Xcntrik
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What in Hell are you talking about?
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“.. It is unclear what authority the president could use to impose such a cap without authorization by Congress.” 🤡
@politico.com
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January 10, 2026 at 2:07 AM
“.. It is unclear what authority the president could use to impose such a cap without authorization by Congress.” 🤡
@politico.com
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Judge Chun is the third federal judge to block large portions of Trump’s March 25 executive order purporting to overhaul election procedures and punish states that don’t comply.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Judge blocks Trump effort to pull election funding for states that don’t adjust voting forms
It’s at least the third ruling against the president’s March executive order targeting state election processes.
www.politico.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Judge Chun is the third federal judge to block large portions of Trump’s March 25 executive order purporting to overhaul election procedures and punish states that don’t comply.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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NEW: A federal judge has blocked an effort by President Trump to threaten election assistance funding for states who refuse to update their voter registration forms to include his preferred “documentary proof of citizenship” requirement.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 10, 2026 at 2:07 AM
NEW: A federal judge has blocked an effort by President Trump to threaten election assistance funding for states who refuse to update their voter registration forms to include his preferred “documentary proof of citizenship” requirement.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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Not an exaggeration at all to say that the feeling in Minneapolis is that the entire metro area is being treated as occupied territory by federal agents. Impossible to overstate how overwhelmingly people here do not like it. This does not feel sustainable.
January 10, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Not an exaggeration at all to say that the feeling in Minneapolis is that the entire metro area is being treated as occupied territory by federal agents. Impossible to overstate how overwhelmingly people here do not like it. This does not feel sustainable.
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I've offered to Zoom with Aaron's class anytime he wants, and that offer goes for any other teacher or professor whose administration has banned WHITE FLIGHT from their classroom.
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social Thought you should know that five days before class starts, Tarleton U (part of the A&M system) explained to me that I wasn't allowed to teach your book "White Flight" because the title has the word "White" in it.
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I've offered to Zoom with Aaron's class anytime he wants, and that offer goes for any other teacher or professor whose administration has banned WHITE FLIGHT from their classroom.
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Worth noting that, per The Independent, both Good and the agent who killed her are remembered as Christians, although their faith is described differently by their loved ones: the agent is called a "conservative Christian," and Good's is described below. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
January 10, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Worth noting that, per The Independent, both Good and the agent who killed her are remembered as Christians, although their faith is described differently by their loved ones: the agent is called a "conservative Christian," and Good's is described below. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal:
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
January 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal:
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
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What amount of money would make you like this? If the answer is anything less than infinity, that's bad
January 10, 2026 at 1:38 AM
What amount of money would make you like this? If the answer is anything less than infinity, that's bad
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
(From @BennettCartoons)
(From @BennettCartoons)
January 10, 2026 at 2:13 AM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
(From @BennettCartoons)
(From @BennettCartoons)
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It is deeply counter to the whole very basic concept of this nation that its citizens can be taxed and then have funding withheld punitively because the person exercising the power of the presidency decides on a whim to do so.
at some point we're gonna have to have a real conversation about why we're still paying federal taxes to a regime that isn't using them to help anyone, but instead is using them to brutalize us
January 10, 2026 at 2:12 AM
It is deeply counter to the whole very basic concept of this nation that its citizens can be taxed and then have funding withheld punitively because the person exercising the power of the presidency decides on a whim to do so.
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Please understand what it means when journalists are evacuating their family members out of town.
In any other country, we would be approaching "foreign sanctions" territory
In any other country, we would be approaching "foreign sanctions" territory
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Please understand what it means when journalists are evacuating their family members out of town.
In any other country, we would be approaching "foreign sanctions" territory
In any other country, we would be approaching "foreign sanctions" territory
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Amy Klobuchar: "There are now more ICE agents in Minnesota than there are police officers combined in Minneapolis and St. Paul. So they are outnumbering our own local police officers out on the streets."
January 10, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Amy Klobuchar: "There are now more ICE agents in Minnesota than there are police officers combined in Minneapolis and St. Paul. So they are outnumbering our own local police officers out on the streets."
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The people of Minnesota are sending their tax money to the federal government and in turn the federal government has cut them off from funding and sent armed goons to terrorize their cities. I'm not sure what else to call this
January 10, 2026 at 2:17 AM
The people of Minnesota are sending their tax money to the federal government and in turn the federal government has cut them off from funding and sent armed goons to terrorize their cities. I'm not sure what else to call this
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The federal government seceding from the union is a new one
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 10, 2026 at 1:49 AM
The federal government seceding from the union is a new one
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thinking about this
You can sum up the entirety of the good and bad things about the American character in the stories of two Mt. St. Helens victims: David A. Johnston, the pioneering volcanologist who was killed making scientific observations, and Harry R. Truman who was a dumb old dipshit who refused to evacuate.
Harry Truman never has a chance. Within 20 seconds, the blast and avalanche hit Spirit Lake. The latter causes a surge, sending the lake hundreds of feet up surrounding ridges, scrubbing them of blast-killed trees and topsoil. Spirit Lake is some 300 feet above its former level when it settles.
January 10, 2026 at 1:41 AM
thinking about this
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"Yeah, that's the thing. If you artificially cap borrowing rates, then you restrict the availability of credit. If you want to create a man-made recession, this is a good way to do it."
January 10, 2026 at 2:25 AM
"Yeah, that's the thing. If you artificially cap borrowing rates, then you restrict the availability of credit. If you want to create a man-made recession, this is a good way to do it."
Republican circle jerk
WATTERS: You guys are showing so much restraint
BOVINO: That professionalism is on display every day
BOVINO: That professionalism is on display every day
January 10, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Republican circle jerk
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Abolish the crazy thugs at ICE.
January 10, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Abolish the crazy thugs at ICE.
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"And by the way, we don't want Russia or China going to Greenland, which if we don't take Greenland, you're going to have Russia or China as your next door neighbor," Trump said. "That's not going to happen."
For fucks sake, release the complete Epstein files.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
For fucks sake, release the complete Epstein files.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
By right or by might? Trump vows to take Greenland before Russia, China.
"If we don't do it the easy way, we're going to do it the hard way," Trump said about taking over Greenland, a territory of Denmark.
www.usatoday.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:28 AM
"And by the way, we don't want Russia or China going to Greenland, which if we don't take Greenland, you're going to have Russia or China as your next door neighbor," Trump said. "That's not going to happen."
For fucks sake, release the complete Epstein files.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
For fucks sake, release the complete Epstein files.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
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"It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying."
Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Here are his full comments:
Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Here are his full comments:
January 10, 2026 at 1:45 AM
"It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying."
Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Here are his full comments:
Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Here are his full comments:
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He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
January 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
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You have to admit: watching this administration embrace government intervention in private-sector pricing, capex, executive compensation and capital returns is pretty delicious. 🤡
January 10, 2026 at 2:30 AM
You have to admit: watching this administration embrace government intervention in private-sector pricing, capex, executive compensation and capital returns is pretty delicious. 🤡
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January 10, 2026 at 2:32 AM
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Could you imagine if a Biden WH CEA doc was leaked talking about how it's fine if red state economies were doing bad, it'd nailed to the desk of every right wing talk show for a decade
I kind of think the most revealing thing about Trump and his advisors’ view of the economy are the (false) “it’s fine, the economy is doing well in red states” lines from the CEA report that he posted on Truth Social
January 9, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Could you imagine if a Biden WH CEA doc was leaked talking about how it's fine if red state economies were doing bad, it'd nailed to the desk of every right wing talk show for a decade
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AOC: That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
January 10, 2026 at 2:31 AM
AOC: That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.