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I only recently learned about the “Oxford comma”? 🤔 sounds made up tbh
I only recently learned about the “Oxford comma”? 🤔 sounds made up tbh
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On a separate note, the Twitter accounts for Kalshi and Polymarket have started to get extra sketchy — posting stuff like in the tweet below, but also just making things up completely. It's... weird.
The head of Trump DOJ's Civil Rights Division boosts prediction markets placing 36% odds she'll be able to prosecute Don Lemon for his journalism, after a federal magistrate judge found no probable cause of a crime.
January 22, 2026 at 11:22 PM
On a separate note, the Twitter accounts for Kalshi and Polymarket have started to get extra sketchy — posting stuff like in the tweet below, but also just making things up completely. It's... weird.
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The head of Trump DOJ's Civil Rights Division boosts prediction markets placing 36% odds she'll be able to prosecute Don Lemon for his journalism, after a federal magistrate judge found no probable cause of a crime.
January 22, 2026 at 11:16 PM
The head of Trump DOJ's Civil Rights Division boosts prediction markets placing 36% odds she'll be able to prosecute Don Lemon for his journalism, after a federal magistrate judge found no probable cause of a crime.
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⚡️Update: Trump's envoys Witkoff, Kushner meet with Putin in Moscow.
Ukrainian, Russian, and U.S. officials are set to meet in Abu Dhabi for trilateral talks on Jan. 23. White House and Kremlin officials are also set to hold separate bilateral talks.
Ukrainian, Russian, and U.S. officials are set to meet in Abu Dhabi for trilateral talks on Jan. 23. White House and Kremlin officials are also set to hold separate bilateral talks.
Trump's envoys Witkoff, Kushner meet with Putin in Moscow
Steve Witkoff, who was in Davos this week for the World Economic Forum, said that peace talks have reached their final stage and are "down to one issue."
kyivindependent.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:22 AM
⚡️Update: Trump's envoys Witkoff, Kushner meet with Putin in Moscow.
Ukrainian, Russian, and U.S. officials are set to meet in Abu Dhabi for trilateral talks on Jan. 23. White House and Kremlin officials are also set to hold separate bilateral talks.
Ukrainian, Russian, and U.S. officials are set to meet in Abu Dhabi for trilateral talks on Jan. 23. White House and Kremlin officials are also set to hold separate bilateral talks.
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Every agent involved in any of these travesties needs to be unmasked & shunned by their communities.
This is disgraceful, not just as a matter of law or policy, but as a matter of essential decency. Their neighbors should know just what kind of people they are, & spit on the sidewalks as they pass.
This is disgraceful, not just as a matter of law or policy, but as a matter of essential decency. Their neighbors should know just what kind of people they are, & spit on the sidewalks as they pass.
"Liam, age 5, was the fourth child in the district to be detained by immigration agents in the past two weeks, school officials said.
"Two of them are high-schoolers.
"One is a 10-year-old girl who was apprehended on her way to school..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
"Two of them are high-schoolers.
"One is a 10-year-old girl who was apprehended on her way to school..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
Detention of 5-Year-Old by Federal Agents Incenses Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Every agent involved in any of these travesties needs to be unmasked & shunned by their communities.
This is disgraceful, not just as a matter of law or policy, but as a matter of essential decency. Their neighbors should know just what kind of people they are, & spit on the sidewalks as they pass.
This is disgraceful, not just as a matter of law or policy, but as a matter of essential decency. Their neighbors should know just what kind of people they are, & spit on the sidewalks as they pass.
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Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
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Most of the people I saw saying a general strike couldn't just be spun up out of nowhere were right. I don't think any other place could pull this off right now. The Twin Cities built a citywide support system on every front in like 6 weeks, they are doing the ridiculous backwards in heels.
The prevailing consensus over the last year was that anyone calling for a general strike was ridiculous and ignorant and it would never work here, and maybe that’s true nationally, I dunno, but I bet those people wouldn’t have seen tomorrow in MN coming either
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 23, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Most of the people I saw saying a general strike couldn't just be spun up out of nowhere were right. I don't think any other place could pull this off right now. The Twin Cities built a citywide support system on every front in like 6 weeks, they are doing the ridiculous backwards in heels.
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We’ve been in WHO since 1948.
The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
January 23, 2026 at 3:20 AM
We’ve been in WHO since 1948.
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Lieu: "How scared are Republicans of talking about the Epstein files? They are so scared that they literally are calling Jack Smith ... Republicans would rather talk about the criminality of Donald Trump than about his associations with Epstein and his pedophelia ring."
January 22, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Lieu: "How scared are Republicans of talking about the Epstein files? They are so scared that they literally are calling Jack Smith ... Republicans would rather talk about the criminality of Donald Trump than about his associations with Epstein and his pedophelia ring."
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NEW: Trump admin indicts govt contractor for allegedly leaking classified info to Washington Post reporter
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Contractor indicted over alleged leaks to Washington Post
Auelio Perez-Lugones faces six felony charges related to unauthorized disclosure and possession of classified information.
www.politico.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:34 AM
NEW: Trump admin indicts govt contractor for allegedly leaking classified info to Washington Post reporter
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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And just like that, the US has left the World Health Organization.
Link goes to the official announcement—lies pretending to justify a decision that will kill countless numbers—from people too stupid to even include a proper twittercard.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/u...
Link goes to the official announcement—lies pretending to justify a decision that will kill countless numbers—from people too stupid to even include a proper twittercard.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/u...
January 23, 2026 at 3:05 AM
And just like that, the US has left the World Health Organization.
Link goes to the official announcement—lies pretending to justify a decision that will kill countless numbers—from people too stupid to even include a proper twittercard.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/u...
Link goes to the official announcement—lies pretending to justify a decision that will kill countless numbers—from people too stupid to even include a proper twittercard.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/u...
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The exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park have been removed amid pressure from the Trump admin www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
January 23, 2026 at 1:56 AM
The exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park have been removed amid pressure from the Trump admin www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
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I am so sick and tired of their endless mealymouthing and ducking-and-covering and fucking "bipartisanship" with a party that cuts them out of everygoddamnedthing. It's long past weakness and well into complicity.
If you have read even a single history of fascism, you are already aware that one thing that its rise has in common in every case is an opposition party that refuses to intervene for fear of looking weak or putting the left into power
To quote one source:
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
January 23, 2026 at 12:37 AM
I am so sick and tired of their endless mealymouthing and ducking-and-covering and fucking "bipartisanship" with a party that cuts them out of everygoddamnedthing. It's long past weakness and well into complicity.
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Someone just called me a believer in "purity tests" because I think the Democrats who just voted to fund the president's unaccountable masked goon squad deserve to be primaried.
If your definition of "purity" is that basic, you're beyond helping
If your definition of "purity" is that basic, you're beyond helping
January 23, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Someone just called me a believer in "purity tests" because I think the Democrats who just voted to fund the president's unaccountable masked goon squad deserve to be primaried.
If your definition of "purity" is that basic, you're beyond helping
If your definition of "purity" is that basic, you're beyond helping
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Frost: Any person who sees the president in his speeches blabbering incoherently knows that there is something bigger going on there.
January 23, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Frost: Any person who sees the president in his speeches blabbering incoherently knows that there is something bigger going on there.
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I cannot believe this is happening in 2026, in the US, despite our heroic and unprecedented role in combating and defeating polio and other infectious diseases through our wits, our hearts, and our muscles
The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast released Thursday, suggesting the public might want to reconsider the use of polio vaccines. www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/v...
Top CDC vaccine adviser questions need for polio shot, other longstanding recommendations
The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast released Thursday, questioning longstanding recommendations.
www.statnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:26 AM
I cannot believe this is happening in 2026, in the US, despite our heroic and unprecedented role in combating and defeating polio and other infectious diseases through our wits, our hearts, and our muscles
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Now that the White House is using AI to edit photos of their political opponents to create fascist propaganda I’m wondering if anyone could have seen this use of AI coming. Okay I’m hearing lots of people did and they were forced to watch corporations smother the masses with the technology anyways
January 22, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Now that the White House is using AI to edit photos of their political opponents to create fascist propaganda I’m wondering if anyone could have seen this use of AI coming. Okay I’m hearing lots of people did and they were forced to watch corporations smother the masses with the technology anyways
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My understanding is that historically, opposition parties operating in a fascist regime historically tend not to offer much in the way of robust defiance, but it sure would be nice if my party attempted to not repeat history and buck that trend.
DHS funding bill passes w/ 7 Democratic votes
January 22, 2026 at 11:57 PM
My understanding is that historically, opposition parties operating in a fascist regime historically tend not to offer much in the way of robust defiance, but it sure would be nice if my party attempted to not repeat history and buck that trend.
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If you have read even a single history of fascism, you are already aware that one thing that its rise has in common in every case is an opposition party that refuses to intervene for fear of looking weak or putting the left into power
To quote one source:
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
prospect.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:46 PM
If you have read even a single history of fascism, you are already aware that one thing that its rise has in common in every case is an opposition party that refuses to intervene for fear of looking weak or putting the left into power
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President Donald Trump described peace as being “destructive for everyone” as he returned to the U.S following his appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Trump, 79, Labels Peace ‘Destructive’ in Bizarre Comments
The president made the comments while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One.
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January 23, 2026 at 12:40 AM
President Donald Trump described peace as being “destructive for everyone” as he returned to the U.S following his appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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Federal agents arrested 3 activists in Minnesota, civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong, St. Paul school board member Chauntyll Allen, & content creator 'DaWokeFarmer' for protesting a church that has a pastor who's an ICE agent. There are still no charges filed on any of the detained.
'This is a political persecution' Says Attorney of Activist's Arrests in Twin Cities
YouTube video by Unicorn Riot
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January 23, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Federal agents arrested 3 activists in Minnesota, civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong, St. Paul school board member Chauntyll Allen, & content creator 'DaWokeFarmer' for protesting a church that has a pastor who's an ICE agent. There are still no charges filed on any of the detained.
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Yeah the thing about Mr. Rogers is his show was never political.
January 22, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Yeah the thing about Mr. Rogers is his show was never political.
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In May, DHS began encouraging states to check their voter rolls against immigration data with the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program, even as their own privacy assessment acknowledged that could return "incomplete or false results. " @wired.com
www.wired.com/story/dhs-da...
www.wired.com/story/dhs-da...
DHS’s Data Grab Is Getting Citizens Kicked Off Voter Rolls, New Complaint Says
As states check voter registration against a mashup of federal data, a new complaint says US citizens are getting kicked off state voter rolls as a result.
www.wired.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:03 PM
In May, DHS began encouraging states to check their voter rolls against immigration data with the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program, even as their own privacy assessment acknowledged that could return "incomplete or false results. " @wired.com
www.wired.com/story/dhs-da...
www.wired.com/story/dhs-da...
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National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
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1/22 An 18-year-old immigrant in Maine is here legally, and was taken by ICE unlawfully on Tuesday. He graduated high school early, has no criminal record, and was on his way to class at USM when he was taken. #maine #MEpolitics
January 22, 2026 at 10:00 PM
1/22 An 18-year-old immigrant in Maine is here legally, and was taken by ICE unlawfully on Tuesday. He graduated high school early, has no criminal record, and was on his way to class at USM when he was taken. #maine #MEpolitics
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Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 (over Truman's veto) to make general strikes so incredibly difficult to organize that there hasn't been one since.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 (over Truman's veto) to make general strikes so incredibly difficult to organize that there hasn't been one since.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.