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ranting to survive reality. canopener to #findus who's very wise.
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I spent the most formative years of my political life reading headlines like this seemingly every week.
January 25, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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The largest Trump superPAC donor so far this cycle is the president of OpenAI
January 26, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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me five years ago: can’t have tiktok because it’s a data security risk

me today: can’t have tiktok because it’s a data security risk
January 26, 2026 at 8:39 AM
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Nochmal zur Erinnerung: Nach eigenen Schätzungen wird OpenAI mit seiner Spaßmaschine ChatGPT bis zum Jahresende 2026 mindestens 14 Milliarden Dollar verbrannt haben. 56% der Unternehmen, die KI einsetzen, sehen keine positiven Effekte, 22% sehen eine Kostenzunahme. Der Knall wird sehr laut. 💥
January 26, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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imgaine getting sent packing with your ass in your own two hands by some of the nicest people in the world and then showing up in a city that is famous for booing santa claus
January 26, 2026 at 3:36 AM
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The people who are going to demand that we give them a round of applause for figuring it out 10-15 years too late is already annoying and it’s about to escalate from a trickle to a torrent.

Glad you made it; you could apologize to everyone you scolded or just take a seat instead of writing this.
January 25, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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Wenn Journalisten fortlaufend Doppelstandards anlegen, wenn es um den stets gleichen journalistischen Abstand zu staatlicher Macht im In- und Ausland geht:

Machen sich deutsche Medien damit zu Schutzschilden für ausländische Akteure und Regierungen gegen das Grundprinzip journalistischer Kontrolle?
Auch sehr aufschlussreich unter journalistischen Gesichtpunkten:

Wann verwenden deutsche Medien den Begriff „Terrorismus“ - und wann nicht?

Nutzen sie in der Auslandsberichterstattung Worte wie „Staatsterrorismus“ und „Regime“ auch, wenn Journalisten über politisch „befreundete“ Staaten berichten?
M. Gessen, gift link: The soviet secret police too "were ruled by quotas... Fundamentally, the terror was random. That is, in fact, how state terror works. The randomness is the difference between a regime based on terror and a regime that is plainly repressive"
January 25, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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Eine von #Palantir entwickelte App zeigt den ICE-Trupps die Abschiebungsziele: Namen, Fotos, IDs, Adressen, Confidence Scores www.heise.de/hintergrund/...
USA: Die Architektur der Abschiebung und Palantirs Rolle im neuen ICE-System
Die US-Einwanderungsbehörde ICE digitalisiert die Abschiebung mit Palantir, Penlink, Datenbrokern und KI.
www.heise.de
January 25, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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"It is only a future with mass social strikes, or general strikes, involving large-scale disruption on the immediate horizon that has the chance of stopping Trump’s forces." interc.pt/3Z1odKj
January 25, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Whether it’s masked agents in Minneapolis or militants in the Middle East, we are seeing what happens when leaders prioritize “fire, ready, aim” over the rule of law, our columnist Tom Friedman writes.
Opinion | Minneapolis and Gaza Now Share the Same Violent Language
When ICE and Hamas start looking the same, we are all in trouble.
nyti.ms
January 25, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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Just the Austrian far right on an official visit to Netanyahu and Miri Regev to talk about a “patriotic alliance”, as reported in positive terms by an Austrian hard right news site (no link here)
January 25, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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This happened this week.
While Threatening Greenland, Trump Also Threatens Iceland
“Until the last few days when I told them about Iceland, they loved me,” Trump said, speaking of European leaders.
interc.pt
January 25, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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Read this if you still need proof that Trump is going to try and rig the midterms👇
If you want proof that Trump is going to try to rig the elections, here it is:

In a letter to Gov. Tim Walz Saturday, Bondi claimed that Walz could “restore the rule of law” by complying with a list of demands, including giving the Department of Justice (DOJ) the state’s voter registration records.
AG Bondi demands access to Minnesota voter rolls after fatal Border Patrol shooting
Her demand came as Minneapolis was reeling from a second fatal shooting by a federal agent this month.
www.democracydocket.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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es hätte spätestens bei "grab em by the pussy" vorbei sein müssen aber here we are
January 25, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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He wasn't going to a protest. There was no planned protest.

It was people in a neighborhood witnessing & recording public actions by secret police.

Gun-at-protest is a lie & distraction.
KARL: He was an ICU use who worked for the VA and there's no evidence he brandished the gun whatsoever

BESSENT: But he brought a gun

KARL: I mean, we do have a Second Amendment

BESSENT: I've been to a protest -- guess what? I didn't bring a gun. I brought a billboard
January 25, 2026 at 10:28 PM
January 25, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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All the anti-war and anti-occupation protestors were right. All the far leftists were right. All the “woke scolds” and your friend who’s “too woke” were right. They were somehow even more right than they may have realized at the time. But really, it was always obvious they were right.
January 25, 2026 at 4:59 PM
all these "experts" doing expert shit.
January 25, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.

wapo.st/49Zqv1L
January 25, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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Donald Trump is telling us exactly what he plans to do in the 2026 midterms — and almost no one is paying attention.

Watch, learn and share. youtu.be/DK8A8gTmD1I?...
Trump Announces Plot to Cancel the 2026 Elections
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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🚨BREAKING: An eyewitness to Border Patrol murdering Alex Pretti:

"As a United States military veteran trained in counterinsurgency and detainee operations, from my perspective—Alex was not resisting. What I saw disgusted me, it made me sick to my stomach!" LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 25, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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Crowd is massive, now overflowing Congress Plaza and taking up a block-long stretch of Michigan Avenue.

Reminder: this event was only announced yesterday.
January 25, 2026 at 7:52 PM
"sprechkäse"

Ich wusste nicht wie sehr dieses Wort bisher fehlte. Danke @rebekkaendler.bsky.social

sprechkäse. so viel sprechkäse. überall.
January 25, 2026 at 7:51 PM