James Creechan
@jcreechan.bsky.social
Sociologist. Author of Drug Wars and Covert Netherworlds.
Hillary was right…Trump is Putin’s puppet
1/ Lavrov’s claim that Crimea is “Russian security” reads as an echo of Trump’s language about Greenland. When security claims are allowed to override the sovereignty of other states, sovereignty becomes conditional rather than absolute. This is a core feature of spheres-of-influence logic.
January 22, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Hillary was right…Trump is Putin’s puppet
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What we already knew, and what Jack Smith confirms, is that Trump is guilty of sedition, treason, incitement of violence, incitement of insurrection, an attempted coup, obstruction of justice, fraud, and election tampering.
Trump remains ineligible to hold office and should be imprisoned.
Trump remains ineligible to hold office and should be imprisoned.
January 22, 2026 at 4:30 PM
What we already knew, and what Jack Smith confirms, is that Trump is guilty of sedition, treason, incitement of violence, incitement of insurrection, an attempted coup, obstruction of justice, fraud, and election tampering.
Trump remains ineligible to hold office and should be imprisoned.
Trump remains ineligible to hold office and should be imprisoned.
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US science after a year of Trump
"More than 7,800 research grants terminated or frozen. Some 25,000 scientists and personnel gone from agencies that oversee research." via @nature.com
Dark Age 2.0
"More than 7,800 research grants terminated or frozen. Some 25,000 scientists and personnel gone from agencies that oversee research." via @nature.com
Dark Age 2.0
January 21, 2026 at 7:11 PM
US science after a year of Trump
"More than 7,800 research grants terminated or frozen. Some 25,000 scientists and personnel gone from agencies that oversee research." via @nature.com
Dark Age 2.0
"More than 7,800 research grants terminated or frozen. Some 25,000 scientists and personnel gone from agencies that oversee research." via @nature.com
Dark Age 2.0
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"President Trump was charged because the evidence established that he willfully broke the very laws that he took an oath to uphold. Grand juries in two separate districts reached this conclusion based on his actions, as alleged in the indictments they returned."
--Jack Smith
--Jack Smith
January 22, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"President Trump was charged because the evidence established that he willfully broke the very laws that he took an oath to uphold. Grand juries in two separate districts reached this conclusion based on his actions, as alleged in the indictments they returned."
--Jack Smith
--Jack Smith
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Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
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On its one-year anniversary, @rondeibert.bsky.social Chasing Shadows is now out in paperback with a new afterword + endorsement by @margaretatwood.bsky.social
Order a copy here: chasingshadowsbook.ca
Order a copy here: chasingshadowsbook.ca
January 21, 2026 at 6:48 PM
On its one-year anniversary, @rondeibert.bsky.social Chasing Shadows is now out in paperback with a new afterword + endorsement by @margaretatwood.bsky.social
Order a copy here: chasingshadowsbook.ca
Order a copy here: chasingshadowsbook.ca
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January 21, 2026
January 21, 2026
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this morning, a visibly exhausted president of the United States of America rambled in angry free association in a speech before the world’s leaders.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:12 AM
January 21, 2026
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“Under my leadership, we will restore fair, equal, and impartial justice under the constitutional rule of law.”
— that was Donald Trump’s solemn commitment a year ago today, in his Inaugural Address.
He has broken every part of that promise.
— that was Donald Trump’s solemn commitment a year ago today, in his Inaugural Address.
He has broken every part of that promise.
January 20, 2026 at 4:20 PM
“Under my leadership, we will restore fair, equal, and impartial justice under the constitutional rule of law.”
— that was Donald Trump’s solemn commitment a year ago today, in his Inaugural Address.
He has broken every part of that promise.
— that was Donald Trump’s solemn commitment a year ago today, in his Inaugural Address.
He has broken every part of that promise.
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Massive anti-Trump walkout planned for 1-year anniversary: 'We will be ungovernable!'
www.rawstory.com/trump-resist...
www.rawstory.com/trump-resist...
Massive anti-Trump walkout planned for 1-year anniversary: 'We will be ungovernable!'
Trump resistance protesters have planned to pivot to disruption — signaling a major change in the movement, according to a report Monday. A "Free America" walkout slated for Tuesday has anticipated te...
www.rawstory.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Massive anti-Trump walkout planned for 1-year anniversary: 'We will be ungovernable!'
www.rawstory.com/trump-resist...
www.rawstory.com/trump-resist...
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I want to share with you a piece from a German documentarian on the chilling parallels between ICE and Hitler’s Brown Shirts (reproduced with his permission). Please read and share.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-ice-and-hitlers-brown-shirts
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-ice-and-hitlers-brown-shirts
Trump’s ICE and Hitler’s Brown Shirts
Lessons From Two Eras
robertreich.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I want to share with you a piece from a German documentarian on the chilling parallels between ICE and Hitler’s Brown Shirts (reproduced with his permission). Please read and share.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-ice-and-hitlers-brown-shirts
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-ice-and-hitlers-brown-shirts
Surely, this must be the ultimate tipping point…
There are no functioning brain cells in that idiot’s head
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
There are no functioning brain cells in that idiot’s head
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 19, 2026
Late last night, Nick Schifrin of PBS NewsHour posted on social media that the staff of the U.S.
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Surely, this must be the ultimate tipping point…
There are no functioning brain cells in that idiot’s head
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
There are no functioning brain cells in that idiot’s head
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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My message to the good people in Gringolandia...
Keep applying the pressure.
You are close to breaking them...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Keep applying the pressure.
You are close to breaking them...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 15, 2026
You know what Americans aren’t talking about very much today after Trump’s threat to detonate the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) this week and his threat this morning to invoke the Insurrec...
open.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:59 PM
My message to the good people in Gringolandia...
Keep applying the pressure.
You are close to breaking them...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Keep applying the pressure.
You are close to breaking them...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
The Epstein files must be really damaging...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 15, 2026
You know what Americans aren’t talking about very much today after Trump’s threat to detonate the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) this week and his threat this morning to invoke the Insurrec...
open.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:48 PM
The Epstein files must be really damaging...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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Reposted by James Creechan
The fascists are getting more violent.
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 7:04 PM
The fascists are getting more violent.
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"ICE agents operate masked, heavily militarized, and—most troubling—without any visible identification...In democratic societies, the use of lawful force depends on legitimacy. Legitimacy depends on accountability. And accountability begins with identification." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Take the Masks Off
ICE won’t even match the courage and professionalism of the Iraqi Police.
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM
"ICE agents operate masked, heavily militarized, and—most troubling—without any visible identification...In democratic societies, the use of lawful force depends on legitimacy. Legitimacy depends on accountability. And accountability begins with identification." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Are any of Trump’s answers true? Name one! Just one!
COMER: We will move next week in the House Oversight Committee to hold former President Clinton in contempt of Congress
Q: Would you rule out bringing Trump in for an interview?
COMER: President Trump has answered thousands of questions about Epstein
Q: Would you rule out bringing Trump in for an interview?
COMER: President Trump has answered thousands of questions about Epstein
January 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Are any of Trump’s answers true? Name one! Just one!
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Wow — New YouGov / Economist poll:
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
January 13, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Wow — New YouGov / Economist poll:
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
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January 13, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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Perfidy, n. : the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal : treachery
January 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Perfidy, n. : the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal : treachery
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This is how they lose.
A YouGov poll the other day, amidst a major all-out admin push to vilify Renee Good, found that 14% of REPUBLICANS think Ross should be charged.
ICE is overplaying its hand. They will do tremendous harm in short-run, but hatred of them is starting to cross party lines.
A YouGov poll the other day, amidst a major all-out admin push to vilify Renee Good, found that 14% of REPUBLICANS think Ross should be charged.
ICE is overplaying its hand. They will do tremendous harm in short-run, but hatred of them is starting to cross party lines.
ICE is now ramming civilian cars through red lights in Minnesota. — they are tax payer agitators ‼️
January 13, 2026 at 2:21 AM
This is how they lose.
A YouGov poll the other day, amidst a major all-out admin push to vilify Renee Good, found that 14% of REPUBLICANS think Ross should be charged.
ICE is overplaying its hand. They will do tremendous harm in short-run, but hatred of them is starting to cross party lines.
A YouGov poll the other day, amidst a major all-out admin push to vilify Renee Good, found that 14% of REPUBLICANS think Ross should be charged.
ICE is overplaying its hand. They will do tremendous harm in short-run, but hatred of them is starting to cross party lines.
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things off the top of my head that i can think of that conservatives have called tyranny
- health care subsidies
- seeing pronouns in an email
- being suspended from a social media platform
- pride month
- baking a cake for a same sex wedding
- legal rulings against donald trump
- EV benchmarks
- health care subsidies
- seeing pronouns in an email
- being suspended from a social media platform
- pride month
- baking a cake for a same sex wedding
- legal rulings against donald trump
- EV benchmarks
Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
January 12, 2026 at 9:51 PM
things off the top of my head that i can think of that conservatives have called tyranny
- health care subsidies
- seeing pronouns in an email
- being suspended from a social media platform
- pride month
- baking a cake for a same sex wedding
- legal rulings against donald trump
- EV benchmarks
- health care subsidies
- seeing pronouns in an email
- being suspended from a social media platform
- pride month
- baking a cake for a same sex wedding
- legal rulings against donald trump
- EV benchmarks
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This is brutal 🤬
In Minneapolis, an ICE Goon point-blank pepper-sprayed a peaceful protester without any apparent reason. (1/12|26)
In Minneapolis, an ICE Goon point-blank pepper-sprayed a peaceful protester without any apparent reason. (1/12|26)
January 12, 2026 at 10:37 PM
This is brutal 🤬
In Minneapolis, an ICE Goon point-blank pepper-sprayed a peaceful protester without any apparent reason. (1/12|26)
In Minneapolis, an ICE Goon point-blank pepper-sprayed a peaceful protester without any apparent reason. (1/12|26)