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The Trumpists will continue to escalate. But in Minneapolis, we can see the limits of MAGA’s assault.
Trump’s authoritarian desires are limitless. But his ability to impose them on America is not.
My new piece for @zeit.de - and some thoughts, since it is in German (gift link):
Trump’s authoritarian desires are limitless. But his ability to impose them on America is not.
My new piece for @zeit.de - and some thoughts, since it is in German (gift link):
US-Regierung: Wie der Widerstand gegen Maga eine Chance hat
Der Minneapolis-Moment offenbart die Schwächen der Trumpisten. Und er zeigt, wo der Widerstand gegen den US-Präsidenten in Zukunft erfolgreich ansetzen kann.
www.zeit.de
January 31, 2026 at 2:32 PM
The Trumpists will continue to escalate. But in Minneapolis, we can see the limits of MAGA’s assault.
Trump’s authoritarian desires are limitless. But his ability to impose them on America is not.
My new piece for @zeit.de - and some thoughts, since it is in German (gift link):
Trump’s authoritarian desires are limitless. But his ability to impose them on America is not.
My new piece for @zeit.de - and some thoughts, since it is in German (gift link):
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What the regime is doing in Minneapolis is extremely unpopular. While Trump and the extremists around him may think they can ignore public opinion, they are mistaken. Even the most staunchly authoritarian regime will ultimately be affected by its public standing.
January 31, 2026 at 2:41 PM
What the regime is doing in Minneapolis is extremely unpopular. While Trump and the extremists around him may think they can ignore public opinion, they are mistaken. Even the most staunchly authoritarian regime will ultimately be affected by its public standing.
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ICE/CBP want to terrify people into submission and compliance so that they can operate with impunity, unimpeded, in semi-secrecy. It is not working. In every urban center these masked goons descend upon, the local community is rallying in solidarity.
January 31, 2026 at 2:39 PM
ICE/CBP want to terrify people into submission and compliance so that they can operate with impunity, unimpeded, in semi-secrecy. It is not working. In every urban center these masked goons descend upon, the local community is rallying in solidarity.
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And “protest,” in a narrow sense, isn’t even the right term for what we are seeing now. Crucially, in reaction to the regime sending an occupation force of masked goons, a new form of resistance emerged: Communities organizing to help their neighbors, confrontational but peaceful.
January 31, 2026 at 2:38 PM
And “protest,” in a narrow sense, isn’t even the right term for what we are seeing now. Crucially, in reaction to the regime sending an occupation force of masked goons, a new form of resistance emerged: Communities organizing to help their neighbors, confrontational but peaceful.
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The “Where are the protests?” lament after Trump’s inauguration was always based on a (willful) misperception. Over the past year, protests have been far more numerous, more geographically widespread, and more sustained than what we saw in 2017, for instance.
January 31, 2026 at 2:37 PM
The “Where are the protests?” lament after Trump’s inauguration was always based on a (willful) misperception. Over the past year, protests have been far more numerous, more geographically widespread, and more sustained than what we saw in 2017, for instance.
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"where are the protests" is a reflection of how many people's sense of reality is intermediated by billionaire owned social media and billionaire owned news media, both of which have strategically suppressed cover of the scale and frequency of 2025 protests
The “Where are the protests?” lament after Trump’s inauguration was always based on a (willful) misperception. Over the past year, protests have been far more numerous, more geographically widespread, and more sustained than what we saw in 2017, for instance.
January 31, 2026 at 2:40 PM
"where are the protests" is a reflection of how many people's sense of reality is intermediated by billionaire owned social media and billionaire owned news media, both of which have strategically suppressed cover of the scale and frequency of 2025 protests
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Elon is still claiming this morning he never went to Epstein parties despite emails showing him begging to attend Epstein parties on his island.
January 31, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Elon is still claiming this morning he never went to Epstein parties despite emails showing him begging to attend Epstein parties on his island.
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Buttigieg on Fox News: "When you see an American woman opening the door to her home and on her doorstep finds half a dozen federal agents in tactical gear that is more tricked out than what I would take outside the wire in Afghanistan -- I think most people get that that is wrong."
January 31, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Buttigieg on Fox News: "When you see an American woman opening the door to her home and on her doorstep finds half a dozen federal agents in tactical gear that is more tricked out than what I would take outside the wire in Afghanistan -- I think most people get that that is wrong."
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"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 2:48 PM
"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Seeing that photo of Obama putting the Medal of Freedom on Tom Homan circulate again. It's fake. Homan did get a civil service award during the Obama administration, but it wasn't the Medal of Freedom, it wasn't a medal (it was a certificate), and Obama didn't present it to him in person.
January 31, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Seeing that photo of Obama putting the Medal of Freedom on Tom Homan circulate again. It's fake. Homan did get a civil service award during the Obama administration, but it wasn't the Medal of Freedom, it wasn't a medal (it was a certificate), and Obama didn't present it to him in person.
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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche admits that the DOJ excluded all images showing “death, physical abuse, or injury” from yesterday’s Epstein files release.
WHAT ELSE ARE THEY HIDING???
WHAT ELSE ARE THEY HIDING???
January 31, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche admits that the DOJ excluded all images showing “death, physical abuse, or injury” from yesterday’s Epstein files release.
WHAT ELSE ARE THEY HIDING???
WHAT ELSE ARE THEY HIDING???
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Can confirm. Nothing has changed on the ground. ICE still attacking people, kidnapping, all that stuff—and the city is still out protecting and helping neighbors
Absolutely surreal to continue to hear about drawdowns and lowered temperatures and things calming down in Minneapolis when, as far as I can tell, literally nothing has changed on the ground
January 31, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Can confirm. Nothing has changed on the ground. ICE still attacking people, kidnapping, all that stuff—and the city is still out protecting and helping neighbors
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They were all racists before him, but Epstein had the drive and the connections to really turn this milileu into a national nightmare
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Not satisfied with rape, he needed to know his sperm was special and so funded the work of "race scientists" in the academy and promoted online spaces for racists to yap. His allies spent the 2010's claiming they didn't have free speech
or academic freedom bc their colleagues rejected eugenics.
or academic freedom bc their colleagues rejected eugenics.
January 31, 2026 at 3:29 PM
They were all racists before him, but Epstein had the drive and the connections to really turn this milileu into a national nightmare
bsky.app/profile/cala...
bsky.app/profile/cala...
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If I have the right Nellie Bowles, the partner in question is Bari Weiss
January 31, 2026 at 3:27 PM
If I have the right Nellie Bowles, the partner in question is Bari Weiss
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always struck whenever i read anything from rufo how it is absolutely clear that he is a dumbass
I don’t know what I expected when I saw that Chris Rufo was taking on the “fascism canard” but lol
January 31, 2026 at 3:08 PM
always struck whenever i read anything from rufo how it is absolutely clear that he is a dumbass
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“Once again, survivors are having their names and identifying information exposed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected. That is outrageous. We will not stop until the truth is fully revealed and every perpetrator is finally held accountable.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Release of Three Million Epstein Pages Falls Short, Survivors Say
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:42 PM
“Once again, survivors are having their names and identifying information exposed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected. That is outrageous. We will not stop until the truth is fully revealed and every perpetrator is finally held accountable.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
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Maria Santay, a U.S. citizen and community observer, live-streamed masked ICE agents detaining her after they boxed in her car from all sides and smashed her window. Local police showed up and did nothing.
She was denied access to a restroom, and forced to pee in the parking lot while handcuffed.
She was denied access to a restroom, and forced to pee in the parking lot while handcuffed.
January 31, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Maria Santay, a U.S. citizen and community observer, live-streamed masked ICE agents detaining her after they boxed in her car from all sides and smashed her window. Local police showed up and did nothing.
She was denied access to a restroom, and forced to pee in the parking lot while handcuffed.
She was denied access to a restroom, and forced to pee in the parking lot while handcuffed.
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NEW: School hallways are silent. Grandparents patrol outside in shifts. Two more kids taken from Liam Ramos' school.
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
ICE Is Circling Minnesota Schools, Looking For Children to Take
Liam Ramos, 5, isn’t the only child in detention. Teachers and parents describe kids being hunted by federal agents.
www.huffpost.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:32 PM
NEW: School hallways are silent. Grandparents patrol outside in shifts. Two more kids taken from Liam Ramos' school.
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
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"Today's kids"
Honestly, eat shit.
My kid and 100s of their fellow high school freshman walked out of school and protested at the federal detention center in Manhattan yesterday.
And us "Gen-X latchkey kids" are giving Trump his biggest, most durable base of support.
"Today's kids."
Honestly, eat shit.
My kid and 100s of their fellow high school freshman walked out of school and protested at the federal detention center in Manhattan yesterday.
And us "Gen-X latchkey kids" are giving Trump his biggest, most durable base of support.
"Today's kids."
January 31, 2026 at 2:14 PM
"Today's kids"
Honestly, eat shit.
My kid and 100s of their fellow high school freshman walked out of school and protested at the federal detention center in Manhattan yesterday.
And us "Gen-X latchkey kids" are giving Trump his biggest, most durable base of support.
"Today's kids."
Honestly, eat shit.
My kid and 100s of their fellow high school freshman walked out of school and protested at the federal detention center in Manhattan yesterday.
And us "Gen-X latchkey kids" are giving Trump his biggest, most durable base of support.
"Today's kids."
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Next time choose *not* to get played.
January 31, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Next time choose *not* to get played.
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remember that time he got booed off the stage at a dave chapelle show and he had a mental breakdown so bad he locked himself in his office and staff at twitter almost called the police because they were worried he was going to hurt himself?
i feel like the booing is a lot louder now.
i feel like the booing is a lot louder now.
Musk has been spamming crap about SpaceX and Grok all day but now every single reply to any of his posts is someone calling him a pedophile. the stage has been set for something historic
January 31, 2026 at 2:01 PM
remember that time he got booed off the stage at a dave chapelle show and he had a mental breakdown so bad he locked himself in his office and staff at twitter almost called the police because they were worried he was going to hurt himself?
i feel like the booing is a lot louder now.
i feel like the booing is a lot louder now.
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ICE and CBP agents seem to enjoy gratuitously breaking glass—from car windows to store fronts to homes. It’s an expression of unchecked power and dominance: “We’re in charge. We break and shatter what we want.”
And nights of broken glass have been a harbinger of worse to come.
And nights of broken glass have been a harbinger of worse to come.
January 31, 2026 at 1:51 PM
ICE and CBP agents seem to enjoy gratuitously breaking glass—from car windows to store fronts to homes. It’s an expression of unchecked power and dominance: “We’re in charge. We break and shatter what we want.”
And nights of broken glass have been a harbinger of worse to come.
And nights of broken glass have been a harbinger of worse to come.
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Absolutely surreal to continue to hear about drawdowns and lowered temperatures and things calming down in Minneapolis when, as far as I can tell, literally nothing has changed on the ground
January 31, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Absolutely surreal to continue to hear about drawdowns and lowered temperatures and things calming down in Minneapolis when, as far as I can tell, literally nothing has changed on the ground
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NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
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How to Film ICE
Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.
www.wired.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:55 AM
NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
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