Roman Fiddler
@empiresend.bsky.social
USArmy 'Vietnam-era' veteran, RN, Veterans for Peace member, book junkie, iFixit aficionado, RedHat since 1997, Fedora since 2003, antiX since 2020, poet.
Together we search for answers,
Together we find none.
Yet our failure solidifies our bond.
We know we only have each other,
Together we continue to search.
To paraphrase Beckett:
We can't go on, we must go on.
Stopping is not an option.
Together we find none.
Yet our failure solidifies our bond.
We know we only have each other,
Together we continue to search.
To paraphrase Beckett:
We can't go on, we must go on.
Stopping is not an option.
January 18, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Together we search for answers,
Together we find none.
Yet our failure solidifies our bond.
We know we only have each other,
Together we continue to search.
To paraphrase Beckett:
We can't go on, we must go on.
Stopping is not an option.
Together we find none.
Yet our failure solidifies our bond.
We know we only have each other,
Together we continue to search.
To paraphrase Beckett:
We can't go on, we must go on.
Stopping is not an option.
If this is not a war, then what the fuck is it?
"Doctors found glass shards and plastic fragments in his skull and a fragment of metal lodged just shy of his carotid artery."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
"Doctors found glass shards and plastic fragments in his skull and a fragment of metal lodged just shy of his carotid artery."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US federal forces blind two protesters shot in face with ‘less-lethal’ munitions
Kaden Rummler and Britain Rodriguez tell KTLA and LA Times of being shot at close range during California protest
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:40 AM
If this is not a war, then what the fuck is it?
"Doctors found glass shards and plastic fragments in his skull and a fragment of metal lodged just shy of his carotid artery."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
"Doctors found glass shards and plastic fragments in his skull and a fragment of metal lodged just shy of his carotid artery."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Yes, it's time to protect the "Homeland" and shut down DHS. If Congress cannot get up the courage to do it, then rename it "Fatherland Security" since this is where it is all headed: Amerika uber alles.
No. We don’t need to “modify ICE training.” We need to close DHS. Dismantle it. It’s an outdated expensive bureaucracy that’s been usurped by violent white supremacists. Shut it down.
January 18, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Yes, it's time to protect the "Homeland" and shut down DHS. If Congress cannot get up the courage to do it, then rename it "Fatherland Security" since this is where it is all headed: Amerika uber alles.
Paper Tiger?
asiatimes.com/2026/01/us-p...
asiatimes.com/2026/01/us-p...
US paralysis on Iran crisis owes to Navy capacity gaps - Asia Times
The ongoing Iranian protests and the Islamic Republic’s brutal repression have led to widespread massacres nationwide, with far-reaching regional and
asiatimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Paper Tiger?
asiatimes.com/2026/01/us-p...
asiatimes.com/2026/01/us-p...
The signal is buried in the noise.
If you are putting your faith in Hakeem, it's over.
If you are putting your faith in Hakeem, it's over.
January 17, 2026 at 4:46 AM
The signal is buried in the noise.
If you are putting your faith in Hakeem, it's over.
If you are putting your faith in Hakeem, it's over.
Finally. A nonviolent tactic that can work.
Support it!
Stop everything. Buy nothing. Call out. Fuck the Machine.
Call it now, call it every week.
Call it until they run. And they will because bullies always run.
For Edward Abbey monkeywrench the Machine!
Support it!
Stop everything. Buy nothing. Call out. Fuck the Machine.
Call it now, call it every week.
Call it until they run. And they will because bullies always run.
For Edward Abbey monkeywrench the Machine!
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 17, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Finally. A nonviolent tactic that can work.
Support it!
Stop everything. Buy nothing. Call out. Fuck the Machine.
Call it now, call it every week.
Call it until they run. And they will because bullies always run.
For Edward Abbey monkeywrench the Machine!
Support it!
Stop everything. Buy nothing. Call out. Fuck the Machine.
Call it now, call it every week.
Call it until they run. And they will because bullies always run.
For Edward Abbey monkeywrench the Machine!
Je suis Minneapolis. Je suis Renee Good. Je suis all of you.
We are all together in this madness.
“For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind : it hath no stalk ; the bud shall yield no meal ; if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.” Hosea 8:7
We are all together in this madness.
“For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind : it hath no stalk ; the bud shall yield no meal ; if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.” Hosea 8:7
January 17, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Je suis Minneapolis. Je suis Renee Good. Je suis all of you.
We are all together in this madness.
“For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind : it hath no stalk ; the bud shall yield no meal ; if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.” Hosea 8:7
We are all together in this madness.
“For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind : it hath no stalk ; the bud shall yield no meal ; if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.” Hosea 8:7
Yes, the next stage, as evidenced by the subpoenas for MN politicians. We are now at the stage of: when they came for them, I wasn't one of them, so I did nothing. The Rise and Fall of the 3rd Reich tracks the Rise and Fall of the American Empire. See the need for a Ratline? Qatar -> Argentina
The next stage is arresting opposition party members.
January 17, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Yes, the next stage, as evidenced by the subpoenas for MN politicians. We are now at the stage of: when they came for them, I wasn't one of them, so I did nothing. The Rise and Fall of the 3rd Reich tracks the Rise and Fall of the American Empire. See the need for a Ratline? Qatar -> Argentina
Research - Wendy Lawrence (Glass Empires on Substack) documents that ICE has been preparing for the last year for war. The weapons, ammunition, and technology ICE has procured have nothing to do with immigration, but everything to do with military suppression of a population. Test Case Minneapolis
January 17, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Research - Wendy Lawrence (Glass Empires on Substack) documents that ICE has been preparing for the last year for war. The weapons, ammunition, and technology ICE has procured have nothing to do with immigration, but everything to do with military suppression of a population. Test Case Minneapolis
Venezuelan oil money, controlled by Trump, going to banks in Qatar.
Lubrication for the Ratline.
Lubrication for the Ratline.
January 16, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Venezuelan oil money, controlled by Trump, going to banks in Qatar.
Lubrication for the Ratline.
Lubrication for the Ratline.
And why do we have no trust in C-BS (Trump's $36M toy) News?
Is C-BS vying now with Fox News in some Sky dance
with the Devil? Yes, internal bleeding. Isn't that what happened at C-BS?
Is C-BS vying now with Fox News in some Sky dance
with the Devil? Yes, internal bleeding. Isn't that what happened at C-BS?
It rocks that everyone at CBS News is blabbing www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
CBS News report on ICE officer’s injuries drew ‘huge internal concern’
Anonymously sourced report that Jonathan Ross ‘suffered internal bleeding’ after killing Renee Good faced skepticism inside CBS newsroom
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:40 AM
And why do we have no trust in C-BS (Trump's $36M toy) News?
Is C-BS vying now with Fox News in some Sky dance
with the Devil? Yes, internal bleeding. Isn't that what happened at C-BS?
Is C-BS vying now with Fox News in some Sky dance
with the Devil? Yes, internal bleeding. Isn't that what happened at C-BS?
This doesn't help. We've been fucked by:
Johnson
Nixon
Ford
Carter
Reagan
HW Bush
Clinton
GW Bush
Obama
Trump
Biden
Trump
To try to make a silk purse
from a pig's ear won't work.
We have been fucked since day one by following the myth.
Try something new. Change or be done.
Johnson
Nixon
Ford
Carter
Reagan
HW Bush
Clinton
GW Bush
Obama
Trump
Biden
Trump
To try to make a silk purse
from a pig's ear won't work.
We have been fucked since day one by following the myth.
Try something new. Change or be done.
January 15, 2026 at 5:03 AM
This doesn't help. We've been fucked by:
Johnson
Nixon
Ford
Carter
Reagan
HW Bush
Clinton
GW Bush
Obama
Trump
Biden
Trump
To try to make a silk purse
from a pig's ear won't work.
We have been fucked since day one by following the myth.
Try something new. Change or be done.
Johnson
Nixon
Ford
Carter
Reagan
HW Bush
Clinton
GW Bush
Obama
Trump
Biden
Trump
To try to make a silk purse
from a pig's ear won't work.
We have been fucked since day one by following the myth.
Try something new. Change or be done.
Will Europe allow the annexation of Greenland in a 21st century re-enactment of the 1938 Munich Agreement? Appeasement then, allowing the thugs to intimidate and steal, led to the 9/1/1939 invasion of Poland and the start of WWII.
How close are we to WWWIII? Stay tuned.
How close are we to WWWIII? Stay tuned.
January 14, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Will Europe allow the annexation of Greenland in a 21st century re-enactment of the 1938 Munich Agreement? Appeasement then, allowing the thugs to intimidate and steal, led to the 9/1/1939 invasion of Poland and the start of WWII.
How close are we to WWWIII? Stay tuned.
How close are we to WWWIII? Stay tuned.
There's a weird kind of smugness in how white, male misogynists talk about women, letting them know their place - in the home, cooking dinner, spreading their legs when told, and then to just shut the fuck up.
Yes, we understand the dimwitted Fox News anchors. We've got
Pete, Jeanine, and fuck all.
Yes, we understand the dimwitted Fox News anchors. We've got
Pete, Jeanine, and fuck all.
Quiet, piggy
Fox News' Will Cain: “There's a weird kind of smugness... in the way that some of these liberal white women interact with authority”
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 AM
There's a weird kind of smugness in how white, male misogynists talk about women, letting them know their place - in the home, cooking dinner, spreading their legs when told, and then to just shut the fuck up.
Yes, we understand the dimwitted Fox News anchors. We've got
Pete, Jeanine, and fuck all.
Yes, we understand the dimwitted Fox News anchors. We've got
Pete, Jeanine, and fuck all.
Chuck, Hakeem: you've been dismal failures so far. Redemption is possible, go to your jobs, write laws to shutdown ICE and scratch back all of the ICE funding, and impeach the DHS Secretary. Should be a piece of cake for you.
January 14, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Chuck, Hakeem: you've been dismal failures so far. Redemption is possible, go to your jobs, write laws to shutdown ICE and scratch back all of the ICE funding, and impeach the DHS Secretary. Should be a piece of cake for you.
Green card (no pun) to those fans!
Nearly 17,000 fans have already canceled their World Cup tickets, and the number is climbing, as international soccer supporters openly call for a boycott of games hosted in the United States.
January 14, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Green card (no pun) to those fans!
See Philippe Sands "The Ratline",
then digest US credit of billions
to Argentina, then check DHS promotion
of the Secretary riding horseback in Argentina,
then apply pattern recognition to many more facts,
then ask where are all the Icy Dollars going.
If no one asks, no one cares, icing on the cake.
then digest US credit of billions
to Argentina, then check DHS promotion
of the Secretary riding horseback in Argentina,
then apply pattern recognition to many more facts,
then ask where are all the Icy Dollars going.
If no one asks, no one cares, icing on the cake.
January 14, 2026 at 4:18 AM
See Philippe Sands "The Ratline",
then digest US credit of billions
to Argentina, then check DHS promotion
of the Secretary riding horseback in Argentina,
then apply pattern recognition to many more facts,
then ask where are all the Icy Dollars going.
If no one asks, no one cares, icing on the cake.
then digest US credit of billions
to Argentina, then check DHS promotion
of the Secretary riding horseback in Argentina,
then apply pattern recognition to many more facts,
then ask where are all the Icy Dollars going.
If no one asks, no one cares, icing on the cake.
The State of Hypocracy 101:
Trump to Iranian protesters: Keep protesting, help is on the way, I've got yer back.
Trump to USA protesters: you're antiFa, antisemitic, lock 'em up, you're communists, terrorists, anticapitalists.
And here we are as the President flips the bird to US workers. HeeHa!
Trump to Iranian protesters: Keep protesting, help is on the way, I've got yer back.
Trump to USA protesters: you're antiFa, antisemitic, lock 'em up, you're communists, terrorists, anticapitalists.
And here we are as the President flips the bird to US workers. HeeHa!
January 14, 2026 at 3:42 AM
The State of Hypocracy 101:
Trump to Iranian protesters: Keep protesting, help is on the way, I've got yer back.
Trump to USA protesters: you're antiFa, antisemitic, lock 'em up, you're communists, terrorists, anticapitalists.
And here we are as the President flips the bird to US workers. HeeHa!
Trump to Iranian protesters: Keep protesting, help is on the way, I've got yer back.
Trump to USA protesters: you're antiFa, antisemitic, lock 'em up, you're communists, terrorists, anticapitalists.
And here we are as the President flips the bird to US workers. HeeHa!
IVF is not a health care problem. This guy is tone deaf to what's happening in Maine: we are in a health care desert, unable to access primary care in places. IVF is for the elites that can fly to Norway, not for those with cardiac, cognitive problems, elderly issues. Was gonna vote for him, not now
Citing 'Astronomical' Cost in US, Graham Platner and Wife Head to Norway for Affordable IVF Treatment www.commondreams.org/news/graham-...
Citing 'Astronomical' Cost in US, Graham Platner and Wife Head to Norway for Affordable IVF Treatment | Common Dreams
"Not to get political, but it's a real indication of how flawed our healthcare system is," says the candidate for US Senate in Maine who supports Medicare for All.
www.commondreams.org
January 12, 2026 at 5:03 AM
IVF is not a health care problem. This guy is tone deaf to what's happening in Maine: we are in a health care desert, unable to access primary care in places. IVF is for the elites that can fly to Norway, not for those with cardiac, cognitive problems, elderly issues. Was gonna vote for him, not now
Freedom! Freedom! Where will we find Freedom!
Not with the DNC, not with Chuck, not with Hakeem.
Right now there is no opposition to the Republican Gestapo. None. Nada. Zero.
Maybe ignore the DNC. Support the candidates they, and their money, don't want. Fuck the money. Vote people.
Not with the DNC, not with Chuck, not with Hakeem.
Right now there is no opposition to the Republican Gestapo. None. Nada. Zero.
Maybe ignore the DNC. Support the candidates they, and their money, don't want. Fuck the money. Vote people.
January 12, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Freedom! Freedom! Where will we find Freedom!
Not with the DNC, not with Chuck, not with Hakeem.
Right now there is no opposition to the Republican Gestapo. None. Nada. Zero.
Maybe ignore the DNC. Support the candidates they, and their money, don't want. Fuck the money. Vote people.
Not with the DNC, not with Chuck, not with Hakeem.
Right now there is no opposition to the Republican Gestapo. None. Nada. Zero.
Maybe ignore the DNC. Support the candidates they, and their money, don't want. Fuck the money. Vote people.
Did you really think these two were leaders?
Democrats have no leaders, and actively try to dissuade anyone from trying to lead is what they are doing.
Chuck and Hakeem have to go. If they are here when elections happen (if elections happen), then we are fucked. And the DNC knows & does nothing/
Democrats have no leaders, and actively try to dissuade anyone from trying to lead is what they are doing.
Chuck and Hakeem have to go. If they are here when elections happen (if elections happen), then we are fucked. And the DNC knows & does nothing/
It’s clear that Schumer and Jeffries are compromised. They were hiding behind our assumption that they are cowards, and they are, but that doesn’t account for all of it. Fully compromised traitors.
January 12, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Did you really think these two were leaders?
Democrats have no leaders, and actively try to dissuade anyone from trying to lead is what they are doing.
Chuck and Hakeem have to go. If they are here when elections happen (if elections happen), then we are fucked. And the DNC knows & does nothing/
Democrats have no leaders, and actively try to dissuade anyone from trying to lead is what they are doing.
Chuck and Hakeem have to go. If they are here when elections happen (if elections happen), then we are fucked. And the DNC knows & does nothing/
We need a whole lot of Victor Laszlos, and we ain't got any.
Rick (to Laszlo): "We all try. You succeed."
Rick (to Laszlo): "We all try. You succeed."
ICE goon (as he assaults protester): "Have you all not learned anything in the last few days?"
Have we not?
Scene is a repeat of Germany, late 1920s - early 1930s. Even the goons shirts are the same color.
Have we not a clue as to what's coming?
It's here.
Have we not?
Scene is a repeat of Germany, late 1920s - early 1930s. Even the goons shirts are the same color.
Have we not a clue as to what's coming?
It's here.
January 10, 2026 at 4:18 PM
We need a whole lot of Victor Laszlos, and we ain't got any.
Rick (to Laszlo): "We all try. You succeed."
Rick (to Laszlo): "We all try. You succeed."
ICE goon (as he assaults protester): "Have you all not learned anything in the last few days?"
Have we not?
Scene is a repeat of Germany, late 1920s - early 1930s. Even the goons shirts are the same color.
Have we not a clue as to what's coming?
It's here.
Have we not?
Scene is a repeat of Germany, late 1920s - early 1930s. Even the goons shirts are the same color.
Have we not a clue as to what's coming?
It's here.
January 10, 2026 at 4:06 PM
ICE goon (as he assaults protester): "Have you all not learned anything in the last few days?"
Have we not?
Scene is a repeat of Germany, late 1920s - early 1930s. Even the goons shirts are the same color.
Have we not a clue as to what's coming?
It's here.
Have we not?
Scene is a repeat of Germany, late 1920s - early 1930s. Even the goons shirts are the same color.
Have we not a clue as to what's coming?
It's here.
Q: will there be an election in November 2026?
A: probably not.
Q: why?
A: fill this blank _______, and there will be no opposition from the opposition party.
Status quo, everybody keeps their seat, perks, healthcare, pension, wait 'til 2028. Let's go for a drink.
Cheers.
A: probably not.
Q: why?
A: fill this blank _______, and there will be no opposition from the opposition party.
Status quo, everybody keeps their seat, perks, healthcare, pension, wait 'til 2028. Let's go for a drink.
Cheers.
You cannot tell voters that this regime is an existential threat one day and aid and abet it every other day. Either you're lying or you are complicit, neither of which makes you fit for office.
7 Democrats just voted today to confirm a Trump judicial nominee who refused to say what happened on January 6 or answer who won the 2020 election:
Durbin
Hassan
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Shaheen
Welch
Durbin
Hassan
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Shaheen
Welch
January 10, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Q: will there be an election in November 2026?
A: probably not.
Q: why?
A: fill this blank _______, and there will be no opposition from the opposition party.
Status quo, everybody keeps their seat, perks, healthcare, pension, wait 'til 2028. Let's go for a drink.
Cheers.
A: probably not.
Q: why?
A: fill this blank _______, and there will be no opposition from the opposition party.
Status quo, everybody keeps their seat, perks, healthcare, pension, wait 'til 2028. Let's go for a drink.
Cheers.