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It’s really difficult & disorienting but the feds hit LA extremely hard today. There were kidnappings all over & reported cluster raids in Chinatown, East LA, Ktown. This list shows to 1130 AM but they haven’t stopped all day
Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have
Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have
January 28, 2026 at 11:00 PM
It’s really difficult & disorienting but the feds hit LA extremely hard today. There were kidnappings all over & reported cluster raids in Chinatown, East LA, Ktown. This list shows to 1130 AM but they haven’t stopped all day
Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have
Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have
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If you don’t want to be identified while enforcing the law pick another fucking job
Tillis says he opposes ICE being barred from wearing masks: "I've seen people dox me. I've seen people take pictures and identify law enforcement officers and then put their families at risk. So, I think that's a step too far."
January 28, 2026 at 10:36 PM
If you don’t want to be identified while enforcing the law pick another fucking job
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If you need any more evidence that the whole "Abundance" agenda is just more center-right fascist enabling bullshit, Derek Thompson (Ezra Klein's co-author) just signed on to be a contributor to Bari Weiss' far right CBS.
January 28, 2026 at 4:03 PM
If you need any more evidence that the whole "Abundance" agenda is just more center-right fascist enabling bullshit, Derek Thompson (Ezra Klein's co-author) just signed on to be a contributor to Bari Weiss' far right CBS.
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I feel like each city contributed to the model and took learnings from previous invasions. Portland created social awareness & set a peaceful tone with the inflatable costumes. Chicago added the whistles, observers, and tailing cars. The Twin Cities added mass organizing & resilience.
January 27, 2026 at 8:33 PM
I feel like each city contributed to the model and took learnings from previous invasions. Portland created social awareness & set a peaceful tone with the inflatable costumes. Chicago added the whistles, observers, and tailing cars. The Twin Cities added mass organizing & resilience.
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before you take any of the "Trump is pivoting/lamenting/lowering the temperature after the Pretti murder" stories too seriously, absolutely nothing has changed in Minneapolis: "an absolutely brutal day of raids and abductions" says one friend
January 27, 2026 at 9:25 PM
before you take any of the "Trump is pivoting/lamenting/lowering the temperature after the Pretti murder" stories too seriously, absolutely nothing has changed in Minneapolis: "an absolutely brutal day of raids and abductions" says one friend
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ok the full clip is way better than the little one going around. her whole team try to get her to bail on the event and she's like no, I came to speak. incredible example.
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
January 28, 2026 at 2:13 AM
ok the full clip is way better than the little one going around. her whole team try to get her to bail on the event and she's like no, I came to speak. incredible example.
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The only Rupert who’s opinion matters
January 27, 2026 at 9:16 PM
The only Rupert who’s opinion matters
This is a pretty big deal. Combined with opera singer Renee Fleming canceling her shows, this sets the standard for all classical musicians.
Hope the Kennedy center can be revived post-trump.
Hope the Kennedy center can be revived post-trump.
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
January 27, 2026 at 5:01 PM
This is a pretty big deal. Combined with opera singer Renee Fleming canceling her shows, this sets the standard for all classical musicians.
Hope the Kennedy center can be revived post-trump.
Hope the Kennedy center can be revived post-trump.
This thread is an important insight.
Fundamentally, voters are inconsistent. Yes, they can be very racist. They can also be moved to fight racism.
The job of leaders is to lead, not just check the weathervane.
The Right has understood this for two generations.
Fundamentally, voters are inconsistent. Yes, they can be very racist. They can also be moved to fight racism.
The job of leaders is to lead, not just check the weathervane.
The Right has understood this for two generations.
The basic fallacy in chasing votes by being "tough on immigration" is that the modal American's position on the issue is "Deport the Bad ones and keep the Good ones," and they alone know who is which, and that simply does not translate into workable policy. So this kind of gestapo stuff (1/2)
January 27, 2026 at 4:36 PM
This thread is an important insight.
Fundamentally, voters are inconsistent. Yes, they can be very racist. They can also be moved to fight racism.
The job of leaders is to lead, not just check the weathervane.
The Right has understood this for two generations.
Fundamentally, voters are inconsistent. Yes, they can be very racist. They can also be moved to fight racism.
The job of leaders is to lead, not just check the weathervane.
The Right has understood this for two generations.
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This is always a tell. Left-wing media consumers always know *much more* about right wing media, rw talking points, than anyone closer to the center.
This is always a tell. Left-wing media consumers always know *much more* about right wing media, rw talking points, than anyone closer to the center.
I love when people (who claim to be) on the left are like, "I get out of my bubble and listen to right-wing podcasts; that makes me better than the rest of you who are brainwashed by your echo chamber!" as though my job for years wasn't consuming almost exclusively right-wing content.
January 27, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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This is always a tell. Left-wing media consumers always know *much more* about right wing media, rw talking points, than anyone closer to the center.
This is always a tell. Left-wing media consumers always know *much more* about right wing media, rw talking points, than anyone closer to the center.
„Der Angriff Millers ist nicht erfolgt.“
January 27, 2026 at 7:02 AM
„Der Angriff Millers ist nicht erfolgt.“
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Bovino is a miniboss. Miller is the real arch villain.
January 27, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Bovino is a miniboss. Miller is the real arch villain.
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 27, 2026 at 3:03 AM
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Okay I think I've mapped out ICE politics as of Monday night
January 27, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Okay I think I've mapped out ICE politics as of Monday night
Ok this is actually fire. Succinct!
(I enjoyed the books well enough when they were coming out, but would have agreed with this then, too)
(I enjoyed the books well enough when they were coming out, but would have agreed with this then, too)
January 26, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Ok this is actually fire. Succinct!
(I enjoyed the books well enough when they were coming out, but would have agreed with this then, too)
(I enjoyed the books well enough when they were coming out, but would have agreed with this then, too)
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When I showed this panel to the extremely mainstream audience for the Berryman Award ceremony, there were audible gasps from the side of the room with the Washington Post table.
July 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
When I showed this panel to the extremely mainstream audience for the Berryman Award ceremony, there were audible gasps from the side of the room with the Washington Post table.
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This hit so fucking hard today.
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
This hit so fucking hard today.
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The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.”
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
January 26, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The officer who shot Alex worked for DHS for 8 years. The officer who shot Renee worked for DHS for over 10 years. Both are considered “highly trained.”
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
The problem isn’t "training." DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity. We must MELT ICE and dismantle DHS.
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Happy Birthday, Angela Davis!
January 26, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Happy Birthday, Angela Davis!
"He was no angel--- oh wait. He was, actually, an angel."
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understandable frustration with respectability politics but worth acknowledging that this kind of political situation is what it was for
The execution of Alex Pretti is playing so badly because you can look at his actions and life story - his last act was helping, boy scout, athlete, health care worker to veterans - and compare those to the men who killed him and know which you would want to be your son, brother, father, uncle.
January 26, 2026 at 6:17 PM
"He was no angel--- oh wait. He was, actually, an angel."
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Rahm is only savvy if you are paid six figures to write six (6) op eds a year about cancel culture and still think Bill Clinton is the height of political genius
Rahm Emanuel's “combination of policy talk, moral reflection and candid critiques of recent Democratic fixations is distinctive, and there’s impressive political savvy in what he foregrounds and how he frames it,” argues Frank Bruni.
Opinion | Will Rahm Emanuel Run for President in 2028?
A Democratic insider with an outside chance at the White House
nyti.ms
January 26, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Rahm is only savvy if you are paid six figures to write six (6) op eds a year about cancel culture and still think Bill Clinton is the height of political genius
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Amazon Web Services hosts massive surveillance systems for both ICE and DHS.
Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies.
AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS.
Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.
Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies.
AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS.
Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.
January 26, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Amazon Web Services hosts massive surveillance systems for both ICE and DHS.
Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies.
AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS.
Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.
Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies.
AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS.
Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.
Looks like I’m canceled, folks. 🫤
there are precisely five kinds of posts on bluesky – i'm so smart, i'm so dumb, i'm so mad, i'm so horny, and look at my cute pet – and 4 of them should be banned
January 26, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Looks like I’m canceled, folks. 🫤