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"If the main pillar of the system is living a lie, then it is not surprising that the fundamental threat to it is living the truth."
-- Václav Havel, "The Power of the Powerless"
-- Václav Havel, "The Power of the Powerless"
They call violating the Constitution "policy"
I’m demanding Sec. Noem provide an explanation for this abhorrent policy & that my Republican colleagues hold hearings & join me in demanding the Trump Admin answer for this lawlessness. 6
January 21, 2026 at 10:47 PM
They call violating the Constitution "policy"
To every Italian who caught my Berlusconi eye roll: I apologize.
January 21, 2026 at 9:47 PM
To every Italian who caught my Berlusconi eye roll: I apologize.
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How it started How it's going
January 21, 2026 at 9:07 PM
How it started How it's going
ATTEMPTED firing
Headline writers -- jeez....
Headline writers -- jeez....
January 21, 2026 at 7:07 PM
ATTEMPTED firing
Headline writers -- jeez....
Headline writers -- jeez....
At this point, her whole job is telling us we didn't see what we just saw.
January 21, 2026 at 6:43 PM
At this point, her whole job is telling us we didn't see what we just saw.
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It’s important to note that even though the importers jacked up prices on the American consumer, it’s the corporations that get these refunds. Not the consumers. So the rich, as always, will get richer while American consumers will have paid the price. END/
January 21, 2026 at 4:11 PM
It’s important to note that even though the importers jacked up prices on the American consumer, it’s the corporations that get these refunds. Not the consumers. So the rich, as always, will get richer while American consumers will have paid the price. END/
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January 20, 2026 at 10:56 PM
What, now the markets are getting all wobbly over having a disregulated, ignorant lunatic at the helm?
January 20, 2026 at 8:56 PM
What, now the markets are getting all wobbly over having a disregulated, ignorant lunatic at the helm?
Google's AI teaches spelling....
January 20, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Google's AI teaches spelling....
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This is an excellent explainer. 👀 quote: “In rough terms, the workforce of CBP officers and Border Patrol agents commit crimes at an equal or even greater rate PER CAPITA than the population of undocumented immigrants do in the United States.”
If you are appalled at the tactics of ICE and CBP, you should be! They in fact are *NOT* trained for the work they're doing in America's interior right now—and they're scared of interacting with US citizens. That's a recipe for the exact disaster we see: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-ho...
"ICE 101" — How Trump changed ICE and CBP into a fascist secret police
ICE and CBP are fatally flawed products of the post-9/11 War on Terror — now Trump has weaponized those very flaws to occupy America.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
January 20, 2026 at 7:27 PM
This is an excellent explainer. 👀 quote: “In rough terms, the workforce of CBP officers and Border Patrol agents commit crimes at an equal or even greater rate PER CAPITA than the population of undocumented immigrants do in the United States.”
Democrats are afraid their voters will scorn them.
Republicans are afraid their voters will kill them.
[h/t Margaret Atwood]
Republicans are afraid their voters will kill them.
[h/t Margaret Atwood]
January 20, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Democrats are afraid their voters will scorn them.
Republicans are afraid their voters will kill them.
[h/t Margaret Atwood]
Republicans are afraid their voters will kill them.
[h/t Margaret Atwood]
Think Google/Amazon/Facebook invented personalization?
Try "Romper Room" ca. 1954
[oh, and understand why algorithms kill your understanding of the world]
Two Mirrors of the World
open.substack.com/pub/thenewcu...
Try "Romper Room" ca. 1954
[oh, and understand why algorithms kill your understanding of the world]
Two Mirrors of the World
open.substack.com/pub/thenewcu...
Two Mirrors of the World
AI vs. Romper Room: Does the world belong to us, or do we belong to it?
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Think Google/Amazon/Facebook invented personalization?
Try "Romper Room" ca. 1954
[oh, and understand why algorithms kill your understanding of the world]
Two Mirrors of the World
open.substack.com/pub/thenewcu...
Try "Romper Room" ca. 1954
[oh, and understand why algorithms kill your understanding of the world]
Two Mirrors of the World
open.substack.com/pub/thenewcu...
Man threatens to use US military against a population the size of Hoboken b/c he didn't win a prize.
January 19, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Man threatens to use US military against a population the size of Hoboken b/c he didn't win a prize.
I believed that the GOP Reps in Congress who could stop Trump were just greedy, selfish or afraid. Except for the extremists, it seemed expedient.
It's clear now that greed, selfishness and fear have driven them down a dead end. The two options are stop him or quit and make the Dems stop him.
It's clear now that greed, selfishness and fear have driven them down a dead end. The two options are stop him or quit and make the Dems stop him.
January 19, 2026 at 5:37 PM
I believed that the GOP Reps in Congress who could stop Trump were just greedy, selfish or afraid. Except for the extremists, it seemed expedient.
It's clear now that greed, selfishness and fear have driven them down a dead end. The two options are stop him or quit and make the Dems stop him.
It's clear now that greed, selfishness and fear have driven them down a dead end. The two options are stop him or quit and make the Dems stop him.
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Men who defend Jonathan Ross for murdering Renee Good are not safe to be around. End those relationships.
January 19, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Men who defend Jonathan Ross for murdering Renee Good are not safe to be around. End those relationships.
Non-lawyer with no military or law enforcement experience wants to escalate.
Next: 25% Tariff on MN soybeans, pork, cheese, feed grains
Next: 25% Tariff on MN soybeans, pork, cheese, feed grains
January 19, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Non-lawyer with no military or law enforcement experience wants to escalate.
Next: 25% Tariff on MN soybeans, pork, cheese, feed grains
Next: 25% Tariff on MN soybeans, pork, cheese, feed grains
TFW you hope the economy is resilient enough to get over Trump's damage in less than 10 years.
Why aren't Trump's tariffs saving manufacturing?
"Trump put enormous tariffs on steel... That's a little bit like putting tariffs on flour and asking what do you think is going to happen to bakeries... Trump has put us at enormous disadvantage relative to foreign competitors."
"Trump put enormous tariffs on steel... That's a little bit like putting tariffs on flour and asking what do you think is going to happen to bakeries... Trump has put us at enormous disadvantage relative to foreign competitors."
January 19, 2026 at 2:19 PM
TFW you hope the economy is resilient enough to get over Trump's damage in less than 10 years.
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I think it's worth pointing out that part of why the twin cities has a large Hmong population is because of refugee resettlement after the Vietnam war.
They sided with the US.
They sided with the US.
ICE kidnapped an elderly Hmong man in St. Paul, Minnesota. The temperature was sub-zero, and he was taken only wearing shorts and Crocs, and no shirt. (1/18/26)
January 19, 2026 at 1:42 AM
I think it's worth pointing out that part of why the twin cities has a large Hmong population is because of refugee resettlement after the Vietnam war.
They sided with the US.
They sided with the US.
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
We feel your pain
Bleak Times in Copenhagen: Danes Feel Betrayed and Bewildered by Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...
Bleak Times in Copenhagen: Danes Feel Betrayed and Bewildered by Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...
Bleak Times in Copenhagen: Danes Feel Betrayed and Bewildered by Trump
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:46 PM
We feel your pain
Bleak Times in Copenhagen: Danes Feel Betrayed and Bewildered by Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...
Bleak Times in Copenhagen: Danes Feel Betrayed and Bewildered by Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...
The administration imitates Trump -- lying more intensely every time they're proven as liars.
They could have gone into "tragic accident" mode but instead slander Ms. Good, her wife, and the people of Minnesota.
It's not just dishonest; it's pathological.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
They could have gone into "tragic accident" mode but instead slander Ms. Good, her wife, and the people of Minnesota.
It's not just dishonest; it's pathological.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:05 PM
The administration imitates Trump -- lying more intensely every time they're proven as liars.
They could have gone into "tragic accident" mode but instead slander Ms. Good, her wife, and the people of Minnesota.
It's not just dishonest; it's pathological.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
They could have gone into "tragic accident" mode but instead slander Ms. Good, her wife, and the people of Minnesota.
It's not just dishonest; it's pathological.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
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Company: We have to raise our prices because the new AI features are expensive for us to maintain 🤷♂
Me: I never asked for those features 🤔
C: We gave them to you anyway 🤷♂
M: I'm not going to use them 🤨
C: Money, please 💸
Me: I never asked for those features 🤔
C: We gave them to you anyway 🤷♂
M: I'm not going to use them 🤨
C: Money, please 💸
January 16, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Company: We have to raise our prices because the new AI features are expensive for us to maintain 🤷♂
Me: I never asked for those features 🤔
C: We gave them to you anyway 🤷♂
M: I'm not going to use them 🤨
C: Money, please 💸
Me: I never asked for those features 🤔
C: We gave them to you anyway 🤷♂
M: I'm not going to use them 🤨
C: Money, please 💸
Wonderful. To a Martian, they all look exactly the same.
January 16, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Wonderful. To a Martian, they all look exactly the same.