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Please read this. The UK political & media establishment is asleep at the wheel.

We have made ourselves wholly dependent on a Trump ally for our national security at the exact moment Trump is threatening to invade a NATO ally

open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
January 11, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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I think about this July 2024 threat from the head of the Heritage Foundation quite a lot these days.
January 11, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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RIP Bob Weir
January 11, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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rare to see an american politician speak in these terms and it rocks
“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
Handing Out Free Tickets, Mamdani Says Theater Should Not Be ‘a Luxury’
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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Fascism is here.

Whether or not we stand up to and eradicate it is the only question left.

NO ONE is coming to save us...not Congress, not the courts, not law enforcement, not the military.

IF, and it's a substantial IF, we get out of this, it will be because of us.
January 9, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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The things we are defending are so very basic. The old John Locke stuff. Government by consent of the governed. Not voluntarily enslaving ourselves to the whims of armed agents of the state. Which the other side gladly and willingness does, which is why we shall overcome.
When Renee Good said "I'm not mad at you" what the ICE goon heard was "I'm not scared of you."

That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
January 9, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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I’ve been struck by this, too: the tremendous bravery and commitment to justice shown by those who confront ICE, at real risk of violence.
/3 Think about it. Faced with lawless, violent thugs who feel entitled to murder and abuse, and faced with an unimaginably powerful government openly praising and endorsing murder and lying to justify it, these people are still showing up, often for people they don’t even know.
January 9, 2026 at 4:20 PM
If you’re not following @polphilpod.bsky.social then you’re missing an important voice! Here’s a great example of his work that I found both incisive and even hopeful: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Abolishing ICE is not enough. They must be held accountable.
Podcast Episode · Political Philosophy Podcast · 01/08/2026 · 43m
podcasts.apple.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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“We must find a way to live with the Nazis” is not the lesson from 1930s Germany that we were supposed to take away
New CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil closing the broadcast from MN last night.
January 9, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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One of Trump & Bovino’s ICE goons points his gun at unarmed protestors
January 9, 2026 at 1:21 PM
I remember Obama being so forcefully against it 😣

www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-conseq...
The Consequences of Rejecting "Defund the Police"
Political cowardice is paid for in blood.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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Clear-eyed, fact-based, and written to explain to normies. No “both sidesing.” No “Trump officials disagree.”
No gaslighting that what we can see with our own eyes might not be true.

This is journalism. Well done, @people.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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Yesterday, ICE murdered an American citizen.

The only way to prevent future horrors is to prosecute and ensure full accountability up the entire chain of command.
January 8, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Living in the Lie
And How Not To
open.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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it is the policy of this government to treat democratic-led states as conquered territories and the people therein as something like hostiles or even enemy combatants
Dr Oz threatens to pull Medicaid support for Minnesota: "Sticking to the narrative that's cold in Minnesota -- this is the tip of the iceberg"
January 7, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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"On this 250th anniversary year of the Declaration of Independence ... this looks like a Boston Massacre ... Let this be the beginning of the end for ICE and for this president."

#AbolishICE 🔥🔥🔥
January 8, 2026 at 2:19 AM
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REP. @aoc.bsky.social : “What we saw today was criminal murder a woman and shoot her in the head. Their editorializing of this event to justify a public murder is disgusting… ICE has now turned into our greatest fear: an anti-civilian force.”
January 8, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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This is basically it. Protests of ICE in any form—including filming them—is legally unprotected and constitutes domestic terrorism.

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Spot-on. This administration’s thesis is not only that immigrants don’t have rights but that the liberals who side with immigrants are also not protected by the law or the state.

It’s the friend/enemy distinction.

www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
January 8, 2026 at 2:34 AM
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remains striking the extent to which trump quite loudly does not see himself as president of the united states and more as a clan leader for his supporters
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
January 7, 2026 at 9:17 PM