Craig Cheslog
@craigcheslog.com
GenXer against fascism. Talking politics, history, women’s soccer, WNBA, Manchester United men and women, USWNT, USMNT, Boston Celtics, Chicago Cubs, and Taylor Swift. (he/him) My newsletter: https://thelongtwilightstruggle.com/.
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Do Democratic Leaders Think this is Resistance? (#115)
In this edition: Democratic leaders need to stop acting like a loyal opposition and start actually resisting the Trump regime. That means embracing conflict, not defending a broken system, and ceasing...
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My latest: Democratic leaders need to stop acting like a loyal opposition and start resisting the Trump regime by embracing conflict and ceasing to help confirm Trump’s nominees. (Seriously!) Also, info about how to support Minneapolis and how the Insurrection Act actually works.
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I guess it’s not a bad thing that our fascists are so unbelievably unserious
January 23, 2026 at 11:42 AM
I guess it’s not a bad thing that our fascists are so unbelievably unserious
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Remember how all these republicans pretended to believe in free speech?
Newly unsealed evidence makes it even clearer that Rubio and Noem knew they were targeting students based solely on their political speech and that they knew this policy was unconstitutional. They just didn’t care. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
January 23, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Remember how all these republicans pretended to believe in free speech?
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Good morning. Bari Weiss is scum. www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
I'm sorry but you need to know who Bari Weiss is
"It's time to play a little game of Know Your Enemy."
www.sfgate.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Good morning. Bari Weiss is scum. www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
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Still reading the whole piece but this made me have to put my phone down, considering that the FBI deliberately did NOT wear raid jackets to search MAL as a courtesy to Trump to avoid publicity www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Still reading the whole piece but this made me have to put my phone down, considering that the FBI deliberately did NOT wear raid jackets to search MAL as a courtesy to Trump to avoid publicity www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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every democrat should be talking like this. all of them.
AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.
January 23, 2026 at 4:49 AM
every democrat should be talking like this. all of them.
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Democrats needing to message on affordability as the country endures a brutal authoritarian takeover is tragic. Take it from someone who lives in occupied Minneapolis. Our problems go deeper than prices.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Democrats needing to message on affordability as the country endures a brutal authoritarian takeover is tragic. Take it from someone who lives in occupied Minneapolis. Our problems go deeper than prices.
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books about this era are going to heavily feature the failed Horst Wesseling of Kirk. it was the first place where the regime wanted something, got elite buy-in, and it blew up in their face
just thinking again about how MAGA’s attempt to suppress all criticism of Charlie Kirk created a backlash so intense that he is now probably the most abjectly Internet-defiled person in human history
genuinely Charlie Kirk may have been more degraded and demeaned by the Internet at this point than anyone else in human history
the universe is not always unjust
the universe is not always unjust
January 23, 2026 at 2:55 AM
books about this era are going to heavily feature the failed Horst Wesseling of Kirk. it was the first place where the regime wanted something, got elite buy-in, and it blew up in their face
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Opinion | I'm a pro-family conservative. Here's why I'm ok with Trump being best friends with a pedophile, Elon Musk creating a mountain of kiddie porn, and ICE abducting five-year-olds.
January 23, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Opinion | I'm a pro-family conservative. Here's why I'm ok with Trump being best friends with a pedophile, Elon Musk creating a mountain of kiddie porn, and ICE abducting five-year-olds.
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The DHS Form-205, a “warrant” of removal/deportation, is signed by an ICE official, not a judge. That’s precisely why it does not meet the Fourth Amendment standard.
(JD did go to Yale Law School so he legit may not know how the Fourth Amendment works)
(JD did go to Yale Law School so he legit may not know how the Fourth Amendment works)
JD Vance: "Nobody is talking about doing immigration enforcement without a warrant. We're talking about different types of warrants that exist in our system. Typically in the immigration system, those are handled by administrative law judges. So we're talking about getting warrants from them."
January 23, 2026 at 3:32 AM
The DHS Form-205, a “warrant” of removal/deportation, is signed by an ICE official, not a judge. That’s precisely why it does not meet the Fourth Amendment standard.
(JD did go to Yale Law School so he legit may not know how the Fourth Amendment works)
(JD did go to Yale Law School so he legit may not know how the Fourth Amendment works)
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There really, genuinely, is nothing like print media.
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 23, 2026 at 3:42 AM
There really, genuinely, is nothing like print media.
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I wasn't sure what to expect from a group of Democratic state AGs, but I definitely was not expecting a long monologue about Ruby Ridge and the Boston Massacre www.theverge.com/policy/86588...
January 22, 2026 at 7:58 PM
I wasn't sure what to expect from a group of Democratic state AGs, but I definitely was not expecting a long monologue about Ruby Ridge and the Boston Massacre www.theverge.com/policy/86588...
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Democratic AGs - these guys get it.
I wasn't sure what to expect from a group of Democratic state AGs, but I definitely was not expecting a long monologue about Ruby Ridge and the Boston Massacre www.theverge.com/policy/86588...
January 23, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Democratic AGs - these guys get it.
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Again, if you are a women’s sports team, especially high school or college, it’s time to reconsider your affiliation with X. (As if the racism wasn’t enough to leave already.) Do you really want your brand associated with a site that allows users to scrape images of your athletes and create porn?
We set out to determine how many images of women and girls Grok created during its nudifying spree. What we found was “industrial-scale abuse,” experts said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Musk’s Chatbot Flooded X With Millions of Sexualized Images in Days, New Estimates Show
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Again, if you are a women’s sports team, especially high school or college, it’s time to reconsider your affiliation with X. (As if the racism wasn’t enough to leave already.) Do you really want your brand associated with a site that allows users to scrape images of your athletes and create porn?
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Paige Bueckers (Dallas Wings, Breeze FC) is donating $50,000 to relief efforts organised in response to ICE raids in her hometown of Hopkins, Minnesota. On Monday Bueckers won $50,000 in the #Unrivaled free throw competition after successfully scoring 13 free throws. (Source @brwsports)
January 22, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Paige Bueckers (Dallas Wings, Breeze FC) is donating $50,000 to relief efforts organised in response to ICE raids in her hometown of Hopkins, Minnesota. On Monday Bueckers won $50,000 in the #Unrivaled free throw competition after successfully scoring 13 free throws. (Source @brwsports)
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The lack of salary transparency actively suppresses the earning power of NWSL players, and it's not especially convincing that misogynistic vitriol—to which they are already subjected every hour of every day—would be any worse if their salaries were in the public sphere.
January 23, 2026 at 1:07 AM
The lack of salary transparency actively suppresses the earning power of NWSL players, and it's not especially convincing that misogynistic vitriol—to which they are already subjected every hour of every day—would be any worse if their salaries were in the public sphere.
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i was recounting everything that happened in 2021 the other day and even though i covered the team through it all i still couldn't believe the words that were coming out of my mouth
I don't think modern US sports have anything like the solidarity Spirit players created & maintained in 2021 in the face of dual league-wide & internal crises, and to this day I don't think ownership changes hands without it. Rodman even alluded to that battle during today's presser.
January 23, 2026 at 1:59 AM
i was recounting everything that happened in 2021 the other day and even though i covered the team through it all i still couldn't believe the words that were coming out of my mouth
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I sat down to dinner with my parents soon after the Trinity Rodman announcement ended.
My mother follows soccer tangentially, mainly through her son, but knows who Trinity Rodman is and how big a deal she is in D.C.
"Maybe they should raise the salary cap for the women," she said.
My mother follows soccer tangentially, mainly through her son, but knows who Trinity Rodman is and how big a deal she is in D.C.
"Maybe they should raise the salary cap for the women," she said.
January 23, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Truth. I am thrilled Rodman is staying, but the unserious league administration did everything possible to mess this up.
the league tried its damnedest to mess this up, and if rodman didn't have the connection to dc and the community of supporters at audi field, she would be yet another star leaving. they'll tout this as a league-wide win, it is not, the win is the property of the women's soccer community in dc.
January 23, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Truth. I am thrilled Rodman is staying, but the unserious league administration did everything possible to mess this up.
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This is great but am surprised that @notpodium.bsky.social hasn't stopped by already with the correction.
i designed this sign yesterday and i normally don’t like…claim my work, but i just want to talk about the power of a good podium sign.
put your message there! it ends up in every photo! have it mounted on foam so it stays straight for photos!
put your message there! it ends up in every photo! have it mounted on foam so it stays straight for photos!
January 23, 2026 at 2:17 AM
This is great but am surprised that @notpodium.bsky.social hasn't stopped by already with the correction.
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Gonna hit you with my Board of Peace
January 23, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Gonna hit you with my Board of Peace
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They never miss a chance to blame their victims
The DHS and ICE have insisted this family was following them. They were coming back from a kids' basketball game when ICE agents saw Black people and attacked them, nearly killing an infant. www.startribune.com/family-recou...
Family recounts being caught in unrest after man is shot by federal agent
The family’s 6-month-old baby was unconscious and foaming at the mouth after federal agents threw tear gas and flash-bangs under their SUV, according to the child’s parents.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:37 AM
They never miss a chance to blame their victims
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the Ds who voted for ice funding suck and deserve to be primaried.
I don't think Ds could have blocked the funding though. Rs control the floor; they have a majority. they can just hold the bill till enough Rs show up, which is what they would have done in this case.
I don't think Ds could have blocked the funding though. Rs control the floor; they have a majority. they can just hold the bill till enough Rs show up, which is what they would have done in this case.
January 23, 2026 at 2:31 AM
the Ds who voted for ice funding suck and deserve to be primaried.
I don't think Ds could have blocked the funding though. Rs control the floor; they have a majority. they can just hold the bill till enough Rs show up, which is what they would have done in this case.
I don't think Ds could have blocked the funding though. Rs control the floor; they have a majority. they can just hold the bill till enough Rs show up, which is what they would have done in this case.