Julia Ringma
@juliaringma.bsky.social
Truth first, philosopher, lawyer, student, military brat.
On Substack: "philosophical thoughts, and 500 miles on the A.T."
They/them: gender binary only props up the patriarchy
(Photos: 2024 AT hike. Wolfe Island wind farm.)
On Substack: "philosophical thoughts, and 500 miles on the A.T."
They/them: gender binary only props up the patriarchy
(Photos: 2024 AT hike. Wolfe Island wind farm.)
All the damage that DJT is doing to US and international institutions is being allowed by other powerful people because they believe they can make more money from it. Government institutions are non-profits because they provide a common good that everyone should have access to.
January 23, 2026 at 1:27 PM
All the damage that DJT is doing to US and international institutions is being allowed by other powerful people because they believe they can make more money from it. Government institutions are non-profits because they provide a common good that everyone should have access to.
Even after yesterday’s “speech” which observers said was bonkers, and the tweet-storm overnight, Congress won’t act because they believe they can still benefit from having him at the helm. They don’t care about what he is doing nor the damage done, because they think they still benefit.
Re: Greenland, the US Congress still won't invoke the 25th because they don't think it's bad enough and/or they feel like they can still benefit from this president and the corrupt system they have allowed to be in place. Things are not bad enough yet for them to act.
January 21, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Even after yesterday’s “speech” which observers said was bonkers, and the tweet-storm overnight, Congress won’t act because they believe they can still benefit from having him at the helm. They don’t care about what he is doing nor the damage done, because they think they still benefit.
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Sharp points from @polphilpod.bsky.social on the basic error that centrists made in overreacting to meaning of Trump 2024 win. Dovetails w/my argument that folks didn't appreciate the latent solidarity with immigrants felt by many ordinary people (see below)
www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalism-d...
www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalism-d...
January 20, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Sharp points from @polphilpod.bsky.social on the basic error that centrists made in overreacting to meaning of Trump 2024 win. Dovetails w/my argument that folks didn't appreciate the latent solidarity with immigrants felt by many ordinary people (see below)
www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalism-d...
www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalism-d...
HIERARCHICAL THINKING
The “superior” believe that the “inferior” will take advantage of concessions to their disadvantaged position to get stuff they should not deserve. They believe this, in part, because they would do it themselves and cheat the system, given the opportunity.
The “superior” believe that the “inferior” will take advantage of concessions to their disadvantaged position to get stuff they should not deserve. They believe this, in part, because they would do it themselves and cheat the system, given the opportunity.
January 20, 2026 at 4:25 PM
HIERARCHICAL THINKING
The “superior” believe that the “inferior” will take advantage of concessions to their disadvantaged position to get stuff they should not deserve. They believe this, in part, because they would do it themselves and cheat the system, given the opportunity.
The “superior” believe that the “inferior” will take advantage of concessions to their disadvantaged position to get stuff they should not deserve. They believe this, in part, because they would do it themselves and cheat the system, given the opportunity.
Re: Greenland, the US Congress still won't invoke the 25th because they don't think it's bad enough and/or they feel like they can still benefit from this president and the corrupt system they have allowed to be in place. Things are not bad enough yet for them to act.
January 20, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Re: Greenland, the US Congress still won't invoke the 25th because they don't think it's bad enough and/or they feel like they can still benefit from this president and the corrupt system they have allowed to be in place. Things are not bad enough yet for them to act.
Drop what you're doing and listen to this. Even the Fed story is about how we construct reality and for whose benefit.
Pasha Talankin and David Borenstein, creators of the new documentary “Mr. Nobody Against Putin,” drop by the studio on-the-media.visitlink.me/vmAWIV
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The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
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January 18, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Drop what you're doing and listen to this. Even the Fed story is about how we construct reality and for whose benefit.
There are some interesting musings in the comment threads.
January 18, 2026 at 1:17 PM
There are some interesting musings in the comment threads.
In the US, conservatives have been the ones to yell about their 2nd Amendment rights. But now is the time for everyone else to talk about them too.
"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
January 17, 2026 at 2:09 PM
In the US, conservatives have been the ones to yell about their 2nd Amendment rights. But now is the time for everyone else to talk about them too.
"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
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ICE raids are not the first time this was made explicit. I think people downplay how much Jim Crow was not just about controlling Black people but it was also about controlling white people. If you thought racism was dumb and acted that way you could end up with a bomb in your home
Just keep coming back to the fact that keeping people in a constant state of terror is a form of mass disablement and essential to the eugenic project that is the United States.
January 17, 2026 at 6:08 AM
ICE raids are not the first time this was made explicit. I think people downplay how much Jim Crow was not just about controlling Black people but it was also about controlling white people. If you thought racism was dumb and acted that way you could end up with a bomb in your home
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January 17, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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This has been the plan all along.
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
January 15, 2026 at 1:57 PM
This has been the plan all along.
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
January 14, 2026 at 5:13 PM
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, … to secure these rights, Governments [derive] their just powers from the consent of the governed, -- /2
January 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, … to secure these rights, Governments [derive] their just powers from the consent of the governed, -- /2
It's interesting that DJT says he will attack Iran the state, because Iran is killing its protestors. At the same time, ICE (representing the state) in the US is attacking and now killing protestors. What will DJT do when someone finally gets fed up and shoots an ICE "agent"?
January 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
It's interesting that DJT says he will attack Iran the state, because Iran is killing its protestors. At the same time, ICE (representing the state) in the US is attacking and now killing protestors. What will DJT do when someone finally gets fed up and shoots an ICE "agent"?
This is good, that DOJ people are recognizing what their jobs are.
NEW: Top DOJ officials quit after their division refused to probe Minnesota ICE shooting - At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
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A new spate of Justice Department officials quit because their section didn't want to probe Renee Good's shooting
At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
www.ms.now
January 13, 2026 at 12:28 PM
This is good, that DOJ people are recognizing what their jobs are.
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I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
January 11, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Reposting this after 10 months. It still applies.
And don’t forget the Epstein files too.
And don’t forget the Epstein files too.
AND DON'T FORGET!!
All the time we are distracted by the dog and pony show that is Trump, billionaires are dismantling the government so they can buy it up, privatize it, and make more money from what used to be your right as a citizen to receive.
All the time we are distracted by the dog and pony show that is Trump, billionaires are dismantling the government so they can buy it up, privatize it, and make more money from what used to be your right as a citizen to receive.
January 11, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Reposting this after 10 months. It still applies.
And don’t forget the Epstein files too.
And don’t forget the Epstein files too.
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They hate Minnesota because we are a people who believe that "we all do better when we all do better."
Minnesota is one of the wealthiest, safest, and cleanest states in the country *because* of our openness and generosity.
Our quality of life is a direct challenge to their zero-sum worldview.
Minnesota is one of the wealthiest, safest, and cleanest states in the country *because* of our openness and generosity.
Our quality of life is a direct challenge to their zero-sum worldview.
January 10, 2026 at 9:30 PM
They hate Minnesota because we are a people who believe that "we all do better when we all do better."
Minnesota is one of the wealthiest, safest, and cleanest states in the country *because* of our openness and generosity.
Our quality of life is a direct challenge to their zero-sum worldview.
Minnesota is one of the wealthiest, safest, and cleanest states in the country *because* of our openness and generosity.
Our quality of life is a direct challenge to their zero-sum worldview.
I'm sharing because people need to know what happening. I rarely watch these vids, because I find them so upsetting. But we need to know what people are like and what they're doing. I also pray that citizens don't fight back with violence because that will give them an excuse to escalate.
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I'm sharing because people need to know what happening. I rarely watch these vids, because I find them so upsetting. But we need to know what people are like and what they're doing. I also pray that citizens don't fight back with violence because that will give them an excuse to escalate.
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Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread)
1. Pat Bagley
1. Pat Bagley
January 9, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread)
1. Pat Bagley
1. Pat Bagley
Everyone in the international community must start calling the US a rogue state, and impose sanctions like we used to do with rogue states. And use their use of force internally (like with ICE) as further proof of their direction into dictatorship.
GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
January 9, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Everyone in the international community must start calling the US a rogue state, and impose sanctions like we used to do with rogue states. And use their use of force internally (like with ICE) as further proof of their direction into dictatorship.
The international community must start calling the U.S. a rogue nation and then impose sanctions on it, like we have done with other rogue nations.
Only the American people can depose their dictator, and we should support them in that process.
Only the American people can depose their dictator, and we should support them in that process.
January 8, 2026 at 3:37 PM
The international community must start calling the U.S. a rogue nation and then impose sanctions on it, like we have done with other rogue nations.
Only the American people can depose their dictator, and we should support them in that process.
Only the American people can depose their dictator, and we should support them in that process.
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Yes, it *is* fascism, and here's why calling it for what it truly is *matters*.
January 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Yes, it *is* fascism, and here's why calling it for what it truly is *matters*.
Good advice.
It’s important for the international community to boycott America
That includes the World Cup and Olympics
Refuse to support fascism
Refuse to support a country that’s targeting all marginalized people, killing & detaining its citizens and threatening its allies
It’s not safe. It’s not worth it.
That includes the World Cup and Olympics
Refuse to support fascism
Refuse to support a country that’s targeting all marginalized people, killing & detaining its citizens and threatening its allies
It’s not safe. It’s not worth it.
January 8, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Good advice.
Good ideas.
Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
January 8, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Good ideas.