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early riser, shopkeeper, lover of old beautiful things, always print books not ebooks, dogs belong on the sofa.
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Invited to the RNC: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en...
January 28, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Invited to the RNC: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en...
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it reveals pretty plainly that "merit-based hiring" means "you belong to the correct class and hold the right set of identities"
Odd how when people like Bari Weiss go on about 'merit-based hiring', what they mean is hiring nice-looking white boys from elite schools regardless of their experience.
Here's CBS's new Ukraine correspondent. Graduated college less than a year ago. Yale Rugby. Only job: 7 months freelancing. 1/
Here's CBS's new Ukraine correspondent. Graduated college less than a year ago. Yale Rugby. Only job: 7 months freelancing. 1/
January 27, 2026 at 9:43 PM
it reveals pretty plainly that "merit-based hiring" means "you belong to the correct class and hold the right set of identities"
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The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.
We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
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Lies and Lawlessness
The Camps, the Executions, and the Future
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January 25, 2026 at 10:25 PM
The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.
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Absolutely reprehensible that AG Bondi is offering ICE stand down in exchange for access to voting rolls. Outrageous and disgusting. It shows ICE is in Minneapolis is not for law enforcement purposes. Instead it’s a way to stir up shit in blue states and extort them.
In the wake of another fatal shooting in Minneapolis.
AG Pam Bondi sends Gov. Walz a letter today making several asks including:
"Allow DOJ Civil Rights division access to state voter rolls"
AG Pam Bondi sends Gov. Walz a letter today making several asks including:
"Allow DOJ Civil Rights division access to state voter rolls"
January 25, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Absolutely reprehensible that AG Bondi is offering ICE stand down in exchange for access to voting rolls. Outrageous and disgusting. It shows ICE is in Minneapolis is not for law enforcement purposes. Instead it’s a way to stir up shit in blue states and extort them.
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ICE officers and CBP history of bragging about "bitch" victims holes:
"he texted a group chat involving other agents
“I fired 5 rounds, and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”
agent's own bodycam video showed him telling victim Marimar Martinez before opening fire,
“Do something, bitch.”
"he texted a group chat involving other agents
“I fired 5 rounds, and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”
agent's own bodycam video showed him telling victim Marimar Martinez before opening fire,
“Do something, bitch.”
January 25, 2026 at 2:58 AM
ICE officers and CBP history of bragging about "bitch" victims holes:
"he texted a group chat involving other agents
“I fired 5 rounds, and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”
agent's own bodycam video showed him telling victim Marimar Martinez before opening fire,
“Do something, bitch.”
"he texted a group chat involving other agents
“I fired 5 rounds, and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”
agent's own bodycam video showed him telling victim Marimar Martinez before opening fire,
“Do something, bitch.”
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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Lying murderer and murderous liar
Bovino shamelessly lies: "This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement"
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Lying murderer and murderous liar
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Just staggered by the complete moral void of not even *pretending* to wait for more information before pivoting to “the opponent of the state deserved it.” It is so insanely depraved. Soulless.
January 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Just staggered by the complete moral void of not even *pretending* to wait for more information before pivoting to “the opponent of the state deserved it.” It is so insanely depraved. Soulless.
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Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
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"Should we vote to give more money to the people shooting my constituents in the face?" is not a complicated political question. And yet, Democrats don't seem able to answer it.
January 22, 2026 at 1:05 AM
"Should we vote to give more money to the people shooting my constituents in the face?" is not a complicated political question. And yet, Democrats don't seem able to answer it.
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Here's a time-lapse from yesterday as thousands of people marched through downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE.
📷️: Sydney Lewis/The Minnesota Star Tribune
📷️: Sydney Lewis/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 24, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Here's a time-lapse from yesterday as thousands of people marched through downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE.
📷️: Sydney Lewis/The Minnesota Star Tribune
📷️: Sydney Lewis/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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Not hard to explain: (simplified)
The Arctic Ocean used to contain a huge ice mass that helped to lock the North's coldest air in a vortex near the North Pole.
But that ice is mostly melted, and the vortex is now unstable, sometimes moving thousands of miles south.
This is part of climate change.
The Arctic Ocean used to contain a huge ice mass that helped to lock the North's coldest air in a vortex near the North Pole.
But that ice is mostly melted, and the vortex is now unstable, sometimes moving thousands of miles south.
This is part of climate change.
January 23, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Not hard to explain: (simplified)
The Arctic Ocean used to contain a huge ice mass that helped to lock the North's coldest air in a vortex near the North Pole.
But that ice is mostly melted, and the vortex is now unstable, sometimes moving thousands of miles south.
This is part of climate change.
The Arctic Ocean used to contain a huge ice mass that helped to lock the North's coldest air in a vortex near the North Pole.
But that ice is mostly melted, and the vortex is now unstable, sometimes moving thousands of miles south.
This is part of climate change.
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WHO removing Us Flag
January 23, 2026 at 9:45 PM
WHO removing Us Flag
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Mike Johnson was covering up child rape a full year before Pam Bondi made it trendy.
The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz sex trafficked minors.
He raped minors.
He paid minors for sex.
And Mike Johnson kept the report sealed.
This was the man they wanted to be Attorney General.
…don’t you realize they’re covering for Trump?
Release the files.
He raped minors.
He paid minors for sex.
And Mike Johnson kept the report sealed.
This was the man they wanted to be Attorney General.
…don’t you realize they’re covering for Trump?
Release the files.
January 23, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Mike Johnson was covering up child rape a full year before Pam Bondi made it trendy.
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Bondi: “Listen loud and clear: WE DO NOT TOLERATE ATTACKS ON PLACES OF WORSHIP."
As clergy pray, arrests begin
January 23, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Bondi: “Listen loud and clear: WE DO NOT TOLERATE ATTACKS ON PLACES OF WORSHIP."
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This is the first example I’ve seen of an American government using AI to meaningfully misrepresent actual events with the intent to deceive the public. We are at Stalinesque levels of propaganda.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
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January 23, 2026 at 2:23 PM
This is the first example I’ve seen of an American government using AI to meaningfully misrepresent actual events with the intent to deceive the public. We are at Stalinesque levels of propaganda.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
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Today marks the 53rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade—a ruling that affirmed women’s right to have control over our own bodies.
Four years ago, a MAGA-influenced Supreme Court overturned it. Women now have fewer rights, and many have died after being denied essential reproductive healthcare.
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Four years ago, a MAGA-influenced Supreme Court overturned it. Women now have fewer rights, and many have died after being denied essential reproductive healthcare.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Today marks the 53rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade—a ruling that affirmed women’s right to have control over our own bodies.
Four years ago, a MAGA-influenced Supreme Court overturned it. Women now have fewer rights, and many have died after being denied essential reproductive healthcare.
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Four years ago, a MAGA-influenced Supreme Court overturned it. Women now have fewer rights, and many have died after being denied essential reproductive healthcare.
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How many drug traffickers and “narco terrorists” has Trump pardoned, and why?
How many criminals are paying Trump for pardons?
Who exactly is deciding who Trump pardons?
Who exactly is deciding Trump White House policies?
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How many criminals are paying Trump for pardons?
Who exactly is deciding who Trump pardons?
Who exactly is deciding Trump White House policies?
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December 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
How many drug traffickers and “narco terrorists” has Trump pardoned, and why?
How many criminals are paying Trump for pardons?
Who exactly is deciding who Trump pardons?
Who exactly is deciding Trump White House policies?
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How many criminals are paying Trump for pardons?
Who exactly is deciding who Trump pardons?
Who exactly is deciding Trump White House policies?
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1. Does this look like a criminal to you? He’s FIVE FUCKING YEARS OLD. His name is LIAM RAMOS. He is here LEGALLY, as is his dad. He lives in Minnesota. He’s been kidnapped and imprisoned in a concentration camp in TEXAS.
I have never had such rage in my heart and I don’t know what to do.
I have never had such rage in my heart and I don’t know what to do.
January 22, 2026 at 9:57 PM
1. Does this look like a criminal to you? He’s FIVE FUCKING YEARS OLD. His name is LIAM RAMOS. He is here LEGALLY, as is his dad. He lives in Minnesota. He’s been kidnapped and imprisoned in a concentration camp in TEXAS.
I have never had such rage in my heart and I don’t know what to do.
I have never had such rage in my heart and I don’t know what to do.
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The fundamental problem here is not one of bad apples. This is what the agency is designed to do. The barrel is bad to start with.
This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
January 22, 2026 at 3:08 AM
The fundamental problem here is not one of bad apples. This is what the agency is designed to do. The barrel is bad to start with.
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BARTIROMO: You've taken a 10% stake in Intel. You've taken a stake in MP. You told the defense companies 'don't pay dividends, don't do buybacks.' So please explain to our audience, how is that free market capitalism?
TRUMP: Well, it's very free market
TRUMP: Well, it's very free market
January 22, 2026 at 1:18 PM
BARTIROMO: You've taken a 10% stake in Intel. You've taken a stake in MP. You told the defense companies 'don't pay dividends, don't do buybacks.' So please explain to our audience, how is that free market capitalism?
TRUMP: Well, it's very free market
TRUMP: Well, it's very free market
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This post by @pkrugman.bsky.social on "Sundowning" is worth reading.
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Agree with this conclusion:
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Agree with this conclusion:
January 20, 2026 at 3:57 PM
This post by @pkrugman.bsky.social on "Sundowning" is worth reading.
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Agree with this conclusion:
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Agree with this conclusion: