AKgrrrl
@akgrrrl.bsky.social
Antifa baby wrangler. AK grown; AK politics...groan. Слава Україні! 🌻
This is a really good orientation to the moment we are living in 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
Some key points from this excellent short piece by @jeffkopstein.bsky.social & Hanson:
1. This is a patrimonial regime that is undoing modern statehood.
2. Gaffes, dementia, inconsistencies, and the courts won't stop it. Some of these actually bolster it.
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1. This is a patrimonial regime that is undoing modern statehood.
2. Gaffes, dementia, inconsistencies, and the courts won't stop it. Some of these actually bolster it.
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America Is Now a Family Business
Trump is transforming the constitutional republic into a patrimonial regime before our eyes.
www.persuasion.community
February 1, 2026 at 7:24 AM
This is a really good orientation to the moment we are living in 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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And ICE shot out the windows of apartments nearby. They used this munition to do it. They also shot people with this.
February 1, 2026 at 6:38 AM
And ICE shot out the windows of apartments nearby. They used this munition to do it. They also shot people with this.
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He won 🥹😎😭🎉✨
Whether he wins or not, @runforsomething.net is so proud to be part of Taylor Rehmet’s team - and to have planted the seed for him to run back in 2019! 😎
February 1, 2026 at 6:57 AM
He won 🥹😎😭🎉✨
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Hey Texas.
Check and double check your voter registration.
The GOP just lost in an R+17 district so take nothing for granted.
Check and double check your voter registration.
The GOP just lost in an R+17 district so take nothing for granted.
Texas: the voter registration deadline is just a few days away on Monday, February 2nd.
To check your registration visit IWillVote.com
To check your registration visit IWillVote.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Hey Texas.
Check and double check your voter registration.
The GOP just lost in an R+17 district so take nothing for granted.
Check and double check your voter registration.
The GOP just lost in an R+17 district so take nothing for granted.
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JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
February 1, 2026 at 5:05 AM
JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
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sheet’ka kwaan welcoming home the killerwhale hat, wolf hat, and ganook hat (kaagwaantaan) after leaving more than a century ago
our ancestors have returned home where they belong—with us
mount edgecumbe students also showed up at the airport tonight in support 🥹
our ancestors have returned home where they belong—with us
mount edgecumbe students also showed up at the airport tonight in support 🥹
February 1, 2026 at 6:27 AM
sheet’ka kwaan welcoming home the killerwhale hat, wolf hat, and ganook hat (kaagwaantaan) after leaving more than a century ago
our ancestors have returned home where they belong—with us
mount edgecumbe students also showed up at the airport tonight in support 🥹
our ancestors have returned home where they belong—with us
mount edgecumbe students also showed up at the airport tonight in support 🥹
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Minneapolis is trying out new forms of resistance. They're doing pop-up blockade block parties. This one is on Cedar and 34th, a main route into the city. They have a stereo, food & a fire. MPD is present but not interfering. Lots of honks of support. ICE agents have been reported detouring around.
January 31, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Minneapolis is trying out new forms of resistance. They're doing pop-up blockade block parties. This one is on Cedar and 34th, a main route into the city. They have a stereo, food & a fire. MPD is present but not interfering. Lots of honks of support. ICE agents have been reported detouring around.
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Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
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Audre Lorde, in a 1989 commencement address, said, "Remember this, despair is a tool of your enemies. That rumor, 'You can’t fight City Hall,' is circulated by City Hall. Facing the realities of our lives gives us the motivation for action, it gives us the power to change. You are not powerless."
February 1, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Audre Lorde, in a 1989 commencement address, said, "Remember this, despair is a tool of your enemies. That rumor, 'You can’t fight City Hall,' is circulated by City Hall. Facing the realities of our lives gives us the motivation for action, it gives us the power to change. You are not powerless."
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Wow, buckle up.
The early vote just came in Tarrant County, and Democrat Taylor Rehmet is up 56% to 44% in the special election for a Texas state Senate seat.
This is a seat that went for Trump by 17%. This would be a huge upset.
This is already 45K votes.
The early vote just came in Tarrant County, and Democrat Taylor Rehmet is up 56% to 44% in the special election for a Texas state Senate seat.
This is a seat that went for Trump by 17%. This would be a huge upset.
This is already 45K votes.
February 1, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Wow, buckle up.
The early vote just came in Tarrant County, and Democrat Taylor Rehmet is up 56% to 44% in the special election for a Texas state Senate seat.
This is a seat that went for Trump by 17%. This would be a huge upset.
This is already 45K votes.
The early vote just came in Tarrant County, and Democrat Taylor Rehmet is up 56% to 44% in the special election for a Texas state Senate seat.
This is a seat that went for Trump by 17%. This would be a huge upset.
This is already 45K votes.
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My friend lives in Roxbury NJ where ICE is trying to buy a warehouse to convert into a detention center and she says they’re trying to fight it. Apparently many of the people fighting are Trump supporters who voted for deportations but are worried the concentration camp will ruin property values.
January 31, 2026 at 11:41 PM
My friend lives in Roxbury NJ where ICE is trying to buy a warehouse to convert into a detention center and she says they’re trying to fight it. Apparently many of the people fighting are Trump supporters who voted for deportations but are worried the concentration camp will ruin property values.
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I’m happy the NYTs did a piece on the white nationalist meme posts of DHS and other White House accts but every single person in news media needs to be calling these out immediately when they happen.
January 31, 2026 at 11:42 PM
I’m happy the NYTs did a piece on the white nationalist meme posts of DHS and other White House accts but every single person in news media needs to be calling these out immediately when they happen.
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I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
January 31, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
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Amazon has cut a combined 28,000 jobs since October. Its CEO made $40M+ in 2024
UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.
HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.
HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
January 31, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Amazon has cut a combined 28,000 jobs since October. Its CEO made $40M+ in 2024
UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.
HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS has announced 78,000 job cuts since last year. Its CEO made $24M.
HP announced up to 6,000 layoffs in November. Its CEO made $21M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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Levitsky said “the early abdication of this country's elite,” including Bezos, leaders at Disney and Columbia, “sent a powerful signal to both the Trump administration and US society that Trump was going to be able to get away with a lot. And we paid a price for it”
www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...
www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...
‘This Is a New Dimension’
As federal agents begin arresting journalists, experts tell Status that Donald Trump's attacks on the press have crossed into openly authoritarian behavior.
www.status.news
January 31, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Levitsky said “the early abdication of this country's elite,” including Bezos, leaders at Disney and Columbia, “sent a powerful signal to both the Trump administration and US society that Trump was going to be able to get away with a lot. And we paid a price for it”
www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...
www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...
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if you feel like passing around a link today and helping fundraise for rent that will actually get paid today (and in the next few days for families who have a grace period) you can send here.
we will be going hard all day. i won’t be posting about it because I don’t want to flood your feeds.
we will be going hard all day. i won’t be posting about it because I don’t want to flood your feeds.
January 31, 2026 at 6:10 PM
if you feel like passing around a link today and helping fundraise for rent that will actually get paid today (and in the next few days for families who have a grace period) you can send here.
we will be going hard all day. i won’t be posting about it because I don’t want to flood your feeds.
we will be going hard all day. i won’t be posting about it because I don’t want to flood your feeds.
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Nellie says this was about journalism (she wrote about Epstein.) But it's important to note that she's from a Gold Rush dynasty, something she notably did not disclose when writing her critiques of contemporary California.
Another example of uber-wealth affinity.
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Another example of uber-wealth affinity.
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
January 31, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Nellie says this was about journalism (she wrote about Epstein.) But it's important to note that she's from a Gold Rush dynasty, something she notably did not disclose when writing her critiques of contemporary California.
Another example of uber-wealth affinity.
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Another example of uber-wealth affinity.
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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Whether it's a Hillary Clinton staffer asking John Podesta how to make risotto or Elon Musk asking Jeffrey Epstein where he could find a party featuring child sex slaves, there's plenty of embarrassing emails on both sides.
January 31, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Whether it's a Hillary Clinton staffer asking John Podesta how to make risotto or Elon Musk asking Jeffrey Epstein where he could find a party featuring child sex slaves, there's plenty of embarrassing emails on both sides.
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“Three days in the cold, sleeping in the cold, eating in the cold,” Glyn Alexander, 73, said after leaving her home in Belzoni where power has been out for days. “I just couldn’t take the cold anymore.”
Hypothermia Risk Rises in Mississippi and Tennessee With Next Blast of Frigid Weather - Mississippi Free Press
Another wave of dangerous cold is heading for the U.S. South, and experts say the risk of hypothermia heightens for people in parts of Mississippi and Tennessee who are entering their sixth day…
buff.ly
January 31, 2026 at 7:45 PM
“Three days in the cold, sleeping in the cold, eating in the cold,” Glyn Alexander, 73, said after leaving her home in Belzoni where power has been out for days. “I just couldn’t take the cold anymore.”
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"A federal judge has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejos Ramos and his father from the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, according to a ruling obtained by CNN." www.cnn.com/2026/01/31/u...
Judge orders 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father be released from immigration detention | CNN
A federal judge has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejos Ramos and his father from the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, according to a ruling obtained by CNN.
www.cnn.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:45 PM
"A federal judge has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejos Ramos and his father from the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, according to a ruling obtained by CNN." www.cnn.com/2026/01/31/u...
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Among the things Harmeet Dhillon did during her media campaign leading up to when her office indicted Don Lemon:
> RT Tweets discussing BETTiNG on the outcome
> Falsely state 8th C had found probable cause
> Disseminate racist AI slop of Nekima Levy Armstrong
emptywheel.net/2026/01/31/d...
> RT Tweets discussing BETTiNG on the outcome
> Falsely state 8th C had found probable cause
> Disseminate racist AI slop of Nekima Levy Armstrong
emptywheel.net/2026/01/31/d...
"Demonic," "Godless," "Un-American:" Harmeet Dhillon's Own Misconduct Will Be an Issue in Don Lemon Case - emptywheel
Among the many insane things Harmeet Dhillon did in the fortnight before her office charged Don Lemon after two judges said there was not probable cause against him was to platform tweets betting on t...
emptywheel.net
January 31, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Among the things Harmeet Dhillon did during her media campaign leading up to when her office indicted Don Lemon:
> RT Tweets discussing BETTiNG on the outcome
> Falsely state 8th C had found probable cause
> Disseminate racist AI slop of Nekima Levy Armstrong
emptywheel.net/2026/01/31/d...
> RT Tweets discussing BETTiNG on the outcome
> Falsely state 8th C had found probable cause
> Disseminate racist AI slop of Nekima Levy Armstrong
emptywheel.net/2026/01/31/d...
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It's still incredible to see Trump emissaries (ie Steve Witkoff) think Russia's invasion can be "solved" if they just give Moscow the Donbas.
Good time to look back at what this war is truly about: destroying Ukrainian sovereignty, restoring Russian "greatness," and recolonizing much of the world.
Good time to look back at what this war is truly about: destroying Ukrainian sovereignty, restoring Russian "greatness," and recolonizing much of the world.
#OpEd Moscow thinks it has found a strong argument for ending the war on its terms. But territory just one of many excuses for the invasion, argues Casey Michel.
Don't Forget the Many Ways Russia Tried To Justify Invading Ukraine - The Moscow Times
Opinion | As negotiations continue to drag on between Washington, Kyiv and Moscow, the Kremlin’s narrative about the war has centered on one potential solution: evicting Ukrainian forces from the Donb...
www.themoscowtimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:32 PM
It's still incredible to see Trump emissaries (ie Steve Witkoff) think Russia's invasion can be "solved" if they just give Moscow the Donbas.
Good time to look back at what this war is truly about: destroying Ukrainian sovereignty, restoring Russian "greatness," and recolonizing much of the world.
Good time to look back at what this war is truly about: destroying Ukrainian sovereignty, restoring Russian "greatness," and recolonizing much of the world.
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If you read one thing today, make it this. These February elections will shape power, funding, and representation far beyond their states. This is where the next fights are decided.
The 20 Elections to Watch This February - Bolts
Democrats hold the narrowest of majorities in Maine and Pennsylvania’s state Houses. They now need to defend vacant seats to retain their edge in each through the end of the... Read More
boltsmag.org
January 29, 2026 at 3:41 PM
If you read one thing today, make it this. These February elections will shape power, funding, and representation far beyond their states. This is where the next fights are decided.
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In a new #SciencePolicyForum, researchers discuss the risks of malicious “#AI swarms,” which enable a new class of large-scale, coordinated disinformation campaigns that pose significant risks to democracy. https://scim.ag/49FIhrM
January 31, 2026 at 7:47 PM
In a new #SciencePolicyForum, researchers discuss the risks of malicious “#AI swarms,” which enable a new class of large-scale, coordinated disinformation campaigns that pose significant risks to democracy. https://scim.ag/49FIhrM
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