Owen Meany - Vive la résistance
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-John Irving
-John Irving
But who put the “law enforcement” in that position?
Q: "Do you believe that deadly force was necessary?"
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
January 12, 2026 at 1:30 PM
But who put the “law enforcement” in that position?
People fighting for democracy while we squander ours.
Today on Rustaveli Avenue — on the 410th consecutive day of protests in Georgia.
For the second day in a row, protesters also gathered outside the Iranian embassy in Tbilisi, standing in solidarity with the Iranian people. #FreeIran
📷 Levan Zazadze
For the second day in a row, protesters also gathered outside the Iranian embassy in Tbilisi, standing in solidarity with the Iranian people. #FreeIran
📷 Levan Zazadze
January 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
People fighting for democracy while we squander ours.
I still don’t know why we keep bailing Republicans out. If they are so intent on hanging themselves, we should hand them the rope
Over 20 million people are paying more for health care right now because Republicans let ACA subsidies expire. Democrats forced a vote to stop the damage — and most Republicans still said no. This matters.
January 12, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I still don’t know why we keep bailing Republicans out. If they are so intent on hanging themselves, we should hand them the rope
Grand Jury is not going to buy it.
I think it’s more likely than not that we see the end of Fed independence and NATO this year.
January 12, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Grand Jury is not going to buy it.
BTW, it our constitutional right to argue with the president.
Because he’s lying and so are you
Dis 👇🏼
bish!
bish!
January 12, 2026 at 1:40 AM
BTW, it our constitutional right to argue with the president.
She’s dumber than a box of rocks
Kristi Noem: “We can't trust our government anymore.”
Dana Bash: “You are the government.”
Kristi Noem: “Yes, that’s what I’m saying.”
Dana Bash: “You are the government.”
Kristi Noem: “Yes, that’s what I’m saying.”
January 12, 2026 at 1:38 AM
She’s dumber than a box of rocks
Every. Damn. Time.
January 12, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Every. Damn. Time.
Trump and his “DOJ” are going to be skating on thin ice when this gets before a grand jury/Judge. Even the SCOTUS won’t want to hear about this level of nonsense.
Jerome Powell responds to Trump’s criminal investigation of him.
January 12, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Trump and his “DOJ” are going to be skating on thin ice when this gets before a grand jury/Judge. Even the SCOTUS won’t want to hear about this level of nonsense.
Shorter Watters: “I’m surprised you haven’t killed all the libs yet”.
WATTERS: You guys are showing so much restraint
BOVINO: That professionalism is on display every day
BOVINO: That professionalism is on display every day
January 10, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Shorter Watters: “I’m surprised you haven’t killed all the libs yet”.
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What’s the over/under on whether voters will remember it was the democrats who got them these subsidies back come the mid-terms?
January 8, 2026 at 11:56 PM
What’s the over/under on whether voters will remember it was the democrats who got them these subsidies back come the mid-terms?
These people have become a huge problem.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/08/billionaire-tax-california
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/08/billionaire-tax-california
Tech titans divided over whether to pay billionaire tax or flee California
State residents worth more than $1bn could face one-off, 5% tax to help fund education, food assistance and healthcare
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:33 PM
These people have become a huge problem.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/08/billionaire-tax-california
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/08/billionaire-tax-california
It’s not clear to me why state and local police are not monitoring all ICE activity. I mean it’s their taxpayer funded job to protect and serve people in their jurisdiction.
January 8, 2026 at 6:39 AM
It’s not clear to me why state and local police are not monitoring all ICE activity. I mean it’s their taxpayer funded job to protect and serve people in their jurisdiction.
You seem confident there will actually be elections in 2028.
Am I correct that there’s no federal statute of limitations for murder so this could be prosecuted federally if we elect a Dem president in 2028?
January 8, 2026 at 6:36 AM
You seem confident there will actually be elections in 2028.
I think we are overrating the probability that there will be elections in 2026 OR 2028
i think we might be underrating a bit how much of an uncanny-valley problem Vance in particular is going to have by 2028
JD Vance: "America has a bit of a Somali problem"
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 AM
I think we are overrating the probability that there will be elections in 2026 OR 2028
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A country that blows up foreign fishing boats for no reason is one that will shoot its own citizens for no reason.
January 8, 2026 at 6:29 AM
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ICE is now the definition of a terrorist group. When you look up Terrorist Group in the dictionary, the picture is no longer Bin Ladin, It’s a picture of ICE.
Morrison: "The president & Noem are asking us to not believe what we're all seeing with our own eyes. It's incredibly irregular for the secretary to come out making pronouncements before victim had even been identified. We didn't even have her name & she was already calling her a domestic terrorist"
January 8, 2026 at 6:28 AM
ICE is now the definition of a terrorist group. When you look up Terrorist Group in the dictionary, the picture is no longer Bin Ladin, It’s a picture of ICE.
Totally insane.
This is insane. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Totally insane.
I mean, it’s not the first time he’s been on the side of muderers. Yet nobody does anything about it.
This was murder. Trump is defending a murder, a murder committed on his behalf.
America is not being made safe. It is becoming more dangerous each and every day because Donald Trump is a criminal who commands and encourages others to commit crimes on his behalf—as he has done for years.
America is not being made safe. It is becoming more dangerous each and every day because Donald Trump is a criminal who commands and encourages others to commit crimes on his behalf—as he has done for years.
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
January 8, 2026 at 1:22 AM
I mean, it’s not the first time he’s been on the side of muderers. Yet nobody does anything about it.
Again. Who will be investigating??
Leader Schumer: I saw the video. It just turns your stomach. We need a quick and full investigation to get to the bottom of this. When you have these ICE agents all over our cities without any cooperation with local law enforcement and communities, horrible tragedies, killings occur.
January 7, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Again. Who will be investigating??
All these calls for calm are useful in normal times, but who is doing the investigating? Patel’s FBI?? For Christ sake, there is no functional federal justice system any more. These bastards can do anything.
GOV. WALZ TO TRUMP: “Have you no decency? ENOUGH.”
He urges Minnesotans to let the investigation play out and not give Trump an excuse to invoke martial law.
He urges Minnesotans to let the investigation play out and not give Trump an excuse to invoke martial law.
January 7, 2026 at 9:49 PM
All these calls for calm are useful in normal times, but who is doing the investigating? Patel’s FBI?? For Christ sake, there is no functional federal justice system any more. These bastards can do anything.
They are fucking lucky that more civilians were not hurt from the run away car. There is just so much wrong in how this interaction was executed. Fucking animals.
January 7, 2026 at 9:30 PM
They are fucking lucky that more civilians were not hurt from the run away car. There is just so much wrong in how this interaction was executed. Fucking animals.
This should end well.
January 7, 2026 at 2:21 PM
This should end well.