Charlie
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Charlie
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January 27, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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ICE & U.S. Customs & Border Protection employed at least 30 people with sexual & violent criminal histories in recent years.

At least 20 agents committed offenses with underage victims. The bulk of abuse happened within the last two years.

This article includes names of the agents.
Here’s How Many ICE and CBP Agents Allegedly Preyed on Children
Apparently the institutions are riddled with accused sex criminals.
www.yahoo.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:18 AM
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Everyone tells me this Baudolino guy isn’t trustworthy, but you try and find anyone else who can get you a two-for-one deal on heads of St Peter
January 27, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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I think your average Republican just really isn’t prepared for us liberals to think of them the same way they’ve thought of us for decades
January 26, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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We are serious about fighting corruption in Minnesota so we are sending in Tom Homan
January 26, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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You've waited this long to see Casablanca?!

One of the truly transcendent moments in cinema history. Ppl were genuinely crying on set and to the side, and many were refugees who had barely escaped. Top tier anti fash content
a black and white photo of a man standing in a crowded restaurant .
ALT: a black and white photo of a man standing in a crowded restaurant .
media.tenor.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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Literally everyone alive today has DNA from "Roman times." Thats what 'being alive in the present' consists of
"having DNA from...Roman times" honestly the participation trophy to end all participation trophy. you did it, man. you had ancestors.
The VCs bros have convinced themselves they are on some moral crusade. They will be behind the scenes trying to cling to power in the midterms and beyond.

Side note, they are also the biggest bunch of dorks
January 26, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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Not seeing a lot of counter evidence lately of my view that American conservatives don’t believe in anything concrete, but are driven mainly by domination fantasies and bigotry.
January 26, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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the "sin of empathy" shit is both horrifying and fascinating
January 26, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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it is fascinating how american evangelicals have backfilled Christianity into being a machismo cult around a version of jesus who is closer to a god of war or at least like aggressive god of strength instead of like the "no no, i'm gonna save the souls of the people who unjustly killed me" guy
what part of the religion about love of the unworthy transcending even death did you not understand
January 26, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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It’s genuinely amazing how thoroughly self-identified “Christian” MAGAs have not only neglected (this is the historical norm, sadly) but actively repudiated the most important core practice of Christianity, as important as the tenet of Jesus’ divinity, all in the name of owning the libs.
the purpose of Christian compassion is to let it be weaponized against you. you are meant to die of it if necessary.
January 25, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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i am pro shutdown and have been from more or less day one. this is a disaster, it ends in disaster, and the only job i care about any elected doing is pushing for it to end sooner, and withholding their consent to any other outcome
January 25, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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Cant be emphasized enough what a bunch of craven worms the elites of this country are
INBOX: 60+ CEOs of Minnesota-based company call for "an immediate deescalation of tensions and for state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions."

No mention of ICE in the letter.
January 25, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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Vermeule understands ‘no borders’ in the context of no migrant being ‘illegal’ naturally leads to a principled philosophical anarchism (‘no gods, no kings, no masters’): freedom of movement and bodily autonomy is central to liberty. He sees this fundamental truth and is repulsed: he opposes liberty
January 25, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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once again i am asking literally anyone in a position of power to do literally anything so that our neighbors stop getting fucking murdered in the street
January 24, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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This is what 7 House Democrats voted with Republicans to fund. This is what Hakeem Jeffries didn't whip votes against. This is what Gavin Newsom said *wasn't* fascism.

Anyone who doesn't commit to abolishing ICE should lose their job.
ICE killed another Minneapolitan in cold blood
Initial report is that two observers got into a shoving match with eight agents, one observer was wrestled to the ground, and then an ICE agent pulled out a sidearm and shot the man on the ground five times.
January 24, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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it's easy to blame rubes in flyover country for the nation's current predicament, but the fact of the matter is that a lot of it is down to years and years of elite moral and epistemic derangement, elite cowardice, and elite failure to overcome the collective action problem
it's cool that so many people in positions of power and influence were so negatively polarized by "wokeness" that they convinced themselves that there was an actual debate about who wanted to erase history and the "wokes" were on the wrong side bsky.app/profile/arch...
"Slavery was real"

Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.

Presidents House, Philadelphia.
January 23, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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this is some fox's book of martyrs shit. jesus christ.
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.

www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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For some reason, these days I find myself thinking a lot about how SimCity players would eventually get bored and start triggering disasters.
January 23, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is
January 23, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.

1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.

2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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the post you're responding to is a perfect example of paralysis by analysis. game the situation out 5 steps in advance, find a dead end every time, then backfill a justification for doing nothing. the most generous thing that can be said about it is that it's completely intellectually bankrupt
January 21, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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It is really dark that all of the right's favorite memes now are synonyms for "I refuse to care about other people and no possible argument will make me."
January 22, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL IS GOING TO HAPPEN
January 22, 2026 at 7:13 PM