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Deleted X recently after logging out years ago.
Deleted LinkedIn, too.
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· Jul 15
If I share posts that contain links to Substack, I'm sharing for what's written in the post, not suggesting to you read the Substack.
I am anti-Substack.
If you're a Substacker and you're reading this, please migrate to Beehiv or Ghost or another platform that doesn't allow Nazis.
I am anti-Substack.
If you're a Substacker and you're reading this, please migrate to Beehiv or Ghost or another platform that doesn't allow Nazis.
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Left: Trump demands a cap on credit card interest rates.
Right: News story, from today, about Trump's ongoing efforts to shut down the CFPB, which would enforce such a rule. Court has ordered admin to keep it open.
Right: News story, from today, about Trump's ongoing efforts to shut down the CFPB, which would enforce such a rule. Court has ordered admin to keep it open.
January 10, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Left: Trump demands a cap on credit card interest rates.
Right: News story, from today, about Trump's ongoing efforts to shut down the CFPB, which would enforce such a rule. Court has ordered admin to keep it open.
Right: News story, from today, about Trump's ongoing efforts to shut down the CFPB, which would enforce such a rule. Court has ordered admin to keep it open.
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Yes, it is bread we fight for
But we fight for roses too
But we fight for roses too
“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
Handing Out Free Tickets, Mamdani Says Theater Should Not Be ‘a Luxury’
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Yes, it is bread we fight for
But we fight for roses too
But we fight for roses too
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“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
Handing Out Free Tickets, Mamdani Says Theater Should Not Be ‘a Luxury’
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:22 AM
“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
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Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, remains in total darkness yet another day after a brutal Russian attack. No heat, electricity, or water. Subzero temperatures. The mayor has advised people to leave the city if they can to try to avoid mass deaths. This is Russian genocide of Ukrainians.
January 10, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, remains in total darkness yet another day after a brutal Russian attack. No heat, electricity, or water. Subzero temperatures. The mayor has advised people to leave the city if they can to try to avoid mass deaths. This is Russian genocide of Ukrainians.
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Arguments raised by #HB6 defendants to the Supreme Court could potentially thwart any corruption charges for bribes paid to a political candidate.
Four yes votes will be needed for the Roberts court to take the case.
@CanaryMediaInc @EJTodayNews www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...
Four yes votes will be needed for the Roberts court to take the case.
@CanaryMediaInc @EJTodayNews www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...
Ohio utility corruption defendants to SCOTUS: Bribes are free speech
If the court rules in favor of a former lawmaker and a lobbyist convicted in Ohio’s HB 6 scandal, it would have huge implications for the utility sector…
www.canarymedia.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Arguments raised by #HB6 defendants to the Supreme Court could potentially thwart any corruption charges for bribes paid to a political candidate.
Four yes votes will be needed for the Roberts court to take the case.
@CanaryMediaInc @EJTodayNews www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...
Four yes votes will be needed for the Roberts court to take the case.
@CanaryMediaInc @EJTodayNews www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...
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Alpha News, which first posted the Ross video today, has ties to someone who was among the most vitriolic police union heads in country: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A new clip of the Minneapolis ICE killing was leaked to a site sympathetic to Derek Chauvin
Alpha News' top reporter is married to an infamous former police union chief.
www.motherjones.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Alpha News, which first posted the Ross video today, has ties to someone who was among the most vitriolic police union heads in country: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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AOC: That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
January 10, 2026 at 2:31 AM
AOC: That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
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The wife of Renee Good, the woman shot and killed in her car by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis, says the couple had stopped to support their neighbors on the day of the shooting and described the mother of three as leaving a legacy of kindness. https://to.pbs.org/4q9oxCF
'We had whistles. They had guns,' says wife of Minnesota woman killed by ICE agent
The wife of Renee Good, the woman shot and killed in her car by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis, says the couple had stopped to support their neighbors on the day of the shooting and descri...
www.pbs.org
January 10, 2026 at 2:16 AM
The wife of Renee Good, the woman shot and killed in her car by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis, says the couple had stopped to support their neighbors on the day of the shooting and described the mother of three as leaving a legacy of kindness. https://to.pbs.org/4q9oxCF
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Wow.
The front cover of today’s Objectiv magazine in Slovenia (the birthplace of Melania Trump).
Trump with a Hitler moustache made from Venezuelan oil.
The front cover of today’s Objectiv magazine in Slovenia (the birthplace of Melania Trump).
Trump with a Hitler moustache made from Venezuelan oil.
January 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Wow.
The front cover of today’s Objectiv magazine in Slovenia (the birthplace of Melania Trump).
Trump with a Hitler moustache made from Venezuelan oil.
The front cover of today’s Objectiv magazine in Slovenia (the birthplace of Melania Trump).
Trump with a Hitler moustache made from Venezuelan oil.
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Agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter in a massive show of force.
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building.
But after the cameras were gone, federal prosecutors did not charge anyone.
(Pub. Nov. 2025 w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social @blockclubchi.bsky.social)
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building.
But after the cameras were gone, federal prosecutors did not charge anyone.
(Pub. Nov. 2025 w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social @blockclubchi.bsky.social)
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
January 10, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter in a massive show of force.
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building.
But after the cameras were gone, federal prosecutors did not charge anyone.
(Pub. Nov. 2025 w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social @blockclubchi.bsky.social)
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building.
But after the cameras were gone, federal prosecutors did not charge anyone.
(Pub. Nov. 2025 w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social @blockclubchi.bsky.social)
"Men are afraid women will laugh at them, and women are afraid men will kill them."
— Ingrid Koenig, paraphrasing Margaret Atwood
— Ingrid Koenig, paraphrasing Margaret Atwood
January 10, 2026 at 2:40 AM
"Men are afraid women will laugh at them, and women are afraid men will kill them."
— Ingrid Koenig, paraphrasing Margaret Atwood
— Ingrid Koenig, paraphrasing Margaret Atwood
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More context for that comment. Someone slightly more reasonable was like "I think she deserved it! But what did she do?" It was a smirk.
January 10, 2026 at 12:14 AM
More context for that comment. Someone slightly more reasonable was like "I think she deserved it! But what did she do?" It was a smirk.
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Reddit conservatives think this is worthy of death
January 10, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Reddit conservatives think this is worthy of death
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The ICE agent who shot Marimar Martinez in Chicago tried to goad her out of her car.
He said “do something b*tch” and shot her 5 times.
The ICE agent who shot Nicole Renee Good did the same thing. Stood right in front of her vehicle and yelled “f*cking bitch”.
They hate women & it shows.
He said “do something b*tch” and shot her 5 times.
The ICE agent who shot Nicole Renee Good did the same thing. Stood right in front of her vehicle and yelled “f*cking bitch”.
They hate women & it shows.
January 9, 2026 at 9:11 PM
The ICE agent who shot Marimar Martinez in Chicago tried to goad her out of her car.
He said “do something b*tch” and shot her 5 times.
The ICE agent who shot Nicole Renee Good did the same thing. Stood right in front of her vehicle and yelled “f*cking bitch”.
They hate women & it shows.
He said “do something b*tch” and shot her 5 times.
The ICE agent who shot Nicole Renee Good did the same thing. Stood right in front of her vehicle and yelled “f*cking bitch”.
They hate women & it shows.
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I do think a huge aspect of their rage is the knowledge that they are losing the war of ideas
Hey did you know that this year, amidst and because of all of this, Americans have a more positive view of immigrants than at any point in recorded history?
January 10, 2026 at 2:16 AM
I do think a huge aspect of their rage is the knowledge that they are losing the war of ideas
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Hey did you know that this year, amidst and because of all of this, Americans have a more positive view of immigrants than at any point in recorded history?
January 10, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Hey did you know that this year, amidst and because of all of this, Americans have a more positive view of immigrants than at any point in recorded history?
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Correct, and I would say this is down to a person. They’re snatching people at work, off manufacturing lines, off of rooftops, in kitchens, at daycares. It would be difficult to do this in a more alienating and unpopular way if you tried (which is probably the point).
Not an exaggeration at all to say that the feeling in Minneapolis is that the entire metro area is being treated as occupied territory by federal agents. Impossible to overstate how overwhelmingly people here do not like it. This does not feel sustainable.
January 10, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Correct, and I would say this is down to a person. They’re snatching people at work, off manufacturing lines, off of rooftops, in kitchens, at daycares. It would be difficult to do this in a more alienating and unpopular way if you tried (which is probably the point).
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This is being reported as if it's new information or a shift by Colorado Gov. Polis on clemency for Tina Peters. It's not.
Polis has long said he'll consider Peters' clemency case like any other but won't be pressured by Trump.
Gov's office confirms to me his view is unchanged.
Polis has long said he'll consider Peters' clemency case like any other but won't be pressured by Trump.
Gov's office confirms to me his view is unchanged.
January 9, 2026 at 11:22 PM
This is being reported as if it's new information or a shift by Colorado Gov. Polis on clemency for Tina Peters. It's not.
Polis has long said he'll consider Peters' clemency case like any other but won't be pressured by Trump.
Gov's office confirms to me his view is unchanged.
Polis has long said he'll consider Peters' clemency case like any other but won't be pressured by Trump.
Gov's office confirms to me his view is unchanged.
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WE ARE NOT AFRAID OF YOU is an extremely ominous sign for the regime
there’s a lot of not getting scared of crowd control shit in these clips
Minneapolis, after the murder of Renee Nicole Good.
January 10, 2026 at 2:09 AM
WE ARE NOT AFRAID OF YOU is an extremely ominous sign for the regime
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they gave them a shitload of money, but you can't from-nothing this shit, they're hollowed out and the flailing will only get worse.
that strikes me as "they will shoot more people" but also "there is only so much danger these wimps will put themselves into"
that strikes me as "they will shoot more people" but also "there is only so much danger these wimps will put themselves into"
January 10, 2026 at 2:10 AM
they gave them a shitload of money, but you can't from-nothing this shit, they're hollowed out and the flailing will only get worse.
that strikes me as "they will shoot more people" but also "there is only so much danger these wimps will put themselves into"
that strikes me as "they will shoot more people" but also "there is only so much danger these wimps will put themselves into"
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the thing that jumps out to me (I am not a crowd control knower so take it with all the salt in the world) but the feds are all freelancing. chasing guys around for throwing snowballs. half-assedly spraying protestors without rhyme or reason (and having people stay up).
they can't even form a line.
they can't even form a line.
January 10, 2026 at 2:07 AM
the thing that jumps out to me (I am not a crowd control knower so take it with all the salt in the world) but the feds are all freelancing. chasing guys around for throwing snowballs. half-assedly spraying protestors without rhyme or reason (and having people stay up).
they can't even form a line.
they can't even form a line.
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the body language from the feds is embarrassing. they know they’re cooked and the people standing up to them do not fear them.
this is going to get worse before it gets better but it is going to get better
this is going to get worse before it gets better but it is going to get better
January 10, 2026 at 1:53 AM
the body language from the feds is embarrassing. they know they’re cooked and the people standing up to them do not fear them.
this is going to get worse before it gets better but it is going to get better
this is going to get worse before it gets better but it is going to get better
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there’s a lot of not getting scared of crowd control shit in these clips
January 10, 2026 at 1:50 AM
there’s a lot of not getting scared of crowd control shit in these clips