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It may just be my algos, but I see more people complaining about the conflation of ICE and local law enforcement than I see the actual occurrence of that conflation.
January 23, 2026 at 5:40 PM
It may just be my algos, but I see more people complaining about the conflation of ICE and local law enforcement than I see the actual occurrence of that conflation.
Based on your bio I assumed you were born in MN, but good for you that you stayed even after experiencing that harsh of cold.
January 23, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Based on your bio I assumed you were born in MN, but good for you that you stayed even after experiencing that harsh of cold.
At its worst, local policing is more than worthy of defunding if not abolition. Thankfully, local control and other accountability measures ensure that all police aren't run like ICE. Citizens, statutes, and civil liberties orgs save us from police. www.aclu.org/news/smart-j...
The DOJ Ferguson Report Isn’t Just an Indictment of Ferguson Police, but of American Policing Writ Large | ACLU
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January 23, 2026 at 2:14 PM
At its worst, local policing is more than worthy of defunding if not abolition. Thankfully, local control and other accountability measures ensure that all police aren't run like ICE. Citizens, statutes, and civil liberties orgs save us from police. www.aclu.org/news/smart-j...
That was my one contention with how South Park covered ICE this season. They should have made the rank and file officers much less sympathetic figures.
January 21, 2026 at 5:33 PM
That was my one contention with how South Park covered ICE this season. They should have made the rank and file officers much less sympathetic figures.
You’ve also become a punching bag onto which BlueSky users can express their frustrations with Dem messaging and comms.
January 19, 2026 at 12:59 AM
You’ve also become a punching bag onto which BlueSky users can express their frustrations with Dem messaging and comms.
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Just passing copies of this out to ice agents and reminding them they could be making 100 K as an assistant general manager in two years without threat of prosecution
January 16, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Just passing copies of this out to ice agents and reminding them they could be making 100 K as an assistant general manager in two years without threat of prosecution
Warmongering Democrats are really showing themselves with this one, from WaPo to Josh Gottheimer.
January 3, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Warmongering Democrats are really showing themselves with this one, from WaPo to Josh Gottheimer.
I agree, but since 2015 the gatekeepers in Republican politics are mostly the loudest and proudest racists. It’s not the ones who make some jokes at a lunch table in passing it’s the ones who make racism their career project.
January 2, 2026 at 10:08 AM
I agree, but since 2015 the gatekeepers in Republican politics are mostly the loudest and proudest racists. It’s not the ones who make some jokes at a lunch table in passing it’s the ones who make racism their career project.
I think anyone standing up to ICE deserves some recognition, so more power to her
December 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I think anyone standing up to ICE deserves some recognition, so more power to her
It’s not the dunk you think it is to show he lost by ~600 votes in a very competitive 3 way race.
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December 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
It’s not the dunk you think it is to show he lost by ~600 votes in a very competitive 3 way race.
Ironically, this is very effective campaigning because IL-9 is a safe-blue seat.
If you can’t differentiate yourself on policy, this makes for great earned media even if the charity work isn’t the most effective resource allocation.
If you can’t differentiate yourself on policy, this makes for great earned media even if the charity work isn’t the most effective resource allocation.
December 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Ironically, this is very effective campaigning because IL-9 is a safe-blue seat.
If you can’t differentiate yourself on policy, this makes for great earned media even if the charity work isn’t the most effective resource allocation.
If you can’t differentiate yourself on policy, this makes for great earned media even if the charity work isn’t the most effective resource allocation.
Kat Abughazaleh is running in a safe seat, where the Dem primary will effectively decide the House race.
December 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Kat Abughazaleh is running in a safe seat, where the Dem primary will effectively decide the House race.
Unfortunately, 4chan and kiwi farms have infected online etiquette past the point that moderation can functionally solve.
The solution is just to block and/or dunk on the trolls. You can’t have a systemic solution to people being mean.
The solution is just to block and/or dunk on the trolls. You can’t have a systemic solution to people being mean.
December 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Unfortunately, 4chan and kiwi farms have infected online etiquette past the point that moderation can functionally solve.
The solution is just to block and/or dunk on the trolls. You can’t have a systemic solution to people being mean.
The solution is just to block and/or dunk on the trolls. You can’t have a systemic solution to people being mean.
I get the issue that Stancil and EAII are highlighting, but moderating the haters away will create more problems than it’s worth imo.
Social media is a mean place. We will never get back to what I understand to be ‘2000s forum culture’ at the scale of Twitter or Facebook.
Social media is a mean place. We will never get back to what I understand to be ‘2000s forum culture’ at the scale of Twitter or Facebook.
December 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I get the issue that Stancil and EAII are highlighting, but moderating the haters away will create more problems than it’s worth imo.
Social media is a mean place. We will never get back to what I understand to be ‘2000s forum culture’ at the scale of Twitter or Facebook.
Social media is a mean place. We will never get back to what I understand to be ‘2000s forum culture’ at the scale of Twitter or Facebook.
He's also at a disadvantage for being a Hindu of Indian descent. A sizeable plurality of MAGA is just openly racist toward Patel and they make no effort to hide it.
December 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
He's also at a disadvantage for being a Hindu of Indian descent. A sizeable plurality of MAGA is just openly racist toward Patel and they make no effort to hide it.
Fuentes is a pseudo-intellectual manchild, so I understand the instinct to infantilize him.
December 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Fuentes is a pseudo-intellectual manchild, so I understand the instinct to infantilize him.
I wish anti-semitism was merely an issue of religious bigotry. But people find secular reasons to justify their irrational hatred of Jews all the time.
Likewise for Islamophobia, as Christian Arabs in America will tell you.
Likewise for Islamophobia, as Christian Arabs in America will tell you.
December 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I wish anti-semitism was merely an issue of religious bigotry. But people find secular reasons to justify their irrational hatred of Jews all the time.
Likewise for Islamophobia, as Christian Arabs in America will tell you.
Likewise for Islamophobia, as Christian Arabs in America will tell you.
Thank you for speaking up about mental healthcare access. I feel like this is an issue that is solely deployed by cynical defenders of the status quo who have no opposition to the gun lobby.
Coming from you, the message doesn't ring hollow for once.
Coming from you, the message doesn't ring hollow for once.
December 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Thank you for speaking up about mental healthcare access. I feel like this is an issue that is solely deployed by cynical defenders of the status quo who have no opposition to the gun lobby.
Coming from you, the message doesn't ring hollow for once.
Coming from you, the message doesn't ring hollow for once.
I love when the right co-opts a phrase like “rootless cosmopolitan” that was explicitly created in tsarist Russia as an anti-Western slur, before being repopularized by Stalinists as an anti-Jew and pro-communist slur.
I can’t wait until MAGAs start calling each other gringos too.
I can’t wait until MAGAs start calling each other gringos too.
December 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I love when the right co-opts a phrase like “rootless cosmopolitan” that was explicitly created in tsarist Russia as an anti-Western slur, before being repopularized by Stalinists as an anti-Jew and pro-communist slur.
I can’t wait until MAGAs start calling each other gringos too.
I can’t wait until MAGAs start calling each other gringos too.
Trips for Hill staff concern me more, because that contributes to propagandizing a random Ed, Science, or Ag staffer who otherwise might not have incentive to look into the human rights issues.
December 13, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Trips for Hill staff concern me more, because that contributes to propagandizing a random Ed, Science, or Ag staffer who otherwise might not have incentive to look into the human rights issues.
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"Although AIPAC’s campaign and lobbying machine have attracted more critical attention, paid trips offer another way to provide policymakers with a curated perspective on America’s most controversial ally."
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/insi...
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Inside the Israel lobby’s lesser-known tool for influencing Congress: free travel
This year, Israel will account for nearly one-quarter of all free travel gifted to Congress members, and AIPAC is overwhelmingly setting the agenda.
mondoweiss.net
December 13, 2025 at 6:48 AM
"Although AIPAC’s campaign and lobbying machine have attracted more critical attention, paid trips offer another way to provide policymakers with a curated perspective on America’s most controversial ally."
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/insi...
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/insi...
Following in his dad's footsteps I see
December 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Following in his dad's footsteps I see