Daniel Wagner

Canucks writer with @passittobulis and occasional musician. Some likes and RTs are endorsements, some are not; I like to keep you guessing. He/him.

[Daniel Wagner @ADanielWagner]

A year ago, @samandfuzzy asked why are there famous songs called "Last Christmas" and "This Christmas" but not "Next Christmas"?

So, I wrote one. Or, rather, I wrote four songs called "Next Christmas" because one of them has to become famous, right? https://t.co/pzRcUeRS7R

[Daniel Wagner @ADanielWagner]

Remember when people thought this guy was smart?

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

It's kind of striking how, apart from Iran, most of the Trump-related stories this summer have been boring and dumb (reflection pool, White House Correspondents' Dinner) or kind of funny (FIFA), maybe we're moving on from him being the central figure in American politics.

[Alex Kirshner @alex_kirshner]

People are AFRAID to pick on the most defenseless group of people in American society, whose existence is the primary fixation of half of Congress, the whole executive branch, and roughly 5/9ths of the Supreme Court. Pushing back against trans people is DANGEROUS

[Gillian Branstetter @GBBranstetter]

You agree with all 3 branches of government, legislatures in 30 states, the richest man in the world, and hundreds of millions in political ads every year that 1% of people broadly living in poverty and under constant fear of violence are undeserving of equality. Groundbreaking.

[Gillian Branstetter @GBBranstetter]

This is the position of trans activists. It is literally the argument we made at SCOTUS on behalf of a transgender teenager who started on puberty blockers, meaning she has never had testosterone in her body. Same of another girl in New Hampshire fighting that ban.

[José María Luna @JoseMLuna]

This scene is such a perfect encapsulation of the heart of the movie: anyone can be responsible for small revolutionary acts. The only reason Bob makes it to Willa is that normal people in his community helped him along the way. We only get out of this one together.

[Daniel Wagner @ADanielWagner]

Trump, essentially: “Forget about the Americans that government agents have murdered, you can’t forget about all the people on boats that we’ve murdered, too.”

[FactPost @factpostnews]

Trump: I hate even talking about ICE. 2 people out of tens of thousands and you get bad publicity.

Host: But it was 2 Americans who died—

Trump: We have the smallest trucks. We've been very tough on the waters

Host: The waters?

Trump: The waters where we knock out boats

[austerity is theft @wideofthepost]

What immigration law? Alex Pretti is an American citizen. Minneapolis is entirely outside of the 100-mile border zone. He didn't obstruct a removal. He had a phone in his hand and helped a woman to her feet. He was beaten, pepper sprayed, disarmed and murdered by border patrol.

[Ben Burgis @BenBurgis]

Crisp summary of the basic facts of Good's murder in @meagankday's article yesterday.

There just isn't an intellectually honest way to come to a different conclusion here. That's why every attempt to paint it as self-defense either distorts or omits at least some of these facts.

[Rob Freund @RobertFreundLaw]

Assistant chief counsel for ICE is a guy who posts literal Hitler praise content.

Not like the exaggerated "omg literally Hitler" trope, but literally, in the literal sense of the word.

[Matt Little @LittleCongress]

ICE cut off her wedding ring.

Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old American citizen: a grandmother, 5’4’, and white. Just in case you thought you’d be safe.

She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby. She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE. They told her to “get back.” She didn’t move.

Seconds later, they threw her to the ground, handcuffed her, and hauled her away. She spent five hours in leg shackles at a federal building. Agents cut off her wedding ring and threatened to pepper-spray her in the truck. Her husband spent all day trying to find where they’d taken her. Federal officials wouldn’t tell him.

Her "crime" was simply standing on a public street, watching, and asking questions.

Read that again: here in Minnesota, a U.S. citizen was arrested, restrained, and disappeared for hours, not for interfering, not for resisting, but for asking a question.
If they can arrest Sue Tincher for standing on a public sidewalk, they can arrest anyone.

Immigration attorneys said they’re seeing constitutional violations every single day now. I’m running because we need leaders who will call this what it is- un-American, unconstitutional, and unacceptable.

Sue Tincher stood up.
I’m standing up.
We must all stand up.

https://t.co/f7AT3WtVUn

[DoormanMu @shook_kevin]

Holy shit. This could’ve easily ended before the Mulaney part and would’ve still been hilarious. But watching someone that defeated struggling to rip off a joke just broke me

[Daniel Wagner @ADanielWagner]

@RoxyTall “Forget it, Jake. It’s Orc City.”

[Daniel Wagner @ADanielWagner]

The same principle explains the popularity of Fall Out Boy.

[Krystal Ball @krystalball]

MAGA is out here shrieking about Zohran being a jihadist Islamist about to impose sharia law while Trump warmly welcomes a former Al Qaeda leader designated terrorist to the White House.

[Philip Proudfoot @PhilipProudfoot]

Imagine hostages were held in central London and in response the military destroyed all of London.

This is a genocide — by far the worst crime of the 21st century and every individual who carried it out and, in the West, facilitated it, must be jailed.

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

Can someone explain why federal agents are now allowed to arrest unarmed, innocent American citizens while depriving them of their Constitutional rights?

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours 'without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,' the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

[Bryce Greene @TheGreeneBJ]

Today I learned that ICE has this power.

Welcome to the "show me your papers" phase of American fascism

[Damien Haas @DamienHaas]

Oh, I haaaaaaaaaate this.

[Patrick Wyman @Patrick_Wyman]

At some point you just have to assume that he’s an actively evil person, right? This was a massacre of mostly women and children, largely unarmed, one of the most shameful events in a period of American history that was full of shameful events. You can’t defend it.