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There’s no such thing as reforming runaway-slave catchers if you’re hiring them to be runaway-slave catchers. Abolition is the only way.
No secret police.

It’s time to get sensible reforms at ICE, including unmasking these agents.
February 13, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Wow. Cool. Thanks.
In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 7:08 AM
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The thing is -ive had a human child. There are literally millions of beings that can think like people because they are in fact people. And our society lets them starve and abuses them. I give not one fuck about some digital puppet almost being a good fake person.
February 12, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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Only people who don’t have to worry about money (and likely never have) and who have never experienced environmental racism are able to have these so-called “reasonable discussions.” The rest of us getting so bent out of shape seems like posturing to them, which is all they ever actually do.
February 12, 2026 at 1:17 AM
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dunno man. some projects in the company i work at are getting slammed with huge technical debt because some people can’t wipe their ass without passing everything through claude. we’re getting unreviewable commits with “+5000/-3000” changes daily for basic stuff. and i am getting tired of it.
February 11, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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i mean, even if it were true that "you can't have a reasonable discussion" about that I'm glad, i'm also glad we don't have reasonable discussions about phrenology and other kinds of odious bullshit
February 12, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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serious question: what would a "reasonable discussion" debating the position "what if the hype generated by a bunch of serial liars who have utterly failed to generate profit from their products, despite unlimited investor cash, is true" look like?
February 12, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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Everyone is shitting on the Post for implying that Bad Bunny, from Puerto Rico, is a “immigrant,” not an American citizen. But WaPo is actually being honest about the Trumpist immigration agenda, for which dutifully if dully supports. The Trumpist agenda is white nationalist.
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The Super Bowl halftime show, with Bad Bunny showcasing Latin music before a global television audience expected to top 100 million, will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star delivers an explicit political message.
The enthusiasm — and scorn — surrounding Bad Bunny’s star turn at the Super Bowl
The halftime show will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star makes an explicit message about Trump’s deportation drive.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”
Renee Good's partner addresses Minneapolis immigration crackdown one month after killing
Becca Good has seldom spoken out since Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
nbcnews.to
February 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Voted for Laken Riley.
SEN. OSSOFF: “.. why are roving gangs of masked men — who look like they couldn’t pass the Army physical exam — dressed up like pretend Delta Force operators, on our streets, demanding papers, dragging people from their cars, and shooting people to death?”

@acyn.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Where is Billy Eichner? No really, we need him.
It's because of the collapse of local journalism and the death of the man on the street interview. In the 90s and 2000s there would be hundreds of TV news organizations throughout the country doing local news angles that would be repackaged into soundbites for national and 24 news network.
This happens with*everything* now. No matter how grave the crime or one-dimensional the injustice, after four days the hivemind of American punditry decides that the Real Story is how the people upset about it are the real villains.
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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A good thing you can do about this instead of dooming is Google “how to become a poll observer in [your town]”
Breaking:

The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
February 5, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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THAT PART

IT'S INFURIATING 🔥
This happens with*everything* now. No matter how grave the crime or one-dimensional the injustice, after four days the hivemind of American punditry decides that the Real Story is how the people upset about it are the real villains.
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.

“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...
www.propublica.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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Georgia Fort's is chilling, and it's being overshadowed by the equally chilling arrest of Don Lemon.

A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website:

www.georgiafort.com/support
Support Independent Journalism | GF
www.georgiafort.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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the demands schumer laid out, in light of existing rules and current ICE practices, are not a serious effort at modifying ICE’s behavior in any meaningful sense. they’re an attempt to mollify the base with meaningless bullshit without actually changing anything so they can move on to affordability
January 29, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Please stop acting like Gavin Newsom is a viable option for higher office. He is NOT his social media team. He’s a turncoat who has offered trans people up on a platter to Charlie Kirk. Not to mention his recent interview either Shapiro. Look it up. He’s gross af.
January 28, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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January 27, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Loudoun4all has been unfairly slapped twice now with subpoenas trying to dig into their operations. Please donate if you can. Everything helps.
January 27, 2026 at 2:53 AM
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i feel like i’m going insane what the fuck
January 26, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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until recently, i was a dumbass. but no longer.
January 26, 2026 at 2:49 AM
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DreamHaven in Minneapolis is where I discovered Pratchett. I’ve always been grateful to sign there, but now I’m gonna be proud as hell too.
Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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'The biggest key to not having a redux of Trump authoritarianism is deflating the police state that he's depending on to target us all. But in doing so, that includes tackling the average Democratic politician's instincts to be "tough on crime" and pro-police.'
January 25, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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THE HIGH ROAD IS A DEAD END
January 24, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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i think anyone still clinging to the delusion that elections alone can solve these problems simply will not ever be a useful ally
January 25, 2026 at 1:27 AM