Rachel Parker
@msraitchetp.bsky.social
Content marketing expert, co-host of PolitiGood podcast. Person who will not suffer fools. Ride or die St. Louis native. Former Los Angeles. Lover of sunshine, roses, St. Louis pizza, and extreme amounts of coffee.
ICE Logic and Language with Laurence O'Donnell
Last Night's Conversation
snyder.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:23 PM
For the seven of you who on here who know me from my Heartland POD days, I dedicate this one to Sean.
i'm always saying i want to see more of that face
New: David Brooks is leaving the NYT for the Atlantic, where he will be a staff writer and host a video podcast
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
For the seven of you who on here who know me from my Heartland POD days, I dedicate this one to Sean.
This season of the Real Housewives of the Reich is getting weird.
Candace Owens released leaked audio from Turning Point USA in which Erika Kirk is heard giggling and cheerfully discussing attendance figures, merchandise sales, and performance metrics from Charlie Kirk’s memorial event just 11 days after his death...
January 28, 2026 at 9:37 PM
This season of the Real Housewives of the Reich is getting weird.
RE: Minnesota. A lot of you need to google Paul Wellstone to understand the rich history of progressivism in that state.
Many of my friends on the coasts STILL think MN is "red". FFS. History, y'all. It's a thing.
Many of my friends on the coasts STILL think MN is "red". FFS. History, y'all. It's a thing.
January 28, 2026 at 4:43 PM
RE: Minnesota. A lot of you need to google Paul Wellstone to understand the rich history of progressivism in that state.
Many of my friends on the coasts STILL think MN is "red". FFS. History, y'all. It's a thing.
Many of my friends on the coasts STILL think MN is "red". FFS. History, y'all. It's a thing.
You know what comes after cracks like this in the ship's hull? Leaks. A lot of leaks. (FWIW, Noam is a piece of shit but she's also telling the truth. Of course this is what he fucking told her to do.)
January 28, 2026 at 4:11 PM
You know what comes after cracks like this in the ship's hull? Leaks. A lot of leaks. (FWIW, Noam is a piece of shit but she's also telling the truth. Of course this is what he fucking told her to do.)
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🚨 CBP agents have just shot another person in Arizona.
If you work in the government, are involved in organizing spaces, or simply live in Arizona, please text me on Signal premthakker.35
Your anonymity will be protected
If you work in the government, are involved in organizing spaces, or simply live in Arizona, please text me on Signal premthakker.35
Your anonymity will be protected
One person in critical condition after being shot in incident involving Border Patrol in Arizona
The individual is in custody and receiving care, according to law enforcement.
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:29 PM
🚨 CBP agents have just shot another person in Arizona.
If you work in the government, are involved in organizing spaces, or simply live in Arizona, please text me on Signal premthakker.35
Your anonymity will be protected
If you work in the government, are involved in organizing spaces, or simply live in Arizona, please text me on Signal premthakker.35
Your anonymity will be protected
Happy to report my initial pass with a federated platform is going really well. Thank you to the people who put a lot of free time and passion into making it possible.
As a 55 yo woman, I've seen a lot of media come and go. I know a new train when I see it and this one is leaving the station.
As a 55 yo woman, I've seen a lot of media come and go. I know a new train when I see it and this one is leaving the station.
January 27, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Happy to report my initial pass with a federated platform is going really well. Thank you to the people who put a lot of free time and passion into making it possible.
As a 55 yo woman, I've seen a lot of media come and go. I know a new train when I see it and this one is leaving the station.
As a 55 yo woman, I've seen a lot of media come and go. I know a new train when I see it and this one is leaving the station.
I'm dedicating my Threads account to shit posting Josh Hawley all week. Same handle over there.
He's made a pivot X recently. He never mentions Trump (if he does it's benign). Instead, his social is devoted to his being anti abortion. No mention of America first. Just protecting the unborn.
He's made a pivot X recently. He never mentions Trump (if he does it's benign). Instead, his social is devoted to his being anti abortion. No mention of America first. Just protecting the unborn.
January 27, 2026 at 4:21 PM
I'm dedicating my Threads account to shit posting Josh Hawley all week. Same handle over there.
He's made a pivot X recently. He never mentions Trump (if he does it's benign). Instead, his social is devoted to his being anti abortion. No mention of America first. Just protecting the unborn.
He's made a pivot X recently. He never mentions Trump (if he does it's benign). Instead, his social is devoted to his being anti abortion. No mention of America first. Just protecting the unborn.
As sad as I am that Tim Walz is not our current VP, he's managing a thankless crisis brilliantly (again).
His unflappable, steady calm makes him the right guy for the right role at the right time. That he can do this after MAGA harassed his family and torched his career? One word: Character.
His unflappable, steady calm makes him the right guy for the right role at the right time. That he can do this after MAGA harassed his family and torched his career? One word: Character.
January 26, 2026 at 11:19 PM
As sad as I am that Tim Walz is not our current VP, he's managing a thankless crisis brilliantly (again).
His unflappable, steady calm makes him the right guy for the right role at the right time. That he can do this after MAGA harassed his family and torched his career? One word: Character.
His unflappable, steady calm makes him the right guy for the right role at the right time. That he can do this after MAGA harassed his family and torched his career? One word: Character.
Extortion is illegal under Federal Law, Pam.
🚨BREAKING: State election leaders and voting rights advocates across the country are blasting U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi for exploiting the killing of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis by a federal immigration officer to “blackmail” Minnesota into handing over access to its unredacted voter rolls.
‘All-out assault on our democracy:’ Bondi’s Minnesota blackmail letter draws righteous fury from state election leaders
“This isn't leadership. This is blackmail," Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said. "This is the way organized crime works."
www.democracydocket.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Extortion is illegal under Federal Law, Pam.
I'm going to try another one of these: David Ellison is the Veruca Salt of David Ellisons.
January 26, 2026 at 5:36 PM
I'm going to try another one of these: David Ellison is the Veruca Salt of David Ellisons.
Those of you who are heaping piles sh*t on MN state leadership and dems in general for not being "bolder" and "louder" re: ICE need to read this.
IN fact, everyone should read this.
Killer work from @wired.com again. The tech press is crushing it.
www.wired.com/story/why-mi...
IN fact, everyone should read this.
Killer work from @wired.com again. The tech press is crushing it.
www.wired.com/story/why-mi...
Why Minnesota Can’t Do More to Stop ICE
Democratic lawmakers have few options that wouldn’t trigger something like civil war.
www.wired.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Those of you who are heaping piles sh*t on MN state leadership and dems in general for not being "bolder" and "louder" re: ICE need to read this.
IN fact, everyone should read this.
Killer work from @wired.com again. The tech press is crushing it.
www.wired.com/story/why-mi...
IN fact, everyone should read this.
Killer work from @wired.com again. The tech press is crushing it.
www.wired.com/story/why-mi...
Why is the border czar going to a state nowhere near an international border. Does he mean Canada?
NEW
#Trump issues stmt saying he's sending Border Czar #TomHoman to #Minnesota "tonight."
Trump: "He has not been involved in that area, but knows and likes many of the people there. Tom is tough but fair, and will report directly to me."
Trump also: DOJ is "looking at" Rep. #IlhanOmar (D-Minn.).
#Trump issues stmt saying he's sending Border Czar #TomHoman to #Minnesota "tonight."
Trump: "He has not been involved in that area, but knows and likes many of the people there. Tom is tough but fair, and will report directly to me."
Trump also: DOJ is "looking at" Rep. #IlhanOmar (D-Minn.).
January 26, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Why is the border czar going to a state nowhere near an international border. Does he mean Canada?
And this is what people are doing in sub-zero temps.
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 7:50 PM
And this is what people are doing in sub-zero temps.
@repwesleybellmo.bsky.social Where is your statement on what happened in Minneapolis today? Cause it's not on here, it's not in Instagram and it's not on Threads. If it's on X, no one on the left who matters will see it.
Silence is not an option today.
Silence is not an option today.
January 24, 2026 at 10:00 PM
@repwesleybellmo.bsky.social Where is your statement on what happened in Minneapolis today? Cause it's not on here, it's not in Instagram and it's not on Threads. If it's on X, no one on the left who matters will see it.
Silence is not an option today.
Silence is not an option today.
One of my favorite music YouTubers was hacked. He's spent years building his channel. It's been down for 2 days. YouTube has a unique spot in the social ecosystem. Nearly impossible to replicate in terms of scale and infrastructure.
Google was supposed to be broken up. Let's remember that in 2026.
Google was supposed to be broken up. Let's remember that in 2026.
January 24, 2026 at 4:47 PM
One of my favorite music YouTubers was hacked. He's spent years building his channel. It's been down for 2 days. YouTube has a unique spot in the social ecosystem. Nearly impossible to replicate in terms of scale and infrastructure.
Google was supposed to be broken up. Let's remember that in 2026.
Google was supposed to be broken up. Let's remember that in 2026.
Haven't done this for a while. Let's see how it goes. Brett Ratner is the Russel Brand of Brett Ratners.
January 23, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Haven't done this for a while. Let's see how it goes. Brett Ratner is the Russel Brand of Brett Ratners.
I 1M% agree with this, but: The Trump administration was equally manipulative with the truth and facts during his first term. This isn't new. This is who he's always been.
This is both horrifying and precedented. Don't let the shock and awe blind you to what happened to him after the 2018 midterms.
This is both horrifying and precedented. Don't let the shock and awe blind you to what happened to him after the 2018 midterms.
This is the first example I’ve seen of an American government using AI to meaningfully misrepresent actual events with the intent to deceive the public. We are at Stalinesque levels of propaganda.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
January 23, 2026 at 3:02 PM
I 1M% agree with this, but: The Trump administration was equally manipulative with the truth and facts during his first term. This isn't new. This is who he's always been.
This is both horrifying and precedented. Don't let the shock and awe blind you to what happened to him after the 2018 midterms.
This is both horrifying and precedented. Don't let the shock and awe blind you to what happened to him after the 2018 midterms.
I've been playing around on the The Forkiverse for all of 3 days now and here's what I have to say:
Every single journalist that still uses X should band together, and form a working group with a non-profit board to fund and moderate a Mastodon instance.
X would die in five minutes.
Every single journalist that still uses X should band together, and form a working group with a non-profit board to fund and moderate a Mastodon instance.
X would die in five minutes.
January 22, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I've been playing around on the The Forkiverse for all of 3 days now and here's what I have to say:
Every single journalist that still uses X should band together, and form a working group with a non-profit board to fund and moderate a Mastodon instance.
X would die in five minutes.
Every single journalist that still uses X should band together, and form a working group with a non-profit board to fund and moderate a Mastodon instance.
X would die in five minutes.
Huh. Wonder how many of those billionaires are having some serious buyer's remorse right about now. If only they were all hanging out together right now at some annual summit? Too bad that can't happen so they all can't scream about this in real life. Oh well.
January 20, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Huh. Wonder how many of those billionaires are having some serious buyer's remorse right about now. If only they were all hanging out together right now at some annual summit? Too bad that can't happen so they all can't scream about this in real life. Oh well.
I would specifically like @kevinroose.com and @caseynewton.bsky.social to know that I have taken the small leap into the fediverse and have joined the Forkiverse. I'll keep my rage posting here. My plan over there? To bring back pre-Facebook web vibes. Here for it. And thank you.
January 20, 2026 at 3:18 PM
I would specifically like @kevinroose.com and @caseynewton.bsky.social to know that I have taken the small leap into the fediverse and have joined the Forkiverse. I'll keep my rage posting here. My plan over there? To bring back pre-Facebook web vibes. Here for it. And thank you.
Yo. We STILL don't know what really happened to him when he was nearly assassinated. Can you imagine any Democratic president getting away with that? None in my lifetime would.
"What is incontrovertible is that he’s deeply unwell and rapidly getting sicker." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/its-sundow...
It’s Sundowning in America
A presidential mind is a dangerous thing to lose
paulkrugman.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Yo. We STILL don't know what really happened to him when he was nearly assassinated. Can you imagine any Democratic president getting away with that? None in my lifetime would.
Nadella is an extraordinarily accomplished CEO, helping Microsoft evolve from irrelevance into one of the planet's most powerful and important cloud service provider.
However you feel about AI, he's one to listen to.
However you feel about AI, he's one to listen to.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Nadella is an extraordinarily accomplished CEO, helping Microsoft evolve from irrelevance into one of the planet's most powerful and important cloud service provider.
However you feel about AI, he's one to listen to.
However you feel about AI, he's one to listen to.
I wrote this (link in thread) in 2019. Most people weren't taught (me included) that segregation included blood. Were you Black, you would be denied blood drawn from a white person in pre-Civil Rights, segregated America. King nearly died from a stabbing due to this racist horrific bullshit.
January 19, 2026 at 4:21 PM
I wrote this (link in thread) in 2019. Most people weren't taught (me included) that segregation included blood. Were you Black, you would be denied blood drawn from a white person in pre-Civil Rights, segregated America. King nearly died from a stabbing due to this racist horrific bullshit.