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Ben Van Bloem
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Hillald Clump 😔
February 10, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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All right I’ll say it: that’s too many times
February 10, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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They gave a bunch of roided up thugs weapons and made them immune from legal consequences. You can't really tinker around the edges of something like that, you have to end it
January 27, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.

Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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it's crazy that my enemies are all powerful and have won a total victory, yet at the same time their downfall is also imminent. probably won't interrogate this contradiction
February 4, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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My latest ⬇️
Fox News is citing outdated polls to argue that Americans are in broad support of the Trump administration’s mass deportation policies, even though Trump’s immigration approval numbers are rapidly tanking.
As Trump’s immigration polling numbers tanked, Fox News used old polls to claim his mass deportation plan is popular
www.mediamatters.org
February 2, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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mood
February 2, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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gm
February 1, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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this is Obama getting mad and arresting Jesse Watters territory. Completely unacceptable holy shit
January 30, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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Take his personal army away from him while you can, you stupid, stupid assholes. You’re like an armadillo playing dead in the middle of the road so the semi won’t hurt you
January 28, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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MAGA media and far-right figures smeared Pretti, calling him a “race traitor” who aimed to “commit a mass murder”
The right-wing media figures who have justified Alex Pretti's killing by Trump’s DHS
Following the January 24 killing of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis, many right-wing media figures jumped to blame Pretti for his own death and spread false information about his ac...
www.mediamatters.org
January 28, 2026 at 11:37 PM
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is it just me or is like every movie being removed from streaming services and now you have to pay to rent them again
January 28, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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We need to invest in more training for ICE agents. Yeah... potty training...
January 28, 2026 at 9:38 AM
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Here you go!
Movie Log - Default Title
Go analog with the Movie Log. Buckram-textured paper cover and space to record over 300 movie entries.
shop.a24films.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests

- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
January 27, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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My latest: Conservative “womanosphere” influencers are panicking as their female audiences turn against ICE.

Riley Gaines: ““I encourage you, actually, like, I am begging you, I am pleading – think critically, think independently, think for yourself.”

open.substack.com/pub/numbertw...
"Womanosphere" influencers panic as their audiences side against ICE
Riley Gaines: "Do not let compassion, or what you believe to be compassion, cloud you or suspend you from thinking critically.”
open.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.

Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.

Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.

ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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Been making an effort to doodle more on paper lately. Fun to crank out some little guys free of any Big Art™ pressure
January 25, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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Kangaroo chaos
January 25, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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All three living Democratic presidents have said nothing about any of this. I don’t mean just today, I mean any of it. Obama’s last two tweets are about basketball and wishing his wife happy birthday. Nothing on Renee Good who was murdered 17 days ago
January 24, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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Our initial analysis is up.

The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.

He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
January 24, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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Data shows that “more than 60 percent of the people detained in at-large arrests since June did not have criminal convictions or pending charges.”
Right-wing media have relentlessly pushed the false claim that ICE is going after the “worst of the worst”
As Immigration and Customs Enforcement has expanded operations in major cities, right-wing media have falsely claimed their enforcement actions are focused on apprehending “the worst of the worst” cri...
www.mediamatters.org
January 23, 2026 at 2:09 PM