Ethan Mikolay
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hey all, this has escaped containment and I want to highlight that
a) I have no knowledge about my union brother's profession
b) The News Guild represents journalists AND ALSO members of community nonprofits
c) all the information is right there
d) I'm now disabling quotes
a) I have no knowledge about my union brother's profession
b) The News Guild represents journalists AND ALSO members of community nonprofits
c) all the information is right there
d) I'm now disabling quotes
January 16, 2026 at 6:25 PM
hey all, this has escaped containment and I want to highlight that
a) I have no knowledge about my union brother's profession
b) The News Guild represents journalists AND ALSO members of community nonprofits
c) all the information is right there
d) I'm now disabling quotes
a) I have no knowledge about my union brother's profession
b) The News Guild represents journalists AND ALSO members of community nonprofits
c) all the information is right there
d) I'm now disabling quotes
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Gov. Walz to MS NOW:
"Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system … is a dangerous, authoritarian tactic.
"The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her."
"Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system … is a dangerous, authoritarian tactic.
"The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her."
January 17, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Gov. Walz to MS NOW:
"Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system … is a dangerous, authoritarian tactic.
"The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her."
"Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system … is a dangerous, authoritarian tactic.
"The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her."
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When the racist meme becomes national policy
January 17, 2026 at 4:53 AM
When the racist meme becomes national policy
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This could be the unified Dem position. It is wildly popular. Puts the regime on defense on two fronts at the same time. Good policy, good politics.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of nearly 100 House Democrats, will announce later today that it's formally endorsing legislation to strip $175 billion from ICE and put it toward affordable housing. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
Progressive Caucus Backs Bill To Redirect ICE Money To Affordable Housing
www.huffpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:29 AM
This could be the unified Dem position. It is wildly popular. Puts the regime on defense on two fronts at the same time. Good policy, good politics.
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I wrote about the Flock Safety CEO's email to law enforcement agencies around the country. Check it out! chronicling-online.ghost.io/were-fightin...
‘We’re fighting this fight for you, and, I hope, with you’: Aurora Police Department Receives Politically Charged Email from CEO
Thousands of law enforcement agencies received the same unsolicited email from the CEO of Flock Safety.
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January 17, 2026 at 1:56 AM
I wrote about the Flock Safety CEO's email to law enforcement agencies around the country. Check it out! chronicling-online.ghost.io/were-fightin...
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This is the second time in less than two weeks that Tucker Carlson - an extremist who promotes antisemitism, white nationalism, and idiotic anti-government conspiracy theories - has been welcomed in Trump’s White House.
January 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM
This is the second time in less than two weeks that Tucker Carlson - an extremist who promotes antisemitism, white nationalism, and idiotic anti-government conspiracy theories - has been welcomed in Trump’s White House.
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This is an *inventive* use of a statute that originated in the Civil War - i.e, to punish actual secessionists.
January 16, 2026 at 11:34 PM
This is an *inventive* use of a statute that originated in the Civil War - i.e, to punish actual secessionists.
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Banana republic. Don’t tell me otherwise.
BREAKING
The US Department of Justice is investigating Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
Full Story: bit.ly/4sLrISO
The US Department of Justice is investigating Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
Full Story: bit.ly/4sLrISO
January 16, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Banana republic. Don’t tell me otherwise.
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if you’re livetweeting Senate stuff in real time
1) please reconsider, actually
2) failing that, delete the older tweets once new ones come alone, especially if they’re contradictory
1) please reconsider, actually
2) failing that, delete the older tweets once new ones come alone, especially if they’re contradictory
January 16, 2026 at 8:38 PM
if you’re livetweeting Senate stuff in real time
1) please reconsider, actually
2) failing that, delete the older tweets once new ones come alone, especially if they’re contradictory
1) please reconsider, actually
2) failing that, delete the older tweets once new ones come alone, especially if they’re contradictory
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The abolitionist movement was attacked for the prevalence of white women among their ranks (and had some vicious internal fights about whether to include or exclude them from abolitionist organizing).
Demonizing specifically white women who act in solidarity with racial minorities isn’t new. Here’s a southern political cartoon depicting Harriet Beecher Stowe, published in 1853. Surrounded by devils, she‘s holding a book titled “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Subtitle: “I Love the Blacks.”
January 16, 2026 at 7:33 PM
The abolitionist movement was attacked for the prevalence of white women among their ranks (and had some vicious internal fights about whether to include or exclude them from abolitionist organizing).
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Occasional reminder that Joe Lonsdale recently bragged about co-founding Palantir to cleanse the western hemisphere of communists — a term which, per this Politico piece, he defines extremely broadly.
January 16, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Occasional reminder that Joe Lonsdale recently bragged about co-founding Palantir to cleanse the western hemisphere of communists — a term which, per this Politico piece, he defines extremely broadly.
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“This is the future liberals want”
January 16, 2026 at 4:32 PM
“This is the future liberals want”
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NY Times: “Trump pardons a convicted fraudster for the second time.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:58 PM
NY Times: “Trump pardons a convicted fraudster for the second time.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
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I truly believe Trump is obsessed with the Nobel Peace Prize because President Obama won it in 2009. Trump would never win it on merit so he did the next best thing, bully and intimidate people into giving him one and destroying the credibility of the award in the process.
January 16, 2026 at 7:07 PM
I truly believe Trump is obsessed with the Nobel Peace Prize because President Obama won it in 2009. Trump would never win it on merit so he did the next best thing, bully and intimidate people into giving him one and destroying the credibility of the award in the process.
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Trump shares some interesting company as the last person to be gifted a Nobel Prize medal they did not earn was Joseph Goebbels.
January 16, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Trump shares some interesting company as the last person to be gifted a Nobel Prize medal they did not earn was Joseph Goebbels.
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we call that going full goebbels
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January 16, 2026 at 5:23 PM
we call that going full goebbels
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Tired: Committing fraud, getting a Trump pardon
Wired: Committing fraud again, getting a Trump pardon again
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Wired: Committing fraud again, getting a Trump pardon again
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 16, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Tired: Committing fraud, getting a Trump pardon
Wired: Committing fraud again, getting a Trump pardon again
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Wired: Committing fraud again, getting a Trump pardon again
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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NYT - President Trump pardons a fraudster for the second time. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:48 PM
NYT - President Trump pardons a fraudster for the second time. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
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on top of which, there is *one weird trick* to figuring out if the republican party wants to extend the franchise to a group of people
Small peeve: Punditry (or GOP boosterism) that pretends Greenland would be the 51st state.
Of course it wouldn't. We bought the Virgin Islands from Denmark a century ago. More than 2x the population of Greenland. It's a territory, and its citizens don't have voting DC reps. Neither would Greenland.
Of course it wouldn't. We bought the Virgin Islands from Denmark a century ago. More than 2x the population of Greenland. It's a territory, and its citizens don't have voting DC reps. Neither would Greenland.
January 16, 2026 at 3:47 PM
on top of which, there is *one weird trick* to figuring out if the republican party wants to extend the franchise to a group of people
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Look at this absolute queen
January 16, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Look at this absolute queen
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Living 30 minutes away from a decent Thai restaurant does not grant people magical powers of wisdom and morality.
It is insane that American culture still pretends that this is true.
It is insane that American culture still pretends that this is true.
January 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Living 30 minutes away from a decent Thai restaurant does not grant people magical powers of wisdom and morality.
It is insane that American culture still pretends that this is true.
It is insane that American culture still pretends that this is true.
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I feel pretty misunderstood by people living in rural areas, and yet mysteriously, this isn’t considered a problem.
I’m sick of putting up with this idiotic display of obeisance to chucklefucks simply because they live in rural areas.
I’m sick of putting up with this idiotic display of obeisance to chucklefucks simply because they live in rural areas.
Republicans control all 3 branches of government. Even when they don't, both parties pump out constant rhetoric about "real Americans" living in rural areas.
The entire premise of this article is a conservative-fluffing myth. Cities have more political power because that's where most people live!
The entire premise of this article is a conservative-fluffing myth. Cities have more political power because that's where most people live!
January 15, 2026 at 4:59 PM
I feel pretty misunderstood by people living in rural areas, and yet mysteriously, this isn’t considered a problem.
I’m sick of putting up with this idiotic display of obeisance to chucklefucks simply because they live in rural areas.
I’m sick of putting up with this idiotic display of obeisance to chucklefucks simply because they live in rural areas.
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As actual “jackbooted government thugs” wage war on an American city, the people who spent decades warning about government tyranny aren’t just silent. They’re stoked.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/what-happe...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/what-happe...
What Happened to the "Don't Tread On Me" Conservatives?
Guess what, they never cared about individual rights or had a problem with state violence. It just depends on who's on the receiving end.
paulwaldman.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:39 PM
As actual “jackbooted government thugs” wage war on an American city, the people who spent decades warning about government tyranny aren’t just silent. They’re stoked.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/what-happe...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/what-happe...