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Anti-capitalist; anti-speciesist; class, not identity, analysis; MMTer; pro choice; worker-owned economy; direct democracy; JD & veteran of the "deep state." Private sufficiency, public luxury, is the future!
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White supremacy is not just discrimination against POC. It is a REQUIREMENT of capitalism.
It creates a caste system, under which each group of living beings is categorized, from white wealthy men, to POC, to poor whites, to domestic and wild animals, to nature.
It creates a caste system, under which each group of living beings is categorized, from white wealthy men, to POC, to poor whites, to domestic and wild animals, to nature.
@ag.state.mn.us @governorwalz.mn.gov @jbpritzker.bsky.social PLEASE direct your police officers and sheriffs deputies to protect people from ICE.
Tell your 911 operators to dispatch law enforcement to every ICE location to ensure they stop harassing people and unlawfully entering w/out a warrant!
Tell your 911 operators to dispatch law enforcement to every ICE location to ensure they stop harassing people and unlawfully entering w/out a warrant!
January 13, 2026 at 2:23 AM
@ag.state.mn.us @governorwalz.mn.gov @jbpritzker.bsky.social PLEASE direct your police officers and sheriffs deputies to protect people from ICE.
Tell your 911 operators to dispatch law enforcement to every ICE location to ensure they stop harassing people and unlawfully entering w/out a warrant!
Tell your 911 operators to dispatch law enforcement to every ICE location to ensure they stop harassing people and unlawfully entering w/out a warrant!
It occurs to me that there is likely some faction of the military that is not on board with the current sh*tshow.
What's to stop them from working w/NATO members to effect regime change here?
I mean we're now a threat to all of them, so it would seem justifiable.
Thoughts?
What's to stop them from working w/NATO members to effect regime change here?
I mean we're now a threat to all of them, so it would seem justifiable.
Thoughts?
January 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
It occurs to me that there is likely some faction of the military that is not on board with the current sh*tshow.
What's to stop them from working w/NATO members to effect regime change here?
I mean we're now a threat to all of them, so it would seem justifiable.
Thoughts?
What's to stop them from working w/NATO members to effect regime change here?
I mean we're now a threat to all of them, so it would seem justifiable.
Thoughts?
People living in red states have some protection... the regime is only putting thugs in blue cities and states. Therefore red state citizens arewell-positioned to stand up!
youtube.com/shorts/gZkTx...
youtube.com/shorts/gZkTx...
Standing Up to the Rise of Fascism
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:08 PM
People living in red states have some protection... the regime is only putting thugs in blue cities and states. Therefore red state citizens arewell-positioned to stand up!
youtube.com/shorts/gZkTx...
youtube.com/shorts/gZkTx...
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Has anyone heard about this thing called Epstein files? 🤔
January 12, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Has anyone heard about this thing called Epstein files? 🤔
This could also be what it looks like to have a legislative body, ie, Congress, that refuses to exercise its powers and responsibilities in the form of effective fiscal policy.
After all raising/lower interest rates is a blunt tool at best, where we usually need a scalpel, ie, fiscal policy!
After all raising/lower interest rates is a blunt tool at best, where we usually need a scalpel, ie, fiscal policy!
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 12, 2026 at 12:12 PM
This could also be what it looks like to have a legislative body, ie, Congress, that refuses to exercise its powers and responsibilities in the form of effective fiscal policy.
After all raising/lower interest rates is a blunt tool at best, where we usually need a scalpel, ie, fiscal policy!
After all raising/lower interest rates is a blunt tool at best, where we usually need a scalpel, ie, fiscal policy!
More than a "bitter" irony... a sick, demented joke!
January 12, 2026 at 11:57 AM
More than a "bitter" irony... a sick, demented joke!
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There’s a bitter irony in these headlines.
January 11, 2026 at 1:58 PM
There’s a bitter irony in these headlines.
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Damn right. You might even call it "Trump Derangement Syndrome."
January 12, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Damn right. You might even call it "Trump Derangement Syndrome."
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Let us all stand with Chairman Powell.
January 12, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Let us all stand with Chairman Powell.
I think this is correct, and perhaps more alarming... our vaunted military will do NOTHING when this happens!
While I COMPLETELY DISAGREE with their intentions and behavior, gotta say a rabble of generally untrained J6ers apparently have more chutzpah than our highly trained military! 😮💨
While I COMPLETELY DISAGREE with their intentions and behavior, gotta say a rabble of generally untrained J6ers apparently have more chutzpah than our highly trained military! 😮💨
Next?:
The president can dissolve Congress if there is a serious political crisis and internal commotion.
The president can dissolve Congress if there is a serious political crisis and internal commotion.
January 12, 2026 at 11:49 AM
I think this is correct, and perhaps more alarming... our vaunted military will do NOTHING when this happens!
While I COMPLETELY DISAGREE with their intentions and behavior, gotta say a rabble of generally untrained J6ers apparently have more chutzpah than our highly trained military! 😮💨
While I COMPLETELY DISAGREE with their intentions and behavior, gotta say a rabble of generally untrained J6ers apparently have more chutzpah than our highly trained military! 😮💨
And as this state violence is more and more visited upon whites in wealthy nations, it increases the chance it might be addressed!
But, that is a sad commentary on the state of society!
But, that is a sad commentary on the state of society!
A quarter of the way into the 21st century, violence has become routine and people have become desensitised. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1445/an...
How to combat state-sponsored violence and death
The rising number of Aboriginal deaths in custody — a form of state-sponsored violence — is a scathing indictment of law enforcement and the judicial system, writes Mark Gillespie.
www.greenleft.org.au
January 12, 2026 at 11:45 AM
And as this state violence is more and more visited upon whites in wealthy nations, it increases the chance it might be addressed!
But, that is a sad commentary on the state of society!
But, that is a sad commentary on the state of society!
Sad part is that the vaunted "fed independence" is a farce!
All economic decisions are political. The idea that economics is a "science," like physics, divorced from politics is the big con of the economics profession!
This is why historically it was called "POLITICAL ECONOMY"--not economics!
All economic decisions are political. The idea that economics is a "science," like physics, divorced from politics is the big con of the economics profession!
This is why historically it was called "POLITICAL ECONOMY"--not economics!
Tillis is spot on. The Senate can't confirm a Trump toady to succeed Powell at the Fed. The rest of the game is now out in the open, and it doesn't end well.
January 12, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Sad part is that the vaunted "fed independence" is a farce!
All economic decisions are political. The idea that economics is a "science," like physics, divorced from politics is the big con of the economics profession!
This is why historically it was called "POLITICAL ECONOMY"--not economics!
All economic decisions are political. The idea that economics is a "science," like physics, divorced from politics is the big con of the economics profession!
This is why historically it was called "POLITICAL ECONOMY"--not economics!
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All the politicians are working off the same script.
Otherwise, how would Trump remain in power?
Otherwise, how would Trump remain in power?
January 11, 2026 at 8:46 PM
All the politicians are working off the same script.
Otherwise, how would Trump remain in power?
Otherwise, how would Trump remain in power?
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every redaction is an admission of guilt
January 11, 2026 at 8:26 PM
every redaction is an admission of guilt
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Many Republicans are only concerned with pleasing the Oligarchs & large corps who bankroll them to buy ignorant peoples votes. They don't give two squeaky farts about We the People, only about pleasing the people who buy them into office.
January 11, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Many Republicans are only concerned with pleasing the Oligarchs & large corps who bankroll them to buy ignorant peoples votes. They don't give two squeaky farts about We the People, only about pleasing the people who buy them into office.
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Because it's all a facade.
Politics above all else.
Clearly Democrats are better, and have more empathy and compassion and economic ideas.
But at the end of the day, they serve the same corporate masters.
Politics above all else.
Clearly Democrats are better, and have more empathy and compassion and economic ideas.
But at the end of the day, they serve the same corporate masters.
January 11, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Because it's all a facade.
Politics above all else.
Clearly Democrats are better, and have more empathy and compassion and economic ideas.
But at the end of the day, they serve the same corporate masters.
Politics above all else.
Clearly Democrats are better, and have more empathy and compassion and economic ideas.
But at the end of the day, they serve the same corporate masters.
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No. The DNC does everything in their power to sabotage the progressives (look at Mamdani). The DNC is done if you ask me. Screw them.
January 11, 2026 at 11:45 PM
No. The DNC does everything in their power to sabotage the progressives (look at Mamdani). The DNC is done if you ask me. Screw them.
How sad, even the BBC is behind a paywall!
The US govt has made a choice over the last 50 yrs to use subsidies to fund cars, oil, big tech, Amazon, the health industrial complex, etc., instead of public... media, infrastructure, education, health care, transportation, etc.
This is the result! 😮💨
The US govt has made a choice over the last 50 yrs to use subsidies to fund cars, oil, big tech, Amazon, the health industrial complex, etc., instead of public... media, infrastructure, education, health care, transportation, etc.
This is the result! 😮💨
She was a GODDAMNUSCITIZEN
Renee Nicole Good was a legal observer. I'm tired of hearing people say otherwise
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Renee Nicole Good was a legal observer. I'm tired of hearing people say otherwise
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Renee Nicole Good: Who was the woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis?
A mother of three and award-winning poet, Good's sudden death sparks protests across the US.
www.bbc.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:48 AM
How sad, even the BBC is behind a paywall!
The US govt has made a choice over the last 50 yrs to use subsidies to fund cars, oil, big tech, Amazon, the health industrial complex, etc., instead of public... media, infrastructure, education, health care, transportation, etc.
This is the result! 😮💨
The US govt has made a choice over the last 50 yrs to use subsidies to fund cars, oil, big tech, Amazon, the health industrial complex, etc., instead of public... media, infrastructure, education, health care, transportation, etc.
This is the result! 😮💨
@jimmykimmel.com how 'bout you and @jonstewart2028.bsky.social @jonstewartdaily.bsky.social mount a campaign for 2028?
I don't care which of you is POTUS vs VP... I just want you to run!
I don't care which of you is POTUS vs VP... I just want you to run!
January 12, 2026 at 2:18 AM
@jimmykimmel.com how 'bout you and @jonstewart2028.bsky.social @jonstewartdaily.bsky.social mount a campaign for 2028?
I don't care which of you is POTUS vs VP... I just want you to run!
I don't care which of you is POTUS vs VP... I just want you to run!
They're trying to ignite a civil war!
They should be stripped of their ability to carry guns, chemical weapons, flashbangs, etc.
Children should not be permitted to use such instruments... its dangerous for everyone, including potentially for them!
They should be stripped of their ability to carry guns, chemical weapons, flashbangs, etc.
Children should not be permitted to use such instruments... its dangerous for everyone, including potentially for them!
BREAKING: ICE agents pepper-spray peaceful demonstrators and journalists and deploy chemical irritants in Minneapolis.
Our partners @statuscoupnews.bsky.social captured the moment live on the ground as it happened.
Our partners @statuscoupnews.bsky.social captured the moment live on the ground as it happened.
January 12, 2026 at 1:03 AM
They're trying to ignite a civil war!
They should be stripped of their ability to carry guns, chemical weapons, flashbangs, etc.
Children should not be permitted to use such instruments... its dangerous for everyone, including potentially for them!
They should be stripped of their ability to carry guns, chemical weapons, flashbangs, etc.
Children should not be permitted to use such instruments... its dangerous for everyone, including potentially for them!
Last 4 mos we've had a family pact to only eat at restaurants that pay a liveable minimum wage--no tipped min wage!
Not paying for my meal + paying the servers salary bc the company is making their profits by not paying their servers.
Today, a friend invited me to Cracker Barrel; had to say no! 😮💨
Not paying for my meal + paying the servers salary bc the company is making their profits by not paying their servers.
Today, a friend invited me to Cracker Barrel; had to say no! 😮💨
January 12, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Last 4 mos we've had a family pact to only eat at restaurants that pay a liveable minimum wage--no tipped min wage!
Not paying for my meal + paying the servers salary bc the company is making their profits by not paying their servers.
Today, a friend invited me to Cracker Barrel; had to say no! 😮💨
Not paying for my meal + paying the servers salary bc the company is making their profits by not paying their servers.
Today, a friend invited me to Cracker Barrel; had to say no! 😮💨
@rokhanna.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @grahamformaine.bsky.social @deluzio.house.gov @jamestalarico.bsky.social @crockett.house.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social
When Democrats retake Congress...
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS...
EVERY AGENCY stripped of the right to carry guns... ICE, FBI, CIA, Border Agents, Secret Service... & every position, except capital police!
Imagine how this would change what ICE is doing & the psycho behavior of Noem, Patel, et al!
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS...
EVERY AGENCY stripped of the right to carry guns... ICE, FBI, CIA, Border Agents, Secret Service... & every position, except capital police!
Imagine how this would change what ICE is doing & the psycho behavior of Noem, Patel, et al!
January 11, 2026 at 7:27 PM
When Democrats retake Congress...
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS...
EVERY AGENCY stripped of the right to carry guns... ICE, FBI, CIA, Border Agents, Secret Service... & every position, except capital police!
Imagine how this would change what ICE is doing & the psycho behavior of Noem, Patel, et al!
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS...
EVERY AGENCY stripped of the right to carry guns... ICE, FBI, CIA, Border Agents, Secret Service... & every position, except capital police!
Imagine how this would change what ICE is doing & the psycho behavior of Noem, Patel, et al!
January 11, 2026 at 7:25 PM
When Democrats retake Congress...
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS...
EVERY AGENCY stripped of the right to carry guns... ICE, FBI, CIA, Border Agents, Secret Service... & every position, except capital police!
Imagine how this would change what ICE is doing & the psycho behavior of Noem, Patel, et al!
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS...
EVERY AGENCY stripped of the right to carry guns... ICE, FBI, CIA, Border Agents, Secret Service... & every position, except capital police!
Imagine how this would change what ICE is doing & the psycho behavior of Noem, Patel, et al!
From sea to shining sea, citizen unions need to form and work w/ local businesses to post their locally-owned & operated creds.
Then encourage the public to only shop at these places... SCREW Amazon & Walmart!
Demand your local govt HIRE COMMUNITY MEMBERS; stop contracting out services!
Then encourage the public to only shop at these places... SCREW Amazon & Walmart!
Demand your local govt HIRE COMMUNITY MEMBERS; stop contracting out services!
January 11, 2026 at 7:20 PM
From sea to shining sea, citizen unions need to form and work w/ local businesses to post their locally-owned & operated creds.
Then encourage the public to only shop at these places... SCREW Amazon & Walmart!
Demand your local govt HIRE COMMUNITY MEMBERS; stop contracting out services!
Then encourage the public to only shop at these places... SCREW Amazon & Walmart!
Demand your local govt HIRE COMMUNITY MEMBERS; stop contracting out services!
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*cellphone, not body cam
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 PM
*cellphone, not body cam