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I am who I am, and who I am is an illusion.
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I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
January 31, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
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it should be noted, Frederick Douglass was at the Seneca Falls Convention, and it was Douglass who argued forcefully and successfully for the convention to endorse votes for women.
January 28, 2026 at 3:54 AM
it should be noted, Frederick Douglass was at the Seneca Falls Convention, and it was Douglass who argued forcefully and successfully for the convention to endorse votes for women.
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JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
February 1, 2026 at 5:05 AM
JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
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BREAKING: Democrat Christian Menefee wins special election for Texas U.S. House seat, narrowing GOP's slim majority.
Democrat Christian Menefee wins election for US House, narrowing GOP's slim majority
Democrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election that will narrow Republicans’ already-slim majority.
bit.ly
February 1, 2026 at 4:06 AM
BREAKING: Democrat Christian Menefee wins special election for Texas U.S. House seat, narrowing GOP's slim majority.
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We're gonna need a lot of boring-ass moderates to put this shithole regime in the ground. And you'd all better be ready to vote for them (and, indeed, for just about anyone with a 'D' next to their name).
Some observations on Taylor Rehmet's upset campaign:
He didn't talk about "useless Democrats".
He didn't talk about ICE.
He relentlessly talked about affordability.
He's not even on Bluesky.
He didn't talk about "useless Democrats".
He didn't talk about ICE.
He relentlessly talked about affordability.
He's not even on Bluesky.
February 1, 2026 at 7:18 AM
We're gonna need a lot of boring-ass moderates to put this shithole regime in the ground. And you'd all better be ready to vote for them (and, indeed, for just about anyone with a 'D' next to their name).
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Remember: “They’re eating your pets.” ~ Donald Trump
Now, Springfield, Ohio is bracing for an ICE surge targeting an estimated 12K - to 15K Haitian immigrants.
Don’t expect much pushback from Governor DeWine.
Now, Springfield, Ohio is bracing for an ICE surge targeting an estimated 12K - to 15K Haitian immigrants.
Don’t expect much pushback from Governor DeWine.
January 31, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Remember: “They’re eating your pets.” ~ Donald Trump
Now, Springfield, Ohio is bracing for an ICE surge targeting an estimated 12K - to 15K Haitian immigrants.
Don’t expect much pushback from Governor DeWine.
Now, Springfield, Ohio is bracing for an ICE surge targeting an estimated 12K - to 15K Haitian immigrants.
Don’t expect much pushback from Governor DeWine.
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He will...
...if you show up to vote.
So...
SHOW UP TO VOTE, AMERICA!!
...if you show up to vote.
So...
SHOW UP TO VOTE, AMERICA!!
Stephanie Ruhle Says Trump ‘Faces a Reckoning in the Midterms’ Mediaite
www.mediaite.com
Stephanie Ruhle Says Trump ‘Faces a Reckoning in the Midterms’
twp.ai
January 31, 2026 at 8:22 AM
He will...
...if you show up to vote.
So...
SHOW UP TO VOTE, AMERICA!!
...if you show up to vote.
So...
SHOW UP TO VOTE, AMERICA!!
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Posters: PUNISH ICE.
Schumer: Okay, I've split DHS funding off from the Budget, so the economy won't shut down as we have two focused weeks of negotiation to demand real change of DHS from Trump.
Posters: ... (spinning pizza wheel)
...
...
BUT YOU DIDN'T PUNISH ICE!!!
Schumer:
Schumer: Okay, I've split DHS funding off from the Budget, so the economy won't shut down as we have two focused weeks of negotiation to demand real change of DHS from Trump.
Posters: ... (spinning pizza wheel)
...
...
BUT YOU DIDN'T PUNISH ICE!!!
Schumer:
a man in a suit and tie is saying `` here we go '' while looking at something .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying `` here we go '' while looking at something .
media.tenor.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Posters: PUNISH ICE.
Schumer: Okay, I've split DHS funding off from the Budget, so the economy won't shut down as we have two focused weeks of negotiation to demand real change of DHS from Trump.
Posters: ... (spinning pizza wheel)
...
...
BUT YOU DIDN'T PUNISH ICE!!!
Schumer:
Schumer: Okay, I've split DHS funding off from the Budget, so the economy won't shut down as we have two focused weeks of negotiation to demand real change of DHS from Trump.
Posters: ... (spinning pizza wheel)
...
...
BUT YOU DIDN'T PUNISH ICE!!!
Schumer:
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Thank you @democrats.senate.gov for voting unanimously for Senator Sanders’ Amendment to strip ICE of BBB funding. Can you please demand the Sanders Amendment as a condition to fund DHS now that you’ve successfully separated it from the larger spending package?
January 31, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Thank you @democrats.senate.gov for voting unanimously for Senator Sanders’ Amendment to strip ICE of BBB funding. Can you please demand the Sanders Amendment as a condition to fund DHS now that you’ve successfully separated it from the larger spending package?
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A point I've not bothered trying to have a conversation with them about is how they think it impacts people's lifetime support for the Democratic Party if they blame them for making their kids go hungry and how that might affect the trajectory of the USA and the world.
![Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social - 31m
Using the term "caved" to describe the fact that Democrats didn't want
families and children to starve because of what the Republicans were
doing during the shutdown is a horrible way to describe what happened.
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if, at this point, your red line is still "we cannot do anything that may
cause disruption to food benefits" then GOP-style fascism has already
won
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there's a whole buffet of scandals to pick from. mass deportations,
ICE/CBP misconduct, illegal foreign wars, belligerence toward allies,
DOJ election interference, ignoring court orders and laws, massive open
corruption...
if none are serious enough to risk interrupting SNAP, what is?
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You should ask those 42 million Americans getting SNAP benefits what
they prefer?
I'm assuming that they do not want to starve since I've not seen a
trustworthy poll of how the Democrats’ cutting off their food stamps
would impact how they feel about the Democratic Party.
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January 31, 2026 at 12:40 AM
A point I've not bothered trying to have a conversation with them about is how they think it impacts people's lifetime support for the Democratic Party if they blame them for making their kids go hungry and how that might affect the trajectory of the USA and the world.
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For those who believe that a Democratic majority in Congress will be somehow inconsequential, look at what is happening right now without those majorities.
Now picture that same movement backed by hearings, investigations, and legislation.
Organize. Donate. Register. Vote.
Now picture that same movement backed by hearings, investigations, and legislation.
Organize. Donate. Register. Vote.
January 28, 2026 at 2:53 AM
For those who believe that a Democratic majority in Congress will be somehow inconsequential, look at what is happening right now without those majorities.
Now picture that same movement backed by hearings, investigations, and legislation.
Organize. Donate. Register. Vote.
Now picture that same movement backed by hearings, investigations, and legislation.
Organize. Donate. Register. Vote.
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It doesn’t matter that Don Lemon hired a superstar attorney or that the case against him is meritless.
There are too many journalists with far less money and far fewer resources than Lemon who will be more cautious going forward. That was the intent, and that’s the main problem.
There are too many journalists with far less money and far fewer resources than Lemon who will be more cautious going forward. That was the intent, and that’s the main problem.
January 30, 2026 at 9:15 PM
It doesn’t matter that Don Lemon hired a superstar attorney or that the case against him is meritless.
There are too many journalists with far less money and far fewer resources than Lemon who will be more cautious going forward. That was the intent, and that’s the main problem.
There are too many journalists with far less money and far fewer resources than Lemon who will be more cautious going forward. That was the intent, and that’s the main problem.
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We could've prevented Trump through voting, and people like you will endlessly find excuses for maintaining what is ultimately a selfish and immature sense of moral purity
January 30, 2026 at 5:34 PM
We could've prevented Trump through voting, and people like you will endlessly find excuses for maintaining what is ultimately a selfish and immature sense of moral purity
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There’s a special place in the beyond for the women who create Mother figures whom young queer people can cling to as life rafts. Catherine O’Hara has such a huge legacy, and we’re all lucky to have shared the world with her.
January 30, 2026 at 7:54 PM
There’s a special place in the beyond for the women who create Mother figures whom young queer people can cling to as life rafts. Catherine O’Hara has such a huge legacy, and we’re all lucky to have shared the world with her.
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I don't know whether it is the #1 Catherine O'Hara accomplishment but the fact that she invented a manner of speaking that no other person in human history has ever attempted for Schitts Creek and made it seem realistic that her character would talk that way felt like a comedy miracle to me
January 30, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I don't know whether it is the #1 Catherine O'Hara accomplishment but the fact that she invented a manner of speaking that no other person in human history has ever attempted for Schitts Creek and made it seem realistic that her character would talk that way felt like a comedy miracle to me
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fundamentally Zohran is making a bet that voters will respond well to being treated like adults and I think it’s a good one
The City’s Budget is our future. And you deserve to know how it works.
January 30, 2026 at 8:17 PM
fundamentally Zohran is making a bet that voters will respond well to being treated like adults and I think it’s a good one
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The DOJ just took down pages with detailed descriptions of Trump engaged in child rape and other pedophilia. We don't know if they have been corroborated, but we already know this DOJ will deny everything on behalf of their client.
January 30, 2026 at 7:35 PM
The DOJ just took down pages with detailed descriptions of Trump engaged in child rape and other pedophilia. We don't know if they have been corroborated, but we already know this DOJ will deny everything on behalf of their client.
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Abraham Lincoln said watching “Melania” was the worst experience he’s ever had in a theatre.
January 28, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Abraham Lincoln said watching “Melania” was the worst experience he’s ever had in a theatre.
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ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
January 29, 2026 at 4:45 PM
ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
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politicians aren't "owed" anything. they are public servants. "but i'd be sad if i retired" who CARES.
if you're out here doing the business of political agitation--you too have responsibilities. "but i'd be SAD if i was held accountable for the results of my choices--" tough tuna.
if you're out here doing the business of political agitation--you too have responsibilities. "but i'd be SAD if i was held accountable for the results of my choices--" tough tuna.
January 29, 2026 at 5:10 PM
politicians aren't "owed" anything. they are public servants. "but i'd be sad if i retired" who CARES.
if you're out here doing the business of political agitation--you too have responsibilities. "but i'd be SAD if i was held accountable for the results of my choices--" tough tuna.
if you're out here doing the business of political agitation--you too have responsibilities. "but i'd be SAD if i was held accountable for the results of my choices--" tough tuna.
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my increasingly curmudgeonly take is that we all, in fact, have responsibilities. politics isn't an arena for self-actualization. it's an arena for public service. this is as true of voters as it is of politicians.
Ps: a common refrain that you'll hear is that "you're saying the Dems can't be at fault, it's the voters, as if the voters owe something to politicians and not the other way around!"
Yes, actually, that's how the social contract of democracy works. Voters yet the government they work for. Or don't.
Yes, actually, that's how the social contract of democracy works. Voters yet the government they work for. Or don't.
January 29, 2026 at 5:10 PM
my increasingly curmudgeonly take is that we all, in fact, have responsibilities. politics isn't an arena for self-actualization. it's an arena for public service. this is as true of voters as it is of politicians.
No one…plots like Brian!
Takes cheap shots like Brian!
Loves to persecute harmless Jewish dads like Brian!
Takes cheap shots like Brian!
Loves to persecute harmless Jewish dads like Brian!
January 29, 2026 at 7:06 PM
No one…plots like Brian!
Takes cheap shots like Brian!
Loves to persecute harmless Jewish dads like Brian!
Takes cheap shots like Brian!
Loves to persecute harmless Jewish dads like Brian!
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The massive government funding package just failed badly in the Senate, 45-55.
Needed 60.
Zero Democrats voted for it.
SEVEN Republicans opposed it:
Budd
Johnson
Lee
Paul
Moody
Rick Scott
Tuberville
(John Thune switched his vote to no for procedural reasons.)
Needed 60.
Zero Democrats voted for it.
SEVEN Republicans opposed it:
Budd
Johnson
Lee
Paul
Moody
Rick Scott
Tuberville
(John Thune switched his vote to no for procedural reasons.)
January 29, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The massive government funding package just failed badly in the Senate, 45-55.
Needed 60.
Zero Democrats voted for it.
SEVEN Republicans opposed it:
Budd
Johnson
Lee
Paul
Moody
Rick Scott
Tuberville
(John Thune switched his vote to no for procedural reasons.)
Needed 60.
Zero Democrats voted for it.
SEVEN Republicans opposed it:
Budd
Johnson
Lee
Paul
Moody
Rick Scott
Tuberville
(John Thune switched his vote to no for procedural reasons.)
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NEW: Special elections in the razor-thin Democratic majority-Houses in Maine and Pennsylvania. Billions of dollars in funding for school. A congressional primary.
There are plenty of important elections right around corner, in FEBRUARY.
So i put together my monthly guide of elections to watch:
There are plenty of important elections right around corner, in FEBRUARY.
So i put together my monthly guide of elections to watch:
The 20 Elections to Watch This February - Bolts
Democrats hold the narrowest of majorities in Maine and Pennsylvania’s state Houses. They now need to defend vacant seats to retain their edge in each through the end of the... Read More
boltsmag.org
January 29, 2026 at 3:43 PM
NEW: Special elections in the razor-thin Democratic majority-Houses in Maine and Pennsylvania. Billions of dollars in funding for school. A congressional primary.
There are plenty of important elections right around corner, in FEBRUARY.
So i put together my monthly guide of elections to watch:
There are plenty of important elections right around corner, in FEBRUARY.
So i put together my monthly guide of elections to watch: