Zee Roth
@zeeroth.bsky.social
tyranny = zero stars, do not recommend. who knew the apocalypse would be so cringe?
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For any of the armchair warlords out there arguing that Americans aren’t taking this seriously unless we start commit actual acts of violence, keep your bad opinions safely ensconced in your neck of the woods.
Peaceful, relentless organization is our ONLY hope. Not civil war or guerrilla fighting.
Peaceful, relentless organization is our ONLY hope. Not civil war or guerrilla fighting.
I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.
January 22, 2026 at 7:11 PM
For any of the armchair warlords out there arguing that Americans aren’t taking this seriously unless we start commit actual acts of violence, keep your bad opinions safely ensconced in your neck of the woods.
Peaceful, relentless organization is our ONLY hope. Not civil war or guerrilla fighting.
Peaceful, relentless organization is our ONLY hope. Not civil war or guerrilla fighting.
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January 22, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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This tracks with the on-duty National Guard members I interviewed while covering the October No Kings march in DC. They did not want to be associated with ICE or immigration enforcement and were hoping that the public understood the difference.
In a long, scathing interview, a member of the DC National Guard accuses the Trump administration of "parading [us] around to intimidate people." He talks candidly about what his deployment has been like.
An Anonymous DC National Guardsman Tells All
“This is not what I signed up to do.”
washingtonian.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:17 PM
This tracks with the on-duty National Guard members I interviewed while covering the October No Kings march in DC. They did not want to be associated with ICE or immigration enforcement and were hoping that the public understood the difference.
Disgustingly ignorant comment, just completely untethered from historical reality. There are people with traumatic brain injuries, amputations, and PTSD in all of the countries that fought alongside us.
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Disgustingly ignorant comment, just completely untethered from historical reality. There are people with traumatic brain injuries, amputations, and PTSD in all of the countries that fought alongside us.
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if you have *anything* connected to the internet that the state or corporations can use to surveil you and your community, they *will* use it
January 22, 2026 at 12:00 PM
if you have *anything* connected to the internet that the state or corporations can use to surveil you and your community, they *will* use it
Glad to see The Atlantic plainly calling out the administration's social media accounts as promoting an ethnic cleansing agenda. No sane-washing here!
The Government’s Posts Just Took a Sharp Far-Right Turn
Government social-media managers have turned official feeds into streams of xenophobia.
www.theatlantic.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Glad to see The Atlantic plainly calling out the administration's social media accounts as promoting an ethnic cleansing agenda. No sane-washing here!
I've been calling and writing my representative for a week now and he finally announced he's going to support the articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem 🎉
I'm guessing I was one of many persistent voices.
Today I called and emailed to THANK him— positive feedback matters, too!
I'm guessing I was one of many persistent voices.
Today I called and emailed to THANK him— positive feedback matters, too!
There are now at least 100 House members signed on to our effort to impeach Kristi Noem.
Where the hell are the rest of them? Let’s ask:
Where the hell are the rest of them? Let’s ask:
Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
January 22, 2026 at 6:10 AM
I've been calling and writing my representative for a week now and he finally announced he's going to support the articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem 🎉
I'm guessing I was one of many persistent voices.
Today I called and emailed to THANK him— positive feedback matters, too!
I'm guessing I was one of many persistent voices.
Today I called and emailed to THANK him— positive feedback matters, too!
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
Have you called your rep today? It's not too late (leave a message)!
Email works, too. Find your representative by entering your zip code at the link below.
Email works, too. Find your representative by entering your zip code at the link below.
January 22, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Have you called your rep today? It's not too late (leave a message)!
Email works, too. Find your representative by entering your zip code at the link below.
Email works, too. Find your representative by entering your zip code at the link below.
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'Why aren't they in the streets' is answered almost every day in my small town by people in the streets! Rather than asking 'why aren't they in the streets' it's worth asking 'why isn't your media showing them in the streets' and 'who is served by downplaying resistane in its myriad forms.'
The idea that there are no protests in the US and no one is standing up to Trump is proving incredibly hard to kill over here in Germany. It’s become dogma, utterly detached from empirical reality.
I wonder if the people who keep talking like that understand they’re perpetuating regime propaganda.
I wonder if the people who keep talking like that understand they’re perpetuating regime propaganda.
January 21, 2026 at 3:48 PM
'Why aren't they in the streets' is answered almost every day in my small town by people in the streets! Rather than asking 'why aren't they in the streets' it's worth asking 'why isn't your media showing them in the streets' and 'who is served by downplaying resistane in its myriad forms.'
hey world, if you think Americans are only doing No Kings protests every few months... I don't blame you because our own media doesn't show us the DAILY protests in every state.
We've been on the streets for a year now. We're massive; it'll never look like European resistance, but we are out there!
We've been on the streets for a year now. We're massive; it'll never look like European resistance, but we are out there!
The idea that there are no protests in the US and no one is standing up to Trump is proving incredibly hard to kill over here in Germany. It’s become dogma, utterly detached from empirical reality.
I wonder if the people who keep talking like that understand they’re perpetuating regime propaganda.
I wonder if the people who keep talking like that understand they’re perpetuating regime propaganda.
January 22, 2026 at 1:13 AM
hey world, if you think Americans are only doing No Kings protests every few months... I don't blame you because our own media doesn't show us the DAILY protests in every state.
We've been on the streets for a year now. We're massive; it'll never look like European resistance, but we are out there!
We've been on the streets for a year now. We're massive; it'll never look like European resistance, but we are out there!
Listen with the sound on if you can 💔
January 22, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Listen with the sound on if you can 💔
A great read, and an important reminder: we're the ones coming to save us.
I wrote about how from Chicago to Minneapolis to wherever is next, more and more it's very clear that we are all we have. And maybe that's enough. dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...
We Are All We Have | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:50 PM
A great read, and an important reminder: we're the ones coming to save us.
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I would argue that the case for dismantling ICE has, at this point, virtually nothing to do with larger questions of immigration enforcement and reform, it's just clearly incompatible with a free and democratic society to maintain a secret police force with sweeping and arbitrary authority.
Senator Gallego weighs in as well. Note that at the start of 2025 he was considered a *moderate* on immigration and co-sponsored the Laken Riley Act. Him and many other Dems have been increasingly horrified at what ICE is doing and shifted away from a "more enforcement" focus.
January 21, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I would argue that the case for dismantling ICE has, at this point, virtually nothing to do with larger questions of immigration enforcement and reform, it's just clearly incompatible with a free and democratic society to maintain a secret police force with sweeping and arbitrary authority.
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Just saw on KARE 11 that this boy was sent to a detainment facility in Texas and that his family didn't know his whereabouts for almost 24 hours.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Just saw on KARE 11 that this boy was sent to a detainment facility in Texas and that his family didn't know his whereabouts for almost 24 hours.
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pepper spraying someone in the face from inches away while they are already restrained on the ground should get you fired and land you in jail, no exceptions
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 PM
pepper spraying someone in the face from inches away while they are already restrained on the ground should get you fired and land you in jail, no exceptions
"The Department of Homeland Security named the operation 'Catch of the Day,' an apparent play on Maine's seafood industry, just as it has done for other enforcement surges."
ICE activity increases in Maine as anxiety grows in immigrant communities
Maine is seeing an increase in immigration enforcement activity this week. The state's secretary of state has responded by declining to issue more undercover license plates for federal immigration off...
apnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:16 PM
"The Department of Homeland Security named the operation 'Catch of the Day,' an apparent play on Maine's seafood industry, just as it has done for other enforcement surges."
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What is the point of Hakeem Jeffries
To quote one source:
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
prospect.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:33 PM
What is the point of Hakeem Jeffries
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In Trump's telling, the US are the equivalent of the Nazis
Trump: "No nation is in any position to be able to secure Greenland other than the US. We're a great power. Much greater than people even understand. I think they found that out 2 weeks ago in Venezuela. We saw this in World War 2 when Denmark fell to Germany after just 6 hours of fighting."
January 21, 2026 at 2:10 PM
In Trump's telling, the US are the equivalent of the Nazis
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WTAF? "Iceland"? "Daddy"?
Trump on NATO: "Until the last few days when I told them about Iceland, they loved me. They called me daddy."
(He means Greenland.)
(He means Greenland.)
January 21, 2026 at 3:47 PM
WTAF? "Iceland"? "Daddy"?
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Police-state conduct: Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
January 21, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Police-state conduct: Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
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A lot of people protested today. I'm seeing info from so many cities.
January 21, 2026 at 3:33 AM
A lot of people protested today. I'm seeing info from so many cities.
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"Major media know Trump is building a dictatorship, but they’re unwilling to tell the public that Trump is building a dictatorship.
This cynical pursuit of profit at the expense of public awareness is unacceptable."
@markjacob.bsky.social asks some critical questions here:
This cynical pursuit of profit at the expense of public awareness is unacceptable."
@markjacob.bsky.social asks some critical questions here:
“I sometimes wonder why journalists are so nice to the people who want to destroy them.”
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Fascists are at war with journalism. Why aren’t journalists at war with fascism?
Mainstream media seem willing to drop their duty in order to pick up profits
www.stopthepresses.news
January 20, 2026 at 7:45 PM
"Major media know Trump is building a dictatorship, but they’re unwilling to tell the public that Trump is building a dictatorship.
This cynical pursuit of profit at the expense of public awareness is unacceptable."
@markjacob.bsky.social asks some critical questions here:
This cynical pursuit of profit at the expense of public awareness is unacceptable."
@markjacob.bsky.social asks some critical questions here:
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Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, talking about liberty and freedom in the US in the UK parliament
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
January 20, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, talking about liberty and freedom in the US in the UK parliament
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
Yes we knew this already and yes this kind of reporting is still essential.
“Foreign exporters absorbed only 4% of last year’s U.S. tariff increases by lowering prices, while American consumers and importers absorbed 96%.
“Rather than acting as a tax on foreign producers, the tariffs functioned as a consumption tax on Americans.”
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
“Rather than acting as a tax on foreign producers, the tariffs functioned as a consumption tax on Americans.”
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds
New research contradicts President Trump’s claim that foreigners are footing the bill.
www.wsj.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Yes we knew this already and yes this kind of reporting is still essential.