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The NRA when asked to defend the 2nd amendment rights of someone on the left:
January 25, 2026 at 7:37 PM
The NRA when asked to defend the 2nd amendment rights of someone on the left:
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This line from Renfrew Christie's obituary in the NYT has really stuck with me.
January 25, 2026 at 7:41 PM
This line from Renfrew Christie's obituary in the NYT has really stuck with me.
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The idea that America needs to occupy Greenland because we actually care enough about native people and want to build oncology centers is enough to make your head fully explode
Waltz: "Denmark has ignored Greenland from a defense standpoint and they have ignored the Greenlandic native iniut people ... if you get a cancer diagnosis in Greenland right now, it's darn near a death sentence. Denmark has not invested in the way it should've over the years."
January 25, 2026 at 4:57 PM
The idea that America needs to occupy Greenland because we actually care enough about native people and want to build oncology centers is enough to make your head fully explode
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What's happening in Minnesota is one reason the Reconstruction Amendments banned insurrectionists from holding office. Unfortunately, the originalists on the Supreme Court interpreted the plain language of the amendment to mean its opposite.
January 24, 2026 at 11:31 PM
What's happening in Minnesota is one reason the Reconstruction Amendments banned insurrectionists from holding office. Unfortunately, the originalists on the Supreme Court interpreted the plain language of the amendment to mean its opposite.
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St. Paul became all things to all people. Friends, I take this to mean that sometimes, one must become the exact opposite of Jesus Christ.
January 20, 2026 at 8:32 PM
St. Paul became all things to all people. Friends, I take this to mean that sometimes, one must become the exact opposite of Jesus Christ.
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💯. We treated enemy combatants - who may have been very recently trying to violently kill us - with a level of restraint and professionalism that appears to be beyond the imagination of a federal law enforcement organization handling non-violent American citizens.
So I always like to go "What would have happened had a Marine done this in Afghanistan" and it's so obvious in this case as to make the exercise moot.
January 24, 2026 at 6:56 PM
💯. We treated enemy combatants - who may have been very recently trying to violently kill us - with a level of restraint and professionalism that appears to be beyond the imagination of a federal law enforcement organization handling non-violent American citizens.
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Republicans: everyone must be able to carry any gun at all times,
up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny
also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street
up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny
also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street
January 24, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Republicans: everyone must be able to carry any gun at all times,
up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny
also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street
up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny
also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street
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look at some point it's gonna either be the national guard/state police doing this or it'll be the citizenry
January 24, 2026 at 4:25 PM
look at some point it's gonna either be the national guard/state police doing this or it'll be the citizenry
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The key point is that the ICE military occupations are predominantly not about enforcing immigration law. That is a pretext. They are an attempt to terrorize, injure or kill those in political conflict with the Trump Administration. They make no meaningful attempt to follow or enforce the law.
It’s currently operating totally outside of our constitutional rules. Habeas corpus , due process of law, equal protection, freedom of speech, 4th amendment protections against search and seizure, are all not being enforced in any common sense or meaningful way.
January 24, 2026 at 1:06 PM
The key point is that the ICE military occupations are predominantly not about enforcing immigration law. That is a pretext. They are an attempt to terrorize, injure or kill those in political conflict with the Trump Administration. They make no meaningful attempt to follow or enforce the law.
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At what point do we collectively realize that we are already at war, within our own country, and only one side is permitted to be armed
ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement.
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
January 23, 2026 at 7:38 PM
At what point do we collectively realize that we are already at war, within our own country, and only one side is permitted to be armed
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the costs to society of this derangement are going to be enormous and every one of these people should face judgment for it
Breaking News: Rejecting decades of science, the chair of the federal panel that recommends vaccines for Americans said that shots against polio and measles — and perhaps all diseases — should be optional. The vaccines are credited with preventing disability and millions of deaths worldwide.
Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional, Rejecting Decades of Science
Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who leads the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, said a person’s right to refuse a vaccine outweighed concerns about illness or death from infectious diseases.
nyti.ms
January 23, 2026 at 6:26 PM
the costs to society of this derangement are going to be enormous and every one of these people should face judgment for it
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Increasingly I become convinced that capitalism is inconsistent, in the long term, with liberal democracy
January 23, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Increasingly I become convinced that capitalism is inconsistent, in the long term, with liberal democracy
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The biggest media story of the last 40 years is that there were very clear signs of this for the last 40 years but America's most influential news companies spent that time pretending the parties had equal and symmetrical flaws and so here we are.
The biggest political story of the last 40 years is the Republican Party losing their fucking minds
Rep. Greg Steube: "You see Macron and the French sending troops to Greenland. I would love to see the US military up against French troops in Greenland, because it would not last very long. It would be a very small skirmish ... we don't care about what Macron and the French want."
January 23, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The biggest media story of the last 40 years is that there were very clear signs of this for the last 40 years but America's most influential news companies spent that time pretending the parties had equal and symmetrical flaws and so here we are.
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If there's anyone who still thinks this will all blow over when our big beautiful president Leaves Us, you have to realize the Republican Party is crawling with fascists
When an ICE agent confronts you is "when your due process ends," says the member of Congress from the largest border district.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 23, 2026 at 4:33 PM
If there's anyone who still thinks this will all blow over when our big beautiful president Leaves Us, you have to realize the Republican Party is crawling with fascists
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AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.
January 22, 2026 at 11:29 PM
AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.
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amazing how fast they got to "final six months of W Administration" hiring pool
Dylan Johnson has been appointed assistant secretary of state for global public affairs. He is 27. www.state.gov/releases/off...
January 22, 2026 at 10:21 PM
amazing how fast they got to "final six months of W Administration" hiring pool
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RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
January 22, 2026 at 7:47 PM
RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
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one of the strangest and most frustrating things about being alive today is that we have science and research on basically every issue, but it always gets pushed aside in favor of some guy who thought about it for one minute and thinks he knows the answer
Why is crime falling? We asked the worst and dumbest people in America to explain it
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
January 22, 2026 at 8:41 PM
one of the strangest and most frustrating things about being alive today is that we have science and research on basically every issue, but it always gets pushed aside in favor of some guy who thought about it for one minute and thinks he knows the answer
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"Yes, in the past there have been many governments that sent men out in masks to kidnap and kill people. And yes, we now understand that was always bad. But today we need the moral courage to ask: Is this time different?"
— from my new article in the Atlantic
— from my new article in the Atlantic
January 22, 2026 at 8:54 PM
"Yes, in the past there have been many governments that sent men out in masks to kidnap and kill people. And yes, we now understand that was always bad. But today we need the moral courage to ask: Is this time different?"
— from my new article in the Atlantic
— from my new article in the Atlantic
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Learning US history didn't make me hate white people. It made me hate racists. I feel like if you've got some sort of personal shame, you haven't fully committed to destroying white supremacy.
January 22, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Learning US history didn't make me hate white people. It made me hate racists. I feel like if you've got some sort of personal shame, you haven't fully committed to destroying white supremacy.
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You have to know that there is no suitable reality in which we just Go Back To Living Among These People.
There is no going back. It can’t just be All Good.
Whatever implications you glean from this statement; yes.
There is no going back. It can’t just be All Good.
Whatever implications you glean from this statement; yes.
There is no level to which these heartless shit-for-brains won’t stoop to inflict cruelty and suffering.
January 22, 2026 at 8:29 PM
You have to know that there is no suitable reality in which we just Go Back To Living Among These People.
There is no going back. It can’t just be All Good.
Whatever implications you glean from this statement; yes.
There is no going back. It can’t just be All Good.
Whatever implications you glean from this statement; yes.
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Republicans spent the entire hearing accusing Jack Smith of prosecuting Trump for political reasons and falsely claiming he was being directed by Biden and Garland. Ironically, while they were doing that, Trump was telling Bondi on Truth Social that she should prosecute Smith.
January 22, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Republicans spent the entire hearing accusing Jack Smith of prosecuting Trump for political reasons and falsely claiming he was being directed by Biden and Garland. Ironically, while they were doing that, Trump was telling Bondi on Truth Social that she should prosecute Smith.
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January 22, 2026 at 8:12 PM