yeah the very grim truth of nonviolence is that the two primary things it does are “demonstrate that violence will not move the opposition, that they can brutalize us and we will not abandon our cause” and “garner wider sympathy via being brutalized by the state”

Every year around tax season I'll admit I get a bit pissy in the vein of "Nicolas, 30 ans" because a lot of my tax money goes to the boomer gerontocracy.

The president is a mad king threatening war against America’s closest allies because he’s got a psychological fixation on an empty frozen island and a Nobel Peace Prize snub and the best the media or opposition can manage is “Trump changes America’s priorities, perhaps for the worse”

Also, if anyone doubts where the actual, real, normal people stand, this should make it obvious.

alright here you go

The people of Minneapolis are hounding immigration agents wherever they pop up. Earlier today: