Christina Holland
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Firebase JS at Google, wrote for Cracked. Blog posts, stories, and art at mortalwombat.info
My guess is Trump personally is fine with the "scary" and "tough" optics of agents hurting and terrorizing people and actually was complaining about the optics of them slipping on ice and standing by impotently while being heckled. Probably also wants "tougher" looking victims
Trump is privately worried about the "optics" of ICE raids and his advisers are looking for ways to soften them, Axios reports. I'm calling bullshit: The terror and violence cannot be hived off from the broader policy agenda. They are 100% intrinsic to it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
Trump’s Own Advisers Suddenly Unnerved as ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn
So the president doesn’t like the “optics” of what ICE is doing. But there’s no such thing as sanitized, popular mass deportations—and this is by design.
newrepublic.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:08 PM
My guess is Trump personally is fine with the "scary" and "tough" optics of agents hurting and terrorizing people and actually was complaining about the optics of them slipping on ice and standing by impotently while being heckled. Probably also wants "tougher" looking victims
I'm pretty rabidly pro open immigration and a lot of people probably take it for granted like "of course you would be" but I know lots of immigrants that are like "of course it should be easy for the good ones like us but we can't let the gross scary ones get in"
January 17, 2026 at 10:25 PM
I'm pretty rabidly pro open immigration and a lot of people probably take it for granted like "of course you would be" but I know lots of immigrants that are like "of course it should be easy for the good ones like us but we can't let the gross scary ones get in"
I'm glad Merritt reshared this because I want to tell you I learned the other day that Michelle Yeoh's first husband was named Dickson Poon
They should keep naming James Bond characters things like “Pussy Galore” but also apply it to men. Hi James I’m your CIA contact Dick Sucko. That’s my partner Jeffrey Cockwrangler
January 17, 2026 at 2:53 AM
I'm glad Merritt reshared this because I want to tell you I learned the other day that Michelle Yeoh's first husband was named Dickson Poon
I am at Tony's with a bottle of Macallan 18 and he is not even answering the door? Did I miss a text?
January 17, 2026 at 2:32 AM
I am at Tony's with a bottle of Macallan 18 and he is not even answering the door? Did I miss a text?
Other than cowardice which I admit to having plenty of, the more practical thing causing most people to hesitate to do something drastic (I don't mean killing someone! I mean like something that will get you fired or in jail) is you only get to do it once so you have to figure out what to use it on
January 17, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Other than cowardice which I admit to having plenty of, the more practical thing causing most people to hesitate to do something drastic (I don't mean killing someone! I mean like something that will get you fired or in jail) is you only get to do it once so you have to figure out what to use it on
If elected I will take over and shut down Polymarket and turn the domain and trademark over to a dating website for swingers
January 16, 2026 at 11:48 PM
If elected I will take over and shut down Polymarket and turn the domain and trademark over to a dating website for swingers
I think it's presumptuous to put "you might also like" links at the bottom of articles, because you're assuming I liked this one
January 16, 2026 at 10:47 PM
I think it's presumptuous to put "you might also like" links at the bottom of articles, because you're assuming I liked this one
I think one of the reasons Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil makes me smile is it feels weirdly nostalgic and wholesome when everybody pretends to like something stupid ironically in order to make fun of it, and lets you be distracted from politics for a bit even if he is also a politics bad guy
January 16, 2026 at 7:52 PM
I think one of the reasons Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil makes me smile is it feels weirdly nostalgic and wholesome when everybody pretends to like something stupid ironically in order to make fun of it, and lets you be distracted from politics for a bit even if he is also a politics bad guy
Personal stuff lately has made me face the lesson that you can never go home again. You can never restore how a friend group or community was "back when it was good" even if you find the people again. You can only move forward and hope to create something as good but it won't be the same thing
There are so many artists, writers, comedians, performers, producers, etc etc. who were on Twitter and that was it for them. Twitter is over and it’s not coming back, in any form, anywhere else.
January 16, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Personal stuff lately has made me face the lesson that you can never go home again. You can never restore how a friend group or community was "back when it was good" even if you find the people again. You can only move forward and hope to create something as good but it won't be the same thing
Most people are saying it was probably a bruise but it could also be an ulcer like he got some stress indigestion
“A bruise is internal bleeding”
In case anyone was still taking CBS News(max) seriously
In case anyone was still taking CBS News(max) seriously
January 16, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Most people are saying it was probably a bruise but it could also be an ulcer like he got some stress indigestion
Reposted by Christina Holland
Nobody asks brands like Black Rifle Coffee or whoever, whose entire personality is "we want to kill libs for sport" if they feel weird about alienating a majority of Americans.
Look at this absolute queen
January 16, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Nobody asks brands like Black Rifle Coffee or whoever, whose entire personality is "we want to kill libs for sport" if they feel weird about alienating a majority of Americans.
My guess would be he reached out privately to the Trump admin and was like come on guys what's going on we're on the same side here but they haven't reached a resolution yet
Two days ago we learned that Federal agents showed up at a Washington Post reporter’s home, searched it, seized her phone and two laptops. We also learned that the Post's owner, Jeff Bezos, remained silent that day. No words of support.
Well, Thursday came and went and still nothing from Bezos.
Well, Thursday came and went and still nothing from Bezos.
January 16, 2026 at 3:59 PM
My guess would be he reached out privately to the Trump admin and was like come on guys what's going on we're on the same side here but they haven't reached a resolution yet
"if I die I want my name to be remembered by all the youths of this nation" *monkey's paw curls*
The fact they added his name to the profanity filter is incredible
January 16, 2026 at 3:52 PM
"if I die I want my name to be remembered by all the youths of this nation" *monkey's paw curls*
There really are a lot of people out there like this that focus on a swear like a bull on a cape. When the Access Hollywood tape came out a lot of people (not the ones at the top of course) genuinely thought the main problem was that Trump had said "the P-word" hence the "locker room talk" defense
I cannot imagine running this unless it was intended to mock and vilify the writer.
That kind of vile, dehumanizing language has no place at a nonviolent demonstration. | Opinion
January 16, 2026 at 3:28 PM
There really are a lot of people out there like this that focus on a swear like a bull on a cape. When the Access Hollywood tape came out a lot of people (not the ones at the top of course) genuinely thought the main problem was that Trump had said "the P-word" hence the "locker room talk" defense
I really don't like the phrase "vibe coding" or the assumption we all find it saucy and fun. It's a little bit like the insistence on referring to Disney employees as "cast members," or having to call yourself a "sandwich artist" to customers, or having to order "Moons Over My Hammy" at Denny's
January 16, 2026 at 7:37 AM
I really don't like the phrase "vibe coding" or the assumption we all find it saucy and fun. It's a little bit like the insistence on referring to Disney employees as "cast members," or having to call yourself a "sandwich artist" to customers, or having to order "Moons Over My Hammy" at Denny's
That's interesting. What's the best way to do this
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin on "acts of violence" against ICE agents in Minnesota: "Pouring water on the ground so that it would freeze the ground in front of our federal law enforcement vehicles so that they would potentially slide, crash, and potentially kill them"
January 16, 2026 at 2:44 AM
That's interesting. What's the best way to do this
Ah my nemesis has returned
A stretch of California’s Pacific Coast Highway, the world-famous route that winds through steep, rugged and breathtaking terrain along the ocean, has reopened after a yearslong closure that hampered tourism and cast doubt on its future.
California’s Pacific Coast Highway Fully Reopens After Three Years
The famed highway reopened this week after consecutive landslides shuttered two sections of the road in Big Sur and forced major repairs.
nyti.ms
January 16, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Ah my nemesis has returned
I don't know if I've posted this before but I got Howard Hughes and Hugh Hefner mixed up so I thought, how sad, at the end of his life he had all those sexy women in his house and was afraid to touch any of them
January 15, 2026 at 7:02 PM
I don't know if I've posted this before but I got Howard Hughes and Hugh Hefner mixed up so I thought, how sad, at the end of his life he had all those sexy women in his house and was afraid to touch any of them
The evangelical churches I used to go to never said Trump is great and immigrants deserve brutality, in fact they were usually sympathetic, but they did keep saying we must pray for our leaders (citing Bible examples of praying for Roman emperors who persecuted Christians). I can't be there for that
Crazy: Evangelical leaders are reacting to ICE violence by calling for people to pray...not for the victims, but for ICE and Kristi Noem! Evangelical Mike Johnson is also blaming the victim in vile ways.
On the pod @sarahposner.bsky.social is brilliant on all this:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
On the pod @sarahposner.bsky.social is brilliant on all this:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
Mike Johnson Goes Off Rails in Vile Gaslighting Display on Trump, ICE
As the House speaker offers disgusting comments about ICE and Renee Good, a scholar of the religious right explains how it is that evangelicals like him see no evil whatsoever in ICE’s violent attacks...
newrepublic.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
The evangelical churches I used to go to never said Trump is great and immigrants deserve brutality, in fact they were usually sympathetic, but they did keep saying we must pray for our leaders (citing Bible examples of praying for Roman emperors who persecuted Christians). I can't be there for that
Yeah early on there was some theory he was scanning her face for the face recognition surveillance app or something but then they released the video he was actually taking in an attempt to defend him and he was just doing it for the gram??
I can't move past the fact that the murder of Ms. Good happened almost completely because the doofus got caught up trying to shoot TikTok content.
Yeah, I think a lot about the choice the Trump admin has made to send film crews after everybody to show they're Doing Something.
Biden's DOJ (and Ellison's AG office) were rolling up fraudsters with convictions. But they didn't send influencers to advertise it. Cut to Rs saying Trump finally ACTED
Biden's DOJ (and Ellison's AG office) were rolling up fraudsters with convictions. But they didn't send influencers to advertise it. Cut to Rs saying Trump finally ACTED
January 15, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Yeah early on there was some theory he was scanning her face for the face recognition surveillance app or something but then they released the video he was actually taking in an attempt to defend him and he was just doing it for the gram??
I think this is the gift that they're referring to
January 15, 2026 at 4:40 PM
I think this is the gift that they're referring to
I think it would be a huge improvement if a lot of journalists and headline writers just started using "claims" instead of "says" or "argues", as it implies skepticism while seeming objective and is a word they seem happy to use for statements from victims of police brutality or for trans people
Journalists have to stop promoting random Elon Musk predictions. It's embarrassing
January 15, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I think it would be a huge improvement if a lot of journalists and headline writers just started using "claims" instead of "says" or "argues", as it implies skepticism while seeming objective and is a word they seem happy to use for statements from victims of police brutality or for trans people
I really like the works of Agatha Christie but being fully honest, the common go-to example of how bad she was on race - "look at the previous title(s) of And Then There Were None" is small potatoes compared to references to Rhodesia as a great place for bright, daring young people to seek adventure
January 15, 2026 at 2:50 AM
I really like the works of Agatha Christie but being fully honest, the common go-to example of how bad she was on race - "look at the previous title(s) of And Then There Were None" is small potatoes compared to references to Rhodesia as a great place for bright, daring young people to seek adventure
I really like mysteries and want to write one but not about murders because they make me too bummed out to have fun writing. What's like not a crime but still compelling enough you want to turn the page and find out like The Mystery of How Is That Store Still Open I Never See Anyone In There
January 15, 2026 at 2:29 AM
I really like mysteries and want to write one but not about murders because they make me too bummed out to have fun writing. What's like not a crime but still compelling enough you want to turn the page and find out like The Mystery of How Is That Store Still Open I Never See Anyone In There
People who read books as 2 paragraph AI summaries are wasteful and inefficient. My AI model summarizes every book into one word, enabling me to read every classic in one day
Moby Dick: whale
Romeo and Juliet: sad
Oliver Twist: poors
As the great Mary Shelley says: "hubris," which I assume is good
Moby Dick: whale
Romeo and Juliet: sad
Oliver Twist: poors
As the great Mary Shelley says: "hubris," which I assume is good
January 15, 2026 at 12:34 AM
People who read books as 2 paragraph AI summaries are wasteful and inefficient. My AI model summarizes every book into one word, enabling me to read every classic in one day
Moby Dick: whale
Romeo and Juliet: sad
Oliver Twist: poors
As the great Mary Shelley says: "hubris," which I assume is good
Moby Dick: whale
Romeo and Juliet: sad
Oliver Twist: poors
As the great Mary Shelley says: "hubris," which I assume is good