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remember, a college student who gets an F because she wrote "because Jesus says so" in an essay she didn't do any reading for is tyranny but a dean losing her new job because of her beliefs is freedom. what are you not getting about this.
The University of Arkansas's law school just withdrew the appointment of its new dean six days after hiring her because conservative politicians complained that she filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in support of transgender students
Culture warriors cancel new U of A law dean before she started - Arkansas Times
Culture warriors claim the scalp of Emily Suski, the would-be law school dean whose legal opinion on transgender athletes seems to have offended Arkansas officials.
arktimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
remember, a college student who gets an F because she wrote "because Jesus says so" in an essay she didn't do any reading for is tyranny but a dean losing her new job because of her beliefs is freedom. what are you not getting about this.
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This. This. This. 1000 times this.
Any Democratic votes to fund DHS later this month as Minneapolis is being terrorized by DHS is going to be a major slap in the face to Americans living here. Demand major reforms or shut the government down.
January 13, 2026 at 4:17 AM
This. This. This. 1000 times this.
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i hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you.
January 13, 2026 at 1:54 AM
i hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you.
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This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
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"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."
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This Twin Cities org is helping families who are too terrorized to leave their homes. if your community is so far untouched, you can help in this way.
www.tcfoodjustice.org
www.tcfoodjustice.org
TC Food Justice
We work to reduce food waste and hunger in the Twin Cities by being a link between those willing to help and those in need
www.tcfoodjustice.org
January 10, 2026 at 3:55 PM
This Twin Cities org is helping families who are too terrorized to leave their homes. if your community is so far untouched, you can help in this way.
www.tcfoodjustice.org
www.tcfoodjustice.org
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I don’t know how to explain to all of you outside the Twin Cities metro how bleak it is to live here right now - and yet somehow I am even more certain of the goodness of my community than I ever have been.
January 10, 2026 at 5:19 AM
I don’t know how to explain to all of you outside the Twin Cities metro how bleak it is to live here right now - and yet somehow I am even more certain of the goodness of my community than I ever have been.
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“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
Handing Out Free Tickets, Mamdani Says Theater Should Not Be ‘a Luxury’
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:22 AM
“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
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That was my takeaway too. She's clearly turning the wheel to her right.
I've slowed the video down here.
I've slowed the video down here.
January 9, 2026 at 7:35 PM
That was my takeaway too. She's clearly turning the wheel to her right.
I've slowed the video down here.
I've slowed the video down here.
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Texas Tech finishes with the same number of wins against a nonconference Power 4 team in the college football playoff as the entire SEC (0).
January 9, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Texas Tech finishes with the same number of wins against a nonconference Power 4 team in the college football playoff as the entire SEC (0).
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Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
January 7, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
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if they’re lying to you about things that you can literally see on video as being false...imagine what’s not being recorded that they’re also lying to you about
January 7, 2026 at 9:55 PM
if they’re lying to you about things that you can literally see on video as being false...imagine what’s not being recorded that they’re also lying to you about
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Contrast this statement with video of the incident: bsky.app/profile/dani...
January 7, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Contrast this statement with video of the incident: bsky.app/profile/dani...
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I think this is a helpful post, for understanding not only the Venezuela attack also, e.g., the national guard deployment in 2025 and its mysterious end (outside of DC).
Their stated policy aim of a broad, brutal mass deportation program is not fake. But the videos—the content—is more important.
Their stated policy aim of a broad, brutal mass deportation program is not fake. But the videos—the content—is more important.
Thinking again about how the administration sees its self as content creators first as it becomes clearer that we don't have a plan in Venezuela
January 5, 2026 at 5:06 PM
I think this is a helpful post, for understanding not only the Venezuela attack also, e.g., the national guard deployment in 2025 and its mysterious end (outside of DC).
Their stated policy aim of a broad, brutal mass deportation program is not fake. But the videos—the content—is more important.
Their stated policy aim of a broad, brutal mass deportation program is not fake. But the videos—the content—is more important.
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Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
January 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
Four legs good, two legs better
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Four legs good, two legs better
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The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
January 5, 2026 at 1:10 AM
The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
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Since Trump overthrew Maduro he hasn't shut the fuck up about bombing Mexico & Cuba and stealing Greenland. He feels emboldened. We need a wall of resistance and a backlash like he's never seen or he'll keep marauding looting and pillaging his way to the 4th reich.
January 5, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Since Trump overthrew Maduro he hasn't shut the fuck up about bombing Mexico & Cuba and stealing Greenland. He feels emboldened. We need a wall of resistance and a backlash like he's never seen or he'll keep marauding looting and pillaging his way to the 4th reich.
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In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
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When @sanders.senate.gov points out that this attack "recalls the darkest chapters of U.S. interventions in Latin America, which have left a terrible legacy," he is talking about a huge, central focus of American foreign policy that most Americans never learn about in school, to our detriment.
NEWS: Statement of Sen. Bernie Sanders on Venezuela » Senator Bernie Sanders
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Saturday condemned President Donald Trump’s unilateral military action against Venezuela as illegal and unconstitutional, warning that it violates i...
www.sanders.senate.gov
January 3, 2026 at 6:27 PM
When @sanders.senate.gov points out that this attack "recalls the darkest chapters of U.S. interventions in Latin America, which have left a terrible legacy," he is talking about a huge, central focus of American foreign policy that most Americans never learn about in school, to our detriment.
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From Trump's perspective, Venezuelans' rights, interests, and agency are absolutely irrelevant. We--the US--"need to be surrounded by safe countries" and we--the US--"also need the energy out of the ground." This is "when you're a star, they let you do it" but as foreign policy.
January 3, 2026 at 5:35 PM
From Trump's perspective, Venezuelans' rights, interests, and agency are absolutely irrelevant. We--the US--"need to be surrounded by safe countries" and we--the US--"also need the energy out of the ground." This is "when you're a star, they let you do it" but as foreign policy.
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Hopefully people won’t use the utter lawlessness or recklessness of this to blunder into suggesting Maduro or his government were good, or to disparage the people who have suffered under him.
January 3, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Hopefully people won’t use the utter lawlessness or recklessness of this to blunder into suggesting Maduro or his government were good, or to disparage the people who have suffered under him.
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We are going to run Venezuela. Or maybe just its oil companies. Or maybe we'll invade Cuba. Or Colombia. Or...
January 3, 2026 at 5:37 PM
We are going to run Venezuela. Or maybe just its oil companies. Or maybe we'll invade Cuba. Or Colombia. Or...