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All of my political views and policy ideas have basically collapsed to "Punish the Villains" and I mumble it to myself every time I see a news article these days
August 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
All of my political views and policy ideas have basically collapsed to "Punish the Villains" and I mumble it to myself every time I see a news article these days
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if dokoupil had any dignity he would resign after that. also a reminder that trump will ALWAYS humiliate you, especially if it is clear that you owe him in any way.
January 13, 2026 at 11:59 PM
if dokoupil had any dignity he would resign after that. also a reminder that trump will ALWAYS humiliate you, especially if it is clear that you owe him in any way.
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I like that they’ve given up on even having immigration enforcement as a pretext for any of this. It’s just purely armed masked goons wandering around in the middle of intersections harassing U.S. citizens as a display of force now.
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 8:52 PM
I like that they’ve given up on even having immigration enforcement as a pretext for any of this. It’s just purely armed masked goons wandering around in the middle of intersections harassing U.S. citizens as a display of force now.
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this is wildly illegal and the courts will rule it such, but congressional democrats should be thinking long and hard about the terms under which they will agree to continue funding this government
Trump: "Starting February 1, we're not making any payments to sanctuary cities or states having sanctuary cities"
January 13, 2026 at 8:02 PM
this is wildly illegal and the courts will rule it such, but congressional democrats should be thinking long and hard about the terms under which they will agree to continue funding this government
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ICE and CBP are also the parts of the government staffed with the most committed pro-Trump fascists outside of the literal White House
these are not nonpartisan institutions that simply do not have the resources to do their jobs properly
these are not nonpartisan institutions that simply do not have the resources to do their jobs properly
January 12, 2026 at 4:57 PM
ICE and CBP are also the parts of the government staffed with the most committed pro-Trump fascists outside of the literal White House
these are not nonpartisan institutions that simply do not have the resources to do their jobs properly
these are not nonpartisan institutions that simply do not have the resources to do their jobs properly
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this is a very good sign
January 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
this is a very good sign
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I honestly think that the main revelation of Trump 2 has been that there is no big C Capital running things behind the scenes anymore and pulling strings. There's individual rich crazy people with their thumbs on the scale, but there's no smoke filled rooms
this is a five alarm Fucking With The Money fire and between this and the Greenland threats the rich assholes might want to wake up and realize this dude is going to cost them way more than any wealth tax will
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 5:50 AM
I honestly think that the main revelation of Trump 2 has been that there is no big C Capital running things behind the scenes anymore and pulling strings. There's individual rich crazy people with their thumbs on the scale, but there's no smoke filled rooms
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They keep saying this “didn’t you learn your lesson?” bit like murdering Renee Good was a flex and we’re all supposed to bow to their dominance.
ICE agent screaming a threat: "Did you not learn from what just happened?"
www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...
www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...
January 12, 2026 at 2:24 AM
They keep saying this “didn’t you learn your lesson?” bit like murdering Renee Good was a flex and we’re all supposed to bow to their dominance.
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One of the most telling ways of how we ended up here is Americans are fine with terror as long as they don't have to make eye contact with it.
Obama deported 3 million illegal immigrants during his time in office and I don’t remember a single scene like this.
January 11, 2026 at 7:37 AM
One of the most telling ways of how we ended up here is Americans are fine with terror as long as they don't have to make eye contact with it.
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Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Saturday.
Rep. Angie Craig: "We were told because this facility is being funding by the 'Big Beautiful Bill,' not the congressional appropriations act, that we would not be allowed to enter the facility. That's complete nonsense ... I informed them they were violating the law. They said they didn't care."
January 10, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Saturday.
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doing war crimes and shattering the NATO consensus because of the fucking mercator projection
January 11, 2026 at 5:04 AM
doing war crimes and shattering the NATO consensus because of the fucking mercator projection
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Democrats have an absolute responsibility to refuse to fund this government. Lawless & violent at home & abroad.
January 11, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Democrats have an absolute responsibility to refuse to fund this government. Lawless & violent at home & abroad.
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Is this what the world looked like to people on the eve of World War I? People who had lived their entire lives in a world dominated by European empires that divided most of the continent among themselves? Could they imagine a world without the Habsburgs, Hohenzollerns, Romanovs, and Ottomans?
i mean i think a world where the US genuinely break NATO and launch an invasion of Greenland looks so alien to us that we will not be able to understand it
The thing I think folks struggle to appreciate with this stuff tho is however hard it is to wean Europe off US tech is *at least as hard* as it will be for US tech to get back into Europe after that type of transition kicks into high gear
January 11, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Is this what the world looked like to people on the eve of World War I? People who had lived their entire lives in a world dominated by European empires that divided most of the continent among themselves? Could they imagine a world without the Habsburgs, Hohenzollerns, Romanovs, and Ottomans?
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I mean a US attack on Greenland is a holy war where the US is basically on the side of pure evil
January 11, 2026 at 3:14 AM
I mean a US attack on Greenland is a holy war where the US is basically on the side of pure evil
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They want it formally dead, but NATO is already functionally dead as a geopolitical reality. Even if he backs down (wouldn't bet on it), there's no going back from sending European capitals into a spiraling panic that the US is seriously about to invade one of them. You can't unring that bell.
January 11, 2026 at 3:26 AM
They want it formally dead, but NATO is already functionally dead as a geopolitical reality. Even if he backs down (wouldn't bet on it), there's no going back from sending European capitals into a spiraling panic that the US is seriously about to invade one of them. You can't unring that bell.
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It can’t be said enough:
It is bullshit that ICE & CBP can detain American citizens. This is the kind of federal overreach 1990s conservatives constantly complained about
It is bullshit that ICE & CBP can detain American citizens. This is the kind of federal overreach 1990s conservatives constantly complained about
January 11, 2026 at 1:31 AM
It can’t be said enough:
It is bullshit that ICE & CBP can detain American citizens. This is the kind of federal overreach 1990s conservatives constantly complained about
It is bullshit that ICE & CBP can detain American citizens. This is the kind of federal overreach 1990s conservatives constantly complained about
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You really do have to wonder at what point Congressional Republicans finally end this
i agree, but the fact that we are here where EU sources are talking about nuking big tech among other US sectors to the Telegraph feels a lot like the 1939 moment
My guess is this is a very open attempt to get what remaining adults in the room to yell at Trump to knock this shit off least he stick their dicks in a hornet nest
January 11, 2026 at 3:10 AM
You really do have to wonder at what point Congressional Republicans finally end this
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big business has been allowed to do this bullshit act of pretending
1) they have no leverage over the president
2) there are no consequences from bandwagoning with him
3) everyone else is just going to sit back and take it
1) they have no leverage over the president
2) there are no consequences from bandwagoning with him
3) everyone else is just going to sit back and take it
January 11, 2026 at 3:14 AM
big business has been allowed to do this bullshit act of pretending
1) they have no leverage over the president
2) there are no consequences from bandwagoning with him
3) everyone else is just going to sit back and take it
1) they have no leverage over the president
2) there are no consequences from bandwagoning with him
3) everyone else is just going to sit back and take it
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I do not think anybody is prepared for how quickly and how thoroughly things we've taken for granted our whole lives could change
Look, you may think the Mail is probably exaggerating but the news side of Telegraph is legit: if Euros are considering this, there's smoke
European Union preparing sanctions on US companies if President Trump rejects EU proposal to deploy European military force to Greenland as an alternative to US control.-Telegraph
January 11, 2026 at 3:02 AM
I do not think anybody is prepared for how quickly and how thoroughly things we've taken for granted our whole lives could change
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The reason so many ICE agents are willing to break the law is that their leaders have created a permission and protection structure for doing so. ICE is killing & kidnapping citizens because the Republican Party has given them the green light. If you break the law the president will just pardon you!
Another US citizen being abducted.
She then escapes, and they nab her again.
How many more of these scenes can we watch?
This isn't immigration control.
It is state-sponsored kidnapping.
She then escapes, and they nab her again.
How many more of these scenes can we watch?
This isn't immigration control.
It is state-sponsored kidnapping.
January 11, 2026 at 2:28 AM
The reason so many ICE agents are willing to break the law is that their leaders have created a permission and protection structure for doing so. ICE is killing & kidnapping citizens because the Republican Party has given them the green light. If you break the law the president will just pardon you!
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when DHS says "affiliated with TdA" you should read that as "probably has a tattoo"
okay, this was just a straight up attempted murder, because i am 1000% certain that this TdA business is absolute horseshit, this is a lie, and this was an attempted murder
January 9, 2026 at 1:49 AM
when DHS says "affiliated with TdA" you should read that as "probably has a tattoo"
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banning X is a national security issue for every country, plain and simple
its explicit goal is to amplify and empower the largest Nazi-adjacent party in every country in which it operates
it is also the largest deepfake porn generator in the world
this is not a difficult call to make
its explicit goal is to amplify and empower the largest Nazi-adjacent party in every country in which it operates
it is also the largest deepfake porn generator in the world
this is not a difficult call to make
January 8, 2026 at 5:43 PM
banning X is a national security issue for every country, plain and simple
its explicit goal is to amplify and empower the largest Nazi-adjacent party in every country in which it operates
it is also the largest deepfake porn generator in the world
this is not a difficult call to make
its explicit goal is to amplify and empower the largest Nazi-adjacent party in every country in which it operates
it is also the largest deepfake porn generator in the world
this is not a difficult call to make
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The president is insane and I really need to emphasize that I am not being loose with terminology here, he is mentally not well and is fundamentally disconnected from reality
Trump, in a sit down interview on Fox News aired just now, said the US will be conducting land strikes against the cartels.
"We are gonna start now hitting land, with regard to the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico."
"We are gonna start now hitting land, with regard to the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico."
January 9, 2026 at 3:43 AM
The president is insane and I really need to emphasize that I am not being loose with terminology here, he is mentally not well and is fundamentally disconnected from reality