Ethan Nichtern
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Author: Confidence, The Road Home, The Dharma of the Princess Bride, Host of The Road Home podcast, Buddhist Student & Teacher
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Ethan Nichtern
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· Jan 22
From Confidence: Holding Your Seat Through Life’s Eight Worldly Winds.
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New York City turned OUT.
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January 11, 2026 at 7:31 PM
New York City turned OUT.
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I legit stood in the middle of that protest and cried.
There is a protest every Sunday at this hour on that corner.
Usually it is about 25 people.
Today it was thousands and thousands, with almost every car on the street honking.
Shit is going to change.
There is a protest every Sunday at this hour on that corner.
Usually it is about 25 people.
Today it was thousands and thousands, with almost every car on the street honking.
Shit is going to change.
January 11, 2026 at 9:02 PM
I legit stood in the middle of that protest and cried.
There is a protest every Sunday at this hour on that corner.
Usually it is about 25 people.
Today it was thousands and thousands, with almost every car on the street honking.
Shit is going to change.
There is a protest every Sunday at this hour on that corner.
Usually it is about 25 people.
Today it was thousands and thousands, with almost every car on the street honking.
Shit is going to change.
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ICE beat a U.S. Marine Veteran, telling her: “Have you not learned? This is why we killed that lesbian bitch!”
Credit to @statuscoupnews.bsky.social for the interview.
Credit to @statuscoupnews.bsky.social for the interview.
January 12, 2026 at 2:34 AM
ICE beat a U.S. Marine Veteran, telling her: “Have you not learned? This is why we killed that lesbian bitch!”
Credit to @statuscoupnews.bsky.social for the interview.
Credit to @statuscoupnews.bsky.social for the interview.
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None of this is a sign of strength and there is no plan. It's a tremendous show of weakness. Trump is creating chaos and flinging everything at the wall like a mad king. They're losing and they know it but like cornered animals that makes them more dangerous.
January 12, 2026 at 2:23 AM
None of this is a sign of strength and there is no plan. It's a tremendous show of weakness. Trump is creating chaos and flinging everything at the wall like a mad king. They're losing and they know it but like cornered animals that makes them more dangerous.
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Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
April 15 gonna be...intriguing.
Again I ask, why the fuck are we paying taxes to this facist government?
January 11, 2026 at 2:21 AM
April 15 gonna be...intriguing.
It has come to make the most sense to view the 2024 election as having very little to do with Trump.
Maybe—in addition to the sexism and racism—if was actually a referendum on the utter spinelessness of Democratic leadership.
People want to *believe* in something and these dudes…don’t.
Maybe—in addition to the sexism and racism—if was actually a referendum on the utter spinelessness of Democratic leadership.
People want to *believe* in something and these dudes…don’t.
Schumer, Jeffries Refuse to Join Democrats' Growing Calls to Slash ICE Spending | Common Dreams
The killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent sparks outrage as Democrats debate funding for the agency. Should they use their power to rein in ICE's violence? Progressive lawmakers demand action, but top...
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January 11, 2026 at 12:20 AM
It has come to make the most sense to view the 2024 election as having very little to do with Trump.
Maybe—in addition to the sexism and racism—if was actually a referendum on the utter spinelessness of Democratic leadership.
People want to *believe* in something and these dudes…don’t.
Maybe—in addition to the sexism and racism—if was actually a referendum on the utter spinelessness of Democratic leadership.
People want to *believe* in something and these dudes…don’t.
I cannot find the post where someone points out the utter courage of every *single* video we see where a person stands their ground so fearlessly to film and confront the ICE gestapo for their crimes against humanity, but I need to second it.
Thank you.
You’re helping us all find our courage.
Thank you.
You’re helping us all find our courage.
January 10, 2026 at 11:53 PM
I cannot find the post where someone points out the utter courage of every *single* video we see where a person stands their ground so fearlessly to film and confront the ICE gestapo for their crimes against humanity, but I need to second it.
Thank you.
You’re helping us all find our courage.
Thank you.
You’re helping us all find our courage.
Bud the only lesson we learned is to prosecute every last one of you that breaks the law like this when your pedo-regime falls.
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Bud the only lesson we learned is to prosecute every last one of you that breaks the law like this when your pedo-regime falls.
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I've noticed that ICE agents keep yelling "18 USC § 111" at people filming them. I'd like to see the memo they all got on that talking point, and I'd like to know who sent it. Filming ICE or alerting your neighbors to their presence doesn't violate § 111.
January 10, 2026 at 7:45 PM
I've noticed that ICE agents keep yelling "18 USC § 111" at people filming them. I'd like to see the memo they all got on that talking point, and I'd like to know who sent it. Filming ICE or alerting your neighbors to their presence doesn't violate § 111.
The tiny-handed regime is losing.
Thousands are at Powderhorn Park in south Minneapolis rallying against ICE.
Video by Alex Kormann
Video by Alex Kormann
January 10, 2026 at 9:38 PM
The tiny-handed regime is losing.
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BREAKING: Massive Crowds of Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota as we speak. The tide is turning. America is Fed Up.
Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
January 10, 2026 at 8:23 PM
BREAKING: Massive Crowds of Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota as we speak. The tide is turning. America is Fed Up.
Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
One thing I won’t let go of is my shock that they try this argument repeatedly, and that corporate media treats it as a perspective we need to consider.
January 10, 2026 at 7:09 PM
One thing I won’t let go of is my shock that they try this argument repeatedly, and that corporate media treats it as a perspective we need to consider.
Human goodness will win.
Our tiny Vermont town has about 100 people downtown protesting ICE right now.
To be clear this is like 10-15% of the town’s population in January standing around just to show some solidarity to blue cities who are going through the shit for us all.
Stay strong Minneapolis.
To be clear this is like 10-15% of the town’s population in January standing around just to show some solidarity to blue cities who are going through the shit for us all.
Stay strong Minneapolis.
January 10, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Human goodness will win.
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
One thing every serious writer is taught is to use simple words whenever possible.
The inability of media, beginning in 2015, to make the right choice and use the appropriate word "lies" when quoting the GOP is a great moral failure.
It's also extremely bad writing.
The inability of media, beginning in 2015, to make the right choice and use the appropriate word "lies" when quoting the GOP is a great moral failure.
It's also extremely bad writing.
While I applaud the @theguardian.com in general and for headlines like this, particularly compared to our increasingly corporatized and toothless mass media, it continues to amaze me how hard it is for them to say "lies."
January 10, 2026 at 4:29 PM
One thing every serious writer is taught is to use simple words whenever possible.
The inability of media, beginning in 2015, to make the right choice and use the appropriate word "lies" when quoting the GOP is a great moral failure.
It's also extremely bad writing.
The inability of media, beginning in 2015, to make the right choice and use the appropriate word "lies" when quoting the GOP is a great moral failure.
It's also extremely bad writing.
Yes. Experiencing art should be affordable!
And what's more, if he helps NYC once again become a place where artists can afford to live...UTOPIA
And what's more, if he helps NYC once again become a place where artists can afford to live...UTOPIA
“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
Handing Out Free Tickets, Mamdani Says Theater Should Not Be ‘a Luxury’
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Yes. Experiencing art should be affordable!
And what's more, if he helps NYC once again become a place where artists can afford to live...UTOPIA
And what's more, if he helps NYC once again become a place where artists can afford to live...UTOPIA
My recent conversation: What Is Engaged Buddhism? with the great @joanhalifax.bsky.social now available on The Road Home podcast.
You can subscribe to the substack or download wherever you get your pods (please *don't* use Spotify, thank you deep bows).
ethannichtern.substack.com/p/ep-164-wha...
You can subscribe to the substack or download wherever you get your pods (please *don't* use Spotify, thank you deep bows).
ethannichtern.substack.com/p/ep-164-wha...
Ep. 164 - What is Engaged Buddhism? A Conversation with Roshi Joan Halifax
Listen now | At a recent event in support of Dharma Moon’s Yearlong Buddhist Studies program on January 6th, Ethan was joined by the great Roshi Joan Halifax, to discuss the practice, history and theo...
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January 10, 2026 at 3:50 PM
My recent conversation: What Is Engaged Buddhism? with the great @joanhalifax.bsky.social now available on The Road Home podcast.
You can subscribe to the substack or download wherever you get your pods (please *don't* use Spotify, thank you deep bows).
ethannichtern.substack.com/p/ep-164-wha...
You can subscribe to the substack or download wherever you get your pods (please *don't* use Spotify, thank you deep bows).
ethannichtern.substack.com/p/ep-164-wha...
Was just in my doctor’s office and watched corporate television media coverage of the ICE murder of Renee Good.
They couldn’t spin it. You know if they could they would, but they can’t.
It’s like everyone knows this was murder.
Whether they admitted or not, everyone knows ICE must end.
They couldn’t spin it. You know if they could they would, but they can’t.
It’s like everyone knows this was murder.
Whether they admitted or not, everyone knows ICE must end.
January 10, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Was just in my doctor’s office and watched corporate television media coverage of the ICE murder of Renee Good.
They couldn’t spin it. You know if they could they would, but they can’t.
It’s like everyone knows this was murder.
Whether they admitted or not, everyone knows ICE must end.
They couldn’t spin it. You know if they could they would, but they can’t.
It’s like everyone knows this was murder.
Whether they admitted or not, everyone knows ICE must end.
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He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
January 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
Give this guy his own show on Fox.
Hannity has a Fox reporter in Minneapolis talk to a random protester walking through the city who goes on to spit bars for 2 minutes
January 10, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Give this guy his own show on Fox.
No sleep until they quit.
We're at the scene of a protest in downtown Minneapolis outside the Canopy by Hilton hotel, where ICE agents are believed to be staying. Photographer Alex Kormann estimates at least 1,000 people are in attendance.
January 10, 2026 at 4:00 AM
No sleep until they quit.
Vance really thought the video would *help* the fascists case???
He really has zero respect for the intelligence of his own supporters.
That is how cults work, but shocking nonetheless.
He really has zero respect for the intelligence of his own supporters.
That is how cults work, but shocking nonetheless.
January 9, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Vance really thought the video would *help* the fascists case???
He really has zero respect for the intelligence of his own supporters.
That is how cults work, but shocking nonetheless.
He really has zero respect for the intelligence of his own supporters.
That is how cults work, but shocking nonetheless.
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ICE is claiming that the officer feared that Renee Good was about to seriously injure or kill him at this moment.
January 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM
ICE is claiming that the officer feared that Renee Good was about to seriously injure or kill him at this moment.