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Married Northwest Pacific coaster !🌲🥾
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I, for one, am shocked <shocked> that multinational corporations & investors do not like extreme foreign policy uncertainty & the inability of governments to make long-term credible commitments, because of unconsolidated personalist authoritarianism at home & unconsolidated authoritarianism abroad
January 10, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Saturday.
Rep. Angie Craig: "We were told because this facility is being funding by the 'Big Beautiful Bill,' not the congressional appropriations act, that we would not be allowed to enter the facility. That's complete nonsense ... I informed them they were violating the law. They said they didn't care."
January 10, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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Just stop it. Stop treating him as One Special Boy & just draw the line. It's illegal. It's unconstitutional. It's wildly endangering national security. It should end his presidency. We don't need cost/benefit analyses & arguments about persuasion. Enough.
“Lebensraum: is it prudent fiscal policy?”

🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Again, one thing I was completely wrong about is that I believed there was a baseline level of professional pride & integrity below which supposedly serious journalists would not sink in the face of the far right authoritarianism.
January 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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Kelly Morrison on a Twin Cities ICE facility she & other members of Congress tried to visit: "We were told to leave. We met with 2 of the commanding officers & they told us the reason we were not able to stay & meet with detainees is because the funding for ICE came from the 'Big Beautiful Bill.'"
January 10, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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DOJ is still violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
January 10, 2026 at 3:53 PM
100% correct on their thought process
January 10, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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2025 is now, officially, the worst year for job creation outside of recession since 2003.

@byheatherlong.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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The right's brutal logic is finally naked: violence for them is sacred, violence against us is policy, and their fascist playbook no longer bothers with a cover.
The Distance Between Renee Good and Ashli Babbitt Is Fascism
It’s not a hypocrisy. It’s a coherent worldview.
www.thebulwark.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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January 9, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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@samsteindc.bsky.social and I previewed something new we’re starting at @thebulwark.com. We’re calling it the “command post” and each week I’ll address what’s going on in the military. We’re taking questions to drive the discussion.
In Venezuela, @markhertling.bsky.social will be looking out for "some type of plan." Because we sure don't have one yet. Hertling talks that and more with @samsteindc.bsky.social:
January 8, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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BREAKING: Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and the FBI won't work jointly on probe.

Follow for live updates.
Live updates: State investigators say they can't access ICE shooting evidence after FBI takes case
Protesters in Minneapolis gathered to protest the killing of motorist Renee Nicole Macklin Good by an ICE officer. Mayor Jacob Frey said federal agents should leave the city.
bit.ly
January 8, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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Breaking:

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
January 8, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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"We have been shouting from the rooftops for months: The kind of senseless, tragic killing we’ve just witnessed in Minneapolis is a predictable outcome of the current drive to take over communities, assert government power, and intimidate locals into submission."
open.substack.com/pub/ofthebra...
Trump flooded the streets with ICE agents. One just killed an unarmed woman.
Good cops have been shouting from the rooftops that this would happen.
open.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:45 PM
This face, he looks like hes got this job for lifetime if he wants it, such arrogance
Dr Oz threatens to pull Medicaid support for Minnesota: "Sticking to the narrative that's cold in Minnesota -- this is the tip of the iceberg"
January 8, 2026 at 7:50 AM
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Kyle Rittenhouse was an honored guest at a 2024 gathering of Oregon Republican activists. This is the monstrously depraved tweet he sent tonight. These are the people who claim to be defending Christianity and “western civilization.”
January 8, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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I refuse to stay silent while Secretary Noem breaks the rule of law and terrorizes our communities. I am introducing Articles of Impeachment against her for violating the public trust, obstructing Congress, and self-dealing. Read my full statement: robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...
Rep. Kelly announces plans to impeach Secretary Kristi Noem
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) announced plans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following the fatal shooting by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.
robinkelly.house.gov
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.

She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
This goes to the top TRUMP MUST GO
January 7, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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January 7, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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FOLKS IN MINNEAPOLIS:

SAVE all videos & photos from today. They will be valuable to prove the ICE agent --- who had time to move & re-position himself to the side of the victim's car to shoot into the driver's side window --- was not in reasonable fear of imminent serious physical injury or death.
January 7, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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Progressives can take heart from MAGA infighting, but we need to recognize that many are doubling down on their support of 🍊🤡. Examples from my neighborhood.
#WakeUpAmerica #NoKings #HandsOffDemocracy #IndivisibleGV #DefendDemocracy #ResistFascism #StopTrump #VanWA
January 6, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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Stephen Miller on CNN yesterday defending taking Greenland by force: “We live in a world, in the real world that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.” This is the fascist manifesto.
January 6, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Trump, acting like its all up to him
Beyond the question of what's actually going to happen in Venezuela now, the removal of Maduro is the opening move in a reckless new American grand strategy that will be self-defeating in an era of renewed great power conflict.

New from Matt Johnson:
Trump’s Obsession With Latin America Is a Strategic Calamity
While Trump gloats about Venezuela, he ignores the real risks to American security.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:13 PM