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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This is sort of a throughline in cases of excessive force used by law enforcement. The civilian is supposed to perfectly adhere to some unwritten code of conduct; the armed professional supposedly trained for such situations is only human & must be given lattitude if they succumb to fear and rage.
The administration is insisting that its masked goons are so emotionally stunted that words can launch them into a murderous rage.
"Our professionals are just ordinary people so ordinary people better act professionally around them, or else."
"Our professionals are just ordinary people so ordinary people better act professionally around them, or else."
January 29, 2026 at 2:18 PM
This is sort of a throughline in cases of excessive force used by law enforcement. The civilian is supposed to perfectly adhere to some unwritten code of conduct; the armed professional supposedly trained for such situations is only human & must be given lattitude if they succumb to fear and rage.
(Keep blowing whistles.)
January 29, 2026 at 6:20 PM
(Keep blowing whistles.)
“Democrats followed through on their pledge to oppose the six-bill spending package, which includes $64.4 billion for the Department of Homeland Security"
Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Blocks Spending Bill Amid D.H.S. Funding Fight
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:20 PM
“Democrats followed through on their pledge to oppose the six-bill spending package, which includes $64.4 billion for the Department of Homeland Security"
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Democrats voted unanimously to confirm Marco Rubio.
January 28, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Democrats voted unanimously to confirm Marco Rubio.
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Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.'"
January 28, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.'"
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🚨BREAKING: Virginia Democrats appealed a state court order that blocked the redistricting plan that would net Democrats as many as four seats. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
‘The product of court-shopping’: Virginia Democrats appeal judge’s order halting redistricting effort
If successful, Virginia Dems plan to send the proposed redistricting amendment to voters in April.
www.democracydocket.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:57 PM
🚨BREAKING: Virginia Democrats appealed a state court order that blocked the redistricting plan that would net Democrats as many as four seats. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Any stigmata updates today
January 29, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Any stigmata updates today
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The media, if they wanted to, could take Republicans down in a heartbeat.
The skeletons in those closets would make the Devil blush.
But instead the media directs *your* rage towards *the only people trying to help* after spending the last 5 years ratfucking Dems every way they can.
The skeletons in those closets would make the Devil blush.
But instead the media directs *your* rage towards *the only people trying to help* after spending the last 5 years ratfucking Dems every way they can.
January 29, 2026 at 12:34 AM
The media, if they wanted to, could take Republicans down in a heartbeat.
The skeletons in those closets would make the Devil blush.
But instead the media directs *your* rage towards *the only people trying to help* after spending the last 5 years ratfucking Dems every way they can.
The skeletons in those closets would make the Devil blush.
But instead the media directs *your* rage towards *the only people trying to help* after spending the last 5 years ratfucking Dems every way they can.
Klobuchar is an extremist of sad salads
imagine calling for common ground when armed agents of the state are murdering people unapologetically in the street and dragging children away from school
fuck all the way off
fuck all the way off
“These times call for leaders who can stand up and not be rubber stamps of this administration, but who are also willing to find common ground and fix things in our state.”
January 29, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Klobuchar is an extremist of sad salads
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Between Pam Bondi's ransom note to Tim Walz and the FBI raid in Fulton County yesterday, we are watching the entire federal law enforcement apparatus reorganize itself around the work of legitimizing Trump's demented stolen election conspiracy theories. Nasty, nasty work.
Pam Bondi Tries to Use Alex Pretti’s Murder to Push Trump’s Stolen Election Lies
Her demand that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz turn over the state’s voter rolls is effectively a ransom note printed on Justice Department letterhead.
ballsandstrikes.org
January 29, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Between Pam Bondi's ransom note to Tim Walz and the FBI raid in Fulton County yesterday, we are watching the entire federal law enforcement apparatus reorganize itself around the work of legitimizing Trump's demented stolen election conspiracy theories. Nasty, nasty work.
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Retroactively pushing the narrative that a police brutality victim somehow deserved to die is one of the most disgusting traditions in American journalism
More than a week before federal agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, different agents pushed him to the ground after he spit at them and broke a taillight on their SUV, according to newly unearthed videos. Watch here.
Videos Show Alex Pretti in Confrontation With Agents 11 Days Before His Death
More than a week before federal agents killed Mr. Pretti, a Minneapolis nurse, different agents pushed him to the ground after he spit at them and broke a taillight on their S.U.V.
nyti.ms
January 29, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Retroactively pushing the narrative that a police brutality victim somehow deserved to die is one of the most disgusting traditions in American journalism
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[Homan taking off his glasses and looking into the camera]
The name calling was too much. Sure, we spent millions to protect our agents’ bodies, but all that tactical gear can’t protect their feelings.
The name calling was too much. Sure, we spent millions to protect our agents’ bodies, but all that tactical gear can’t protect their feelings.
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 5:05 PM
[Homan taking off his glasses and looking into the camera]
The name calling was too much. Sure, we spent millions to protect our agents’ bodies, but all that tactical gear can’t protect their feelings.
The name calling was too much. Sure, we spent millions to protect our agents’ bodies, but all that tactical gear can’t protect their feelings.
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NEW: Federal charges now filed against Rep. Ilhan Omar's assailant. FBI alleges he told an associate years ago that "Somebody should kill that bitch." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 29, 2026 at 5:07 PM
NEW: Federal charges now filed against Rep. Ilhan Omar's assailant. FBI alleges he told an associate years ago that "Somebody should kill that bitch." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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ICE activity has been ramping up in Chicagoland again this month.
The city's northwest side rapid respsonse team is reporting 2 people taken this morning from Chicago's heavily Latine Humboldt Park neighborhood, and advising that agents may still be in the area.
The city's northwest side rapid respsonse team is reporting 2 people taken this morning from Chicago's heavily Latine Humboldt Park neighborhood, and advising that agents may still be in the area.
January 29, 2026 at 5:07 PM
ICE activity has been ramping up in Chicagoland again this month.
The city's northwest side rapid respsonse team is reporting 2 people taken this morning from Chicago's heavily Latine Humboldt Park neighborhood, and advising that agents may still be in the area.
The city's northwest side rapid respsonse team is reporting 2 people taken this morning from Chicago's heavily Latine Humboldt Park neighborhood, and advising that agents may still be in the area.
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"in theater" is a war term. I've never heard it used in connection with domestic policing.
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 5:07 PM
"in theater" is a war term. I've never heard it used in connection with domestic policing.
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Anne Frank was killed in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp by epidemic typhus, a virus spread by human body lice in conditions where people cannot bathe and change clothes.
This new account from a Texas concentration camp shows the Trump regime is setting up conditions where typhus will thrive.
This new account from a Texas concentration camp shows the Trump regime is setting up conditions where typhus will thrive.
From the stateofMN community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the stateofMN community
www.reddit.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Anne Frank was killed in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp by epidemic typhus, a virus spread by human body lice in conditions where people cannot bathe and change clothes.
This new account from a Texas concentration camp shows the Trump regime is setting up conditions where typhus will thrive.
This new account from a Texas concentration camp shows the Trump regime is setting up conditions where typhus will thrive.
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January 29, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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"It’s time to wake up. Trump seems keen on influencing the vote in states that will decide margins in 2026 and the outcome in 2028. And that he has the FBI participating in his effort is a terrifying demonstration of just how many guardrails he has steamrolled..."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Trump Is Still Obsessed with Stealing Elections
The FBI’s seizure of Georgia ballots is as much about future elections as past ones.
open.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"It’s time to wake up. Trump seems keen on influencing the vote in states that will decide margins in 2026 and the outcome in 2028. And that he has the FBI participating in his effort is a terrifying demonstration of just how many guardrails he has steamrolled..."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
January 29, 2026 at 4:45 PM
ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
“*fart*,” continued the President.
Trump: "So this has been I think -- and a lot of people say it -- the most successful year of any administration in American history. We extinguished eights wars."
January 29, 2026 at 4:51 PM
“*fart*,” continued the President.
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Joe Rogan is so stupid he thinks it’s a gotcha that Minnesota protests are “coordinated” and that some activists message each other on Signal
January 29, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Joe Rogan is so stupid he thinks it’s a gotcha that Minnesota protests are “coordinated” and that some activists message each other on Signal
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worth considering that with ICE's actions in Minnesota, the right undid COINTELPRO's generational dismantling of leftist groups in a month. fairly impressive in its way
January 29, 2026 at 4:46 PM
worth considering that with ICE's actions in Minnesota, the right undid COINTELPRO's generational dismantling of leftist groups in a month. fairly impressive in its way
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Terrorists in masks driving around our schools, looking for kids to abduct. Supposedly “our” government doing this. Actually a pedophile ring running the executive branch. Don’t provoke them, we’re told.
January 29, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Terrorists in masks driving around our schools, looking for kids to abduct. Supposedly “our” government doing this. Actually a pedophile ring running the executive branch. Don’t provoke them, we’re told.
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C-SPAN is using a Homan photo from the Cretaceous Period
January 29, 2026 at 4:23 PM
C-SPAN is using a Homan photo from the Cretaceous Period
Yorgos Lanthimos directs multiple Super Bowl spots
Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos Continue Their Cinematic Partnership With Bold Super Bowl Ad (Exclusive)
The emotionally charged Squarespace commercial, titled 'Unavailable,' marks Stone's first Super Bowl appearance.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Yorgos Lanthimos directs multiple Super Bowl spots