Doug Garrison
@dhgarrison.bsky.social
Dad to kids and cats. Former brewer, current Political Science & US History adjunct in Central Ohio. I study beer, unions, and labor politics.
He/him.
He/him.
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I've read most of the scholarship about US policing since the early 20th century. What you learn from this is that violence is inherent. You cannot "separate" out violence from policing. Police in the U.S. are violence workers.
January 15, 2026 at 2:33 AM
I've read most of the scholarship about US policing since the early 20th century. What you learn from this is that violence is inherent. You cannot "separate" out violence from policing. Police in the U.S. are violence workers.
Day 7 and we’ve got Conan’s latest album, “Violence Dimension” (2025), a knuckle-dragging slugfest of a musical romp. This is one of those records you keep queued up for leg day, when you know you’ve got deep backsquats and deadlifts on the horizon.
January 14, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Day 7 and we’ve got Conan’s latest album, “Violence Dimension” (2025), a knuckle-dragging slugfest of a musical romp. This is one of those records you keep queued up for leg day, when you know you’ve got deep backsquats and deadlifts on the horizon.
I’m no simp for NATO but man this is fucking crazy.
NEW and WOW: Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, and Canada are sending troops to Greenland amid continued threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to annex the territory, multiple outlets reported. www.newsweek.com/greenland-ge...
Germany, other NATO allies sending troops to Greenland amid Trump threats
Trump said Wednesday anything less than U.S. control of Greenland would be "unacceptable" in a warning to NATO allies about Arctic security.
www.newsweek.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:08 PM
I’m no simp for NATO but man this is fucking crazy.
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ICE agent uses ChatGPT
January 14, 2026 at 8:04 PM
ICE agent uses ChatGPT
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On Jan. 7, two days after Nick Benson (@ottergoose.net) put out his call for dashcam donations, ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot legal observer Renee Good in the face. Now, he’s received over 500 dashcams. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Story by @mjgault.bsky.social: www.404media.co/how-one-guy-...
Story by @mjgault.bsky.social: www.404media.co/how-one-guy-...
January 14, 2026 at 7:36 PM
On Jan. 7, two days after Nick Benson (@ottergoose.net) put out his call for dashcam donations, ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot legal observer Renee Good in the face. Now, he’s received over 500 dashcams. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Story by @mjgault.bsky.social: www.404media.co/how-one-guy-...
Story by @mjgault.bsky.social: www.404media.co/how-one-guy-...
You love to see it.
January 14, 2026 at 5:10 PM
You love to see it.
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Updated my anti-vaccine card that I modified for Weingarten rights.
Do distribute, do not take as legal advice.
Do distribute, do not take as legal advice.
January 14, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Updated my anti-vaccine card that I modified for Weingarten rights.
Do distribute, do not take as legal advice.
Do distribute, do not take as legal advice.
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this, driving a person to suicide because they had the temerity to want to work in public service, is what russ vought hoped to accomplish
“One day, a woman wrote to me on Signal, asking me not to respond. She lived alone, she messaged, and planned to die that weekend. Before she did, she wanted at least one person to understand: Trump had unraveled the government, and with it, her life.” @hannahnatanson.bsky.social essay:
I am The Post’s ‘federal government whisperer.’ It’s been brutal.
One reporter’s effort to show how Trump was transforming government brought her 1,168 new sources — and nearly broke her.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:13 PM
this, driving a person to suicide because they had the temerity to want to work in public service, is what russ vought hoped to accomplish
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. They’re looking into her background to try to find a way to retroactively justify the guy shooting her in the face through her car in a lynching
January 13, 2026 at 1:10 PM
. They’re looking into her background to try to find a way to retroactively justify the guy shooting her in the face through her car in a lynching
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it's funny to see the wildly unpopular trump and his goons rip the wiring out of institution after institution without a care in the world and have NYT guys and congresspeople being like whoa dudes let's not get too crazy with the abolish ice talk
January 14, 2026 at 4:10 AM
it's funny to see the wildly unpopular trump and his goons rip the wiring out of institution after institution without a care in the world and have NYT guys and congresspeople being like whoa dudes let's not get too crazy with the abolish ice talk
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one of the weirdest things about the current moment is how the national media have to pretend like they don't know what this is about. official government social media accounts are posting about racially cleansing America and they have to pretend like it's not clear who the bad guy is.
January 14, 2026 at 2:31 AM
one of the weirdest things about the current moment is how the national media have to pretend like they don't know what this is about. official government social media accounts are posting about racially cleansing America and they have to pretend like it's not clear who the bad guy is.
comic strip about an office worker who is secretly a massive online personality and arguably the greatest poster of all time.
drilbert
drilbert
comic strip about an office worker turned assassin who goes after the man who created him
Killbert
Killbert
January 14, 2026 at 12:51 AM
comic strip about an office worker who is secretly a massive online personality and arguably the greatest poster of all time.
drilbert
drilbert
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Frost: People should know that them cutting your healthcare, them cutting nutritional assistance, SNAP benefits, all this stuff—they're cutting that from working people so they can give ICE money to go terrorize our communities.
January 13, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Frost: People should know that them cutting your healthcare, them cutting nutritional assistance, SNAP benefits, all this stuff—they're cutting that from working people so they can give ICE money to go terrorize our communities.
Rest in Power, legend.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.
January 13, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Rest in Power, legend.
These people are actual ghouls.
The FBI has opened an investigation into alleged “extremism” by Renee Nicole Good even as federal authorities block or delay inquiries into the ICE agent who killed her, prompting multiple Justice Department officials to resign in protest.
FBI Investigating Renee Good While Obstructing Probes Into ICE Killer
At the same time, numerous officials have resigned from the DOJ over its decision to not investigate the killing.
buff.ly
January 13, 2026 at 10:19 PM
These people are actual ghouls.
Day 6 and it’s Havukruunu’s 2017 release, “Kelle Surut Soi.” This is a Finnish black metal band that proudly sings in their native language—I have absolutely no idea what they’re saying, but it rips. Hauntingly atmospheric, orchestral arrangements and vocals balanced by thrashing riffs.
January 13, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Day 6 and it’s Havukruunu’s 2017 release, “Kelle Surut Soi.” This is a Finnish black metal band that proudly sings in their native language—I have absolutely no idea what they’re saying, but it rips. Hauntingly atmospheric, orchestral arrangements and vocals balanced by thrashing riffs.
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How to Destroy the North Atlantic Alliance with This One Weird Trick
Framing a violation of international law in the way of “4 easy steps to optimise your skincare routine” is a new level of ghoulishness.
I don’t even know what to say at this point.
I don’t even know what to say at this point.
January 13, 2026 at 11:45 AM
How to Destroy the North Atlantic Alliance with This One Weird Trick
What could possibly go wrong?
The Supreme Court is hearing back-to-back cases on Tuesday from a pair of transgender athletes that will test the constitutionality of state laws barring their participation on girls’ and women’s sports teams.
Here's what to know.
Here's what to know.
Supreme Court to Hear Challenges to State Bans on Transgender Athletes
The outcome of a pair of cases on Tuesday could affect laws in 27 states that prohibit transgender girls from joining girls’ and women’s sports teams.
nyti.ms
January 13, 2026 at 12:51 PM
What could possibly go wrong?
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A term like "immigration crackdown" is no longer sufficient to describe what's happening in Minneapolis. We're seeing a state terror campaign being waged by the regime's paramilitary forces.
January 12, 2026 at 11:18 AM
A term like "immigration crackdown" is no longer sufficient to describe what's happening in Minneapolis. We're seeing a state terror campaign being waged by the regime's paramilitary forces.
Day 5: The 2015 debut from British black metal quartet Ninkharsag, “Blood of Celestial Kings.” I’m a sucker for a concept album and that’s all these guys put out. Their 2021 and 2025 follow-ups are all rich in mythic storytelling and bone-crushing riffs that give Mastodon a run for their money.
January 12, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Day 5: The 2015 debut from British black metal quartet Ninkharsag, “Blood of Celestial Kings.” I’m a sucker for a concept album and that’s all these guys put out. Their 2021 and 2025 follow-ups are all rich in mythic storytelling and bone-crushing riffs that give Mastodon a run for their money.
Not even two weeks into the year and it feels like the wheels are beginning to fall off this administration.
January 12, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Not even two weeks into the year and it feels like the wheels are beginning to fall off this administration.
“By your powers combined, I AM CAPTAIN NEOLIBERALISM!”
BERNANKE/YELLEN/GREENSPAN JOINT STATEMENT:
“.. this is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets ..”
(via @apnews.com)
“.. this is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets ..”
(via @apnews.com)
January 12, 2026 at 5:14 PM
“By your powers combined, I AM CAPTAIN NEOLIBERALISM!”
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The yawning canyon between the bravery of ordinary people trying to protect their neighbors and exercising their First Amendment rights versus the cowardice, silence, and capitulation by elites is something to behold.
January 12, 2026 at 11:38 AM
The yawning canyon between the bravery of ordinary people trying to protect their neighbors and exercising their First Amendment rights versus the cowardice, silence, and capitulation by elites is something to behold.
“Yorkshire and Lancashire envision the power loom ushering in an era of economic plenty. But what if the benefits are largely confined to the mill owners and investors that own the technology itself?”
January 12, 2026 at 1:09 PM
“Yorkshire and Lancashire envision the power loom ushering in an era of economic plenty. But what if the benefits are largely confined to the mill owners and investors that own the technology itself?”
The story we’ve told about ourselves til now has been one of progress, albeit wildly uneven and glacially slow, but progress nonetheless.
These people want to flip that on its head into Lost Cause 2.0: white supremacist grievance and the return of segregation.
Whose story do you want to win?
These people want to flip that on its head into Lost Cause 2.0: white supremacist grievance and the return of segregation.
Whose story do you want to win?
Least surprising revelation, but still…
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
Trump Says Civil Rights Led to White People Being ‘Very Badly Treated’
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:41 AM
The story we’ve told about ourselves til now has been one of progress, albeit wildly uneven and glacially slow, but progress nonetheless.
These people want to flip that on its head into Lost Cause 2.0: white supremacist grievance and the return of segregation.
Whose story do you want to win?
These people want to flip that on its head into Lost Cause 2.0: white supremacist grievance and the return of segregation.
Whose story do you want to win?