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Just a cultural deconstruction ( reconstruction ) worker. “Nice delusions you have there. It would be a shame if something happened to them.”
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January 6 was part of Trump's premeditated plan, if he lost in 2020, to use election fraud lies to try to remain in office - to self-coup. www.motherjones.com/politics/202.... "He’s gonna declare victory. But that doesn’t mean he’s a winner. He’s just gonna say he’s a winner.”
Leaked audio: Before Election Day, Bannon said Trump planned to falsely claim victory
"That's our strategy. He's gonna declare himself a winner."
www.motherjones.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:59 PM
January 6 was part of Trump's premeditated plan, if he lost in 2020, to use election fraud lies to try to remain in office - to self-coup. www.motherjones.com/politics/202.... "He’s gonna declare victory. But that doesn’t mean he’s a winner. He’s just gonna say he’s a winner.”
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Five years ago today, Donald Trump ignited a violent mob to attack the Capitol and disrupt the peaceful transfer of power.
Last year, Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 of those insurrectionists.
It's an assault on American democracy.
Last year, Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 of those insurrectionists.
It's an assault on American democracy.
January 6, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Five years ago today, Donald Trump ignited a violent mob to attack the Capitol and disrupt the peaceful transfer of power.
Last year, Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 of those insurrectionists.
It's an assault on American democracy.
Last year, Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 of those insurrectionists.
It's an assault on American democracy.
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Does Hallmark make a card for this "day of love" ?
To me, Jan 6 will forever be remembered as the day America officially broke into pieces. Pieces that will never fit back together ever again.
We all lost something that day.
Friends, family, the illusion of what America stood for.😒
🖕 MAGA
To me, Jan 6 will forever be remembered as the day America officially broke into pieces. Pieces that will never fit back together ever again.
We all lost something that day.
Friends, family, the illusion of what America stood for.😒
🖕 MAGA
January 6, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Does Hallmark make a card for this "day of love" ?
To me, Jan 6 will forever be remembered as the day America officially broke into pieces. Pieces that will never fit back together ever again.
We all lost something that day.
Friends, family, the illusion of what America stood for.😒
🖕 MAGA
To me, Jan 6 will forever be remembered as the day America officially broke into pieces. Pieces that will never fit back together ever again.
We all lost something that day.
Friends, family, the illusion of what America stood for.😒
🖕 MAGA
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How Trump Incited an Insurrection: A Jan. 6 Timeline
Five years later, as the president attempts to rewrite what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, Zeteo has a detailed hour-by-hour guide to what Trump said and did that fateful and violent day.
Read it here:
zeteo.com/p/trump-insu...
Five years later, as the president attempts to rewrite what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, Zeteo has a detailed hour-by-hour guide to what Trump said and did that fateful and violent day.
Read it here:
zeteo.com/p/trump-insu...
How Trump Incited an Insurrection: A Jan. 6 Timeline
Five years later, as the president attempts to rewrite what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, Zeteo has a detailed hour-by-hour guide to what Trump said and did that fateful and violent day.
zeteo.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:21 PM
How Trump Incited an Insurrection: A Jan. 6 Timeline
Five years later, as the president attempts to rewrite what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, Zeteo has a detailed hour-by-hour guide to what Trump said and did that fateful and violent day.
Read it here:
zeteo.com/p/trump-insu...
Five years later, as the president attempts to rewrite what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, Zeteo has a detailed hour-by-hour guide to what Trump said and did that fateful and violent day.
Read it here:
zeteo.com/p/trump-insu...
5 years later. We’ve been subjugated by weaponized media ignorance and apathy.
He Got Away With It
Donald Trump has skirted accountability for instigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol intended to overturn his election loss to Joe Biden.
www.rollingstone.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:19 PM
5 years later. We’ve been subjugated by weaponized media ignorance and apathy.
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We’ve never left the January 6th era. But what’s most staggering is how many people would prefer to pretend we never entered it in the first place.
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3L1Nu3N
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3L1Nu3N
January 6th and the Never-Ending Coup
Trump’s insurrection could happen again.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:54 PM
We’ve never left the January 6th era. But what’s most staggering is how many people would prefer to pretend we never entered it in the first place.
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3L1Nu3N
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3L1Nu3N
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I'll give you Venezuela if you let me have Ukraine.
Do you remember Fiona Hill from the 1st impeachment attempt that Moscow Turtle caused to fail?
Do you remember Fiona Hill from the 1st impeachment attempt that Moscow Turtle caused to fail?
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/w...
Russia Once Offered U.S. Control of Venezuela for Free Rein in Ukraine
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:57 AM
I'll give you Venezuela if you let me have Ukraine.
Do you remember Fiona Hill from the 1st impeachment attempt that Moscow Turtle caused to fail?
Do you remember Fiona Hill from the 1st impeachment attempt that Moscow Turtle caused to fail?
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In remembrance of those heroes who fought for democracy. 🇺🇸
There will be retribution when this nightmare is over.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #J6 #Resist #BlueCrew
There will be retribution when this nightmare is over.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #J6 #Resist #BlueCrew
January 6, 2026 at 4:27 AM
In remembrance of those heroes who fought for democracy. 🇺🇸
There will be retribution when this nightmare is over.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #J6 #Resist #BlueCrew
There will be retribution when this nightmare is over.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #J6 #Resist #BlueCrew
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This explains so much.
People with psychopathic traits and low cognitive ability are over-represented in online political activity.
If someone is being cruel, obnoxious and ridiculous, don't try to reason with them. Chances are you won't get anywhere. Just block.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
People with psychopathic traits and low cognitive ability are over-represented in online political activity.
If someone is being cruel, obnoxious and ridiculous, don't try to reason with them. Chances are you won't get anywhere. Just block.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dark personalities in the digital arena: how psychopathy and narcissism shape online political participation - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Dark personalities in the digital arena: how psychopathy and narcissism shape online political participation
www.nature.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:05 AM
This explains so much.
People with psychopathic traits and low cognitive ability are over-represented in online political activity.
If someone is being cruel, obnoxious and ridiculous, don't try to reason with them. Chances are you won't get anywhere. Just block.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
People with psychopathic traits and low cognitive ability are over-represented in online political activity.
If someone is being cruel, obnoxious and ridiculous, don't try to reason with them. Chances are you won't get anywhere. Just block.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Most importantly, Miller is wrong. Plenty of stable societies existed that did not conform to his "iron laws". Such "laws" might apply, however, to centralised, hierarchical political systems, especially those dominated by psychopaths like Stephen Miller.
"We live in a world, in the real world … that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time."
And with these words, Stephen Miller damns his soul to hell for all eternity.
And with these words, Stephen Miller damns his soul to hell for all eternity.
January 6, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Most importantly, Miller is wrong. Plenty of stable societies existed that did not conform to his "iron laws". Such "laws" might apply, however, to centralised, hierarchical political systems, especially those dominated by psychopaths like Stephen Miller.
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On this week’s episode of “The Big Interview,” the author of “The Handmaid’s Tale” talks about Elon Musk, political resistance, and why she still has hope for America’s future. www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
Margaret Atwood on Doomscrolling: ‘I Want to Keep Up With the Latest Doom’
On this week’s episode of “The Big Interview,” the author of “The Handmaid’s Tale” talks about Elon Musk, political resistance, and why she still has hope for America’s future.
www.wired.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:35 AM
On this week’s episode of “The Big Interview,” the author of “The Handmaid’s Tale” talks about Elon Musk, political resistance, and why she still has hope for America’s future. www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
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Stephen Miller, who wants the U.S. to steal Greenland and shake down Latin America, says: ”We live in a world … that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.”
That‘s a criminal pretending that a civilized world is impossible.
That‘s a criminal pretending that a civilized world is impossible.
January 6, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Stephen Miller, who wants the U.S. to steal Greenland and shake down Latin America, says: ”We live in a world … that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.”
That‘s a criminal pretending that a civilized world is impossible.
That‘s a criminal pretending that a civilized world is impossible.
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“Putin envisions a world in which a small group of imperialists loot their portions of the globe as they see fit. Trump has been envious of this model for a long time. He’s implementing it himself in the Western hemisphere.”
-an expert on global oligarchy, to me 3/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
-an expert on global oligarchy, to me 3/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
January 6, 2026 at 12:18 PM
“Putin envisions a world in which a small group of imperialists loot their portions of the globe as they see fit. Trump has been envious of this model for a long time. He’s implementing it himself in the Western hemisphere.”
-an expert on global oligarchy, to me 3/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
-an expert on global oligarchy, to me 3/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
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Links:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
www.kasu.org/politics/202...
www.wral.com/news/ap/0ecd...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
www.kasu.org/politics/202...
www.wral.com/news/ap/0ecd...
Trump push to politicize US military ‘reminiscent of Stalin’, top general warns
Maj Gen Paul Eaton says US president’s effort to bend military to his will could have dire long-term consequences
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:20 AM
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January 5, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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We always have been, as @katz.theracket.news laid out in his excellent book.
bookshop.org/p/books/gang...
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January 5, 2026 at 9:31 PM
We always have been, as @katz.theracket.news laid out in his excellent book.
bookshop.org/p/books/gang...
bookshop.org/p/books/gang...
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Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
January 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
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January 6, 2021 was the most shameful day in American history. It should live in infamy. We will never forget it, and we will not let the nation or the world forget — despite the revisionism of Trump and his lackeys in the Republican Party.
The most shameful day in American history
We will never forget, and we will not let the nation or the world forget.
robertreich.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:45 PM
January 6, 2021 was the most shameful day in American history. It should live in infamy. We will never forget it, and we will not let the nation or the world forget — despite the revisionism of Trump and his lackeys in the Republican Party.
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Given everything happening right now, I updated this article with options for weather apps, web forms, and translation services — along with some tweaks to existing categories.
I hope it helps your transition off US tech!
I hope it helps your transition off US tech!
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
www.disconnect.blog
January 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Given everything happening right now, I updated this article with options for weather apps, web forms, and translation services — along with some tweaks to existing categories.
I hope it helps your transition off US tech!
I hope it helps your transition off US tech!
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"Pete Hegseth wants to send the message to every single retired servicemember that if they say something he or Donald Trump doesn't like, they will come after them the same way. It's outrageous and it is wrong. There is nothing more un-American than that," Kelly added.
www.npr.org/2026/01/05/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/05/n...
Sen. Mark Kelly fires back after Hegseth threatens his rank and retirement pay
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has launched administrative action against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain and astronaut, which could affect Kelly's rank and retirement pay.
www.npr.org
January 5, 2026 at 6:54 PM
"Pete Hegseth wants to send the message to every single retired servicemember that if they say something he or Donald Trump doesn't like, they will come after them the same way. It's outrageous and it is wrong. There is nothing more un-American than that," Kelly added.
www.npr.org/2026/01/05/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/05/n...