Frostbyte
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The worst opinions you've ever heard, emitted in a shrill, porcine voice
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i don't particularly disagree with a lot of the critiques of anarchist activism by liberals but I bristle when they act as if their best practices are any wiser. we're here because none of us figured out how to avoid being here.
everyone should have some goddamn humility.
everyone should have some goddamn humility.
February 4, 2026 at 1:45 AM
i don't particularly disagree with a lot of the critiques of anarchist activism by liberals but I bristle when they act as if their best practices are any wiser. we're here because none of us figured out how to avoid being here.
everyone should have some goddamn humility.
everyone should have some goddamn humility.
who this and what I miss
February 4, 2026 at 3:42 AM
who this and what I miss
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it's actually a really good political skill that Mamdani convinces people that this is true. I think American politicians, especially dems, really failed/forgot how to slap their names on shit and say that they did, they are why people are benefiting from X etc, even when that isn't strictly true.
February 4, 2026 at 3:07 AM
it's actually a really good political skill that Mamdani convinces people that this is true. I think American politicians, especially dems, really failed/forgot how to slap their names on shit and say that they did, they are why people are benefiting from X etc, even when that isn't strictly true.
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This is what happens when people want to believe the best of a candidate. Democrats should try to run candidates that everybody wants to believe the best of.
February 4, 2026 at 3:12 AM
This is what happens when people want to believe the best of a candidate. Democrats should try to run candidates that everybody wants to believe the best of.
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Democrats saw trump get a bunch of unearned credit for putting his name on checks and went "how horrible" and not "how can we get in on this". Fundamentally I think we have too many principles on stuff that fundamentally does not matter. Black cat, white cat, I do not care. Does. It. Catch. Mice.
Trump is infamously good at this, even for things that he is actively destroying. It's not great!
February 4, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Democrats saw trump get a bunch of unearned credit for putting his name on checks and went "how horrible" and not "how can we get in on this". Fundamentally I think we have too many principles on stuff that fundamentally does not matter. Black cat, white cat, I do not care. Does. It. Catch. Mice.
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"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.
February 2, 2026 at 9:50 PM
"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.
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one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.
February 2, 2026 at 9:48 PM
one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.
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it's going to be so funny when we terminate all the new ICE and CBP guys and, by the terms of their bonus agreement, they have to pay back $50k in bonuses
February 3, 2026 at 7:30 AM
it's going to be so funny when we terminate all the new ICE and CBP guys and, by the terms of their bonus agreement, they have to pay back $50k in bonuses
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yeah seeing the "Minneapolis took off because the so-called 'activists' got out of the way and let normal people in" takes is really frustrating. that's not at all an accurate look at what's happening in Mpls or anywhere else. All these movements rely on cores of people who have experience.
Lots of regular degular, never-done-an-activism folks have been activated in recent months and are working alongside a bunch of seasoned, die-hard, been-tired-for-ten-years-or-more organizers, and you don't know all of those stories bc most people are moving with a bit of discretion in these times.
February 3, 2026 at 4:42 AM
yeah seeing the "Minneapolis took off because the so-called 'activists' got out of the way and let normal people in" takes is really frustrating. that's not at all an accurate look at what's happening in Mpls or anywhere else. All these movements rely on cores of people who have experience.
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59 senate seats
Prediction:
Morning of the mid-terms some random DHS agent fatally shoots a citizen on their way to the polls. Nat'l news before lunch.
Would lessen voter turnout nationwide.
Morning of the mid-terms some random DHS agent fatally shoots a citizen on their way to the polls. Nat'l news before lunch.
Would lessen voter turnout nationwide.
February 3, 2026 at 4:25 AM
59 senate seats
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I’m starting to think spending twenty hours a day getting egged on by other hyper politically engaged mentally ill people isn’t good for any of us.
February 3, 2026 at 3:23 AM
I’m starting to think spending twenty hours a day getting egged on by other hyper politically engaged mentally ill people isn’t good for any of us.
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Honestly, I think I should do it more because even two days of detox is enough to make you go “Wait a minute, this place is batshit!” upon peeking back in.
Please stop leaving us unattended, we're not ready for the responsibility.
February 3, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Honestly, I think I should do it more because even two days of detox is enough to make you go “Wait a minute, this place is batshit!” upon peeking back in.
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the alternative, which is "this is the world joe biden wanted us to live in," is actually vastly worse.
This is straight up just a sequitur. It *does* follow that Biden failed us
February 3, 2026 at 3:15 AM
the alternative, which is "this is the world joe biden wanted us to live in," is actually vastly worse.
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No drama there, no credit. For the most part, nothing happens at all. No secret agent stuff. Turning in hours at the dullest make-work job of all time, except unpaid. Just vague unending tension. They’re doing it for free, every day, by the thousands, so their neighbors can be SAFE and can be FREE.
February 3, 2026 at 12:49 AM
No drama there, no credit. For the most part, nothing happens at all. No secret agent stuff. Turning in hours at the dullest make-work job of all time, except unpaid. Just vague unending tension. They’re doing it for free, every day, by the thousands, so their neighbors can be SAFE and can be FREE.
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Anyway the real heroes of Minnesota are the countless volunteers doing boring shifts where nothing happens. The mom of three delivering food to 40 families in her kids’ school. The dad standing at the door of an elementary with a whistle for hours. The drivers endlessly looping, seeing nothing.
February 3, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Anyway the real heroes of Minnesota are the countless volunteers doing boring shifts where nothing happens. The mom of three delivering food to 40 families in her kids’ school. The dad standing at the door of an elementary with a whistle for hours. The drivers endlessly looping, seeing nothing.
Hell yeah
BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 3, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Hell yeah
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The weirdest thing about losing a friend or family member to traffic violence in the US is just how little anyone cares. If you're lucky, there will be a reprint of the policy statement in a local paper. But there will be no reporting. There will be no investigation. There will be no conviction.
February 3, 2026 at 12:23 AM
The weirdest thing about losing a friend or family member to traffic violence in the US is just how little anyone cares. If you're lucky, there will be a reprint of the policy statement in a local paper. But there will be no reporting. There will be no investigation. There will be no conviction.
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*raises hand timidly* Um...hi. I'm Puerto Rican, and I care? So do my Puerto Rican parents and sister? It's trivially easy to dismiss that sort of thing when "being American" isn't something they're trying to take away from you, with profound consequences.
And, we do *want* our citizenship.
And, we do *want* our citizenship.
February 2, 2026 at 10:55 PM
*raises hand timidly* Um...hi. I'm Puerto Rican, and I care? So do my Puerto Rican parents and sister? It's trivially easy to dismiss that sort of thing when "being American" isn't something they're trying to take away from you, with profound consequences.
And, we do *want* our citizenship.
And, we do *want* our citizenship.
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Yep. Please don't let this shiny object distract from real reforms.
To anyone tempted to celebrate Noem's big announcement that ICE will use body cams and that it will be expanded nationwide as funding is available...
That's already been official ICE policy for over two years.
www.ice.gov/news/release....
That's already been official ICE policy for over two years.
www.ice.gov/news/release....
February 2, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Yep. Please don't let this shiny object distract from real reforms.
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Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
February 2, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
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This is an extremely clarifying comment: these people think that this is somehow their war and they’re mad that regular folks are fighting it. That’s not what’s happening. Minnesotans are rallying to ensure their neighbors can’t be stolen in secret. It’s not even ideological.
February 3, 2026 at 12:10 AM
This is an extremely clarifying comment: these people think that this is somehow their war and they’re mad that regular folks are fighting it. That’s not what’s happening. Minnesotans are rallying to ensure their neighbors can’t be stolen in secret. It’s not even ideological.
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No the “anarchists in bloc” flocking in to fight ICE are very specifically interlopers. Minneapolis is being protected by ordinary neighbors using tactics that they are comfortable with and can learn. That’s why there are tens of thousands of people involved.
bro you’re the interloper not the anarchists in bloc
jesus christ man can’t you give it a fucking rest
jesus christ man can’t you give it a fucking rest
February 3, 2026 at 12:09 AM
No the “anarchists in bloc” flocking in to fight ICE are very specifically interlopers. Minneapolis is being protected by ordinary neighbors using tactics that they are comfortable with and can learn. That’s why there are tens of thousands of people involved.
This stupid prick is 100% going to try to steal an election again and it’s going to be as clumsy, violent, and entitled as his last attempt.
Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"
February 2, 2026 at 9:44 PM
This stupid prick is 100% going to try to steal an election again and it’s going to be as clumsy, violent, and entitled as his last attempt.
In the sense that they embody it or in the sense that they will provoke its advent?
February 2, 2026 at 9:43 PM
In the sense that they embody it or in the sense that they will provoke its advent?
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“Let us be clear: we want the power of the state. We wish to hold the criminals of the regime accountable. We wish to seize back the public funds looted by Trump and his cronies. We wish to undo the damage he has done to the government. More than any of that we wish to rebuild.”
From Powerlessness to Power
We will not achieve any of our ultimate goals without exercising state power, and the most effective way to take state power is through nonviolent but confrontational resistance.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:04 AM
“Let us be clear: we want the power of the state. We wish to hold the criminals of the regime accountable. We wish to seize back the public funds looted by Trump and his cronies. We wish to undo the damage he has done to the government. More than any of that we wish to rebuild.”