Andrew is All Elite
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I block fascists/bots/AI. I welcome people who know how to unplug from the internet.
I block fascists/bots/AI. I welcome people who know how to unplug from the internet.
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CNN in Minneapolis: You can literally see someone is playing on the drum set right here outside the entrance of the hotel right now.
January 10, 2026 at 4:18 AM
CNN in Minneapolis: You can literally see someone is playing on the drum set right here outside the entrance of the hotel right now.
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The lack of training IS THE POINT.
The recruitment of disillusioned white men IS THE POINT.
The brutality and racial profiling and disregard IS THE POINT.
Pete, and Amy, and so many others are acting as if ICE has just gotten out of hand, like a rowdy child, as if this wasn’t THE ENTIRE POINT.
The recruitment of disillusioned white men IS THE POINT.
The brutality and racial profiling and disregard IS THE POINT.
Pete, and Amy, and so many others are acting as if ICE has just gotten out of hand, like a rowdy child, as if this wasn’t THE ENTIRE POINT.
January 10, 2026 at 1:25 AM
The lack of training IS THE POINT.
The recruitment of disillusioned white men IS THE POINT.
The brutality and racial profiling and disregard IS THE POINT.
Pete, and Amy, and so many others are acting as if ICE has just gotten out of hand, like a rowdy child, as if this wasn’t THE ENTIRE POINT.
The recruitment of disillusioned white men IS THE POINT.
The brutality and racial profiling and disregard IS THE POINT.
Pete, and Amy, and so many others are acting as if ICE has just gotten out of hand, like a rowdy child, as if this wasn’t THE ENTIRE POINT.
Freezing cold take
Tone policing in this economy? Fuck no.
Tone policing in this economy? Fuck no.
Dear Democratic politicians, may I make a humble suggestion?
Stop with the constant use of the F word. Not only is it tacky, it loses its impact when you do it so much, and honestly it looks forced like you’re trying to be tough.
Just a suggestion.
Stop with the constant use of the F word. Not only is it tacky, it loses its impact when you do it so much, and honestly it looks forced like you’re trying to be tough.
Just a suggestion.
January 10, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Freezing cold take
Tone policing in this economy? Fuck no.
Tone policing in this economy? Fuck no.
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NEW: The Washington National Opera is moving its performances out of the Kennedy Center — abandoning the hall where it has played since 1971.
The opera was concerned about declines in attendance and donations during Trump's second term.
The opera was concerned about declines in attendance and donations during Trump's second term.
January 10, 2026 at 2:05 AM
NEW: The Washington National Opera is moving its performances out of the Kennedy Center — abandoning the hall where it has played since 1971.
The opera was concerned about declines in attendance and donations during Trump's second term.
The opera was concerned about declines in attendance and donations during Trump's second term.
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@khanna.house.gov & Rep. Thomas Massie move to get a Special Master appointed to compel compliance by the Trump DOJ with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
I've got the latest incl. the big subpoenas out of House Oversight to Epstein’s long-time lawyer and accountant.
youtu.be/C3akkwLuk5U?...
I've got the latest incl. the big subpoenas out of House Oversight to Epstein’s long-time lawyer and accountant.
youtu.be/C3akkwLuk5U?...
Trump DOJ SHOCKED After Congress BRINGS EPSTEIN FILES to COURT
YouTube video by Katie Phang
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 2:17 AM
@khanna.house.gov & Rep. Thomas Massie move to get a Special Master appointed to compel compliance by the Trump DOJ with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
I've got the latest incl. the big subpoenas out of House Oversight to Epstein’s long-time lawyer and accountant.
youtu.be/C3akkwLuk5U?...
I've got the latest incl. the big subpoenas out of House Oversight to Epstein’s long-time lawyer and accountant.
youtu.be/C3akkwLuk5U?...
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When people ask me what I mean by independent, pro-democracy media, I just tell them to take a look at the front page of Democracy Docket. I would put it up against any other news outlet, no matter how big. www.democracydocket.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:20 AM
When people ask me what I mean by independent, pro-democracy media, I just tell them to take a look at the front page of Democracy Docket. I would put it up against any other news outlet, no matter how big. www.democracydocket.com
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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Just put it in a plastic sleeve and the put the sticker on the sleeve. You can buy them in bulk on Amazon.
January 9, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Just put it in a plastic sleeve and the put the sticker on the sleeve. You can buy them in bulk on Amazon.
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"For most"? So, who still has access to create CSAM and sexualize Twitter users at will? Because the answer should be "no one".
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
Grok, Elon Musk’s AI tool, has switched off its image creation function for the vast majority of users after widespread outcry over its use to create sexually explicit and violent imagery.
It comes after Musk was threatened with fines, regulatory action and reports of a possible ban on X in the UK. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:08 PM
"For most"? So, who still has access to create CSAM and sexualize Twitter users at will? Because the answer should be "no one".
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**Important Training**
If you haven't taken de-escalation yet or would like a refresher
We'll try to post their next one more in advance...been a busy week
🦺 De-Escalation + Safety Training
📅 Friday, January 9
⏰ 5 PM PT | 8 PM ET
🔗 Register: bit.ly/voffund010926
If you haven't taken de-escalation yet or would like a refresher
We'll try to post their next one more in advance...been a busy week
🦺 De-Escalation + Safety Training
📅 Friday, January 9
⏰ 5 PM PT | 8 PM ET
🔗 Register: bit.ly/voffund010926
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: De-Escalation and Safety Training. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: De-Escalation and Safety Training. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
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January 9, 2026 at 3:34 PM
**Important Training**
If you haven't taken de-escalation yet or would like a refresher
We'll try to post their next one more in advance...been a busy week
🦺 De-Escalation + Safety Training
📅 Friday, January 9
⏰ 5 PM PT | 8 PM ET
🔗 Register: bit.ly/voffund010926
If you haven't taken de-escalation yet or would like a refresher
We'll try to post their next one more in advance...been a busy week
🦺 De-Escalation + Safety Training
📅 Friday, January 9
⏰ 5 PM PT | 8 PM ET
🔗 Register: bit.ly/voffund010926
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Ever heard of the Washington Generals? The Harlem Globetrotters' rivals. They're paid to lose, because they're owned by the same people, and they abide by standard rules and will never interfere with Globetrotters' antics. They've lost 16,000 games.
Anyway, hope Chuck Schumer's having a good day.
Anyway, hope Chuck Schumer's having a good day.
June 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Ever heard of the Washington Generals? The Harlem Globetrotters' rivals. They're paid to lose, because they're owned by the same people, and they abide by standard rules and will never interfere with Globetrotters' antics. They've lost 16,000 games.
Anyway, hope Chuck Schumer's having a good day.
Anyway, hope Chuck Schumer's having a good day.
The league truly hates the Charlotte Hornets. Inexcusable officiating in the 4th quarter.
January 9, 2026 at 2:43 AM
The league truly hates the Charlotte Hornets. Inexcusable officiating in the 4th quarter.
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When this shitstain breathes his last, the celebration will be so intense that it will eclipse the joy I will feel if the entire NFL had to watch the Jaguars win the next 30 super bowls in a row.
Trump told NYT that his power as commander in chief is constrained only by his "own morality" — brushing aside international law and other legitimate checks on his abilities.
"My own morality. My own mind. It's the only thing that can stop me."
"I don't need international law."
"My own morality. My own mind. It's the only thing that can stop me."
"I don't need international law."
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:19 AM
When this shitstain breathes his last, the celebration will be so intense that it will eclipse the joy I will feel if the entire NFL had to watch the Jaguars win the next 30 super bowls in a row.
Nothing but cowards in South Carolina. Ghouls. May they rot in the hell they believe in.
January 9, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Nothing but cowards in South Carolina. Ghouls. May they rot in the hell they believe in.
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Gov. Pritzker has joined forces with Gov. Walz and has directed the Illinois state police to work closely with the Minnesota bureau of investigation to support their efforts to pursue justice in the Renee Good murder by Trump ICE regime forces. #3E #endImpunity #ReneeGood #JusticeforGood #GoodVsEvil
January 8, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Gov. Pritzker has joined forces with Gov. Walz and has directed the Illinois state police to work closely with the Minnesota bureau of investigation to support their efforts to pursue justice in the Renee Good murder by Trump ICE regime forces. #3E #endImpunity #ReneeGood #JusticeforGood #GoodVsEvil
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Gov. Pritzker: "They want you to question what your eyes and ears are telling you. It is unimaginable to think this can happen in our country or that when it does happen the government immediately tries to cover it up. It should anger you." #3E #endImpunity #ReneeGood #JusticeforGood #GoodVsEvil
January 8, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Gov. Pritzker: "They want you to question what your eyes and ears are telling you. It is unimaginable to think this can happen in our country or that when it does happen the government immediately tries to cover it up. It should anger you." #3E #endImpunity #ReneeGood #JusticeforGood #GoodVsEvil
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Good piece from Chauncey DeVega @salon.com on the moral awakening we need. Echoing my piece w @raushenbush.bsky.social.
"Technocratic arguments about public policy will not do this work," we "need to quickly learn to speak moral language fluently—and with conviction."
www.salon.com/2026/01/08/a...
"Technocratic arguments about public policy will not do this work," we "need to quickly learn to speak moral language fluently—and with conviction."
www.salon.com/2026/01/08/a...
America needs a moral reckoning in 2026
Defeating Trumpism requires fluency in moral language
www.salon.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Good piece from Chauncey DeVega @salon.com on the moral awakening we need. Echoing my piece w @raushenbush.bsky.social.
"Technocratic arguments about public policy will not do this work," we "need to quickly learn to speak moral language fluently—and with conviction."
www.salon.com/2026/01/08/a...
"Technocratic arguments about public policy will not do this work," we "need to quickly learn to speak moral language fluently—and with conviction."
www.salon.com/2026/01/08/a...
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.@PabloReports: What do you make of Republican efforts to increase ICE funding?
Menendez: There should be no more money for ICE. There needs to be accountability for ICE. We need to do that before another fucking dollar is spent on them.
Menendez: There should be no more money for ICE. There needs to be accountability for ICE. We need to do that before another fucking dollar is spent on them.
January 8, 2026 at 10:50 PM
.@PabloReports: What do you make of Republican efforts to increase ICE funding?
Menendez: There should be no more money for ICE. There needs to be accountability for ICE. We need to do that before another fucking dollar is spent on them.
Menendez: There should be no more money for ICE. There needs to be accountability for ICE. We need to do that before another fucking dollar is spent on them.
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#ColumbiaSC state house protest against ICE #scpol
January 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
#ColumbiaSC state house protest against ICE #scpol
Release the Epstein Files. They’re that bad. Even in the middle of precursors to civil war, terrorism and brazen and corrupt officials everywhere, they still can bring down so much of this shitshow. It’s going to come out eventually.
January 9, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Release the Epstein Files. They’re that bad. Even in the middle of precursors to civil war, terrorism and brazen and corrupt officials everywhere, they still can bring down so much of this shitshow. It’s going to come out eventually.
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Garcia: Donald Trump thinks it’s over. He doesn’t really understand the breadth of what we’re doing here. There is so much new information about Mar-a-Lago—what their role was in the trafficking
January 8, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Garcia: Donald Trump thinks it’s over. He doesn’t really understand the breadth of what we’re doing here. There is so much new information about Mar-a-Lago—what their role was in the trafficking
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Garcia: Every American should be outraged by what happened in Minneapolis. The fact that there’s going to be no accountability—or that the DOJ wants to investigate it themselves—is insane. They can’t be trusted to investigate anything.
January 8, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Garcia: Every American should be outraged by what happened in Minneapolis. The fact that there’s going to be no accountability—or that the DOJ wants to investigate it themselves—is insane. They can’t be trusted to investigate anything.
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“Please don't tear this world asunder
Please take back this fear we're under
Please make sure we get tomorrow
All this pain, all this sorrow
I demand a better future”
- David Bowie, who would have turned 79 today and is missed every day.
Please take back this fear we're under
Please make sure we get tomorrow
All this pain, all this sorrow
I demand a better future”
- David Bowie, who would have turned 79 today and is missed every day.
January 9, 2026 at 12:19 AM
“Please don't tear this world asunder
Please take back this fear we're under
Please make sure we get tomorrow
All this pain, all this sorrow
I demand a better future”
- David Bowie, who would have turned 79 today and is missed every day.
Please take back this fear we're under
Please make sure we get tomorrow
All this pain, all this sorrow
I demand a better future”
- David Bowie, who would have turned 79 today and is missed every day.
State sponsored terror. It’s always been white racists doing this. 1619, Jim Crow, the 1960s, the prison industrial complex, the last 8 years at least. I don’t have any answers, but collective action, general strikes, mutual aid and sand in the gears have never been more important. 1/2
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal immigration officers shoot and wound 2 people in Portland, Oregon, authorities say.
January 9, 2026 at 12:31 AM
State sponsored terror. It’s always been white racists doing this. 1619, Jim Crow, the 1960s, the prison industrial complex, the last 8 years at least. I don’t have any answers, but collective action, general strikes, mutual aid and sand in the gears have never been more important. 1/2