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I'll kill 'em all before I let them kill my joy
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rlstollar.bsky.social
"Their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness."
North Minneapolis ICE shooting: 6 children hospitalized after flash bang hits van
A family was caught in clashes between protesters and law enforcement during civil unrest in north Minneapolis, leading to six children, including a 6-month-old baby, being hospitalized.
www.fox9.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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dburbach.bsky.social
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.

If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
cjzero.bsky.social CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 22h
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
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ositanwanevu.com
I wrote about Renee Good, Venezuela, Greenland, and what it means to be a human being. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
America, JD Vance tells us, is merely a nation like many others ⁠– a “homeland”, he said upon accepting his nomination to the vice-presidency, for “people with a shared history and a common future”. That’s a vision of American identity that would have described bands of cavepeople in skins just as well or better. Stephen Miller’s proleptic defense of seizing Greenland last week suggests the Trumpists themselves know this. “We live in a world, in the real world ... that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” he declared. “These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.” Miller’s laws are the laws of animals. It is true, obviously, that high ideals have long been deployed to obscure or justify predation, here and elsewhere. But Miller’s stance and the stance of the administration is that there aren’t, actually, any high ideals worth pursuing or even pretending to – that the human being, in itself, is nothing so much ⁠and that we are, fundamentally and forever, primitives. Against the demands and best aspirations of civilization – western or any kind – they tell us the human being is a creature that yearns for nothing more than blood and soil, which is, of course, just mud. The lust for mud has taken up many guises in our history and has been many given names of late – neo-reaction, post-liberalism, fascism. But the name familiar to most is evil. It was evil – the standpoint that only might matters, that human morality, and our sense of reality itself, must yield to the turfism of the primates with the biggest clubs – that ginned up the propaganda that provoked an act of terrorism against our legislature and the policemen defending it five years ago. It is evil that undergirds pronouncements from the same voices responsible for that attack, in defense of the man who shot Renee Nicole Good, that those who disobey the commands of law enforcement, however unsound or unjust, deserve summary execution – that implies, as Fox’s Jesse Watters and others have, that Good’s killing was of trivial significance because she was a lesbian “with pronouns in her bio”. It is evil that sends innocent men to foreign gulags, evil that condemns hundreds of thousands of destitute people abroad to death without a moment’s discussion or debate about what the country they had depended on might owe them, or the furnishing of alternative arrangements for their wellbeing. The gutting of USAID remains this administration’s worst and least surprising offense against the human conscience – a president who rejects the idea that we might have obligations to all within our society can’t be expected to wonder or worry about whether we have obligations to those outside of it. This is also why, after all the noise and nonsense about the need to depose the Maduro regime, the Venezuelan people are now being told that regime will be left in mostly in place for as long as it takes to secure and extract the country’s resources on our terms – that Venezuela will not see democracy unless and until it is profitable for the United States. Democracy has always been a useless abstraction to those who deny we have basic human entitlements – for those who believe, instead, that the idea of human liberty is a luxury for those wealthy and powerful enough to consider themselves our betters rather than the birthright of all. As many who’ve taken to the streets in protest have noted, the Trump administration’s assaults on liberty here at home are the kinds of abuses that spurred the revolution we will commemorate this year. But no grand revolution is in the offing this time around. The only just and plausible recourse for our situation is politics – understood not merely as the contest to win any given set of elections but as the broader fight to forge a republic that honors and strengthens our humanity. The American project must and will succeed. Its enemies stand for too little. Our lives are worth too much.
January 14, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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mikemadden.bsky.social
“I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity,” said TJ Sabula, the UAW worker who heckled President Trump and who Trump flipped off and cursed at. “And today I think I did that.”

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Trump makes obscene gesture, mouths expletive at Detroit factory heckler
A cellphone video captured Trump twice mouthing “f--- you” and raising his middle finger toward a line worker shouting at him inside the Ford factory.
wapo.st
January 14, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“.. % of subprime auto loans that are 60 days or more overdue .. hit an all-time high of 6.65%.”

@barchart.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Where is this King's GoFundMe?
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d
The worker, identified as TJ Sabula in the Washington Post, said “I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity. And today I think I did that.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
TJ Sabula, a 40-year-old United Auto Workers Local 600 line worker at the factory, told The Post that he was the one shouting at Trump. He said he has been suspended from work pending an investigation. “As far as calling him out, definitely no regrets whatsoever,” Sabula said, though he added that he is concerned about the future of his job and believes he has been “targeted for political retribution” for “embarrassing Trump in front of his friends.”
January 14, 2026 at 3:25 AM
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jamellebouie.net
gotdamn
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
DOKOUPIL: When I travel the country, they tell me they don't feel it because grocery prices are up--

TRUMP: They're going to now. I've only been here for 11 months. I inherited a mess. If she got in, you wouldn't have this job right now.
January 13, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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otsumamiboy.bsky.social
People don't want to accept that the primary reason that we have Trump today is that the previous administration completely failed. It should have never gotten to the point where it was in the so-called hands of the voters. It was already too late by then.
hyunsuinseoul.bsky.social Hyunsu Yim @hyunsuinseoul.bsky.social · 2d
SEOUL, Jan 13 (Reuters) - South Korea's special prosecutor on Tuesday requested the death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.
January 13, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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muellershewrote.com
“Which is why we are posthumously indicting Paul Revere.”
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Rep. Pete Sessions: "This protesting that goes on -- honking of horns, obstructing federal law enforcement -- should not be tolerated ... I stand completely with the administration on this effort."
January 12, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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alexisgoldstein.bsky.social
Early 2025: Trump admin tries to illegally shut down the CFPB, the newest member of the Federal Reserve system. Jay Powell says nothing.

Summer 2025: Trump admin tries to illegally fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook. Powell says nothing.

2026: Trump admin comes for Powell. He finally finds his voice.
January 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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cthomasjamh.bsky.social
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
joshuajfriedman.com Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 4d
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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tomscocca.bsky.social
Unfortunately for Powell, the Roberts Supreme Court specifically ruled that the president cannot be legally accused of making a bad-faith, pretextual prosecution, but is “absolutely immune” from any questioning of his motives for investigating or prosecuting whoever he chooses
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
January 10, 2026 at 11:24 PM
I have a deep cut inside joke regarding this man and his poor fortunes don't bode well for me...
fearthebrown.bsky.social Shamit Dua @fearthebrown.bsky.social · 6d
Jordan Poole in his return to Washington so far -

0 points, 3 turnovers, 4 fouls. Team worst +/- (only -6)
January 10, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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asharangappa.bsky.social
The shooter calls her a "fucking bitch" right after shooting her three times. He shot because he was pissed off, not because he reasonably believed he was in danger. Also, he is filming while handling his weapon at the same time?!? Was he even looking at where he was shooting?
thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d
🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific.

They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.

Stop the lies.
January 9, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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theatlantic.com
“In a world where everything seems to be getting worse, Costco mostly stays the same—and that’s what keeps us going back,” Jake Lundberg writes in The Atlantic Daily about the profound competence of Costco:
The Cult of Costco
Its consistency is its superpower.
bit.ly
January 9, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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jamellebouie.net
what you clearly see, CLEARLY, is a driver who is spooked by the agents grabbing her door, takes steps to drive away, and is immediately shot as moves her vehicle *away* from the agents.
mikehixenbaugh.com Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 7d
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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clintsmithiii.bsky.social
"A doctor at the scene attempted to help the woman who was shot, but was kept away by federal agents. When an ambulance finally arrived, it was blocked from reaching her by law-enforcement vehicles, and paramedics had to reach her on foot."
A Deadly Shooting in Minnesota
A federal immigration agent’s killing of a woman driving an SUV fits into a tragic pattern.
www.theatlantic.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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cingraham.bsky.social
Contrast this statement with video of the incident: bsky.app/profile/dani...
January 7, 2026 at 5:53 PM
That damn kicker
rapsheet.bsky.social Ian Rapoport @rapsheet.bsky.social · 9d
🚨 🚨 🚨

The Ravens and long-time decorated head coach John Harbaugh are parting ways after days of discussion, per The Insiders.

Major decision in Baltimore.
January 6, 2026 at 10:14 PM
WOW!
diannarussini.bsky.social Dianna Russini @diannarussini.bsky.social · 9d
BREAKING: The Ravens have fired head coach John Harbaugh, per source.

Harbaugh won Super Bowl XLVII and six division titles with Baltimore in 18 seasons.
January 6, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Hehdjdhdhdvebeheheh!!!!!!

What. Did I. Just. Watch
January 5, 2026 at 4:35 AM
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roxanegay.bsky.social
We’ve seen this playbook before in Haiti, only we don’t have oil so there is never any talk of running the country after the US kidnaps a Haitian president.
January 3, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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nytpitchbot.bsky.social
The Venezuelans will greet us as liberators.
January 3, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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gregsargent.bsky.social
The House Armed Services Committee also was not briefed, I've confirmed.
gregsargent.bsky.social Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 12d
News: Gang of Eight in Congress were only notified about Trump's Venezuela operation after it began, source familiar tells me. That means the heads of the Intelligence Committees in Senate and House were *not* consulted. Just crazy.
January 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM