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Resistance is fruitful: I’ve written a post a day
over the last ten years. That’s how I grow
my hope for a better, bigger democracy.

💙 Voted for Hubert Horatio Humphrey

🚫👑 🚫dms 🚫anti-Dems 🚫dipshittery
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a man wearing a jacket that says more
ALT: a man wearing a jacket that says more
media.tenor.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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I am convinced that Niall Ferguson sincerely believes this (derogatory)
January 23, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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IN MINNESOTA we are nice. It's real. It's a thing. It's probably why we've never won a Super Bowl. That and we need better quarterbacks. But just because we're nice doesn't mean we aren't strong…
January 23, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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“We have a nice little database, & now you’re considered domestic terrorists” says an ICE agent after photographing a civilian who was videotaping them. Posted today by Brian Allen on X. h/t @allenanalysis.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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😳 Peter Thiel’s Palantir, a “technology company with close ties to the Trump administration,” has “cemented its role analyzing data for the U.K.’s military — despite an ongoing standoff between the two governments over trade and digital regulations.” 1/2/26 www.politico.eu/article/pala...
Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal
The £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence has renewed a debate about Britain’s dependence on American technology.
www.politico.eu
January 23, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Dan Cortese, Jon Stewart, and George Clooney, MTV Rock 'n' Jock Baseball, 1995

(To rejuvenate the baseball spirits with spring training starting soon, quote skeet this with a random baseball player.)
January 23, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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Walked past some uniformed police last night all wearing gaiters over their faces and felt panic but realized it was just Chicago cops out in 4 degree weather.
January 23, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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Super important story by @crampell.bsky.social at @thebulwark.com about the Trump administration's misuse of personal information:
Trump’s Chilling Weaponization of Confidential Government Records
Remind me—who else in history made lists of Jewish intellectuals and people with disabilities?
open.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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Follow updates on the anti-ICE protests across the Twin Cities here: bit.ly/4qzuSaB
January 23, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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Anti-ICE protesters fill the streets of downtown Minneapolis during an "ICE Out" rally on Jan. 23.

📷️ Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Continuing coverage: bit.ly/3ZsrBxQ
January 23, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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MORE: DOJ revealed these "corrections" to the record in a long-running lawsuit against DOGE's access to Social Security systems. The corrections describe broader access — and potential dissemination — than previously described in court. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 20, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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they're calling Elon Musk "CSAM Altman" folks,
In our conservative estimate, 41 percent of Grok’s images — or 1.8 million — were sexualized depictions of women. Separately, CCDH analyzed how many were sexualized images across genders and ages. Their findings: an estimated 3 million images, including more than 23,000 of children.
January 22, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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Musk believes deeply that we should
take every crust of bread from every
child on earth to help him pay to make
Earth the dead red planet only he will
survive on.
January 23, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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Up, up, and away above the law…

All hail the binder clip conqueror…
January 21, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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This is your king?
January 23, 2026 at 5:28 AM
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👀 House Approp. Committee’s “top Democrat” @delauro.house.gov takes a “victory photo” with the top Republican of the committee Tom Cole after passing massive bills to fund the Trump regime incl. its out of control DHS/ICE squads unleashed in MN and elsewhere (arresting 5 yr olds etc) @notus.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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I will just keep repeating. I have never never never seen anything like this. 30 years of reporting.
Have a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
January 23, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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if we all stop going to work then the parasitic ruling class loses their fuel to oppress us @jvl.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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Join the general strike in Minnesota everyone! Make it last as many days as possible! We, the people must make this the turning point, the action that stops the tyranny tyranny so cHump can be removed!
January 22, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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If you're looking for something to do RIGHT NOW, make calls to local, state, and federal elected officials. You're likely to get an answering machine. If you want a script, 5calls.org has them, along with phone numbers. Constant pressure on elected IS something we need to all be doing.
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
January 22, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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"After weeks of living under the heavy weight of this racist campaign of terror by ICE agents," hundreds of businesses in Minnesota have closed for the day as part of a historic general strike.
January 23, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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“We are asking every single person, every family member, every teacher, every bus driver, every childcare worker, to come together, to be in community, to stand with one another.” said JaNaé Bates Imari, representative of Camphor Memorial UMC.
January 22, 2026 at 2:32 PM