywall. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...startribune.comLive: Man shot by federal agent in south Minneapolis this morning, witnesses sayMore than a hundred protesters and observers have gathered near E. 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue. 431597824
Reposted by A.J. SmithG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 22/01/2026trump admin immigration policy reaching new levels of fucked up 9385136
A.J. Smith @adamjamessmith.com · 20/01/2026Imagine living in a country that cares about its fellow citizens. 000
Reposted by A.J. SmithJoshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 12/01/2026Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation." 4146701182
Reposted by A.J. SmithBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Literally where we are as a country 222354
Reposted by A.J. SmithG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 10/01/2026it would be good if we had a political party in america that was at least as concerned with what is morally right as it is with what will make its donors and advisors happy 3961195
Reposted by A.J. SmithJason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Everyone who has killed protesters and then blamed the protesters for “protesting wrong” has been remembered by history as the bad guys. 435496
Reposted by A.J. SmithBen Ross @benross.bsky.social · 10/01/2026"It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying." Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Here are his full comments: 6552311094
Reposted by A.J. Smithnilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Sometimes you just have to let @lopatto.bsky.social say it out loud www.theverge.com/policy/85990...theverge.comTim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowardsOnce you’ve traded your principles for proximity to power, do you even run your own company? 32994281
Reposted by A.J. SmithJason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 09/01/2026She was protesting. He told her to leave. She was complying. SHE TURNED THE WHEEL TO LEAVE. Another agent tried to forcibly open her door. She gave the car gas to leave. He shot her in the face. These are the facts of what happened. 1340798
Reposted by A.J. SmithAlex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 08/01/2026A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland. 503328318954
Reposted by A.J. SmithLangdon Grant @langdongrant.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him. Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America. 12762593019
Reposted by A.J. SmithAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/01/2026It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It’s about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs. 1170314408339
Reposted by A.J. SmithJason Kander @jasonkander.bsky.social · 21/11/2025If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey. This isn’t controversial. A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place. 250157084608
Reposted by A.J. SmithAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 14/11/2025From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment." 7194603323
A.J. Smith @adamjamessmith.com · 12/11/2025Northern Lights in the Southern Denver Burbs #cowx #highlandsranch 010
Reposted by A.J. SmithAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality. 8453442211319
Reposted by A.J. Smithℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 25/10/2025I know a lot of people talk about "Ken Griffey's swing", "John Olerud's swing" but for my money there is nothing more beautiful than Alejandro Kirk: - 5'7 and built like a Welsh corgi - basically drops halfway into a splits on each swing - each swing is a Street Fighter "Shooooryuken" uppercut 351451302
Reposted by A.J. SmithMatt Shoemaker 🇵🇸 @mattshoemaker.bsky.social · 24/10/2025I heard this today. “Allyship or advocacy should never be transactional. You do it because it’s right. You do it to uplift people.” 021
Reposted by A.J. Smithkat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Enjoy your baseball team tomorrow. Even if they are terrible. Even if they make you mad and frustrated. The offseason is long and the world is full of horrors. Even very bad baseball is better than waiting for spring. 101109227
Reposted by A.J. SmithWill Craft @wcraft.bsky.social · 26/09/2025According to data from Ice, we passed a significant milestone. Immigrants with no criminal record now make up the largest group arrested and booked into detention by Ice.theguardian.comImmigrants with no criminal record now largest group in Ice detentionGovernment data shows 16,523 people with no record, versus 15,725 with a record and 13,767 with pending charges 2981568
Reposted by A.J. SmithRenee Dechert @reneedechert.com · 25/09/2025GIVE US ALL THE NEGATIVE RUN DIFFERENTIAL!!!media.tenor.coma mascot in a purple costume is standing in front of flames .Alt: a mascot in a purple costume — Dinger the Dinosaur — is standing in front of flames, arms raised in triumph! 4395
Reposted by A.J. SmithPurple Row @purplerow.bsky.social · 20/09/2025#Rockies will not have the worse record in modern baseball history! 511720
Reposted by A.J. SmithAndrew J. Hawkins @andyjayhawk.bsky.social · 18/09/2025proud to work at a publication rejects the grotesque urge to frame what's happening as a "win" for Trump, and simply calls this what it is: government censorship www.theverge.com/policy/78114...theverge.comYes, Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension was government censorshipBrendan Carr’s contempt for the First Amendment is going strong. 115330
