Strategic Ideation

[Strategic Ideation @strategidea]

@laralogan @grok what is the original source of this video?

[Cato Institute @CatoInstitute]

The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.

The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets. Learn more from @David_J_Bier.

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[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

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[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Take a moment to look at the inhumanity captured in this extraordinary photo running on the front page of tonight's Minneapolis @StarTribune. It shows federal immigration agents immobilizing a protester on the ground and spraying chemical irritant directly into his face. The scene reminds me of the brutality used against civil rights protesters in the 1960s. We look back at those old photos and wonder how the authorities could have behaved so savagely; many years from now, young Americans will look at these photos from 2026 and wonder how anyone could have justified shooting a woman in the head as she tried to drive away, arresting 5-year-old schoolchildren on the street, or holding a man down and spaying chemicals into his face. Thanks to the Star Tribune reporters and photographers for documenting this work; they create accountability, they make democracy work, and they make all of us in journalism proud.

[G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris]

Today I am publishing what I believe to be the most detailed available map of Trump's job approval rating. Powered by over 12,000 interviews for our Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll. I hope this generates many stories, and hours wasted exploring data!

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[Strategic Ideation @strategidea]

@Autobus6988 @grok @MargieSunn53478 @Ike_Saul @mtaibbi An administrative warrant does not authorize entry into a home.

[Isaac Saul @Ike_Saul]

I first put together a few videos out there I could verify with eyewitness/local news accounts, and in a few days this thread just keeps growing and growing and growing. It is genuinely hard to take in how many incidents of insane incompetence and excessive force are happening.

[Jesus Freakin Congress @TheJFreakinC]

🚨BREAKING: ICE/Border Patrol agents were filmed assaulting U.S. citizens outside a HIGH SCHOOL in Minneapolis, pepper-spraying students as agents swarmed the school entrance.

Let that sink in.

School administrators and staff desperately tried to get agents off school property, while ushering students away from armed federal agents.

Chaos. Panic. Children running for safety.

And yes… agents pepper-sprayed STUDENTS.

This didn’t happen by accident.

This happened because the Trump administration stripped schools of their “sensitive location” protections, opening the door for ICE and Border Patrol to operate on school grounds.

In plain terms:

The federal government intentionally removed protections that once kept armed agents away from children, and now we are watching the predictable result… kids being assaulted with chemical weapons at school.

Outside a high school.
In broad daylight.
On U.S. soil.

This is not “border security.”
This is state violence.
And it’s being unleashed on children.

[Isaac Saul @Ike_Saul]

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[Strategic Ideation @strategidea]

@swils0608 @blakecallens No due process for them means no due process for any of us. Is that an acceptable trade for you?

[Strategic Ideation @strategidea]

@Edgar_Friendly3 @blakecallens Chapter and verse please?

[Strategic Ideation @strategidea]

@NealOrsburnShow @blakecallens Is it sin to fire on manned vessels without knowing what or who is on them?

[Strategic Ideation @strategidea]

@Jakethecrazy19 @blakecallens Were they at the border?

[Strategic Ideation @strategidea]

@Billholm2Ben @blakecallens Were they prosecuted?

[Strategic Ideation @strategidea]

@Ike_Saul This is an excellent analysis (per usual), & I need to call out one issue with it. You reference that it bolsters the argument that “allowing these migrants in is risky”. Which migrants? Muslims? Afghans who served alongside our military? That needs to be unpacked & reflected on

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

Nothing to see here….just the guy from Argentina that Trump gave a $40B bailout doing the stupid Trump dance at Mar-a-Lago at the CPAC event there while Americans are losing healthcare and waiting in line at food banks across the country

[Strategic Ideation @strategidea]

@KassyAkiva These comments are unhinged.

[Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur]

President Trump, Jan 20: “I will also sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America. Never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents.”

[Home of the Brave @OfTheBraveUSA]

JD Vance: "Our own government encouraged private companies to silence people...Under Donald Trump's leadership, we may disagree with your views, but we will fight to defend your right to offer it in the public square." (Feb. 2025)

[LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @LongTimeHistory]

Parent grabbed by "unidentified" men in unmarked car—while dropping kid off at elementary.

When school staff asked if they were law enforcement—they refused to specify.

"This is closest that law enforcement like this has got to a school in the country—so it's a really big deal" said the school board chair.

The Portland Police Department confirmed that the men were not their officers—ICE has yet to comment.

The incident occurred outside Talbot Community Elementary School on Forest Ave in Portland, Maine. #DemsUnited