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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
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a rather significant portion of the founding was based on “no guys like Donald Trump in particular”
they really specifically wanted to avoid this type of know-nothing demagogue
they really specifically wanted to avoid this type of know-nothing demagogue
people will say the framers never could have predicted this, but that's not true at all, they absolutely *did* expect someone like trump, they thought congress would *stop* him, and they thought they made that clear
January 12, 2026 at 2:38 AM
a rather significant portion of the founding was based on “no guys like Donald Trump in particular”
they really specifically wanted to avoid this type of know-nothing demagogue
they really specifically wanted to avoid this type of know-nothing demagogue
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I don’t see how this country survives until 2029 unless Trump is impeached and removed. This level of lawless malice is not sustainable. What fresh horrors await us this week?
January 12, 2026 at 4:39 AM
I don’t see how this country survives until 2029 unless Trump is impeached and removed. This level of lawless malice is not sustainable. What fresh horrors await us this week?
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What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
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My second biggest fear is that Democrats take back power and believe they can ignore these problems into normalcy
I mean, to be fair, the sort of subnormal droogs who infest ICE now do very much experience a woman laughing at them as being like murder, and murder triggers a right to self defense.
It was probably going to be either Renee Good or some girl at a bar with these thug scum.
It was probably going to be either Renee Good or some girl at a bar with these thug scum.
The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.
January 11, 2026 at 5:29 PM
My second biggest fear is that Democrats take back power and believe they can ignore these problems into normalcy
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FOX: Where’s the protest against the regime that's killing people in the street right now?
Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests
FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests?
Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face
Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests
FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests?
Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face
January 11, 2026 at 5:44 PM
FOX: Where’s the protest against the regime that's killing people in the street right now?
Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests
FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests?
Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face
Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests
FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests?
Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face
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Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal:
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
January 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal:
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
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it would be good if we had a political party in america that was at least as concerned with what is morally right as it is with what will make its donors and advisors happy
January 10, 2026 at 5:54 PM
it would be good if we had a political party in america that was at least as concerned with what is morally right as it is with what will make its donors and advisors happy
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The thing about the Boston Massacre— the fruits of arbitrary power— was not that the colonists were universally in the right. Things were thrown at the soldiers. But, the presence of a standing army escalated conditions. The use of force that night was not proportional. Citizens died needlessly.
January 10, 2026 at 3:42 PM
The thing about the Boston Massacre— the fruits of arbitrary power— was not that the colonists were universally in the right. Things were thrown at the soldiers. But, the presence of a standing army escalated conditions. The use of force that night was not proportional. Citizens died needlessly.
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From firing the local MAGA-allied police chief to calling for the abolishment of ICE, so much inaction by elected Democrats boils down to "but I'm scared!"
I am very sorry, but you said you could do this job when you were hired. Please step aside if you can't.
I am very sorry, but you said you could do this job when you were hired. Please step aside if you can't.
January 10, 2026 at 3:57 PM
From firing the local MAGA-allied police chief to calling for the abolishment of ICE, so much inaction by elected Democrats boils down to "but I'm scared!"
I am very sorry, but you said you could do this job when you were hired. Please step aside if you can't.
I am very sorry, but you said you could do this job when you were hired. Please step aside if you can't.
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The ICE agent who murdered Renee Good must be prosecuted for murder. He enjoys no immunity from state murder charges.
Then, Blue state governors must call up their National Guard to protect us from the armed ICE terrorists.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Then, Blue state governors must call up their National Guard to protect us from the armed ICE terrorists.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Prosecute Renée Nicole Good’s Murderer
The ICE agent who killed Renée Nicole Good not only can be held accountable for murder—he must be.
www.thenation.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:27 PM
The ICE agent who murdered Renee Good must be prosecuted for murder. He enjoys no immunity from state murder charges.
Then, Blue state governors must call up their National Guard to protect us from the armed ICE terrorists.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Then, Blue state governors must call up their National Guard to protect us from the armed ICE terrorists.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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1984 is over-cited, but nothing fits the government and its supporters blatantly lying about ICE’s murder of Renee Good when video from multiple angles show she posed no threat than “the Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
January 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
1984 is over-cited, but nothing fits the government and its supporters blatantly lying about ICE’s murder of Renee Good when video from multiple angles show she posed no threat than “the Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
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Jen Sorensen nails the hypocrisy and racism of the "European culture" argument.
January 6, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Jen Sorensen nails the hypocrisy and racism of the "European culture" argument.
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Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis.
Say bad things are bad.
Say bad things are bad.
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis.
Say bad things are bad.
Say bad things are bad.
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ICE shot and killed a woman on camera today. We all saw the video.
The Trump administration is lying.
The Trump administration is lying.
January 7, 2026 at 7:47 PM
ICE shot and killed a woman on camera today. We all saw the video.
The Trump administration is lying.
The Trump administration is lying.
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State and local prosecutors must enforce state criminal laws against Trump, senior Trump officials, + ICE agents for conspiring to commit unlawful actions and to terrorize residents in Minnesota, leading to today's horrific killing by an ICE agent. Trump and federal agents do not have immunity... 1/
January 7, 2026 at 7:43 PM
State and local prosecutors must enforce state criminal laws against Trump, senior Trump officials, + ICE agents for conspiring to commit unlawful actions and to terrorize residents in Minnesota, leading to today's horrific killing by an ICE agent. Trump and federal agents do not have immunity... 1/
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I too have watched the video. There's nothing graphic in the visuals, thankfully. But this is straight-up, no defenses, not really questionable murder
I have watched the video. I think you probably do not need to watch the video. it shows what you think it's gonna show in terms of lack of justification.
January 7, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I too have watched the video. There's nothing graphic in the visuals, thankfully. But this is straight-up, no defenses, not really questionable murder
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/5 In short, you can’t negotiate with people who are pathologically insecure and think it is unmanly to keep your word or obey the law.
January 7, 2026 at 4:03 PM
/5 In short, you can’t negotiate with people who are pathologically insecure and think it is unmanly to keep your word or obey the law.
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An off-duty ICE agent was just confronted in Minneapolis after people noticed a Nazi SS lightning bolt tattoo on his neck.
If you’re proud enough to ink it on your neck, why are you running when people notice?
If you’re proud enough to ink it on your neck, why are you running when people notice?
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
An off-duty ICE agent was just confronted in Minneapolis after people noticed a Nazi SS lightning bolt tattoo on his neck.
If you’re proud enough to ink it on your neck, why are you running when people notice?
If you’re proud enough to ink it on your neck, why are you running when people notice?
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"To initiate a war of aggression, therefore, is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole."
- Judgment of the International Military Tribunal, 1946
- Judgment of the International Military Tribunal, 1946
January 6, 2026 at 9:37 PM
"To initiate a war of aggression, therefore, is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole."
- Judgment of the International Military Tribunal, 1946
- Judgment of the International Military Tribunal, 1946
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Trump knows what he did is impeachable. He's daring Congress to impeach him. The more Democrats in particular dither, the more powerful he becomes, and he knows it.
January 4, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Trump knows what he did is impeachable. He's daring Congress to impeach him. The more Democrats in particular dither, the more powerful he becomes, and he knows it.
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yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
Right.
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
a lot of problems wouldn't exist if we had a congress with even an ounce of self interest
January 4, 2026 at 11:52 PM
yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
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If lack of accountability for Iraq is part of how we got here, and it is, that problem includes Senate Democrats still having a leader who voted for the Iraq war.
January 4, 2026 at 11:43 AM
If lack of accountability for Iraq is part of how we got here, and it is, that problem includes Senate Democrats still having a leader who voted for the Iraq war.