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tired, cranky, bi, trans. stokely hathaway’s manager (as a bit). i write fic and sometimes other stuff too. audhd, he/him, icon by eiffelart, 18+ only. no one is free til we’re all free
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As I will for as long as mainstream media tries to push a Rahm Emanuel presidency, I am once again posting my big Rahm takedown piece I wrote last year: www.readtpa.com/p/the-smalle...
January 26, 2026 at 5:55 PM
As I will for as long as mainstream media tries to push a Rahm Emanuel presidency, I am once again posting my big Rahm takedown piece I wrote last year: www.readtpa.com/p/the-smalle...
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It's cold, people are hungry, and the federal government has tried attacking SNAP benefits as part of their occupation of MN. Food banks are incredibly efficient in getting food to those in need. Direct donations are the best way to support, so here's that link again:
www.2harvest.org
www.2harvest.org
Second Harvest Heartland | Local Minnesota, Wisconsin food bank | 2harvest.org
There is more than enough food for everyone. As one of the nation’s largest hunger relief agencies, it’s our job to make sure healthy, nutritious food gets to the households who need it. Every day, we...
www.2harvest.org
January 24, 2026 at 11:39 PM
It's cold, people are hungry, and the federal government has tried attacking SNAP benefits as part of their occupation of MN. Food banks are incredibly efficient in getting food to those in need. Direct donations are the best way to support, so here's that link again:
www.2harvest.org
www.2harvest.org
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This is one of the things that I find is most shocking to people outside Minnesota who don’t realize it yet—the scale at which everyone who isn’t white has been forced into a spectrum of hiding.
Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.
Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.
January 26, 2026 at 4:01 AM
This is one of the things that I find is most shocking to people outside Minnesota who don’t realize it yet—the scale at which everyone who isn’t white has been forced into a spectrum of hiding.
Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.
Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.
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I’ve never heard of a “law enforcement” agency putting an officer who just killed someone back on the street under 24 hours. And that’s because all shootings are treated as homicides pending investigation. This is as clear a sign as you’ll get that DHS personnel enjoy practical immunity from murder.
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I’ve never heard of a “law enforcement” agency putting an officer who just killed someone back on the street under 24 hours. And that’s because all shootings are treated as homicides pending investigation. This is as clear a sign as you’ll get that DHS personnel enjoy practical immunity from murder.
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You aren't going to fail if you don't make a NYT bestselling novel before you're 30. No, listen to me, look in my eyes: not publishing/not having a smash hit in your 20s is normal. You aren't dead if you don't. Fucking relax
January 25, 2026 at 11:25 PM
You aren't going to fail if you don't make a NYT bestselling novel before you're 30. No, listen to me, look in my eyes: not publishing/not having a smash hit in your 20s is normal. You aren't dead if you don't. Fucking relax
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Not the fun answer, but unless you are independently wealthy or married to someone who is, there is a vanishingly small chance you can make a living wage on comics. Release yourself from that expectation and take things a little safer and slower.
January 25, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Not the fun answer, but unless you are independently wealthy or married to someone who is, there is a vanishingly small chance you can make a living wage on comics. Release yourself from that expectation and take things a little safer and slower.
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Day job. Health insurance through your employer. Savings account. Do not quit whatever job you have, schedule around it.
What advice would you give an aspiring comic creator? - 🦝
January 25, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Day job. Health insurance through your employer. Savings account. Do not quit whatever job you have, schedule around it.
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The altnps account is the 13th most followed account on Bluesky and has more followers than every single news outlet other than the NYT, NPR and Meidas Touch on here. They actively spread misinformation and exploit gullible old people for cash. Accounts this unethical do not deserve to exist.
Completely insane. AltNPS claimed to know the name of Alex Pretti's killer, refused to say it because "the truth always comes out," and then just deleted the post.
A man was executed on the street in my hometown, and AltNPS is using that as an excuse to vaguepost for attention.
A man was executed on the street in my hometown, and AltNPS is using that as an excuse to vaguepost for attention.
January 25, 2026 at 7:21 AM
The altnps account is the 13th most followed account on Bluesky and has more followers than every single news outlet other than the NYT, NPR and Meidas Touch on here. They actively spread misinformation and exploit gullible old people for cash. Accounts this unethical do not deserve to exist.
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I mean this sincerely: Mormons and Mormonism are one of the greatest threats to humanity out there; if you’re at all confused, please take a look at how many right wing politicians and US government employees are Mormon
I remain absolutely furious that all this shit in Minneapolis started because a barely-literate homeschooled mormon made a video trying to run up in daycare centers trying to find people of Somalian descent doing fraud despite the ringleader (a white woman) being in jail since March. Demonic.
January 25, 2026 at 4:08 AM
I mean this sincerely: Mormons and Mormonism are one of the greatest threats to humanity out there; if you’re at all confused, please take a look at how many right wing politicians and US government employees are Mormon
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This random online comment from 2018 remains one of the last half-century's most important works of political commentary. crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
January 24, 2026 at 5:42 PM
This random online comment from 2018 remains one of the last half-century's most important works of political commentary. crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
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House Democrats Draft Incredibly Powerful Social Media Post hard-drive.net/house-democr...
January 24, 2026 at 6:22 PM
House Democrats Draft Incredibly Powerful Social Media Post hard-drive.net/house-democr...
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Honestly I think the focus on that 7 is not even helpful, because what happened is that Dem leadership refused to push any position and just kind of shrugged, letting this happen. Those 7 votes belong to all Dems, not just those 7
Two days ago, 7 democrats voted to fund that execution
January 24, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Honestly I think the focus on that 7 is not even helpful, because what happened is that Dem leadership refused to push any position and just kind of shrugged, letting this happen. Those 7 votes belong to all Dems, not just those 7
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At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
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Voted for ICE funding
I’ll keep plugging away to make sure that Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars are being invested in an effective, durable, and responsible way.
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Voted for ICE funding
klobuchar’s social team really doing their damnedest to somehow juggle normal gov campaign soft launch content with seeming responsive to (gestures) the horrors
January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
klobuchar’s social team really doing their damnedest to somehow juggle normal gov campaign soft launch content with seeming responsive to (gestures) the horrors
local politics is so fascinating to me because there’s only a handful of states that i think are capable of producing a guy like this. every state has its own unique and strange landscape and cali, illinois, and ny really top the list for me in terms of places you can get this kind of guy
Newsom shows off knee pads for CEOs 'selling out' to the Trump administration
Newsom shows off knee pads for CEOs 'selling out' to the Trump administration
The Governor of California showed off knee pads that he suggested were for leaders "selling out" to the Trump administration, during an interview at Davos.
cnb.cx
January 22, 2026 at 3:50 PM
local politics is so fascinating to me because there’s only a handful of states that i think are capable of producing a guy like this. every state has its own unique and strange landscape and cali, illinois, and ny really top the list for me in terms of places you can get this kind of guy
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Democratic leaders need to fear being branded as collaborators more than they fear being called soft on crime
January 22, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Democratic leaders need to fear being branded as collaborators more than they fear being called soft on crime
every dem going “can’t let america become this” about ice thugs is a dem that absolutely sneered at defunding the police but will they ever connect the dots. no
January 22, 2026 at 5:02 AM
every dem going “can’t let america become this” about ice thugs is a dem that absolutely sneered at defunding the police but will they ever connect the dots. no
tony’s mad because he knows if he had to do a fundraiser it would never do big stoke numbers
January 22, 2026 at 2:16 AM
tony’s mad because he knows if he had to do a fundraiser it would never do big stoke numbers
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I said when Ras Baraka was arrested that it was a break glass moment of the Democratic party. It should have triggered a 100% McConnell version blockade. No votes for anything. End of story.
Instead they are still approving Trump's nominees, lol.
Instead they are still approving Trump's nominees, lol.
⚠️ DOJ served subpoenas to Minnesota Governor Walz and Attorney General Ellison and to Minneapolis Mayor Frey related to an “alleged conspiracy to coerce or obstruct federal law enforcement” during ICE operations in the state:
January 20, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I said when Ras Baraka was arrested that it was a break glass moment of the Democratic party. It should have triggered a 100% McConnell version blockade. No votes for anything. End of story.
Instead they are still approving Trump's nominees, lol.
Instead they are still approving Trump's nominees, lol.
i don’t understand what the democratic party is doing. what are front liners even meant to take back to their districts to tout as accomplishments except normal appropriations that mean nothing to the average voter, unless the point is to let them brag about bucking the party by voting for ice
January 21, 2026 at 10:46 PM
i don’t understand what the democratic party is doing. what are front liners even meant to take back to their districts to tout as accomplishments except normal appropriations that mean nothing to the average voter, unless the point is to let them brag about bucking the party by voting for ice
straight up cowardice or cruelty from the moral perspective and a staggering demonstration of incompetence from the electoral one
NEWS: While Hakeem Jeffries has announced he's opposing the DHS/ICE funding bill tomorrow, his team is not whipping the vote. Several frontliners are expected to vote yes. There's a difference in leadership between personal vote decisions & unifying the caucus.
From me:
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
From me:
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
prospect.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:38 PM
straight up cowardice or cruelty from the moral perspective and a staggering demonstration of incompetence from the electoral one
struggling to be functional at all with even 60% success lately which is challenging when i would like to remain gainfully employed
January 21, 2026 at 3:48 AM
struggling to be functional at all with even 60% success lately which is challenging when i would like to remain gainfully employed