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Feral Appalachian witch in Texas 🌞🌻🏳️‍🌈
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Hikes and crochet.
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Feral Appalachian witch and general menace with Crohn’s disease living on DMB, coffee, rage, Cleveland baseball and trashy books
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I’m still selling them for $10 a piece + $10 shipping. Dm me if’n you want one or a few!
How many pride flags can I make this weekend?
This is a violation of privacy and should fucking end right now
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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This right here is the beginnings of the result of what DOGE was really up to. Not *really* slashing stuff, but getting access to as many government citizen databases and joining them to be able to target people quickly and comprehensively across all their exposure to the federal government.
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Yeah listening to the Straight White American Jesus podcast can also help you identify what kinds of churches they are and who the people who attend them are
I looked into Cities Church, which was protested for having an ICE agent as a pastor.

You already thought they were right-wing. But they're far worse than you thought.

They're ground zero for the "empathy is a sin" idea, among others.

www.salon.com/2026/01/26/p...
The pro-ICE church is worse than you think
Cities Church in St. Paul is the persecutor, not the persecuted
www.salon.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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Thread of student walkouts protesting ICE, all around the country.
Schools all over the city, public and private, are walking out today.
Happening now: Hundreds of students from Urban School of San Francisco walk out in protest of ICE.
January 30, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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Noodling around the new Epstein releases; as before it’s interesting to see the concentric rings of academics (esp. Physicists, Philosophers, and Cog Sci types), from direct ongoing connection to JE, to grubbing for money/clout, to chattering-class brokerage via eg the Brockman/Matson hype channel.
January 31, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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Here’s Duke behavioral economist Dan Ariely asking Jeffrey Epstein for “the name and email of the redhead that was here with you.” This is four years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for procuring a child for prostitution.
Doo do doo
January 31, 2026 at 1:15 AM
I refuse to watch this on principle, I’m lot giving them my time or money to watch it or the clicks to view the movie.

But, maybe someday when I’m not so traumatized by this admin I can watch it like a MST3K style with some smart aleck friends and throw popcorn at the screen
January 31, 2026 at 1:55 AM
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So QAnon spent years spreading conspiracy theories that the government was run by a cabal of elite pedophiles and it turns out they supported the actual cabal of elite pedophiles to get into power and destroy democracy.
January 30, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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"As first lady, children will always remain my priority,” she coos, and you can almost picture her coaxing them into her little gingerbread house."

www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest
Dispiriting, deadly and unrevealing – there is a decent documentary to be made about the former model from Slovenia, but this one is unredeemable
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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If I were a blue state governor, I’d be looking into adding a bunch of tenure lines at my state schools.

I know that seems like “kick ‘em when they’re down,” but it’s more like “let academics who can escape to where they can do real work.”

Builds up your own schools AND protect US academic output.
January 30, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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The problem is that blue states are fully committed to “return on investment” analysis and are fully committed to undergrad business degrees and whatever the latest tech trend is. There is no theory of holistic education supported by democratic leadership.
If I were a blue state governor, I’d be looking into adding a bunch of tenure lines at my state schools.

I know that seems like “kick ‘em when they’re down,” but it’s more like “let academics who can escape to where they can do real work.”

Builds up your own schools AND protect US academic output.
The governor of Texas is rapidly turning world-class universities into minor regional ones. Example:
January 31, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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"The House funding bill provides funding for ICE for more training and body-worn cameras, which critics say amount to optics rather than meaningful reforms designed to prevent [ICE's] violence ... Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot by a law enforcement veteran who was recording the interaction."
As protests against Trump’s brutal crackdown on immigrants grow nationwide, Democrats in Congress are scrambling for a unified response to the violence brazenly displayed by ICE and Border Patrol.
Public Rage Against ICE Sends Democrats Scrambling for a Response
Two Democrats announced a bill to abolish ICE prisons as Congress votes to keep funding Trump’s anti-immigrant blitz.
buff.ly
January 23, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Why isn’t the head spy lady focused on this instead of (checks notes…) Georgia and yoga on the beach apparently?
The UAE has provided Russia with the identities of US intelligence officers - Washington Examiner reports, citing US officials
January 31, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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The UAE has provided Russia with the identities of US intelligence officers - Washington Examiner reports, citing US officials
January 30, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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When ICE takes videos of protestors & says "We have a nice little database. Now you're considered a domestic terrorist."

Minneapolis replies: "Hey asshole, you're going to need a bigger fucking database."
January 30, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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hell yeah
January 30, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.

But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
January 31, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.

📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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A+++ Appalachian protest sign:
January 30, 2026 at 4:06 PM
January 31, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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ICE will rough and terrorize more white people and Trump voters.

This won't go well for Republicans.

www.ms.now/news/ohio-ic...
ICE eyeing Ohio next, where it is expected to target Haitian immigrants
An estimated 12,000 to 15,000 Haitians live in Springfield, Ohio, a community that President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance targeted during the 2024 campaign, falsely accusing the community ...
www.ms.now
January 31, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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Rep. @aoc.bsky.social says Pam Bondi “should be facing impeachment, pointing to the top Justice Department official’s handling of the Epstein files, efforts to force Minnesota to hand over its voter data, and arrest of journalists including former CNN anchor Don Lemon.”
From Arresting Journalists to Epstein Cover-Up, AOC Says 'Bondi Should Be Up for Impeachment Too' | Common Dreams
Another House Democrat ripped President Donald Trump and his Justice Department for making clear that "they intend to withhold roughly 50% of the Epstein files, while claiming to have fully complied w...
www.commondreams.org
January 30, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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“The administration wants to try to criminalize journalistic behavior… Trump has cracked the code to hurt the media in this country.”

John Harwood & Jim Acosta break down their former CNN colleague Don Lemon’s arrest & Trump’s growing assault on the American free press.

🔗 zeteo.com/p/trump-don-...
January 30, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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👀 Every Senate Democrat + Collins and Murkowski just voted for the Bernie Sanders amendment to repeal the $75 billion in additional ICE funding under Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” The measure failed 49-51.
January 30, 2026 at 11:05 PM