Wordworking
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Sitting President attempts to steal $10 BILLION from taxpayers.
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Sitting President attempts to steal $10 BILLION from taxpayers.
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Dumping people has always been a brutal law enforcement sport; doing it in this weather could be a lethal one. (David is responding to Jeffries deciding to take a stand against deporting citizens, which is not what they're doing; it's a catch, abuse, and release program when it's not lethal.)
DHS has a whole citizen detainment system set up in Minnesota. They snatch citizens off the street (often with proof they are citizens), detain them for a few hours, steal their phones, then release them into the cold.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
‘Abolish ICE’ has become an increasingly popular position and people are being shot in the streets over it why the fuck would you dillweeds roll over like this. Especially given that citizenship is much more friable than people think it is this is not as protective as dems want it to look.
January 30, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Dumping people has always been a brutal law enforcement sport; doing it in this weather could be a lethal one. (David is responding to Jeffries deciding to take a stand against deporting citizens, which is not what they're doing; it's a catch, abuse, and release program when it's not lethal.)
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My new story, a deep dive on what it can mean to protest in America today. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
She Fought a Book Ban. She May Never Teach Again.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:29 PM
My new story, a deep dive on what it can mean to protest in America today. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
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This kind of thing is a double defeat.
Not only do you settle without getting anything new.
You also concede the reality that they've been acting illegally to the false claim it's all been legal until now.
Not only do you settle without getting anything new.
You also concede the reality that they've been acting illegally to the false claim it's all been legal until now.
Opposition party doing so good that they’re gonna pass a law that exists already and tell us it’s a win 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
January 30, 2026 at 1:32 AM
This kind of thing is a double defeat.
Not only do you settle without getting anything new.
You also concede the reality that they've been acting illegally to the false claim it's all been legal until now.
Not only do you settle without getting anything new.
You also concede the reality that they've been acting illegally to the false claim it's all been legal until now.
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Turn up.
January 29, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Turn up.
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This is fucking appalling. This is university-administrators’-heads-should-roll appalling.
The college at which I'm employed, which has signed a contract with the AI firm that stole books from 131 colleagues & me, paid a student to write an op-ed for the student paper promoting AI, guided the writing of it, and did not disclose this to the paper. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...
College approached and paid student to write op-ed in The Dartmouth
The Dartmouth ran the article on Nov. 17 without knowledge that the College had been involved.
www.thedartmouth.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:21 PM
This is fucking appalling. This is university-administrators’-heads-should-roll appalling.
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LAPD would delete nearly 12 million body camera videos under proposed policy change
LAPD would delete nearly 12 million body camera videos under proposed policy change
LAPD would delete nearly 12 million body camera videos under proposed policy change
The Los Angeles Police Commission tabled a vote on proposed changes to the department's data retention policy, expressing concern useful videos could be lost in a purge of old records.
www.latimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:59 PM
www.latimes.com/california/s...
LAPD would delete nearly 12 million body camera videos under proposed policy change
LAPD would delete nearly 12 million body camera videos under proposed policy change
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ah yes “guardrails,” famously observed by murderous thugs
January 29, 2026 at 11:01 PM
ah yes “guardrails,” famously observed by murderous thugs
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This jackass lost the 2014 Belk Bowl to a 6-6 Virginia Tech team, and then lost to South Florida 65-27 the next season, so he'd absolutely lose the Woke Bowl, too
Tuberville: "Unfortunately we've got the Woke Bowl, because we're getting more and more woke. We got Bad Bunny or Bad Rabbit at halftime. I'll be watching the TPUSA halftime show. It's just unfortunate we've gotten to this point."
January 29, 2026 at 10:30 PM
This jackass lost the 2014 Belk Bowl to a 6-6 Virginia Tech team, and then lost to South Florida 65-27 the next season, so he'd absolutely lose the Woke Bowl, too
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tomorrow, StandWithMinnesota.com will hit a million site visits and over 650,000 unique visitors.
i made it 10 days ago with $600 from you guys for hosting and cloudflare.
thank you. thank you.
i made it 10 days ago with $600 from you guys for hosting and cloudflare.
thank you. thank you.
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
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January 25, 2026 at 8:12 PM
tomorrow, StandWithMinnesota.com will hit a million site visits and over 650,000 unique visitors.
i made it 10 days ago with $600 from you guys for hosting and cloudflare.
thank you. thank you.
i made it 10 days ago with $600 from you guys for hosting and cloudflare.
thank you. thank you.
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Minnesotans following and documenting ICE activity here have been detained, pulled out of their cars, hit with chemicals, had agents route them to their homes and take photos. Even after the killings of two observers, they aren't stopping. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Minneapolis ICE observers keep showing up despite risk of arrest and violence
Bystanders say they are determined to keep recording federal agents’ actions: ‘There will be absolutely no accountability unless people are documenting’
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Minnesotans following and documenting ICE activity here have been detained, pulled out of their cars, hit with chemicals, had agents route them to their homes and take photos. Even after the killings of two observers, they aren't stopping. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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DARVO tactics weaponize media that seeks to be "objective" by placing quotes from "both sides" on equal footing. Outlets could stipulate they won't publish blatantly false information/quotes. The risk of appearing partisan should be outweighed by their commitment to the truth.
If you aren't familiar with what DARVO is, get familiar with it. "Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender." The govt is relying on DARVO as a tactic on a national scale, and it is also increasingly a conservative tactic to attack outspoken critics of their ideas, theories, & renderings of history.
DARVO - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 29, 2026 at 4:26 PM
DARVO tactics weaponize media that seeks to be "objective" by placing quotes from "both sides" on equal footing. Outlets could stipulate they won't publish blatantly false information/quotes. The risk of appearing partisan should be outweighed by their commitment to the truth.
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Seems like a good video for his trial
January 29, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Seems like a good video for his trial
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Mayor Mamdani is on the scene of the Chabad-Lubavitch attack.
January 29, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Mayor Mamdani is on the scene of the Chabad-Lubavitch attack.
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Again, there is no legislative fix for the magnitude of the authoritarian crimes being committed daily. Everyone is just pretending at this point:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
January 29, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Again, there is no legislative fix for the magnitude of the authoritarian crimes being committed daily. Everyone is just pretending at this point:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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They are not De-escalating! We had a Neighbor abducted at 6:30 in the morning yesterday we had two observers detained and another maced at 7:30 AM this morning, blocks from an elementary school. And then we had the same fuckers three or four of them all hanging out in the same spot all morning.
“An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Dems so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package” newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:47 AM
They are not De-escalating! We had a Neighbor abducted at 6:30 in the morning yesterday we had two observers detained and another maced at 7:30 AM this morning, blocks from an elementary school. And then we had the same fuckers three or four of them all hanging out in the same spot all morning.
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I felt obliged to write up an overview of all of the Fulton County fraud claims that have already been made — and dismissed. Let me know if I forgot any. www.pbump.net/o/some-thing...
Some things you should know about Fulton County, Georgia
The county has already seen numerous claims about election fraud — all debunked. There's no reason to think that Kash Patel's FBI will find something new.
www.pbump.net
January 29, 2026 at 3:59 AM
I felt obliged to write up an overview of all of the Fulton County fraud claims that have already been made — and dismissed. Let me know if I forgot any. www.pbump.net/o/some-thing...
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CNN airs unearthed footage of a Border Patrol agent harassing a ride share driver:
"If you were from this country, you would know I'm an immigration officer... I can hear you don't have the same accent as me."
"If you were from this country, you would know I'm an immigration officer... I can hear you don't have the same accent as me."
January 28, 2026 at 3:22 PM
CNN airs unearthed footage of a Border Patrol agent harassing a ride share driver:
"If you were from this country, you would know I'm an immigration officer... I can hear you don't have the same accent as me."
"If you were from this country, you would know I'm an immigration officer... I can hear you don't have the same accent as me."
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Exactly.
There needs to be a path to accountability, with teeth, that can’t be circumvented by Trump lackeys deciding to sit on their hands.
There needs to be a path to accountability, with teeth, that can’t be circumvented by Trump lackeys deciding to sit on their hands.
As Republican Senators pitch the idea of having Trump issue executive orders to dial down ICE in exchange for funding DHS, let's all be very clear: AN EXECUTIVE ORDER IS NOT THE LAW. (1/x)
January 28, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Exactly.
There needs to be a path to accountability, with teeth, that can’t be circumvented by Trump lackeys deciding to sit on their hands.
There needs to be a path to accountability, with teeth, that can’t be circumvented by Trump lackeys deciding to sit on their hands.
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Folks. Please don't spread panic with unconfirmed reports. The Beat even has this handy-dandy guide now baltimorebeat.com/how-baltimor...
How Baltimore organizers are preparing to fight back against ICE
As social media and news coverage is flooded with a relentless stream of images showing immigrants being rounded up, masked federal agents shooting rapid responders, and government officials defending...
baltimorebeat.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Folks. Please don't spread panic with unconfirmed reports. The Beat even has this handy-dandy guide now baltimorebeat.com/how-baltimor...
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This is why I have real fucking problem with blithe criticisms of "polarization" or "congressional dysfunction." We have a Republican member blaming his colleague for being attacked.
The problem isn't polarization or dysfunction. It's the Republican Party.
The problem isn't polarization or dysfunction. It's the Republican Party.
Rep. Randy Fine on Ilhan Omar getting attacked: "I blame Ilhan Omar for what happened"
January 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM
This is why I have real fucking problem with blithe criticisms of "polarization" or "congressional dysfunction." We have a Republican member blaming his colleague for being attacked.
The problem isn't polarization or dysfunction. It's the Republican Party.
The problem isn't polarization or dysfunction. It's the Republican Party.
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Bruuuuuuuuuuce!
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Bruuuuuuuuuuce!
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Eric Lee, an immigration attorney out of Michigan, reports that the Dilly center has been put on lockdown
January 28, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Eric Lee, an immigration attorney out of Michigan, reports that the Dilly center has been put on lockdown
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From @theathletic.com: Iga Świątek asked, “Are we tennis players, or are we animals in the zoo?,” as criticism of the Australian Open’s lack of privacy intensified. Last night, Coco Gauff was filmed smashing her racket in what she thought was a private area.
Iga Świątek echoes Coco Gauff criticism of Australian Open cameras: ‘Are we animals in the zoo?’
The world No. 2 asked if tennis players were “animals in a zoo” following a quarterfinal loss to Elena Rybakina
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January 28, 2026 at 4:39 PM
From @theathletic.com: Iga Świątek asked, “Are we tennis players, or are we animals in the zoo?,” as criticism of the Australian Open’s lack of privacy intensified. Last night, Coco Gauff was filmed smashing her racket in what she thought was a private area.