QuietPiglet
@quietpiglet.bsky.social
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The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made
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A cranky 79-year-old Floridian man with limited vocabulary, whose face is painted in orange pigment, hand is bandaged, pants are girdled, and hair is indescribable, desperately seeks to distract from his misfortunes to regain grandiosity by bullying other world leaders who make fun of him regularly.
January 17, 2026 at 8:01 PM
A cranky 79-year-old Floridian man with limited vocabulary, whose face is painted in orange pigment, hand is bandaged, pants are girdled, and hair is indescribable, desperately seeks to distract from his misfortunes to regain grandiosity by bullying other world leaders who make fun of him regularly.
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imo one way to understand how we got here - and an angle i think future historians and political scientists will focus on a lot - is that the GOP basically collapsed as a functioning party during W’s second term and O’s first term. @joshtpm.bsky.social has (rightly) been banging this drum for years
I would like to think the Mad King proclaiming “I will continue to illegally raise taxes on the American people until the NATO alliance collapses” would be the type of statement to cause Congress to act, but I’m not sure there’s any red line the GOP Congress has anymore.
Trump says he'll impose a 10% tariff (rising to 25% in June) on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, because they've sent people to Greenland, until the US can buy Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 6:35 PM
imo one way to understand how we got here - and an angle i think future historians and political scientists will focus on a lot - is that the GOP basically collapsed as a functioning party during W’s second term and O’s first term. @joshtpm.bsky.social has (rightly) been banging this drum for years
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The Republican Congress spent almost two years and issued a nearly 3,000 page report on Bill Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich. What Trump is doing is orders or magnitude sketchier and not one of these pardons lasts longer than a day in the news cycle & Congress is silent🙃
January 17, 2026 at 2:19 PM
The Republican Congress spent almost two years and issued a nearly 3,000 page report on Bill Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich. What Trump is doing is orders or magnitude sketchier and not one of these pardons lasts longer than a day in the news cycle & Congress is silent🙃
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The images and stories coming out of Minneapolis are extraordinary. We can't say we did not know what was happening. Lots of people are putting their bodies on the line to make sure we do.
January 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
The images and stories coming out of Minneapolis are extraordinary. We can't say we did not know what was happening. Lots of people are putting their bodies on the line to make sure we do.
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Q: “Were Medicare and Medicaid mistakes?”
Ramaswamy: “I believe they were.“
Q: “Were Medicare and Medicaid mistakes?”
Ramaswamy: “I believe they were.“
Klein: Were Medicare and Medicaid mistakes?
Ramaswamy: I believe they were. With the benefit of retrospect, particularly Medicaid.
Ramaswamy: I believe they were. With the benefit of retrospect, particularly Medicaid.
January 17, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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Q: “Were Medicare and Medicaid mistakes?”
Ramaswamy: “I believe they were.“
Q: “Were Medicare and Medicaid mistakes?”
Ramaswamy: “I believe they were.“
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Mark Carney in China positions Canada for ‘the world as it is, not as we wish it’
Mark Carney in China positions Canada for ‘the world as it is, not as we wish it’
PM’s visit to Beijing seen as a welcome reset to relations in a ‘new world order’ but critics worry what trade deal could mean for Canadian workers
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Mark Carney in China positions Canada for ‘the world as it is, not as we wish it’
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The ACA was passed in 2010 and this is all Republicans have been able to come up with
January 17, 2026 at 5:39 AM
The ACA was passed in 2010 and this is all Republicans have been able to come up with
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So to reiterate now they are attacking an orphaned child
School of Renee Good’s son targeted by right-wing attacks
Threats to Southside Family Charter School in Minneapolis came after New York Post articles and a series of social media posts from right-wing commentators.
sahanjournal.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:34 AM
So to reiterate now they are attacking an orphaned child
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
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You're paying for this.
Trump's Big Ugly Bill gave BILLIONS to ICE and giant corporations—using money meant to lower your health care costs.
Instead of helping your mom get cancer treatment, your tax dollars are being used to terrorize communities.
Trump's Big Ugly Bill gave BILLIONS to ICE and giant corporations—using money meant to lower your health care costs.
Instead of helping your mom get cancer treatment, your tax dollars are being used to terrorize communities.
CNN airs a compilation of escalating ICE aggression towards peaceful protesters.
January 16, 2026 at 9:52 PM
You're paying for this.
Trump's Big Ugly Bill gave BILLIONS to ICE and giant corporations—using money meant to lower your health care costs.
Instead of helping your mom get cancer treatment, your tax dollars are being used to terrorize communities.
Trump's Big Ugly Bill gave BILLIONS to ICE and giant corporations—using money meant to lower your health care costs.
Instead of helping your mom get cancer treatment, your tax dollars are being used to terrorize communities.
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"This analysis of President Trump’s actions over the course of 2025 finds that he has implemented, or begun to implement, over 80 percent of actions pertaining to public lands recommended by Project 2025." westernpriorities.org/2026/01/from...
From disavowal to delivery: The Trump administration’s rapid implementation of Project 2025 on public lands - Center for Western Priorities
Co-written by Lilly Bock-Brownstein, Rachael Hamby, and Aaron Weiss Introduction Increasing fossil fuel production on public lands. Gutting federal agencies that oversee national parks and forests. Re...
westernpriorities.org
January 17, 2026 at 12:27 AM
"This analysis of President Trump’s actions over the course of 2025 finds that he has implemented, or begun to implement, over 80 percent of actions pertaining to public lands recommended by Project 2025." westernpriorities.org/2026/01/from...
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NEWS: Canada just checkmated the United States.
Breaking with the U.S., Canada has struck a major deal with China: Ottawa will cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for dramatically lower tariffs on Canadian farm products.
Breaking with the U.S., Canada has struck a major deal with China: Ottawa will cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for dramatically lower tariffs on Canadian farm products.
January 16, 2026 at 6:20 PM
NEWS: Canada just checkmated the United States.
Breaking with the U.S., Canada has struck a major deal with China: Ottawa will cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for dramatically lower tariffs on Canadian farm products.
Breaking with the U.S., Canada has struck a major deal with China: Ottawa will cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for dramatically lower tariffs on Canadian farm products.
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Jimmy Kimmel offers to let Trump have one of his trophies if he will pull ICE out of Minneapolis.
January 16, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Jimmy Kimmel offers to let Trump have one of his trophies if he will pull ICE out of Minneapolis.
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Things are not going well for Donald Trump and Republicans
Things are not going well for Donald Trump and Republicans
YouTube video by Adam Parkhomenko
youtube.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Things are not going well for Donald Trump and Republicans
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#ResistanceRoots
Lin-Manuel Miranda was born on this day in 1980 in New York City. Best known for creating the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Hamilton, he is one of the most decorated figures in entertainment, having won three Tony Awards, five Grammys, two Emmys and a MacArthur “Genius Grant.” /1
Lin-Manuel Miranda was born on this day in 1980 in New York City. Best known for creating the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Hamilton, he is one of the most decorated figures in entertainment, having won three Tony Awards, five Grammys, two Emmys and a MacArthur “Genius Grant.” /1
January 17, 2026 at 1:45 AM
#ResistanceRoots
Lin-Manuel Miranda was born on this day in 1980 in New York City. Best known for creating the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Hamilton, he is one of the most decorated figures in entertainment, having won three Tony Awards, five Grammys, two Emmys and a MacArthur “Genius Grant.” /1
Lin-Manuel Miranda was born on this day in 1980 in New York City. Best known for creating the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Hamilton, he is one of the most decorated figures in entertainment, having won three Tony Awards, five Grammys, two Emmys and a MacArthur “Genius Grant.” /1
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You’ve sailed up as one of the most corrupt countries in just a few months. Pure banana republic levels of corruption.
January 17, 2026 at 8:31 AM
You’ve sailed up as one of the most corrupt countries in just a few months. Pure banana republic levels of corruption.
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I genuinely don't understood how America took the emoluments clause -- the common-sense bar on a president using his powers to line his own pockets, a law children can understand -- and just said, nah, that doesn't apply for our Very Special Boy.
He’s turned the presidency into the world’s largest ATM machine.
January 17, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I genuinely don't understood how America took the emoluments clause -- the common-sense bar on a president using his powers to line his own pockets, a law children can understand -- and just said, nah, that doesn't apply for our Very Special Boy.
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Discount Goebbels has unilaterally withdrawn the US from NATO, I guess.
Miller: Denmark is a tiny country with a tiny economy and a tiny military. They cannot defend Greenland… Under every understanding of law that has existed about territorial control for 500 years, to control a territory you have to be able to defend a territory…
January 17, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Discount Goebbels has unilaterally withdrawn the US from NATO, I guess.
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NEWS: The U.S. Department of Justice has formally moved to block the appointment of an independent monitor or special master to oversee the release of Epstein-related records
DOJ Moves to Block Independent Monitor in Maxwell Case, Says Courts Cannot Force Epstein File Disclosures
DOJ Tells Court It Cannot Be Forced to Release Epstein Files
meidasnews.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:42 AM
NEWS: The U.S. Department of Justice has formally moved to block the appointment of an independent monitor or special master to oversee the release of Epstein-related records
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Welcome to the world’s biggest market.
January 17, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Welcome to the world’s biggest market.
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Adolf Hitler's Nazi government literally made more nuanced arguments for its seizure of foreign territory
This guy is basically inviting China to take Taiwan.
January 17, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Adolf Hitler's Nazi government literally made more nuanced arguments for its seizure of foreign territory
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It’s quite likely that being called a “fucking bitch” is one of the last things a dying Renee Good ever heard.
I demand leaders who are as filled with pure, diamond-hard rage over this as I am.
I believe this is absolutely not asking for too much.
I demand leaders who are as filled with pure, diamond-hard rage over this as I am.
I believe this is absolutely not asking for too much.
Not to be too morbid, but today's reporting is that she was actually still alive for several minutes. He said that to her while she was dying.
January 17, 2026 at 1:56 AM
It’s quite likely that being called a “fucking bitch” is one of the last things a dying Renee Good ever heard.
I demand leaders who are as filled with pure, diamond-hard rage over this as I am.
I believe this is absolutely not asking for too much.
I demand leaders who are as filled with pure, diamond-hard rage over this as I am.
I believe this is absolutely not asking for too much.