John Payant
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Abolish the Electoral College
Abolish the Death Penalty
Abolish ICE
Abolish the Death Penalty
Abolish ICE
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Abolishing ICE is not enough, says Illinois Congressmember Delia Ramirez. "The entire agency of DHS needs to be dismantled."
Abolish ICE: Rep. Delia Ramirez Calls for Defunding DHS & Defends Rep. Ilhan Omar After Attack
We speak with Congressmember Delia Ramirez following an attack on her colleague, Congressmember Ilhan Omar, who was sprayed with an unknown foul-smelling liquid while speaking at a town hall event in ...
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February 1, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Abolishing ICE is not enough, says Illinois Congressmember Delia Ramirez. "The entire agency of DHS needs to be dismantled."
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I can’t even find the words to describe how disgusting these new documents are—by the way, just half of what federal law requires the Justice Department to release.
At best, our president is covering for his perverted rich billionaire friends who sexually abuse children. At worst, he’s one of them.
At best, our president is covering for his perverted rich billionaire friends who sexually abuse children. At worst, he’s one of them.
January 31, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I can’t even find the words to describe how disgusting these new documents are—by the way, just half of what federal law requires the Justice Department to release.
At best, our president is covering for his perverted rich billionaire friends who sexually abuse children. At worst, he’s one of them.
At best, our president is covering for his perverted rich billionaire friends who sexually abuse children. At worst, he’s one of them.
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I'm helping destroy the constitution? Wait, let me put on a cowboy hat to sway perception
January 31, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I'm helping destroy the constitution? Wait, let me put on a cowboy hat to sway perception
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"Grady Demond Wilson, Beloved ‘Lamont’ on 'Sanford and Son,' Dead at 79 | News | BET"
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Grady Demond Wilson, Beloved ‘Lamont’ on 'Sanford and Son,' Dead at 79
Wilson starred alongside Redd Foxx on the NBC sitcom from 1972 to 1977.
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January 31, 2026 at 3:25 PM
"Grady Demond Wilson, Beloved ‘Lamont’ on 'Sanford and Son,' Dead at 79 | News | BET"
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One Shitpost After Another
There Will Be Shitposts
White Men Can't Shitpost
January 31, 2026 at 5:34 PM
One Shitpost After Another
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Springfield officials renamed the gymnasium at Roger L. Putnam Vocational-Technical Academy in honor of State Rep. Bud L. Williams during a ceremony on Friday.
Springfield dedicates gym to honor Rep. Bud L. Williams
Springfield officials renamed the gymnasium at Roger L. Putnam Vocational-Technical Academy in honor of State Rep. Bud L. Williams during a ceremony on Friday.
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January 31, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Springfield officials renamed the gymnasium at Roger L. Putnam Vocational-Technical Academy in honor of State Rep. Bud L. Williams during a ceremony on Friday.
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For The Ringer, I wrote about how amazing it was that the brilliant Catherine O'Hara finally became a superstar in her 60s, and how sad it is that she was taken from us just when we had all finally begun to appreciate her:
Catherine O’Hara Could Do Anything
And she pretty much did everything. The only tragedy is that it feels like she was just beginning to get the recognition her decades-long career always deserved.
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January 31, 2026 at 1:33 AM
For The Ringer, I wrote about how amazing it was that the brilliant Catherine O'Hara finally became a superstar in her 60s, and how sad it is that she was taken from us just when we had all finally begun to appreciate her:
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Catherine O’Hara didn’t steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her
January 30, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Catherine O’Hara didn’t steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her
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Harming Black people is not as controversial as harming white people to the public. History backs it up and that's what that orange dump trunk is banking on
January 30, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Harming Black people is not as controversial as harming white people to the public. History backs it up and that's what that orange dump trunk is banking on
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I don't know whether it is the #1 Catherine O'Hara accomplishment but the fact that she invented a manner of speaking that no other person in human history has ever attempted for Schitts Creek and made it seem realistic that her character would talk that way felt like a comedy miracle to me
January 30, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I don't know whether it is the #1 Catherine O'Hara accomplishment but the fact that she invented a manner of speaking that no other person in human history has ever attempted for Schitts Creek and made it seem realistic that her character would talk that way felt like a comedy miracle to me
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Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it
The City’s Budget is our future. And you deserve to know how it works.
January 30, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it
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Catherine O'Hara spent decades best known to comedy fanatics, Canadians and "Home Alone" fans who couldn't remember her actual name, but she spent the past decade utterly worshipped in the collective and mainstream consciousness as she deserved to be. She was fully appreciated. And that's good. #RIP
January 30, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Catherine O'Hara spent decades best known to comedy fanatics, Canadians and "Home Alone" fans who couldn't remember her actual name, but she spent the past decade utterly worshipped in the collective and mainstream consciousness as she deserved to be. She was fully appreciated. And that's good. #RIP
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Schitt's Creek, for all of its incredible humor, was, ultimately just a really good show about the good in people.
January 30, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Schitt's Creek, for all of its incredible humor, was, ultimately just a really good show about the good in people.
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This is fascism.
Trump is baselessly arresting Black journalists for exercising their First Amendment right.
All while pedophiles & murderous ICE agents walk free.
These people must be freed NOW & the DOJ must stop attacking our Constitutional rights. www.npr.org/2026/01/30/n...
Trump is baselessly arresting Black journalists for exercising their First Amendment right.
All while pedophiles & murderous ICE agents walk free.
These people must be freed NOW & the DOJ must stop attacking our Constitutional rights. www.npr.org/2026/01/30/n...
Feds arrest 4, including Don Lemon and Minnesota journalist over church protest
Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy awards, his attorney, Abbe Lowell, said in a statement posted on social media.
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January 30, 2026 at 6:22 PM
This is fascism.
Trump is baselessly arresting Black journalists for exercising their First Amendment right.
All while pedophiles & murderous ICE agents walk free.
These people must be freed NOW & the DOJ must stop attacking our Constitutional rights. www.npr.org/2026/01/30/n...
Trump is baselessly arresting Black journalists for exercising their First Amendment right.
All while pedophiles & murderous ICE agents walk free.
These people must be freed NOW & the DOJ must stop attacking our Constitutional rights. www.npr.org/2026/01/30/n...
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Catherine O'Hara, the actor who starred as Kate McCallister in “Home Alone,” has died at 71, TMZ reports
Catherine O'Hara Dead at 71
Catherine O'Hara -- famous for her work in "Schitt's Creek," "Home Alone," and "Best In Show" -- is dead ... TMZ has learned.
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January 30, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Catherine O'Hara, the actor who starred as Kate McCallister in “Home Alone,” has died at 71, TMZ reports
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Wait hold up, the burrito taxi lady hangs out with someone named "Sharon Miele?" Nominative determinism stays winning
the new NYT piece on our national burrito taxi addiction offers a fascinating glimpse of the mentality that fuels a certain someone's hideous empire of endless scamming
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January 30, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Wait hold up, the burrito taxi lady hangs out with someone named "Sharon Miele?" Nominative determinism stays winning
The A. I. slop is really working overtime for him.
Trump on Mpls: "Do these people really want to have rapists and drug dealers and people from prisons and murderers, do they really want to have them in the community? It's really insurrectionists and agitators and they're paid ... everybody has a beautiful sign with brand new wood. Leather panels."
January 30, 2026 at 9:26 PM
The A. I. slop is really working overtime for him.
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Do not underestimate how much this context adds to these arrests for Minnesotans.
We lost one of our treasured leaders last year because she was tragically murdered and the tactics are being repeated. bsky.app/profile/atru...
We lost one of our treasured leaders last year because she was tragically murdered and the tactics are being repeated. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
This is from Georgia Fort’s video.
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
January 30, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Do not underestimate how much this context adds to these arrests for Minnesotans.
We lost one of our treasured leaders last year because she was tragically murdered and the tactics are being repeated. bsky.app/profile/atru...
We lost one of our treasured leaders last year because she was tragically murdered and the tactics are being repeated. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Donald Trump allegedly forced a child — a 13-14 year old girl to perform oral sex on him, and then he hit her for biting him.
This is rape.
This is rape.
January 30, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Donald Trump allegedly forced a child — a 13-14 year old girl to perform oral sex on him, and then he hit her for biting him.
This is rape.
This is rape.
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Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
This is from Georgia Fort’s video.
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
January 30, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
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New to the SABR Games Project: Bill Nowlin remembers the only time in AL or NL history that a player has had a three-homer game on their birthday.
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January 30, 2026 at 12:03 PM
New to the SABR Games Project: Bill Nowlin remembers the only time in AL or NL history that a player has had a three-homer game on their birthday.
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To be clear, this is a CRIME and everyone involved in this (and the dozens, if not hundreds/thousands, of other illegal "deportations") needs to be prosecuted and punished to the maximum extent of the law, which they have broken.
5-Year-Old Girl Deported to Honduras Despite Being U.S. Citizen
5-Year-Old Girl Deported to Honduras Despite Being U.S. Citizen
A 5-year-old girl and U.S. citizen was deported to Honduras with her mother earlier this month. Génesis Ester Gutiérrez Castellanos lived in Austin, Texas, with her mom and family, where she was in ki...
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January 30, 2026 at 4:34 PM
To be clear, this is a CRIME and everyone involved in this (and the dozens, if not hundreds/thousands, of other illegal "deportations") needs to be prosecuted and punished to the maximum extent of the law, which they have broken.
We knew this was coming. They have their loophole.
Blanche says that any Epstein document that "would jeopardize an active federal investigation" is not being released by the DOJ
January 30, 2026 at 4:49 PM
We knew this was coming. They have their loophole.