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So I'm watching the MLSNP Final as prep for my Red Bulls preview and yo that Rapidos goal was fucking SICK. This game has really surprised me with its quality.
January 25, 2026 at 5:09 PM
So I'm watching the MLSNP Final as prep for my Red Bulls preview and yo that Rapidos goal was fucking SICK. This game has really surprised me with its quality.
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The media should cover sport the way they cover the state murder of civilians:
‘Jannik Sinner appeared to win the French Open yesterday after what supporters say was a comeback from being two sets down.’
‘Jannik Sinner appeared to win the French Open yesterday after what supporters say was a comeback from being two sets down.’
January 25, 2026 at 1:57 PM
The media should cover sport the way they cover the state murder of civilians:
‘Jannik Sinner appeared to win the French Open yesterday after what supporters say was a comeback from being two sets down.’
‘Jannik Sinner appeared to win the French Open yesterday after what supporters say was a comeback from being two sets down.’
Hey Kristi the U.S. attorney who actually discovered the fraud has resigned from your government in protest
Kristi Noem: "These are not just agitators anymore. They are violent protests. Frankly, this didn't turn violent until we uncovered the fraud in Minneapolis."
January 25, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Hey Kristi the U.S. attorney who actually discovered the fraud has resigned from your government in protest
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”The godking emperor's secret paramilitary execution squad will leave if you just give us the names and addresses of the people who didn’t vote for him” is not something one hears in a democracy, my guys.
January 25, 2026 at 2:04 AM
”The godking emperor's secret paramilitary execution squad will leave if you just give us the names and addresses of the people who didn’t vote for him” is not something one hears in a democracy, my guys.
Feed the good, starve the bad.
People if you're going to talk about a Bad Column By A Writer You Hate, linking it and posting quotes is only going to drive more people to read it and strengthen that writer's case for employment, you know.
The greatest thing you can do against a writer you hate is ignoring their existence.
The greatest thing you can do against a writer you hate is ignoring their existence.
January 25, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Feed the good, starve the bad.
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Never forget that the reason they are so convinced you’re all getting paid is that they are all getting paid.
The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Never forget that the reason they are so convinced you’re all getting paid is that they are all getting paid.
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I totally forgot about this. Texas was a straight up insurrectionary state throughout the Biden admin really and Biden was too scared/lacked political capital to challenge
for an example of what actual insurrection by a state government looks like, recall back to late 2024 when Governor Abbott ordered the state Guard to physically block federal personnel from accessing the Eagle Pass border crossing
www.migrationpolicy.org/article/stan...
www.migrationpolicy.org/article/stan...
Standoff at Eagle Pass: A High-Stakes U.S. Border Enforcement Showdown Comes to a Small Texas Park
Rising tensions between Texas and the federal government have sparked fears of a constitutional crisis after the state deployed its National Guard to prevent the U.S. Border Patrol from conducting ope...
www.migrationpolicy.org
January 25, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I totally forgot about this. Texas was a straight up insurrectionary state throughout the Biden admin really and Biden was too scared/lacked political capital to challenge
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I know blaming ICE is easy. Alex Pretti was murdered by Border Patrol agents not ICE. Agents who are supppsed to be at ports of entry. Bovino’s personal goon squad. The entire DHS is infused with a culture of immunity and violence. The entire organization is poisoned. It must be dismantled.
January 25, 2026 at 3:12 PM
I know blaming ICE is easy. Alex Pretti was murdered by Border Patrol agents not ICE. Agents who are supppsed to be at ports of entry. Bovino’s personal goon squad. The entire DHS is infused with a culture of immunity and violence. The entire organization is poisoned. It must be dismantled.
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Freelance journalist @theiachatelle.bsky.social took this photo of the man “from the other side”:
January 25, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Freelance journalist @theiachatelle.bsky.social took this photo of the man “from the other side”:
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BTW when I say abolish ICE, I mean abolish it entirely and replace it with exactly nothing. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. That's it.
January 25, 2026 at 2:32 AM
BTW when I say abolish ICE, I mean abolish it entirely and replace it with exactly nothing. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. That's it.
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When Mamie Till was on the stand during the trial of her son's murderers in 1955, the defense argued she had misidentified her son's body, was lying in order to claim insurance money for her son, & had staged the whole affair with the aid of Communists & the NAACP. Tills murderers walked free.
NEW: "The government didn’t just use masked, armed, unidentified agents of the state to execute a citizen on the street, in broad daylight and in front of dozens of witnesses—it lied about the victim and what happened in the most brazen manner possible."
www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...
Emergency Triad: Another American Has Been Murdered by Our Government
It’s worse than it looks and it looks plenty bad.
www.thebulwark.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:56 PM
When Mamie Till was on the stand during the trial of her son's murderers in 1955, the defense argued she had misidentified her son's body, was lying in order to claim insurance money for her son, & had staged the whole affair with the aid of Communists & the NAACP. Tills murderers walked free.
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The way to reconcile this is their aspiration was always to put down a slave revolt, not fight in one. bsky.app/profile/osit...
We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
January 24, 2026 at 6:19 PM
The way to reconcile this is their aspiration was always to put down a slave revolt, not fight in one. bsky.app/profile/osit...
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Every single game this year. Make them hear you
January 24, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Every single game this year. Make them hear you
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How do Democrats frame their arguments? For this piece, we interviewed a man who covered up a murder.
Trump is unpopular, but how do Democrats frame their arguments for a comeback?
Two veteran politicos, Rahm Emanuel and Gretchen Whitmer, have thoughts
In NPR video interviews. Worth watching on a snowy day.
Two veteran politicos, Rahm Emanuel and Gretchen Whitmer, have thoughts
In NPR video interviews. Worth watching on a snowy day.
January 25, 2026 at 1:40 PM
How do Democrats frame their arguments? For this piece, we interviewed a man who covered up a murder.
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I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
January 25, 2026 at 4:55 AM
I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
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A completely insane take.
Also, guess what gun ICE issues to it's officers? That's right, the same Sig P320 Pretti was carrying.
Also, guess what gun ICE issues to it's officers? That's right, the same Sig P320 Pretti was carrying.
From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.
January 25, 2026 at 2:10 PM
A completely insane take.
Also, guess what gun ICE issues to it's officers? That's right, the same Sig P320 Pretti was carrying.
Also, guess what gun ICE issues to it's officers? That's right, the same Sig P320 Pretti was carrying.
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JUST IN: In a new lawsuit, Minnesota officials say DHS mishandled evidence from today's crime scene and made "astonishing" law enforcement decisions. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 3:55 AM
JUST IN: In a new lawsuit, Minnesota officials say DHS mishandled evidence from today's crime scene and made "astonishing" law enforcement decisions. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Henry Cuellar voted with Trump on the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act, Pet and Livestock Protection Act, Mining Regulatory Clarity Act, SPEED Act, Affordable HOMES Act, SHOWER Act, and the Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act.
that's just in the past MONTH
that's just in the past MONTH
January 25, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Henry Cuellar voted with Trump on the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act, Pet and Livestock Protection Act, Mining Regulatory Clarity Act, SPEED Act, Affordable HOMES Act, SHOWER Act, and the Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act.
that's just in the past MONTH
that's just in the past MONTH
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“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
January 24, 2026 at 9:24 PM
“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
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I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”
January 24, 2026 at 11:56 PM
I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”
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Mood in minneapolis right now
January 24, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Mood in minneapolis right now
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was forwarded this by some Minnesota people; sharing here
January 24, 2026 at 9:42 PM
was forwarded this by some Minnesota people; sharing here
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the post about this on r/nba, which is an enormous forum that gets millions of visitors a week, is full of comments from people who have seen the videos about how this was “an execution” or “murder” in case you wonder how this is playing outside of here
the nba postponed a game because the united states government is killing its citizens
January 24, 2026 at 8:21 PM
the post about this on r/nba, which is an enormous forum that gets millions of visitors a week, is full of comments from people who have seen the videos about how this was “an execution” or “murder” in case you wonder how this is playing outside of here
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This is about immigration enforcement like Montgomery was about transit policy
Federal agents once again fire flash bangs and tear gas into the crowd of protesters to push them back
January 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
This is about immigration enforcement like Montgomery was about transit policy
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these men and women are saints and martyrs of the american cause.
January 24, 2026 at 7:58 PM
these men and women are saints and martyrs of the american cause.