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Judge Kacsmaryk writes to say that the First Amendment only protects "public discourse necessary to self-government," as he slurs drag and holds it not protected.
January 18, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Judge Kacsmaryk writes to say that the First Amendment only protects "public discourse necessary to self-government," as he slurs drag and holds it not protected.
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This idea is absolutely brain-dead and absolutely everywhere.
January 17, 2026 at 10:04 PM
This idea is absolutely brain-dead and absolutely everywhere.
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This is the definition of what Kavanaugh thinks a good stop is. He was detained, based on his accent, and then released after they checked his papers (which presumably Kavanaugh does not carry with him).
He was detained in front of his five year old child, who told him "I don't want to lose you."
He was detained in front of his five year old child, who told him "I don't want to lose you."
This ICE agent and the man he’s accusing of not being a US citizen have the same damn accent. If this were a movie, this scene would be on the cutting room floor.
January 17, 2026 at 6:38 PM
This is the definition of what Kavanaugh thinks a good stop is. He was detained, based on his accent, and then released after they checked his papers (which presumably Kavanaugh does not carry with him).
He was detained in front of his five year old child, who told him "I don't want to lose you."
He was detained in front of his five year old child, who told him "I don't want to lose you."
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When Democrats folded in the last government shutdown—rescuing the GOP majority from itself and helping them pass a budget, giving validation to the Trump administration’s lawbreaking—the savvy politics knowers explained that folding was clearly worth it because it got the Epstein Files released.
No federal judge has the power or authority to make DOJ comply with the mandatory provisions of the Epstein Act, says Pam Bondi. It's unenforceable and meaningless. Essentially, DOJ is a lawless if not criminal enterprise, not a law enforcement agency, at this point.
January 17, 2026 at 3:33 PM
When Democrats folded in the last government shutdown—rescuing the GOP majority from itself and helping them pass a budget, giving validation to the Trump administration’s lawbreaking—the savvy politics knowers explained that folding was clearly worth it because it got the Epstein Files released.
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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The fact that Vanity Fair hired Nuzzi after she *admitted in her book* to helping RFK get a role in the Trump administration is one of the most damning indictments of elite media I've ever seen.
Not only is VF sweeping it under the rug but no one else in elite media seems perturbed by it either!
Not only is VF sweeping it under the rug but no one else in elite media seems perturbed by it either!
At the very least, these big media pubs have some explaining to do
January 17, 2026 at 7:11 PM
The fact that Vanity Fair hired Nuzzi after she *admitted in her book* to helping RFK get a role in the Trump administration is one of the most damning indictments of elite media I've ever seen.
Not only is VF sweeping it under the rug but no one else in elite media seems perturbed by it either!
Not only is VF sweeping it under the rug but no one else in elite media seems perturbed by it either!
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A lot more people should be ostracized from academia.
If you write articles saying that the 14th amendment doesn’t mean what it plainly states so you can help an authoritarian denaturalize millions of people, fellow academics should not co-write w you, invite you to be on panels, etc.
If you write articles saying that the 14th amendment doesn’t mean what it plainly states so you can help an authoritarian denaturalize millions of people, fellow academics should not co-write w you, invite you to be on panels, etc.
Three generations of law professors making history up is enough.
Scholars spend decades researching and writing history with nuance and care.
American law professors will take a couple of months to relearn all of science to explain why the world is, in fact, flat.
Scholars spend decades researching and writing history with nuance and care.
American law professors will take a couple of months to relearn all of science to explain why the world is, in fact, flat.
January 17, 2026 at 3:51 AM
A lot more people should be ostracized from academia.
If you write articles saying that the 14th amendment doesn’t mean what it plainly states so you can help an authoritarian denaturalize millions of people, fellow academics should not co-write w you, invite you to be on panels, etc.
If you write articles saying that the 14th amendment doesn’t mean what it plainly states so you can help an authoritarian denaturalize millions of people, fellow academics should not co-write w you, invite you to be on panels, etc.
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Christ, this (from Lizza's latest) is pretty fucking damning of...literally the entire media(?) What the fuck?
January 17, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Christ, this (from Lizza's latest) is pretty fucking damning of...literally the entire media(?) What the fuck?
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This FB post is public.
This FB post is public.
January 16, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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This FB post is public.
This FB post is public.
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ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE detention and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
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Over the last year the entire "free speech on campus" beat has been revealed as an utter fraud. Years of punditry puked out in ignorance and bad faith.
Yet even as the fraud becomes undeniable we still get stories about wide-eyed idealists who just wanted 'ideological diversity' and 'open debate'.
Yet even as the fraud becomes undeniable we still get stories about wide-eyed idealists who just wanted 'ideological diversity' and 'open debate'.
January 16, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Over the last year the entire "free speech on campus" beat has been revealed as an utter fraud. Years of punditry puked out in ignorance and bad faith.
Yet even as the fraud becomes undeniable we still get stories about wide-eyed idealists who just wanted 'ideological diversity' and 'open debate'.
Yet even as the fraud becomes undeniable we still get stories about wide-eyed idealists who just wanted 'ideological diversity' and 'open debate'.
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Decent story but infuriating that this is still being cast as a good-faith institution that failed to achieve its lofty goals rather than a fundamentally cynical right-wing project.
Look what Bari Weiss is doing to CBS! Why would you assume her goal here was any different?
Look what Bari Weiss is doing to CBS! Why would you assume her goal here was any different?
January 16, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Decent story but infuriating that this is still being cast as a good-faith institution that failed to achieve its lofty goals rather than a fundamentally cynical right-wing project.
Look what Bari Weiss is doing to CBS! Why would you assume her goal here was any different?
Look what Bari Weiss is doing to CBS! Why would you assume her goal here was any different?
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The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the baby’s father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.
January 16, 2026 at 3:38 PM
The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the baby’s father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.
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Not a single shred of evidence that these views are widely shared on the American left.
It's true that the Iranian uprising hasn't gotten a lot of attention but that's mostly because the Minneapolis ICE shit is so enraging, not because we support the regime. Come the fuck on.
It's true that the Iranian uprising hasn't gotten a lot of attention but that's mostly because the Minneapolis ICE shit is so enraging, not because we support the regime. Come the fuck on.
January 16, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Not a single shred of evidence that these views are widely shared on the American left.
It's true that the Iranian uprising hasn't gotten a lot of attention but that's mostly because the Minneapolis ICE shit is so enraging, not because we support the regime. Come the fuck on.
It's true that the Iranian uprising hasn't gotten a lot of attention but that's mostly because the Minneapolis ICE shit is so enraging, not because we support the regime. Come the fuck on.
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(father giving CPR to an infant who stopped breathing after an ICE agent detonated a flashbang in their car)
Amy Klobuchar: Don't take the bait!
Amy Klobuchar: Don't take the bait!
January 16, 2026 at 1:40 PM
(father giving CPR to an infant who stopped breathing after an ICE agent detonated a flashbang in their car)
Amy Klobuchar: Don't take the bait!
Amy Klobuchar: Don't take the bait!
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Part of what's so enraging about these stories is that these authors never actually seem to care about the underlying stories they claim "the left" should be more vocal about. Has Gal Beckerman been talking about the Iranian opposition for the past few years? No, he just wants to left punch.
The Atlantic laundering yet another right-wing narrative into the mainstream
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
January 16, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Part of what's so enraging about these stories is that these authors never actually seem to care about the underlying stories they claim "the left" should be more vocal about. Has Gal Beckerman been talking about the Iranian opposition for the past few years? No, he just wants to left punch.
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"You might say that this entire argument is stupid because of this point I'm clearly laying out, but it isn't" is just phenomenal writing
It is not "pedantic" to acknowledge that a college protest against Iran makes zero sense. Protests are typically against things, not in favor of rights movements in other countries!
January 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
"You might say that this entire argument is stupid because of this point I'm clearly laying out, but it isn't" is just phenomenal writing
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The purpose of “So How Come College Students Aren’t Protesting Iran, Huh?” is not a sincere desire to direct attention to the Iranian struggle.
It is intended to shame college students for their recent protests against Israel and ICE.
It is intended to shame college students for their recent protests against Israel and ICE.
It is not "pedantic" to acknowledge that a college protest against Iran makes zero sense. Protests are typically against things, not in favor of rights movements in other countries!
January 16, 2026 at 4:48 PM
The purpose of “So How Come College Students Aren’t Protesting Iran, Huh?” is not a sincere desire to direct attention to the Iranian struggle.
It is intended to shame college students for their recent protests against Israel and ICE.
It is intended to shame college students for their recent protests against Israel and ICE.
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Exactly. Dems keep trying to pivot the conversation back to affordability but what is their signature policy on this issue? Once we’re finally talking about it they have nothing to say.
aside from the obvious problem with this strategy, do dems really want to own a part of this economy when there is likely nothing they can do about it?
Schumer as a major American metro is being brutally occupied by Trump goons: "The affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what the American people are demanding"
January 16, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Exactly. Dems keep trying to pivot the conversation back to affordability but what is their signature policy on this issue? Once we’re finally talking about it they have nothing to say.
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Under Dems, the home that gets knocked on by masked gangs ready to pull you out of it or to inform on your neighbors will be cheaper and easier to own than ever before! That's because we're laser-focussed on the issues that matter to y
Just got this forwarded. Here are the talking points Schumer's team just emailed out to their allies TODAY - this afternoon.
The words "Minnesota" or "ICE" don't appear anywhere here.
The words "Minnesota" or "ICE" don't appear anywhere here.
January 15, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Under Dems, the home that gets knocked on by masked gangs ready to pull you out of it or to inform on your neighbors will be cheaper and easier to own than ever before! That's because we're laser-focussed on the issues that matter to y
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i don't really give a shit if consultants think being anti-ICE is "good messaging" or whatever when people are actively being shot, beat, gassed and jailed.
January 15, 2026 at 7:42 PM
i don't really give a shit if consultants think being anti-ICE is "good messaging" or whatever when people are actively being shot, beat, gassed and jailed.
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🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
January 15, 2026 at 11:03 PM
🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
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"Officers threw flash bangs and tear gas in my car. I got six kids in the car"
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
January 15, 2026 at 8:22 PM
"Officers threw flash bangs and tear gas in my car. I got six kids in the car"
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
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"'rural consciousness' - a sense that living in a rural area comes with consequences: less political power, fewer resources, less respect"
WHAT ARE WE DOING??? LESS POLITICAL POWER? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME
WHAT ARE WE DOING??? LESS POLITICAL POWER? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME
Republicans control all 3 branches of government. Even when they don't, both parties pump out constant rhetoric about "real Americans" living in rural areas.
The entire premise of this article is a conservative-fluffing myth. Cities have more political power because that's where most people live!
The entire premise of this article is a conservative-fluffing myth. Cities have more political power because that's where most people live!
January 15, 2026 at 3:09 PM
"'rural consciousness' - a sense that living in a rural area comes with consequences: less political power, fewer resources, less respect"
WHAT ARE WE DOING??? LESS POLITICAL POWER? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME
WHAT ARE WE DOING??? LESS POLITICAL POWER? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME
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So many people just remembered Trump 1.0 where a lot of the worst stuff didn't happen (because it was blocked by the skin of our teeth and the public never knew how close things got to being bad), and just presumed 2.0 would be the same level of bluster and things mostly staying the same. Nope!
It's wild to watch people like Joe Rogan come to grips that voting for the "mass deportations now" candidate meant voter for a literal war against your non-White neighbors. The entire discussion around the 2024 campaign was so fundamentally unserious it might as well have happened in a fever dream.
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM
So many people just remembered Trump 1.0 where a lot of the worst stuff didn't happen (because it was blocked by the skin of our teeth and the public never knew how close things got to being bad), and just presumed 2.0 would be the same level of bluster and things mostly staying the same. Nope!