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A big lie (German: große Lüge) is a propagandatechnique. The expression was coined by Adolf Hitler, when he dictated his 1925 book Mein Kampf, about the use of a lie so "colossal" that no one would believe that someone "could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously"
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A big part of the "ICE and Border Patrol guys could never make it in the military or a real police force" rhetoric is just cope that allows folks to keep pretending that cops and military don't have large numbers of violent, sociopathic toolbags themselves. They do.
January 18, 2026 at 1:13 AM
A big part of the "ICE and Border Patrol guys could never make it in the military or a real police force" rhetoric is just cope that allows folks to keep pretending that cops and military don't have large numbers of violent, sociopathic toolbags themselves. They do.
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In rural Shenandoah County, VA we protest at least twice a week. It is good to be visible here because folks only watch Fox and don’t know everything that is happening.
January 17, 2026 at 9:46 PM
In rural Shenandoah County, VA we protest at least twice a week. It is good to be visible here because folks only watch Fox and don’t know everything that is happening.
What if there are people behind those masks who are seeking a way out, but are afraid? Not defending them, but not sure that violence in return helps anyone.
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Former skin heads have changed to do anti racism work. Conversion could be a powerful message to other men.
"Hate is contagious...Meeting violence with violence and hate with hate only reinforces a hostile mentality."
#nonviolence
www.patheos.com/blogs/teachi...
"Hate is contagious...Meeting violence with violence and hate with hate only reinforces a hostile mentality."
#nonviolence
www.patheos.com/blogs/teachi...
How To Convert A White Supremacist: The Case Of Christian Picciolini
Is it okay to punch a Nazi in the face? That was the question many of us were asking at the beginning of the year. Richard Spencer, a leader of the white
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January 17, 2026 at 11:42 PM
What if there are people behind those masks who are seeking a way out, but are afraid? Not defending them, but not sure that violence in return helps anyone.
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Hate promises power and purpose but only delivers pain and isolation. Real solutions come from understanding, accountability, and change—from choosing connection over division and hope over hate.
If you're ready to be part of the solution, we're here.
#LifeAfterHate
If you're ready to be part of the solution, we're here.
#LifeAfterHate
October 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Hate promises power and purpose but only delivers pain and isolation. Real solutions come from understanding, accountability, and change—from choosing connection over division and hope over hate.
If you're ready to be part of the solution, we're here.
#LifeAfterHate
If you're ready to be part of the solution, we're here.
#LifeAfterHate
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MN ICE watch is measurably de-escalating violence. Attraction to ICE for newbies is social approval & group power. Now, larger group meets them with social censure. They're using more agents (taken from elsewhere) to conduct relatively fewer arrests, lowering abductions there & beyond.
January 17, 2026 at 4:47 AM
MN ICE watch is measurably de-escalating violence. Attraction to ICE for newbies is social approval & group power. Now, larger group meets them with social censure. They're using more agents (taken from elsewhere) to conduct relatively fewer arrests, lowering abductions there & beyond.
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"Vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence. ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their disapproval."
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
January 17, 2026 at 4:51 AM
"Vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence. ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their disapproval."
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
"Faced with an angry public but committed to a rigid agenda of nativist brutality, the president
and his coterie of ideologues are playing the only move they seem to have: wanton violence and threats of further escalation. They think this will break their opposition.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/o...
and his coterie of ideologues are playing the only move they seem to have: wanton violence and threats of further escalation. They think this will break their opposition.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/o...
Opinion | This Is the Only Card Trump Can Play
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:30 PM
"Faced with an angry public but committed to a rigid agenda of nativist brutality, the president
and his coterie of ideologues are playing the only move they seem to have: wanton violence and threats of further escalation. They think this will break their opposition.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/o...
and his coterie of ideologues are playing the only move they seem to have: wanton violence and threats of further escalation. They think this will break their opposition.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/o...
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"On 3/8 1965, as state violence was unleashed against Black citizens in Selma, MLK Jr. penned a telegram to clergy across the nation.
That call was answered.
Clergy came from across the country.
It is in that same spirit—and with that same clarity—that we issue this call now."
www.marchminnesota.org
That call was answered.
Clergy came from across the country.
It is in that same spirit—and with that same clarity—that we issue this call now."
www.marchminnesota.org
January 16, 2026 at 8:23 PM
"On 3/8 1965, as state violence was unleashed against Black citizens in Selma, MLK Jr. penned a telegram to clergy across the nation.
That call was answered.
Clergy came from across the country.
It is in that same spirit—and with that same clarity—that we issue this call now."
www.marchminnesota.org
That call was answered.
Clergy came from across the country.
It is in that same spirit—and with that same clarity—that we issue this call now."
www.marchminnesota.org
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Faith folks standing up
January 17, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Faith folks standing up
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“When history echoes, we answer.”
A multifaith coalition of clergy is calling faith leaders to Minneapolis Jan 22–23, echoing Dr. King’s Selma telegram and responding to the crisis unfolding now.
Jan 22: grounding & preparation
Jan 23: Day of Action
Details here:
👉 www.marchminnesota.org
A multifaith coalition of clergy is calling faith leaders to Minneapolis Jan 22–23, echoing Dr. King’s Selma telegram and responding to the crisis unfolding now.
Jan 22: grounding & preparation
Jan 23: Day of Action
Details here:
👉 www.marchminnesota.org
January 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM
“When history echoes, we answer.”
A multifaith coalition of clergy is calling faith leaders to Minneapolis Jan 22–23, echoing Dr. King’s Selma telegram and responding to the crisis unfolding now.
Jan 22: grounding & preparation
Jan 23: Day of Action
Details here:
👉 www.marchminnesota.org
A multifaith coalition of clergy is calling faith leaders to Minneapolis Jan 22–23, echoing Dr. King’s Selma telegram and responding to the crisis unfolding now.
Jan 22: grounding & preparation
Jan 23: Day of Action
Details here:
👉 www.marchminnesota.org
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Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
January 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
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So are you gonna do anything, or just post about it?
A headline you’d hope never to see.
But that’s TrumpWorld.
But that’s TrumpWorld.
January 17, 2026 at 7:44 PM
So are you gonna do anything, or just post about it?
Again, ridicule can work.
January 17, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Again, ridicule can work.
This could be a real thing. The way to defeat trump is through ridicule.
January 17, 2026 at 9:13 PM
This could be a real thing. The way to defeat trump is through ridicule.
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Like literally even that’s just important to working through trauma—being able to put a name to what you went through, being able to articulate it and place it in a context—and we are going to be grappling with trauma on both the individual and mass social levels for decades
January 17, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Like literally even that’s just important to working through trauma—being able to put a name to what you went through, being able to articulate it and place it in a context—and we are going to be grappling with trauma on both the individual and mass social levels for decades
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I will die on the hill of it being worth saying that unlawful actions by the regime are unlawful, of it being worth understanding why that’s the case, not because it will stop them but because it’s worth understanding the dimensions of *what they’re doing*
January 17, 2026 at 7:45 PM
I will die on the hill of it being worth saying that unlawful actions by the regime are unlawful, of it being worth understanding why that’s the case, not because it will stop them but because it’s worth understanding the dimensions of *what they’re doing*
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We would not know what's going on in #Minneapolis if it weren't for #journalist exhibiting physical and moral courage. Those who bad-mouth reporters and photojournalists want you to stay ignorant #FirstAmendment He loves the #uneducated
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 6:45 PM
We would not know what's going on in #Minneapolis if it weren't for #journalist exhibiting physical and moral courage. Those who bad-mouth reporters and photojournalists want you to stay ignorant #FirstAmendment He loves the #uneducated
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Minneapolis braces for march called by pardoned Jan. 6 rioter
Just Stay Home. This is to incite Insurrection Act.
Just Stay Home. This is to incite Insurrection Act.
January 17, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Minneapolis braces for march called by pardoned Jan. 6 rioter
Just Stay Home. This is to incite Insurrection Act.
Just Stay Home. This is to incite Insurrection Act.
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Thanks. In this phase they want us to become despondent & or/afraid of the consequences of resisting.
Active & visible resistance - especially by ‘ordinary’ people not typically involved in activism - inspires others to join actively. They want to kill that before it grows. We must not let them.
Active & visible resistance - especially by ‘ordinary’ people not typically involved in activism - inspires others to join actively. They want to kill that before it grows. We must not let them.
January 17, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Thanks. In this phase they want us to become despondent & or/afraid of the consequences of resisting.
Active & visible resistance - especially by ‘ordinary’ people not typically involved in activism - inspires others to join actively. They want to kill that before it grows. We must not let them.
Active & visible resistance - especially by ‘ordinary’ people not typically involved in activism - inspires others to join actively. They want to kill that before it grows. We must not let them.
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IMO, the opposite of doomerism isn't "we're going to win" but "I'm taking actions to fight."
January 17, 2026 at 4:42 PM
IMO, the opposite of doomerism isn't "we're going to win" but "I'm taking actions to fight."
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Man what the hell these are high schoolers
January 17, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Man what the hell these are high schoolers
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That is some revisionist history.
Erasing the real Cassandras, of course.
Erasing the real Cassandras, of course.
Lost me here
“There were fears at the time of DHS’s founding, particularly on the political right, that the government was creating an authoritarian monster.”
“There were fears at the time of DHS’s founding, particularly on the political right, that the government was creating an authoritarian monster.”
NEW: How the Department of Homeland Security, founded to prevent another 9/11 terrorist attack, has turned into the partisan political tool its critics always feared www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 17, 2026 at 6:18 PM
That is some revisionist history.
Erasing the real Cassandras, of course.
Erasing the real Cassandras, of course.
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"Imagine" - This is the vibe on the street near Minneapolis. #IceOut @teslatakedown.com @teslatakedownmn.bsky.social @indivistwincities.bsky.social @alexwinter.com @maddow.bsky.social @jcollins.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social @aclumn.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 6:01 PM
"Imagine" - This is the vibe on the street near Minneapolis. #IceOut @teslatakedown.com @teslatakedownmn.bsky.social @indivistwincities.bsky.social @alexwinter.com @maddow.bsky.social @jcollins.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social @aclumn.bsky.social
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Miller’s miscalculation - the logic of a privileged and sheltered brat - is that violence would pull white folks away from black and brown folks, when in fact it’s done the opposite. And now America’s other cities also know how to face him.
Terror is essential to Miller's project. It's designed to dissuade us from showing solidarity with the immigrants getting removed. Stand in the way of ethnic cleansing and you risk violence yourself.
(h/t @whstancil.bsky.social and @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
(h/t @whstancil.bsky.social and @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
January 17, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Miller’s miscalculation - the logic of a privileged and sheltered brat - is that violence would pull white folks away from black and brown folks, when in fact it’s done the opposite. And now America’s other cities also know how to face him.
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What the Trump administration is doing, what Stephen Miller has schemed his whole sad, miserable, pathetic life for & Noem is gleefully implementing because she thinks it'll get her elected president in 2028, is state terror. 6/
January 17, 2026 at 4:54 PM
What the Trump administration is doing, what Stephen Miller has schemed his whole sad, miserable, pathetic life for & Noem is gleefully implementing because she thinks it'll get her elected president in 2028, is state terror. 6/