Preciositiness
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I like superman, elder scrolls, pathfinder, and criminal justice. I’m perpetually frustrated my academic discipline has been subverted by fascists.
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What is happening in this country is unfathomably vile
January 27, 2026 at 8:06 AM
What is happening in this country is unfathomably vile
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The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired
January 27, 2026 at 2:07 AM
The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired
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Political Scientists would call it a "tactical concession" (RRS' Spiral Model). Human rights and democracy campaigners need to make sure it leads to more gains (positive spiral) instead of stalling progress (negative spiral).
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 27, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Political Scientists would call it a "tactical concession" (RRS' Spiral Model). Human rights and democracy campaigners need to make sure it leads to more gains (positive spiral) instead of stalling progress (negative spiral).
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I thought about this a lot when we were all pushing to get kilmar abrego garcia released. I'm glad we got him back but literally NO ONE should be sent to CECOT. They should have ALL been brought back.
Never accept an inch. Never accept their framing. Bring everyone back and abolish DHS.
Never accept an inch. Never accept their framing. Bring everyone back and abolish DHS.
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 27, 2026 at 1:15 AM
I thought about this a lot when we were all pushing to get kilmar abrego garcia released. I'm glad we got him back but literally NO ONE should be sent to CECOT. They should have ALL been brought back.
Never accept an inch. Never accept their framing. Bring everyone back and abolish DHS.
Never accept an inch. Never accept their framing. Bring everyone back and abolish DHS.
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once again, Mark Joseph Stern is exactly right
The testing ground for Bovino’s Operation At Large was Los Angeles. A California judge initially prohibited ICE/CBP’s most flagrant constitutional violations. SCOTUS overruled her 6–3, handing Bovino a blank check to inflict unspeakable brutality on Chicago and Minneapolis. The 6 bear so much blame.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 27, 2026 at 1:24 AM
once again, Mark Joseph Stern is exactly right
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Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
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This wrinkled walnut needs to retire and go spend the rest of his life with his imaginary friends. Gtfo, Chuck.
Majority of the country now wants to abolish and/or dismantle ICE and yet Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. told the caucus the message had to be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Two sources who were on a Democratic caucus strategy call Sunday said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the group the message must be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:38 AM
This wrinkled walnut needs to retire and go spend the rest of his life with his imaginary friends. Gtfo, Chuck.
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It better not stop here. Dems better not use this as an excuse to bury their heads in the sand. ICE still needs to be abolished no matter who at the top gets replaced
January 26, 2026 at 11:55 PM
It better not stop here. Dems better not use this as an excuse to bury their heads in the sand. ICE still needs to be abolished no matter who at the top gets replaced
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HORRIFIC: the Trump admin is reportedly planning to dump hundreds of parents and children arrested in the interior (including Minneapolis) into extraordinarily dangerous Mexican border towns, and make them run a gauntlet of kidnappers if they want kangaroo court hearings.
Scoop: Trump admin plans to remove ~400 individuals, including children and families, to Mexico in first known restart of controversial “Remain in Mexico” policy during Trump’s 2nd term, sources tell me and Jake Traylor @ms.now
They’re set to be removed as early as Tuesday from TX and AZ to Mexico
They’re set to be removed as early as Tuesday from TX and AZ to Mexico
January 25, 2026 at 5:40 PM
HORRIFIC: the Trump admin is reportedly planning to dump hundreds of parents and children arrested in the interior (including Minneapolis) into extraordinarily dangerous Mexican border towns, and make them run a gauntlet of kidnappers if they want kangaroo court hearings.
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Kids are protesting and begging for freedom in Dilley, TX at an ICE detention center. Kids. Liam Ramos was sent here.
These are children screaming for freedom.
These are children screaming for freedom.
January 25, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Kids are protesting and begging for freedom in Dilley, TX at an ICE detention center. Kids. Liam Ramos was sent here.
These are children screaming for freedom.
These are children screaming for freedom.
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Was already going to attend two healthcare strikes next week (UNAC/UHCP in Irvine on Monday, NUHW in Westminster on Tuesday), and yeah. Get the feeling more than a few folks are gonna be pissed about what happened.
I am seeing quite a few nurses calling for a nationwide strike over the killing of Alex Pretti. I think we are seeing one of the largest workforces being radicalized before our very eyes.
January 25, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Was already going to attend two healthcare strikes next week (UNAC/UHCP in Irvine on Monday, NUHW in Westminster on Tuesday), and yeah. Get the feeling more than a few folks are gonna be pissed about what happened.
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I’m completely fed up with elected Representatives saying shit like, “Republicans will tell you behind closed doors that they don’t agree with what ICE is doing”.
Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists.
Name them, record them, and make it public.
Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists.
Name them, record them, and make it public.
January 24, 2026 at 11:01 PM
I’m completely fed up with elected Representatives saying shit like, “Republicans will tell you behind closed doors that they don’t agree with what ICE is doing”.
Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists.
Name them, record them, and make it public.
Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists.
Name them, record them, and make it public.
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don’t listen. It’s a lie. solidarity has saved untold lives. it will save us all if we let it
it feels a lot like today's murder is in response to the mass protests yesterday, as if to tell us we're powerless, that our solidarity won't protect us.
January 24, 2026 at 5:06 PM
don’t listen. It’s a lie. solidarity has saved untold lives. it will save us all if we let it
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I had a tweet at the time saying Blue Lives Matter was the most openly fascist thing I'd seen in America in my lifetime bc it was responding to Black Lives Matter by saying "no they don't, and in fact your murderers are our heroes" with a little sticker you could put on your fucking pickup truck
January 24, 2026 at 4:53 PM
I had a tweet at the time saying Blue Lives Matter was the most openly fascist thing I'd seen in America in my lifetime bc it was responding to Black Lives Matter by saying "no they don't, and in fact your murderers are our heroes" with a little sticker you could put on your fucking pickup truck
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Jacob Frey and Tim Waltz are collaborators
The Democratic Party wants this as much as the Republicans
There is only one party, and it is the White Supremacy Party
The Democratic Party wants this as much as the Republicans
There is only one party, and it is the White Supremacy Party
At 26th and Nicolett in Minneapolis this morning—
Feds have just shot another person in the streets. Furious community members are gathering. State police and conservation cops here in front of ~50 federal agents.
Feds have just shot another person in the streets. Furious community members are gathering. State police and conservation cops here in front of ~50 federal agents.
January 24, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Jacob Frey and Tim Waltz are collaborators
The Democratic Party wants this as much as the Republicans
There is only one party, and it is the White Supremacy Party
The Democratic Party wants this as much as the Republicans
There is only one party, and it is the White Supremacy Party
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"Why aren't Democrats boots on ground in MN?"
"Why approve the ICE/DHS funding?"
"Why did Walz not arrest Ross?"
"Why capitulate on the shutdown?"
"Why aren't there articles of impeachment every day"
"Why has no one broken unanimous consent?"
I dunno, man, but i think these all have the same answer
"Why approve the ICE/DHS funding?"
"Why did Walz not arrest Ross?"
"Why capitulate on the shutdown?"
"Why aren't there articles of impeachment every day"
"Why has no one broken unanimous consent?"
I dunno, man, but i think these all have the same answer
Why is Dem leadership not on the ground in MN? If the answer is “polls show Trump’s disapproval is only -15 on deportations, but -25 on prices,” thats a Bad Use Of Polling and a complete failure in their capacity as leaders to lead public opinion and fight for democracy and the rule of law
January 24, 2026 at 6:15 PM
"Why aren't Democrats boots on ground in MN?"
"Why approve the ICE/DHS funding?"
"Why did Walz not arrest Ross?"
"Why capitulate on the shutdown?"
"Why aren't there articles of impeachment every day"
"Why has no one broken unanimous consent?"
I dunno, man, but i think these all have the same answer
"Why approve the ICE/DHS funding?"
"Why did Walz not arrest Ross?"
"Why capitulate on the shutdown?"
"Why aren't there articles of impeachment every day"
"Why has no one broken unanimous consent?"
I dunno, man, but i think these all have the same answer
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This is what secret police do and repressive regimes.
January 24, 2026 at 3:48 AM
This is what secret police do and repressive regimes.
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going into people's houses without a warrant. applying for a warrant to investigate a person they already killed. just wild fucking frontiers in 4th amendment law
"...from a civil rights probe to an investigation into a suspected assault on an officer, the people said. A federal magistrate judge rejected that warrant, noting that Good was already dead and could not be considered a suspect for a warrant."
January 24, 2026 at 2:39 AM
going into people's houses without a warrant. applying for a warrant to investigate a person they already killed. just wild fucking frontiers in 4th amendment law
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Also no mention of the general strike that was part of this today.
Zero.
Corporate media doesn’t want you to know this was a general strike
Zero.
Corporate media doesn’t want you to know this was a general strike
Fuck you CNN “hundreds”?!?!
Fucking spineless cowards - how many were really there you boot licking enablers?
Fucking spineless cowards - how many were really there you boot licking enablers?
January 24, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Also no mention of the general strike that was part of this today.
Zero.
Corporate media doesn’t want you to know this was a general strike
Zero.
Corporate media doesn’t want you to know this was a general strike
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Oops, let me post this correctly this time. Not done any big art in a while, so have a silly little doodle rendition of a time Snow went to a party and spent an entire hour talking about pinball.
#art #OC #DrivenSnowOC
#art #OC #DrivenSnowOC
January 24, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Oops, let me post this correctly this time. Not done any big art in a while, so have a silly little doodle rendition of a time Snow went to a party and spent an entire hour talking about pinball.
#art #OC #DrivenSnowOC
#art #OC #DrivenSnowOC
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"Experts on the formation of internal security services in authoritarian regimes point to a sense of impunity as a warning sign. Regime officials abuse their power when they know they will be protected, and even praised, for doing so."
Very clarifying.
Very clarifying.
New, from me: Defenders of police abuses will sometimes talk about “bad apples” spoiling the barrel.
This is the wrong metaphor for ICE and CBP. The barrel itself is rotten. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
This is the wrong metaphor for ICE and CBP. The barrel itself is rotten. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
Past the breaking point
The violent occupation of an American city is more than a warning
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:10 PM
"Experts on the formation of internal security services in authoritarian regimes point to a sense of impunity as a warning sign. Regime officials abuse their power when they know they will be protected, and even praised, for doing so."
Very clarifying.
Very clarifying.
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Quality performance art. Easy to parse, thematically relevant, kinda gross. Love it.
January 22, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Quality performance art. Easy to parse, thematically relevant, kinda gross. Love it.
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Part of the reason we’re here is because of how many people kept policing other people’s anger instead of heeding their warnings
I can’t build any solidarity with someone who feels their allowed to dehumanize me or accept my dehumanization for me
By gas lighting me about the past
I can’t build any solidarity with someone who feels their allowed to dehumanize me or accept my dehumanization for me
By gas lighting me about the past
January 21, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Part of the reason we’re here is because of how many people kept policing other people’s anger instead of heeding their warnings
I can’t build any solidarity with someone who feels their allowed to dehumanize me or accept my dehumanization for me
By gas lighting me about the past
I can’t build any solidarity with someone who feels their allowed to dehumanize me or accept my dehumanization for me
By gas lighting me about the past
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We really don't hate this slimy amoral scumbag enough.
Newsom shows off knee pads for CEOs 'selling out' to the Trump administration
Newsom shows off knee pads for CEOs 'selling out' to the Trump administration
The Governor of California showed off knee pads that he suggested were for leaders "selling out" to the Trump administration, during an interview at Davos.
cnb.cx
January 22, 2026 at 2:52 PM
We really don't hate this slimy amoral scumbag enough.
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Not only not know, I’ve had people become shaky with rage denying it in social situations. There’s a *need* to justify the real fear they feel all the time.
It’s amazing how few people know about this www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
The American Murder Rate Has Never Been Lower, a New Report Projects
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Not only not know, I’ve had people become shaky with rage denying it in social situations. There’s a *need* to justify the real fear they feel all the time.