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The “if she had complied, she’d still be alive” line that we’re hearing from ICE defenders is the mantra of apologists for security forces in dictatorships through the ages.
January 11, 2026 at 12:42 AM
The “if she had complied, she’d still be alive” line that we’re hearing from ICE defenders is the mantra of apologists for security forces in dictatorships through the ages.
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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 4:09 AM
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
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The Greenland fixation feels like a personal insult to anyone who's spent more than about five minutes thinking about national security. "Hey, let's demolish our most valuable alliance so we can get get access to arctic territory we already have access to!"
January 11, 2026 at 3:56 AM
The Greenland fixation feels like a personal insult to anyone who's spent more than about five minutes thinking about national security. "Hey, let's demolish our most valuable alliance so we can get get access to arctic territory we already have access to!"
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Be fair. It’s also great for scamming people.
January 9, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Be fair. It’s also great for scamming people.
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The regime wants you to believe that CBP encountered dangerous narco terrorists, shot at them but failed to kill them, and then fled the scene without attempting an arrest.
January 9, 2026 at 1:23 AM
The regime wants you to believe that CBP encountered dangerous narco terrorists, shot at them but failed to kill them, and then fled the scene without attempting an arrest.
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I keep going back to this. This is a taunt. They're taunting us. There is no other possible interpretation of what they're doing.
But media simply ignores this deranged behavior, because if they talk about it, one must conclude that DHS is a rogue agency, of villainous paramilitary thugs.
But media simply ignores this deranged behavior, because if they talk about it, one must conclude that DHS is a rogue agency, of villainous paramilitary thugs.
January 8, 2026 at 4:38 PM
I keep going back to this. This is a taunt. They're taunting us. There is no other possible interpretation of what they're doing.
But media simply ignores this deranged behavior, because if they talk about it, one must conclude that DHS is a rogue agency, of villainous paramilitary thugs.
But media simply ignores this deranged behavior, because if they talk about it, one must conclude that DHS is a rogue agency, of villainous paramilitary thugs.
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US government rhetoric is textbook authoritarian.
During the Gezi protests, Turkish police shot 14-year-old Berkin Elvan in the head with a teargas canister while he was out buying bread.
He died after a months-long coma.
TR officials called his family terrorists and his mourners necrophiles.
During the Gezi protests, Turkish police shot 14-year-old Berkin Elvan in the head with a teargas canister while he was out buying bread.
He died after a months-long coma.
TR officials called his family terrorists and his mourners necrophiles.
Authoritarians use naming, blaming, and framing to discredit peaceful protesters + justify violence against them.
Naming: labeling with criminalizing terms like “terrorist”
Blaming: fabricating acts of protest violence
Framing: placing protesters in nefarious networks
pomeps.org/adding-insul...
Naming: labeling with criminalizing terms like “terrorist”
Blaming: fabricating acts of protest violence
Framing: placing protesters in nefarious networks
pomeps.org/adding-insul...
Adding Insult to Injury: Vilification as Counter-Mobilization in Turkey’s Gezi Protests - Project on Middle East Political Science
By Lisel Hintz, Cornell University *This memo was prepared for the workshop, “From Mobilization to Counter-Revolution: The Arab Spring in Comparative Perspective,” held on May 3-4, 2016. The timing, e...
pomeps.org
January 8, 2026 at 8:39 PM
US government rhetoric is textbook authoritarian.
During the Gezi protests, Turkish police shot 14-year-old Berkin Elvan in the head with a teargas canister while he was out buying bread.
He died after a months-long coma.
TR officials called his family terrorists and his mourners necrophiles.
During the Gezi protests, Turkish police shot 14-year-old Berkin Elvan in the head with a teargas canister while he was out buying bread.
He died after a months-long coma.
TR officials called his family terrorists and his mourners necrophiles.
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unironically a real example of Fog of War is playing league of legends and your teammate telling you "he has no flash, he used it last fight" and then the guy kills you because he does actually have flash
January 7, 2026 at 12:33 AM
unironically a real example of Fog of War is playing league of legends and your teammate telling you "he has no flash, he used it last fight" and then the guy kills you because he does actually have flash
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I had an old post on Twitter about this. The US spends about 18% of its GDP on the social safety net and 3.5% on military. Germany spends about 24-25% of its GDP on the social safety net and 2% on the military.
Our military spending is not why they can have nice things or why we don't.
Our military spending is not why they can have nice things or why we don't.
January 6, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I had an old post on Twitter about this. The US spends about 18% of its GDP on the social safety net and 3.5% on military. Germany spends about 24-25% of its GDP on the social safety net and 2% on the military.
Our military spending is not why they can have nice things or why we don't.
Our military spending is not why they can have nice things or why we don't.
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Trump administration announces US decline to regional power status
January 5, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Trump administration announces US decline to regional power status
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In competitive authoritarian regimes, the government deters and undermines opposition by using its powers to inflict costs on those who challenge it rather than recognizing their legitimacy as democratic opponents
The Pentagon will cut the military retirement pay of Sen. Mark Kelly for what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the Arizona Democrat’s “seditious” statements on a video telling service members they have the right to refuse to execute illegal orders.
Read more: cnb.cx/495FHLo
Read more: cnb.cx/495FHLo
January 5, 2026 at 5:02 PM
In competitive authoritarian regimes, the government deters and undermines opposition by using its powers to inflict costs on those who challenge it rather than recognizing their legitimacy as democratic opponents
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and (controversially)
3: try to divest from shithead allies (hungary, israel) who are demonstrably uninterested in the liberal-democratic project
3: try to divest from shithead allies (hungary, israel) who are demonstrably uninterested in the liberal-democratic project
January 4, 2026 at 8:55 PM
and (controversially)
3: try to divest from shithead allies (hungary, israel) who are demonstrably uninterested in the liberal-democratic project
3: try to divest from shithead allies (hungary, israel) who are demonstrably uninterested in the liberal-democratic project
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cards on the table what i actually think the goals of american strategy tomorrow should be
1: defend liberal democracies (ukraine, taiwan) from foreign aggression
2: TIE THE KING'S HANDS by binding america logistically-economically to our liberal democratic allies
1: defend liberal democracies (ukraine, taiwan) from foreign aggression
2: TIE THE KING'S HANDS by binding america logistically-economically to our liberal democratic allies
Actually I think you've touched on a key insight here: whereas before the industrial revolution, militaries might produce positive outcomes for their states, after it - and especially after the world wars - the role of militaries is not to produce positive outcomes, but to avoid negative ones.
January 4, 2026 at 8:55 PM
cards on the table what i actually think the goals of american strategy tomorrow should be
1: defend liberal democracies (ukraine, taiwan) from foreign aggression
2: TIE THE KING'S HANDS by binding america logistically-economically to our liberal democratic allies
1: defend liberal democracies (ukraine, taiwan) from foreign aggression
2: TIE THE KING'S HANDS by binding america logistically-economically to our liberal democratic allies
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War is Peace
Trump says his military attack on Venezuela is about "peace on Earth"
January 5, 2026 at 1:24 AM
War is Peace
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Waging an illegal and unconstitutional war and replacing a sovereign nation's government with a group of oilmen is actually quite sufficient to be concerned about without labeling it as a distraction.
Schumer: "It makes you think that maybe to Trump he wants to distract the American people, as he always does, from the skyrocketing costs they are facing, from the Epstein files."
January 4, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Waging an illegal and unconstitutional war and replacing a sovereign nation's government with a group of oilmen is actually quite sufficient to be concerned about without labeling it as a distraction.
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I just want to say for the record that when the history books are written centuries from now, I believe the election of Donald Trump in a free and fair election in 2024 will go down as one of the most senseless and self-destructive own goals in human history
January 3, 2026 at 7:36 PM
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
January 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
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"we're here to inspect your daycare center"
January 1, 2026 at 3:35 PM
"we're here to inspect your daycare center"
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~<Every single institution> we have is counter-majoritarian:
- A hyper-gerrymanded House
- A hyper-malapportioned Senate with staggered elections
- FPTP SMDs in a continent-wide country with our urban/rural population distribution
- The EC
Stop it. We need <checks on counter-majoritarianism>
- A hyper-gerrymanded House
- A hyper-malapportioned Senate with staggered elections
- FPTP SMDs in a continent-wide country with our urban/rural population distribution
- The EC
Stop it. We need <checks on counter-majoritarianism>
Chief Justice John Roberts touted the independence of the federal judiciary as a “counter-majoritarian check” and urged Americans rattled by partisan politics to keep faith with the Constitution. https://cnn.it/3LsloyF
January 1, 2026 at 4:20 PM
~<Every single institution> we have is counter-majoritarian:
- A hyper-gerrymanded House
- A hyper-malapportioned Senate with staggered elections
- FPTP SMDs in a continent-wide country with our urban/rural population distribution
- The EC
Stop it. We need <checks on counter-majoritarianism>
- A hyper-gerrymanded House
- A hyper-malapportioned Senate with staggered elections
- FPTP SMDs in a continent-wide country with our urban/rural population distribution
- The EC
Stop it. We need <checks on counter-majoritarianism>
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but all these freaks care about is internet points and if the “beta cuck” official dem accounts pwned them, they would slink away and never be heard from again…and again, I know how stupid that is but thats just what american politics is now
January 1, 2026 at 3:39 PM
but all these freaks care about is internet points and if the “beta cuck” official dem accounts pwned them, they would slink away and never be heard from again…and again, I know how stupid that is but thats just what american politics is now
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i know how stupid this is but if official dem accounts decided to make these assholes internet famous by calling them perverted freaks it would end this daycare harassment campaign and im telling you i know how stupid that is…
January 1, 2026 at 3:39 PM
i know how stupid this is but if official dem accounts decided to make these assholes internet famous by calling them perverted freaks it would end this daycare harassment campaign and im telling you i know how stupid that is…