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Did you catch my definition of "citizen journalism?"
From 2008, but I think it has some relevance now:
"When the people formerly known as the audience employ the press tools they have in their possession to inform one another, that’s citizen journalism."
archive.pressthink.org/2008/07/14/a...
From 2008, but I think it has some relevance now:
"When the people formerly known as the audience employ the press tools they have in their possession to inform one another, that’s citizen journalism."
archive.pressthink.org/2008/07/14/a...
January 27, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Did you catch my definition of "citizen journalism?"
From 2008, but I think it has some relevance now:
"When the people formerly known as the audience employ the press tools they have in their possession to inform one another, that’s citizen journalism."
archive.pressthink.org/2008/07/14/a...
From 2008, but I think it has some relevance now:
"When the people formerly known as the audience employ the press tools they have in their possession to inform one another, that’s citizen journalism."
archive.pressthink.org/2008/07/14/a...
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Duckworth on Senate Republicans: "I gotta be honest with you. When I talk to a few of my colleagues, they had not even seen the videos. It's almost like they put blinders on. They're uneasy."
January 27, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Duckworth on Senate Republicans: "I gotta be honest with you. When I talk to a few of my colleagues, they had not even seen the videos. It's almost like they put blinders on. They're uneasy."
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I just want to point out that Bovino's response to Bill gives away the underlying worldview: Sympathizing with (black and brown) immigrants over (white) American citizens makes you a (race) traitor, which makes you a part of the "problem" (and thereby deserving of same treatment as the immigrants)
Honored that in his last days of fame and fortune at CBP the disgraced Gregory Bovino chose to attack, among others, me.
January 27, 2026 at 4:53 AM
I just want to point out that Bovino's response to Bill gives away the underlying worldview: Sympathizing with (black and brown) immigrants over (white) American citizens makes you a (race) traitor, which makes you a part of the "problem" (and thereby deserving of same treatment as the immigrants)
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I continue to believe that the fastest way to get Stephen Miller fired is to convince Trump that Miller's ICE operations are what cost him the Nobel Peace Prize.
January 27, 2026 at 4:54 AM
I continue to believe that the fastest way to get Stephen Miller fired is to convince Trump that Miller's ICE operations are what cost him the Nobel Peace Prize.
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At an ICE concentration camp, this thug RAPED HER FOR MONTHS.
He’s just been convicted.
HOW MUCH ABUSE DON’T WE KNOW ABOUT?
What we KNOW is horrific enough.
By the way…
The PROSECUTION called this COERCIVE series of ongoing RAPES a “romantic relationship“.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
He’s just been convicted.
HOW MUCH ABUSE DON’T WE KNOW ABOUT?
What we KNOW is horrific enough.
By the way…
The PROSECUTION called this COERCIVE series of ongoing RAPES a “romantic relationship“.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Ex-ICE officer pleads guilty to sexually abusing immigrant in custody
Louisiana detention officer admits to sexual abuse of detainee as reports of harassment and neglect surge inside facilities across US
www.independent.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 1:23 PM
At an ICE concentration camp, this thug RAPED HER FOR MONTHS.
He’s just been convicted.
HOW MUCH ABUSE DON’T WE KNOW ABOUT?
What we KNOW is horrific enough.
By the way…
The PROSECUTION called this COERCIVE series of ongoing RAPES a “romantic relationship“.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
He’s just been convicted.
HOW MUCH ABUSE DON’T WE KNOW ABOUT?
What we KNOW is horrific enough.
By the way…
The PROSECUTION called this COERCIVE series of ongoing RAPES a “romantic relationship“.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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“.. Trump’s most profound break with American democracy, evident in his words and actions alike, is his view that the state’s relationship with its citizens is defined not by ideals or rules but rather by expressions of power ..”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/m...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/m...
January 25, 2026 at 5:52 PM
“.. Trump’s most profound break with American democracy, evident in his words and actions alike, is his view that the state’s relationship with its citizens is defined not by ideals or rules but rather by expressions of power ..”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/m...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/m...
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Alex Pretti was already restrained when federal agents shot and killed him in Minneapolis, a New York Times analysis of video shows. The footage contradicts the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the shooting.
Timeline: How the Shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti Unfolded
A moment-by-moment analysis of video from the scene shows that Mr. Pretti was already restrained when fatal shots were fired, which appears to contradict the federal government’s account of the event.
trib.al
January 25, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Alex Pretti was already restrained when federal agents shot and killed him in Minneapolis, a New York Times analysis of video shows. The footage contradicts the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the shooting.
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These monsters have worked for decades to create an America in which it's perfectly okay for civilians to walk around with a loaded weapon, and now they're saying if you have a gun at a protest, the state can murder you.
BARTIROMO: There is outrage across the country that there is another killing. Someone is dead at the hands of Border Patrol. What can you tell us?
KASH PATEL: You do not get to attack law enforcement officials in this country without any repercussions. We not messing around.
KASH PATEL: You do not get to attack law enforcement officials in this country without any repercussions. We not messing around.
January 25, 2026 at 3:50 PM
These monsters have worked for decades to create an America in which it's perfectly okay for civilians to walk around with a loaded weapon, and now they're saying if you have a gun at a protest, the state can murder you.
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The WSJ relies on rich businesspeople for whom journalistic credibility matters (ignoring the opinion section), the NY Post doesn’t.
i find it interesting that the NY Post, supposedly an edgy newspaper that is willing to tell hard truths, just swallows the administration's lies whole
January 25, 2026 at 4:32 PM
The WSJ relies on rich businesspeople for whom journalistic credibility matters (ignoring the opinion section), the NY Post doesn’t.
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The NYPost should take a cognitive function test. The gun was never in Pretti's hand. If it "accidentally misfired," it did do in the hands of an ICE agent clearly seen removing it from Pretti's waist holster. After he had been tackled to the ground. Before he was shot ten times.
From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.
January 25, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The NYPost should take a cognitive function test. The gun was never in Pretti's hand. If it "accidentally misfired," it did do in the hands of an ICE agent clearly seen removing it from Pretti's waist holster. After he had been tackled to the ground. Before he was shot ten times.
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I’m not sure who needs to hear this, but what we are seeing is NOT (just) a training problem. It is a VETTING problem.
Law enforcement *disproportionately* attracts sociopaths. Layers of screening and oversight are needed to give the kind of power these goondas have. It’s broken.
Law enforcement *disproportionately* attracts sociopaths. Layers of screening and oversight are needed to give the kind of power these goondas have. It’s broken.
If I hear one more big name former prosecutor attorney call for better training of fascist military forces that are killing people, I am going to yeet my phone into the sun.
As I said yest, there are legal commentators who are built for this moment, and PLENTY, including those on MSM, who ARE NOT.
As I said yest, there are legal commentators who are built for this moment, and PLENTY, including those on MSM, who ARE NOT.
January 25, 2026 at 12:58 PM
I’m not sure who needs to hear this, but what we are seeing is NOT (just) a training problem. It is a VETTING problem.
Law enforcement *disproportionately* attracts sociopaths. Layers of screening and oversight are needed to give the kind of power these goondas have. It’s broken.
Law enforcement *disproportionately* attracts sociopaths. Layers of screening and oversight are needed to give the kind of power these goondas have. It’s broken.
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What I saw was the American Century ending in a pathetic mix of babble and pout.
We are being led into a world of global contempt by morons, cranks and grifters.
We are being led into a world of global contempt by morons, cranks and grifters.
Stephen Miller: "You saw a masterclass. A true amazing masterclass in diplomacy, statesmanship, leadership, in Davos this week with President Trump"
January 24, 2026 at 6:12 PM
What I saw was the American Century ending in a pathetic mix of babble and pout.
We are being led into a world of global contempt by morons, cranks and grifters.
We are being led into a world of global contempt by morons, cranks and grifters.
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I’m sorry but as someone who has a book and a PhD on this exact thing, this is just straight up not true. The majority of Nazis discovered living abroad (particularly in the US, Australia, and UK) faced almost no legal consequences beyond the occasional loss of citizenship.
This is essentially what governments did in the late 1900s and early 2000s with respect to Nazis. Whether you were a lowly concentration camp guard or in Hitler's inner circle, if there was evidence you were a Nazi, it was straight to jail with your walker.
It worked.
It worked.
Maybe instead of identifying specific ICE agents who do particularly heinous things, we could just penalize everyone who was on payroll at the agency starting by a certain date.
January 24, 2026 at 2:02 PM
I’m sorry but as someone who has a book and a PhD on this exact thing, this is just straight up not true. The majority of Nazis discovered living abroad (particularly in the US, Australia, and UK) faced almost no legal consequences beyond the occasional loss of citizenship.
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A president who can't get along with others chafes at the idea that others want to get together without him.
#ThirdGradeGeopolitics
#ThirdGradeGeopolitics
January 24, 2026 at 2:20 PM
A president who can't get along with others chafes at the idea that others want to get together without him.
#ThirdGradeGeopolitics
#ThirdGradeGeopolitics
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I got a bit of pushback on here when I suggested that Dimon would be the CEO to watch for pushback against Trump. with people saying he would cower like the others. I only wish he had been quicker to speak out.
DIMON: “.. I don’t like what I’m seeing, five grown men beating up a little old lady. So I think we should calm down a little bit on the internal anger about immigration.”
@cnbc.com #$JPM
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/21/j...
@cnbc.com #$JPM
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/21/j...
January 22, 2026 at 1:46 AM
I got a bit of pushback on here when I suggested that Dimon would be the CEO to watch for pushback against Trump. with people saying he would cower like the others. I only wish he had been quicker to speak out.
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"Never forget what they took from you," the conservatives wail when complaining that they can't be rude to women and minorities anymore without pushback.
Look what they took from us. They've destroyed the US's role as a science leader: www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Look what they took from us. They've destroyed the US's role as a science leader: www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 21, 2026 at 4:53 PM
"Never forget what they took from you," the conservatives wail when complaining that they can't be rude to women and minorities anymore without pushback.
Look what they took from us. They've destroyed the US's role as a science leader: www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Look what they took from us. They've destroyed the US's role as a science leader: www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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It is not up to the armed forces to put a stop to Trump’s ghastly ideas of war against NATO. The United States is not run by the military, nor should it be. Americans, and their elected representatives, must take this burden away from the armed forces—now.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Military Is Being Forced to Plan for an Unthinkable Betrayal
Attacking an ally would be a perversion of everything the armed forces have been trained to do.
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:10 PM
It is not up to the armed forces to put a stop to Trump’s ghastly ideas of war against NATO. The United States is not run by the military, nor should it be. Americans, and their elected representatives, must take this burden away from the armed forces—now.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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This is journalism malpractice, IMO.
She was found to be unlawfully serving as a US Attorney so SHE COULD NOT POSSIBLY STEP DOWN.
She was found to be unlawfully serving as a US Attorney so SHE COULD NOT POSSIBLY STEP DOWN.
January 21, 2026 at 3:22 PM
This is journalism malpractice, IMO.
She was found to be unlawfully serving as a US Attorney so SHE COULD NOT POSSIBLY STEP DOWN.
She was found to be unlawfully serving as a US Attorney so SHE COULD NOT POSSIBLY STEP DOWN.
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Until today, Helsinki was our worst moment in public diplomacy, but this is the new Hall of Famer
At this point, has America ever had a more embarrassing moment on the global stage in our history? I certainly can’t think of one.
January 21, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Until today, Helsinki was our worst moment in public diplomacy, but this is the new Hall of Famer
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He goes on to describe one of his officers being stopped when she was off-duty solely because she's non-white, harassed by ICE goons who slapped her phone out of her hand as she tried to record, only to be let go when she finally revealed she was a cop.
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:53 PM
He goes on to describe one of his officers being stopped when she was off-duty solely because she's non-white, harassed by ICE goons who slapped her phone out of her hand as she tried to record, only to be let go when she finally revealed she was a cop.
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Take the time to listen. He seems like a sincere guy, used to playing by the rules. He clearly believes in law enforcement, as do the other police chiefs gathered to support him.
And he is outraged at how ICE is behaving and declares "this has to stop."
And he is outraged at how ICE is behaving and declares "this has to stop."
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Take the time to listen. He seems like a sincere guy, used to playing by the rules. He clearly believes in law enforcement, as do the other police chiefs gathered to support him.
And he is outraged at how ICE is behaving and declares "this has to stop."
And he is outraged at how ICE is behaving and declares "this has to stop."
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It has become evident that working your way through a phone tree has become more difficult and time consuming even with a trivial complaint than a couple years ago.
January 17, 2026 at 3:14 PM
It has become evident that working your way through a phone tree has become more difficult and time consuming even with a trivial complaint than a couple years ago.
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Obviously Denmark is part of a broader military coalition pledged to defend them in case of attack. I would have thought a guy who sold his house to go live on a military base because he was scared of his neighbors would get this.
Miller: Denmark is a tiny country with a tiny economy and a tiny military. They cannot defend Greenland… Under every understanding of law that has existed about territorial control for 500 years, to control a territory you have to be able to defend a territory…
January 17, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Obviously Denmark is part of a broader military coalition pledged to defend them in case of attack. I would have thought a guy who sold his house to go live on a military base because he was scared of his neighbors would get this.
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Here’s a dirty little secret, according to studies - people usually turn in things they’ve found. For example, people usually return wallets and before you ask, rates of wallet return are actually higher ⬆️ when they have cash inside (going from about 51% return rate to about 60% return rate).
My wife left her bag on the MTA yesterday and today… it was at lost and found! Somebody actually went through the trouble.
Given how absolute shit things are, this was an unexpected kindness. I credit the good feelings engendered by the Mamdani administration. :)
Also the good people at the MTA.
Given how absolute shit things are, this was an unexpected kindness. I credit the good feelings engendered by the Mamdani administration. :)
Also the good people at the MTA.
January 16, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Here’s a dirty little secret, according to studies - people usually turn in things they’ve found. For example, people usually return wallets and before you ask, rates of wallet return are actually higher ⬆️ when they have cash inside (going from about 51% return rate to about 60% return rate).
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these people got annoyed by some grad students on the internet in 2020 and projected it on to joe biden for some reason. bizarre behavior.
what the hell is this revisionist nonsense? This *did not happen*—except in the minds of the far-right. You're buying their bad faith bullshit. MAGA called for and now is building a white ethnostate b/c *they are white nationalists*. That's what they do. FFS
January 16, 2026 at 10:29 PM
these people got annoyed by some grad students on the internet in 2020 and projected it on to joe biden for some reason. bizarre behavior.