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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ICE agents just seem to consider pepper spraying people in the face to be an appropriate casual greeting. www.noozhawk.com/federal-ice-...
Federal ICE Agent Pepper Sprays Person in Face in Santa Barbara Eastside Incident
A masked federal agent wearing a vest labeled “police” pepper sprayed a person in the face at close range Wednesday morning on Santa Barbara’s Eastside.
www.noozhawk.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:11 PM
ICE agents just seem to consider pepper spraying people in the face to be an appropriate casual greeting. www.noozhawk.com/federal-ice-...
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Problem is, this means the American Dollar is in really bad shape. You do not want this to happen like this.
Gold leapt to new highs Wednesday, posting its biggest one-day advance in almost six years and settling above $5,300 a troy ounce for the first time. on.wsj.com/4qLZl5l
Gold Breaks Record As Stocks Muddle Through Fed Pause
The dollar strengthens, while tech earnings loom over the markets.
on.wsj.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Problem is, this means the American Dollar is in really bad shape. You do not want this to happen like this.
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They remain trapped between "my opponents are fascist trash" and "surely my reasonable opponents will work with me on this series of compromise measures."
Like yeah, go get that short term harm mitigation, but also threaten to hold Nuremberg-style trials the second you are back in power.
Like yeah, go get that short term harm mitigation, but also threaten to hold Nuremberg-style trials the second you are back in power.
Democrats are right to deny funding for DHS absent changes that stop this lawlessness and inhumanity. Changes that Americans are demanding.
Let's talk for a second about what has to change - immediately. And why it's so important that we demand these reforms.
Let's talk for a second about what has to change - immediately. And why it's so important that we demand these reforms.
January 29, 2026 at 12:42 AM
They remain trapped between "my opponents are fascist trash" and "surely my reasonable opponents will work with me on this series of compromise measures."
Like yeah, go get that short term harm mitigation, but also threaten to hold Nuremberg-style trials the second you are back in power.
Like yeah, go get that short term harm mitigation, but also threaten to hold Nuremberg-style trials the second you are back in power.
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Important. There has not been a deescalation.
January 28, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Important. There has not been a deescalation.
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Just underscoring that while it's cool that Springsteen, Bragg, Jesse Welles & esp the great Carsie Blanton are operating in a folk/Guthrie protest tradition, there's many (more potent IMO) flavors of anti-fascist/anti-ICE protest music out there that aren't about white troubadours w/guitars emoting
January 29, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Just underscoring that while it's cool that Springsteen, Bragg, Jesse Welles & esp the great Carsie Blanton are operating in a folk/Guthrie protest tradition, there's many (more potent IMO) flavors of anti-fascist/anti-ICE protest music out there that aren't about white troubadours w/guitars emoting
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Seeing lots of talk about how Springsteen's song is cringe
—Yep, qua song it's...not great
—Who cares; solidarity's the point
—Topical protest songs often blow
—Greatest/most galvanizing protest songs often not conceived as such, cf. Pop Smoke's "Dior," unrivaled 2020 BLM anthem
Hope this helps
—Yep, qua song it's...not great
—Who cares; solidarity's the point
—Topical protest songs often blow
—Greatest/most galvanizing protest songs often not conceived as such, cf. Pop Smoke's "Dior," unrivaled 2020 BLM anthem
Hope this helps
Much respect to Bruce Springsteen, still menschy after all these years. Meanwhile here's another anti-ICE anthem, released in November, which (no offense whatsoever to the Boss) is a little more musically in tune with the 2020s. It rips.
January 28, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Seeing lots of talk about how Springsteen's song is cringe
—Yep, qua song it's...not great
—Who cares; solidarity's the point
—Topical protest songs often blow
—Greatest/most galvanizing protest songs often not conceived as such, cf. Pop Smoke's "Dior," unrivaled 2020 BLM anthem
Hope this helps
—Yep, qua song it's...not great
—Who cares; solidarity's the point
—Topical protest songs often blow
—Greatest/most galvanizing protest songs often not conceived as such, cf. Pop Smoke's "Dior," unrivaled 2020 BLM anthem
Hope this helps
What Bernie said
January 29, 2026 at 12:32 AM
What Bernie said
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100%
The difference between 1930's Germany and America today is cellphones. That's it. Without them the government, as they are proven liars, would control every narrative. Cellphones are why they are failing. So yes, protest with your phones and have them ready to record.
a young boy is taking a picture of himself with an iphone
ALT: a young boy is taking a picture of himself with an iphone
media.tenor.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:28 AM
100%
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DHS arrested a large number of bystanders at the time of the murder of Alex Pretti, apparently to prevent them from giving accounts of what transpired. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Minneapolis man says he was detained for hours after witnessing Alex Pretti shooting
New affidavits filed in court detail how witnesses were arrested immediately after the shooting of Alex Pretti.
www.cbsnews.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:26 AM
DHS arrested a large number of bystanders at the time of the murder of Alex Pretti, apparently to prevent them from giving accounts of what transpired. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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they scared www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
Brin Gives $20 Million to California Political Group After Leaving State
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:27 AM
they scared www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
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Absolutely zero reasonable justification to continue funding any of this. Barbaric.
(DHS) and Texas local and state police departments are deploying tear gas and abducting peaceful community members and volunteer medics near the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Children’s Concentration Camp in Dilley, Texas.
January 29, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Absolutely zero reasonable justification to continue funding any of this. Barbaric.
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Reporting the Trump had “pivoted” was journalistic malpractice popular.info/p/how-legacy...
January 29, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Reporting the Trump had “pivoted” was journalistic malpractice popular.info/p/how-legacy...
“Two weeks” so recency bias makes the adrenaline seep away
“.. the hearing suggests the real possibility that Trump will be unable to construct anything in the East Wing’s place, leaving just an empty site ..
Destruction followed by stagnation seems to be something of an MO ..”
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Destruction followed by stagnation seems to be something of an MO ..”
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
January 29, 2026 at 12:29 AM
“Two weeks” so recency bias makes the adrenaline seep away
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What the fuck is a Trump Account? And why the fuck would I ever want to direct anything whatsoever into one?
Why is Visa doing this?
Why is Visa doing this?
January 28, 2026 at 11:40 PM
What the fuck is a Trump Account? And why the fuck would I ever want to direct anything whatsoever into one?
Why is Visa doing this?
Why is Visa doing this?
The Kowtow Card
Trump: "I'm pleased to announce that Visa is creating a brand new platform that will allow credit card holders to deposit their cash back rewards directly into Trump Accounts. Where's the head of Visa? Thank you very much."
January 29, 2026 at 12:22 AM
The Kowtow Card
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The medium is the message, and the medium is violence.
They don't tell obvious lies because they want or expect to deceive you; they tell obvious lies to let you know it doesn't matter what you think or know. They're not saying "What I say is real"; they're saying "Reality is whatever I say it is and there's nothing you can do about it."
January 24, 2026 at 6:32 PM
The medium is the message, and the medium is violence.
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Right now, Democrats have the power to defund and abolish ICE. We should do it. This is about right and wrong—and the murder we are seeing on the streets is just plain wrong. Anyone who supports funding DHS and ICE is supporting the murder of Americans. We can stop this.
January 28, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Right now, Democrats have the power to defund and abolish ICE. We should do it. This is about right and wrong—and the murder we are seeing on the streets is just plain wrong. Anyone who supports funding DHS and ICE is supporting the murder of Americans. We can stop this.
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Take his personal army away from him while you can, you stupid, stupid assholes. You’re like an armadillo playing dead in the middle of the road so the semi won’t hurt you
January 28, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Take his personal army away from him while you can, you stupid, stupid assholes. You’re like an armadillo playing dead in the middle of the road so the semi won’t hurt you
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CBS News invites everyone who works for them to quit.
Below is the buyout offer all CBS Evening News staff received today.
"We hope you are excited about this vision, but we understand that some of you may not be, and we want to provide support. As such, we are offering an extraordinary chance to leave CBS News with an enhanced separation payment."
"We hope you are excited about this vision, but we understand that some of you may not be, and we want to provide support. As such, we are offering an extraordinary chance to leave CBS News with an enhanced separation payment."
January 28, 2026 at 11:39 PM
CBS News invites everyone who works for them to quit.
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“Make sure that the terrorists show ID before killing us.”
January 28, 2026 at 10:30 PM
“Make sure that the terrorists show ID before killing us.”
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Reminds me of Justice Brandeis “discussion affords ordinarily adequate protection against the dissemination of noxious doctrine; that the greatest menace to freedom is an inert people; [and] that public discussion is a political duty…” supreme.justia.com/cases/federa... ⚖️👇🏾 #reiner
January 29, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Reminds me of Justice Brandeis “discussion affords ordinarily adequate protection against the dissemination of noxious doctrine; that the greatest menace to freedom is an inert people; [and] that public discussion is a political duty…” supreme.justia.com/cases/federa... ⚖️👇🏾 #reiner
Administration has time to appeal asylum for Chinese dissident
January 29, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Administration has time to appeal asylum for Chinese dissident
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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Wed. at a press conference that he supports disbanding the NYPD’s Strategic Response Group (SRG), the counterterrorism unit that carried out the first mass arrests of his admin. on Tue. evening during anti-ICE protests at a Manhattan hotel.
Mamdani said he is in...
Mamdani said he is in...
January 28, 2026 at 9:39 PM
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Wed. at a press conference that he supports disbanding the NYPD’s Strategic Response Group (SRG), the counterterrorism unit that carried out the first mass arrests of his admin. on Tue. evening during anti-ICE protests at a Manhattan hotel.
Mamdani said he is in...
Mamdani said he is in...