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Imagined victimhood is a foundational tenet of fascism. Persecution fantasies permeate conservative politics. Their great oppressors include racial diversity, science, drag brunch, children's literature, public education, N-95 masks, electric cars, medicine, the rule of law, empathy, and Ms. Rachel.
ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who shot and killed an unarmed civilian, flew a don't-tread-on-me Gadsden flag at his house, per the Daily Mail.
January 9, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Imagined victimhood is a foundational tenet of fascism. Persecution fantasies permeate conservative politics. Their great oppressors include racial diversity, science, drag brunch, children's literature, public education, N-95 masks, electric cars, medicine, the rule of law, empathy, and Ms. Rachel.
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We love to see universities caving to right wing hysteria both literally and figuratively paying the price for it
The lawsuits have been plentiful as well as the settlements
wach.com/news/local/f...
wach.com/news/local/f...
Clemson professor wins settlement after firing over Charlie Kirk post
An assistant professor at Clemson University will be back on the job after a social media post led to his firing.
wach.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:06 PM
We love to see universities caving to right wing hysteria both literally and figuratively paying the price for it
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Leaving my house with the ‘don’t tread on me’ flag on it, putting on my mask and tactical gear, strapping on my weapon, and roaming the cities and towns that didn’t vote for my favorite candidate as an armed anonymous agent of the state kidnapping and shooting people who I don’t like the look of.
ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who shot and killed an unarmed civilian, flew a don't-tread-on-me Gadsden flag at his house, per the Daily Mail.
January 9, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Leaving my house with the ‘don’t tread on me’ flag on it, putting on my mask and tactical gear, strapping on my weapon, and roaming the cities and towns that didn’t vote for my favorite candidate as an armed anonymous agent of the state kidnapping and shooting people who I don’t like the look of.
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Nearly every industry lost jobs or flatlined in the past year
January 9, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Nearly every industry lost jobs or flatlined in the past year
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There honestly cannot be a satire cutting enough to make fun of Americans. What the fuck do you mean the highest colonial ideal you could imagine was a parking lot with McDonald's on both sides
January 9, 2026 at 10:39 AM
There honestly cannot be a satire cutting enough to make fun of Americans. What the fuck do you mean the highest colonial ideal you could imagine was a parking lot with McDonald's on both sides
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Today’s jobs report shows yet more losses for construction and manufacturing, after declining for most of 2025. The working class is really getting squeezed under Trump
January 9, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Today’s jobs report shows yet more losses for construction and manufacturing, after declining for most of 2025. The working class is really getting squeezed under Trump
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JUST IN: The US economy added just 50,000 jobs in December, capping off one of the weakest years of job gains in decades. https://cnn.it/3Z40dWN
January 9, 2026 at 1:48 PM
JUST IN: The US economy added just 50,000 jobs in December, capping off one of the weakest years of job gains in decades. https://cnn.it/3Z40dWN
ice cold sparking water and comfy pillows for napping
16. If there was a museum about you and your life, what would you want to be in the gift shop?
January 9, 2026 at 2:11 PM
ice cold sparking water and comfy pillows for napping
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On this day in 1961, white students yelled racial slurs and hung in effigy Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes after they became the first Black students to integrate the University of Georgia.
Jan. 9, 1961 | White Mobs Riot in Protest of Integration of University of Georgia
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
January 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
On this day in 1961, white students yelled racial slurs and hung in effigy Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes after they became the first Black students to integrate the University of Georgia.
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Average monthly job growth since April (Liberation Day):
USA:
==========+12k
Canada:
======================+22k.
USA:
==========+12k
Canada:
======================+22k.
January 9, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Average monthly job growth since April (Liberation Day):
USA:
==========+12k
Canada:
======================+22k.
USA:
==========+12k
Canada:
======================+22k.
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i signed up for this site that helps connect you with volunteer opportunities, and holy shit look what they just sent me
December 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
i signed up for this site that helps connect you with volunteer opportunities, and holy shit look what they just sent me
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News: The 5 blue states targeted by the Trump administration for a childcare funding freeze (NY, CA, CO, IL, MN) have sued to block it and are requesting a TRO
January 9, 2026 at 1:40 PM
News: The 5 blue states targeted by the Trump administration for a childcare funding freeze (NY, CA, CO, IL, MN) have sued to block it and are requesting a TRO
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2025 is now, officially, the worst year for job creation outside of recession since 2003.
@byheatherlong.bsky.social
@byheatherlong.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 1:43 PM
2025 is now, officially, the worst year for job creation outside of recession since 2003.
@byheatherlong.bsky.social
@byheatherlong.bsky.social
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doing 90’s nostalgia content yearning for life before the department of homeland security
January 9, 2026 at 1:22 AM
doing 90’s nostalgia content yearning for life before the department of homeland security
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THEY SHOT THEM IN A FUCKING HOSPITAL FUCKING PARKING LOT
Federal agents shoot 2 people in East Portland, police confirm
In a statement, Mayor Keith Wilson called for a halt on ICE operations in Portland, asking Portlanders to show up with "calm and purpose" after the shooting.
www.kgw.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:37 AM
THEY SHOT THEM IN A FUCKING HOSPITAL FUCKING PARKING LOT
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Here's the full moment of silence including a fan yelling "Go home, ICE"
January 9, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Here's the full moment of silence including a fan yelling "Go home, ICE"
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Amy Klobuchar voted for one of Trump's nominees the day after a woman in her state was murdered by ICE.
Alexander Van Hook is confirmed 53-40 to be a District Judge of Western Louisiana. According to @senatepress.bsky.social, the Dems yeas are Dick Durbin (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Amy Klobuchar (MN), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), and Peter Welch (VT). Angus King (I-ME) was also a yea.
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Amy Klobuchar voted for one of Trump's nominees the day after a woman in her state was murdered by ICE.
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“The only way ... is that the people come together and demand that there be changes within those prisons, because those sisters are not living in there like they’re human beings.” Joan Little, 1975
More about Joan Little, including in her own words: www.southerncultures.org/article/i-wa...
More about Joan Little, including in her own words: www.southerncultures.org/article/i-wa...
“I Was There”
In 1975, Joan Little was on tour. Media covering the story of her legal case—a first-degree murder charge, her ultimate acquittal, and her subsequent retreat from public life—tended to frame her life…
www.southerncultures.org
January 8, 2026 at 7:05 PM
“The only way ... is that the people come together and demand that there be changes within those prisons, because those sisters are not living in there like they’re human beings.” Joan Little, 1975
More about Joan Little, including in her own words: www.southerncultures.org/article/i-wa...
More about Joan Little, including in her own words: www.southerncultures.org/article/i-wa...
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It’s wild that they’re going to do a cover-up of a murder that the whole world saw play out on video, but that’s America for ya.
FBI takes over case of ICE agent killing US woman and cuts Minnesota’s access to evidence
Minneapolis remains on edge, with several protests planned after shooting of Renee Nicole Macklin Good
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:18 PM
It’s wild that they’re going to do a cover-up of a murder that the whole world saw play out on video, but that’s America for ya.
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Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
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“'The guy, I’m telling him like, "Please step off the school grounds," and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and he knocked me down,' an official at Roosevelt High School said. 'They don’t care. They’re just animals. I’ve never seen people behave like this.'"
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 2:09 PM
“'The guy, I’m telling him like, "Please step off the school grounds," and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and he knocked me down,' an official at Roosevelt High School said. 'They don’t care. They’re just animals. I’ve never seen people behave like this.'"
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SCHUMER: ICE doing murdering is not good at all.
SCHUMER to ICE: Here bazillion dollars, go buy yourself some guns.
SCHUMER to ICE: Here bazillion dollars, go buy yourself some guns.
January 8, 2026 at 4:46 PM
SCHUMER: ICE doing murdering is not good at all.
SCHUMER to ICE: Here bazillion dollars, go buy yourself some guns.
SCHUMER to ICE: Here bazillion dollars, go buy yourself some guns.
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From 30 years of being an adult leftist: there is no amount of polite respectability that will keep centrists from saying you’re being rude to them by existing and no amount of overt Nazi shit from the right that will make centrists agree to even moderate concessions to the left.
I can’t get over all the journalists and centrist pundits who sneered that “Twitter isn’t real life” when it was full of weird leftists but now insist it’s a vital window into the public mood when the entire site is Nazis, illegal porn, bots, and Belarusians calling themselves “Iowa MAGA Farm Guy”
thinking about how long leftists were blamed for making twitter inhospitable for MPs who are refusing point blank to leave now it's full of nazis and child porn
January 8, 2026 at 2:52 PM
From 30 years of being an adult leftist: there is no amount of polite respectability that will keep centrists from saying you’re being rude to them by existing and no amount of overt Nazi shit from the right that will make centrists agree to even moderate concessions to the left.
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if your headline ends with "Feds say," you are not doing journalism you are doing stenography
January 8, 2026 at 2:02 PM
if your headline ends with "Feds say," you are not doing journalism you are doing stenography