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a straight up criminal gangster conspiracy. except worse because you can’t call the cops
So much wrong with this but…they sold his phone?!? Like, for profit?? Now ICE can just confiscate and pawn your property???
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 14, 2026 at 12:48 PM
a straight up criminal gangster conspiracy. except worse because you can’t call the cops
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TBH, I'm more intrested in a social media ban for MPs.
Many Labour MPs back an Australian led ban on social media for under 16s.
The UK Government should give it full consideration.
The UK Government should give it full consideration.
Sensible safeguarding
January 14, 2026 at 9:55 AM
TBH, I'm more intrested in a social media ban for MPs.
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All these Draft Kings and Fan Duel ads should be required to disclose that if you consistently win your bets you’ll get kicked off their platforms.
January 14, 2026 at 1:36 AM
All these Draft Kings and Fan Duel ads should be required to disclose that if you consistently win your bets you’ll get kicked off their platforms.
theophite got whacked again?
January 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM
theophite got whacked again?
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BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
James Rodden, who the Observer identified last year as the operator of the account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org
January 14, 2026 at 12:43 AM
BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
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And this is the point National Dems need to realize about Goldman’s primary. My biggest complaint; among many, is his disloyalty to other Dems when he in particular, does not have political pressure to do so. He reps a very blue district and he tells the world fellow Dems Tlaib and Zohran hate Jews.
January 13, 2026 at 10:21 PM
And this is the point National Dems need to realize about Goldman’s primary. My biggest complaint; among many, is his disloyalty to other Dems when he in particular, does not have political pressure to do so. He reps a very blue district and he tells the world fellow Dems Tlaib and Zohran hate Jews.
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better child care benefits _are_ correlated with higher fertility rates in EU nations. it's just that they still don't seem to bring them up to replacement rate
the thing is these are good things for their own sake but they do not actually work to increase the birthrate, as the European experience largely shows. pretty much nothing increases the birthrate that we've found so far, whether good welfare state stuff or natalist nationalism and anti-choice shit.
leftist plan to increase the birthrate:
- universal health care
- free child care
- better paid family leave
- better workforce protections so they can't lay you off while you're pregnant and be like "no it was for something else i swear"
ok i did it
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
- universal health care
- free child care
- better paid family leave
- better workforce protections so they can't lay you off while you're pregnant and be like "no it was for something else i swear"
ok i did it
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
January 13, 2026 at 10:32 PM
better child care benefits _are_ correlated with higher fertility rates in EU nations. it's just that they still don't seem to bring them up to replacement rate
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this is really the vilest part. the way these people, caught trampling your rights, will hound you to the ends of the earth and beyond the grave. this womans crime was being married to someone the regime murdered. abrego garcia had the temerity to be mistakenly deported to a gulag. unforgivable sins
This is appalling: Top DOJ officials are actively pushing for a criminal investigation into the widow of Renee Good, leading prosecutors to quit en masse, NYT is reporting.
Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.
Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.
January 13, 2026 at 9:17 PM
this is really the vilest part. the way these people, caught trampling your rights, will hound you to the ends of the earth and beyond the grave. this womans crime was being married to someone the regime murdered. abrego garcia had the temerity to be mistakenly deported to a gulag. unforgivable sins
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The complaint is difficult reading, but if you need a condensed timeline of events in Minneapolis... I think I missed this incident entirely:
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72132...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72132...
January 13, 2026 at 7:33 PM
The complaint is difficult reading, but if you need a condensed timeline of events in Minneapolis... I think I missed this incident entirely:
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72132...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72132...
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Fascism always returns if it's not crushed.
Warsaw Ghetto 1943. Minneapolis 2026.
Warsaw Ghetto 1943. Minneapolis 2026.
January 13, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Fascism always returns if it's not crushed.
Warsaw Ghetto 1943. Minneapolis 2026.
Warsaw Ghetto 1943. Minneapolis 2026.
a million views in one day, remarkable www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:26 PM
a million views in one day, remarkable www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
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I'm in the middle of Foner's Reconstruction and one thing that's remarkable is that Elon Musk would've been considered a racist 160 years ago.
So much of the reactionary tech elite and rationalist movements' views, epitomized in Elon Musk, are indistinguishable from Calhounism. Here is Calhoun's famous 1948 speech arguing that Jefferson's assertion that "all men are created equal" was wrong. teachingamericanhistory.org/document/spe...
January 13, 2026 at 7:17 PM
I'm in the middle of Foner's Reconstruction and one thing that's remarkable is that Elon Musk would've been considered a racist 160 years ago.
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Bidens job as President was first and foremost to protect the United States of America from enemies foreign and domestic and he fumbled the bag like none other before him. You could say, ultimately, he is the sole reason we are here. He was the only person who had the immense power to stop it.
SEOUL, Jan 13 (Reuters) - South Korea's special prosecutor on Tuesday requested the death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.
January 13, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Bidens job as President was first and foremost to protect the United States of America from enemies foreign and domestic and he fumbled the bag like none other before him. You could say, ultimately, he is the sole reason we are here. He was the only person who had the immense power to stop it.
this is superb data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-wall-l...
The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls
On the optimism of preparation in a time of democratic decay.
data4democracy.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:26 PM
this is superb data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-wall-l...
the Kung Fu Monkey Crazification Factor stays winning
New poll finds that 28% of US adults believe the force used by the ICE agent in Minneapolis was justified.
January 13, 2026 at 6:05 PM
the Kung Fu Monkey Crazification Factor stays winning
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DHS and ICE continuing to use Chinese drones - as featured in the video below - is illegal under laws passed in 2024 that required U.S. federal agencies to cease using them by late 2025.
dronedj.com/2024/11/15/u...
dronedj.com/2024/11/15/u...
January 13, 2026 at 4:16 PM
DHS and ICE continuing to use Chinese drones - as featured in the video below - is illegal under laws passed in 2024 that required U.S. federal agencies to cease using them by late 2025.
dronedj.com/2024/11/15/u...
dronedj.com/2024/11/15/u...
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Womp womp
CPI is a fixed-weight basket of goods and services, but PCE inflation is weighted towards how consumers actually spend
When you look at the goods where people actually allocate their dollars and prices are less volatile, we're seeing some meaningful upside right now
CPI is a fixed-weight basket of goods and services, but PCE inflation is weighted towards how consumers actually spend
When you look at the goods where people actually allocate their dollars and prices are less volatile, we're seeing some meaningful upside right now
January 13, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Womp womp
CPI is a fixed-weight basket of goods and services, but PCE inflation is weighted towards how consumers actually spend
When you look at the goods where people actually allocate their dollars and prices are less volatile, we're seeing some meaningful upside right now
CPI is a fixed-weight basket of goods and services, but PCE inflation is weighted towards how consumers actually spend
When you look at the goods where people actually allocate their dollars and prices are less volatile, we're seeing some meaningful upside right now
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gotta question who is throwing money into an nyc memecoin from the corrupt former mayor. that said, this is all part of the crisis of impunity we've got going on. far from the most important example but it's a death by 1000 cuts thing when everything is just grift & it feels like ppl get away w/ it
January 13, 2026 at 5:11 PM
gotta question who is throwing money into an nyc memecoin from the corrupt former mayor. that said, this is all part of the crisis of impunity we've got going on. far from the most important example but it's a death by 1000 cuts thing when everything is just grift & it feels like ppl get away w/ it
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NEW: I have exclusive new data on whether local resistance is slowing down the data center buildout.
Heatmap’s comprehensive review finds that 25 data centers were cancelled last year after sustained local opposition. That’s quadruple the number from a year prior.
heatmap.news/politics/dat...
Heatmap’s comprehensive review finds that 25 data centers were cancelled last year after sustained local opposition. That’s quadruple the number from a year prior.
heatmap.news/politics/dat...
January 13, 2026 at 4:59 PM
NEW: I have exclusive new data on whether local resistance is slowing down the data center buildout.
Heatmap’s comprehensive review finds that 25 data centers were cancelled last year after sustained local opposition. That’s quadruple the number from a year prior.
heatmap.news/politics/dat...
Heatmap’s comprehensive review finds that 25 data centers were cancelled last year after sustained local opposition. That’s quadruple the number from a year prior.
heatmap.news/politics/dat...
"One might say this is capitalism not at its highest stage of development, but its lowest; indeed, it’s as if these firms want their chance at “primitive accumulation,” which is to say, robbery and plunder." www.unpopularfront.news/p/dingbat-im...
Dingbat Imperialism, the Lowest Stage of Capitalism
Reading Lenin Today
www.unpopularfront.news
January 13, 2026 at 4:41 PM
"One might say this is capitalism not at its highest stage of development, but its lowest; indeed, it’s as if these firms want their chance at “primitive accumulation,” which is to say, robbery and plunder." www.unpopularfront.news/p/dingbat-im...
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Rep. Rosa DeLauro joins us to write about the dismantling of the Department of Education. "The Trump administration’s plan is to re-disorganize education policy."
prospect.org/2026/01/13/t...
prospect.org/2026/01/13/t...
The Trump Administration Plot to Destroy Public Education - The American Prospect
Officials claim that dismantling the Department of Education will improve efficiency. It isn’t true.
prospect.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Rep. Rosa DeLauro joins us to write about the dismantling of the Department of Education. "The Trump administration’s plan is to re-disorganize education policy."
prospect.org/2026/01/13/t...
prospect.org/2026/01/13/t...
popularism!!
Wow — New YouGov / Economist poll:
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
46% support abolishing ICE
43% oppose abolishing ICE
This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support
January 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM
popularism!!
it frankly is kind of taboo to discuss these questions on the left, but this piece also doesn't get into the actual most promising policy ideas (limiting smartphone and social media use to the greatest possible extent) www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
As birthrates tumble, some progressives say the left needs to offer ideas and solutions
The US and other countries face aging, shrinking populations. Conservatives have shaped debate over the issue. Some liberals say it's time for progressives to weigh in.
www.npr.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM
it frankly is kind of taboo to discuss these questions on the left, but this piece also doesn't get into the actual most promising policy ideas (limiting smartphone and social media use to the greatest possible extent) www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
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I wrote book reviews for a while for the WSJ well over a decade ago, and Bari Weis was my editor. One of her special tricks was to try to insert a sharp rightward slant into my essays *after* it had been copy edited, as a way of slipping her viewpoint in at the last minute.
January 13, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I wrote book reviews for a while for the WSJ well over a decade ago, and Bari Weis was my editor. One of her special tricks was to try to insert a sharp rightward slant into my essays *after* it had been copy edited, as a way of slipping her viewpoint in at the last minute.