Don Linn
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Books, politics, and things that make me laugh, Never give in.
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“But are there not many Fascists in your country?”
”There are many who do not know they are Fascists, but will find it out when the time comes.”
—Ernest Hemingway, “For Whom the Bell Tolls”
”There are many who do not know they are Fascists, but will find it out when the time comes.”
—Ernest Hemingway, “For Whom the Bell Tolls”
January 25, 2026 at 6:35 AM
“But are there not many Fascists in your country?”
”There are many who do not know they are Fascists, but will find it out when the time comes.”
—Ernest Hemingway, “For Whom the Bell Tolls”
”There are many who do not know they are Fascists, but will find it out when the time comes.”
—Ernest Hemingway, “For Whom the Bell Tolls”
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what did Kyle Rittenhouse bring you smug fuck?
KARL: He was an ICU use who worked for the VA and there's no evidence he brandished the gun whatsoever
BESSENT: But he brought a gun
KARL: I mean, we do have a Second Amendment
BESSENT: I've been to a protest -- guess what? I didn't bring a gun. I brought a billboard
BESSENT: But he brought a gun
KARL: I mean, we do have a Second Amendment
BESSENT: I've been to a protest -- guess what? I didn't bring a gun. I brought a billboard
January 25, 2026 at 6:42 PM
what did Kyle Rittenhouse bring you smug fuck?
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From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.
January 25, 2026 at 1:53 PM
From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.
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The US government is at war against its citizens.
AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
January 24, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The US government is at war against its citizens.
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If you can, hire a local teenager to shovel for you. They have young hearts and clear arteries. Shoveling heavy snow in the bitter cold probably won’t hurt them, but it can hurt us folks over 40.
Repeating: NOW is a good time to shovel if you've switched from snow to sleet. 1-3" of sleet (which is many times heavier than snow) on top of this snow will make it MUCH harder to clear later.
January 25, 2026 at 2:18 PM
If you can, hire a local teenager to shovel for you. They have young hearts and clear arteries. Shoveling heavy snow in the bitter cold probably won’t hurt them, but it can hurt us folks over 40.
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Bookmark that Vice President and future presidential candidate JD Vance retweeted a post that said Alex Pretti was “an assassin who tried to murder federal agents.”
January 25, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Bookmark that Vice President and future presidential candidate JD Vance retweeted a post that said Alex Pretti was “an assassin who tried to murder federal agents.”
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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'm really sick of the "we have to be realistic" people who think that being realistic is bargaining with Kristi Noem and Donald Trump about how many people they get to shoot.
They've already said their answer is anyone they want, unconstrained by the law.
They've already said their answer is anyone they want, unconstrained by the law.
January 25, 2026 at 2:10 PM
I'm really sick of the "we have to be realistic" people who think that being realistic is bargaining with Kristi Noem and Donald Trump about how many people they get to shoot.
They've already said their answer is anyone they want, unconstrained by the law.
They've already said their answer is anyone they want, unconstrained by the law.
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Working people standing shoulder to shoulder can save this country. Proud to come together with Colorado unions outside Palantir yesterday to call out the billionaires profiting off surveillance, kidnapping, and detention.
January 25, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Working people standing shoulder to shoulder can save this country. Proud to come together with Colorado unions outside Palantir yesterday to call out the billionaires profiting off surveillance, kidnapping, and detention.
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Any member of Congress, any leader of a local Indivisible, represents more of the Democratic base than Rahm Emmanuel. If you're presenting him as representing his failed mayoralty and a few big donors, you're just trying to drown out actual Democrats.
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Any member of Congress, any leader of a local Indivisible, represents more of the Democratic base than Rahm Emmanuel. If you're presenting him as representing his failed mayoralty and a few big donors, you're just trying to drown out actual Democrats.
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The smear machine and how it works: Alex Pretti being shot and killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, the Trump administration, backed by right-wing influencers, launched a smear campaign against the victim, labeling him a “terrorist” and a “lunatic.” Pretti, 37, was
The Instant Smear Campaign Against Border Patrol Shooting Victim Alex Pretti
Within minutes of the shooting, the Trump administration and right-wing influencers began disparaged the man shot by a federal immigration officer on Saturday in Minneapolis.
www.wired.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:44 PM
The smear machine and how it works: Alex Pretti being shot and killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, the Trump administration, backed by right-wing influencers, launched a smear campaign against the victim, labeling him a “terrorist” and a “lunatic.” Pretti, 37, was
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“He was too dumb to live” is certainly a stance
Bovino: "Was he there for a reason? Did he fall victim to that violent and heated rhetoric by Mayor Frey and Gov. Walz?"
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM
“He was too dumb to live” is certainly a stance
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Despicable that Bovino keeps referring to Alex Pretti as "the suspect."
He was the VICTIM.
He was the VICTIM.
January 25, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Despicable that Bovino keeps referring to Alex Pretti as "the suspect."
He was the VICTIM.
He was the VICTIM.
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To have this extremely unusual order in hand day-of is astonishing.
BREAKING: Judge Tostrud -- a Trump appointee — has quickly granted a restraining order, barring the administration from "destroying or altering evidence" taken from today's shooting. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 5:29 AM
To have this extremely unusual order in hand day-of is astonishing.
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THEY CAN'T KILL US ALL
Protesters attempting to block an armored vehicle from advancing earlier today in Minneapolis
January 25, 2026 at 7:12 AM
THEY CAN'T KILL US ALL
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There is no “immigration crisis,” there is only a fascism crisis.
Minneapolis shooting deepens US immigration crisis as federal accounts are challenged
Minneapolis shooting deepens US immigration crisis as federal accounts are challenged
Video evidence, political rhetoric and competing narratives collide after the death of Alex Pretti
www.irishtimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:02 AM
There is no “immigration crisis,” there is only a fascism crisis.
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NEW: Minnesota BCA was denied access to the crime scene. They got a WARRANT and DHS STILL BLOCKED THEM. So DHS doesn’t need a warrant to enter your house, but an actual warrant to enter the crime scene is denied?
January 25, 2026 at 1:01 AM
NEW: Minnesota BCA was denied access to the crime scene. They got a WARRANT and DHS STILL BLOCKED THEM. So DHS doesn’t need a warrant to enter your house, but an actual warrant to enter the crime scene is denied?
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As America tries to serve Ukraine to Putin on the platter.
Difficult to track the attrocities but the world, as they should, will remember this shame foever.
Difficult to track the attrocities but the world, as they should, will remember this shame foever.
Moscow is deliberately targeting energy infrastructure to trigger a humanitarian disaster in Kyiv and other major cities, aiming to freeze civilians into submission and force Kyiv to surrender.
January 25, 2026 at 10:55 AM
As America tries to serve Ukraine to Putin on the platter.
Difficult to track the attrocities but the world, as they should, will remember this shame foever.
Difficult to track the attrocities but the world, as they should, will remember this shame foever.
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A lesson Americans really need to learn
January 25, 2026 at 10:20 AM
A lesson Americans really need to learn
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He’s lied in court under oath multiple times. Just the perjury charges alone would do the job.
I think it is important that Greg Bovino, personally, is prosecuted for what he has done and continues to do in service of all of this
Bovino shamelessly lies: "This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement"
January 25, 2026 at 7:10 AM
He’s lied in court under oath multiple times. Just the perjury charges alone would do the job.
Just to be clear, when I (and I think most people) say ICE, I am using it as shorthand for ICE, CBP, and all other so-called "law enforcement" agencies withing the Department of Homeland Security.
And when I say "Abolish Ice", I'm including all of those.
Thank you for your attention to this matter
And when I say "Abolish Ice", I'm including all of those.
Thank you for your attention to this matter
January 25, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Just to be clear, when I (and I think most people) say ICE, I am using it as shorthand for ICE, CBP, and all other so-called "law enforcement" agencies withing the Department of Homeland Security.
And when I say "Abolish Ice", I'm including all of those.
Thank you for your attention to this matter
And when I say "Abolish Ice", I'm including all of those.
Thank you for your attention to this matter
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After the Boston Slave Riot in 1854, a group of Harvard faculty formed a vigilance committee, to walk the streets of Cambridge, MA and chase off slave hunters. Being academics, they of course appointed a club secretary, who noted that they planned to "brandish clubs or crude bludgeons." -OS
January 25, 2026 at 7:11 AM
After the Boston Slave Riot in 1854, a group of Harvard faculty formed a vigilance committee, to walk the streets of Cambridge, MA and chase off slave hunters. Being academics, they of course appointed a club secretary, who noted that they planned to "brandish clubs or crude bludgeons." -OS
Watching video of Noem lying about the Pretti murder. She is as an accessary after the fact and, I would argue, part of a criminal conspiracy leading to this homicide.
DOJ won't investigate her, but the Congress should immediately introduce Articles of impeachment against her, indict, and convict.
DOJ won't investigate her, but the Congress should immediately introduce Articles of impeachment against her, indict, and convict.
January 25, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Watching video of Noem lying about the Pretti murder. She is as an accessary after the fact and, I would argue, part of a criminal conspiracy leading to this homicide.
DOJ won't investigate her, but the Congress should immediately introduce Articles of impeachment against her, indict, and convict.
DOJ won't investigate her, but the Congress should immediately introduce Articles of impeachment against her, indict, and convict.
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