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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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January 21, 2026 at 4:18 AM
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Nancy Lacore, who served in the Navy for 35 years as a Navy helicopter pilot, three-star admiral and the chief of the Navy Reserve, announced a run for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District

Navy admiral removed by Hegseth announces run for Congress

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Navy admiral removed by Hegseth announces run for Congress
Nancy Lacore served in the Navy for 35 years as a helicopter pilot, three-star admiral and the chief of the Navy Reserve.
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January 21, 2026 at 1:14 AM
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"I'll speak today about the rupture in the world order, the end of the pleasant fiction and the dawn of a brutal reality in which great-power geopolitics is unconstrained."

An extraordinary speech from Canada's prime minister.
Remarkable speech from Mark Carney today at Davos, worth reading in full. Thanks to Paul Wells for transcribing (and translating the French portion): paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:22 AM
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She’s leaving the position she didn’t have.
BREAKING:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia US attorney Lindsey Halligan, who sought indictments against Trump adversaries, is leaving her position.
January 21, 2026 at 2:16 AM
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“The reckless abandon of a 2nd
term—one based on death, destruction & vengeance—was so predictable. The tragedy is, despite the predictability, most Americans failed to do their civic duty and ensure this would not happen. Only we, the people can stop it.”

www.americaamerica.news/p/the-goal-w...
The Goal Was (And Is) Dictatorship
This was clear years ago: Trump hungered for total power and retribution, while extremist Republicans mocked liberal government and right-wing groups plotted a fascist takeover.
www.americaamerica.news
January 21, 2026 at 4:25 AM
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U.S. Senator Chris
Murphy Denied Access to Dilley detention facility
January 21, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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January 20, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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"They're going to be held accountable one way or another." IL Governor JB Pritzker vows accountability for current administration officials when Trump's term comes to an end.
January 21, 2026 at 4:35 AM
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The dancing fox was laughing at lawless, mindless bullies. That’s the crime.
January 18, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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How long before Trump declares the USA owns the Moon. And starts renaming places on it? eg. Sea of Tranquity becomes Sea of Trump. Ocean of Storms becomes Ocean of Trump. Apollo 11 Landing Site becomes the Donald J Trump Apollo 11 Landing Site. #USA #moon
January 21, 2026 at 4:46 AM
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Trump. Is. Insane.
January 19, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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they shut off the pool camera? what is happening
January 21, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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I always found it ironic when Reagan said, "The 9 scariest words are -I'm from the government, and I'm here to help", while he was the figurehead at the top of the government, and was trying to tell people he was there to help!
January 16, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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Reagan was the first smug, stupid MAGA, demonizing the government he presided over.
January 15, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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Mundus Sine Caesaribus
October 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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This nonsense board is Mafia shakedown level corruption. Any country with any brains would avoid it like the plague…!
January 20, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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One official said: “The official position is that we are considering it. But you don’t have to be a political genius to work out that paying $1bn of taxpayers’ money to sit on a board with Putin isn’t going to fly. I don’t think people are going to sign up to it.”

www.ft.com/content/159b...
Starmer turns away from Trump’s Board of Peace as US-UK tensions mount
Prime minister unlikely to sign up to body that charges $1bn fee and includes Russian president, officials say
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January 20, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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Minnesota's Republican House Speaker Lisa Demuth made a Facebook post critical of an anti-ICE protest at a church, and got ratioed by her own daughter in the comments www.facebook.com/LisaforMN/po...
January 21, 2026 at 12:29 AM
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"Colorado ... Democrats introduced a bill backed by data center industry groups. If approved, it would give data center developers a 20-year exemption from paying state sales and use taxes — if they meet a series of economic and environmental requirements." www.cpr.org/2026/01/20/c...
Colorado lawmakers brace for their biggest battle yet over AI data centers
The data center boom is coming for Colorado. Lawmakers are set to decide whether to incentivize it or guard against the potential impacts.
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January 21, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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The FTC is appealing its loss in its antitrust case against Meta. www.ft.com/content/ef7b...
US regulator appeals Meta’s antitrust win
Federal Trade Commission’s move comes as Big Tech’s push to woo the White House has failed to put an end to monopoly cases
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January 21, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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When you invent something that is detrimental to the human race, maybe the humans being targeted realize that the device is a monster in disguise.

Evil tech bro guru Curtis Yarvin espouses plans to destroy a huge swath of the population. This is Project 2025.

www.salon.com/2025/02/26/f...
From MAGA to monarchy: How tech billionaires are engineering American autocracy - Salon.com
Common sense for the Trump age
www.salon.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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When you lose $77 billion and remain a billionaire and CEO…
something is wrong with this picture.
January 18, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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If your alternative media isn't writing about immigrant rights and trans liberation you are just huffing billionaire farts
January 20, 2026 at 9:54 PM