Lantern cat
@lanterncalico.bsky.social
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If anyone works at major HR firms and platforms (Salesforce, Workday, etc.) and has info about what drove adding these questions to job applications in the last few months my DMs are open and my Signal is SydneyBauer.30
You will have anonymity.
You will have anonymity.
Why tf do you need to know what marker was on my birth certificate for employment?
January 20, 2026 at 12:44 AM
If anyone works at major HR firms and platforms (Salesforce, Workday, etc.) and has info about what drove adding these questions to job applications in the last few months my DMs are open and my Signal is SydneyBauer.30
You will have anonymity.
You will have anonymity.
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Let's remember that MLK was assassinated while in Memphis supporting African American sanitation workers who were, despite CNN's weird definition, actually members of the working class.
January 19, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Let's remember that MLK was assassinated while in Memphis supporting African American sanitation workers who were, despite CNN's weird definition, actually members of the working class.
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This is a really important story, and one that explains the place of the Hmong community in the Twin Cities and why this entire occupation is really just ethnic cleansing (my words). Also, props to Marisa for doing the work to get this story right when so many out-of-town journalists have failed.
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 1:14 AM
This is a really important story, and one that explains the place of the Hmong community in the Twin Cities and why this entire occupation is really just ethnic cleansing (my words). Also, props to Marisa for doing the work to get this story right when so many out-of-town journalists have failed.
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Also, please note: they tried very hard to be scary, kept saying “this is where you live, go home” over the loudspeaker. But when you continue to follow them, they don’t arrest you, they run. Their tactics are based in fear and bullying, not any true legal authority.
Here’s a really tense ICE situation in front of my home. One car looped a block 25 times until two reinforcement cars showed up and led me home. Was pretty scary because I was solo - BUT I knew I had backup from thousands of courageous neighbors and observers. Strength in numbers.
ICE threatens me at home - 1/19/26
YouTube video by Will Stancil
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Also, please note: they tried very hard to be scary, kept saying “this is where you live, go home” over the loudspeaker. But when you continue to follow them, they don’t arrest you, they run. Their tactics are based in fear and bullying, not any true legal authority.
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This is not in fact the definition of the “working class.”
January 19, 2026 at 9:14 PM
This is not in fact the definition of the “working class.”
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This is (*checks notes*) after a Federal District Judge ordered them not to use chemical weapons on observers.
ICE is a collection of lawless, cruel, racist thugs. Defund them, and prohibit their non-elected federal employment for the next 20 years.
ICE is a collection of lawless, cruel, racist thugs. Defund them, and prohibit their non-elected federal employment for the next 20 years.
It's cool that these guys just use pepper spray casually now, against people who are wholly within their rights, without a moment's hesitation. Several shots of them using it as they climb into their cars and drive away, not even a pretense of urgency or need. Just a parting "fuck you" to them.
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 20, 2026 at 12:48 AM
This is (*checks notes*) after a Federal District Judge ordered them not to use chemical weapons on observers.
ICE is a collection of lawless, cruel, racist thugs. Defund them, and prohibit their non-elected federal employment for the next 20 years.
ICE is a collection of lawless, cruel, racist thugs. Defund them, and prohibit their non-elected federal employment for the next 20 years.
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For those saying “oh but the cabinet are all sycophants.” Yes. We know.
It’s called PRESSURE. You pressure the system until something gives. Micro cracks in the wall until some bricks start to come loose.
It’s called PRESSURE. You pressure the system until something gives. Micro cracks in the wall until some bricks start to come loose.
The 25th Amendment must be invoked by the cabinet. I’m all for pressuring them. Congressional Dems should lead the charge. Not on Bluesky or Threads. Let’s do it.
Invoke the 25th Amendment.
January 19, 2026 at 10:58 PM
For those saying “oh but the cabinet are all sycophants.” Yes. We know.
It’s called PRESSURE. You pressure the system until something gives. Micro cracks in the wall until some bricks start to come loose.
It’s called PRESSURE. You pressure the system until something gives. Micro cracks in the wall until some bricks start to come loose.
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ICE are Gestapo scum.
There, bitch, that‘s 8,001.
There, bitch, that‘s 8,001.
"We've seen over a thousand percent increase in assaults on ICE officers, 8,000 verbal assaults on them...."
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 AM
ICE are Gestapo scum.
There, bitch, that‘s 8,001.
There, bitch, that‘s 8,001.
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I can’t go to the grocery store alone right now because ICE is racially profiling and abducting people who aren’t white
Despite Trump’s promises, grocery prices are still rising fast. Families can’t afford this… when is he going to get serious about lowering costs?
January 19, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I can’t go to the grocery store alone right now because ICE is racially profiling and abducting people who aren’t white
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this is legitimately an insane thing to think when looking at your child
January 20, 2026 at 12:32 AM
this is legitimately an insane thing to think when looking at your child
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We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 PM
We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
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This is literally what every right-winger has spent my whole life telling me they want.
A community member armed with a firearm stands guard in his neighborhood after ICE was spotted nearby during an abduction operation in St. Paul, Minnesota, on January 18, 2026.
January 20, 2026 at 3:05 AM
This is literally what every right-winger has spent my whole life telling me they want.
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Danish parliamentarian Rasmus Jarlov speaking to MS NOW on Stephen Miller comments regarding Greenland: "I hope he’s kept away from young women, because that’s the mentality of a rapist. You can’t defend yourself, so I’m going to take you. That’s basically what he’s saying."
January 19, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Danish parliamentarian Rasmus Jarlov speaking to MS NOW on Stephen Miller comments regarding Greenland: "I hope he’s kept away from young women, because that’s the mentality of a rapist. You can’t defend yourself, so I’m going to take you. That’s basically what he’s saying."
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Danish parliamentarian fresh on the scene doing better retail politics than any American Democrat
Danish parliamentarian Rasmus Jarlov speaking to MS NOW on Stephen Miller comments regarding Greenland: "I hope he’s kept away from young women, because that’s the mentality of a rapist. You can’t defend yourself, so I’m going to take you. That’s basically what he’s saying."
January 20, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Danish parliamentarian fresh on the scene doing better retail politics than any American Democrat
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Even a doomed-to-fail impeachment effort offers Democrats some advantages. Remember: Democrats are in a content-creation war with the Trump regime.
There’s no reason an impeachment effort can’t be a kaleidoscopic panoply of Trumpian misdeeds presented to the public. trib.al/RMEYHUM
There’s no reason an impeachment effort can’t be a kaleidoscopic panoply of Trumpian misdeeds presented to the public. trib.al/RMEYHUM
January 20, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Even a doomed-to-fail impeachment effort offers Democrats some advantages. Remember: Democrats are in a content-creation war with the Trump regime.
There’s no reason an impeachment effort can’t be a kaleidoscopic panoply of Trumpian misdeeds presented to the public. trib.al/RMEYHUM
There’s no reason an impeachment effort can’t be a kaleidoscopic panoply of Trumpian misdeeds presented to the public. trib.al/RMEYHUM
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as a white voter without a college degree, it's good to see i am part of the working class. a common man of the people. engaged in that oldest and most respectable of the manual trades, podcasting.
January 19, 2026 at 11:38 PM
as a white voter without a college degree, it's good to see i am part of the working class. a common man of the people. engaged in that oldest and most respectable of the manual trades, podcasting.
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The "worst problem you've never heard of" is the leading cause of Black land loss in this country.
Over the years, it's seen Black families stripped of hundreds of billions of dollars in land. It's called "heirs' property."
From the ProPublica archives:
Over the years, it's seen Black families stripped of hundreds of billions of dollars in land. It's called "heirs' property."
From the ProPublica archives:
Their Family Bought Land One Generation After Slavery. The Reels Brothers Spent Eight Years in Jail for Refusing to Leave It.
features.propublica.org
January 20, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The "worst problem you've never heard of" is the leading cause of Black land loss in this country.
Over the years, it's seen Black families stripped of hundreds of billions of dollars in land. It's called "heirs' property."
From the ProPublica archives:
Over the years, it's seen Black families stripped of hundreds of billions of dollars in land. It's called "heirs' property."
From the ProPublica archives:
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Really can't stand the self-abasement of takes posing as the reasonable middle by conceding it'd be a sensible policy to purchase / annex Greenland so long as it wasn't by force, as if any of the nonsense reasons are compelling. Stop it. There is no reasonable version, that would still be idiotic.
January 20, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Really can't stand the self-abasement of takes posing as the reasonable middle by conceding it'd be a sensible policy to purchase / annex Greenland so long as it wasn't by force, as if any of the nonsense reasons are compelling. Stop it. There is no reasonable version, that would still be idiotic.
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The rapidly increasing numbers of deaths in DHS custody is an enormous, stand-alone story in this moment of so many stories.
In addition to that, however, I would like to note the horrifyingly deferential way this NBC News report presents information.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
In addition to that, however, I would like to note the horrifyingly deferential way this NBC News report presents information.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
January 19, 2026 at 9:07 PM
The rapidly increasing numbers of deaths in DHS custody is an enormous, stand-alone story in this moment of so many stories.
In addition to that, however, I would like to note the horrifyingly deferential way this NBC News report presents information.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
In addition to that, however, I would like to note the horrifyingly deferential way this NBC News report presents information.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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The president of the United States out there retweeting "Moni Fun Girl". But then, a kid named BigBalls has data on every living American and Cat Turd is the top Republican intellectual.
January 20, 2026 at 2:07 AM
The president of the United States out there retweeting "Moni Fun Girl". But then, a kid named BigBalls has data on every living American and Cat Turd is the top Republican intellectual.
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I first noticed @marisakabas.bsky.social's byline a few years ago, when she interviewed the Kansas editor whose home was raided by cops.
I don't know of any independent, solo journalist who does--as she did here--more actual reporting, as contrasted to bullshitting, about big news events.
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I don't know of any independent, solo journalist who does--as she did here--more actual reporting, as contrasted to bullshitting, about big news events.
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New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 1:58 AM
I first noticed @marisakabas.bsky.social's byline a few years ago, when she interviewed the Kansas editor whose home was raided by cops.
I don't know of any independent, solo journalist who does--as she did here--more actual reporting, as contrasted to bullshitting, about big news events.
1/2
I don't know of any independent, solo journalist who does--as she did here--more actual reporting, as contrasted to bullshitting, about big news events.
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New illustration: "Chip Away At Them." Inspired by a poster imploring people to sign up for military duty and "Stamp out the axis."
Small acts do matter. Someone can't do everything, but everyone can do something.
My patrons already saw this drawing! www.patreon.com/emilyk
Small acts do matter. Someone can't do everything, but everyone can do something.
My patrons already saw this drawing! www.patreon.com/emilyk
January 20, 2026 at 1:54 AM
New illustration: "Chip Away At Them." Inspired by a poster imploring people to sign up for military duty and "Stamp out the axis."
Small acts do matter. Someone can't do everything, but everyone can do something.
My patrons already saw this drawing! www.patreon.com/emilyk
Small acts do matter. Someone can't do everything, but everyone can do something.
My patrons already saw this drawing! www.patreon.com/emilyk
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A man is comes to the US fleeing war, makes his life here, becomes a citizen. Years pass, and armed paramilitary troops bash in his door and haul him, nearly naked, out of this house and into the freezing cold. For no good reason. Maybe, just maybe, it's ICE who are the "worst of the worst"
January 19, 2026 at 11:06 PM
A man is comes to the US fleeing war, makes his life here, becomes a citizen. Years pass, and armed paramilitary troops bash in his door and haul him, nearly naked, out of this house and into the freezing cold. For no good reason. Maybe, just maybe, it's ICE who are the "worst of the worst"
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Trade is popular
International cooperation is popular
Immigration in popular
Democrats should do Actual Popularism & embrace full-throated defense of these things. Yes, also do compensation & social welfare policies,, but stop doing mercantilism/xenophobia lite. It's bad policy AND bad politics.
International cooperation is popular
Immigration in popular
Democrats should do Actual Popularism & embrace full-throated defense of these things. Yes, also do compensation & social welfare policies,, but stop doing mercantilism/xenophobia lite. It's bad policy AND bad politics.
December 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Trade is popular
International cooperation is popular
Immigration in popular
Democrats should do Actual Popularism & embrace full-throated defense of these things. Yes, also do compensation & social welfare policies,, but stop doing mercantilism/xenophobia lite. It's bad policy AND bad politics.
International cooperation is popular
Immigration in popular
Democrats should do Actual Popularism & embrace full-throated defense of these things. Yes, also do compensation & social welfare policies,, but stop doing mercantilism/xenophobia lite. It's bad policy AND bad politics.
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The Actual Abundance Agenda is free trade, international cooperation, & massively more immigration. Sure, couple massively more public investment with it, but the economic openness stuff is the foundation.
The other advantage of it is that it's not only Abundance...it's also Doing A Popularism.
The other advantage of it is that it's not only Abundance...it's also Doing A Popularism.
Trade is popular
International cooperation is popular
Immigration in popular
Democrats should do Actual Popularism & embrace full-throated defense of these things. Yes, also do compensation & social welfare policies,, but stop doing mercantilism/xenophobia lite. It's bad policy AND bad politics.
International cooperation is popular
Immigration in popular
Democrats should do Actual Popularism & embrace full-throated defense of these things. Yes, also do compensation & social welfare policies,, but stop doing mercantilism/xenophobia lite. It's bad policy AND bad politics.
This is extremely important
January 19, 2026 at 9:03 PM
The Actual Abundance Agenda is free trade, international cooperation, & massively more immigration. Sure, couple massively more public investment with it, but the economic openness stuff is the foundation.
The other advantage of it is that it's not only Abundance...it's also Doing A Popularism.
The other advantage of it is that it's not only Abundance...it's also Doing A Popularism.