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George W Russell
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Human being. 🚫🤖 🚫 porn 🚫 indecency
Staunch defender of the Oxford comma & Neurodiversity. 'Exercising my right to the last vestiges of privacy.
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Zach Bryan has released the viral song "Bad News" on his new album.

Lyrics include "...and ICE is gonna come bust down your door... kids are all scared and all alone... the fading of the red, white, and blue."
January 9, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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January 9, 2026 at 4:13 AM
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Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.

If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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Saw this on Reddit -
January 9, 2026 at 3:47 AM
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More shocking video from this dark day….
👉 ICE Abusing Protesters After Murdering Driver 1/7/26
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnfi...
January 8, 2026 at 3:42 AM
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Watch as ICE refuses to let a doctor render aid to Renee Nicole Good.
New footage provided to HuffPost of ICE Agents LITERALLY DENYING A PHYSICIAN ACCESS TO RENEE NICOLE GOOD, the woman they just shot in the face.
January 8, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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Better yet, disestablish all of DHS, and undo the nightmarish idiocies that we created in a panic 25 years ago. Reestablish the INS, get rid of ODNI, fix the damage from the Patriot Act, etc.
For the love of all that is decent and holy: abolish ICE
January 8, 2026 at 3:02 AM
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If Renee Good is a "a domestic terrorist" according to Kristi Noem it means the label is meaningless and will be used by the Trump Administration to murder anyone it wants.

From Venezuelan fishermen to anti Trump protestors in the No Kings Rally.

Eyes wide open, friends.
January 8, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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“She was trying to turn around, and the ICE agent was in front of her car, and he pulled out a gun and put it right in — like, his midriff was on her bumper — and he reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times,” Heller said. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Live updates: Officials confirm ICE-involved shooting in south Minneapolis
Witnesses reported a person was shot in south Minneapolis on Wednesday morning, amid a large presence of federal law enforcement officers. It was not immediately clear who may have been shot, or who m...
www.mprnews.org
January 7, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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If you missed this question to Nigel Farage from The Critic's Rob Hutton – and it was over an hour into the press conference – then it was a particularly good one. The answer was... vague.
January 7, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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Crockett: "Everyone wants to talk about how Maduro was illegitimate. As we sit here on January 6, I do want to be clear: somebody else was trying to be a Maduro of the United States. Somebody else wanted to do the exact same thing. The difference is Maduro was successful."
January 6, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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If the US holds Venezuela, we will seize 17% of oil -- yesterday's technology. If China uses this precedent to take Taiwan, it will own 60% of semiconductors -- tomorrow's technology. See what happens when you elect evil & stupid at the same time?

Really American FB
January 6, 2026 at 2:07 AM
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Hillary Clinton: “Five years ago today, Donald Trump urged his supporters to attack Congress and the Capitol over a proven lie. More than 140 police officers were injured.

Trump then pardoned the attackers.

He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won't ever forget it.” #Pinks #MomSky
January 6, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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I believe he's the first acting Archivist of the United States to be deputized to run a foreign country as a side hustle.
WELKER: Mr. Secretary, are you running Venezuela right now?

MARCO RUBIO: Yeah. People are fixating on that. Here's the bottom line -- we expect to see changes in Venezuela
January 5, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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And that's interesting bc @wendysiegelman.bsky.social found this weird Devin Nunes deal that picked up a failed CITGO bid.

bsky.app/profile/wend...
January 4, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
January 4, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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Russia signed a treaty to defend Venezuela just two months ago but its crickets this morning from the Kremlin. Utter humiliation and evidence of just how weak it is globally.
January 3, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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Trump says Maduro wanted to negotiate but Trump refused. This is a war of conquest. A smash-and-grab for oil.
January 3, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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I think it’s probably safe to say the Nobel is off the cards for another year.
January 3, 2026 at 9:58 AM
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"The Constitution vests the power of declaring War with Congress, therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject, and authorised such a measure."

George Washington
January 3, 2026 at 8:58 AM
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January 3, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…”

Read that again.
December 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later

Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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December 29, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Recent philosophy PhDs: consider applying to the JHP Summer Seminar "Early Modern Debates about Slavery" (June 14–19 in Amherst, MA). Travel & housing will be paid up to $2,000. Applications due by Feb. 1. To apply, visit jhp.wisc.edu/summersemina... #philsky #academicsky #earlymodernphilosophy
December 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM