logophagist
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idiot thoughts and true insights from the world's #2 shit poster
word nerd and tidbit-knower; failed academic
(politics/humanities/bad psychoanalysis/assorted nerdom)
i am a monument to all your grins
he/him
word nerd and tidbit-knower; failed academic
(politics/humanities/bad psychoanalysis/assorted nerdom)
i am a monument to all your grins
he/him
that must be why it’s so cold all of a sudden
Great job American Voters. Fucking Idiots.
So you didn't like Kamala's laugh.
Now you live in North Korea.
So you didn't like Kamala's laugh.
Now you live in North Korea.
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
that must be why it’s so cold all of a sudden
Nominative Determinism Gone Bad
they murdered Good, they murdered Pretti, and if you are on the streets of the hero twins and your surname is Kind, Loving, or Strong please be extra careful because apparently the writers are not being subtle with the symbolism this season.
January 24, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Nominative Determinism Gone Bad
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this is obviously good but I cannot get over the Democrats’ insistence on ICE being undertrained (ignoring the decades of combined DHS experience of both ICE murderers)
New: @cortezmasto.senate.gov is a no on the DHS funding bill.
January 24, 2026 at 9:37 PM
this is obviously good but I cannot get over the Democrats’ insistence on ICE being undertrained (ignoring the decades of combined DHS experience of both ICE murderers)
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I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
January 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
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It's important to point at congressional Democrats, but the Republican Party is obviously the force enabling all of this.
This. A handful of Americans have the power to stop this NOW, and they are refusing to.
His death is caused by one man and his Republican collaborators. Republicans in Congress could stop this today. Call your Senators today www.5calls.org #DefundICE
January 24, 2026 at 8:57 PM
It's important to point at congressional Democrats, but the Republican Party is obviously the force enabling all of this.
crazy-making
Approval of Anti-ICE Protests:
Approve: 47%
Disapprove: 44%
YouGov / Jan 19, 2026
(Pre-Second American Citizen Being Killed By Federal Officers In Minneapolis)
Approve: 47%
Disapprove: 44%
YouGov / Jan 19, 2026
(Pre-Second American Citizen Being Killed By Federal Officers In Minneapolis)
January 24, 2026 at 8:56 PM
crazy-making
Two weeks of coverage of Renee Good’s murder and 45% oppose abolishing ICE
Support for Abolishing ICE:
Support: 45%
Oppose: 45%
YouGov / Jan 19, 2026
(Pre-Second American Citizen Being Killed By Federal Officers In Minneapolis)
Support: 45%
Oppose: 45%
YouGov / Jan 19, 2026
(Pre-Second American Citizen Being Killed By Federal Officers In Minneapolis)
January 24, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Two weeks of coverage of Renee Good’s murder and 45% oppose abolishing ICE
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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.
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
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.
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.
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this is all downstream of the idea that some americans are more real than others. it’s a manifestation of the basic and fundamental logic of authoritarian populism. we will not heal ourselves until we understand that this kind of thinking - and this kind of rhetoric - is anathema to any free society
January 24, 2026 at 8:18 PM
this is all downstream of the idea that some americans are more real than others. it’s a manifestation of the basic and fundamental logic of authoritarian populism. we will not heal ourselves until we understand that this kind of thinking - and this kind of rhetoric - is anathema to any free society
we will flip 16 Republicans before we reorient the Democratic Party
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
January 24, 2026 at 8:14 PM
we will flip 16 Republicans before we reorient the Democratic Party
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Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
I can hardly believe my about face here, but I really, truly think it’ll be easier to flip <10 Republicans in the House than it will be to induce the entire Democratic Party to engage in meaningful counteraction
January 24, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I can hardly believe my about face here, but I really, truly think it’ll be easier to flip <10 Republicans in the House than it will be to induce the entire Democratic Party to engage in meaningful counteraction
doubly funny because 3M has been poisoning Minnesota for decades
at the moment this is very much beside the point, but on the list of arguments that won’t work, “Would you know how to buy a gas mask?” is a legitimately insane thing to say to a FOX audience
Bondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"
January 24, 2026 at 7:58 PM
doubly funny because 3M has been poisoning Minnesota for decades
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have said it before but I’ll say it again: believing in evil in our secular age is a radical proposition. that’s partially why it feels unbelievable to see what you’re seeing. ICE and its enablers are evil, and if you are on the side of the good you have a responsibility to stop them
January 24, 2026 at 7:17 PM
have said it before but I’ll say it again: believing in evil in our secular age is a radical proposition. that’s partially why it feels unbelievable to see what you’re seeing. ICE and its enablers are evil, and if you are on the side of the good you have a responsibility to stop them
stark evil should be the final rejoinder to nihilism, but perhaps I am projecting
have said it before but I’ll say it again: believing in evil in our secular age is a radical proposition. that’s partially why it feels unbelievable to see what you’re seeing. ICE and its enablers are evil, and if you are on the side of the good you have a responsibility to stop them
January 24, 2026 at 7:51 PM
stark evil should be the final rejoinder to nihilism, but perhaps I am projecting
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the lathe of heaven is there for the Khan of the plains to seize if he desires it
pritzker gets it man. first person I saw on TV say to not fucking trust dhs because they lie all the time. said trump functionally already has invoked the insurrection act.
he gets it
he gets it
January 24, 2026 at 7:38 PM
the lathe of heaven is there for the Khan of the plains to seize if he desires it
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The world we were promised as kids has been stolen
January 24, 2026 at 6:20 PM
The world we were promised as kids has been stolen
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We need to repeal even Clinton Era reforms championed by the right—stuff like the Telecommunications Act, Gramm-Leach-Blilely, and welfare reform.
Roll back every single victory the conservative movement has scored in the last 50 years. Every. Single. One.
Roll back every single victory the conservative movement has scored in the last 50 years. Every. Single. One.
January 24, 2026 at 7:11 PM
We need to repeal even Clinton Era reforms championed by the right—stuff like the Telecommunications Act, Gramm-Leach-Blilely, and welfare reform.
Roll back every single victory the conservative movement has scored in the last 50 years. Every. Single. One.
Roll back every single victory the conservative movement has scored in the last 50 years. Every. Single. One.
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For this, the state decided to execute him.
January 24, 2026 at 5:40 PM
For this, the state decided to execute him.
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“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
-Wilhoit's Law
-Wilhoit's Law
January 24, 2026 at 5:52 PM
“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
-Wilhoit's Law
-Wilhoit's Law
almost literally -the- average American
Alex Jeffrey Pretti
Alex Jeffrey Pretti
January 24, 2026 at 7:11 PM
almost literally -the- average American
Alex Jeffrey Pretti
Alex Jeffrey Pretti
The ICE agent calmly unholsters his gun and fires it at the victim. This was not a reaction. This was not self-defense. This was intentional, premeditated.
January 24, 2026 at 7:05 PM
The ICE agent calmly unholsters his gun and fires it at the victim. This was not a reaction. This was not self-defense. This was intentional, premeditated.