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Chris Miller
@iamcurious.bsky.social
Just like zis guy, you know
Heart in Mpls, currently Seattle-ish
Ex-academic. Politics, punk rock and ⚽.
Pinned
We can't resist or obstruct while in the minority, and we can't accomplish much of anything while in the majority.

But we sure can send a fundraising email! Or a text, did you give us your number? God help you.

Want to hear me say "kitchen table issues" until you lose the will to live?
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AIPAC and DDHQ both getting clowned tonight
February 6, 2026 at 3:23 AM
NIMBYism trumping fascist bloodlust might be our saving grace.
The thing about Gosar’s letter to DHS is that he doesn’t object to this concentration camp being built, and says he supports it, he just doesn’t want it in *his* community. A ghoul to the end.
Rep. Paul Gosar, a Republican whose district includes the planned ICE detention facility, wrote a terse letter to Noem demanding coordination with a community that had received none so far.
coppercourier.com/2026/02/05/g...
February 6, 2026 at 3:24 AM
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The PRESIDENT.

Of these United States.

Has a personal vendetta.

Against a FIVE YEAR OLD.

In a BUNNY hat.
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 AM
They're still gunning for Liam...
February 6, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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“Diversity trainings were annoying” okay, name a work training that you loved to do?
February 6, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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"It’s proving tough to be a worker in the male-dominated sectors of the Trump economy." Some industries have been tariffed to death, and others are being slowed way down by tariff-related Trumpflation. Our @crampell.bsky.social explains:

www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
Donald Trump, Alpha President, Has Been a Disaster for the He-conomy
The manly industries have not thrived under the current administration. If anything, they’ve suffered.
www.thebulwark.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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Sociologist C. Wright Mills saw this coming—and tried to warn us—60+ years ago.

jacobin.com/2026/02/wrig...
February 6, 2026 at 1:08 AM
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👀 Apparently, Ross Douthat invited Seth Harp to debate him on Douthat's "Interesting Times" NYT podcast. Harp says that the episode was recorded, Douthat got crushed, and RD/NYT decided not to publish it.

What? x.com/sethharpesq/...
February 6, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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"Even amid the recent horrors in Minnesota, the state’s big corporations could muster only a statement of lackluster both-sidesism after Pretti’s death..." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why haven’t American elites stood up for Minnesota? | Daniel Altschuler
If US elites can find the courage to speak up, we can still prevent our country from descending into full-blown autocracy
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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A buddy sent me this clip last night. When I watched it, I thought, "Geez, we're over the anti-ICE tipping point, aren't we?"

So I'm with Sargent: I'm not sure that folks in politics and elite media appreciate the cultural shift here...
Amazing. If a professional wrestling crowd is chanting "fuck ICE," it suggests to me that large swaths of the culture are not just upset over ICE tactics, they're coalescing against mass deportations as a broader ideological project.

newrepublic.com/article/2060...
February 5, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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Holy shit it’s not great political strategy to constantly denounce your own voters?!
Anti-woke messaging is a net negative among Democrats
February 5, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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Every president from Nixon on released their tax returns, but Trump -- who insisted he would follow that custom -- repeatedly refused to do that. So finally they were leaked, showing he paid only $750 in 2016 and nothing in 2017.

He's now demanding all of us, who *did* pay our full taxes, pay him.
Donald Trump’s frivolous $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over his leaked tax returns, if he were to win or get a settlement, would be paid entirely by U.S. taxpayers. trib.al/eiYvT8m
February 5, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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But our media loves this shit. They eat it up. They headline it. They can't get enough of it.

And it's why we're here right now with a FELON/Adjudicated RAPIST/Criminal Con Man in our White House.

Media sold a con man to America & 77 million [if accurate] easily conned Americans bought it!
This is the same Katie Britt who sneered that Dems' reasonable demands for restraints on DHS are a "Christmas list" and blamed Dems after the ICE murder of Renee Good
paragraph 48: "In Mr. Trump’s second term, Ms. Britt has voted in line with the president 100 percent of the time."
February 5, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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The newsroom Bezos once poured money into and celebrated as a proud achievement already lost 400 people in the last three years.
Bezos Remains Silent About The Washington Post For Nearly A Year —As It Slashes Stafff
The newsroom Bezos once poured money into and celebrated as a proud achievement already lost 400 people in the last three years.
www.forbes.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Try to imagine the Times simping this hard for a Democrat, any Democrat.
paragraph 48: "In Mr. Trump’s second term, Ms. Britt has voted in line with the president 100 percent of the time."
February 5, 2026 at 7:58 PM
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Sickening

Epstein tracked #MeToo fallout and advised accused men behind the scenes 19thnews.org/2026/02/jeff... via @19thnews.org
Epstein tracked #MeToo fallout and advised accused men behind the scenes
New files released by the Justice Department show Jeffrey Epstein joking about being in a "pariahs club" and discussing the fate of powerful men who had been accused of wrongdoing.
19thnews.org
February 5, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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@wyden.senate.gov's record of warning that there is deep and constitutionally-serious dirt being done by the intelligence agencies in secret is unblemished. The vaguer he is, the filthier the dirt is. This is the vaguest I've ever seen him
Ron Wyden Only Talks Like This When The Spies Do Something *Real* Bad
No, I don't know what they did. But I have a lot of experience with the senator
www.forever-wars.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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I'm sorry but this story is bullsh*t. Katie Britt was so worried about Liam Ramos that she did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO HELP HIM? Come on. This section right here shows Britt's true self.
February 5, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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Watch the boys in California.

Our three Coachella Valley Invitational preseason matches will be televised across Minnesota via FOX Television Stations and Gray Media properties. Additionally, the games will be live streamed on mnufc.com.

More » https://utd.mn/4kllOUG
February 5, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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the $75 million Jeff Bezos set on fire for that Melania propaganda piece could have funded most independent newsrooms for literally decades
always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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I hate to ever take something from The Atlantic, but...
February 5, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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Palantir reported $1.5 billion in losses from 2020-2024.

That allowed them to pay $0 in federal income taxes.

So how did they spend $64 million on stock buybacks and pay their CEO $3.3 billion over roughly the same period?

This tax code is a complete joke.
February 2, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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I spoke with Aliya Rahman, the autistic woman with a TBI whom ICE dragged out of her car. But that video was just the beginning of her nightmare. To this day, she can’t lift her arms normally.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
I’m autistic and have a brain injury. ICE dragged me from my car anyway.
Exclusive Details: Aliya Rahman speaks to Eric Garcia about her ordeals — on the streets of Minneapolis, in a grim ICE detention center where she was mocked over her condition and through the public t...
www.independent.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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The actual existing Joe Rogan (the Of The Right one) shits on Republicans fairly regularly and they do not care, at all! They know he is an enormous net positive for reactionary thinking and are fine with his "Trump is DEAD WRONG here!" moments because they make him more Authentic.
See the futile, endless search for the Joe Rogan Of The Left. They want to establish some kind of influencer presence that 1) comes off as authentic and therefore relatable but 2) never criticizes Democrats.

Nothing realistically satisifies both criteria!
February 5, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM