Ray Pride
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Ray Pride
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· Dec 15
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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Notably, this is, as Jamelle says, a guy blaming his troubles on Black people.
Trump and Vance have each had more opportunities than whole time zones. And they blame non-white people because to them, that's just another opportunity.
Trump and Vance have each had more opportunities than whole time zones. And they blame non-white people because to them, that's just another opportunity.
January 28, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Notably, this is, as Jamelle says, a guy blaming his troubles on Black people.
Trump and Vance have each had more opportunities than whole time zones. And they blame non-white people because to them, that's just another opportunity.
Trump and Vance have each had more opportunities than whole time zones. And they blame non-white people because to them, that's just another opportunity.
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The algorithm really did help deliver Trumpism, as it is uniquely suited to it: nothing more than a free-floating grievance machine, insatiable for the next gripe, the next inferior to spit on. Or worse.
January 28, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The algorithm really did help deliver Trumpism, as it is uniquely suited to it: nothing more than a free-floating grievance machine, insatiable for the next gripe, the next inferior to spit on. Or worse.
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EXCLUSIVE: These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/i...
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/i...
These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities.
theintercept.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:55 PM
EXCLUSIVE: These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/i...
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/i...
MELANIA Day is nearly here!
January 28, 2026 at 7:53 PM
MELANIA Day is nearly here!
“Five-hundred percent tariff!!!”
Melania Trump Documentary Pulled From South African Theaters
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:50 PM
“Five-hundred percent tariff!!!”
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I'm just glad more Democrats are turning their attention to Stephen Miller because he is the one pulling the strings for the worst shit in this administration
January 28, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I'm just glad more Democrats are turning their attention to Stephen Miller because he is the one pulling the strings for the worst shit in this administration
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It's the scale and the brazenness. *No one* gets paid $28 million to appear in a documentary about themselves.
January 28, 2026 at 7:41 PM
It's the scale and the brazenness. *No one* gets paid $28 million to appear in a documentary about themselves.
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Follower Schumer trying to catch up with his base
Schumer calls for Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to be removed from their jobs.
January 28, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Follower Schumer trying to catch up with his base
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“Protocol”
Miller Suggests Federal Agents May Have Diverted From ‘Protocol’ Before Pretti Shooting www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
Miller Suggests Federal Agents May Have Diverted From ‘Protocol’ Before Pretti Shooting
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:41 PM
“Protocol”
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Dirtier air and smoggier communities.
Sicker kids and shorter lives.
That will be the legacy of this administration.
Sicker kids and shorter lives.
That will be the legacy of this administration.
January 28, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Dirtier air and smoggier communities.
Sicker kids and shorter lives.
That will be the legacy of this administration.
Sicker kids and shorter lives.
That will be the legacy of this administration.
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Dear DHS: You need to implement an immediate operational stand down of ICE and Border Patrol interior operations so your agents can learn basic stuff, like the fact that the First Lady of the United States is an American citizen even though she has an accent.
CNN airs unearthed footage of a Border Patrol agent harassing a ride share driver:
"If you were from this country, you would know I'm an immigration officer... I can hear you don't have the same accent as me."
"If you were from this country, you would know I'm an immigration officer... I can hear you don't have the same accent as me."
January 28, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Dear DHS: You need to implement an immediate operational stand down of ICE and Border Patrol interior operations so your agents can learn basic stuff, like the fact that the First Lady of the United States is an American citizen even though she has an accent.
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rare to get such a clear glimpse into the mind of someone whose response to problems in his personal life was to blame black people
January 28, 2026 at 7:24 PM
rare to get such a clear glimpse into the mind of someone whose response to problems in his personal life was to blame black people
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I expressed a similar view this morning. bsky.app/profile/jayr...
Bari Weiss:
For multiple reasons I am a doubter. But I haven't quite explained it to myself. I don't doubt that big boss David Ellison wants to weaken CBS News so that it's more friendly to Trump, but I am not sure she fully understands this. She may believe her own rhetoric— and Tony Dokoupil's.
For multiple reasons I am a doubter. But I haven't quite explained it to myself. I don't doubt that big boss David Ellison wants to weaken CBS News so that it's more friendly to Trump, but I am not sure she fully understands this. She may believe her own rhetoric— and Tony Dokoupil's.
January 28, 2026 at 7:42 PM
I expressed a similar view this morning. bsky.app/profile/jayr...
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I get the sense Bari Weiss was hired to be a propagandist but doesn't realize it, instead believing she was hired for having her finger on the pulse, bravely standing for free speech and info The People want that the woke Maoists in charge hid.
That makes her good at what her bosses actually want.
That makes her good at what her bosses actually want.
January 28, 2026 at 7:15 PM
I get the sense Bari Weiss was hired to be a propagandist but doesn't realize it, instead believing she was hired for having her finger on the pulse, bravely standing for free speech and info The People want that the woke Maoists in charge hid.
That makes her good at what her bosses actually want.
That makes her good at what her bosses actually want.
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Credit where due: Referring to Stephen Miller as Noem's "boss" is the kind of shiv that Schumer typically leaves in his desk drawer.
Schumer calls for Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to be removed from their jobs.
January 28, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Credit where due: Referring to Stephen Miller as Noem's "boss" is the kind of shiv that Schumer typically leaves in his desk drawer.
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In addition to lying about the Frank family’s legal status in the Netherlands, they repeatedly tried to get refugee status in the US, but were denied. www.theguardian.com/books/2018/j...
If not for anti-migrant sentiment in the US, it’s possible Anne Frank could still be alive today.
If not for anti-migrant sentiment in the US, it’s possible Anne Frank could still be alive today.
It is literally false that the Jews being hunted by Nazis were citizens, because the first step toward genocide was stripping them of citizenship and making them stateless. As Arendt reminds us, citizenship is a legal category created to facilitate a machinery of exclusion of the out-group.
January 28, 2026 at 4:13 PM
In addition to lying about the Frank family’s legal status in the Netherlands, they repeatedly tried to get refugee status in the US, but were denied. www.theguardian.com/books/2018/j...
If not for anti-migrant sentiment in the US, it’s possible Anne Frank could still be alive today.
If not for anti-migrant sentiment in the US, it’s possible Anne Frank could still be alive today.
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Pretty sure I posted exactly this yesterday, and people jumped all over me for being so negative.
“An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Democrats so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package.”
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Pretty sure I posted exactly this yesterday, and people jumped all over me for being so negative.
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That freeze-frame of Ilhan Omar cockin’ back like she’s ready to drop the guy who attacked her? Hang it in the Louvre.
nice argument, unfortunately I have already depicted myself as a squared-up Ilhan Omar and you as a collapsing sewer ogre
January 28, 2026 at 3:26 PM
That freeze-frame of Ilhan Omar cockin’ back like she’s ready to drop the guy who attacked her? Hang it in the Louvre.
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wake up babe the right is doing drapetomania for white women engaging in race treason bsky.app/profile/hann...
I don't know, Heritage Foundation-tied publication, maybe white liberal women are mad because a federal immigration official shot and killed one of them. And then called her a "bitch"? You know, on camera? www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/27/w...
The Unhinged Rage of White Liberal Women, Explained
Why are white liberal women lashing out against ICE? Is there an underlying rage that we fellas have missed?
www.dailysignal.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:30 PM
wake up babe the right is doing drapetomania for white women engaging in race treason bsky.app/profile/hann...
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From what I'm hearing from folks on the ground, this is exactly correct. This regime does nothing but lie, and they respond to nothing but strength. Dems and other leaders should recognize they're weak now - ignore the propaganda and go on offense.
I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:27 PM
From what I'm hearing from folks on the ground, this is exactly correct. This regime does nothing but lie, and they respond to nothing but strength. Dems and other leaders should recognize they're weak now - ignore the propaganda and go on offense.
MAGA beliefs; instantly etched.
Yep.
Pretty much everyone in MAGA is convinced that the guy who attacked Ilhan Omar is a lib plant as part of a "Somali False Flag Scam" orchestrated by the congresswoman.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Pretty much everyone in MAGA is convinced that the guy who attacked Ilhan Omar is a lib plant as part of a "Somali False Flag Scam" orchestrated by the congresswoman.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
MAGA is totally convinced Ilhan Omar ‘staged’ spray attack: ‘Somali False Flag Scam’
‘It's all fake. Even if it wasn't staged (though it may have been), it's still fake,’ ultraconservative Daily Wire host Matt Walsh tweeted about the attack.
www.independent.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 4:37 PM
MAGA beliefs; instantly etched.
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MARCO RUBIO: We didn't remove an elected official. We removed an indicted Trump trafficker
RAND PAUL: Under our laws. Look, our president said Biden wasn't really the president
RAND PAUL: Under our laws. Look, our president said Biden wasn't really the president
January 28, 2026 at 4:33 PM
MARCO RUBIO: We didn't remove an elected official. We removed an indicted Trump trafficker
RAND PAUL: Under our laws. Look, our president said Biden wasn't really the president
RAND PAUL: Under our laws. Look, our president said Biden wasn't really the president
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Nice to see Rubio owning up to the amount and the location of the money the administration has stolen from Venezuela
SHAHEEN: It's been reported that the oil sold for $500 million and $300 million went to Venezuelan government. What happened to the other $200 million?
RUBIO: It's still sitting in the account is my understanding
SHAHEEN: The account in Qatar?
RUBIO: Yes
RUBIO: It's still sitting in the account is my understanding
SHAHEEN: The account in Qatar?
RUBIO: Yes
January 28, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Nice to see Rubio owning up to the amount and the location of the money the administration has stolen from Venezuela