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Let’s survive this 1000-alarm fire together. Also, not to be morbid, but if you’re going to protest—get a will, health care proxy & power of attorney. If you’re unable to act, you’ll want to appoint someone you trust to act for you. (Free legal advice.)
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5 January 1933 | A Belgian Jewish girl, Anna Strassberg, was born in Antwerp.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 2 August 1943 in a transport of 1,553 Jews deported from Mechelen. She was among 1,087 of them murdered in gas chambers after selection.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 2 August 1943 in a transport of 1,553 Jews deported from Mechelen. She was among 1,087 of them murdered in gas chambers after selection.
January 5, 2026 at 12:00 AM
5 January 1933 | A Belgian Jewish girl, Anna Strassberg, was born in Antwerp.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 2 August 1943 in a transport of 1,553 Jews deported from Mechelen. She was among 1,087 of them murdered in gas chambers after selection.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 2 August 1943 in a transport of 1,553 Jews deported from Mechelen. She was among 1,087 of them murdered in gas chambers after selection.
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We’re definitely in a dark place right now. But that means the dawn is coming.
January 4, 2026 at 7:33 PM
We’re definitely in a dark place right now. But that means the dawn is coming.
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💯 #Strongmen by @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social makes the case that tyrants have a great deal in common, & Trump fits the pattern. Their drive to dominate requires "spheres of influence", annexation of territory, predatory sexual behaviour & disregard for established norms & the rule of law.
January 4, 2026 at 3:01 PM
💯 #Strongmen by @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social makes the case that tyrants have a great deal in common, & Trump fits the pattern. Their drive to dominate requires "spheres of influence", annexation of territory, predatory sexual behaviour & disregard for established norms & the rule of law.
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Canada needs to keep its guard up. These people are predatory. They won’t stop.
If u do a Google search for “Marc Andreessen and Canada”, this turns up: “Canada will welcome us as liberators”. If you go to X, however, Andreessen (a DOGE advisor) deleted his tweet. I wonder why. 1/
January 4, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Canada needs to keep its guard up. These people are predatory. They won’t stop.
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“We need a transatlantic alliance more than ever, but it needs to be between peoples not states. Your state is out of control. Our state is frozen in craven ignorance. And we’re all, governments and people too, in a state of dangerous denial.”
NEW: A mass propaganda event is about to engulf the US news cycle and what, if anything, survives it will be a lesson for our times.
But it’s what the rest of the world does now that’s key. When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-threat...
But it’s what the rest of the world does now that’s key. When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-threat...
January 3, 2026 at 6:31 PM
“We need a transatlantic alliance more than ever, but it needs to be between peoples not states. Your state is out of control. Our state is frozen in craven ignorance. And we’re all, governments and people too, in a state of dangerous denial.”
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We're also looking at a sociopath who sees the individual lives of people both outside and inside his home nation as nothing more than utilities to be moved to and fro—and sometimes killed en masse—in the story of *him* and his acquisition of power over a period of decades.
It's truly scary stuff.
It's truly scary stuff.
January 4, 2026 at 1:06 AM
We're also looking at a sociopath who sees the individual lives of people both outside and inside his home nation as nothing more than utilities to be moved to and fro—and sometimes killed en masse—in the story of *him* and his acquisition of power over a period of decades.
It's truly scary stuff.
It's truly scary stuff.
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If you are looking for an analogy, what Vladimir Putin began plotting to do to Ukraine in the late 2000s and early 2010s would be a good example. What we are looking at is an absolutely vile and dangerous authoritarian monster who believes himself entitled to the energy resources of another country.
January 4, 2026 at 1:04 AM
If you are looking for an analogy, what Vladimir Putin began plotting to do to Ukraine in the late 2000s and early 2010s would be a good example. What we are looking at is an absolutely vile and dangerous authoritarian monster who believes himself entitled to the energy resources of another country.
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If you can't attend a protest, I would suggest speaking to your values in whatever ways you can, and attending to something *you can do*. Remember, many things are happening at once. They want to keep your head spinning.
Let purpose preempt despair.
Let purpose preempt despair.
January 3, 2026 at 11:28 PM
If you can't attend a protest, I would suggest speaking to your values in whatever ways you can, and attending to something *you can do*. Remember, many things are happening at once. They want to keep your head spinning.
Let purpose preempt despair.
Let purpose preempt despair.
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Donald Trump's unprecedented data grab is central to a broader strategy of voter suppression, election subversion, and litigation designed to undermine free and fair elections in 2026 and beyond. This is the biggest fight for free and fair elections we have faced in years.
Watch, learn and share.
Watch, learn and share.
WARNING: Trump’s 2026 Plan to Weaponize Your Voter Data
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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January 3, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Donald Trump's unprecedented data grab is central to a broader strategy of voter suppression, election subversion, and litigation designed to undermine free and fair elections in 2026 and beyond. This is the biggest fight for free and fair elections we have faced in years.
Watch, learn and share.
Watch, learn and share.
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There it is ⤵️
The cynics think today's attack on Venezuela is staged and transactional. Maduro is allied with Putin, but in 2019 Putin offered Trump a swap: Russia cedes Venezuela and gets Ukraine. (See Fiona Hill's testimony in Trump's first impeachment trial, h/t @davetroy.com). Even Maduro may be in on it. 2/
January 3, 2026 at 8:50 PM
There it is ⤵️
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Throwing this one from October back out as it’s particularly relevant.
TRUMP IS NOT AN AMERICAN
A new way to see the global Far Right elite
open.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Throwing this one from October back out as it’s particularly relevant.
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The world has changed today.
January 3, 2026 at 5:53 PM
The world has changed today.
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If Trump can invade Venezuela without a declaration of war from Congress, "arrest" Maduro, and declare that the US is running things in that country now, why can't the European Union invade the US, "arrest" Donald Trump, and declare that the EU is running things here now? Please!
January 3, 2026 at 6:24 PM
If Trump can invade Venezuela without a declaration of war from Congress, "arrest" Maduro, and declare that the US is running things in that country now, why can't the European Union invade the US, "arrest" Donald Trump, and declare that the EU is running things here now? Please!
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Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
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👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 Please share, friends.
ok, y’all.
I’M LOOKING FOR WRITERS: who understand 1) global politics, 2) colonialism and 3) liberation struggles across the African/Black Diaspora
tag yourselves or others, or DM me
I’M LOOKING FOR WRITERS: who understand 1) global politics, 2) colonialism and 3) liberation struggles across the African/Black Diaspora
tag yourselves or others, or DM me
January 3, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
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Foreign policy is not the personal domain of a president. Congress has a constitutional role to serve as the voice of the people and a restraint on power. One of the oldest moves in the authoritarian playbook is to sideline the legislature and strip away checks and balances...
January 3, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Foreign policy is not the personal domain of a president. Congress has a constitutional role to serve as the voice of the people and a restraint on power. One of the oldest moves in the authoritarian playbook is to sideline the legislature and strip away checks and balances...
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Follow the money. #Venezuela #Honduras #Greenland #Nigeria #FreedomCities #TechBros @whitehouse.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov
In 2019, Mark Lutter—whose nonprofit received $$$ from the Thiel-backed Emergent Ventures in 2018—said, “we’re putting out a white paper looking at Venezuela…assuming this transfer of power does go thru … And if you u can get charter cities to be part of the conversation,” there is “opportunity…” 1/
The team trying to end poverty by founding well-governed 'charter' cities
"China looked & said, 'Wait, Hong Kong's rich. Taiwan's rich. We're all Chinese. Why are they doing well and we're starving?'"
80000hours.org
January 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Follow the money. #Venezuela #Honduras #Greenland #Nigeria #FreedomCities #TechBros @whitehouse.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov
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THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
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Aside from oil and insanity, the attack on Venezuela is meant to shock and terrify us so that we lie down and give up.
No fucking way.
No fucking way.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Aside from oil and insanity, the attack on Venezuela is meant to shock and terrify us so that we lie down and give up.
No fucking way.
No fucking way.
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ICYMI: @wajali.bsky.social @tamikaynunley.bsky.social and @therickwilson.bsky.social join TJRS for our first show of the year, covering Trump's destruction of the country and his party, and the lying campaign against Somalis in Minnesota. Plus, Jack Smith speaks! www.youtube.com/live/Xj9OJ5M...
Mamdani in, Kennedy Center Destroyed | The Joy Reid Show LIVE!
YouTube video by The Joy Reid Show
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January 3, 2026 at 2:41 AM
ICYMI: @wajali.bsky.social @tamikaynunley.bsky.social and @therickwilson.bsky.social join TJRS for our first show of the year, covering Trump's destruction of the country and his party, and the lying campaign against Somalis in Minnesota. Plus, Jack Smith speaks! www.youtube.com/live/Xj9OJ5M...
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This clip of Zohran speaking to Aunti Sameena moved Zohran to tears. It genuinely moved me to tears. It’s a must watch. ❤️ youtu.be/en9v_dA-JUw?...
The New Yorker Who Moved Zohran Mamdani to Tears
YouTube video by Qasim Rashid
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January 3, 2026 at 12:21 AM
This clip of Zohran speaking to Aunti Sameena moved Zohran to tears. It genuinely moved me to tears. It’s a must watch. ❤️ youtu.be/en9v_dA-JUw?...
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social looks ahead with positivity:
January 1, 2026 at 1:20 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social looks ahead with positivity:
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Let’s get to work: indivisible.org/groups
January 1, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Let’s get to work: indivisible.org/groups