eke
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THEY TRIED TO GET A WARRANT TO CRIMINALLY INVESTIGATE THE WOMAN THEY SHOT DEAD
January 24, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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absolute fucking travesty that the Civil Rights Division's name is on any of this.
we will need to fire, i mean this literally, every single attorney there
we will need to fire, i mean this literally, every single attorney there
All three people arrested by the feds in connection with the protest at the ICE pastor's church — Nekima Levy-Armstrong, Chauntyll Allen, and William Kelly — have now been ordered released.
Judge's order as to the first two: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge's order as to the first two: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 23, 2026 at 10:31 PM
absolute fucking travesty that the Civil Rights Division's name is on any of this.
we will need to fire, i mean this literally, every single attorney there
we will need to fire, i mean this literally, every single attorney there
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This is what I feel when I think about conservatism asking nothing of you, about it being the real utopianism, the real fairy tale ideology. It values complacency, smug satisfaction, no change, no edifice which can be scaled by anyone else, no admission of fault, no oxygen. No nothing ever again.
January 23, 2026 at 10:24 PM
This is what I feel when I think about conservatism asking nothing of you, about it being the real utopianism, the real fairy tale ideology. It values complacency, smug satisfaction, no change, no edifice which can be scaled by anyone else, no admission of fault, no oxygen. No nothing ever again.
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It is sort of interesting how utterly infantilized so many of these countries are now. Israel can't be held to account on the basis of the words of its cabinet ministers. The US can't be held to account on the basis of the words of its cabinet ministers. Russia can't be held to account on the basis
In a normal world, "US treasury secretary endorses American annexation of Canadian territory" should be front page news
January 23, 2026 at 9:18 PM
It is sort of interesting how utterly infantilized so many of these countries are now. Israel can't be held to account on the basis of the words of its cabinet ministers. The US can't be held to account on the basis of the words of its cabinet ministers. Russia can't be held to account on the basis
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Rest of Canada notwithstanding, Alberta separatists are putting a shotgun in their own mouths and just sort of dancing around with it.
January 23, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Rest of Canada notwithstanding, Alberta separatists are putting a shotgun in their own mouths and just sort of dancing around with it.
frustrating how it extends into situations where formalism is not only unnecessary but counterproductive. i write and read a lot of internal legal documentation and the point of that is to communicate what we've done, where we're going, what the plan is. just use first person pronouns, it's fine!
LLM writing grates on me, I hate it. but for a lot of people, it's better at outputting a particular academic/workplace-appropriate style than they are. we don't just need to push back on AI, we need to push back on the ideas about what's desirable in text
January 23, 2026 at 6:28 PM
frustrating how it extends into situations where formalism is not only unnecessary but counterproductive. i write and read a lot of internal legal documentation and the point of that is to communicate what we've done, where we're going, what the plan is. just use first person pronouns, it's fine!
people will actively scold you for sharing videos of shootings that show nothing graphic, citing PTSD and psychological harm, but will basically constantly repost children being abused by ICE. the latter is approximately a million times more traumatic to randomly view, personally!!
January 23, 2026 at 6:23 PM
people will actively scold you for sharing videos of shootings that show nothing graphic, citing PTSD and psychological harm, but will basically constantly repost children being abused by ICE. the latter is approximately a million times more traumatic to randomly view, personally!!
the Stancil-Bouie inversion is a significant trend few are covering
January 23, 2026 at 6:20 PM
the Stancil-Bouie inversion is a significant trend few are covering
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Something I don’t think polling fully captures is the intensity of unpopularity. “Strongly disapprove” covers a wide range of attitudes. There’s “this sucks” strongly disapprove and there’s “it is now my life mission to destroy all that you stand for at all costs” strongly disapprove.
the incredulous "this is bullshit, are you fucking kidding" tone here is a sign that you have turned someone into a lifelong radical against you and people like you
this is a stupid tactic used by stupid people who don't have any other ideas
this is a stupid tactic used by stupid people who don't have any other ideas
ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
January 23, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Something I don’t think polling fully captures is the intensity of unpopularity. “Strongly disapprove” covers a wide range of attitudes. There’s “this sucks” strongly disapprove and there’s “it is now my life mission to destroy all that you stand for at all costs” strongly disapprove.
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i think we can understand what’s happening in minnesota - especially today - as a reflection of a similar logic, a similar communitarian appeal to a higher law in response to those who believe they are above and beyond the rule of law and the basic demands/obligations of living in a society.
January 23, 2026 at 5:58 PM
i think we can understand what’s happening in minnesota - especially today - as a reflection of a similar logic, a similar communitarian appeal to a higher law in response to those who believe they are above and beyond the rule of law and the basic demands/obligations of living in a society.
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al confesses to his friend jack that although he endorsed this tactic he doesn’t quite understand why he and the rest all felt it was the right thing to do.
this exchange follows
this exchange follows
January 23, 2026 at 5:56 PM
al confesses to his friend jack that although he endorsed this tactic he doesn’t quite understand why he and the rest all felt it was the right thing to do.
this exchange follows
this exchange follows
damn you might almost think this was a guy who had an intact spine
'I consider President Trump's remarks to be insulting and frankly appalling'
PM Keir Starmer calls on the US president to apologise after he suggested that British troops didn't fight on the frontlines in Afghanistan
PM Keir Starmer calls on the US president to apologise after he suggested that British troops didn't fight on the frontlines in Afghanistan
January 23, 2026 at 5:59 PM
damn you might almost think this was a guy who had an intact spine
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what a life (derogatory)
January 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM
what a life (derogatory)
i'm not a kennedy assassination guy and i'd always heard about his back problems and associated drug addiction but good fucking lord
someone in discord once asked me to try to summarize jfk's assorted medical problems from memory
January 23, 2026 at 5:52 PM
i'm not a kennedy assassination guy and i'd always heard about his back problems and associated drug addiction but good fucking lord
as one of the only gay people in the administration Bessent must prove that he is not a pussy at every single minute by either threatening other countries or threatening to punch random trump cabinet members
Not for the first time I wonder:
Why is the Secretary of the Treasury talking about any of this?
Why is the Secretary of the Treasury talking about any of this?
Bessent pushes Albertan independence from Canada: "Albertans are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the US has got."
January 23, 2026 at 4:41 PM
as one of the only gay people in the administration Bessent must prove that he is not a pussy at every single minute by either threatening other countries or threatening to punch random trump cabinet members
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Everything is American liberals to the right-wing omnicause.
"But my European country is a constitutional monarchy governed by a center-right..."
Wrong, you're Democrats.
"But I'm literally an Islamist..."
Democrats.
"I'm just the raccoon that eats their garbage."
A libtard is what you are.
"But my European country is a constitutional monarchy governed by a center-right..."
Wrong, you're Democrats.
"But I'm literally an Islamist..."
Democrats.
"I'm just the raccoon that eats their garbage."
A libtard is what you are.
I just don't see an attack on Canada without large scale force attempted against blue states and cities that makes Minnesota look like a Chuck-E-Cheese birthday party because GOP inability to draw a distinction between the Canadian government and Democrats is why this is happening at all.
January 23, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Everything is American liberals to the right-wing omnicause.
"But my European country is a constitutional monarchy governed by a center-right..."
Wrong, you're Democrats.
"But I'm literally an Islamist..."
Democrats.
"I'm just the raccoon that eats their garbage."
A libtard is what you are.
"But my European country is a constitutional monarchy governed by a center-right..."
Wrong, you're Democrats.
"But I'm literally an Islamist..."
Democrats.
"I'm just the raccoon that eats their garbage."
A libtard is what you are.
there is no ally they will not betray
Rep. Greg Steube: "You see Macron and the French sending troops to Greenland. I would love to see the US military up against French troops in Greenland, because it would not last very long. It would be a very small skirmish ... we don't care about what Macron and the French want."
January 23, 2026 at 4:22 PM
there is no ally they will not betray
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I'm beginning to think my antiauthoritarian impulse probably leaves my body the second a politically significant (not exactly an objective definition) amount of people agrees that something immeasurably absurd Should Be Done Because Why Not
"Tee Hee 51st state" is rhetoric that never should have left shitty political shitpost subreddits and Youtube comments sections and it should be viciously suppressed.
January 23, 2026 at 4:14 PM
I'm beginning to think my antiauthoritarian impulse probably leaves my body the second a politically significant (not exactly an objective definition) amount of people agrees that something immeasurably absurd Should Be Done Because Why Not
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doom is cope, everybody's saying it
Please don’t approvingly share absolute horseshit like this written by someone who is deeply miserable and wants you to be miserable too.
Please read and share this. It shapes all my thinking about the future of the US right now, and it explains why Trump and the GOP are behaving the way they do.
There is a near zero chance a Democrat will be sworn in as President in 2029, no matter how people vote.
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
There is a near zero chance a Democrat will be sworn in as President in 2029, no matter how people vote.
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
January 23, 2026 at 1:51 PM
doom is cope, everybody's saying it
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No, like really
Fire truck spins out of control on icy road in eastern Missouri
YouTube video by Eyewitness News ABC7NY
youtube.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:49 PM
No, like really
I think this is substantively pretty remarkable. We haven't really understood why so few charges (despite the charges all being bullshit) were actually getting filed compared to Chicago, but turns out in Minneapolis federal judges are just rejecting them outright in sealed proceedings
(MINNEAPOLIS) - Federal judges in Minnesota have several times in recent weeks rejected arrest warrants for people protesting a surge of immigration officers in that state, finding that federal agents do not have sufficient evidence ..
@ms.now
www.ms.now/news/minneso...
@ms.now
www.ms.now/news/minneso...
Minnesota judges continue to reject arrest warrants in ICE protests
Sources say federal agents aren’t providing evidence that protestors are committing the crimes of which they’re accused.
www.ms.now
January 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM
I think this is substantively pretty remarkable. We haven't really understood why so few charges (despite the charges all being bullshit) were actually getting filed compared to Chicago, but turns out in Minneapolis federal judges are just rejecting them outright in sealed proceedings
coming off a state supreme court election he lost spectacularly despite illegally blowing millions on it, it's time to lose worse in the midterms than anyone's lost in decades
(WSJ) - Elon Musk is opening his wallet and reigniting his political apparatus for the 2026 midterm elections, signaling a return to the political arena months after suggesting he would retreat to oversee his business empire.
@wsj.com #$TSLA
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
@wsj.com #$TSLA
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
Elon Musk Is Diving Back Into U.S. Politics
The billionaire has mended a rift with President Trump and he is giving millions to Republicans again ahead of the midterms.
www.wsj.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:40 PM
coming off a state supreme court election he lost spectacularly despite illegally blowing millions on it, it's time to lose worse in the midterms than anyone's lost in decades
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Fun fact: when bluesky was invite-only, we got our invite from AOC
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 7:26 AM
Fun fact: when bluesky was invite-only, we got our invite from AOC
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This is not to excuse the Dems who crossed on that vote! That’s a bad vote! It’s just to say it did not actually determine the outcome, even though the numbers look that way.
January 22, 2026 at 10:35 PM
This is not to excuse the Dems who crossed on that vote! That’s a bad vote! It’s just to say it did not actually determine the outcome, even though the numbers look that way.