Hirschman
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you can't actually suppress away a wave of discontent. (relatedly, i think a lot of you have no idea how large this country is and how small its various military and security forces are relative to its population)
January 15, 2026 at 4:51 PM
you can't actually suppress away a wave of discontent. (relatedly, i think a lot of you have no idea how large this country is and how small its various military and security forces are relative to its population)
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now, of course, when you point out the practical obstacles to "canceling the elections" people move the goal posts to "voter suppression and various shenanigans." yeah, those things exist and they always have. but the other thing is that those things work *at the margins*
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
now, of course, when you point out the practical obstacles to "canceling the elections" people move the goal posts to "voter suppression and various shenanigans." yeah, those things exist and they always have. but the other thing is that those things work *at the margins*
Ok here's the vaguepost: "fixing force"
January 15, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Ok here's the vaguepost: "fixing force"
I've got a post so spicy I will not post it
January 15, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I've got a post so spicy I will not post it
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what does he do about the fact that in most states midterms and statewides are on the same cycle, so "canceling the elections" might mean that tennessee doesn't have a governor next year. how does he convince tennessee republicans to give up power in their own states?
January 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
what does he do about the fact that in most states midterms and statewides are on the same cycle, so "canceling the elections" might mean that tennessee doesn't have a governor next year. how does he convince tennessee republicans to give up power in their own states?
I forgot ICE and Border Patrol are actually in the "prison guard" bucket of sub-police levels of ability and preparedness. So my feds vs cops wargaming will have to be amended to feds vs. cops. vs. corrections officers, etc.
January 14, 2026 at 10:55 PM
I forgot ICE and Border Patrol are actually in the "prison guard" bucket of sub-police levels of ability and preparedness. So my feds vs cops wargaming will have to be amended to feds vs. cops. vs. corrections officers, etc.
Imagining the patches the Danish special forces guys will be cooking up for disabling an American destroyer or shooting down a bunch of air control planes
January 14, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Imagining the patches the Danish special forces guys will be cooking up for disabling an American destroyer or shooting down a bunch of air control planes
What if I put like eleven national flags on my profile
January 14, 2026 at 5:04 AM
What if I put like eleven national flags on my profile
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this dude can be annoying as hell sometimes but he is absolutely reading his biggest critics into oblivion right now
the problem isn’t that I’m exclusively online, it’s that you are
January 14, 2026 at 4:49 AM
this dude can be annoying as hell sometimes but he is absolutely reading his biggest critics into oblivion right now
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The worker, identified as TJ Sabula in the Washington Post, said “I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity. And today I think I did that.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
January 14, 2026 at 3:02 AM
The worker, identified as TJ Sabula in the Washington Post, said “I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity. And today I think I did that.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on Januar...
inthesetimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
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they did, in fact, take decisive action. in the midst of these hearings congress passed the third enforcement act, called the Ku Klux Klan Act. the grant administration used that authority to virtually eliminate the klan, which did not resurface for another 50 years.
Luckily they took decisive action and the Klan was never a problem after that.
January 14, 2026 at 2:10 AM
they did, in fact, take decisive action. in the midst of these hearings congress passed the third enforcement act, called the Ku Klux Klan Act. the grant administration used that authority to virtually eliminate the klan, which did not resurface for another 50 years.
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Rich cultural text that Will Stancil is in the streets of Minneapolis fighting ICE while the ten thousand losers who want him to dead are petrified of No Kings events because they might see a mom with a cell phone.
Just a perfect distillation of every discourse.
Just a perfect distillation of every discourse.
January 13, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Rich cultural text that Will Stancil is in the streets of Minneapolis fighting ICE while the ten thousand losers who want him to dead are petrified of No Kings events because they might see a mom with a cell phone.
Just a perfect distillation of every discourse.
Just a perfect distillation of every discourse.
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Like this is not going to cut it in 2026 and everyone is Pissed about it
January 13, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Like this is not going to cut it in 2026 and everyone is Pissed about it
You don't hear much about climate change nowadays
January 13, 2026 at 9:07 PM
You don't hear much about climate change nowadays
Birthrates and total fertility, etc., are actually kind of beyond policy levers other than some fine tuning. I mean, lots of countries are trying to bring their numbers up and mostly they're not working except around the edges.
January 13, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Birthrates and total fertility, etc., are actually kind of beyond policy levers other than some fine tuning. I mean, lots of countries are trying to bring their numbers up and mostly they're not working except around the edges.
Like, it's a big tent, ok, whatever. But the attempts by somewhat diminished cultural entrepreneurs from ten years ago to get back in the spotlight are so grating
January 13, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Like, it's a big tent, ok, whatever. But the attempts by somewhat diminished cultural entrepreneurs from ten years ago to get back in the spotlight are so grating
You can probably figure out how to do in vitro pregnancies/synthetic uterus, etc. It will probably be more complicated than you think. It will Definitely be MUCH more expensive than the old fashioned way. Like what's the play here, there are 3 million babies born in the US every year...
January 13, 2026 at 8:50 PM
You can probably figure out how to do in vitro pregnancies/synthetic uterus, etc. It will probably be more complicated than you think. It will Definitely be MUCH more expensive than the old fashioned way. Like what's the play here, there are 3 million babies born in the US every year...
Wow Dan Bessner still gets work in this town?
January 13, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Wow Dan Bessner still gets work in this town?
I mean modulo “direct access” this is just true?
January 13, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I mean modulo “direct access” this is just true?
Sitting on my porch loading the rock salt after that last skeet.
January 13, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Sitting on my porch loading the rock salt after that last skeet.
It sucks but organized labor was kind of on the fence about Trump vs Biden. Theres a reason churches and liberals are the big counter force right now— they’re against cruelty on principle not out of interest
January 13, 2026 at 5:45 AM
It sucks but organized labor was kind of on the fence about Trump vs Biden. Theres a reason churches and liberals are the big counter force right now— they’re against cruelty on principle not out of interest
Gen Z Riots more and more people are saying it
January 13, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Gen Z Riots more and more people are saying it
Waow
Democrats should not be giving smooth-sailing to anything Trump or Congressional Republicans want, but Senate Democrats allowed a spending bill to advance 80-13 today.
Voting NO:
Bennet
Booker
Hickenlooper
Kim
Markey
Murphy
Padilla
Sanders
Schiff
Warren
Voting NO:
Bennet
Booker
Hickenlooper
Kim
Markey
Murphy
Padilla
Sanders
Schiff
Warren
January 13, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Waow