Shevek
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“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 AM
“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
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This should be a huge story
Two Democratic members of Congress attacked in three days. Maxwell Frost was assaulted on Saturday, Ilan Omar tonight.
January 28, 2026 at 2:24 AM
This should be a huge story
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Verified videos emerging from Iran show bodies piled up in a hospital in Tehran following the deadly crackdown on protests.
The BBC counted at least 31 bodies in just one video. Another clip shows seven body bags laid on the ground outside the hospital.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The BBC counted at least 31 bodies in just one video. Another clip shows seven body bags laid on the ground outside the hospital.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New Iran videos show bodies piled up in hospital and snipers on roofs
Footage from a hospital in Tehran shows at least 31 bodies piled inside and seven body bags outside.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Verified videos emerging from Iran show bodies piled up in a hospital in Tehran following the deadly crackdown on protests.
The BBC counted at least 31 bodies in just one video. Another clip shows seven body bags laid on the ground outside the hospital.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The BBC counted at least 31 bodies in just one video. Another clip shows seven body bags laid on the ground outside the hospital.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trump is not doing this and the media is lying to you because they want to take him to the dance and kiss
January 27, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Trump is not doing this and the media is lying to you because they want to take him to the dance and kiss
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Live shot of Greg Bovino leaving Minneapolis
January 26, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Live shot of Greg Bovino leaving Minneapolis
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We call for a deescalation of tensions from both sides, the murderers and the people being murdered
January 26, 2026 at 5:34 AM
We call for a deescalation of tensions from both sides, the murderers and the people being murdered
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"As many as 30,000 people could have been killed in the streets of Iran on Jan. 8 and 9 alone, two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health told TIME—indicating a dramatic surge in the death toll."
time.com/7357635/more...
time.com/7357635/more...
Iran Protest Death Toll Could Top 30,000: Local Officials
According to two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health who spoke with TIME.
time.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:22 PM
"As many as 30,000 people could have been killed in the streets of Iran on Jan. 8 and 9 alone, two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health told TIME—indicating a dramatic surge in the death toll."
time.com/7357635/more...
time.com/7357635/more...
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Never forget that the reason they are so convinced you’re all getting paid is that they are all getting paid.
The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Never forget that the reason they are so convinced you’re all getting paid is that they are all getting paid.
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Bill Kristol sees this shit clearly. I don't know how so many elected Democrats don't.
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
January 25, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Bill Kristol sees this shit clearly. I don't know how so many elected Democrats don't.
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We’re supposed to believe this is a domestic terrorist attacking ICE with a gun
January 24, 2026 at 9:35 PM
We’re supposed to believe this is a domestic terrorist attacking ICE with a gun
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Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
January 24, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
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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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Life under a Clicktatorship donmoynihan.substack.com/p/life-under...
January 24, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Life under a Clicktatorship donmoynihan.substack.com/p/life-under...
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state-sponsored child trafficking
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:25 PM
state-sponsored child trafficking
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they gotta be trolling me
January 21, 2026 at 12:11 AM
they gotta be trolling me
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We have a finite amount of time to spend thinking while on this earth and I am very resentful of how much of it has been monopolized by the whims of a demented old real estate scumbag
January 20, 2026 at 3:15 AM
We have a finite amount of time to spend thinking while on this earth and I am very resentful of how much of it has been monopolized by the whims of a demented old real estate scumbag
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it should have happened decades ago, but the press and public should never let the U.S. right wing prattle on about freedom and liberty ever again
They should be treated the same way a convicted serial rapist would be after announcing a new home nursing healthcare company
They should be treated the same way a convicted serial rapist would be after announcing a new home nursing healthcare company
"A protester detained, her bra removed and wedding ring cut off, and some of her clothes never returned..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
In Minneapolis, a Pattern of Misconduct Toward Protesters
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:49 PM
it should have happened decades ago, but the press and public should never let the U.S. right wing prattle on about freedom and liberty ever again
They should be treated the same way a convicted serial rapist would be after announcing a new home nursing healthcare company
They should be treated the same way a convicted serial rapist would be after announcing a new home nursing healthcare company
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Calling for more training (i.e., more funding) is classic Democratic Party counterinsurgency.
The agent who killed Renee Good was literally a firearms instructor. ICE/BP goon squads don’t need more training—they need to be dismantled.
The agent who killed Renee Good was literally a firearms instructor. ICE/BP goon squads don’t need more training—they need to be dismantled.
January 18, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Calling for more training (i.e., more funding) is classic Democratic Party counterinsurgency.
The agent who killed Renee Good was literally a firearms instructor. ICE/BP goon squads don’t need more training—they need to be dismantled.
The agent who killed Renee Good was literally a firearms instructor. ICE/BP goon squads don’t need more training—they need to be dismantled.
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the vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence.
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 17, 2026 at 8:54 PM
the vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence.
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
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abolish ICE is perfectly clear, some people just do not want to do it
January 17, 2026 at 5:19 PM
abolish ICE is perfectly clear, some people just do not want to do it
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New at Can We Still Govern?
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
Dispatch from the occupation
What life is like in Minneapolis now
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:49 PM
New at Can We Still Govern?
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
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Trump is privately worried about the "optics" of ICE raids and his advisers are looking for ways to soften them, Axios reports. I'm calling bullshit: The terror and violence cannot be hived off from the broader policy agenda. They are 100% intrinsic to it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
Trump’s Own Advisers Suddenly Unnerved as ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn
So the president doesn’t like the “optics” of what ICE is doing. But there’s no such thing as sanitized, popular mass deportations—and this is by design.
newrepublic.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Trump is privately worried about the "optics" of ICE raids and his advisers are looking for ways to soften them, Axios reports. I'm calling bullshit: The terror and violence cannot be hived off from the broader policy agenda. They are 100% intrinsic to it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...