Mikhail Gorbaechev
@mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social
Once a Reverend of the Avocado kind. The General Secretary is dead, long live the General Secretary.
Pinned
I'm back.
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The NYT says Democratic proposals for reforming ICE are “facing blowback.”
But blowback from who? Not the people! Polls show support for most reforms exceeds 60%, with some ideas reaching as high as 94% of the public!
substack.com/@gelliottmor...
But blowback from who? Not the people! Polls show support for most reforms exceeds 60%, with some ideas reaching as high as 94% of the public!
substack.com/@gelliottmor...
February 10, 2026 at 9:31 PM
The NYT says Democratic proposals for reforming ICE are “facing blowback.”
But blowback from who? Not the people! Polls show support for most reforms exceeds 60%, with some ideas reaching as high as 94% of the public!
substack.com/@gelliottmor...
But blowback from who? Not the people! Polls show support for most reforms exceeds 60%, with some ideas reaching as high as 94% of the public!
substack.com/@gelliottmor...
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What part of “If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide,” was fucking unclear.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum Address
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org
February 10, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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BAAAAAAABE BABE BABE BABE WAKE UP THEY’RE RECREATING THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES
February 10, 2026 at 9:16 PM
BAAAAAAABE BABE BABE BABE WAKE UP THEY’RE RECREATING THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES
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They’ve fully switched sides, by all appearances, and are working with the agents that have terrorized tens of thousands of neighbors into hiding.
February 10, 2026 at 8:22 PM
They’ve fully switched sides, by all appearances, and are working with the agents that have terrorized tens of thousands of neighbors into hiding.
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Hennepin County Sheriff now appears to be openly assisting ICE as it conducts abductions and harasses observers.
February 10, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Hennepin County Sheriff now appears to be openly assisting ICE as it conducts abductions and harasses observers.
You know, maybe I'm just getting older, but blood draws and vaccines aren't as existentially unpleasant as they used to be.
February 10, 2026 at 9:06 PM
You know, maybe I'm just getting older, but blood draws and vaccines aren't as existentially unpleasant as they used to be.
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truly an earthquake in NJ politics. also the biggest coup yet for NJ WFP and maybe even for the WFP as a national org—what other elected is a former high-ranking WFP official?
Winner winner.
@analiliafornj.bsky.social helped build the Working Families Party in New Jersey. Now her victory sends a clear signal that it’s a new day in New Jersey politics, and our country is ready for bold, working-class leadership. Let's talk about it:
@analiliafornj.bsky.social helped build the Working Families Party in New Jersey. Now her victory sends a clear signal that it’s a new day in New Jersey politics, and our country is ready for bold, working-class leadership. Let's talk about it:
February 10, 2026 at 8:32 PM
truly an earthquake in NJ politics. also the biggest coup yet for NJ WFP and maybe even for the WFP as a national org—what other elected is a former high-ranking WFP official?
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McIVER: Do you consider yourself a religious man?
LYONS: Yes mam
McIVER: How do you think judgment day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?
LYONS: I'm not going to entertain that question
McIVER: Do you think you're going to hell, Mr Lyons?
LYONS: Yes mam
McIVER: How do you think judgment day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?
LYONS: I'm not going to entertain that question
McIVER: Do you think you're going to hell, Mr Lyons?
February 10, 2026 at 5:34 PM
McIVER: Do you consider yourself a religious man?
LYONS: Yes mam
McIVER: How do you think judgment day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?
LYONS: I'm not going to entertain that question
McIVER: Do you think you're going to hell, Mr Lyons?
LYONS: Yes mam
McIVER: How do you think judgment day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?
LYONS: I'm not going to entertain that question
McIVER: Do you think you're going to hell, Mr Lyons?
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A 62yo grandma from the suburbs just joined the dsa chapter (and slack) and explained she got pulled in after getting started through no kings and handmaiden protests. She’s doing the new members orientation tonight. Something is shifting.
February 10, 2026 at 2:14 PM
A 62yo grandma from the suburbs just joined the dsa chapter (and slack) and explained she got pulled in after getting started through no kings and handmaiden protests. She’s doing the new members orientation tonight. Something is shifting.
I think it's important that everyone in this chain of command hang.
This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
We are murdering people and it is basically just background noise at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
February 10, 2026 at 4:18 PM
I think it's important that everyone in this chain of command hang.
Tom Malinowski is a good dude and should be our next CIA Director.
BIG NEWS FROM NJ-11: former Rep. Tom Malinowski concedes, congratulates Analilia Mejia on a positive and well-run campaign, blames AIPAC for his loss, and promises to vigorously oppose anyone AIPAC backs against Mejia in June
February 10, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Tom Malinowski is a good dude and should be our next CIA Director.
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BIG NEWS FROM NJ-11: former Rep. Tom Malinowski concedes, congratulates Analilia Mejia on a positive and well-run campaign, blames AIPAC for his loss, and promises to vigorously oppose anyone AIPAC backs against Mejia in June
February 10, 2026 at 3:28 PM
BIG NEWS FROM NJ-11: former Rep. Tom Malinowski concedes, congratulates Analilia Mejia on a positive and well-run campaign, blames AIPAC for his loss, and promises to vigorously oppose anyone AIPAC backs against Mejia in June
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Redfield is a Trump appointee and known crank. If COVID was circulating in summer of 2019, the entire timeline of the pandemic would be different. Chinese authorities were not "pushing the wet market narrative," they actively covered it up.
What is happening to people's brains over there
What is happening to people's brains over there
February 10, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Redfield is a Trump appointee and known crank. If COVID was circulating in summer of 2019, the entire timeline of the pandemic would be different. Chinese authorities were not "pushing the wet market narrative," they actively covered it up.
What is happening to people's brains over there
What is happening to people's brains over there
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"A threat to anyone’s constitutional rights is a threat to us all. Today, immigrants are being detained without due process. Tomorrow, under the Government’s [view], American citizens could be subject to the same treatment. This Court will not allow such an unraveling of the Constitution."
BONUS RULING: Judge Thomas Johnston, a George W. Bush appoiintee in West Virginia, used a recent ruling to warn of the dangers of defying due process for immigrants because of what it could also mean for Americans. It's worth a read.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 10, 2026 at 1:54 PM
"A threat to anyone’s constitutional rights is a threat to us all. Today, immigrants are being detained without due process. Tomorrow, under the Government’s [view], American citizens could be subject to the same treatment. This Court will not allow such an unraveling of the Constitution."
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that's certainly what it brings to mind
The largest federal prison in the nation is Fort Dix, which has a rated capacity of 4,600 people. The largest of these warehouse camps may hold more than twice that number of people.
The federal government hasn't operated a prison camp inside the United States that large since Japanese Internment.
The federal government hasn't operated a prison camp inside the United States that large since Japanese Internment.
February 10, 2026 at 1:50 AM
that's certainly what it brings to mind
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Sounds weird to people, but DSA got me working with Democrats. Not that I was an anti-electoral person, I still voted, but I definitely had a “pity these fools, unserious” mentality. But then I checked out more vanguard/revolutionary left groups, found them even *less* serious, and Met In the Middle
there's an argument (one i find convincing) that boils down to dsa being an independent faction of the democratic party, just no one wants to admit it because it would be ideologically inconvenient
www.socialistmajority.com/theagitator/...
www.socialistmajority.com/theagitator/...
Stay Dirty
Uncommitted showed that major electoral activity, including electoral activity for socialists, will occur around fights within the Democratic Party.
www.socialistmajority.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Sounds weird to people, but DSA got me working with Democrats. Not that I was an anti-electoral person, I still voted, but I definitely had a “pity these fools, unserious” mentality. But then I checked out more vanguard/revolutionary left groups, found them even *less* serious, and Met In the Middle
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in the light of seeing Lula do to Bolsonaro what we should have done to Trump, and what that's done to the Brazilian right in a country with a significantly worse history of political violence than ours, I am not in the mood to be charitable about John Roberts, Mitch McConnell, and the filibuster
Joe Biden was entrusted with the safety of America and its people in the face of one of the worst crises we've faced since the civil war and failed on every level while also making his supporters complicit in support for a genocide
February 10, 2026 at 2:51 AM
in the light of seeing Lula do to Bolsonaro what we should have done to Trump, and what that's done to the Brazilian right in a country with a significantly worse history of political violence than ours, I am not in the mood to be charitable about John Roberts, Mitch McConnell, and the filibuster
Mom Party and Dad Party, more and more people are saying
The “don’t give the abusive and extremely alcoholic husband a reason to beat you” mentality is only normalized when it comes to One side today, and that’s just a fact
February 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Mom Party and Dad Party, more and more people are saying
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This is gender.
Living in this country, it’s just a reality that the left and liberals are expected to do more and uphold more. I don’t know how you can come away with any other conclusion than that when you flip the script on the above premise.
February 9, 2026 at 7:59 PM
This is gender.
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it's funny how Canadian nationalism is Liberal/NDP coded
📊Angus Reid Institute: "If a referendum was held on Alberta separation, would you vote for Alberta to leave Canada and become its own independent country or stay in Canada?"
All respondents:
🔴65% Stay
🔵30% Leave
CPC voters:
🔵49% Leave
🔴45% Stay
www.338canada.ca/p/alberta-in...
All respondents:
🔴65% Stay
🔵30% Leave
CPC voters:
🔵49% Leave
🔴45% Stay
www.338canada.ca/p/alberta-in...
Alberta Independence: Many Leaners, but Few Committed Separatists
Among independence supporters, half would view joining the United States favourably.
www.338canada.ca
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
it's funny how Canadian nationalism is Liberal/NDP coded
Also how many loyal guys do you have that you trust will jump up and go seize the ballot boxes rather than drag their feet, show up at the polling place, and turn around or say they couldn't find the boxes when poll workers tell them no?
“orders the military to seize ballot boxes” is even more load-bearing; there are more than 116,000 polling locations in the united states, more ballot drop offs, and two states are mail-first, that’s an enormous logistical effort
This would be terrifying if control was actually going to come down to a small number of closer races. But it’s not, and nobody frothing into a panic over it will internalize that load bearing part of the speculation.
February 9, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Also how many loyal guys do you have that you trust will jump up and go seize the ballot boxes rather than drag their feet, show up at the polling place, and turn around or say they couldn't find the boxes when poll workers tell them no?
huh.
anyway.
anyway.
Keep him!
“Information continuing to emerge from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claims that the M23 armed group has detained Erik Prince, the American national known as the founder and former head of the private military company Blackwater.“
“Information continuing to emerge from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claims that the M23 armed group has detained Erik Prince, the American national known as the founder and former head of the private military company Blackwater.“
Reports Emerge Claiming M23 Detained Blackwater Founder Erik Prince in Eastern DRC
kigalidailynews.rw
February 9, 2026 at 6:38 PM
huh.
anyway.
anyway.
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you know one thing that surely doesn’t help starmer is he kind of just looks like a hapless idiot, you know?
The end game
Scottish Labour leader calls for Keir Starmer to step down, saying the 'distraction needs to end'.
Starmer is an electoral liability. Likely successors taking soundings in Westminster.
The next leader must not come from the Starmer camp.
Scottish Labour leader calls for Keir Starmer to step down, saying the 'distraction needs to end'.
Starmer is an electoral liability. Likely successors taking soundings in Westminster.
The next leader must not come from the Starmer camp.
Scottish Labour leader calls for Keir Starmer to step down, saying the 'distraction needs to end'
Anas Sarwar says
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 3:52 PM
you know one thing that surely doesn’t help starmer is he kind of just looks like a hapless idiot, you know?