lizzie mac
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
Psalm 5 for Alex Pretti: “Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.”
January 25, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Psalm 5 for Alex Pretti: “Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.”
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Shutting the government down because the president’s thug army keeps murdering American citizens for no reason seems pretty reasonable, IMO!
January 25, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Shutting the government down because the president’s thug army keeps murdering American citizens for no reason seems pretty reasonable, IMO!
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Pam Bondi sends letter telling Minnesota officials if they turn over their voter rolls to Trump and his tech broligarchs they will remove ICE from Minnesota. It was never about immigration. It's about cheating in the midterms.
January 25, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Pam Bondi sends letter telling Minnesota officials if they turn over their voter rolls to Trump and his tech broligarchs they will remove ICE from Minnesota. It was never about immigration. It's about cheating in the midterms.
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they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
They weren’t receiving care before this either! Arbella “Yari” Rodriguez Marquez - who has leukemia - has been in ICE detention in Arizona for newly a year. She was treated WORSE by the detention facility when her case gained media attention.
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 21, 2026 at 3:51 AM
They weren’t receiving care before this either! Arbella “Yari” Rodriguez Marquez - who has leukemia - has been in ICE detention in Arizona for newly a year. She was treated WORSE by the detention facility when her case gained media attention.
listening to the @thebulwark.com‘s focus group on Renee Good has me wondering when FAFO was added to the constitution?
January 20, 2026 at 8:46 PM
listening to the @thebulwark.com‘s focus group on Renee Good has me wondering when FAFO was added to the constitution?
but the new iOS is so ugly
Apple Spyware Warning—Turn Your iPhone Off And On Again Now
Apple Spyware Warning—Turn Your iPhone Off And On Again Now
Warnings keep coming after Apple confirmed iPhone attacks — here's what you do.
www.forbes.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:02 AM
but the new iOS is so ugly
so they *do* believe in climate change - but have decided to grift their way to the end at the expense of the rest of us
January 18, 2026 at 6:05 AM
so they *do* believe in climate change - but have decided to grift their way to the end at the expense of the rest of us
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it's evil, just evil. all of it.
January 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
it's evil, just evil. all of it.
Growing up, the CBS Evening News was on every night - because oftentimes my dad was reporting. What’s happened to CBS under Bari Weiss is an embarrassment. Boycott CBS.
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January 7, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Growing up, the CBS Evening News was on every night - because oftentimes my dad was reporting. What’s happened to CBS under Bari Weiss is an embarrassment. Boycott CBS.
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
what are we calling the brand of catholicism a la patrick deenan and jd vance? im workshopping something like “catholics without christ” but it seems clunky and hazel motes already took the holy church of christ without christ
January 3, 2026 at 4:03 AM
what are we calling the brand of catholicism a la patrick deenan and jd vance? im workshopping something like “catholics without christ” but it seems clunky and hazel motes already took the holy church of christ without christ
don’t worry - no one is going to watch because literally no one knows who Tony Dokoupil is - he proved it himself and then embarrassingly shared it on the internet
CBS leaning into, e.g., the reinforcement of what people *feel* about crime over the responsible dissemination and interpretation of actual crime rates and statistics (a/k/a journalism).
January 3, 2026 at 3:46 AM
don’t worry - no one is going to watch because literally no one knows who Tony Dokoupil is - he proved it himself and then embarrassingly shared it on the internet
tonight the teenaged cashier at the grocery store said I reminded him of “that lady” from The Sound of Music
December 28, 2025 at 4:19 AM
tonight the teenaged cashier at the grocery store said I reminded him of “that lady” from The Sound of Music
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I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
how are y’all celebrating the eve of the release of the heavily redacted epstein files?
December 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
how are y’all celebrating the eve of the release of the heavily redacted epstein files?
god i hate david brooks so much
December 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
god i hate david brooks so much
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Dems. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Dems. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
I wasted a lot of hours on that website
Remember when the Apple website was, for some reason, the only place on the internet you could reliably watch movie trailers?
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I wasted a lot of hours on that website
I doubt Dem leadership has learned its lesson, unfortunately. Record turnout from a diverse coalition! But let’s hear more about how it’s necessary to move to the center, NYT.
The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I doubt Dem leadership has learned its lesson, unfortunately. Record turnout from a diverse coalition! But let’s hear more about how it’s necessary to move to the center, NYT.
so I’m thinking about becoming a nihilist
September 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
so I’m thinking about becoming a nihilist
This is the best news I’ve heard in awhile. Really one of the best people!
BREAKING: Democrat Xp Lee wins the Minnesota House special election to fill the seat of Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated in June.
Democrat XP Lee wins Minnesota House special election to replace assassinated leader
Democrat Xp Lee has won a special election to fill the Minnesota House seat of a top Democratic leader who was assassinated. Rep.
bit.ly
September 17, 2025 at 4:46 AM
This is the best news I’ve heard in awhile. Really one of the best people!