Karl Bode
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Rolling Stone put up a piece about celebrities speaking out against ICE and one of the top comments said “since when do we care what celebrities have to say” so I clicked on her profile and a month ago she was telling everyone how excited she was to get Snoop Dogg’s cook book.
January 28, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Rolling Stone put up a piece about celebrities speaking out against ICE and one of the top comments said “since when do we care what celebrities have to say” so I clicked on her profile and a month ago she was telling everyone how excited she was to get Snoop Dogg’s cook book.
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Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 28, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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"They told us what they were going to do. They published it. They put it on a website. And when it happened, the press was surprised."
Hoo boy, everyone should bookmark this @parkermolloy.com piece & make sure everyone involved in media reads it.
Hoo boy, everyone should bookmark this @parkermolloy.com piece & make sure everyone involved in media reads it.
This is Literally the Job
Political journalists need to stop pretending they don't know what Republicans are going to do.
www.readtpa.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:37 PM
"They told us what they were going to do. They published it. They put it on a website. And when it happened, the press was surprised."
Hoo boy, everyone should bookmark this @parkermolloy.com piece & make sure everyone involved in media reads it.
Hoo boy, everyone should bookmark this @parkermolloy.com piece & make sure everyone involved in media reads it.
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This is your regular reminder that the data broker industry must be destroyed.
2. ICE is buying your private location data from sleazy data brokers through a legal loophole. I've had a bill to stop this since 2021. I'm renewing my push to get it passed into black letter law as soon as possible.
Wyden, Paul and Bipartisan Senators Reintroduce the Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
www.wyden.senate.gov
January 27, 2026 at 10:28 PM
This is your regular reminder that the data broker industry must be destroyed.
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One thing I found deeply moving about resistance in the Twin Cities was the universalism of loving your neighbor, the philosophy driving the opposition to the ICE/BP invasion. I couldn't help but notice the contrast with the blood and soil-ism of Miller and Vance. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 2:38 PM
One thing I found deeply moving about resistance in the Twin Cities was the universalism of loving your neighbor, the philosophy driving the opposition to the ICE/BP invasion. I couldn't help but notice the contrast with the blood and soil-ism of Miller and Vance. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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"The Homeland" Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti
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By Ta-Nehisi Coates
January 26, 2026
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By Ta-Nehisi Coates
January 26, 2026
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January 27, 2026 at 8:45 PM
"The Homeland" Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti
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By Ta-Nehisi Coates
January 26, 2026
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By Ta-Nehisi Coates
January 26, 2026
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If you want to learn about the viciously racist history of Border Patrol, I recommend Kelly Lytle Hernandez's "Migra!" It's really fascinating because Hernandez looks at the class and race implications of border patrol and who joined.
www.ucpress.edu/books/migra/...
www.ucpress.edu/books/migra/...
Migra! by Kelly Hernandez - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
January 27, 2026 at 8:50 PM
If you want to learn about the viciously racist history of Border Patrol, I recommend Kelly Lytle Hernandez's "Migra!" It's really fascinating because Hernandez looks at the class and race implications of border patrol and who joined.
www.ucpress.edu/books/migra/...
www.ucpress.edu/books/migra/...
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He can afford to use it only as a nameplate for some subsidized bloggers and assume it will retain its value because to him it is literally valueless, it’s less than 0.1% of his net worth. He wouldn’t notice if it was all losses. The layoffs are just for fun, not profit.
January 27, 2026 at 9:04 PM
He can afford to use it only as a nameplate for some subsidized bloggers and assume it will retain its value because to him it is literally valueless, it’s less than 0.1% of his net worth. He wouldn’t notice if it was all losses. The layoffs are just for fun, not profit.
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If your congressperson hasn’t backed this, call them and tell them to.
It is one tiny step, and of course, it will not change everything. But people need to face consequences for their actions.
It is one tiny step, and of course, it will not change everything. But people need to face consequences for their actions.
146 House Democrats back the articles of impeachment I introduced against Secretary Noem.
Secretary Noem has blood on her hands. Under her leadership, Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good were murdered.
Impeach Noem. Get ICE out of our cities.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
Secretary Noem has blood on her hands. Under her leadership, Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good were murdered.
Impeach Noem. Get ICE out of our cities.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
Democrats grow louder on calls for Kristi Noem to resign or face impeachment
Eight more Democrats have joined an impeachment resolution against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after the latest fatal shooting by a federal agent.
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:57 PM
If your congressperson hasn’t backed this, call them and tell them to.
It is one tiny step, and of course, it will not change everything. But people need to face consequences for their actions.
It is one tiny step, and of course, it will not change everything. But people need to face consequences for their actions.
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"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 27, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
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The guy genuinely gave a shit.
And the empathy vampires murdered him for it.
And the empathy vampires murdered him for it.
CNN reporting that a week before Alex Pretti was killed, 5 agents tackled him and he suffered a broken rib. CNN says he stopped his car after he saw ICE agents interacting with a family on foot and began to blow his whistle. Source tells CNN Pretti believed “That day he thought he was going to die”
January 27, 2026 at 5:32 PM
The guy genuinely gave a shit.
And the empathy vampires murdered him for it.
And the empathy vampires murdered him for it.
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i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
January 27, 2026 at 3:15 PM
i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
the brunchlord press, fresh off ownership's tax cuts and deregulation, are very invested in portraying our mad idiot king as empathic and measured
I also think it's curious how inconsistent acceptance of single anonymous sourcing is
I also think it's curious how inconsistent acceptance of single anonymous sourcing is
January 27, 2026 at 5:57 PM
the brunchlord press, fresh off ownership's tax cuts and deregulation, are very invested in portraying our mad idiot king as empathic and measured
I also think it's curious how inconsistent acceptance of single anonymous sourcing is
I also think it's curious how inconsistent acceptance of single anonymous sourcing is
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We will crush the skulls of our enemies beneath our boots and hear the lamentations of their women.
<loses humiliatingly>
Look, I think it’s time to turn down rhe temperature a little. Why are you so divisive?
<loses humiliatingly>
Look, I think it’s time to turn down rhe temperature a little. Why are you so divisive?
January 27, 2026 at 2:46 PM
We will crush the skulls of our enemies beneath our boots and hear the lamentations of their women.
<loses humiliatingly>
Look, I think it’s time to turn down rhe temperature a little. Why are you so divisive?
<loses humiliatingly>
Look, I think it’s time to turn down rhe temperature a little. Why are you so divisive?
Larry Ellison's personal agitprop poodle has "an anti-establishment streak," says Business Insider
Bari Weiss tells staff CBS News is 'toast' if it can't evolve beyond broadcast news
Bari Weiss outlined her vision for CBS News in an all-hands meeting after ruffling feathers in the months since Paramount CEO David Ellison hired her.
www.businessinsider.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Larry Ellison's personal agitprop poodle has "an anti-establishment streak," says Business Insider
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"don't start with a compromise" is the very first thing you learn about negotiation. the fact that Democrats always do exactly this is how you know they are a controlled opposition and not a serious party with beliefs or goals
Republicans seem to inherently understand if you aim for Jupiter you can usually force your opponents to AT LEAST meet you on the moon.
Even if Schumer doesn't want to abolish ICE (which he should), aiming for that makes dramatic progress more likely.
Even if Schumer doesn't want to abolish ICE (which he should), aiming for that makes dramatic progress more likely.
Chuck Schumer's starting position should be as maximalist as possible -- complete abolition of ICE, resignations of Bovino, Homan, Noem and Miller, unmasking of all agents, and prosecution by state authorities of the murderers.
Don't start with what looks like a compromise half-measure.
Don't start with what looks like a compromise half-measure.
January 27, 2026 at 5:08 PM
"don't start with a compromise" is the very first thing you learn about negotiation. the fact that Democrats always do exactly this is how you know they are a controlled opposition and not a serious party with beliefs or goals
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Yes, attacking Coates was a two-fer. Weiss is very, very hostile to his writings on both racism and Israel-Palestine. Dokoupil couldn't have proven his loyalties to her vision any better (even though he had no way of knowing she would eventually be running CBS.)
it's one of the very obvious reasons Larry Ellison hired her!
And Tony Dokoupil got the CBS Evening news anchor gig because of his garbage interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates
And Tony Dokoupil got the CBS Evening news anchor gig because of his garbage interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates
I don't think this is accurate. Weiss is extremely committed to violent zionism and the dehumanization of Palestinians. that core hatred fuels her embrace of the MAGA right and of other fascist bigotries.
January 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Yes, attacking Coates was a two-fer. Weiss is very, very hostile to his writings on both racism and Israel-Palestine. Dokoupil couldn't have proven his loyalties to her vision any better (even though he had no way of knowing she would eventually be running CBS.)
it's one of the very obvious reasons Larry Ellison hired her!
And Tony Dokoupil got the CBS Evening news anchor gig because of his garbage interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates
And Tony Dokoupil got the CBS Evening news anchor gig because of his garbage interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates
I don't think this is accurate. Weiss is extremely committed to violent zionism and the dehumanization of Palestinians. that core hatred fuels her embrace of the MAGA right and of other fascist bigotries.
My sense is that Weiss is a largely non-ideological grifter. Yeah, she's invested (pun intended) in being an Edgy Iconoclast Who Can't Be Classified, but ultimately I think she's just a troll who wants money and prestige.
January 27, 2026 at 5:04 PM
it's one of the very obvious reasons Larry Ellison hired her!
And Tony Dokoupil got the CBS Evening news anchor gig because of his garbage interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates
And Tony Dokoupil got the CBS Evening news anchor gig because of his garbage interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates
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I don't think this is accurate. Weiss is extremely committed to violent zionism and the dehumanization of Palestinians. that core hatred fuels her embrace of the MAGA right and of other fascist bigotries.
My sense is that Weiss is a largely non-ideological grifter. Yeah, she's invested (pun intended) in being an Edgy Iconoclast Who Can't Be Classified, but ultimately I think she's just a troll who wants money and prestige.
what bari weiss is doing is bad and dangerous, but as someone who has watched the rw media world for decades now -- weiss is like a discount bargain basement roger ailes. like karl rove, ailes was an evil genius. weiss is a dummy. still dangerous, but a dummy.
January 27, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I don't think this is accurate. Weiss is extremely committed to violent zionism and the dehumanization of Palestinians. that core hatred fuels her embrace of the MAGA right and of other fascist bigotries.
Republicans seem to inherently understand if you aim for Jupiter you can usually force your opponents to AT LEAST meet you on the moon.
Even if Schumer doesn't want to abolish ICE (which he should), aiming for that makes dramatic progress more likely.
Even if Schumer doesn't want to abolish ICE (which he should), aiming for that makes dramatic progress more likely.
Chuck Schumer's starting position should be as maximalist as possible -- complete abolition of ICE, resignations of Bovino, Homan, Noem and Miller, unmasking of all agents, and prosecution by state authorities of the murderers.
Don't start with what looks like a compromise half-measure.
Don't start with what looks like a compromise half-measure.
Majority of the country now wants to abolish and/or dismantle ICE and yet Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. told the caucus the message had to be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
January 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Republicans seem to inherently understand if you aim for Jupiter you can usually force your opponents to AT LEAST meet you on the moon.
Even if Schumer doesn't want to abolish ICE (which he should), aiming for that makes dramatic progress more likely.
Even if Schumer doesn't want to abolish ICE (which he should), aiming for that makes dramatic progress more likely.
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Oops, our U.S. data center partner just so happened have an outage that shadowbanned all left-wing political content on our platform for 48 hours. And this just so happened to coincide with us being purchased by one of Trump's friends. Our bad.
January 27, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Oops, our U.S. data center partner just so happened have an outage that shadowbanned all left-wing political content on our platform for 48 hours. And this just so happened to coincide with us being purchased by one of Trump's friends. Our bad.
