Chris
@companionfolk.bsky.social
Voter, volunteer, and software engineer in MA-04. My opinions and comments are my own, and not that of any political campaign.
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Elizabeth Warren: "Here's the thing: Donald Trump has already said repeatedly publicly that anyone he appoints to be chair of the Fed will be somebody who agrees with Donald Trump all the time. In other words, Donald Trump has publicly announced he wants a sock puppet running the Fed."
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Elizabeth Warren: "Here's the thing: Donald Trump has already said repeatedly publicly that anyone he appoints to be chair of the Fed will be somebody who agrees with Donald Trump all the time. In other words, Donald Trump has publicly announced he wants a sock puppet running the Fed."
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Note that the fascist is not using the pepper spray for crowd control. He is entering a vehicle unimpeded to depart. He is simply using the pepper spray to physically punish an unarmed citizen he doesn't like.
Big clash this afternoon between DHS agents and protesters in a residential street in Minneapolis, following a DHS agent hitting another vehicle. Tear gas was deployed in people’s yards and agents pepper prayed people.
January 12, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Note that the fascist is not using the pepper spray for crowd control. He is entering a vehicle unimpeded to depart. He is simply using the pepper spray to physically punish an unarmed citizen he doesn't like.
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My “centrist” dad now refers to ICE as the Secret Police bc, as he says, that is their obvious function. Those pundits & consultants out there normalizing & tinkering with this system of repression have totally lost the thread.
I think it would behoove more Democrats to consistently refer to ICE as a paramilitary or secret police force to divorce what ICE/CBP are doing from any notion of immigration enforcement.
January 12, 2026 at 10:48 PM
My “centrist” dad now refers to ICE as the Secret Police bc, as he says, that is their obvious function. Those pundits & consultants out there normalizing & tinkering with this system of repression have totally lost the thread.
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January 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org
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Elon Musk Just Endorsed Blatant White Nationalism And the Silence is Deafening
On Thursday morning Elon Musk retweeted (with a ‘100%’ endorsement) a post declaring that:
If white men become a minority, we will be slaughtered. Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while...
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January 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org
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One basic pattern here is that DHS officials are engaging in violence simply because they are irritated at citizens protesting them. There is no plausible threat of violence here. He just wants to inflict pain, and believes there will be no penalty for doing so.
Big clash this afternoon between DHS agents and protesters in a residential street in Minneapolis, following a DHS agent hitting another vehicle. Tear gas was deployed in people’s yards and agents pepper prayed people.
January 12, 2026 at 10:09 PM
One basic pattern here is that DHS officials are engaging in violence simply because they are irritated at citizens protesting them. There is no plausible threat of violence here. He just wants to inflict pain, and believes there will be no penalty for doing so.
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If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
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having watched countless grown ass (not to mention wealthy, powerful) men cower in fear at the prospect of what Elon might do to them if they spill provable, newsworthy facts I'm super into the fact that Ashley St Claire is making them look like the cowards they are
January 12, 2026 at 5:39 PM
having watched countless grown ass (not to mention wealthy, powerful) men cower in fear at the prospect of what Elon might do to them if they spill provable, newsworthy facts I'm super into the fact that Ashley St Claire is making them look like the cowards they are
The only way forward is primary challengers across the board, and volunteering with everything you’ve got to ensure they win or get damn close so they win on the next cycle.
Any progressive primary challengers who need software/technological assistance should hit me up. I’ve got time.
Any progressive primary challengers who need software/technological assistance should hit me up. I’ve got time.
There has been radicalization among the Dem base, but what they haven't come to accept yet is that Dems don't want the things they want. It's not about them being too cowardly to reign in ICE, prosecute the Trump admin, reject Silicon Valley, break w/ Israel, etc. They actively oppose these things.
January 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM
The only way forward is primary challengers across the board, and volunteering with everything you’ve got to ensure they win or get damn close so they win on the next cycle.
Any progressive primary challengers who need software/technological assistance should hit me up. I’ve got time.
Any progressive primary challengers who need software/technological assistance should hit me up. I’ve got time.
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23,000 words, not one of them "Epstein."
January 12, 2026 at 12:07 AM
23,000 words, not one of them "Epstein."
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Conservatives have spent my entire life finding palatable ways to convince the public that racism and misogyny are legitimate views that must be respected and also not named for what they are. It's been an incredibly successful project.
Just remembering all the times there were media freak outs if any Dem accurately called Trump a racist
Trump Says Civil Rights Led to White People Being ‘Very Badly Treated’ www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
January 12, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Conservatives have spent my entire life finding palatable ways to convince the public that racism and misogyny are legitimate views that must be respected and also not named for what they are. It's been an incredibly successful project.
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A term like "immigration crackdown" is no longer sufficient to describe what's happening in Minneapolis. We're seeing a state terror campaign being waged by the regime's paramilitary forces.
January 12, 2026 at 11:18 AM
A term like "immigration crackdown" is no longer sufficient to describe what's happening in Minneapolis. We're seeing a state terror campaign being waged by the regime's paramilitary forces.
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“But it doesn’t take a political genius to conclude that in a democracy, when the choice is between ‘make the rich richer’ and ‘help everybody else,’ winning elections is about choosing ‘everybody else.’” www.huffpost.com/entry/warren...
Warren Takes Aim At Democratic Leaders For Choosing Donors Over Voters
The progressive will take aim at the DSCC and former Arizona Sen. Kyrste Sinema in a speech Monday.
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January 12, 2026 at 12:40 PM
“But it doesn’t take a political genius to conclude that in a democracy, when the choice is between ‘make the rich richer’ and ‘help everybody else,’ winning elections is about choosing ‘everybody else.’” www.huffpost.com/entry/warren...
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They never wanted "small goverment," just a goverment they control weaponized to harm the people they don't like.
The anti government militias were never anti government, they just hate Black people.
January 11, 2026 at 7:55 PM
They never wanted "small goverment," just a goverment they control weaponized to harm the people they don't like.
Criminal charges should be brought against every single person who gave even a single dollar to the January 6th terrorists.
Jan 6 travel and lodging was funded by some of the same people who give to Republican candidates every year
The fact that right-wingers always think that left-wing protesters are being paid should make you start wondering how much of that is simply projection.
January 12, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Criminal charges should be brought against every single person who gave even a single dollar to the January 6th terrorists.
In a perfect world, Elon Musk would have been completely boycotted and divested from by the general public and business interests.
He’d be largely forgotten by now, simply remembered by all as the brief lying cheating blight he was.
He’d be largely forgotten by now, simply remembered by all as the brief lying cheating blight he was.
The national media, the ADL, corporate leaders, etc. are not revisiting their decisions about Musk now afaict. Musk is just allowed to be a very public Nazi accelerationist as well as a CSAM publisher without any mainstream scrutiny.
Every week is overwhelming evidence of what we saw with our own eyes, but which our credulous media was afraid to print: the Nazi salute was a Nazi salute
January 12, 2026 at 4:41 PM
In a perfect world, Elon Musk would have been completely boycotted and divested from by the general public and business interests.
He’d be largely forgotten by now, simply remembered by all as the brief lying cheating blight he was.
He’d be largely forgotten by now, simply remembered by all as the brief lying cheating blight he was.
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Do Dems realize that “we should train the killers better!” is not a message that will land with anyone?
January 12, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Do Dems realize that “we should train the killers better!” is not a message that will land with anyone?
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Abolish ICE, defund the DHS, and end qualified immunity.
January 11, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Abolish ICE, defund the DHS, and end qualified immunity.
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It’s about “protecting the children” but NOT when it’s the Epstein Files
Noem: "Every single thing I've said has been factual about what's been going on in Mpls, in Minnesota...we've surged HSI there to focus on sex trafficking & child trafficking. It's so prevalent in MN. It's horrific...we're gonna keep hundreds of HSI officers there to continue to protect those kids."
January 11, 2026 at 3:29 PM
It’s about “protecting the children” but NOT when it’s the Epstein Files
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I’ve been to way too many rallies, standouts, and vigils. Fuck ICE, abolish ICE.
January 8, 2026 at 6:22 AM
I’ve been to way too many rallies, standouts, and vigils. Fuck ICE, abolish ICE.
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Fusion centers don’t get shit talked enough, they’ve always been dystopian and the whole reason they exist is to get away with violating 4th amendment rights via technicalities, they should never have been created, that shit’s gotta go
Fun fact #7 most States receive federal funding to run Joint Task Forces and "intelligence fusion centers" with state & federal & local law enforcement together, but state and local agencies are under no obligation to continue these arrangements
January 10, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Fusion centers don’t get shit talked enough, they’ve always been dystopian and the whole reason they exist is to get away with violating 4th amendment rights via technicalities, they should never have been created, that shit’s gotta go
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love to vote to thank ICE then try to abolish ICE when you have a primary challenge lol
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These 75 Democrats joined Republicans to "express gratitude" to ICE agents and call for greater local and state collaboration with ICE.
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January 10, 2026 at 9:19 AM
love to vote to thank ICE then try to abolish ICE when you have a primary challenge lol
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This is Abundance brain: call it "commonsense regulatory reform" when you vote to raise utility bills on families earning $40k/year so manufacturers don't have to install better insulation.
Thanks for calling this out! Hopefully Senators don't do the same. Many of these votes are due to being misled by a l dear colleague letter from Rep. Auchincloss that falsely claims the bill would improve affordability and not diminish the importance of energy efficiency: grist.org/energy/mobil...
Mobile homes already have huge utility bills. Congress may make it worse.
With latest vote, Congress may end up making mobile homes even less energy efficient.
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January 10, 2026 at 3:24 AM
This is Abundance brain: call it "commonsense regulatory reform" when you vote to raise utility bills on families earning $40k/year so manufacturers don't have to install better insulation.
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Release the bloodwork.
This officer fled the scene immediately after murdering Renee Good. They say he went to the hospital.
Why isn't the Minnesota State AG subpoenaing the hospital? Let's see that toxicology report. How much cocaine was in his bloodstream?
Why isn't the Minnesota State AG subpoenaing the hospital? Let's see that toxicology report. How much cocaine was in his bloodstream?
January 9, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Release the bloodwork.