Brian Strub ⚡️🇺🇸🏒

by day State Energy Office at MN Dept of Commerce; by night dad, runner, occasional hockey player; retired #NewBrightonMN city council; where's the beef?

[MLB @MLB]

Byron Buxton has hit 7 homers in his last 13 games 🔥

[Spoked Z @SpokedZ]

Brock Faber lifted Benn's own stick into his face

[NHL @NHL]

KIRILL 🤑

Kirill Kaprizov now has the most postseason goals in @mnwild franchise history with 17! #StanleyCup

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[Brian Strub ⚡️🇺🇸🏒 @bstrub]

We remember.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

REPORTER: You said you would end the Russia-Ukraine war on your first day in office

TRUMP: Well, this is one half a day. I have another half a day left. We'll see.

[Brian Strub ⚡️🇺🇸🏒 @bstrub]

We remember. I remember.

[Brian Strub ⚡️🇺🇸🏒 @bstrub]

We remember. I remember.

[Brian Strub ⚡️🇺🇸🏒 @bstrub]

We remember. I remember.

[Brian Strub ⚡️🇺🇸🏒 @bstrub]

We remember. I remember.

[Brian Strub ⚡️🇺🇸🏒 @bstrub]

We remember. I remember.

[Brian Strub ⚡️🇺🇸🏒 @bstrub]

Putin-style authoritarianism.

[Jessica Riedl 🧀 🇺🇦 @JessicaBRiedl]

- Comey indicted for tweeting a number.
- Trump FCC threatens ABC's broadcast license.
- Trump defacing more govt institutions with his name and picture.
- Trump's kids cashing in on huge govt contracts.

I'm always torn on whether to speak up on the daily drumbeat of Trump's creepy, corrupt, Putin-style authoritarianism.

On the one hand, this has become so standard under Trump, and everyone's opinions on him have long hardened, so why bother? Just keep your head down, post on economic policy (what happened to Econ Twitter?), and don't be distracted by the daily news cycle outrages. That's the standard position in DC policy circles.

On the other hand, isn't this defeatist passivity how authoritarianism thrives? Government actions that would have induced a nationwide backlash 15 years ago are now just the day's background noise. So the bar moves.

It’s a familiar path: Most authoritarian nations moved there gradually yet persistently - the govt commits some outrages, waits for the public to get used to it and stop complaining, and then pushes for the next round. Authoritarian governments count on the population having a short attention span while they steadily boil the frog. But when you think about how far Trump has pushed just in the last 15 months, it’s fair to wonder where we'll be after the next 33 months of his term.

So I’ve been torn - speaking up a lot during the ICE protests, then just focusing on econ for many weeks. I don’t want to bore people who’ve all made up their minds on what is happening in this country - and I've been trying to spend less time on this toxic hellsite for my own mental health.

But I also think us trying to be all cool and above-the-fray is exactly what gives the administration the green light to once again push harder towards corrupt, statist, personality-cult Putinism. I don’t really have an answer here. Although this being Twitter, I’m sure that any possible approach (whether passive, hair-on-fire, or in-between) will inevitably get me yelled at here.

[Brian Strub ⚡️🇺🇸🏒 @bstrub]

Shameful, Putin’s puppet.

[Ilya Somin @IlyaSomin]

In this post, I condemn Trump's shameful policy of deporting Russian dissenters fleeing Putin's regime. It's unjust, illegal, and damaging to US interests. But consistent in those respects with Trump's other refugee policies: https://t.co/6wbvOBw1no

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

They DO NOT “have to establish he is a US citizen”

https://t.co/du9bv2U4pY: The Fourth Amendment protects you.

ICE cannot legally stop or detain you just to “check your citizenship” without reasonable suspicion, probable cause, or a valid warrant where required.

Know your rights. Stay calm. Do not consent.

FIGHT ICE, FIGHT TRUMP, FIGHT FASCISM: https://t.co/hN8SiV9y02

Say:
* “Am I free to leave?”
* “I am exercising my right to remain silent.”
* “I do not consent to any searches.”
* “I want to speak to a lawyer.”

Film EVERYTHING

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

"You can’t bring 'transparency and accountability' to an org whose agents defiantly wear masks while openly threatening citizens with deadly violence. More training won't help. The problem is the org itself. Ending ICE is what will make Americans safer." https://t.co/DTJlRXBIhl

[Brian Strub ⚡️🇺🇸🏒 @bstrub]

Say his name. Silverio Villegas González.

[Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @CongressmanRaja]

Silverio Villegas-González dropped his kids off at school and never came home. ICE agents shot him in the neck, then claimed there was an attack and an injured agent. Video and body cams show none of that was true. I will oppose any DHS funding without real accountability.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

O'DONNELL: Americans have been watching videos of ICE tackling a young mother, tear gas being used in a Chicago residential neighborhood, and the smashing of car windows. Have some of these raids gone too far?

TRUMP: No. I think they haven't gone far enough.

[Frederick Melo, Reporter/Axolotl @FrederickMelo]

WORST OF THE WORST...?: ICE detained children... dozens of them, at least 70, in fact... Half have left the country. Several remain detained, likely out of state. An in-depth report from Sahan Journal: https://t.co/ydn4cWBsb5

[Brian Strub ⚡️🇺🇸🏒 @bstrub]

Reprehensible.

[Sahan Journal @SahanJournal]

At least seven Minnesota children were still detained as of March 10, according to the data. https://t.co/cgqOB3LKX6

[Sahan Journal @SahanJournal]

More than 70 Minnesota children detained in Operation Metro Surge, data show. by @bzosiad and @CynthiaTu2 https://t.co/cgqOB3Ld7y

[Brian Strub ⚡️🇺🇸🏒 @bstrub]

Happy Earth Day
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[Brian Strub ⚡️🇺🇸🏒 @bstrub]

A pencil is potential. Each one of us has potential. Says Jacob Ten20 Thompson https://t.co/IOB8JGlCha