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This isn't just near Independence Hall. It's where Washington stayed while president, kept slaves, posted bounty ads for runaways, and rotated them back and forth to VA to evade PA's manumission law. This is what it's known for, this specific location's primary historical significance is slavery.
The exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park have been removed amid pressure from the Trump admin www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
January 23, 2026 at 2:24 PM
This isn't just near Independence Hall. It's where Washington stayed while president, kept slaves, posted bounty ads for runaways, and rotated them back and forth to VA to evade PA's manumission law. This is what it's known for, this specific location's primary historical significance is slavery.
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the "problem" of "illegal" immigration disappears the second you stop thinking like a racist freak
January 22, 2026 at 1:56 PM
the "problem" of "illegal" immigration disappears the second you stop thinking like a racist freak
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If there's anyone who still thinks this will all blow over when our big beautiful president Leaves Us, you have to realize the Republican Party is crawling with fascists
When an ICE agent confronts you is "when your due process ends," says the member of Congress from the largest border district.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 23, 2026 at 4:33 PM
If there's anyone who still thinks this will all blow over when our big beautiful president Leaves Us, you have to realize the Republican Party is crawling with fascists
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It's incredible how effective transphobia is as a litmus test for SO many issues. Every time I find a new pro-surveillance tech stooge, they're transphobic. I think people need to understand how tightly the belief that the internet is turning everyone trans is bound up w mass surveillance efforts
Jonathan Haidt Promoted a Fringe Theory on Trans Youth — Assigned
The author of “The Anxiety Generation” told Margaret Hoover for PBS that young people become trans due to peer contagion effects. There is no evidence for this claim.
www.assignedmedia.org
January 23, 2026 at 4:18 AM
It's incredible how effective transphobia is as a litmus test for SO many issues. Every time I find a new pro-surveillance tech stooge, they're transphobic. I think people need to understand how tightly the belief that the internet is turning everyone trans is bound up w mass surveillance efforts
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He's right. I do want that. I don't see a problem with people being free to go places without constant government surveillance.
Y’all are super mad because you want literal open borders with no checkpoints or passports or documents or anything and I said this is dumb and silly and stupid. I’m calling it out. I’m not ashamed. This is Jimmy Dore level idiocy.
January 23, 2026 at 2:54 PM
He's right. I do want that. I don't see a problem with people being free to go places without constant government surveillance.
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Jonathan Ross—the ICE fascist who killed Renee Good—is an 18-year ICE veteran, firearms instructor, & active shooter trainer.
The people claiming "ICE needs more training" are missing the point. Ross's 2 DECADES of training IS what led him to execute Good. ICE Training IS the problem.
Abolish ICE.
The people claiming "ICE needs more training" are missing the point. Ross's 2 DECADES of training IS what led him to execute Good. ICE Training IS the problem.
Abolish ICE.
January 23, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Jonathan Ross—the ICE fascist who killed Renee Good—is an 18-year ICE veteran, firearms instructor, & active shooter trainer.
The people claiming "ICE needs more training" are missing the point. Ross's 2 DECADES of training IS what led him to execute Good. ICE Training IS the problem.
Abolish ICE.
The people claiming "ICE needs more training" are missing the point. Ross's 2 DECADES of training IS what led him to execute Good. ICE Training IS the problem.
Abolish ICE.
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One of the reasons I am so insistent that everyone remember that only 22% of the US population voted for Trump is that the Christian Nationalists want the myth of a mandate in circulation.
We need to reject it. They never had a mandate, and their coalition is shrinking.
We need to reject it. They never had a mandate, and their coalition is shrinking.
The new NYT poll finds Trump 17 points underwater on immigration, and the nonwhite and young voters who went to Trump in 2024 have snapped back to Dems
It's almost as if 2024 might not have represented a seismic cultural realignment on immigration after all, despite 1,000 NYT op eds to the contrary
It's almost as if 2024 might not have represented a seismic cultural realignment on immigration after all, despite 1,000 NYT op eds to the contrary
January 22, 2026 at 5:17 PM
One of the reasons I am so insistent that everyone remember that only 22% of the US population voted for Trump is that the Christian Nationalists want the myth of a mandate in circulation.
We need to reject it. They never had a mandate, and their coalition is shrinking.
We need to reject it. They never had a mandate, and their coalition is shrinking.
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This is violence
If you were born after December 1975 then you've spent more time in the 21st century than the 20th.
January 22, 2026 at 4:52 PM
This is violence
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One court decision, two different headlines.
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
January 22, 2026 at 3:30 AM
One court decision, two different headlines.
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
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Democratic leaders need to fear being branded as collaborators more than they fear being called soft on crime
January 22, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Democratic leaders need to fear being branded as collaborators more than they fear being called soft on crime
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If Democrats aren’t whipping votes against ICE funding, and letting conservative members vote to pass it, it means the Democratic Party supports ICE funding.
If your opposition to fascism is performative, then you don’t actually oppose fascism.
If your opposition to fascism is performative, then you don’t actually oppose fascism.
Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
prospect.org
January 22, 2026 at 1:12 PM
If Democrats aren’t whipping votes against ICE funding, and letting conservative members vote to pass it, it means the Democratic Party supports ICE funding.
If your opposition to fascism is performative, then you don’t actually oppose fascism.
If your opposition to fascism is performative, then you don’t actually oppose fascism.
it was -8c in new york city on tuesday
Canadians you are not prepared for the temperature he tells you he is experiencing here.
January 22, 2026 at 11:46 AM
it was -8c in new york city on tuesday
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we're not angry enough about the board of peace. its a mercenary organisation. People with no business in the region being used to dictate the reconstruction and running of Gaza. They are treating the place like a playground. every aspect of it makes me feel sick
January 22, 2026 at 11:30 AM
we're not angry enough about the board of peace. its a mercenary organisation. People with no business in the region being used to dictate the reconstruction and running of Gaza. They are treating the place like a playground. every aspect of it makes me feel sick
Sucks when u can't attend the board of peace meeting bc you're an international fugitive because of all the genocide you did (and are continuing to do)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will skip the signing of US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” in Davos after Switzerland confirmed it would enforce the ICC arrest warrant over war crimes in Gaza.
January 22, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Sucks when u can't attend the board of peace meeting bc you're an international fugitive because of all the genocide you did (and are continuing to do)
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They’re kidnapping, trafficking and torturing children in MN but hey Amy’s having fun! @klobuchar.senate.gov
Yes it’s cold in Minnesota—but we embrace it. John and I were in Hastings with Mayor Fasbender for Hockey Day Minnesota to watch my alma mater, Wayzata High School, take on Rogers. Photo taken with parents right after their son scored a goal!
January 22, 2026 at 12:39 AM
They’re kidnapping, trafficking and torturing children in MN but hey Amy’s having fun! @klobuchar.senate.gov
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Look I'm not calling for actively harming ICE officers
If you are ever in a position to help one avoid injury or death, I'll leave it to your own moral compass to decide what to do
If you are ever in a position to help one avoid injury or death, I'll leave it to your own moral compass to decide what to do
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Look I'm not calling for actively harming ICE officers
If you are ever in a position to help one avoid injury or death, I'll leave it to your own moral compass to decide what to do
If you are ever in a position to help one avoid injury or death, I'll leave it to your own moral compass to decide what to do
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look at this baby in his little hat
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January 21, 2026 at 6:49 PM
look at this baby in his little hat
www.reddit.com/r/pics/comme...
www.reddit.com/r/pics/comme...
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The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 AM
The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
Don't respond to learning someone is vegan by immediately talking about whatever bullshit food you "could never give up" challenge (impossible)
January 20, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Don't respond to learning someone is vegan by immediately talking about whatever bullshit food you "could never give up" challenge (impossible)
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The king cannot be wrong, only misled by wicked advisors.
Tillis: "To be clear -- I'm not critical of the president. I'm critical of the bad advice he's getting on Greenland."
January 20, 2026 at 4:45 PM
The king cannot be wrong, only misled by wicked advisors.
It's really not. Mayoral candidates need to focus on the every day needs of the city's residents.
Senators are there to place ac check on the other branches of government. That's literally the senate's role in our republic.
This is why we have multiple levels of government.
Senators are there to place ac check on the other branches of government. That's literally the senate's role in our republic.
This is why we have multiple levels of government.
The pivot from "Mamdani is a political genius for focusing his message almost entirely on affordability" to "Schumer is a political moron for focusing his message almost entirely on affordability" is odd.
January 20, 2026 at 4:41 PM
It's really not. Mayoral candidates need to focus on the every day needs of the city's residents.
Senators are there to place ac check on the other branches of government. That's literally the senate's role in our republic.
This is why we have multiple levels of government.
Senators are there to place ac check on the other branches of government. That's literally the senate's role in our republic.
This is why we have multiple levels of government.
hi i feel like another old bitch dispatch is in order
yes, we knew dhs would become what it is. yes, the media and political elites called is hysterical
yes, we knew dhs would become what it is. yes, the media and political elites called is hysterical
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 PM
hi i feel like another old bitch dispatch is in order
yes, we knew dhs would become what it is. yes, the media and political elites called is hysterical
yes, we knew dhs would become what it is. yes, the media and political elites called is hysterical
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I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.
January 17, 2026 at 9:42 AM
I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.
ten more cents bro i swear just 10 more cents and the trains will work this time bro
January 16, 2026 at 4:13 PM
ten more cents bro i swear just 10 more cents and the trains will work this time bro