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.)
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Note how there's no violence or chaos when the cops aren't rioting.
Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.
January 23, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Note how there's no violence or chaos when the cops aren't rioting.
ALWAYS ASK:
WHO BENEFITS?
WHO BENEFITS?
January 24, 2026 at 3:32 PM
ALWAYS ASK:
WHO BENEFITS?
WHO BENEFITS?
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Guys, ICE is attacking and harassing ANYONE WHO IS NOT WHITE, HAS A FOREIGN-SOUNDING NAME, OR HAS AN ACCENT. When they jump out and grab you, and carry you off screaming, it doesn’t matter if you’re a citizen or not! They’re not asking! I’ve seen it happen multiple times with my own eyes.
Does that mean these schools were upwards of 70% composed of undocumented families?
January 24, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Guys, ICE is attacking and harassing ANYONE WHO IS NOT WHITE, HAS A FOREIGN-SOUNDING NAME, OR HAS AN ACCENT. When they jump out and grab you, and carry you off screaming, it doesn’t matter if you’re a citizen or not! They’re not asking! I’ve seen it happen multiple times with my own eyes.
Another banger from OTM! Listen and learn.
📻the show is up📻 @brookegladstone.bsky.social speaks to @vermontgmg.bsky.social about the state of…everything. And @micahloewinger.bsky.social dives into ICE surveillance and recruitment with @josephcox.bsky.social and @drewharwell.com ITS A GOOD ONE 👉 www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
Trump's Plan to Tank America | On the Media | WNYC Studios
Children as young as five have been detained by immigration agents in Minnesota. On this week’s On the Media, how I.C.E. uses technology to surveil the public and recruit more members...
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January 24, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Another banger from OTM! Listen and learn.
I’m finding it amusing that Americans are saying “it’s negative 12 degrees” when Canadians say “it’s minus 12 degrees”.
January 24, 2026 at 1:47 PM
I’m finding it amusing that Americans are saying “it’s negative 12 degrees” when Canadians say “it’s minus 12 degrees”.
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We are seeing incredible acts of solidarity today in Minnesota and across the country.
The next days and months and years will require this from us — and demand our courage. Be prepared.
The next days and months and years will require this from us — and demand our courage. Be prepared.
January 23, 2026 at 9:32 PM
We are seeing incredible acts of solidarity today in Minnesota and across the country.
The next days and months and years will require this from us — and demand our courage. Be prepared.
The next days and months and years will require this from us — and demand our courage. Be prepared.
We keep hearing that Congress isn’t doing anything, but it’s good to know some Reps are on the ball.
#GVerse Congressman Jared Huffman Launches Fierce Attack on #Shit4Brains
“if we're real, if we're honest about what's going on, we have a madman in the White House."
“if we're real, if we're honest about what's going on, we have a madman in the White House."
January 24, 2026 at 12:48 PM
We keep hearing that Congress isn’t doing anything, but it’s good to know some Reps are on the ball.
In their violation of the 4th Am, ICE agents will run afoul of the 2nd and someone is going to shoot them when they invade a home. This regime is willing to have ICE agents killed by people defending themselves. They are probably counting on it, so then they can call it an insurrection.
January 24, 2026 at 12:05 PM
In their violation of the 4th Am, ICE agents will run afoul of the 2nd and someone is going to shoot them when they invade a home. This regime is willing to have ICE agents killed by people defending themselves. They are probably counting on it, so then they can call it an insurrection.
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...
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
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.
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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.